Debut Review: Flash Burnout

Flash Burnout, L.K.Madigan’s debut novel, is set for release in October and yes, you should read it.
Review in Short: When high school sophomore Blake takes a picture of a homeless drug addict who turns out to be his friend Marissa’s meth head mother, the repercussions bring drama into Marissa’s life and their friendship, which in turn brings [...]

Breakup, Divorce, or Death: Just Listen

Because I agree with Khy – we need to play this game more often! – I’m about to rip apart another beloved YA couple:
Annabel and Owen from Just Listen.
This one’s a stumper, guys. We all know that Owen’s the guy who befriends Annabel in her time of need, when everyone else has deserted her. He [...]

Breakup, Divorce, or Death: North of Beautiful

We don’t play this game nearly enough, guys.
Terra and Jacob from North of Beautiful.
At the end of the book (spoiler! alert!), after the whole traveling-through-China-together thing, Terra goes to Jacob’s school and finds him to tell him that she loves him. Or something like that. I might be a little foggy on the details but [...]

A Quick Update & Contest

Thanks to school (exams galore!), my mad rush to finish the current novel (I want to have it done by the end of this month), and the fact that I currently have no YA reading material (I swear, I’m the only book blogger around who doesn’t have books to read), Ten Cent Notes has been [...]

BBAW Meme: Reading Habits

Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
I don’t so much eat while I’m reading as I do read while I’m eating. I went for a few years where I couldn’t eat unless I had something to read. (Unless I was talking to people like at family dinners, of course.)
Do you tend [...]

BBAW Interview: Master Musings by Michelle

It’s BBAW interview time! I got the chance to interview Michelle, of Master Musings by Michelle. If you haven’t seen her blog yet, you should definitely go check it out.
1. How would you describe your blog?
My blog tends to combine several of my passions – books of course, and all things Twilight related.  I’ll throw [...]

Debut Review: Beautiful Americans

Review in Short: Beautiful Americans follows four American teens during a study abroad program in Paris. From the pretentious, spoiled, Alex to the beautiful, mysterious PJ (Penelope Jane), the characters are all very unique, each with their own voice and perspective on the city. Though the book is chock-full of drama and teen angst, there’s [...]

Bookish Meme

Before the actual post, two things of note -
I really have been reviewing books lately, honest! It’s just that they’re all scheduled in advance, so it’ll be a while before you see them.
The wonderful Khy from Frenetic Reader reviewed Red, which is the book with my essay in it. Go check out her review and [...]

Debut Interview: Hannah Moskowitz (part two!)

Part two of my interview with the incredibly talented Hannah Moskowitz. Read part one here, and the review of her debut novel Break, over here.
jordyn: There are some things that happen near the end of Break that I wasn’t expecting/didn’t see coming. Did you know how the story was going to end when you set out to [...]

Review: A Higher Geometry

Review in Short: Meet Anna Conway — fifteen years old, brilliant, and living in the 1950’s, when the expectation for young women is to get married and raise a family. Not go to college, not become a mathematician. Anna wants the opportunity to do just that, however, despite her parents’ (especially her dad’s) aversion to the [...]