Check out the review here Above World Revi...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Classic Monday: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
1845
1276 pages
Falsely accused of
treason, the young sailor Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding day
and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Château d'If. Having
endured years of incarceration, he stages a daring and dramatic escape
and sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo, and to
catch up with his enemies.
A novel of enormous tension and excitement, The Count of Monte Cristo
is also a tale of obsession and...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Upcoming Reviews
ARC:
The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
The Forgetting Curve by Angie Smibert
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Bought:
Memento Nora by Angie Smibert
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
The Book of Wonders by Jasmine Richa...
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Last Breath Review
335 pages
With her boss
preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student
Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three
vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last
person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town—a
mysterious individual named Magnus. After an uneasy encounter with
Morganville’s latest resident, Claire is certain Magnus isn’t merely
human....
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Pearl Wars Review
376 pages
A devastated Earth's
last hope is found in Pearls: small, mysterious orbs that fall from
space and are capable of supplying enough energy to power entire cities.
Battling to control the Pearls are the Skyship dwellers—political
dissidents who live in massive ships in the Earth's stratosphere—and the
corrupt Surface government.
Jesse Fisher, a Skyship slacker, and Cassius Stevenson, a young
Surface operative, cross paths when they...
Monday, January 23, 2012
Classic Monday: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
1867
449 pages
I've decided to start a new section on my blog called Classic Monday. I think it is very important to read the classics and not to forget or discount them.
Today's classic novel is one of my personal favorites Little Women. It focuses on four young ladies, Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth; growing up in the 19th century. Its a beautiful and warm story full of love and hardships and a family who sticks together throughout it all. This is...
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Fairy Bad Day Review
336 pages
While most students at
Burtonwood Academy get to kill demons and goblins, fifteen-year-old Emma
gets to rid the world of little annoying fairies with glittery wings
and a hipster fashion sense. She was destined to be a dragon slayer, but
cute and charming Curtis stole her spot. Then she sees a giant killer
fairy - and it's invisible to everyone but her! If Emma has any chance
of stopping this evil fairy, she's going to need help....
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A Million Suns Review
386 pages
Godspeed was fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos.
It's
been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is
over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship
Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of
the ship. He's finally free to enact his vision - no more Phydus, no
more lies. But when Elder discovers shocking news about the ship,
he and Amy race to discover...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Lies Beneath Review
288 pages
Calder White lives in the
cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of
murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans,
killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan
targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their
mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to
his family's homestead on the lake. Hancock has a...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Starters Review
368 pages
Callie lost her parents
when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and
sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as
squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would
kill them for a cookie. Callie's only hope is Prime Destinations, a
disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as
the Old Man.
He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders—seniors...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Incarnate Review
384 pages
NEWSOUL
Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have
been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences
from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and
no one knows why.
NOSOUL
Even Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things
to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion
and learn whether she’ll be reincarnated, Ana travels...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Tangled Tides Review
328 pages
Yara Jones doesn’t believe in sea monsters—until she becomes one.
When a hurricane hits her island home and she wakes up with fins,
Yara finds herself tangled up in an underwater world of mysterious
merfolk and secretive selkies. Both sides believe Yara can save them by
fulfilling a broken promise and opening the sealed gateway to their
realm, but they are battling over how it should be done. The selkies
want to take her life. The...
Friday, January 13, 2012
Spirit's Princess Review
464 pages
Release date: April 24th, 2012
Himiko the beloved
daughter of a chieftain in third century Japan has always been special.
The day she was born there was a devastating earthquake, and the tribe's
shamaness had an amazing vision revealing the young girl's future—one
day this privledged child will be the spiritual and tribal leader over
all of the tribes. Book One revolves around the events of
Himiko's early teen years—her shaman...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Cinder Review
390 pages
Humans and androids
crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the
population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make
their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder,
a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a
mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her
stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Above World Review
368 pages
Release date: February 14th, 2012
Thirteen-year-old Aluna
has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the
City of Shifting Tides. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above
World, her colony's survival is at risk. The Kampii's breathing
necklaces are failing, but the elders are unwilling to venture above
water to seek answers. Only headstrong Aluna and her friend Hoku are
stubborn and bold enough...
Monday, January 9, 2012
Under The Never Sky Review
268 pages
Since she’d been on the
outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her
throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse.
Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her
chances of surviving in the outer wasteland—known as The Death Shop—are
slim. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy
storms will. She’s been taught that the very air she breathes can kill
her....
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Candlewax Review
384 pages
Release date: April 3rd, 2012
An Ancient Prophecy. A
Powerful Relic. An Insatiable Evil. When all three converge, the fate of
every living thing will be in peril.
All her life Catherine had hoped to see a fairrier cat. No book, no
scroll provided to her by her tutors had ever mentioned this legend,
much to her frustration, and now-at the worse possible time-she was
getting her wish. Only, in her wish the cat wasn't about to kill...
Friday, January 6, 2012
2012 Debut Author Challenge
Ms. Book Queen will be participating in the 2012 Debut Author Challenge over at http://thestorysiren.com
The objective: To read & review a minimum of twelve young adult or middle grade
debut novels between the dates of January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013.
The deadline to join is May 31, 2012.
The books I will be reading are:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Above by Leah Bobet
Article 5 by Kristen...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Kings, Queens, Heroes, & Fools Review
500 pages
Join Hyden Hawk, and friends, on an adventurous quest, over land and sea, to find the Silver Skull of Zorellin.
Fight with Mikahl, Ironspike, and fierce King Jarrek as they try to
free the enslaved people of Wildermont from King Ra’Gren and his
Dakaneese Overlords.
Patrol the skies with Shaella, and her new black dragon, Vrot. With
her father’s spell books, and the Priests of Kraw, she decides to aid
King Ra’Gren, while scheming...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Books I Read in 2011
These are all of the books I read in 2011. Pretty good number. :)
Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye by Alison Goodman
Eona by Alison Goodman
Pegasus by Robin McKinley
Witch and Wizard: The Gift by James Patterson
Fat Vampire by Adam Rex
The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
Daniel X: Demons and Druids by James Patterson
Black Ships by Jo Graham
Hand of Isis by Jo Graham
Angel by James Patterson
Genghis: Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden
The False Princess by Ellis O'Neal
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
First Truth by Dawn Cook
Hidden Truth by Dawn Cook
Forgotten...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Pandemonium Review
375 pages
Release date: February 28th, 2012
I’m pushing aside the memory of my nightmare, pushing aside thoughts of Alex, pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school, push, push, push, like Raven taught me to do. The old life is dead. But the old Lena is dead too. I buried her. I left her beyond a fence, behind a wall of smoke and flame.
Review (ARC):
Such a great continuation in the Delirium series! If you remember in the first...
