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I feel pretty…
Contemporary / Young Adult

I feel pretty…

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Candice • 8 Comments

Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein The Skinny: After their prom dates stand them up, Amy and her two best friends, Lila and Cassie, begin to have the night of their lives – and end up in jail. Being arrested is clearly no fun, but when it’s for possession of marijuana, intent to sell, and selling… … Continue reading »

Pretty Amy Blog Tour and GIVEAWAY!!!
Blog Tours / Young Adult

Pretty Amy Blog Tour and GIVEAWAY!!!

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Candice • 3 Comments

Normally, Friday the 13th is associated with bad luck, everything going wrong, and hockey mask wearing killers, but today I feel INCREDIBLY lucky to be a host on the Pretty Amy Blog Tour! I’ve been following Lisa Burstein, the fantastic writer of this book, for a while now on Twitter and let me tell you: … Continue reading »

Guess what? I got a fever!
Dystopian / Young Adult

Guess what? I got a fever!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Candice • 9 Comments

Fever by Lauren DeStefano The Skinny: After their escape from Housemaster Vaughn and Linden, Rhine and Gabriel suddenly find themselves in a world free from confinement. What they didn’t count on was what waited for them on shore. The two are captured, thrown into a world neither had ever seen but both had always heard … Continue reading »

Got no time to for spreadin’ roots. The time has come to be gone.
Contemporary / Young Adult

Got no time to for spreadin’ roots. The time has come to be gone.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Candice • 6 Comments

Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard The Skinny: After a major bad breakup and giving up her life’s passion, art, Bria Sandoval signs up with Global Vagabonds for the “trip of a lifetime” to Central America. Only when she arrives she quickly finds out that her “trip of a lifetime” is packed with tightly wound tour guides … Continue reading »

Hello caller. I’m listening.
Contemporary / Young Adult

Hello caller. I’m listening.

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Candice • 6 Comments

Welcome Caller, This is Chloe by Shelley Coriell The Skinny: Chloe’s life seems pretty good: awesome job, great best friends, a killer shoe collection. That is until her two best friends suddenly turn against her, her mother and grandmother are waging WWIII against each other, and her new guidance counselor axes her independent study project. … Continue reading »

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite
Contemporary / Young Adult

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Candice • 2 Comments

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Skinny: Charlie’s letters reveal very little details of his life – his last name, where he’s from, who he is writing to – but in his letters more is revealed not only about himself but about the world he lives in. Charlie writes to an … Continue reading »

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