Confessions of a Bibliovore

Title: Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Author: Sara Farizan Publisher: Algonquin Release date: October 7th 2014 Pages: 304 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: NetGalley - I received a free eGalley of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon High-school junior Leila has made it most of the way through Armstead Academy without having a crush on anyone, which is something of a relief. Her Persian heritage already makes her different from her classmates; if word got out that she liked girls, life would be twice as hard. But when a sophisticated, beautiful new girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would, especially when it looks as if the attraction between them is mutual. Struggling to sort out her growing feelings and Saskia s confusing signals, Leila confides in her old friend, Lisa, and grows closer to her fellow drama tech-crew members, especially Tomas, whose c...

Title: Bleed Like Me Author: Christa Desir Publisher: Simon Pulse Release date: October 7th 2014 Pages: 288 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: NetGalley - I received a free advance eGalley of this bookfrom the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads | Purchase from Amazon Seventeen-year-old Amelia Gannon (just "Gannon" to her friends) is invisible to almost everyone in her life. To her parents, to her teachers--even her best friend, who is more interested in bumming cigarettes than bonding. Some days the only way Gannon knows she is real is by carving bloody lines into the flesh of her stomach. Then she meets Michael Brooks, and for the first time, she feels like she is being seen to the core of her being. Obnoxious, controlling, damaged, and addictive, he inserts himself into her life until all her scars are exposed. Each moment together is a passionate, painful relief. But as the relationship deepens, Gannon starts to feel as if she's ...

Bookish Anticipation is a feature I do every once in a while to spotlight future releases I'm excited for. It was inspired by  Breaking the Spine 's Waiting on Wednesday. You can check out more of my Bookish Anticipation posts  here . The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne Release date: March 17th 2015 Kate Quinn’s mom died unexpectedly last year, leaving Kate grasping. But when the totally unexpected shows up in her living room, Kate must confront another reality she never thought possible—or thought of at all. Moving in with a politically powerful family she never knew she had, joining a presidential campaign in support of a man she barely knows, and falling for a rebellious boy who may not have the purest motives—this is Kate’s new life. But who is Kate? When what she truly believes flies in the face of the campaign’s talking points, Kate must decide. Does she turn to the family she barely knows, the boy she knows but doesn’t necessarily tru st, or face a third, eve...

Title: Kiss Kill Vanish Author: Jessica Martinez Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release date: October 7th 2014 Pages: 432 Genre: Young Adult contemporary/mystery Source: Edelweiss - I received a free eGalley of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads | Purchase from Amazon Valentina Cruz no longer exists. One moment, she was wrapped in Emilio’s arms, melting into his kiss. The next, she was witnessing the unthinkable: a murder in cold blood, ordered by her father and carried out by her boyfriend. When Emilio pulled the trigger, Valentina disappeared. She made a split-second decision to shed her identity and flee her life of privilege, leaving the glittering parties and sultry nightlife of Miami far behind. She doesn’t know how to explain to herself what she saw. All she knows now is that nothing she believed about her family, her heart, or Emilio’s love, was real. She can change her name and deny her past, but Valentina can’t run from ...

Title: Tape Author: Steven Camden Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books Release date: September 23rd 2014 Pages: 363 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon In 1993, Ryan records a diary on an old tape. He talks about his mother’s death, about his dreams, about his love for a new girl at school who doesn’t even know he exists. In 2013, Ameliah moves in with her grandmother after her parents die. There, she finds a tape in the spare room. A tape with a boy’s voice on it – a voice she can’t quite hear, but which seems to be speaking to her. Ryan and Ameliah are connected by more than just a tape. This is their story. My rating: 2 out of 5 stars I haven't DNFed a book in over a year, but I wanted to DNF Tape multiple times. The reason that I rarely DNF books is that I like reading good books (for obvious reasons) but also like reading bad books because they give me something to complain about (I'm really good at anger). ...

Title: Lies We Tell Ourselves Author: Robin Talley Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release date: September 30th 2014 Pages: 304 Genre: Young Adult historical Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads | Purchase from Amazon In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes, spit on and tormented daily. Linda Hairston is the daughter of one of the town’s most vocal opponents of school integration. She has been taught all her life that the races should be kept “separate but equal.” Forced to work together on a school project, Sarah and Linda must confront harsh truths about race, power and how they really feel about one another. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars I was ridiculously excited for Lies We Tell Ourselves . A book that tackles racism, sexism, and homophobia all...

