Top 11 of 2011 – #2 SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi
Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as...
View ArticleTop 11 of 2011 – #1 UNDER THE NEVER SKY by Veronica Rossi
Aria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms, accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria...
View ArticleQ & A with Anna Carey
Happy New Year. Karin’s Book Nook is pleased to feature a Q & A with the author of EVE, Anna Carey for the first post in 2012. 1. Did you intentionally make the Trail similar to the Underground...
View ArticleGuest Post by Daniel Nayeri
Guest blogging convention states that I have to do several things in order to be a good guest. First, I have to be at least half as interesting as my host. Second, I have to speak about a subject on...
View ArticleTHE ENEMY by Charlie Higson – REVIEW
It’s the kids against the grownups – literally. A virus has crippled England. Everyone 14-years-old and older is effected. The lucky ones die. The others become crazed, confused monsters that...
View ArticleCINDER by Marissa Meyer – Book Trailer
I loved this book and today is the day that everyone can go out and purchase a copy for themselves. Click HERE to read my review and be sure to watch the trailer below to learn more about it! About...
View ArticleTHE DEAD by Charlie Higson – REVIEW
Taking place a year before THE ENEMY, Charlie Higson gives us a glimpse of what it was like for the kids who had to start fighting the zombie-like adults only weeks after the disaster that either...
View ArticleCINDER by Marissa Meyer – AUDIO GIVEAWAY
Da Da Da Daaaaa!!!! I am happy to feature CINDER again on this blog. This time, thanks to MacMillan Audio, I am giving away a copy of the audio. I am so excited!!!! This book is so good. No matter...
View ArticleTHE GIRL WHO OWNED A CITY by Dan Jolley (Graphic Novel) – REVIEW
Being in charge isn’t easy, but that’s exactly what Lisa is – IN CHARGE. After all the adults die from a virus, Lisa is left to protect her brother and make sure they both survive in a world gone...
View ArticlePREY by Lurlene McDaniel – REVIEW
In the same vein as Teach Me by R.A. Nelson and Boy Toy by Barry Lyga, Lurlene McDaniel writes PREY, the story of a fifteen-year-old boy who gets involved with his much older female teacher. This is a...
View ArticleDROWNING INSTINCT by Ilsa Bick – REVIEW
If you are looking for a light read, this isn’t it. We meet Jenna after a terrible accident when she is being questioned by the police. She is sixteen-years-old and this isn’t even the first time she...
View ArticleRAISED BY WOLVES by Jennifer Lynn Barnes – REVIEW
Bryn is a human living among werewolves. She was adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack when she was 4-years-old after a rabid (rogue) wolf attacked and killed her parents right in front of her. Now...
View ArticleGLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan – REVIEW
Kieran and Waverly are in love. Everyone assumes they’ll get married. Even Waverly knows it will happen eventually, but still feels unsure as to whether or not she is ready. As two of the oldest kids...
View ArticleGLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan – AUDIO GIVEAWAY
How would you like to win a copy of GLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan? All you have to do is enter your information below. Click HERE to read my review from yesterday. You have until Friday, January 20th to...
View ArticleTEMPEST by Julie Cross – BOOK TRAILER
The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the...
View ArticleIMPULSE by Ellen Hopkins – REVIEW
Three troubled teens cross paths at Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital, after attempting suicide. Connor, Tony, and Vanessa all have demons that try to pull them under and get them to succumb to...
View ArticlePERFECT by Ellen Hopkins – REVIEW
Ellen Hopkins does it again. PERFECT, written in her signature novel-in-verse style, follows the lives of four teens as they struggle to live up to the expectations of family, friends, and most...
View ArticleBEAUTY by Nancy Butcher – REVIEW
Ana wants to be ugly. She has worked very hard at it, ever since she was twelve years old. Ever since the day a man complimented her on her beauty and she saw the look of hatred, jealousy, and anger...
View ArticleBEING by Kevin Brooks – REVIEW
Robert Smith was waiting for the nurse to call him into the doctor’s office to prepare him for his scheduled endoscopy, not realizing it would be the last normal day in his life. Once called into the...
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