young adult

  • Beck Valley Books: “Both Sides” by Paul E. Stawski Book Review

    By Ruth on November 10, 2013
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    Imagine if you were in a tragic accident – unable to move or speak but otherwise cognizant of everything around you. Imagine hearing doctors deciding your fate without you having a voice in the outcome. Alex is a 16-year-old girl who finds herself in that exact situation in Both Sides, a novel that begins when – while on a class […]
  • Mother Daughter Book Reviews: “The Shadow of Atlantis” Book Tour/Giveaway (Ends 11/5) WW

    By Ruth on October 22, 2013
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    About the Book Title: The Shadow of Atlantis (Shadows From the Past, Book 1) Author: Wendy Leighton-Porter Year Published: 2012 Publisher: Mauve Square Publishing Pages: 196 Recommended Age: 8+ Summary (Amazon): Ten-year-old twins Joe and Jemima Lancelot have no idea why their parents have disappeared, but a mysterious old book which had belonged to their father holds the answer… and […]
  • CBLS Promotions: “Southern Attraction” by Tracy Kauffman Book Tour

    By Ruth on August 5, 2013
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    Southern Attraction by Tracy Kauffman Young Adult Romance Categories: Action/Adventure Publisher: KG Books Heat Level: Sweet Length: 174 pages Available at: Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/Southern-Attraction-Tracy-Kay-Kauffman/dp/0989188205/ KG Books – http://www.kgbooks.org/#!southern-attraction/c1ohm   Description: Heather has everything she ever wanted; money, clothes, friends, popularity and parents that adored her. One terrible day, she is uprooted to a small town in Alabama with an uncle […]
  • Litfuse Group: “The Bare Naked Truth” by Bekah Hamrick-Martin Book Review

    By Ruth on June 23, 2013
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    The Truth About Sex and Waiting … Uncovered Purity. Sex. Boys. Waiting. There’s something about those words that makes everything complex in a heartbeat, and raises more questions than answers. Is there something wrong with me if I don’t kiss a boy after a date? Or am I doomed if I DID? What if waiting is just a one-way trip […]
  • Goddess Fish: “The Book of Phinn” by Frank Anjakos Book Tour/Giveaway (Ends 6/21) U.S.

    By Ruth on June 16, 2013
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    THE BOOK OF PHINN By Frank Anjakos BLURB:     Hey, Phinn here.   I’m an Angel.  A 16-year-old immortal.  You don’t know me.  You’ve never seen me.  Unless you’re a dead teenager and you’ve been good and live in Southern California (narrows it down, huh?).  If that’s the case, we’ve probably met.  See, I take the souls of good kids […]
  • Reading Away the Days: “Invisible” by Cecily Ann Paterson Book Tour/Giveaway (Ends 6/22) WW

    By Ruth on June 11, 2013
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          Bio: Cecily Anne Paterson is what they call a TCK, or a third culture kid, which basically means she grew up overseas and has some weird issues. Now she’s a mostly normal Australian living in a small town in New South Wales, although her four children don’t wouldn’t necessarily agree with the mostly normal bit. She’s been […]
  • “The Earth is for Dancing” by Lorca Damon Book Review

    By Ruth on May 30, 2013
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    As promised, here is my review.  If you want to read more about the blog tour and enter the giveaway, please click here. The Earth is for Dancing by Lorca Damon My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you have read my reviews for any length of time, you will probably know that I tend to have a love-hate relationship […]
  • “The Earth is for Dancing” by Lorca Damon Book Tour (Ends 6/9) WW

    By Ruth on May 29, 2013
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      Blurb: Sam is a fifteen-year-old drug orphan living with her custodial grandmother who is stricken with late-stage Alzheimer’s. She struggles to fill the role of caregiver to her grandmother while keeping her little family a secret from the authorities who would send Gamma to a state facility and Sam to foster care. Just because her life isn’t hard enough, […]
  • "The Lying Game" by Sara Shepard Book Review

    By Ruth on April 26, 2013
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    Summary (from goodreads) I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. The worst part of being dead is that there’snothing left to live for. No more kisses. Nomore secrets. No more gossip. It’s enoughto kill a girl all over again. But I’m about toget something no one else does–an encoreperformance, thanks to Emma, the long-losttwin sister I […]
  • Black Lion Tours: "The Lola Diaries: Drama Jerk" by Lulubelle Love Book Review/Giveaway (ends 5/1) U.S.

    By Ruth on April 22, 2013
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    Today we welcome Lulubelle Love and her newest work: “The Lola Diaries: Drama Jerk” If you have kids, you can’t miss this book. The Lola Diaries: Drama Jerk by Lulubelle Love. Quick Facts Release Date: February 28,2013. Genre: Middle Grade Fiction. Formats Available for Purchase: Paperback and ebook.  Book Synopsis Let’s face it turning eleven can be difficult especially when you still wear diapers […]