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Review: Landline by Rainbow Rowell

July 3, 2014

Title: LandlineAuthor: Rainbow RowellSeries: NonePublisher: St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of MacmillanPublication Date: July 8, 2014Pages: 308Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher, via BEA Age Group/Genre: Adult/Contemporary Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it’s been in trouble for a long time. She still loves ...

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DNF: #scandal by Sarah Ockler

June 13, 2014

Title: #scandalAuthor: Sarah OcklerSeries: NonePublisher: Simon PulsePublication Date: June 17, 2014Pages: 411Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary Lucy’s learned some important lessons from tabloid darling Jayla Heart’s all-too-public blunders: Avoid the spotlight, don’t feed the Internet ...

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Review: How to Love by Katie Cotugno

April 18, 2014

Title: How to Love Author: Katie Cotugno Series: None Publisher: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publication Date: October 1, 2013 Pages: 389 Format/Source: Hardback/Purchased Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary, Romance Before: Reena Montero has loved Sawyer LeGrande for as long as she can remember: as natural as ...

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Review: Destruction (The December People #1) by Sharon Bayliss

April 10, 2014

Title: Destruction Author: Sharon Bayliss Series: The December People #1 Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press Publication Date: April 14, 2014 Pages: 250 Format/Source: eARC/From Author Age Group/Genre: Adult/Contemporary, Fantasy David Vandergraff wants to be a good man. He goes to church every Sunday, keeps his lawn trim and green, and ...

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Review: This Side of Salvation by Jeri Smith-Ready

March 31, 2014

Title: This Side of Salvation Author: Jeri Smith-Ready Series: None Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: April 1, 2014 Pages: 368 Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary Everyone mourns differently. When his older brother was killed, David got angry. As in, fist-meets-someone-else’s-face furious. ...

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Review: The Edge of Falling by Rebecca Serle

March 13, 2014

Title: The Edge of Falling Author: Rebecca Serle Series: None Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: March 18, 2014 Pages: 285 Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary Growing up in privileged, Manhattan social circles, Caggie’s life should be perfect, and it almost was until the day that her ...

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Blind Reads Review: Fifteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton

February 21, 2014

Title: Fifteenth Summer Author: Michelle Dalton Series: None Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: May 7, 2013 Pages: 249 Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary, Romance Love blossoms by the lake in this sweet summer romance, in the tradition of Seventeeth Summer and Sixteenth Summer. Chelsea ...

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Review: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

February 13, 2014

Title: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares Author: Rachel Cohn & David Levithan Series: None Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. Publication Date: October 26, 2010 Pages: 260 Format/Source: Hardback/Purchased Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary “I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn ...

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Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

January 24, 2014

Title: Fangirl Author: Rainbow Rowell Series: None Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin, an imprint of Macmillan Publication Date: September 10, 2013 Pages: 435 Format/Source: Hardback/Purchased Age Group/Genre: Young Adult, New Adult/Contemporary From the author of the New York Times bestseller Eleanor & Park. A coming-of-age ...

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Review: The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg

January 16, 2014

Title: The Lonely Hearts Club Author: Elizabeth Eulberg Series: The Lonely Hearts Club #1 Publisher: Point, an imprint of Scholastic Publication Date: January 1, 2010 Pages: 285 Format/Source: Hardback/Purchased Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary, Romance Love is all you need… or is it? Penny’s about to find out in ...

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