Confessions of a Bibliovore

Title: Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart Series: N/A Genre: YA - Contemporary Publication: 03.14.2006 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers Format: Audio Source: Library Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Synopsis: At the Manhattan School for Art and Music, where everyone is “different” and everyone is “special,” Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. She’s the kind of girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of Spider-Man, so she won’t have to talk to anyone; who has a crush on Titus but won’t do anything about it; who has no one to hang out with when her best (and only real) friend Katya is busy. One day, Gretchen wishes that she could be a fly on the wall in the boys’ locker room–just to learn more about guys. What are they really like? What do they really talk about? Are they really cretins most of the time? Fly on the Wall is the story of how that wish comes true. Thoughts: I don't know where to start with this book, so let me just tell you the truth. Fly on the Wall ...

A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan Series: N/A Genre: YA - Science Fiction Publication: 08.09.2011 by Candlewick Format: Audio Source: Library Rating: ★★★★ Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten subbasement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and utterly changed the world she knew. Now, her parents and her first love are long gone, and Rose-- hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire-- is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat. Desperate to put the past behind her and adapt to her new world, Rose finds herself drawn to the boy who kissed her awake, hoping that he can help her to start fresh. But when a deadly danger jeopardizes her fragile new existence, Rose must face the ghosts of her past with open eyes-- or be left without any future at all. ...

A little under four years ago, I was not an audio book listener . I'd heard a few books on audio because I was "forced" to in class but I didn't really listen to any on my own. One day, I stumbled upon a new library in my neighborhood and the way they had their YA section set up was having both physical books and audio books combined. I'm used to having audio books on their own shelf far off into a corner, but instead, these were right in my face. So I though, why the heck not? And I gave it a shot. I picked up The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong, and at first I disliked the idea of listening to the book, instead of reading it. It was weird for me. But by the end of the book, I was in love. From then on, I started checking out audio books more regularly, and I've been listening to them for years now. I love the experience of being able to listen to a book, while I'm driving or doing chores around the house, or working out/running. It's awesome! In fact...

Title: Waves by Sharon Dogar Series: N/A Genre: YA - Contemporary Publication: 04.01.2007 by Chicken House Format: Audio Source: Library Rating:  ★☆☆☆☆ Synopsis:  When Hal's family makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave Charley, their comatose daughter, behind in a hospital ward while they spend the summer on the west coast of England, Hal finds it harder than ever to shake his sister's presence. What power is letting him share her memories? And will they reveal the deep, dark truth behind her tragic "accident"? Set at a beach where growing up goes wrong, WAVES is a coming-of-age story about first love and first loss; about a family drowning in sorrow, and the remarkable son who is struggling against the tide to save them. Thoughts: This is one of those books that sounds like it's going to be awesome, but ends of being so not what you expected. From the cover, it looks like a light summer read, and from the summary it sounds like a heartbreaking story...

Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams Series: N/A Genre: YA - Contemporary Publication: 03.15.2011 by St. Martin's Griffin Format: ARC Source : Orange County Book Festival (Gift) Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Synopsis:  Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother's ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control... Thoughts: The biggest mistake I made when starting this was having such high expectations of this author. Her previous book,  The Chosen One,  blew me away and going into Miles from Ordinary  I expected something similar that was equally heart-wrenching. Of course it was silly of me to think that this book would be like the...

A few months ago, I discovered the awesomeness of subscribing by email to a blog. I never did this because I always followed via GFC and really didn't know how to use anything else (still don't, in fact.) I didn't want to subscribe to emails because I thought they would spam my inbox and I definitely didn't want that happening. But then some of the blogs I loved, and a few that I discovered, were not using GFC and this was troubling to me. I don’t have as much time to sit around the computer all day the way I used to, and I still can’t figure out how the feed readers work exactly, so I was a little frustrated with what to do. One of my oldest blogging friends, Steph the Bookworm , had switched over to Wordpress and I no longer saw her posts on my GFC. I kept going back to her blog and realizing that she had posted a few things since I’d last checked it, so I decided, what the heck? And I subscribed to her blog via email. And it was awesome. Every morning I check my emai...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish . 1. Caster Chronicles: Okay, so I cheated a little and already started this one, but I do want to read the entire series! 2. Newsflesh: This sounds so awesome and I have been meaning to read it for so long! 3. Throne of Glass: I have heard only good things about this book and I cannot wait to read it! 4. Dust Lands: I've had a copy of this book for so long and I keep trying to read it, but haven't...yet! 5. Divergent : Everyone says this is awesome and I really want to check it out. 6. Across the Universe: This just sounds like something I need to read 7. The Immortals: I've heard great things about this series, have the first book, and have even met the author! 8. Halo: I have all the books in this series and I have yet to start it. I don't know why.  9. The Marbury Lens : Another series that I own and have met the author, but haven't had the chance to check out. 10. Vampire Academy: I l...