Retro Friday Review : Santa Olivia

Retro Friday Review : Santa Olivia

Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out of print, etc. Everyone is welcome to join in at any time! * * * Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey Pages : 341 Genre : Dystopia, Sci-Fi, GLBT Series : Santa Olivia, Book 1 My Rating :  From Goodreads : Loup Garron was born and raised in...

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Retro Friday Review : Looking for Alaska

Retro Friday Review : Looking for Alaska

Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out of print, etc. Everyone is welcome to join in at any time! * * * Looking for Alaska by John Green Pages : 221 Genre : YA, Fiction Stand alone My Rating :  From the author’s website : Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last...

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Review : Give up the Ghost

Review : Give up the Ghost

Give up the Ghost by Megan Crewe Pages : 241 Genre : YA, Paranormal Stand Alone My Rating : From the back of the book : Cass McKenna much prefers ghosts over “breathers”. Ghosts are uncomplicated and dependable, and they know the dirt on everybody… and Cass loves dirt. She’s on a mission to expose the dirty secrets of the poseurs in her school. But when the vice president of the student council discovers her secret,...

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Review : Soulless

Review : Soulless

Soulless by Gail Carriger Pages : 357 Genre : Paranormal, Romance, Steampunk Series : The Parasol Protectorate, Book 1 My Rating : From the back of the book : Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she is being rudely attacked by a vampire to whom she has not been properly introduced! Where to go from there? From...

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Review : That Summer

Review : That Summer

That Summer by Sarah Dessen Pages : 198 Genre : YA, Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : From the author’s website : For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She’s nearly six feet tall, her father is getting remarried, and her sister, the always perfect Ashley, is planning a wedding of her own. Haven wishes things could just go back to the way they were. Then an old boyfriend of Ashley’s reenters the picture, and...

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Review : Girl Stays in the Picture

Review : Girl Stays in the Picture

Girl Stays in the Picture by Melissa de la Cruz Pages : 432 Genre : YA, Chick lit My Rating :  What it’s about : Girl Stays in the Picture takes you for a summer in Saint Tropez, where gossip reigns and famous people are fighting to keep their star shining. This summer, three girls with very different backgrounds will come together and try to make the best of their time in France : Devon, the just-out-of-rehab starlet; Livia, who dropped...

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Review : Glass Houses

Review : Glass Houses

Glass Houses by Rachel Caine Pages : 247 Genre : YA, Urban Fantasy Series : The Morganville Vampires, Book 1 My Rating : What it’s about : When things turn bad with the popular girls at her dorm, Claire Denvers decides enough is enough. She heads off-campus and finds a room in an old house, where she’ll hopefully be able to concentrate on her studies. Her new roommates might not bully her, but they certainly don’t act...

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Review : The Pleasure of my Company

Review : The Pleasure of my Company

The Pleasure of my Company by Steve Martin Pages : 163 Genre : Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : From Goodreads : Daniel Pecan Cambridge, 30, 35, 38, or 27, depending on how he feels that day, is a young man whose life is rich and full, provided he never leaves his Santa Monica apartment. After all, outside there are 8-inch-high curbs and there’s always the horrible chance he might see a gas station attendant wearing a blue hat. So, except...

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