Star Wars: Lost Stars Author: Claudia Gray Release Date: September 4, 2015 Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press Genre(s): Science Fiction, Romance, Media Tie-In Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon On Force Friday a number of books were released to continue the Star Wars story leading up to the release of The Force Awakens. Out of all of […]
Rockstar Book Tours: Liz Braswell Talks to Us About Her Relationship With Disney and “A Whole New World”
A Whole New World Author: Liz Braswell Series: Twisted Tales #1 Release Date: September 1, 2015 Publisher: Disney Press Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy GoodReads | Amazon | BN | iBooks Most of us grew up on classic Disney movies. We rooted for Robin Hood in his fight against the cruel Prince John. We cried with Simba as […]
David Levithan’s ‘Another Day’ Gives Us A Second Perspective On A’s Story From ‘Every Day’
Author: David Levithan Release Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, LGBT Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon Almost three years ago now I wrote one of Nerdophiles’ first book reviews on David Levithan’s Every Day. It’s a very emotional book about a very […]
Talking with Author Pierce Brown at Phoenix Comicon
A few weeks ago at Phoenix Comicon, I got to sit down with Pierce Brown, the author of Red Rising and Golden Son, to talk with him a little bit about his series and where he gets some of his inspiration from for his stories. Therese Lacson: Okay, so, Red Rising, Golden Son… Congratulations […]
“Talker 25” Somehow Makes Dystopian Fiction and Dragons Work
Talker 25 Author: Joshua McCune Release Date: April 22, 2014 Series: Talker 25 #1 Publisher: Greenwillow, HarperCollins Genre(s): Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I have never been a fan of dragons-related fantasy in general. I don’t know why, I’ve just never really been that interested. While all my nerdy friends […]
‘Boo: A Novel’ is Even More Heartrending as an Audio Book
Boo: A Novel Author: Neil Smith Release Date: May 12, 2015 Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries, Audible Studios Genre(s): Middle Grade, Fantasy, Afterlife Book Rating: ★★★★☆ Narration: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon | Audible Some books just seem meant to be experienced as audio books and Boo: A Novel is absolutely one of them. I am usually pretty […]
Scarlett Undercover is Smart, Savvy, and Everything Good YA Should Be
Scarlett Undercover Author: Jennifer Latham Release Date: May 19, 2015 Publisher: Little Brown Source: NetGalley Genre(s): Mystery, Detective, YA Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon Scarlett is a Muslim-American teenage detective, and she just got a new case. A teenager jumped to his death off a bridge, but it turns out […]
Just Another Dystopian Teen YA: Gathering Frost Review
Author: Kaitlyn Davis Release Date: February 17, 2015 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Source: NetGalley Genre(s): YA, dystopian, romance Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads|Amazon Synopsis: When Jade was a little girl, a giant earthquake split New York City apart. In the wreckage, a mysterious kingdom appeared, ruled by a Queen […]
Rockstar Book Tours: Sabaa Tahir’s “An Ember in the Ashes” is Out Today!
An Ember in the Ashes Author: Sabaa Tahir Release Date: April 28, 2015 Publisher: Razorbill Sponsored: Razorbill & Rockstar Book Tours Genre(s): Young Adult, High Fantasy GoodReads | Amazon | BN An Ember in the Ashes releases today and we’re helping to spread the word in conjunction with Razorbill and Rockstar Book Tours! This book has been on […]
“Lockstep” is a Hard Sci-Fi Read With Great YA Crossover Appeal
Lockstep Author: Karl Schroeder Release Date: March 24, 2014 Publisher: Tor/Macmillan Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Young Adult, Hard Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon This is one of those books that’s hard to review not because it isn’t good but because it’s so hard to explain to other people why it’s good. I’m not […]
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