Sandy M’s review of Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer Young Adult Contemporary Paranormal Fiction Hardcover released by Little, Brown 5 Oct 05, PPB 6 Sep 06, MMPPB 1 Nov 2008 I finally got my first look at the Twilight Saga sensation that (almost) everyone’s gone crazy over.  With the movie only [...]

Lil Sister’s review of Moonstone by Marilee Brothers Young Adult Paranormal from Bell Bridge Books released 1 Aug 08 Note from Sybil:  When BelleBooks contacted me about their new young adult line, I was pretty sure they would be right up my lil’ sis’s alley. I was right. Read on for her 14 year old [...]

Liviania’s review of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer Young Adult paranormal fiction released by Little, Brown Young Readers 2 Aug 08 I come from the generation that made Stephenie Meyer famous. I first read Twilight four years ago, when it was still an ARC. I was the second person who read it – a friend [...]

Liviania’s review of I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, Book One) by Ally Carter Contemporary Young Adult romantic suspense released by Hyperion 20 Mar 07 Cammie Morgan is on her way to become an elite spy, following in the footsteps of both her parents. She knows [...]

Limecello’s reviews of The Secret Circle Trilogy by L.J. Smith Contemporary Young Adult romance released by Harper Teen Sep – Nov 92, re-released Jul and Dec 08 I own the original trilogy, and decided to review them for a number of reasons. First, I recently re-read them. Next (and more importantly?) Sybil has been pushing [...]

This is a new YA novel hitting the shelves at the end of the month. I was somewhat surprised at the plot… is it just me or is this pretty original? What you think of it? Cycler by Lauren McLaughlin

Shannon C.’s review of Little (Grrl) Lost (Newford series) by Charles de Lint YA Urban fantasy released by Viking Juvenile 6 Sep 07 I love Charles de Lint. He’s remained a consistent favorite for me for many years. Every time I pick up an urban fantasy, I keep hoping for a de Lint-esque writing experience. [...]

Liviania’s review of The Ankh of Isis (Library of Athena, Book 2) by Christine Norris YA fantasy adventure eBook released by Samhain 8 Jul 08 There are many books it would be fun to enter and explore, to be able to interact with favorite characters and experience events first hand. Of course, it would be [...]

Shannon C.’s review of The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Young adult fiction released by Candlewick Press 1 Jun 05 You know those stereotypes about bloggers being nerds who have nothing better to do than sit there and make fun of people on the Internets instead of, y’know, getting [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lawson’s review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling YA fantasy fiction hardcover released by Arthur A. Levine Books 21 Jul 07 Alright, I know, I KNOW, this is a romance blog and here I am talking about Harry Potter. What could I be thinking? I felt this book deserves [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]