So, this weekend is a bit busy for me with Easter dress shopping, job hunting and other things, but I still plan to do some Bloggiesta stuff !
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Book Review: Altered by Jennifer Rush
- Genre: Science Fiction
- Pages: 323
- Publisher: Little Brown, Books for Young Readers
- Release Date: January 1st 2013
Synopsis: Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them. Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away
Altered isn’t a book I’d usually pick up since I’m more of a contemporary/dystopian reader, but when Jennifer Rush came to a signing near me, I went ahead and bought a copy. One of the first things Jennifer said was that she writes for the boys. And it’s pretty obvious what she means by this once you get into a book.
In the basement of Anna Mason and her father’s farmhouse, four boys suffering from amnesia are confined to glass cells. The boys are being held there by The Branch, the clandestine organization her father works for.
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Top Ten Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread
Book Review : Austenland by Shannon Hale
Women’s Fiction Review
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- Release Date : May 29th, 2007
- Publisher : Bloomsbury
- Genre: Chicklit
- Page: 208
Synopsis :Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life: no real man can compare. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined. Decked out in empire-waist gowns, Jane struggles to master Regency etiquette and flirts with gardeners and gentlemen . . . the longer she stays, the more her insecurities seem to fall away, and the more she wonders: Is she about to kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own?
If you click around, you will notice that I read most of the historical fiction for this blog, so I was drawn to
Austenland when the e-book went on sale. The continuing fascination, adaptation and evocation of Jane Austen and her works appears to be endless, and I wanted to check it out for myself. I couldn’t wait to see if a modern girl in a seemingly romantic era would end up as a fairytale or a fluffy disaster.
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Top Ten Series I’d Like To Start But Haven’t Yet
So, I came up short on this one. I guess I’ll have to check out everyone else’s list to see what series I am forgetting!
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Young Adult : Sold Separately
Young Adult : Sold Separately
Reading a young adult series today is like getting Barbie and then having to buy her friends, accessories and Malibu Dreamhouse. Authors and publishing houses tempt readers between book releases with extras such as; e-novellas, graphic novels and bonus content for their favorite series. Sure, the extras open up the world
created by the author but at what cost to the readers ?
Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series are all around champs at creating extras. First published in 2007, this popular YA urban fantasy has it all; graphic novels for both series,The Shadowhunter Codex— an in series reference book, acollection of essays about the seriesand even ashort story collection about a side characterwritten by other YA authors. This doesn’t include bonus scenes Clare posts on her website and the characters tweets.…