REPLICATION Written by: Jill Williamson eBook: 304 pages Publisher: Zonderkidz December 2011 Genre: Young Adult How I Got the Book: NetGalley (Synopsis from Zondervan.com) When Your Life Is Not Your Own Martyr—otherwise known as Jason 3:3—is one of hundreds of clones kept in a remote facility called Jason Farms. Told that he has been created [...]
Rumor has it this list originated in Sweden and is the 100 most popular YA Books of 2011. The list is obviously subjective, but the idea is still fun…so, since I am super busy plotting my NaNoNovel, and need to focus on that, not on what to blog about, I am playing along by noting [...]
Back by popular demand! This week, the lovlies at YA Highway want to know: What’s the best book you read in June? June was a super light reading month for me – I only read three books, and I am not even halfway into the third one. For someone who regularly reads 6-10 books a [...]
I have discovered something in the last couple months: I am not a great beta reader. It’s not that I don’t enjoy beta reading, because I love to do it. And I try to be a good reader for my buddies. The problem is I am just too easy to please. It doesn’t take much [...]
It’s Wednesday, and we all know what that means! That the week is zooming by way faster than it should. Oh, wait…that’s not it. Wednesday means Road Trip Wednesday! This week, the girls at YA Highway want to know: What are the FIVE best books you read last year? AND If you had to sum [...]
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This week is the release week for not just one, but two books I am insanely excited to read. But, trying to limit my book spending, I put them both on my Christmas list. So, I will spend the next month not reading them, but eagerly anticipating them. And, if I don’t get them as [...]
Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “Duffy,” she throws her Coke in [...]
For this week’s Road Trip Wednesday (wow, it’s been a while since I did one of these…), YA Highway wants to know: What are your favorite first lines? How do your own WIPs start? To be honest, I don’t usually take much stock in the first line of a book. I know how important everyone [...]
