GingerRead Reviews

Series: The Hybrid Chronicles #1  Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia Release Date: September 18th 2012 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Cover Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Synopsis:  I should not exist. But I do. Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they gr ew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren't they settling? Why isn't one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn't . . . For the past three years, Eva has clung to the remnants of her life. Only Addie knows she’s still there, trapped inside their body. Then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. The risks are unimaginable-hybrids are considered a threat to society, so ...

Series: Morganville Vampires #13 Genre: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult Release Date: October 24th 2012 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars Cover Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Synopsis:  For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within… Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim, the town’s human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. But college student Claire Danvers isn't about to take sides, considering she has ties to both the humans and the vampires. To make matters worse, a television show comes to Morganville looking for ghosts, just as vampire and human politics collide. Now, Claire and her friends ...

Stacking the Shelves is hosted over at Tynga's Reviews . I went kinda mad on Amazon the other day and, although I still haven't got my hands on Clockwork Princess, I did get a few that I have been eagerly awaiting! All covers link to Goodreads. Bought : At the risk of many disproving looks that I thankfully cannot see, I confess that I bought Graceling purely based on the cover without any idea of what it was about. Can you blame me? She looks like some kind of ninja assassin which is, of course, immensely badass! The Evolution Of Mara Dyer , on the other hand was bought because the previous book was absolutely amazing. So amazing in fact that I couldn't wait long enough for the price of it to go down and I bought it at (gasp!) full price which is a rarity for me. Hereafter   is another book which I didn't bother to read the blurb of. I'd heard good things and apparently at the time I thought that was a good enough reason to buy it. Although I do...

Series: Standalone Genre: Young Adult, Classic Literature  Release Date: 1960 Source: Borrowed From The Library Overall Rating: 4/5 Stars Cover Rating: 2/5 Stars Synopsis:  "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel—, a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much. First Line:  When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. I don't often read classic books so I chall...

Series: Standalone Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction Release Date: January 1st 2005 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars Cover Rating: 2/5 Stars Synopsis:  Miles has a quirky interest in famous people's last words, especially François Rabelais's final statement, "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." Determined not to wait for death to begin a similar quest, Miles convinces his parents to let him leave home. Once settled at Culver Creek Preparatory School, he befriends a couple of equally gifted outcasts: his roommate Chip―commonly known as the Colonel—who has a predilection for memorizing long, alphabetical lists for fun; and the beautiful and unpredictable Alaska, whom Miles comes to adore. The kids grow closer as they make their way through a school year filled with contraband, tests, pranks, breakups, and revelations about family and life.  First Line: The week before I left my family and Florida and the rest of my minor life to go to boarding schoo...

Read part one of The YA Handbook! Rule Six: Make a love triangle including two guys who used to be friends  but broke the bromance in mysterious circumstances: As Seen In: Soul Screamers, The Iron Fey, Matched, Fallen, Vampire Diaries... How about we dump Elena and try third  time lucky? A love triangle just isn't enough for some authors, no they have to put history between the two guys who're in love with the girl. Whether they are hated brothers, ex best friends or even the metaphorical depiction's of Good and Evil they have to have HISTORY. Why do they do it? How else can the author slowly reveal why the two guys fell out? Ironically it's usually because they fell in love with the same girl a few years before (or hundred years if they're vampires). Imagine how thin the books would be without all the back stories? This one was recommended by Elisa at Lost Inside the Covers . Rule Seven: Give the heroine red hair: As Seen In: The Mortal Instru...

Series: Blood Of Eden #1 Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Dystopia Release Date: April 24th 2012 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 4/5 Stars Cover Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Synopsis:  To survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them—the vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself dies and becomes one of the monsters. Forced to flee her city, Allie must pass for human as she joins a ragged group of pilgrims seeking a legend—a place that might have a cure for the disease that killed off most of civilization and created the rabids, the bloodthirsty creatures who threaten human and vampire alike. And soon Allie will have to decide what and who is worth dying for again. Enter Julie Kagawa's dark and twisted world as an unforgettable journ...