The Paige Turner

A blog for young adult book lovers

Chapter and Hearse by Lorna Barrett

Read a synopsis here! How much it cost me: Free! (Paperbackswap!) Retail price: $7.99 Number of pages: 320 So, unlike the Kate Kennedy cozy mystery series by Nora Charles, this series HAS to be read in order! A lot of things won't make sense if you don't. I noticed that when the lives of the characters started to get more personal and let's just say a few of them may start...disappearing. (I don't want to give anything more away than that!) Still a pretty good series, although it's still being kind of repetitive. One thing I didn't...

Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Schecter

Read a synopsis here! How much it cost me: $4.50 (purchased at Scholastic Warehouse) Retail price (paperback): $8.99 Number of pages: 351 I loved this book! I'm a sucker for historical fiction and it's so hard to find one's that are written so well. Cleopatra's Moon topped the charts for me! I mean just look at some of these sentences, "I stared up, squinting into the brilliant blue of the sky as waving palm fronds skewered fluffy white clouds. The intermittent calls of shipmen and merchants drifted in from the Royal Harbor." That's...

Snow Queen by Emma Harrison

Read a synopsis here! How much it cost me: $3.00 (purchased at used bookstore!) Retail Price: $5.99 Number of pages: 377 This book was such a fun and easy read! I loved every second of it and was sad to see it end. This book is one of those typical teen chick-lit books where there's a girl and a guy, and well, you just know what's going to happen at the end of the story! :) As much as this story was predictable, it was still really good! The reading level wasn't very high, you can just tell from reading the first few pages, but it was...

Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett

Read a synopsis here! How much it cost me: Free! Paperbackswap! Retail Price: $7.99 Number of pages: 310 This is the third book in the Booktown Mystery series and I'm still loving the series! SOME parts are a little redundant but there is new twists and turns that I never suspected with characters who have been in the book since the beginning. This is definitely a series you would have to read in order!! By the way I don't know if I've talked about the covers much on these books but they are so adorable! At first you glance at...

Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 297 I'm going to try to not have any spoilers in this review, but if I have a slip up, then I'm sorry! So, as usual I loved this cozy mystery! These books are so good! The stories are adorable and I loved how Lorna Barrett puts other side plots into the story that sometimes help solve the murder or that just make the story more interesting. The way Tricia (the main character) solves the mysteries is not the same as in the last book which is really nice because some mystery books get really repetitive. I...

Evermore by Alyson Noel

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: ??? Okay I have to admit I didn't get past page 50 of this book. Maybe I'll try it again some other time like next year, but it just was not that great. The story progressed to slowly and I was bored with the story line. It didn't feel fresh or new to me. The only thing I really like about this book is the cover which is gorgeous but I guess that proves don't judge a book by its cover!! I'm going to try some of Alyson Noel's other books that are not part of the series but honestly not any...

Reading, reading, reading

Let me just say that I cannot wait until I go on Christmas break because then I will have all the time in the world to read, read, read. This whole week has been crazy busy with homework and tests that a book that I should have finished probably yesterday I'm just a little more than half way through. I'm going to try to finish it tonight so that I can move on. (The book I'm talking about is Gossip Girl #7) I'm still hoping that something new will happen in these Gossip Girl books because everything seems pretty monotonous. I mean it wouldn't be so bad if it weren't dragged out for so long. Like move on already! Oh well,...

Marked by P.C. and Kristen Cast

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 306 I definitely had my doubts about this book when I started because I think I've heard more bad reviews than good ones. However, I loved it! It is definitely one of those guilty pleasure books (like Gossip Girl) and I got through it super quick! (Yeah, sorry that this review is so late. School has been CRAZY!) The characters could have used a little more development but I have high hopes that they will grow throughout the next novels. (How many are there in the series anyway? Like 8!? Lot's of...

Book Hauls?

As you know from my last post I went book shopping yesterday and I bought A TON of books! Since I know that I'm getting some for Christmas, I'm going to wait until the end of the month to post a collective December Book Haul. I think it will be easier/more fun to see how many books I've collected or received over the month. (Maybe I'll do this for the rest of the upcoming year too. I can't decide! What do you guys think?) I'm almost done with Marked! I'm so sorry it's taking forever but I do have to juggle schoolwork into my schedule as well! I only need the last like 100 pages and then I'll be done! Also for the rest...

Done!

Last night I finished another Gossip Girl book (Because I'm Worth It - number 4) and it was pretty good. I'm just hoping that maybe some new stuff starts happening because it's kinda getting repetitive. I'm about half way done with Marked by P.C. and Kristen Cast and so far I LOVE it!!! I was skeptical about reading it because of all the bad reviews I've heard but I have to say, I think this is going to become one of my favorite series'. Although I did find some grammar errors.... Christmas is coming up and my wish list is ever-changing. I can't decide between all the books I want! Today I'm going shopping at this book place...