Books of Wonder Event: The Best of Book Expo I

Last night Books of Wonder hosted an awesome author event as a kickoff to BEA. The authors in attendance were Patrick Carman (Pulse), Kevin Emerson (Dark Shore), Carolita Blythe (Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl), Joelle Charbonneau (The Testing), Cinda Williams Chima (The Crimson Crown), Alethea Kontis (Enchanted), and Sean Williams (Trouble Twisters: The Mystery). The vibe was great, full of laughter and a general excitement at hearing the authors...

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BEA Starts Today!!!

Book Expo America, otherwise known as BEA, begins today! Yay! For those who don't know this is the largest annual book fair in America. This is a huge event for publishers, authors, bloggers, and just book lovers in general! BEA will take place through Saturday, June 1st at the Jacob Javitz Center. There will be a live stream of major events which you can view below. Ms Book Queen will be attending this year and hopefully meeting some of you readers! ...

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Tuesday's at the Castle Review

254 pages Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing. No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one-other than Celie, that is-takes the time to map out the new additions. But when King and Queen Glower are ambushed and their fate is unknown, it's up to Celie, with her secret knowledge of the castle's never-ending twists...

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Acid Review

431 pages 2113. In Jenna Strong’s world, ACID – the most brutal, controlling police force in history – rule supreme. No throwaway comment or muttered dissent goes unnoticed – or unpunished. And it was ACID agents who locked Jenna away for life, for a bloody crime she struggles to remember. The only female inmate in a violent high-security prison, Jenna has learned to survive by any means necessary. And when a mysterious rebel group breaks her...

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Scrap Review

350 pages Release date: May 17th, 2013 On the brutal streets of Hellip, a village in the vast empire of the cruel King Ibis, you either become good at running from the king’s Blackcoats or you die. This is the lesson that twelve-year-old Tucker Scrap, abandoned as an infant among the orphans of Hellip, learned early. Along with her friends Ash and Kally, Tucker spends her time keeping one step ahead of the unjust laws, stealing what she needs...

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City of a Thousand Dolls Review

361 pages Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome...

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The Park Service Review

338 pages If Eden doesn't kill you, the Park Service will. In the post-apocalyptic future, a fifteen-year old boy stumbles on a paradise where the few remaining humans live on the run from deadly drones controlled by a mysterious Park Service. Now this boy must learn to survive in a world he never dreamed existed while searching for answers to why everything he was taught is a lie. Review: This novel is one of those dystopian stories with an...

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Movie Monday: Ender's Game Trailer

Orson Scott Card is known for his classic science fiction novels but perhaps the best known of them is Ender's Game. There has never before been a film adaptation of this novel so this should be quite a treat. With such stars as Harrison Ford and Viola Davis, I can't wait to see how they've remade this story for the big screen! ...

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Story's End Review

416 pages Long ago, a King ruled the land of Story. . . . During his reign, Heroes, Villains, and characters of all kinds lived out new Tales filled with daring quests and epic struggles. Then the King disappeared, and over the years, nearly everyone forgot that he had ever existed. Now an evil Enemy has emerged, determined to write a new future for Story that he will control. And an ordinary girl named Una Fairchild is inextricably tangled up...

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Movie Monday: Romeo and Juliet Trailer

Shakespeare is renowned for his classic writings and perhaps the best known of them all is Romeo and Juliet. I don't know whether this is still on the reading lists in high school these days but if you haven't picked up this classic masterpiece then you definitely need to. There have been many Romeo and Juliet film adaptations, and I'm excited to see yet another one made for the big screen! Hopefully they continue to do the great Shakespeare justice...

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