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(74) Why I Let My Hair Grow Out

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Title:  Why I Let My Hair Grow Out by Maryrose Wood Publisher: Berkley Books 218 pages Genre: YA Synopsis:  Being sent to your room is one thing. But being sent to another country? Morgan's boyfriend dumped her on the last day of school-it seemed the only thing to do was to hack off her hair and dye the stubble orange. Unfortunately, Morgan's parents freaked and decided a change of scenery would do her good. So they're sending her off on a bike tour of Ireland. But Morgan gets more than she bargained for on the Emerald Isle-including a strange journey into some crazy,& once upon a time corner of the past. There, she meets fairies, weefolk, and a hunky warrior-dude named Fergus, and figures out that she's got some growing to do-and she doesn't just mean her hair. Review: This book took me by surprise, I wasn't sure what to expect but the beginning made me think I was in for another angsty teenage drama but I was wrong.  Oh sure there were the s...

(73) The Kingdom

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Title:   The Kingdom (Graveyard Queen) by Amanda Stevens Publisher: Mira Publishing 384 pages Genre: Mystery, paranormal Synopsis:  Deep in the shadowy foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies a dying town… My name is Amelia Gray. They call me The Graveyard Queen. I've been commissioned to restore an old cemetery in Asher Falls, South Carolina, but I'm coming to think I have another purpose here. Why is there a cemetery at the bottom of Bell Lake? Why am I drawn time and again to a hidden grave I've discovered in the woods? Something is eating away at the soul of this town—this withering kingdom—and it will only be restored if I can uncover the truth. Review: I got hooked on this series when I read the first one which I received as an advanced readers copy. This installment of the series delves into Amelia's past and adds even more supernatural aspects to this story.  Amelia has always seen ghosts but was warned about interacting with them.  She foll...

Teaser Tuesday 11/20/12

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! •  Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  ( make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others! ) •  Share the  title & author , too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My teaser Tuesday is from:  The Boys in the Trees: A Novel by Mary Swan "And then he was running through the long grass, wiping at the blood that made it hard to see but not slowing, still running.  The roaring fell away behind and he knew mother would step into the worst of it, but he didn't care; at that moment he didn't even care."

(72) Lucretia and the kroons

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Title:   Lucretia and the Kroons (Kindle Single) Victor Lavalle Publisher: Spiegel & Grau 100 pages Genre: YA  I received this book as an advanced electronic galley from netgalley.com Synopsis:   Being young doesn't protect you. Horrors come for kids, too  is a lesson Lucretia "Loochie" Gardner learns the hard way in this gripping novella. Loochie is a plucky 12-year-old from Queens living in an apartment complex rife with rumored creatures from the underworld. She struggles to come to terms with her best friend Sunny's ongoing battle with cancer, as the two have been inseparable for years. When Sunny returns home from her latest round of treatment, the girls make a plan to hang out at Loochie's--without parental supervision. But Sunny doesn't show, and Loochie dives into twisted waters in her quest to find her best friend. Review: Creepy and spooky I'm not sure this is a novella for children.  Loochie winds up in an in-between place where ...

(71) Mother Number Zero

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Title:   Mother Number Zero by Marjolijn Hof Publisher: Groundwood Books 180 pages Genre: YA, children Synopsis:  No one in Fay's family looks like anyone else, because Fay and his sister, Bing, were adopted. Fay only knows that his birth mother escaped the war in Bosnia, and that he arrived in his new home with nothing more than a squeaky toy and a few clothes. But when Fay meets Maud, the new girl in town, she's curious about his birth mother and about what it's like to be adopted. And on top of that, she says smack in the middle of the street that she likes him. Suddenly Fay is full of questions — mother questions and Maud questions. Who is his birth mother, or mother number zero, as he calls her? Why did she give him away? Is it bad to want to find her? And what should he do about Maud? Could he be in love without realizing it? With his parents' help, Fay begins to look for mother number zero, and as the search unfolds, he finds some surprising answers to...

(70) Leadership & Self Deception: getting out of the box

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Title:  Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publisher 216 pages Genre: Business, Self-help Synopsis:  Leadership and Self-Deception uses an entertaining story about an executive facing challenges at work and at home to expose the precise psychological processes that conceal our true motivations and intentions from us and trap us in a “box” of endless self-justification. Most importantly, the book shows us the way out. Review:  This is a great book that can help you take a step back and really look at what is going on both at work and at home.  By using or being aware of the concepts in this book and being able to step out of the box we can help improve our relationships at home and at work.  It will also help make our work environment more productive and if the entire organization were to learn these lessons it could make the company work more effectively and more productively. Th...

(69) Easy

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Title:   Easy by Tammara Webber Publisher: Berkley Trade 336 Pages Genre: YA Synopsis: Rescued by a stranger. Haunted by a secret. Sometimes, love isn't easy... He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior... The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he'd worked so hard to overcome, and the future she'd put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart. Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth--and find the unexpected power of  love. Review: Dumped by her high school sweetheart Jacqueline is trying to find her way without him.  Skipping most of her classes she tries to get herself back on track with the help of an email tutor Landon and her room mate. After a frat party Jacqueline finds herself in a scary situation, a boy from her class Lucas, comes to her rescue and saves her. As Jacqueline tries to piece back her life she finds herself torn between her em...