(Image by Sarah McIntyre & Philip Reeve) This week, I attended an event at Foyles, Charing Cross Road (one of my favourite bookshops in London) on ‘the rise of sci-fi in children’s &a...
I went on a book buying spree this week! You know how it is, you can’t just buy one… Sketches From a Hunter’s Album by Ivan Turgenev I asked my friend to loan me a classic for my 20...
Pub. Date: 2nd December 2010 Publisher: Dutton Pages: 372 Readership: Young adult Genres: Contemporary, romance Rating: ★★★★★ Anna Oliphant is enraged after her father demands that she goes to live a...
Pub. Date: 3rd September 2007 (1939) Publisher: Harper Pages: 317 Readership: Adult Genres: Mystery Challenge: Classics Challenge – #5 Rating: ★★★★★ I chose And Then There Were None as my fifth...
Pub. Date: 1st March 2012 Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 304 Readership: Young adult Genres: Contemporary Rating: ★★★★½ I had assumed that Me and Earl and the Dying Girl would be similar to The Fault...
Pub. Date: 13th March 2012 (US) 5th April 2012 (UK) Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (UK) Doubleday Childrens (UK) Pages: 352 Series: Starters (#1) Readership: Young adult Genres: Science...
On My Wishlist: YA Contemporary YA contemporary was one of the genres I thought I had grown out of. Why should I be interested in the lives of teenagers, seeing as I’ve been out of school for 5...
I received some especially pretty books through the post over the past two weeks: Insurgent by Veronica Roth Adorkable by Sarra Manning Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book T...
Pub. Date: 1st May 2012 Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books (UK) HarperTeen (US) Pages: 525 Series: Divergent (#2) Readership: Young adult Genres: Science fiction, dystopia, post-apocalyp...
Pub. Date: 12th Oct. 1979 Publisher: Pan Books Pages: 180 Series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (#1) Genres: Science fiction Challenge: Classics Challenge – #4 Rating: ★★★★ “...
Young adult science fiction/dystopian/post-apocaly ptic books that will be released this month: The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi The sequel to Ship Breaker: In America’s Gulf Coast region,...
Pub. Date: 21st September 2006 Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Pages: 226 Readership: Young adult Genres: Contemporary Rating: ★★★★ An Abundance of Katherines, what can I say? It’s written by John G...
Pub. Date: 28th February 2012 (US) 29th March 2012 (UK) Publisher: Balzer + Bray (US) HarperCollins Children’s Books (UK) Pages: 480 Series: Partials (#1) Readership: Young adult Genres: Scienc...
If you’re a frequent Twitter user, you may have seen the #INSURGENTUK (and the American #DIVERGENTNATION) hashtag used a lot over the two weeks. This because HarperCollins Children’s Book...
In My Mailbox (IMM) is weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. It’s a chance for people to tell others about the books they received that week. Bought And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie The P...
I attended the London Book Fair last week and while browsing the brochure, I came across a talk titled ‘Growing Up Too Soon: Fiction That Asks if Teenagers are Ready for the Real World’. ...
Pub. Date: 19th June 2012 (US) 9th July 2012 (UK) Publisher: St Martin’s Griffin Pages: 320 Readership: Young adult Genres: Science fiction, post-apocalyptic Rating: ★★★½ In young adult zombie ...
Hardback / Paperback The UK hardback cover for Daughter of Smoke and Bone was one of my favourites book covers of 2012. The physical copy is shiny and reflects the light beautifully. I love...
Pub. Date: 5th January 2012 (UK) 1994 (Aus) Pub. Date: 6th December 2007 (1932) Publisher: Vintage Classics Pages: 288 Readership: Adult fiction Genres: Science fiction, dystopia Challenge: Classics ...
In My Mailbox (IMM) is weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. It’s a chance for people to tell others about the books they received that week. Bought/Gifted The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson (ebo...
Pub. Date: 1st March 2012 (UK) 27th March 2012 (US) Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books (UK) Balzer + Bray (US) Pages: 256 Series: Slide (#1) Readership: Young adult Genres: Thriller, mys...
Pub. Date: 11th August 2005 Publisher: Gollancz Pages: 360 Readership: Adult Genres: Science fiction, post-apocalyptic. Rating: ★★★★ The Snow was loaned to me by a science fiction enthusiast, a frien...
Young adult science fiction and dystopian books that will be released this month: Above by Leah Bobet Matthew has always lived in Safe, a community hidden far beneath the pipes and tunnels of the cit...
I probably won’t be able to read all of them but I hope read the majority of these books in April: Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden The Dead of the Night by John Marsden Slide by Jil...
Pub. Date: 6th September 2011 (US) 29th March 2012 (UK) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US) Macmillan Children’s Books (UK) Pages: 368 Series: Birthright (#1) Readership: Young adult Genr...
In My Mailbox (IMM) is weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. It’s a chance for people to tell others about the books they received that week. Fever by Lauren DeStefano Partials by Dan Wells I’...
Pub. Date: 29th March 2012 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Readership: Young adult Genres: Science fiction, dystopia Rating: ★★★½ The Killables is set in a world reminiscent of Delirium and Matched...
Pub. Date: 31st January 2012 Publisher: HarlequinTEEN Pages: 320 Readership: Young adult Genres: Mystery, romance Rating: ★★★★ A place has opened up at the prestigious Manderley Academy boarding scho...
Young adult dystopian/science fiction books that will be released this month: The Killables by Gemma Malley (UK) “Evil has been eradicated. The City has been established. And citizens may only enter ...
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