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish  with a different topic for a top-ten list each week. You can find out more about it  here . This week's topic is:  Top Ten  Authors I've Only Read One Book From But NEED to Read More I only have seven for this list, but here goes... Nina LaCour Nina LaCour's debut, Hold Still , is one of my all-time favorites; her writing is incredible. And yet, somehow... I still haven't read The Disenchantments or Everything Leads to You . I really need to make that happen. Justina Chen I loved Justina Chen's writing in North of Beautiful... but still haven't gotten around to reading any of her other books. Trish Doller I remember being completely obsessed with Trish Doller's debut,  Something Like Normal - it was one of my most anticipated releases, and it was still better than I'd expected. And Trish Doller is awesome on Twitter, too, so I really should read her sophomore novel. One day... Libba Bray T...

Title: The Fine Art of Pretending Author: Rachel Harris Publisher: Spencer Hill Contemporary Release date: September 30th 2014 Pages: 256 Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon According to the guys at Fairfield Academy, there are two types of girls: the kind you hook up with, and the kind you're friends with. Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Reed is the second type. And she hates it. With just one year left to change her rank, she devises a plan to become the first type by homecoming, and she sets her sights on the perfect date—Justin Carter, Fairfield Academy’s biggest hottie and most notorious player. With 57 days until the dance, Aly launches Operation Sex Appeal and sheds her tomboy image. The only thing left is for Justin actually to notice her. Enter best friend Brandon Taylor, the school’s second biggest hottie, and now Aly’s pretend boyfriend. With his help, elevating from “funny friend” to “tempting vixen” is only ...

Title: Afterworlds Author: Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Simon Pulse Release date: September 23rd 201 4 Pages: 608 Genre: Young Adult paranormal/contemporary Source: BEA Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she's made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and fledgling writers who take her under their wings… Told in alternating chapters is Darcy's novel, a suspenseful thriller about Lizzie, a teen who slips into the 'Afterworld' to survive a terrorist attack. But the Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead and as Lizzie drifts between our world and that of the Afterworld, she discovers that many unsolved - and terrifying - stories need to be reconciled. And when a new threat resurfaces, Lizzie learns her special gifts may not be enough to protect those she lov...

Title: Since You've Been Gone Author:  Morgan Matson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release date: May 6th 2014 Pages: 449 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon The Pre-Sloane Emily didn't go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn't do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just... disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try... unless they could lead back to her best friend. Apple Picking at Night? Ok, easy enough.Dance until Dawn? Sure. Why not? Kiss a Stranger? Wait... what? Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check t...

Title: Rooms Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: Ecco Release date: September 23rd 201 4 Pages: 320 Genre: adult paranormal Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family—bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna—have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself—in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb. The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. ...

Ruin And Rising (The Grisha #3) by Leigh Bardugo Source: Bought Format: Hardback Pages: 417 Available Now Goodreads Synopsis: The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives. Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and c...

My New Treasures is a semi-regular feature here at Paperback Treasures to showca se all the books I received over the previous week (or however long it's been since I've last done one of these). It was inspired by Stacking the Shelves, hosted by  Tynga's Reviews . Bought: The Lucy Variations  by Sara Zarr Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan Some Boys by Patty Blount The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney Break by Hannah Moskowitz Rival by Sara Wealer Dangerous Girls  by Abigail Haas For review: The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin

Title: Get Even (Don't Get Mad #1) Author:  Gretchen McNeil Publisher: Balzer & Bray Release date: September 16th 2014 Pages: 291 Genre: Young Adult mystery Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon Bree, Olivia, Kitty, and Margot have nothing in common—at least that’s what they’d like the students and administrators of their elite private school to think. The girls have different goals, different friends, and different lives, but they share one very big secret: They’re all members of Don’t Get Mad, a secret society that anonymously takes revenge on the school’s bullies, mean girls, and tyrannical teachers. When their latest target ends up dead with a blood-soaked “DGM” card in his hands, the girls realize that they’re not as anonymous as they thought—and that someone now wants revenge on them. Soon the clues are piling up, the police are closing in . . . and everyone has something to lose. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Get Even is such a fun read! Wit...