Book Freak: February 2013

27 February 2013

Book Review: A Song for Julia by Charles Sheehan Miles

Book Title: A Song for Julia
Author: Charles Sheehan-Miles
Publisher: Cincinnatus Press, December 5, 2012
Series: Thompson Sisters
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Review: ★★★★★

Everyone should have something to rebel against.

Crank Wilson left his South Boston home at sixteen to start a punk band and burn out his rage at the world. Six years later, he’s still at odds with his father, a Boston cop, and doesn’t ever speak to his mother. The only relationship that really matters is with his younger brother, but watching out for Sean can be a full-time job. The one thing Crank wants in life is to be left the hell alone to write his music and drive his band to success.

Julia Thompson left a secret behind in Beijing that exploded into scandal in Washington, DC, threatening her father's career and dominating her family's life. Now, in her senior year at Harvard, she's haunted by a voice from her past and refuses to ever lose control of her emotions again, especially when it comes to a guy.

When Julia and Crank meet at an anti-war protest in Washington in the fall of 2002, the connection between them is so powerful it threatens to tear everything apart.

26 February 2013

Young Adult Books for 2013-2014 Movie & TV Adaptations

Young Adult Books as well as movie fanatics are in for a treat when some awesome books are going to be shown on big (and small) screens this year and next year.

Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior
(Divergent)

♥.♥.♥

Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase
(Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters)

♥.♥.♥

Saoirse Ronan as Melanie Stryder/Wanda
(The Host)

♥.♥.♥

Zoey Deutch as Rose Hathaway
(Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters)

♥.♥.♥

Teresa Palmer as Julie Grigio
(Warm Bodies)

♥.♥.♥

Alice Englert as Lena Duchannes
(Beautiful Creatures)

♥.♥.♥

Emma Roberts as Lena Haloway
(Delirium)

♥.♥.♥

Lily Collin as Clary Fray
(The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones)

♥.♥.♥

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen
(The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

♥.♥.♥

And my all time favorite: (Timeless, definitely)

25 February 2013

The Best Man May Not Be The Perfect Man

Book Title: The Best Man

Author: Kristan Higgins

Publication Date: February 26, 2013

Publisher: Harlequin HQN
Series: Blue Heron #1

Source: Netgalley

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Review:★★★★★

Sometimes the best man is the one you least expect.

Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, she's ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her family's vineyard, to confront the ghosts of her past, and maybe enjoy a glass of red. After all, there's some great scenery there….

Like Levi Cooper, the local police chief—and best friend of her former fiancé. There's a lot about Levi that Faith never noticed, and it's not just those deep green eyes. The only catch is she's having a hard time forgetting that he helped ruin her wedding all those years ago. If she can find a minute amidst all her family drama to stop and smell the rosé, she just might find a reason to stay at Blue Heron, and finish that walk down the aisle.