Book Reviews

Here is a list of the books I have reviewed on my blog:

(listed in alphabetical order by title)

-Numbers-

1st and Ten: Top Ten Lists of Everythin in Football
3 Willows by Ann Brashares

-A-

The ABC's of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro

Across the Pond by Storyheart
The Adventures of Ook and Gluk by Dav Pilkey
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Airhead by Meg Cabot
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel by Michael Scott
All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
Amiri and Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers
Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Annie's Adventures (Sisters 8) by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Greg Logsted & Jackie Logsted
Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume
Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee
Atlantia by Ally Condie
Au Revior, Crazy European Chic by Joe Schrieber

-B-

Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Bake Sale by Sara Varon
Band Geek Love by Josie Bloss
The Barftastic Life of Louie Berger by Jenny Meyerhoff
Barn Boot Blues by Catherine Friend
Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind by Gary Ross
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin
The Bear's Song by Benjamin Chaud
Beautiful by Amy Reed
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Better Nate Than Every by Tim Federle
Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore
The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss
The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman
The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry
Black Springs by Allison Croggan
Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra Harvey
Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry
Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne Jones
Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey
Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney
Buffton: My Summer with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan
Bluebird by Bob Staake
Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler
The Blue Shoe by Roderick Townley
The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
Bone by Jeff Smith
The Book With a Hole in it by Herve Tullet
Bossypants by Tina Fey
The Boy Project by Kami Kinard
Boys, Girls and Other Hazardous Materials by Rosalind Wiseman
The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
Brains for Lunch by K.A. Holt
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Bro-Jitsu by Daniel H. Wilson
Buddy and the Bunnies in: Don't Play With Your Food by Bob Shea
Bye for Now by Kathleen Churchyard

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Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Can I Come Too by Brian Patten
Candor by Pam Bachorz
Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford
The Capture by Kathryn Lasky
The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
The Center of Everything by Linda Urban
Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han
Clarity by Kim Harrington
Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker
The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby
Conspiracy 365: January by Gabrielle Lord
Contagious Colors of Mumpley Middle School by Fowler DeWitt
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone
Crave by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz
Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz Logsted
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Cruel Summer by Alyson Noel
Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

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The Dark by Lemony Snicket
The Dark Divine by Bree Despian
The Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
Dark Mirror by M.J. Putney
Darklight by Lesley Livingston
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black
The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Deadweather and Sunrise (The Chronicles of Egg) by Geoff Rodkey
Deception: A Hauting Emma Novel by Lee Nichols
Delilah Durk and the Turkish Leutitenant by Tony Cliff
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
Descent into Paradise by Vincent Karl
Diary of a Witness by Cathrine Ryan Hyde
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Don't Feed the Boy by Irene Latham
Don't Stop Now by Julie Halpern
Dramarama by E. Lockhart
Drawing From Memory by Allen Say
Dream Girl by Lauren Mechling
Dream Life by Lauren Mechling
Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleeve

-E-

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Envy (A Luxe Novel) by Anna Godbersen
Escape Theory by Margaux Froley
The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang
Eve by Anna Carey
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
Exclusively Chloe by J.A. Yang

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Fade by Lisa McMann
The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson

Far From You by Lisa Schroeder
Fat Cat by Robin Brande
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
The Five Lives of our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin
Flash Burnout by L. K. Madigan
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Forever by Judy Blume
Forget Her Nots by Amy Brecount White
Forget Me Not (From the Life of Willa Havisham) by Colleen Murtagh Paratore
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Found (The Missing Book 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Freefall by Anna Levine
Frog Song by Brenda Z. Guiberson
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

-G-

The Gardener by S. A. Bodeen

Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern
Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
Ghostgirl: Homecoming by Tonya Hurley
Giants Beware by Jorge Aguiree and Rafael Rosado
The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza by James Kochalka
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Goddess Girls by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
Gone by Lisa McMann
Gone Fishing by Tamera Will Wissinger
Gothic Lolita by Dakota Lane
Grace by Elizabeth Scott
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Kishnaswami
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

-H-

Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson
Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
Have You Seen My Dragon by Steve Light
Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey
He's With Me (I Heart Bikinis) by Tamara Summers
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Hidden by Helen Frost
Hide and Seek by Katy Grant
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
The Hole in the Wall by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
The Hot List by Hillary Homzie
Hound Dog True by Linda Urban
Hourglass by Myra McEntire
How to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt
How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters by A.R. Rotruck
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Hush by Eishes Chayil
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Hysteria by Megan Miranda

-I-

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
I So Don't Do Makeup by Barrie Summy
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
Incantation by Alice Hoffman
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Cullbertson
Into the Dark by Bree Despain
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
The Invisible Order: Rise of the Darklings by Paul Crilley
It's a Tiger by David LaRochelle

-J-

Jellaby by Kean Soo
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Journey by Aaron Becker
Just Grace and the Snack Attack by Charise Mericle Harper
Just One Day by Gayle Forman

