The Paige Turner

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Save the Pearls Part One: Revealing Eden by Victoria Foyt

Synopsis from Goodreads: Eden Newman must mate before her 18th birthday in six months or she'll be left outside to die in a burning world. But who will pick up her mate-option when she's cursed with white skin and a tragically low mate-rate of 15%? In a post-apocalyptic, totalitarian, underground world where class and beauty are defined by resistance to an overheated environment, Eden's coloring brands her as a member of the lowest class, a weak and ugly Pearl. If only she can mate with a dark-skinned Coal from the ruling class,...

Top Ten Tuesday #20

Check out all the info here at The Broke and The Bookish's website! May 28: Top Ten Tuesday Freebie! I decided to Top Ten Books I want to read this summer 1. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. Matched trilogy by Ally Condie 4. Divergent by Veronica Roth 5. Finish the Percy Jackson series 6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusack 7. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut 8. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 9. Finish the Marked series by P.C. and Kristen Cast 10. The Secret...

Ashes by Kathryn Lasky

Synopsis from Goodreads: Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm's favorite pastime is reading. With Adolf Hitler slowly but unstoppably rising to power, Gaby turns to her books for comfort while the world around her changes dramatically: The streets become filled with soldiers, Gaby's sister's boyfriend raises his arm in a heil Hitler salute, and the Schramms' family friend Albert Einstein flees the country. When Gaby's beloved books come under attack, she fears she may have to leave behind the fiction - and the life - she has always...

Stacking the Shelves #13

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga over at Tynga's Reviews. Stacking the Shelves is a way to show off what books you have received throughout the week (whether they be for review, from the library, etc.) This week: May 19th-May 26th So I haven't posted one of these in a while because I've been so busy with school ending, so some of these books I got in past weeks. Received from paperbackswap.com: Fruits Basket 2 and 3 by Natsuki Takaya Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler Gossip Girl the Carlyles:...

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson

Synopsis from Goodreads: Philadelphia high school who doesn’t care about the prom. It’s pretty much the only good thing that happens there, and everyone plans to make the most of it—especially Ash’s best friend, Natalia, who’s the head of the committee and has prom stars in her eyes. Then the faculty advisor is busted for taking the prom money and Ash finds herself roped into putting together a gala dance. But she has plenty of help—from her large and loving (if exasperating!) family, from Nat’s eccentric grandmother, from the principal,...

Top Ten Tuesday #19

Check out all the info here at The Broke and The Bookish's website! May 21: Top Ten Favorite Book Covers of Books I've Read (These are not my all time favorite books, just covers that I love of books I've read.) 1. Across the Universe by Beth Revis 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (specifically THAT cover) 3. Shiver by Maggie Steifvater (The UK edition) 4. Unremembered by Jessica Brody 5. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer 6. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 7. Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers 8....

Book Blogger Confessions #6

Here's what it's all about: "Started in January 2012, by Karen - For What It's Worth & Tiger - Tiger's All Consuming Media & now co-hosted with my good friend Pam from Midnyte reader, Book Blogger Confessions is a meme that posts the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month, where book bloggers "confess" and vent about blogging/bookish topics. Feel free to share, vent and offer solutions.Just keep it respectful - no bashing authors or other bloggers!" May 20th Topic: Have you added or considered adding additional reviewers...