Two short reviews today, of two books I enjoyed 🙂 * * * Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban Pages : 323 Genre : YA, Fantasy My Rating : What it’s about :  As a princess, Andrea grew up in a castle with her sisters. Even though she has always dreamed of being a warrior, her family has more “ladylike” plans for her. When she steps through a portal and accidentally lands in modern California, her life is forever...

Filling the Shelf is basically Mailbox Monday (this month hosted by Metroreader) or In my Mailbox (created by The Story Siren ), but with a title that suits my blog 😀 If you’re interested in joining the fun or seeing what other bloggers added to their shelves, I invite you to visit those two awesome features! Happy Monday all! I am particularly excited as I write this post, as I finished all my reading for this week’s classes this...

Bright Young Things and Beautiful Days by Anna Godbersen Genre : YA, Historical Fiction Series : Bright Young Things, Book 1 and 2 My Rating : What it’s about : The year is 1929. Letty, Cordelia and Astrid all dream of a better life, a life filled with the glamour and lights only New York can bring. Whether they dream of the stage, a good marriage or finding their family, they will risk anything to reach their goals. My Thoughts...

I never stop looking for art on the subject of reading, and I was a bit surprised to realize it’s been over a year since I did one of these posts! The third one focused on children being read to; this time around, I chose paintings of young girls reading by themselves. Oh, the magical world of books! Small Young Girl Reading by Seymour Joseph Guys, 1877 Ethel Reading Bluebeard by Alfred Morgan 1881 Reading Girl by Bremen Johann Georg...

Think of a Number by John Verson Pages : 497 Genre : Mystery Series : Dave Gurney, Book 1 My Rating : What it’s about : Think of any number… picture it… now see how well I know your secrets. These simple letters seem to have the power to see their reader’s mind, and predict the exact number they’ll think of. And then, the murders being. As a former cop who personally knew the first victim, Dave Gurney is...

Hallowed by Cynthia Hand Pages : 403 Genre : YA, Paranormal Series : Unearthly, Book 2 My Rating : What it’s about : Just as she is trying to put behind the fires and everything that went down that night, Clara starts having a new vision. This time, it comes in the shape of a terrifying dream where she is losing someone she loves. But who? Is it possible for her to stop it? As if the constant worrying for her close ones wasn’t...

Filling the Shelf is basically Mailbox Monday (this month hosted by At Home With Books) or In my Mailbox (created by The Story Siren ), but with a title that suits my blog 😀 If you’re interested in joining the fun or seeing what other bloggers added to their shelves, I invite you to visit those two awesome features! Happy Monday everyone! If the first month of 2012 is any sign, it seems my reading will be very YA oriented this year...

As of April 2012, I am still participating to the challenge but on an individual basis. With the recent events involving the challenge’s creator, I made the personal decision to cut all links to said blog. However, supporting new authors is still really important to me, so I decided to read and review the books as planned – as I did in the previous years. 🙂 This year, I am challenging myself to read over the year 12 YA books...