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Book Review : Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

January 30, 2012      3 Comments

“Find me a cure for these tears, I’d really like to exhale for the first time in my life.” 

― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

Synopsis : Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. 

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. . . Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color. 

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things  . . . Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war.  Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now. 

I didn’t really know what to expect going into this novel, I was aware of all the hype, but I wondered what kind of story could be told about a girl with a deadly touch. From the first chapter the reader is thrown into  Juliette’s isolated imprisonment, but when she gets a new roommate she soon finds herself running for her life in a world on the brink of destruction.

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The YA Couple That Really Gets Around

January 30, 2012      8 Comments

I’d like to introduce you to two people :

Pepe Toth

and Sztella Tziotziosz 



Do they look familiar ?



How about now :

You’ve probably seen them gracing the cover of you favorite YA novels. These Hungarian model’s 2009 photoshoot has been popping up everywhere, they even have a Goodreads listopia.

Most people know them as the couple on Jennifer Armentrout’s Lux novel covers



 

 

 

You can find also them on  the new covers of Simone Elkeles  How To Ruin series.

 

 

or Abbi Glines Existence

 

The Discovery Channel Sicence of Sex Appeal DVD  (2009)

 

 

 Do have any favorite book covers featuring Pepe and Sztella ? Have you seen them popping up anywhere else ?

Book Review : Across The Universe

January 27, 2012      8 Comments

“A leader doesn’t make pawns – he makes people.” 

― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

Synopsis : Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed. She expects to awaken on a new planet, 300 years in the future. But fifty years before Godspeed‘s scheduled landing, Amy’s cryo chamber is unplugged. . .
Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense.Godspeed‘s passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightening leader, and Elder, his rebellious and brilliant teenage heir.All she knows is that she must race to unlock Godspeed‘s hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again.

I was a little nervous about starting this book because I’ve always been wary of true to form sci-fi, and my previous adventure in sci-fi “spaceship” YA fiction didn’t go very well. However, Across The Universe has changed my mind completely.

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Young Adult Giveaway Hop ! ! !

January 27, 2012      9 Comments

We at Books and Sensibility love Kindles. so for this hop we are giving away 1 of 3 Kindle E-Books ! 
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Author Event : Meeting Miranda Kenneally

January 26, 2012      1 Comment

“Write what you know, and some will be able to relate”

– Miranda Kenneally

 



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Book Review : Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

January 26, 2012      5 Comments

 “I squeeze his hand. “You know what I think about dreams?” 

Ty smiles slightly. “What?” 

“That if you spend too much time dreaming, you’ll stop actually doing. And when you actually do stuff, there’s a good chance things will work out. 
We make things happen by attacking, not by sitting around dreaming.”

 – Catching Jordan, Miranda Kenneally

Synopsis: What girl doesn’t want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn’t just surrounded by hot guys, though – she leads them as the captain and quarterback on her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that’s just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there’s a new guy in town who threatens her starring position on the team… and has her suddenly wishing to be seen as more than just a teammate

 

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