Review: Life on the Move by Megan Reilly

Shannon C.’s review of Life on the Move by Megan Reilly
Contemporary young adult fiction released by Samhain 29 Apr 07

I love it when a book packs the kind of emotional wallop that leaves me sitting in my chair well after I’m done, stunned into speechlessness. When that book is only about 150 pages long, I consider that amazing. A quick word of warning–this is a young adult novel, and it’s not an easy story to read, so people expecting a traditional HEA will be disappointed, but if that doesn’t matter so much to you, this is definitely worth a try.

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BOOK ALERT: The Clique-Summer Collection: Massie by Lisi Harrison

I think this is the character my lil sis has decided she would be perfect to play in the movie based on The Clique - Summer Collection: Massie by Lisi Harrison (Poppy, 1 Apr 08).

No, I am not kidding, I think they are already filming, though, so she will have to dream of the sequel… You can get updates on the movie here.

And read an excerpt from Massie’s book here.   Go here for The Clique’s official site.

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Review: It’s Not Easy Being Mean by Lisi Harrison

It’s Not Easy Being Mean by Lisi Harrison
review by: lil sis

It’s Not Easy Being Mean is one more great book in Lisi Harrison’s Clique Series. It is a lot of fun to read, keeps you interested and you won’t want to put it down once you pick it up. I really enjoyed it and have already read it 3 times, in a row! And I am getting ready for another reread to prepare for the next book.

This is my favorite of the series (so far) because it shows how the girls have changed since the beginning and they are all working toward a common goal. More importantly they are working together as a team to reach that goal. The ending will have you on the edge of your seat and wanting more.

I can’t wait for, Sealed with a Diss, the eight book in the series. It comes out in July!

Massie Block: Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day, an exclusive private school in Westchester County, New York.

Claire Lyons: Has finally arrived! She’s in the Clique and adored by super-cute Briarwood boy Cam. But will she be able to stay in Massie’s inner circle?

Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia would love to take Massie’s throne one day. She just might do it.

Dylan Marvil: Divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkin’s shakes to try to get rid of the extra fifteen pounds that won’t seem to leave her butt alone.

Kristen Gregory: She’s smart, hardworking and will insult you to tears faster than you can say “scholarship kid.”

The Clique… The only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

Kids Just Say No… to ebooks?

I found an article in the QCTimes rather interesting, they were talking of Rowlings refusing ebooks. Being one of the 10 people who don’t care about Harry that isn’t what I find worth mentioning. But rather this quote from Barbara Marcus:

I didn’t think then, and I don’t think now, that there is a cool enough or interesting enough hardware to get the kids engaged,” says Barbara Marcus, president of the children’s books division of Rowling’s U.S. publisher, Scholastic, Inc.

Now far be it to say my little sister is average. And you can judge for yourself when I post her first YA review this Friday on the most recent book in The Clique series: It’s Not Easy Being Mean by Lisi Harrison.

But she already wants an ereader. You see they bought me an ebookwise for Christmas. So they had to open it and make sure it was charged and working. And the lil sis delighted in telling me on christmas day she played with my ebook reader for a couple of hours. She loved it. As did my grandmother who she showed how to work it.

We played with the idea of getting her an ebookwise for her birthday. But the selection of books for her age was pretty poor when I looked so we didn’t. If there had been more books out there for YA in eform we would have bought it.

And I can tell you that alone would have made at least 10 other ebookwise or ereader sales over the following few months. And that is just one middle school in Texas. With their IPODs, laptops, cellphones and digital camera’s, the biggest concern I see for marketing ereaders to young adults isn’t will they buy but how fast can Coach create something to carry it in.

Because… just in case you didn’t know… Dooney & Burke is just ’so’ out.