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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Date : January 2010 Page Count : 287 BOOK DESCRIPTION: Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock have barely recovered from their last arctic adventure, when they are confronted by the most frightening catastrophe yet. Millions of fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii and someone--or "something"--is destroying hundreds of ships. Unable to discover the cause, the government enlists the Flock to help them get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.  While Max and her team are exploring the depths of the ocean, their every move is being carefully tracked by Mr. Chu--a criminal mastermind with his own plans for the Flock. Can they protect themselves from Mr. Chu's army of mercenaries and save the ocean from utter destruction? MY REVIEW: After making myself finish the previous title in this series, THE FINAL WARNING, I thought this offering would be just as prophesying and dull. MAX wasn't bad but the series...

Publisher : Spice Date : January 2010 Page Count : 384 BOOK DESCRIPTION: (ADULT EROTIC TITLE)   Don't think. Don't question. Just do. The anonymous note wasn't for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the habit of reading other people's mail, but it was just a piece of paper with a few lines scrawled on it, clearly meant for the apartment upstairs. It looked so innocent, but decidedly-- "deliciously"--it was not. Before replacing the note--and the ones that followed-- in its rightful slot, I devoured its contents: suggestions, instructions, commands. Each was more daring, more intricate and more arousing than the last... and I followed them all to the letter. Before the notes, if a man had told me what to do, I'd have told him where to go. But submission is an art, and there's something oddly freeing about doing someone's bidding...especially when it feels so very, "very" good. But I find that the more I surrender, t...

I'm fitting in reading "Tithe" (finally) so it is only right that this week's choice deal with a favorite subject: fairies. I loved the first book, EYES LIKE STARS, so expectations for the second are only natural. Can't wait to read: Perchance to Dream: Theatre Illuminata #2 by Lisa Mantchev We are such stuff as dreams are made on. Act Two, Scene One Growing up in the enchanted Thèâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith learned everything about every play ever written. She knew the Players and their parts, but she didn’t know that she, too, had magic. Now, she is the Mistress of Revels, the Teller of Tales, and determined to follow her stars. She is ready for the outside world.  Enter BERTIE AND COMPANY But the outside world soon proves more topsy-turvy than any stage production. Bertie can make things happen by writing them, but outside the protective walls of the Thèâtre, nothing goes as planned. And her magic cannot help her make a decision betwee...

Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by MizB of ShouldBeReading Our choice is GONE by Lisa McMann. Cabel smiles as the two approach. He's wearing a dark gray suit and he looks pretty freaking amazing in it. (page 171).

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Brava (November 2007) Language: English BOOK DESCRIPTION: Is That A Treble Clef In Your Pocket-- Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?  Maggie Gallagher spends her nights with lots of men. Of course, they're all dead composers, but why nitpick? Her love life is just like the musical compositions she researches--undiscovered. It's time for Maggie to let loose and go wild. In a dive bar on Bourbon Street, Maggie makes a real find in the house band's keyboard player. He's hot. Sexy. Flirtatious. Soulful. And she could swear he's playing an unknown piece she's been researching, which is impossible, unless he's dead...  Centuries before he was a badass vampire with a rock-star wardrobe and Big Easy charm, Ren was Renauldo D'Antoni, a composer on the verge of great success until he was betrayed. No one could ever know that, but tonight, the shy strawberry blonde with the big eyes and obviously borrowed outfit actually see...

Publisher : Puffin Books Date : April 2006 Page Count : 180 Reading Level : Ages 13-17 BOOK DESCRIPTION: According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. This classic, written by S. E. Hinton when she was 16 years old, is as profound today as it was when it was first published in 1967.  MY REVIEW: Ponyboy Curtis has been living with his brothers Sodapop and Darry ever since their...

Even with two back-to-back snowstorms (of which one was a lengthy N'oreaster),  we still had mail service most of the days.  From swapping we received:        Dream Life by Lauren Machling        Tombstone Tea by Joanne Dahme        A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker        You've Got Blackmail by Rachel Wright        The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade We purchased:        Gone by Lisa McMann        Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes We won:        An autographed copy of Fallen by Lauren Kate. (Thanks to BITTEN BY BOOKS!) In My Mailbox was started by The Story Siren