Confessions of a Bibliovore

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 . Hold Me Like a Breath  by Tiffany Schmidt Release date: May 19th 2015 Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold—including body parts. She’s the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope’s surrounded by all the suffocating privilege and protection her family can provide, but they can't protect her from the autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise so easily. And in her family's line of work no one can be safe forever. All Penelope has ever wanted is freedom and independence. But when she’s caught in the crossfire as rival families scramble for prominence, she learns that her wishes come with casualties, that betrayal hurts ...

Title: Dangerous Girls Author: Abigail Haas Publisher: Simon Pulse Release date: July 16th 2013 Pages: 388 Genre: Young Adult contemporary mystery Source: Bought Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon It's Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives. But when Elise is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in a country not her own, fighting against vile and contemptuous accusations. As Anna sets out to find her friend's killer; she discovers hard truths about her friendships, the slippery nature of truth, and the ache of young love. As she awaits the judge's decree, it becomes clear that everyone around her thinks she is not just guilty, but dangerous. When the truth comes out, it is more shocking than one could ever imagine... My rating: 5 out of 5 stars I had heard amazing things about Dangerous Girls from so m...

Title: The Edge of Falling Author: Rebecca Serle Publisher: Simon Pulse Release date: March 18th 2014 Pages: 304 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: Bought Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon Growing up in privileged, Manhattan social circles, Caggie’s life should be perfect, and it almost was until the day that her younger sister drowned when Caggie was supposed to be watching her. Stricken by grief, Caggie pulls away from her friends and family, only to have everyone misinterpret a crucial moment when she supposedly saves a fellow classmate from suicide. Now she’s famous for something she didn’t do and everyone lauds her as a hero. But inside she still blames herself for the death of her sister and continues to pull away from everything in her life, best friend and perfect boyfriend included. Then Caggie meets Astor, the new boy at school, about whom rumours are swirling and known facts are few. In Astor she finds someone who just might understand her pain, because...

Title: Some Boys Author: Patty Blount Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release date: August 5th 2014 Pages: 339 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: Bought Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon Some boys go too far. Some boys will break your heart. But one boy can make you whole. When Grace meets Ian she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of the school, like her own family. After she accuses the town golden boy of rape, everyone turns against Grace. They call her a slut and a liar. But...Ian doesn't. He's funny and kind with secrets of his own. But how do you trust the best friend of the boy who raped you? How do you believe in love? My rating: 2 out of 5 stars This is a really hard book to review. I really, really wanted to love it, because this is such an important topic and there aren't enough YA books out about it. And I do think that Grace's story is an important one that needs to be told. The rest of it, though, I didn't care for too muc...

Title: Tease Author: Amanda Maciel Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release date: April 29th 2014 Pages: 328 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon Emma Putnam is dead, and it's all Sara Wharton's fault. At least, that's what everyone seems to think. Sara, along with her best friend and three other classmates, has been criminally charged for the bullying and harassment that led to Emma's shocking suicide. Now Sara is the one who's ostracized, already guilty according to her peers, the community, and the media. During the summer before her senior year, in between meetings with lawyers and a court-recommended therapist, Sara is forced to reflect on the events that brought her to this moment—and ultimately consider her role in an undeniable tragedy. And she'll have to find a way to move forward, even when it feels like her own life is over. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars I absolutely love the premise of Tease . I've rea...

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 Law of Loving Others by Kate Axelrod Release date: January 8th 2015 Terrified by the realization that she could lose her mother to schizophrenia, Emma spirals out of control over the course of one winter break. The car glows with that careless feeling before the freedom of winter break as Emma drives home from boarding school with her boyfriend, Daniel. But when Emma calls to tell her mom she’ll be home before dinner, something is wrong. Just hours after Emma returns home, she realizes that her mom is suffering from a schizophrenic break. Emma’s entire childhood and identity is called into question. How could the woman who sent huge care packages of candy to sleep away camp be the same woman duct taping their windows to keep out the voices i...

Title: Famous in Love Author:  Rebecca Serle Publisher: Poppy Release date: October 1st 2014 Pages: 336 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: BEA 2014 Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon When seventeen-year-old Paige Townsen gets plucked from obscurity to star in the movie adaptation of a blockbuster book series, her life changes practically overnight. Within a month, Paige has traded the quiet streets of her hometown for a bustling movie set on the shores of Maui, and she is spending quality time with her costar Rainer Devon, one of People's Sexiest Men Alive. But when troubled star Jordan Wilder lands the role of the other point in the movie's famous love triangle, Paige's crazy new life begins to resemble her character's. My rating: 2 out of 5 stars Famous in Love didn't really sound like my kind of read, but since I loved Rebecca Serle's previous two books,  When You Were Mine  and The Edge of Falling, I thought I'd give this one a try. And alth...