Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka

Continuing on with more of my polygamy kick, Becky from Becky’s Book Reviews recommended to me Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka, a young adult read.  So far, Becky has never led me astray and Sister Wife was no exception.
Sister Wife is told in alternating viewpoints of three girls who live in a conservative religious group [...]

Wake by Lisa McMann

I read Wake by Lisa McMann in one sitting, it’s unlike anything I’ve read before.  And it’s another paranormal romance, a genre that I still can’t quite believe I’ve read so much of this year, once I realized exactly what a paranormal romance was.
Life, for seventeen-year-old Janie is one where she must never let her [...]

Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller

Want an adventure?  Kiki Strike:  Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller will give you just that!
Life will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment.  Climbing down a filthy rope ladder deeper and deeper into the ground to find a mysterious underground [...]

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is without a shadow of a doubt the geekiest book I’ve read this year.  Set in the very near future 17 year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time when terrorists attack the Bay Bridge in San Fransisco.  The Department of Homeland institutes [...]

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

At the age of 14, in The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, Frankie is more or less forgettable.  She is attending a prestigious and competitive boarding school, the same school where her older sister and father attended.  But no matter how hard she tries, nobody seems to take notice of her.  Now [...]