Tag Archives: YA
Perfect Chemistry

Review: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK, Walker Books US
Where did you get this book: Review Copy from UK publisher
Release Date UK: April 1, 2010.
Release Date US: Released now.
Blurb taken from Simon and Schuster UK:
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created [...]

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Prophecy of The Sisters

Duel Review: Prophecy of The Sisters by Michelle Zink

This review contains some spoilers.
Blurb taken from Fantastic Fiction:
Sixteen year-old Lia Milthorpe and her twin sister Alice have just become orphans and, as Lia discovers, they have also become enemies. The twins are part of an ancient prophecy that has turned generations of sisters against each other.
To escape from a dark fate and to [...]

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Wake

Review: Wake by Lisa McMann

Blurb taken from Lisa McMann’s official website:

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people’s dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie’s seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.
She can’t tell anybody about what she does — they’d never believe her, or worse, they’d think [...]

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Leviathan

Review: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Blurb taken from Scott Westerfeld’s official website:

Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men.
Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air [...]

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Salt and Silver

Quickie Reviews

I’m on a glomming reading session at the moment, and its a very serious battle against my TBR pile. So here are some quick-snap reviews:
Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold

Blurb taken from Fantastic Fiction:

“Young Fawn Bluefield has fled her family’s farm hoping to find work in the city of Glassforge. Uncertain about her future and [...]

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13 Treasures

Review: The 13 Curses by Michelle Harrison

The 13 Curses is the sequel to the enthralling and captivating début book: 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison.
Here is the blurb from the author’s official website:
When fairies stole her brother, Red vowed to get him back. Trapped in the fairy realm, Red must beg an audience with the fairy court. There, she strikes a bargain. [...]

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Review: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

Hi, I am back.  Sorry it has been a while but to make up for that I hope you enjoy this .
As promised with my last review, THE HERO AND THE CROWN (this link opens in a new window), here is my take on THE BLUE SWORD by Robin McKinley.  Before I get [...]

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Hush Hush

‘It’s oh so quiet’

Things have been veeery quiet here at The Book Pushers. Meh, Life! It has a nasty habit of getting in the way sometimes. 
The Book Pushers have things going on right now in our lives, but we are still sticking with out bad-ass hero theme and have some posts planned. So while things may [...]

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Review: The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley

Review: The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley

One of the joys about moving or even just re-arranging your bookshelves is seeing old friends. You know, the books you re-read at least once a year whose covers are well worn and whose binding is cracked. The ones that even though you know every detail of the story you can still immerse [...]

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Review: The Changeover by Margaret Mahy

Review: The Changeover by Margaret Mahy

The Changeover by Margaret Mahy is a rich, multi-layered tale that I discovered as a teen, and quickly fell in love due to its relatability- in addition to being one hell of a good read! During each reread it has delivered a fresh meaning to me and it’s one of my all time favourite reads.
The [...]

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