Confessions of a Bibliovore

I love book covers! I love walking around Barnes and Noble just looking at all the different covers.  A good cover will make me pull the book off the shelf!   It's almost like I have a crush on them :) Today I'm crushin' on: I'm just in love with this cover! I love the colors, the look of the dress - just everything!  About the Book: Seven seniors, seven problems, one senior prom. Cora: Head of the Prom Committee (and basically every other club in school). Has been dating Perfect Boyfriend Jamie™ for approximately forever, and has NO IDEA how to break up with him.... Paisley: Sarcastic feminist who wants nothing to do with prom. Has somehow managed to nominate her anxiety-ridden best friend for prom king... Henry: Quiet ballplayer who hates social situations. Invited to prom by the most popular girl in school. SEND HELP! Otis: Charming, popular, and one half of one of the cutest couples in his class. Doesn't know how to tell his boyfriend that he's not quite rea...

I'm very excited to be participating in the blog tour for Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda hosted by Rockstar Book Tours .   I loved Shutter by Alameda, so I was thrilled to read her latest book.   About the book Title : PITCH DARK Author : Courtney Alameda Pub. Date: February 20, 2018 Publisher : Feiwel & Friends Pages : 384 Formats : Hardcover, eBook Find it: Amazon , B&N , iBooks , TBD , Goodreads Set against a future of marauding space scavengers and deadly aliens who kill with sound, here is a frightening, fast-paced YA adventure from the author of the acclaimed horror novel, Shutter. Tuck has been in stasis on the USS John Muir, a ship that houses Earth’s most valued artifacts—its natural resources. Parks and mountains are preserved in space. Laura belongs to a shipraiding family, who are funded by a group used to getting what they want. And they want what’s on the Muir. Tuck and Laura didn’t bargain on working together or battling mutant aliens who us...

If were aren't aware - the ALA Youth Media Award Winners were announced last week. I love when they are announced!  I watch the live stream and everything! Some day I'll go to ALA Mid Winter and see it in person.  When the winners were announced I was suprised by the number of book I already owned! (see pic 2). Then I went a bought a few more.  We Are Ok  by Nina LaCour The 57 Bus  Dashka Slater Vincent and Theo  by Deborah Heiligman Little & Lion  by Brandy Colbert Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Dear Martin by Nic Stone I was really pleased with the choices this year.  They seemed relevant and like books teens will really want to read!  Have you read any of these????

Title: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Series: N/A Genre: YA - Contemporary Publication:  May 30, 2017 by Simon Pulse Format: Hardcover/Audiobook Source: Library Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself. The S...

Title: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King Series: N/A Genre: Anthologies - Horror Publication:  November 9, 2010 by Scribner Book Company Format : Audiobook Source : Library Rating : ★★★★ Synopsis: A new collection of four never-before-published stories from Stephen King. 1922: The story opens with the confession of Wilfred James to the murder of his wife, Arlette, following their move to Hemingford, Nebraska onto land willed to Arlette by her father. Big Driver: Mystery writer, Tess, has been supplementing her writing income for years by doing speaking engagements with no problems. But following a last-minute invitation to a book club 60 miles away, she takes a shortcut home with dire consequences. Fair Extension: Harry Streeter, who is suffering from cancer, decides to make a deal with the devil but, as always, there is a price to pay. A Good Marriage: Darcy Anderson learns more about her husband of more than twenty years than she would have liked to know when she literal...

Title: The Green Mile by Stephen King Series: #1-6 Genre : Fiction - Fantasy Publication : Format : Audiobook/Paperback Source : Library/Borrowed Rating :  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Synopsis :  Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk "the Green Mile," the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he's never seen anything like John Coffey--a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey--a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs.... Thoughts : There's a lot I can say about this one, but first, let me say this...

Title:   Gerald's Game by Stephen King Series: N/A Genre: Thriller/Horror Publication:  September 1, 1992 by Smithmark Publishers Format: Hardcover Source: Library Rating:  ★★★ Synopsis:  Stephen King cranks up the suspense in a different kind of bedtime story. A game of seduction between a husband and wife goes horribly awry when the husband dies. But the nightmare has just begun... Thoughts:  Gerald's Game started off...exciting enough. Jessie and Gerald have taken a trip to their secluded lake house to spice up their marriage. Unfortunately, Gerald has a heart attack leaving Jessie handcuffed to the bed. I was really drawn into the story at the beginning, but being in Jessie's head was a little overwhelming which seemed like a good thing at first but later was just too much. The story added on a few more elements too, with unexpected visitors and possible hallucinations. I was more intrigued to see whether Jessie would figure a way out or not, and was a...

There are some books I just can't wait for.   Here's where I share!  Why I'm waiting: I absolutley loved and adored Julie Murphey's book Dumplin', so the thought of going back into that world is very exciting!  Can.  Not. Wait!  Due Out: May 8th Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream—and to kiss her crush. Callie Reyes is the pretty girl who is next in line for dance team captain and has the popular boyfriend. But when it comes to other girls, she’s more frenemy than friend. When circumstances bring the girls together over the course of a semester, they will surprise everyone (especially themselves) by realizing they might have more in common than they ever imagined.

Title:   The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) Series: N/A Genre: Dystopia/Thriller Publication:  January 1, 2016 by Scribner Format: Audiobook Source: Library Rating:  ★★★★★ Synopsis: On the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for a race known as "The Long Walk." If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying. Thoughts:  The Long Walk is by far one of the creepiest Richard Bachman/Stephen King books I've read up to this point and I loved it. There's not much I can say without giving the whole premise of the book away, which I knew nothing about before reading this. Like the quick synopsis explains, The Long Walk is a marathon of sorts where 100 young guys start walking. The reasoning behind the walk itself is never really explained, but the way the story unfolds is really terrifying. And while there is only one protagonist, we get an in-depth look at so many of the boys walking...

Title: Ready Player One Author: Ernest Cline Narrator: Wil Wheaton It's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.  And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune--and remarkable power--to whoever can unlock them.  For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he loved--that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of...