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Comment by R. Barri Flowers on March 19, 2011 at 4:53pm

Good day:

 

As the author of several hot new YA eBook novels--HER TEEN DREAM (coming of age tale), GHOST GIRL IN SHADOW BAY (haunted house mystery), and DANGER IN TIME (time travel mystery), I'd love to get some reviews.

 

Check out synopses in Amazon or BN.

 

Comment by lindsay cummings on March 19, 2011 at 4:04pm

today's meme is about a Squirrel Killer. check out the photo and tell me what you think of it in 1 word.

 

http://lindsaycummingsblog.blogspot.com/

Comment by ODell Hutchison on March 19, 2011 at 12:09pm

Hi everyone! I read a ton of YA books and reviews of most can be found at booktwirps.com Hope to see you over there!

Comment by Majanka Verstraete on March 19, 2011 at 8:21am

Two reviews on my blog this week: BEYONDERS: WORLD WITHOUT HEROES by Brandon Mull and MOJO by Kris Sedersten.

Title: Mojo
Author: Kris Sedersten
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Supernatural, Horror
Review copy provided by the author. Visit the author’s website.
Rating:

Read the review?

Synopsis: When Scottie Brown, a New Orleans college student, is aggressively haunted by vivid nightmares and daytime apparitions, he begins a search for answers; unwittingly putting himself and those closest to him in a confrontation with evil. To defeat the energy that torments him, he recruits a team of paranormal investigators, friends from high school, and a psychic medium. Together, they pursue the ghosts of Scottie’s ancestors in a haunted plantation deep in the Louisiana countryside. They uncover dark family secrets and the spiritual energy of a malevolent patriarch who projects an unholy prophecy that has deadly consequenes for all mankind. The power of an elusive mojo amulet becomes central to fighting Scottie’s demons as the journey through the haunted mansion, filled with twists and turns, takes on a life of its own against time. Mojo is a fast-paced paranormal mystery-thriller. Edgy and fun, this book will show the reader how having faith in a power greater than ourselves will lift us through even the most unforseeable obstacles in life.

Review Excerpt: I also enjoyed the fact that Mojo really is a prime example of all the things Team Spirit can accomplish. Scottie and his friends all have very distinct qualities and personalities, but together, they form a practically unbeatable team. And it’s only through their combined efforts that they can stand a chance at defeating the evil that lurks in the darkness of Scottie’s ancestor’s mansion. Talking about that mansion…I loved it. I loved everything about it, from the faintly lit bedrooms, to the architectural descriptions, to the ghosts that haunted it. The way Kris Sedersten described that mansion, it was like I could really see it in front of me, more even, like I could really walk up to it, open the front door and start exploring. Read more?

 

I also hosted an interview with the wonderful author of this novel, Kris Sedersten. Check out the interview!

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Title: Beyonders: A World Without Heroes

Author: Brandon Mull
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult
Publication Date: March 15th 2011
 Rating:
Review copy provided by Simon & Schuster.

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Synopsis: Jason Walker has often wished his life could be less predictable—until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank into a strange, imperiled world. Lyrian holds dangers and challenges unlike anyplace Jason has ever known. The people all live in fear of their malicious wizard emperor, Maldor. The brave resistors who once opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.

In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes.

 

Review excerpt: I must say that I haven’t read a lot of epic fantasy aimed at a young adult audience yet, so this novel was a nice change to that. Brandon Mull really brings his characters to life on the very pages of this book, and the world he creates may sound very foreign and strange, but at the same time it sounds oddly familiar. Because in the make-believe fantasy world created by this author, people hold the same fears and perils as they do in our every-day world. It was nice to see ordinary people in a fantasy world once, because some of those world are just overpopulated by heroes, and that gets boring too after a while. The fears that the inhabitants of Lyrian held towards their tyrant Emperor were very real, raw and honest, and practically pulsing from the pages. I was intrigued. Very intrigued. Read more?

Comment by Samantha Jo on March 19, 2011 at 2:39am

Hey everyone come and Check out my review of The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter at my blog http://romancebooksanonymous.blogspot.com

http://tinyurl.com/YAGoddes1

Comment by Audrey on March 19, 2011 at 2:32am

I just posted a review of the Aussie YA novel, RAW BLUE by Kirsty Eagar :) check it out!

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Comment by Brittany Morrow on March 18, 2011 at 9:12pm

Come check out Feuding Friday at Brittany's Fantasy! This week is between the summer and witer courts from the Iron Fey series by Julia Kagawa! Come ote for your favorite :)

Comment by Hannah @ Paperback Treasures on March 18, 2011 at 3:27pm

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Comment by Hannah @ Paperback Treasures on March 18, 2011 at 3:25pm

I have a giveaway of YA books at my blog!

You can win one of the following books:

- Wake by Lisa McMann

- Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott

- Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

- Willow by Julia Hoban

- Hold Still by Nina LaCour

- Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

- Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

- Ttyl by Lauren Myracle

- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

You can enter here!

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