All YA Love: Upcoming Releases To Look Out For

Hey everyone!  As always I’m forever waiting for books to come out that I desperately want… no need to read and I’m forever on the Goodreads site checking out when the next awesome book is going to be out.  My TBR pile on my desk is ridiculous yet I keep adding to it.  Addiction? Most probably.  But it doesn’t hurt to have the latest release sitting there for me to read when I get around to it. 

So here a few of the books I don’t have to wait long for.

The Marbury Lens by Andrew SmithRelease Date: 9th November 2010Synopsis:

Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned …

Review: Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Format Read:  Paperback from Penguin (Australia)Number of Pages:  516 pagesRelease Date:  October 12thPublisher:  Penguin UKFormats Available:  Hardcover, Paperback, CD-Audio, ebookPurchasing Info: Authors Website,  Goodreads,  Amazon,  Book Depository U.S,  Penguin (Australia)

Book Blurb:

Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena’s family of powerful supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.

Sometimes life-ending.

Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets …

All YA Love: YA Books That Have Changed You

I’ve always been a big reader and have been known to read a book a day (on a good day).  So when you calculate that with the amount of years I’ve been reading.  That’s alot of books.  It gets to a point though when I can remember the title but not always what it’s about, until I flip the book over and read the synopsis that I remember I’ve read it.

But, there are those books that stick with you long after you’ve read the last page.  Some that leave you with that light feeling in your chest when the outcome is good, or those that have you sobbing and reaching for another kleenex.  It’s those ones that I’ll forever be changed by.  Whether it be dramatic or subtle some books have that capability to make a difference, be it on purpose or …