Book: The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins, February 8 2011 Genre: Fiction Format/pages: Hardcover 304 pages Format read: ARC courtesy of Harper Summary: In 1877 during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, Eleonora Cohen is born. Eleonora’s mother dies in childbirth, and her father and her aunt/stepmother raise Eleonora. Eleonora shows […]
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Book: The Fates Will Find Their Way: A Novel by Hannah Pittard Publisher: Ecco Books/HarperCollins, January 25 2011 Genre: Fiction Format/pages: Hardcover 256 pages Format read: ARC courtesy of HarperCollins Date read: February 2 2011 Summary (from the publisher) : Sixteen-year-old Nora Lindell is missing. And the neighborhood boys she’s left behind are caught forever […]
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Book: Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon Publisher: Hyperion Book CH, September 21 2010 Genre: Young Adult Format/pages: Hardcover 480 pages Format read/listened to: Audiobook Date read: February 1 2011 Rating: 4 / 5 Stars Summary: Renee Winters’ parents have died together under mysterious circumstances on her sixteenth birthday. Now Renee is under her grandfather’s guardianship […]
Read More »January has come to a close, and I managed to read 11 books this month. Overall I’m really pleased with the quality and the quantity of books I read. I started listening to more audiobooks and am really enjoying that format. I can listen to them while working out or doing the dishes and it […]
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Book: Clarity Publisher: Scholastic Point, March 1 2011 Genre: Young Adult Format/pages: Hardcover 256 pages Format read/Source: ARC via Different Area Codes ARC Tours Date read: January 29 2011 Rating: 4 / 5 Stars Summary: Clarity (Clare) Fern is part of a gifted family with supernatural talents. She works alongside her mother and brother to […]
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