Eye of the Beholder • Uglies

Uglies  by Scott Westerfeld Series: Uglies #1 Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: February 8, 2005 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks, she'll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunning …

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TGIF (1): Banned Books + Book Blogger Hop (3)

TGIF at GReads is a feature by the fabulous  Ginger , who asks us a fun question to answer every week. It's always a joy to be a part of this, and I think everyone certainly should try it out! How do you feel about the censorship of the freedom to read? Do you think the education system needs to …

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Happily Ever Afters For Two • To Catch a Prince

To Catch a Prince  by Gillian McKnight (features To Catch a Prince  & The Frog Prince ) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 22, 2011 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Stepsisters and best friends Helene Masterson and Alexis Worth could not be more different…

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Top Ten Tuesday: Can I Reread You?

As always, this feature is hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish !  1. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling I practically grew up on the Harry Potter books. 2. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini Honestly, I really do love dragons. And this is one of my favorite books about dragons ever. Plus…

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The Thoughts in Your Head • It's Kind Of A Funny Story

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: May 1, 2007 Source/Format:  Bought || Paperback Craig Gilner is a gifted 15-year-old boy who works hard to get into a fiercely competitive high school, then crumbles under the intense academic pressure. Blindside…

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The Life and Times of Society Girls • Bergdorf Blondes

Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes Publisher: Viking Publication Date: April 29, 2004 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback If you think a Brazilian is a South American, that PJs are pajamas, and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you obviously haven't met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Sykes's beguiling…

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Top Ten Tuesday: Am I The Only One?

As always, this feature is hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish !  1. The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare I've read so many incredible reviews of this book, and I loved The Mortal Instruments too, so there really is no excuse for my not having read this book yet. I can't wait to pick it up…

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Search for Salvation • Shadow Souls

Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith Series: The Vampire Diaries #6 Previous Books:  The Awakening + The Struggle ,  The Fury + Dark Reunion , Nightfall Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: March 1, 2001 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and…

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Demons & Damsels • Nightfall

Nightfall by L.J. Smith Series: The Vampire Diaries #5 Previous Books: The Awakening + The Struggle , The Fury + Dark Reunion Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: March 16, 2010 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Elena Gilbert has been through it all: She has fallen in love, fought ghastly evil, becom…

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Stand Your Ground • Stealing Heaven

Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: June 23, 2009 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Dani has been trained as a thief by the best there is—her mother. They never stay in one place long enough for Dani to have real connections, real friends—a real life. But in the…

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Love & Notoriety • Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart

Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart  by Sarah MacLean Series: Love by Numbers #3 Previous Book:  Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake  + Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord Publisher: Avon Publication Date: April 26, 2001 Source/Format: Bought || Kindle e-book Bold, impulsive, and …

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Part Manic Pixie Dream Girl • Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska by John Green Publisher: Speak Publication Date: September 28, 2006 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Grea…

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Who Framed Grace Brookstein? • After the Darkness

Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness by Sidney Sheldon , Tilly Bagshawe Publisher: Harper Publication Date: December 28, 2010 Source/Format: Borrowed from Pam || Paperback Blessed with the face of an angel and the guileless, trusting nature of a child, Grace Brookstein is the prized wife of the king o…

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Test Your Faith • The Dark Divine

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain Series: The Dark Divine #1 Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: December 22, 2009 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Grace Divine—daughter of the local pastor—always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared and her brother Jude came home cove…

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A Love That Lasts • Forever

Forever  by Maggie Stiefvater Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3 Previous Books: Shiver + Linger Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication Date: July 12, 2011 Source/Format: Bought || Hardcover In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. In Linger, they fought to be together. Now, …

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Friendship in Regency England • I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend

I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend by Cora Harrison Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September 28, 2010 Source/Format: Bought || Hardcover When shy Jenny Cooper goes to stay with her cousin Jane Austen, she knows nothing of the world of beautiful dresses, dances, secrets,…

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God Save the Queen • The Anglophile

The Anglophile by Laurie Gwen Shapiro Publisher: Red Dress Ink Publication Date: August 1, 2005 Source: Bought || Paperback Forget tall, dark, and handsome. For Shari there's only tall, pasty and from Across the Pond (despite her aunt's advice to find a nice Jewish boy). Ever since Shari first h…

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Go-Getter Girl • Kiss It

Kiss It  by Erin Downing Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: June 15, 2010 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Chastity Bryan has never been shy about going after what she wants. And when sexy, mysterious, so-not-from-this-town Sebastian walks into Chaz’s life, she knows in an instant that what she …

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A European Scavenger Hunt • 13 Little Blue Envelopes

13 Little Blue Envelopes  by Maureen Johnson Series: Little Blue Envelope #1 Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: December 21, 2010 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback When Ginny receives thirteen little blue envelopes and instructions to buy a plane ticket to London, she knows something exciting is …

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Werewolf Hunters • Sisters Red

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce Series: Fairytale Retellings #1 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: June 7, 2010 Source: Bought || Hardcover Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris--the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack.…

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Extremely Gifted Girls • A Great and Terrible Beauty

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Series: Gemma Doyle #1 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: May 1, 2006 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Sixteen-year-old Gemma has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother's death in a black, swirling vi…

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