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Girl to the Rescue: Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
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Thursday, June 11, 2015. Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver. Is the first novel I've read by Lauren Oliver, although my sister has read and enjoyed her Delirium. Trilogy, which was published a few years ago. Vanishing Girls. Is a YA thriller with a twist, which is hinted at by the presence of a blurb by E. Lockhart on the front cover of the book. Lockhart's recent novel, We Were Liars. Is another book with a remarkable twist. Suddenly, I was the third wheel. Oliver deftly writes about the relationship betw...
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Girl to the Rescue: December 2014
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Friday, December 12, 2014. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han. Lara Jean Song writes love letters. She addresses them to the boys that she loves, slips them into an envelope, and then hides them in a hat box. She never sends them. So when somebody does, five extremely private letters are hand delivered to five boys that Lara Jean never intended to know how she felt about them. I love teen romance books, and Jenny Han's was something special. I found To All the Boys I've Loved Before. By Melin...
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Girl to the Rescue: July 2014
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Monday, July 21, 2014. Goodreads Giveaway July 21 - August 21. Check out the giveaway for my new YA book Swimmers. There are 10 copies available and it runs from July 21 - August 21. Thanks to Winston Stilwell at Red Deer Press for making this giveaway happen! Http:/ www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/100716-swimmers. New book reviews will be up this week, including Emily Carroll's Through the Woods. Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki's This One Summer. By Katie Finn (aka Morgan Matson). Links to this post.
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Girl to the Rescue: P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
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Friday, June 12, 2015. PS I Still Love You by Jenny Han. The follow-up to Jenny Han's To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Was published at the end of May, and has the same fantastic cover art, design, and story as the first book. P.S. I Still Love You. Picks up right where To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Lara Jean and Peter decide to date for real, but they still come up with a handful of rules and make a contract to guide their relationship:. Peter will not be more than five minutes late. Lara Jean is...
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Girl to the Rescue: June 2014
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Monday, June 30, 2014. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal. Laura and Tom McNeal's Crooked. Is one of my favorite YA books of all time. I looked back through my book reviews and was so surprised that I haven't written about it yet here. Crooked. Is about Amos and Clara, and their perspectives duet in a complementary back-and-forth to tell the story. But after I read Crooked. I didn't really search out any other books by Laura and Tom McNeal. I think I read Zipped. And I thought I would give it a try. Morgan Matso...
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Girl to the Rescue: November 2013
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Thursday, November 28, 2013. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick. My introduction to writer Matthew Quick was through The Silver Linings Playbook. The Oscar Award-winning movie based on Quick’s novel of the same name. I knew the movie was an adaptation of the book, but I didn’t know Matthew Quick, or any of his work. The cover of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. Comes with a blurb that identifies Quick as the author of Silver Linings Playbook. The moments where Leonard identifies small truths about ...
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Girl to the Rescue: Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt. I was lucky enough to hear Kimberly Willis Holt speak at the YA Literature Conference at Louisiana State University last summer. I read her books when I was in elementary and middle school, both Louisiana Sky. And When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. At the time, it was slated for publication in 2015, and it just came out a few months ago. I didn't like Dear Hank Williams. As much as Holt's other novels, mostly because there seemed to be ...
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Girl to the Rescue: February 2014
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Thursday, February 6, 2014. Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger. I love Carriger’s books. After I read Etiquette and Espionage. The first book in Carriger’s young adult series, I quickly found her five-book adult series (and adapted manga series) The Parasol Protectorate. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Swimmers is the story of 17-year-old Hunter Ryan, and his trip across the Rocky Mountains in a Greyhound bus as it takes him back to the one place he's been running from.
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Girl to the Rescue: September 2014
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Monday, September 8, 2014. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I'm late to discovering British writer Jojo Moyes, and only recently learned about her 2012 novel Me Before You. With this past week's casting announcements of the movie adaptation. I had a chance to pick up Me Before You. On Friday and read it over the weekend. Over time, Lou realizes that the reason for her presence in the Traynor home is not exactly just. He is not prepared to continue living the life he has been saddled with. So begins Lou's gre...
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Girl to the Rescue: March 2015
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Thursday, March 5, 2015. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. By Patrick Ness was published in 2011, and although it's written by Ness it was inspired by an idea by deceased YA writer Siobhan Dowd, author of A Swift Sure Cry. The London Eye Mystery. And The Solace of the Road. While the latter two titles were published posthumously (Dowd died from breast cancer in 2007), A Monster Calls. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Before We Go can be purchased from:. Visit my Author Website!
