Confessions of a Bibliovore

Title: You Before Anyone Else Author: Julie Cross & Mark Perini Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Release date: August 2nd 2016 Pages: 400 Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance Source: NetGalley - I received a free eGalley of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads  |  Puchase from Amazon New York City model Finley is fed up with hearing the same feedback at castings: she needs to take some serious action to wipe the "good girl" stamp from her resume if she wants to launch to stardom. Enter Eddie Wells. He's shallow, predictable…and just as lost as Finley feels. Deep down, Finley is drawn to Eddie's bravado, his intensity. Except Eddie is hiding something. A big something. And when it surfaces, both loving and leaving Finley will become so much harder. My rating: 3 out of 5 stars I liked You Before Anyone Else right from the start. The writing is great; even though the book is 400 pages long, it reads sup...

Title: The Assassin Game Author: Kirsty McKay Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release date: August 2nd 2016 Pages: 336 Genre: Young Adult mystery Source: NetGalley - I received a free eGalley of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads  |  Puchase from Amazon At Cate's isolated boarding school, Killer is more than a game- it's an elite secret society. Members must avoid being "Killed" during a series of thrilling pranks, and only the Game Master knows who the "Killer" is. When Cate's finally invited to join the Assassins' Guild, she know it's her ticket to finally feeling like she belongs. But when the game becomes all too real, the school threatens to shut it down. Cate will do anything to keep playing and save the Guild. But can she find the real assassin before she's the next target? My rating: 2 out of 5 stars The Assassin's Game sounded like a great read; with the theme of murder at an elit...

The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny. But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone, or something, starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects: Harry Potter himself? Confession time: ...

Title: All We Have Left Author: Wendy Mills Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Release date: August 9th 2016 Pages: 368 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  |  Puchase from Amazon Interweaving stories from past and present, All We Have Left follows two girls, Alia and Jesse, who discover that hatred and love have the power to reverberate into the future. Then: Alia is a proud Muslim, even if it makes high school more difficult. Grounded for a stupid mistake, Alia decides to confront her father at his Manhattan office, putting her in danger she never expected. When the planes collide into the Twin Towers, Alia is trapped inside. There she meets a boy who risks everything for her. Now: Jesse is haunted by the past. Ever since her brother died in the September 11th attacks, her dad's rage and grief has overshadowed their lives. When one hate-fuel...

Title: The Woman in Cabin 10 Author: Ruth Ware Publisher: Harvill Secker Release date: June 30th 2016 Pages: 352 Genre: mystery/psychological thriller Source: Gift from publisher Add to Goodreads  |  Puchase from Amazon This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship. A chance for travel journalist Lo Blackwood to recover from a traumatic break-in that has left her on the verge of collapse, and to work out what she wants from her relationship. Except things don’t go as planned. Woken in the night by screams, Lo rushes to her window to see a body thrown overboard from the next door cabin. But the records show that no-one ever checked into that cabin, and no passengers are missing from the boat. Exhausted, emotional and increasingly desperate, Lo has to face the fact that her sleep problems might be driving her mad or she is trapped on a boat with a murderer – and she is the sole witness... My rating: 2 out of 5 stars I...

Title: How to Keep Rolling After a Fall Author:  Karole Cozzo Publisher: Swoon Reads Release date: August 2nd 2016 Pages: 272 Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance Source: NetGalley - I received a free eGalley of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thanks! Add to Goodreads  |  Puchase from Amazon The party was at her house. The photos were posted to her Facebook account. That's all the evidence anyone needed to condemn Nikki Baylor for a cyberbullying incident that humiliated a classmate and nearly resulted in the girl's suicide. Now Nikki's been expelled from her old school, her friends have abandoned her, and even her own parents can't look her in the eye. With her plans for the future all but destroyed, Nikki resigns herself to being the girl everyone hates - almost as much as she hates herself. But then Nikki meets Pax, a spirited wheelchair rugby player who knows what it's like when one mistake completely shatters your life. Refusin...

Today we have a spotlight for Defending Taylor by Miranda Kenneally .  Defending Taylor comes out tomorrow, July 5th. Here's what it's all about: Defending Taylor  by Miranda Kenneally Captain of the soccer team, president of the Debate Club, contender for valedictorian: Taylor’s always pushed herself to be perfect. After all, that’s what is expected of a senator’s daughter. But one impulsive decision—one lie to cover for her boyfriend—and Taylor’s kicked out of private school. Everything she’s worked so hard for is gone, and now she’s starting over at Hundred Oaks High. Soccer has always been Taylor’s escape from the pressures of school and family, but it’s hard to fit in and play on a team that used to be her rival. The only person who seems to understand all that she’s going through is her older brother’s best friend, Ezra. Taylor’s had a crush on him for as long as she can remember. But it’s hard to trust after having been betrayed. Will Taylor repeat her past mistakes or ...