VELOCITY is the last installment to the GRAVITY SERIES by Abigail Boyd, an independent author. I fell in love with her first book, GRAVITY, and had to jump into the others as soon as possible. If you read my reviews for UNCERTAINTY and LUMINOSITY, then you would know that I devoured them both in… Continue reading Book Seventeen of 2013: VELOCITY by Abigail Boyd
There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. But most of… Continue reading Book Sixteen of 2013: THE DARK AND HOLLOW PLACES by Carrie Ryan
We first see this book in the Doctor Who episode "Angels Take Manhatten". It is the book that the Doctor reads and the book that shows the last moments of the Pond companions. Though the actual book doesn't feature that episode, it is a great read. This is the story of the River Song when… Continue reading Book Thirteen of 2013: THE ANGEL’S KISS by Justin Richards
Reese can’t remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she woke up almost a month later. She only knows one thing: She’s different now. Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds… Continue reading Book Twelve of 2013: ADAPTATION by Malinda Lo
Teenager Alice Bonham's life feels crazy after she meets Jack. With his fondness for pink Chuck Taylors and New Wave, he's unlike anyone she knows. Then she meets his brother, Peter. Even though he can't stand the sight of her, she's drawn to him. Falling for two guys isn't even the worst of her… Continue reading Book Eleven of 2013: MY BLOOD APPROVES by Amanda Hocking
In Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love, Andrew Shaffer explored the romantic failures of some of the great minds in history. Now, in Literary Rogues, he turns his unflinching eye and wit to explore our love-hate relationship with literature's most contrarian, drunken, vulgar, and just plain rude bad boys (and girls) in this very… Continue reading Book Ten of 2013: LITERARY ROGUES by Andrew Shaffer
A witty, honest, and hugely entertaining story for anyone who loves books, or has a difficult mother. And, let's face it, that's practically everybody . . . On paper, Arabella Hicks seems more than qualified to teach her fiction class on the Upper West Side: she's a writer herself; she's passionate about books; she's even named… Continue reading Book Seven of 2013: THE FICTION CLASS by Susan Breen
Haruhi holds the fate of the universe in her hands . . . lucky for you she doesn't know it. Meet Haruhi - a cute, determined girl, starting high school in a city where nothing exciting happens and absolutely no one understands her. Meet Kyon ÂÂ- the sarcastic guy who sits behind Haruhi in homeroom and the… Continue reading Book Three of 2013: THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA by Nagaru Tanigawa
Hopelessly crossed in love, a boy of half-fairy parentage leaves his mundane Victorian-English village on a quest for a fallen star in the magical realm. The star proves to be an attractive woman with a hot temper, who plunges with our hero into adventures featuring witches, the lion and the unicorn, plotting elf-lords, ships… Continue reading Book Two of 2013: STARDUST by Neil Gaiman
Kate Winters has won immortality. But if she wants a life with Henry in the Underworld, she'll have to fight for it.Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of… Continue reading Book One of 2013: GODDESS INTERRUPTED by Aimee Carter
