Oct 08, 2016
From Our TBR Pile

Review: Prodigy by Marie Lu

Prodigy
By: Marie Lu
Website: http://marielu.org/books.html
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Series: Legend, Book #2
Rating:


I will admit, right away, that I didn’t tear through Prodigy as fast as I did Legend. I’m willing to bet it’s more due to the circumstances of when I was reading this than the quality of the book. (There was a family emergency, and the book was put aside so that I could focus on helping. But enough about my life.)

We return to the alternating points of view of Day and June and, this time, the book starts off with our hero and heroine together. However, they don’t stay together for long as they are pulled apart by circumstance, as you would expect from any good novel.

Continue reading
Post Tags:
 , , ,
Oct 07, 2016
New & Upcoming Releases

Review – Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale by David Kudler

Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale
By: David Kudler
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Publisher: Stillpoint Digital Press
Series: Seasons of the Sword, Book #1
Award: BAIPA Great Reads Award - Best in Class
Received From: Publisher
(All reviews are our own, honest opinions.)
Rating:


Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale by David Kudler is a tale about a young girl, nicknamed Risuko, living in Japan in the age of the samurai. Her father died several years earlier, and she lives in relative poverty with her sister and mother. When the story opens, Risuko is sold to a rich women, with the intent of becoming a kunoichi – something she hasn’t necessarily heard of and doesn’t, at first, understand.

Continue reading
Post Tags:
 , ,
Oct 06, 2016
New & Upcoming Releases

Review – Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout

Genius: The Game
By: Leopoldo Gout
Website: http://www.ghostradio.com
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Received From: Publisher
(All reviews are our own, honest opinions.)
Rating:


Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout is a young adult story with a tech/sci-fi feel. The story centers around a game designed by a young, wealthy CEO who invites 200 child and teen geniuses to participate. The prize? Access to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, which is exactly what Rex, one of the main protagonists, needs to get his hands on in order to find his missing brother.[/dropcap type=secondary]

Continue reading
Post Tags:
 
Oct 05, 2016
New & Upcoming Releases

Review – It Happened One Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton

It Happened One Doomsday
By: Laurence MacNaughton
Website: https://twitter.com/LMacNaughton
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Publisher: Pyr
Series: A Dru Jasper Novel, Book 1
Received From: Publisher
(All reviews are our own, honest opinions.)
Rating:


It Happened One Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton is a fast paced urban fantasy and the first book in a new series.

Continue reading
Post Tags:
 , , ,
Oct 03, 2016
New & Upcoming Releases

Review – The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz

The Queue
By: Basma Abdel Aziz
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Publisher: Melville House
Received From: Publisher
(All reviews are our own, honest opinions.)
Rating:


One of the best books I’ve read so far this year is The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz. This is a dystopian novel set in a nameless country in what is supposed to be somewhere in the middle east. The prose is utterly beautiful, a testament to both author and translator. And the story sucks the reader in right from the beginning.

Continue reading
Post Tags:
 , ,
Oct 01, 2016
New & Upcoming Releases

Review: The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker by Kat Spears

Front cover of the book The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker by Kat Spears The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker
By: Kat Spears
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Received From: Publisher
(All reviews are our own, honest opinions.)
Rating:


The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker by Kat Spears is a young adult novel about Luke, a teenage boy forced to move away from his mother in DC to live with his pastor father in rural Tennessee. As he struggles to get used to life in a small town instead of the city, things begin to go wrong, and fast.

Continue reading
Post Tags:
 , ,
Newer Entries »