Wakey, wakey…

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Steifvater The Skinny:There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as…

Book Talk – The Forever Song

Today I want to talk about: If you had told me 2 years ago that I would such a big fan of a vampire series, I would have told you that you were crazy. Cut to 2 years later and surprise: big fan of a vampire series. The Forever Song is the last chapter in…

Book Talk – Days of Blood and Starlight

Today I want to talk about: I pretty much inhaled Daughter of Smoke and Bone like it was the sweetest air imaginable. At that time I had never read something so poignant and heartbreaking. So naturally when it came time to pre-order Days of Blood and Starlight I did so immediately. When it finally came…

I think my hair went Rogue

Going Rogue by Robin Benway The Skinny: Being permanently based in a local New York City high school as an undercover operative has its moments, good and bad, for 16-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver. Pros: More quality time with her former mark-turned-boyfriend Jesse Oliver and insanely cool best friend, Roux. Getting to spend quality time with…

She was an all American girl

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein The Skinny: While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and…

Dream until your dream come true

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater The Skinny: Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very…