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Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (May 11, 2010) Book summary: Three fates intertwine in this moving and passionate love story set in Victorian London. Mary Finn: country girl, maid to a lord in London Caden Tucker: liar, scoundrel, and heart's delight James Nelligan: age six, tossed into a herd of boys When Mary Finn falls into the arms of handsome Caden Tucker, their frolic changes the course of her life. What possesses her? She's been a girl of common sense until now. Mary's tale alternates with that of young James Nelligan, a new boy in an enormous foundling home. My review: When I began reading  Folly I wasn't sure what to make of it. I was put off by reading four different point-of-views. There is Mary Finn, 15, turned out of her home by a mean stepmother and working as a maid (the only told in first person while the others are all third); fellow maid Eliza, a jealous, conniving but dimwitted young woman; J...

Publisher: Running Press Kids (August 2010) Page Count: 432 Reading Level: YA Book summary: If you can possibly thirst for more mysterious metaphysical accounts of love, Trisha Telep has organized some of the greatest and most thrilling tales of paranormal paramours since The Eternal Kiss . She presents the acclaimed literary talent of thirteen unique authors, creating a collection of stories that will undoubtedly capture the imagination of every soul who dares to read them. Werewolves, ghosts, zombies, vampires, and fallen angels drive the plot of these riveting romances. Kiss Me Deadly includes the exceptional writings of several authors, including: • Sarah Rees Brennan (faeries) • Becca Fitzpatrick (angels) • Caitlin Kittredge (witches) • Karen Mahoney (vampires: sequel to story from The Eternal Kiss) • Daniel Marks (ghost kids) • Justine Musk (sorcerers) • Diana Peterfreund (unicorns) • Michelle Rowen (demons) • Carrie Ryan (zombies) • Maggie Stiefvater (werewo...

Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Bantam (July 13, 2010) Book summary: Who is Katherine Patterson? It is a question she hopes no one can answer. To erase her past, Katherine has moved to a new city, enrolled in a new school, and even changed her name. She's done the next best thing to disappearing altogether. Now, wary and alone, she seeks nothing more than anonymity. What she finds instead is the last thing she expected: a friend. Even more unlikely, Katherine's new friend is the most popular and magnetic girl in school. Extroverted, gorgeous, flirtatious, and unpredictable, she is everything that Katherine is not and doesn't want to be: the center of attention. Yet Alice's enthusiasm is infectious, her candor sometimes unsettling, and Katherine, in spite of her guarded caution, finds herself drawn into Alice's private circle.  But Alice has secrets, too--darker than anyone can begin to imagine. And when she lets her guard down at last, Katherine discovers the ...

Waiting on Wednesday   was started by   breaking the spine. This week we're anxiously awaiting Katie MacAlister's In the Company of Vampires: A Dark Ones Novel . Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Signet (November 2, 2010) Book summary: When Francesca arrives at GothFaire to save her mother from the trickster god, Loki, things go from bad to worse. Her immortal ex, Benedikt, is there, full of secrets-and with a new girlfriend. Now Fran must battle a power-hungry group who wishes to dominate both the immortal and mortal worlds-and the woman who claimed Ben's heart. It's a good thing Fran's no ordinary mortal... Now some of you may know Fran and Benedikt from Katie's YA novels, Got Fangs? (2005) and Circus of the Darned (2006) under her pan name Katie Maxwell. Both of Fran's stories are being repackaged and released this November under the title Confessions of a Vampire's Girlfriend . But Fran and Ben are moving up to join MacAlister's adul...

Teaser Tuesday  is a weekly meme hosted by   hosted by MizB of   ShouldBeReading .  This week's teaser (a day late) is from The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller. "There you are," was all he said before he took her in his arms, bent down, and kissed her. Once she'd managed to convince herself he was real, Haven began to kiss him back." (Page 161, ARC) Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Razorbill (August 10, 2010) Haven Moore cannot control her visions of a past with a boy called Ethan and a life in New York that ended in fiery tragedy. In our present, she designs beautiful dresses for her classmates with her best friend Beau. Dressmaking keeps her sane, since she lives with her widowed and heartbroken mother in her tyrannical grandmotherAs house in Snope City, a tiny town in Tennessee. Then an impossible group of coincidences conspire to force her to flee to New York, to discover who she is, and who she was. In New York,...

As many of you know In My Mailbox  was started by   Kristi over at   The Story Siren . Each week we post the books and goodies we've received. This week was pretty phenomenal for us. In one day we saw UPS, DHL, FedEx and our postman stop by our house with packages. It felt like Christmas in July!!! We received from tours: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James Nice and Mean by Jessica Leader Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love edited by Trisha Telep Free to a Good Home by Eva Marie Mont We received from publishers for review: Matched by Ally Condie (thanks to Penguin Books for Young Readers) Nightshade by Anrea Cremer (more thanks to Penguin Books) Unraveled by Gena Showalter (a huge shout out of thanks to Harlequin Teen) (not pictured) Fallout by Ellen Hopkins (thanks to Simon and Schuster) We also purchased:  Linger by Maggie Stiefvater Legacies   (A Shadow Grail Novel) by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary ...

2010 Debut Author Challenge List Reading Level: Young Adult Hardcover: 336 Pages Publisher: Hyperion Books Book Summary: Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father--an elusive European warlock--only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters. By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking student...