Saturday, December 20, 2014

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

If you enjoy teen books with real depth, emotion and pain, you need to purchase this book with the utmost of haste. When I started this book, my heart broke for Violet and Finch, your high school student main characters, their pain and sorrow make its way into your own bones and force you to feel...

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Meow if it's Murder by T.C. LoTempio

For the two years I have worked as a bookseller, I have avoided the mystery section of my store like the plague. I have never had a tolerance for novels following the brooding, damaged detective main character as they solve crimes and have a drinking problem. I have a lot of old ladies tendencies, but...

Friday, November 21, 2014

Conversion by Katherine Howe

The first book I read by Katherine Howe was The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, I had been floored by this novel as I am a massive fan of Salem witches and well written fiction. When I saw that she was coming out with a teen book I knew I'd be all over it. Distractions mounted and I only just got...

Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Thickety by J.A. White

I was introduced to The Thickety by pure chance at work when a really neat looking envelope arrived in the mail. I found myself constantly looking at the artwork and took it home at the end of my shift, fast forward a few hours later and I'd completed the book and sent a fan-girling email to the author....

Thursday, November 13, 2014

The Cellar by Natasha Preston

I like to believe I am at least 90% dead inside, but while reading The Cellar the amount of times I cried confirmed, I am not. Filled with heart stopping suspense and soul gripping sadness this novel had a depth I was not expecting from a YA title. What I thought would be a creepy story about a stolen...

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The Beast Within by Serena Valentino

I picked up The Beast Within the moment it arrived in the bookstore I work at and it has sat atop my ever growing pile waiting for the perfect moment to be read. That moment finally arrived on a Monday night and nothing was able to force me to put this book down. Upon completion of this novel I found...

Saturday, November 8, 2014

The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

This is the YA novel young girls NEED to have in their personal collections.Witty, brave and unapologetic this book,though based in 1900, holds a lot true for today's woman and girl. After having so loved Shadow of Blackbirds, I was positively flushed at the idea of getting another taste of Ms. Winter's...

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

You by Caroline Kepnes

Ever get tired of seeing a man stalk a woman and her taking it as a compliment and the story crafting him as a beautiful romantic? Well I know it kills me, and Caroline Kepnes' novel You put stalking, obsessive men in the right light.  Your character Joe starts out as your average bookseller (I...

Thursday, October 23, 2014

How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran

Everyone ought to do themselves a large favor and pick up How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran. I found this novel sitting on my ARC pile at work and immediately had to grab it, I finally got around to reading it in the beginning of October and it was such a great birthday gift to myself. This...

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk

I started Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk last night and finished it today at work, not surprisingly it was a book I could not put down. If you are easily embarrassed by things of sexual nature, read this alone in your room, under a blanket tent. I am a strikingly open minded human and my face was...

Monday, October 20, 2014

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow

The other day I finally sat down to read In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and I can say I was not disappointed. A big perk of working as a Children's Lead Bookseller is getting to see some books arrive before hitting the floor and getting to sit and read them so I can recommend immediately. What first...