Black Crow White Lie by Candi Sary

Standalone. Casperian Books (2012) Author I could feel tiny stars gather in my hands... Carson Calley grew up living in Hollywood motels with his fortune-telling mother, who is full of stories about their lives together and prophesies about his future. We were Indians - Californian Indians. This pale …

Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard

The Lying Game #4. HarperTeen (July 2012) Library My friends and I used to play lying games.
Now my twin sister is living one.
When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, ha…

Sunday Post: 3/16/14

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted  @Caffeinated Book Reviewer.It's a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things received and share news about what's coming up for the next week ahead.
Wow! This has been a busy week. Spring break has made…

Fearscape by Nenia Campbell

Horrorscape #1. Amazon Digital Services (Nov. 2012) Own He followed her because he wanted to own her. She trusted him because she wanted excitement. There's a saying that curiosity can kill … but Valerian Kimble is beginning to learn that satisfaction might just be worse.
Fourteen-year-old Valeri…

Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard

The Lying Game #3. HarperTeen (Jan. 2012) Own
My killer is out there. And my sister might be next.

Two months before I died, my best friend's brother disappeared. I have no idea where Thayer went or why he left, but I know it's my fault. I did a lot of horrible things while I was alive, thing…

What's Next #2 - Splintered Hallowed Lies

This is a meme hosted by IceyBooks where I ask your opinion on what I should read next.
The last recommendation turned out so well! I absolutely loved everything about The Program so I'm looking for another great book to read. The choices I picked are on the dark side except the last one - it…

Til Death by Kate Evangelista

Fractured Souls #1. Entangled Teen (March 2014) Publisher Sixteen-year-old Selena Fallon is a dreamer. Not a daydreamer, but an I-see-the-future kind of dreamer. Normally, this is not a problem, as she has gotten pretty good at keeping her weird card hidden from everyone in her small town. But when …

Princess Pigsty by Cornelia Funke

Standalone. Scholastic/Chicken House (April 2007) Library The fourth picture book by literary sensation Funke and celebrated illustrator Meyer; a modern-day, girl-powered, fairy-tale-in-reverse!
One morning Princess Isabella throws her crown out the window--it's BORING being a princess, she decla…

Book Tour: Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley

Standalone. HarperCollins (March 2014) TLC Book Tours

Clever Girl is an indelible story of one woman’s life, unfolded in a series of beautifully sculpted episodes that illuminate an era, moving from the 1960s to today, from one of Britain’s leading literary lights—Tessa Hadley—the author of the New …

The Program by Suzanne Young

The Program #1. Simon Pulse (April 2013) Own In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.
Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, t…

Once Upon a Dream

I've been thinking about fairy tales a great deal lately specifically retellings of classic fairy tales. I've grown up surrounded by Disney movies. These movies although iconic aren't the original stories created by the Grimm Brothers, Aesop, or others. They created these stories as les…

Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner

The Keepers Trilogy #1. Delacorte Books (Sep. 2010) Library Welcome to the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime.
Goldie Roth has lived in Jewel all her life. Like every child in the city, she wears a silver guardchain and is forced to obey the dreaded Blessed Gu…

March Madness Read-A-Thon 2014: The Books

Month long read-a-thon hosted by Fiction_TheNewReality

I didn't get to sign up for this read-a-thon on time but I still wanted to participate in it so that's what I'm doing! I've never done a read-a-thon this long yet I feel like it's more flexible than the other ones I'm use…