-K-

The Karma Club by Jessica Brody
Keeper by Kathi Appelt
Keeper of the Grail by Michael Spradlin
The King Who Wouldn't Sleep by Debbie Singleton
Kissing Booth by Lexie Hill
Knuckle and Potty Destroy Happy World by James Proimos

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The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork
Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed From a Single Word by Bob Rackza
Let It Snow by Maureen Johson, John Green, and E. Lockhart
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
A Little Book of Sloths by Lucy Cooke
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Locomotive by Brian Floca
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
Look Up! Birdwatching In Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Lost by Jacqueline Davies
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Love Com (Manga)
Lovestruck Summer by Melissa Walker
Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
Lulu and the Dog From the Sea by Hilary McKay
Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

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Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
The Map of Me by Tamy Lewis Brown
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen
May B by Caroline Starr Rose
Meanwhile by Jason Shiga
Medina Hill by Trilby Kent
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
Middleworld (The Jaguar Stones) by J & P Voelkel
Mimi by John Newman
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach
Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Moonglass by Jessi Kirby
Moonstone by Marilee Brothers
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Morpheus Road: The Light by D.J. MacHale
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-Detectives Extraordinare by Polly Horvath
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger
My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy by Diane Stanley

-N-

The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Amato
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

The Naughty List by Suzanne Young
A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole
Nice and Mean by Jessica Leader
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schiltz
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks

-O-

Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci
The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

On the Bright Side, I'm now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison
One Crazy Sumer by Rita Williams
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mulllaly Hunt
The Orchestra Pit by Johanna Wright
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
Otto in the City by Tom Schamp
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm
Out for Blood by Alyxandra Harvey
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

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Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
Palace Beautiful by Sarah Deford Williams
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Past Perfect by Leila Sales
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev
Pig and Small by Alex Latimer
Pilot and Huxley by Dan McGuiness
The Pillow Book of Lotus Lowenstien by Libby Schmais
Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes
Playing With Matches by Brian Katcher
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Poop Happened by Sarah Albee
Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow
The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett
Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot
Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler 
The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder
The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic by Uma Krisnaswami
Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartinger
Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson
Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

-Q-

Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerhoff
Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg

-R-

Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman
Rage by Jackie Morse KesslerRead, Remember, Recommend for Teens
Real Mermaids Don't Need High Heels by Helene Boudreau
Reality Boy by A. S. King
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
Reinvention of Edison Thomas by Jacqueline Houtman
Revolver by Marcus SedgwickRevolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
The Rise of Aurora West by David West
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Runaway by Meg Cabot

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Sand Chronicles (Manga)
Save the Date by Tamara Summers
Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel
Scaredy Kat (Suddenly Supernatural) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley
The Scraps Book by Lois Ehlert
See You At Harry's by Jo Knowles
Sea by Heidi Kling
Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck
Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt
The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Shadowland by Alyson Noel
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Sleeping Beauty's Daughter by Diane Zahler
Sleepless by Terri Clark
Slept Away by Julie Kraut
So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones
Something Happened by Greg Logsted
Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker
Smash Trial by Fire by Chris A. Bolton
Stanley the Builder by William Bee
Stanley's Garage by William Bee
Stardines by Jack Prelutsky
The Star Maker by Laurence Yep
Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
The Stolen One by Suzanne Crowley
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Sucks to be Me by Kimberly Pauley
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Suspect by Kristin Wolden Nitz

-T-

A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Tales of a Sixth Grade Muppet by Kirk Scroggs
Tangled by Carolyn Mackler

The Tear Collector by Patrick Jones
Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala
That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems

This Gorgeous Game by Diana Freitas

This is Me From Now On by Barbara Dee
Time For Kids Big Book of How: 501 Facts Kids Want to Know
To Be Perfectly Honest by Sonya Sones
To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors
Too Shy for Show and Tell by Beth Bracken

Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
Trauma Queen by Barbara Dee

Trickster's Girl by Hilari Bell
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt

A True Princess by Diane Zahler

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban

-U-

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great by Bob Shea
The Unsigned Valentine: And Other Events in the Life of Emma Mead by Johanna Hurwitz

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

-V-

Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith
Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L.J. Smith
Variant by Robinson Wells

-W-

Wake by Lisa McMann

Water Steps by A. LaFaye

The Wedding Planner's Daughter by Colleen Murtagh Paratore
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
What's Your Status by Katie Finn

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Wish by Alexandra Bullen

Wish I Might by Coleen Murtagh Paratore

Wishful Thinking by Alexandra Bullen
With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo

Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Wonkenstein: The Creature From My Closet by Obert Skye
A Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel by Hope Larson

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-Y-

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

You by Charles Benoit

-Z-

Zebrafish by Paul H. Reynolds & Fablevision

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

Adult Lit:

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Blankets by Craig Thompson

The Bro Code for Parents by Barney Stinson

Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

Missed Connections by Sophie Blackall

Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger

The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Redshirts by John Scalzi

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

The Thorn and The Blossom by Theodora Goss

What Happens in London by Julia Quinn