Review: Crash Into You by Katie McGarry
The girl with straight As, designer clothes and the perfect life-that’s who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private-school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy parents and overbearing...
View ArticleBlog Tour Review and Giveaway: Shelf Life by Stephanie Lawton
Title: Shelf Life Author: Stephanie Lawton Genre: Contemporary New Adult Publication date: December 3, 2013 *Mature situations and sexual content – recommended for ages 17+* It’s impossible to focus...
View ArticleBook Blitz: The Ever After of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
I’m still finding all of the glorious time in the word to catch up on this fantastic series, but that doesn’t stop me from letting YOU know about it! TODAY, as in, RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT you can buy...
View ArticleReview: All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin
In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old...
View ArticleReview: Reclaimed by Sarah Guillory
Jenna Oliver doesn’t have time to get involved with one boy, let alone two. All Jenna wants is to escape her evaporating small town and her alcoholic mother. She’s determined she’ll go to college and...
View ArticleBook Trailer: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly exclusively revealed the trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times Bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City. Now we are...
View ArticleReview: Just One Year by Gayle Forman
When he opens his eyes, Willem doesn’t know where in the world he is—Prague or Dubrovnik or back in Amsterdam. All he knows is that he is once again alone, and that he needs to find a girl named Lulu....
View ArticleReview: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson
Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate. She can tread water for thirty-seven minutes. She can tie a knot faster than a fleet of sailors, and she already owns a rather pointy sword....
View ArticleInfographic: 15 Books That Will Transform Your Kid into a Reader
I was sent this fantastic infographic from Penguin and couldn’t help but post it! Every parent is looking for the perfect gift for their child this time of year. Using this chart, you can find a book...
View ArticleSupport a Book Charity this Holiday Season
If there’s one thing that is consistently bought at the end of every year, it’s a calendar. It’s one of those things that there is always a constant need for. And there are literally calendars for...
View ArticleJennifer’s Year End Picks
This year my number of books read overall did take a hit. And my variety of books took a hit too. I didn’t read as many Young Adult books and read a ton more Middle Grade and more New Adult. We’re...
View ArticleReview: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King by William Joyce
Before SANTA was SANTA, he was North, Nicholas St. North—a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Like any swashbuckling young warrior, North seeks treasure and...
View ArticleNew Year, New Crew
First of all, I would like to wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year! I can’t believe it is already 2014, the year that marks the 4th blogging anniversary of Novel Thoughts! These past four...
View ArticleReview: This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl
In full color and illustrated with art and photographs, this is a collection of the journals, fiction, letters, and sketches of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16....
View ArticleReview: Before We Fall by Courtney Cole
One dark moment was all it took to turn twenty-four-year-old Dominic Kinkaide’s world black. On the night of his high school graduation, a single incident changed him forever, and he became a hardened...
View ArticleReview: The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Lennie plays second clarinet in the school orchestra and has always happily been second fiddle to her charismatic older sister, Bailey. Then Bailey dies suddenly, and Lennie is left at sea without her...
View ArticleReview: Not A Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn’t...
View ArticleReview: Because it is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin
Freed from jail, Anya hopes that things will get back to normal. But life on the outside is even more dangerous than life behind bars. Some of her gangland family want revenge for the crime for which...
View ArticleReview: In the Age of Love and Chocolate by Gabrielle Zevin
In the Age of Love and Chocolate is book three in the Birthright Trilogy. So be warned, this review will contain mild spoilers from the first two books. All These Things I’ve Done, the first novel in...
View ArticleBlog Tour Review: Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg
We are so excited to be a part of the launch blog tour for Elizabeth Eulberg’s Better Off Friends! Check out the list of other bloggers here to keep up with all of the stops! For Macallan and Levi, it...
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