Confessions of a Bibliovore

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 Books I've Read So Far in 2015 These are my top books of the year so far, in the order I read them. The links will take you to my reviews. Two Boys Kissing  by David Levithan Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer  The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart My Heart and Other Black Holes  by Jasmine Warga The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand Bone Gap by Laura Ruby Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby All the Rage by Courtney Summers The Devil You Know by Trish Doller  What are your top books of the year so far?

Title: The Devil You Know Author: Trish Doller Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Release date: June 2nd 2015 Pages: 256 Genre: Young Adult mystery/romance Source: NetGalley - I received a free advance copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon Eighteen-year-old Arcadia wants adventure. Living in a tiny Florida town with her dad and four-year-old brother, Cadie spends most of her time working, going to school, and taking care of her family. So when she meets two handsome cousins at a campfire party, she finally has a chance for fun. They invite her and friend to join them on a road trip, and it's just the risk she's been craving-the opportunity to escape. But what starts out as a fun, sexy journey quickly becomes dangerous when she discovers that one of them is not at all who he claims to be. One of them has deadly intentions. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars I fangirled about Trish Doller's debu...

Title: Hold Me Like a Breath (Unce Opon A Crime Family #1) Author: Tiffany Schmidt Publisher: Bloomsbury Release date: May 19th 2015 Pages: 400 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Source: NetGalley - I received a free advance copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon 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 ca...

Title: Get Dirty (Don't Get Mad #2) Author:  Gretchen McNeil Publisher: Balzer & Bray Release date: June 16th 2015 Pages: 384 Genre: Young Adult mystery Source: Edelweiss - I received a free advance copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads  |  Purchase from Amazon The members of Don’t Get Mad aren’t just mad anymore . . . they’re afraid. And with Margot in a coma and Bree stuck in juvie, it’s up to Olivia and Kitty to try to catch their deadly tormentor. But just as the girls are about to go on the offensive, Ed the Head reveals a shocking secret that turns all their theories upside down. The killer could be anyone, and this time he—or she—is out for more than just revenge. The girls desperately try to discover the killer’s identity as their personal lives are falling apart: Donté is pulling away from Kitty and seems to be hiding a secret of his own, Bree is under house arrest, and Olivia’s mother is on an emotion...

Today we have Katie M. Stout here for an author interview! This interview is part of the blog tour for her YA debut, Hello, I Love You . 1. Without spoiling anything, could you tell us what was your favorite scene to write in   Hello, I Love You? My favorite scene is definitely spoiler-y! What I can say is that all the scenes with Grace and her mother are my some of my favorites. The interplay between those two was something I really enjoyed exploring. Her mom is just so terrible, even I as the author cringed writing some of her dialogue. But the heart of the story for me is Grace’s relationship with her family, so those scenes flowed really easily for me, and I loved writing them. 2. If you had to pair up your main character Grace from Hello, I Love You with any other character from any other YA book (either romantically or as a friend), who would it be and why? I’d love to see Grace hang out with Rose Hathaway from Vampire Academy. They’re both fierce, opinionated ladies that ha...

Let me start by saying, I  liked  it. But I didn't  love it like so many did. I think part of the reason why is because I did listen to it instead of reading a physical copy, and that sort of pulled some of the magical feels I think I would've gotten instead. For some reason, I don't want to make this review too long either, so let me get straight to it. I'll Give You the Sun is a powerful story about a twin brother and sister. It is set in two different timelines, Noah telling the 13 year old version, and Jude narrating years later at the age of 16. Many things happen to both of them, both that could've been prevented and that couldn't have, which causes their strong friendship and bond to break. It was kind of weird to read both perspectives because I felt that the younger version was moving too slowly and I wanted to know how they got to their present situation. I liked both Jude and Noah, but found them both a little peculiar and wasn't sure how to gra...

Title: How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford Series: N/A Genre: Young Adult Publication: October 1, 2009 by Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover Source: Purchased Rating: ★★★ Synopsis: New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship. It's not romance, exactly - but it's definitely love. Still, Bea can't quite dispel Jonah's gloom and doom - and as she finds out his family history, she understands why. Can Bea help Jonah? Or is he destined to vanish? Thoughts: This is a book that sat on my shelf for years. I don't really remember what it was that made me  want  to read it but I've been meaning to get to it forever. When I picked it up, I had no idea what it was ...

My twelve year old cousin let me borrow this one and after letting it sit on my shelf for a few months, I decided to pick it up. It was exactly what I needed to get me out of the reading slump I was in. Light, fluffy, funny, and with just the right kind of romance that had my giggling in class (seriously!) I got through  The Distance Between Us  quicker than I have gotten through any book in such a long time! It was the perfect contemporary romance . The characters and the plot have been done a million times over: A poor sarcastic girl who doesn't trust rich people but falls for the rich, handsome guy because he turns out to be a really nice guy despite what she's believed all her life. We've all read that one before right? West was able to offer a few unique qualities to each character, to the story and how it all wrapped up nicely, which made it not completely predictable. This is was exactly was I was hoping for when I opened up the book and I was glad to not be disapp...

New releases: Joyride  by Anna Banks:  June 2nd 2015 The Devil You Know  by Trish Doller:  June 2nd 2015 Like It Never Happened  by Emily Adrian:  June 2nd 2015 The Summer of Chasing Mermaids  by Sarah Ockler:  June 2nd 2015 Delicate Monsters  by Stephanie Kuehn:  June 9th 2015 Even When You Lie to Me  by Jessica Alcott:  June 9th 2015 The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes: June 9th After Hours  by Claire Kennedy:  June 16th 2015 More Happy Than Not  by Adam Silvera:  June 16th 2015 Get Dirty (Don't Get Mad #2)  by Gretchen McNeil:  June 16th 2015 Every Last Word  by Tamara Ireland Stone:  June 16th 2015 Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway: June 23rd Between Us and the Moon  by Rebecca Maizel:  June 30th 2015 New in paperback: Inland by Kat Rosenfield: June 2nd The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu: June 2nd Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller: June 2nd...