The Bursting Bookshelf

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read• Open to a random page• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)• Share the title...

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Title: Between the Lines  Author: Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer Publisher: Simon Pulse  Release: June 26, 2012 Pages: 358 Series: No THANKS TO SIMON & SCHUSTER CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Synopsis: What happens when happily ever after…isn’t?     Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy...

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It's that time again, time to kick butt and take names in the YA Crush Tourney for #TeamAdrian. CLICK HERE to vote for him (the poll is at the bottom of the post!). Tell your friends, tweet, vote, make Goodreads posts about it, change your profile pictures to the button below, DO ANYTHING! This is some stiff competition we're facing, so please VOTE VOTE VOTE!...

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews to show what your book haul for the week looks like! Review/ Won: Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Won from Raincoast Books) (SIGNED!) Glitch by Heather Anastasiu (THANKS TO RAINCOAST BOOKS FOR THE REVIEW COPY!) Entice by Jessica Shirvington (THANKS TO RAINCOAST BOOKS FOR THE REVIEW COPY!) Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan (THANKS TO RAINCOAST BOOKS FOR THE...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at Breaking The Spine! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: Eva’s life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination—an echo. Made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, she...

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Title: Endlessly  Author: Kiersten White Publisher: HarperTeen  Release: July 24, 2012 Pages: 385 Series: Paranormalcy #3 THANKS TO HACHETTE BOOK GROUP CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Buy It!Synopsis: Evie's paranormal past keeps coming back to haunt her. A new director at the International Paranormal Containment Agency wants to drag her back to headquarters. The Dark Faerie Queen is torturing humans in her poisonous realm. And supernatural creatures keep insisting...

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Title: The Last Princess  Author: Galaxy Craze Publisher: Poppy  Release: May 1, 2012 Pages: 295 Series: Yes THANKS TO HACHETTE BOOK GROUP CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Check it Out! Synopsis: Happily ever after is a thing of the past.  A series of natural disasters has decimated the earth. Cut off from the rest of the world, England is a dark place. The sun rarely shines, food is scarce,...

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews to show what your book haul for the week looks like! Bought: Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Starters by Lissa Price (SIGNED) Wrecked by Anna Davies Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne Sent: Hemlock swag (THANKS TO THE KATHLEEN PEACOCK) ...

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Title: Revived  Author: Cat Patrick Publisher: Little, Brown Books For Young Readers  Release: May 1, 2012 Pages: 336 Series: No (that I know of) THANKS TO HACHETTE BOOK GROUP CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Check it Out!Synopsis: As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she was brought back to life. A secret government agency has developed a drug called Revive...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at Breaking The Spine! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: There's no description. ...

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Hey everyone! I've seen a lot of bloggers making this kind of list lately and I decided to showcase my top ten. I have no clue who had the brilliant idea of doing it first, but I give credit where it is due. 1) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 2) Cinder by Marissa Meyer 3) A Million Suns by Beth...

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Have you voted for Adrian in his round in the YA Crush Tourney yet? Voting is today, and it ends at 12am EST, so vote, vote, vote! Together we can get him to the top! Here is my defense for him for your reading pleasure: If you don't already know, the amazingly crushable Adrian Ivashkov is being represented by me, Anna Tee from The...

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews to show what your book haul for the week looks like! Bought: The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ...

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Title: Purity  Author: Jackson Pearce Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers  Release: April 24, 2012 Pages: 218 Series: No THANKS TO HACHETTE BOOK GROUP CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Buy It! Synopsis: A novel about love, loss, and sex -- but not necessarily in that order. Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: to listen to her father, to love as much as possible, and to live...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at Breaking The Spine! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: There's no description yet! ...

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Title: Lost Gitls  Author: Ann Kelley Publisher: Little, Brown Books For Young Readers  Release: July 10, 2012 Pages: 336 Series: No THANKS TO HACHETTE BOOK GROUP CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Check it Out!Synopsis: No parents. No rules. No way home. Fourteen-year-old Bonnie MacDonald couldn't be more excited for a camping trip on an island off the coast of Thailand with her fellow Amelia Earhart Cadets-the daughters of the men...

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews to show what your book haul for the week looks like!  Bought: The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock  Sweetly by Jackson Pearce ...

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Title: The Fault in Our Stars  Author: John Green Publisher: Dutton Books  Release: January 10, 2012 Pages: 318 Series: No Synopsis: Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.  Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at Breaking The Spine! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: There's no description right now, but I love the cover! ...

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A huge thanks to Avery for making Adrian's button this year! Please use it anywhere; profile pictures, sidebars, etc. Show your #TEAMADRIAN pride and tweet me @thebbookshelf. ...

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Title: The Opposite of Tidy  Author: Carrie Mac Publisher: Razorbill  Release: April 10, 2012 Pages: 361 Series: No THANKS TO PENGUIN CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Check it Out! Synopsis: How do you come clean when your life is a mess? Fifteen-year-old Junie is barely coping. Her mother has started sleeping in the chair in front of the TV, and the house is so packed with junk, newspapers, cupboard...

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You may or may not know that the YA Crush Tourney is starting soon. Lucky for me, I am advocating for this awesome (and hot) character. If you didn't know, Adrian is a popular character from the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines Series. His first match is July 16th, so keep your eyes peeled on the YA Sisterhood for it! Together, we can make Adrian win! Also, I'm...

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