The Alliance: A Registry Novel
Title: The Alliance Series: The Registry, Book 3 Author: Shannon Stoker Genre: Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: 2014-09-02 Pages: 448 In this deadly endgame, the final move is hers . . . In America, the Registry weds girls to the highest bidder and raises boys for its army. Mia Morrissey escaped to make her life her own, and now that she has, she will risk everything so that everyone can be free. Going undercover as part of a […]
Walt Before Mickey: Disney’s Early Years 1919-1928
Title: Walt Before Mickey Author: Timothy S. Susanin Genre: Biography & Autobiography Release Date: 2014-09-01 Pages: 384 The untold story of ten critical, formative years in the great producer’s life Review: This review is of a complimentary copy provided through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. “Walt Before Mickey” by Timothy S. Susanin is one of the, if not the, most exhaustive accounts of Disney’s early years that can be found. The research is thorough, and it shows. […]
The Bully Order
Title: The Bully of Order Author: Brian Hart Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Release Date: 2014-09-02 Pages: 400 Washington Territory, 1886 Jacob and Nell Ellstrom step from ship to shore and are struck dumb by the sight of their new home—the Harbor, a ragged township of mud streets and windowless shacks. In the years to come this will be known as one of the busiest and most dangerous ports in the world, and with Jacob’s station as the only town physician, […]
Love and Other Unknown Variables
Title: Love and Other Unknown Variables Author: Shannon Alexander Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Entangled: Teen Release Date: 2014-10-07 Pages: 352 Charlie Hanson has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics and Science, he knows he’ll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover solutions to the universe’s greatest unanswerable problems. He’s that smart. But Charlie’s future blurs the moment he reaches out to touch the tattoo on a beautiful girl’s neck. The future has never […]
Dataclysm
Title: Dataclysm Author: Christian Rudder Genre: Computers Publisher: Crown Pub Release Date: 2014-09-09 Pages: 304 An irreverent analysis of what our online lives reveal about who we really are draws on information from major online sources, from Twitter and Facebook to Reddit and OkCupid, to explain how the science of human behavior is dramatically evolving. 125,000 first printing. Review: The copy I am reviewing was received through Netgalley from Crown publishing in exchange for an honest review. In “Dataclysm”, […]
Graduation Day
Title: Graduation Day Series: The Testing, Book 3 Author: Joelle Charbonneau Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: 2014 Pages: 304 In book three of The Testing series, the United Commonwealth wants to eliminate the rebel alliance fighting to destroy The Testing for good, and though Cia is ready to lead the charge, will her lethal classmates follow her into battle? 75,000 first printing. Review: I absolutely loved “The Testing”, and while a bit disappointed in “Independent […]
Into the Still Blue
Title: Into the Still Blue Series: Under the Never Sky, Book 3 Author: Veronica Rossi Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: 2014-01-28 Pages: 400 The race for survival comes to a thrilling close in the earth-shattering conclusion to Veronica Rossi’s New York Times bestselling Under the Never Sky trilogy. Their love and their leadership have been tested. Now it’s time for Perry and Aria to unite the Dwellers and the Outsiders in one last desperate attempt to find the […]
The Collection
Title: The Collection: A Registry Novel Series: The Registry, Book 2 Author: Shannon Stoker Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback Pages: 368 How far would you go to control your own destiny? Mia Morrissey has escaped: from America, from the Registry, from the role she was raised to play—a perfect bride auctioned to the highest bidder. She’s enemy number one to the world’s largest power, and there’s no turning back now. Review: “The Collection” picks […]
All We Had
Title: All We Had: A Novel Author: Annie Weatherwax Genre: Adult Fiction Publisher: Scribner Release Date: August 5, 2014 Format: Hardcover Pages: 272 For thirteen-year-old Ruthie Carmichael and her mother, Rita, life has never been stable. The only sure thing is their love for each other. Though Rita works more than one job, the pair teeters on the edge of poverty. When their landlord kicks them out, Rita resorts to her movie-star looks and produces carpet-installer Phil, “an instant boyfriend,” […]
The Scorch Trials
Title: The Scorch Trials Series: The Maze Runner, Book 2 Author: James Dashner Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Random House LLC Release Date: 2011 Pages: 361 After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in an experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race. Review: Once again, there is a second in a series book that I found more enjoyable than […]
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