Thumped by Megan McCafferty Pages : 290 Genre : YA, Speculative fiction Series : Bumped, Book 2 My Rating : 4/5 What it’s about : More than 8 months have passed since Melody and Harmony have seen each other. Since then, they have both been trying to live with their own secrets, while becoming the favorite topic of gossip of the medias. A set of twins each expecting a set of twins, now that’s something to inspire the...

Fever by Lauren DeStefano Pages : 341 Genre : YA, Speculative fiction Series : The Chemical Garden, Book 2 My Rating : 3,5/5 What it’s about : Rhine and Gabriel’s escape has been successful – but it isn’t long before they realize that a free life isn’t always easy. Soon the pair are trapped in Madame’s carnival, a scarlet district that intends on making good fortune with Rhine’s looks. With...

I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella Pages : 433 Genre : Contemporary Fiction Stand alone  My Rating : 4,5/5 What it’s about : First, she loses her engagement ring, then her phone. Poppy’s day couldn’t possibly get worse, and she needs to fix things before her perfect fairy tale ending gets ruined! Then, her luck turns when she finds an abandoned phone in a trash can – she’ll just keep it for a...

Soulless, the Manga by Gail Carriger (author) and Rem (illustrator) Pages : 224 Genre : Manga, Steampunk, Romance Series : The Parasol Protectorate, Manga – Volume 1 My Rating : 4,5/5 From the back of the book : The life of a spinster in Victorian London isn’t an easy one on the best of days, but such a life becomes infinitely more complicated when said spinster is “soulless” – a preternatural bridging...

Undeadly by Michele Vail Pages : 272 Genre : YA, Paranormal Series : The Reaper Diaries, Book 1 My Rating : 3,5/5 What it’s about : Being a necromancer, Molly has always been a bit different from most of her peers. Working for her father with her sister at Big Al’s Zomporium, she has always been quite certain of what life had in store for her. But on her sixteenth birthday, everything changes. First, there’s the dream...

I’ve never read Sex and the City. I’ve watched most of the episodes – some of them even twice (I blame insomnia). Yet I have never read the book that inspired the series. Listening to the audiobooks of  Carrie’s younger years was then a strange experience, as the only Carrie I knew was from the TV show. While there were definite differences, I enjoyed it enough to listen to both audiobooks. The Carrie Diaries by...

Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill Pages : 288 Genre : YA, Contemporary Fiction Stand alone  My Rating : 3,5/5 What it’s about : Julia loves her Shakespeare and her Jane Austen; she’s in love with love and determined to let destiny reunite her with the one she’s meant to be with (a.k.a. Mark, the cute boy next door she’s been crushing on since she was six). A ten days class trip to London sounds like the perfect occasion to...

Speechless by Hannah Harrington Pages : 288 Genre : YA, Contemporary Fiction Stand alone  My Rating : 4/5 What it’s about : Chelsea has always liked to gossip – until her words turned against her, and put one of her classmates in a life or death situation. Now, trying to change her ways, Chelsea has taken a vow of silence. She won’t let her mouth put her in trouble again, and she won’t speak until she feels the time is...