July 16, 2011

In My Mailbox #15 (VLOG!)



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Shut Out, Kody Keplinger.

"Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other Schools. At Hamilton High, it’s a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And for her part, Lissa is sick of it. Her quarterback boyfriend, Randy, is always ditching her to go pick a fight or haze a freshman. And on three separate occasions Randy’s car has been egged while he and Lissa were inside, making out. She is done competing with a bunch of sweaty boys for her own boyfriend’s attention.
Lissa decides to end the rivalry once and for all: She and the other players’ girlfriends go on a hookup strike. The boys won’t get any action from them until the football and soccer teams make peace. What they don’t count on is a new sort of rivalry: an impossible girls-against-boys showdown that hinges on who will cave to their libidos first. And Lissa never sees her own sexual tension with the leader of the boys, Cash Sterling, coming. In this hilarious and romantic reimagining of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, the battle of boys against girls is on."


Forever, by Maggie Stiefvater.


"The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy from Maggie Stievater
In Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in."


Pure, by Julianna Baggott.

"A dystopian novel about a society of haves, who escaped an apocalypse in a futuristic dome-covered city, and have-nots, who survived the nearly destroyed outside world. The have-nots are almost entirely marked or mutated in some manner.

PURE centers around the story of Pressia, a 16-year-old survivor with a doll’s head fused into her left hand, and Partridge, an unmarked Pure who has escaped the Dome to find his mother, certain that she has survived the cataclysm."


Wonder Struck, by Brian Selznick.

"Set fifty years apart, two independent stories—Ben's told in words and Rose's in pictures—weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder.

Ever since his mom died, Ben feels lost.
At home with her father, Rose feels alone.

He is searching for someone, but he is not sure who.
She is searching for something, but she is not sure what.

When Ben finds a mysterious clue hidden in his mom's room,
When a tempting opportunity presents itself to Rose

Both children risk everything to find what's missing.

With over 460 pages of original drawings and playing with the form he invented in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey."

7 comments:

  1. Pure sounds really interesting, even though I'm not really into dystopians...

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    Nickey @ The Book Shop Assistant

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  2. Thanks for stopping by. I'm really looking forward to reading Wonderstruck, though I have to say that I am surprised by just how thick the book is! Awesome. Hope you have a great week!

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  3. I haven't heard of these ones besides Forever, but they look great! Old follower stopping by :) If you want, check outmy IMM.

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  4. Oh! I want to read Shut Out!!! Great books!!!
    Enjoy!!!

    Oh, and thanks for stopping by my youtube channel!

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  5. Pure sounds really good! I want to read that and I love the cover.

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  6. New Follower!
    I have to read Shut Out, it sounds amazing. I haven't read a book like that in a while.

    Awesome blog by the way, very pretty.

    Check out my IMMB

    Have a good week,
    Holly @ In-Interest

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  7. Nice mailbox this week. I just recently added Shut Out to my list, it sounds like a great book.
    Book Sniffers Anonymous

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