Ron C. Nieto: Shattered Silence [cover reveal]

I am very happy to reveal the cover of Shattered Silence by Ron C. Nieto today. I reviewed the first book of the Ghostly Rhapsody series on my blog already and I can't wait for the next one. Here it is...

Keith never believed in Happily Ever After, at least not for someone like him. However, that’s exactly what it feels like when he has the love of his life by his side.

Alice fought everything she was, everything she thought she wanted to be, just to save him. When the nightmare blew over and the both of them were left standing, she thought she’d get her shot at happiness.

But how long can bliss last when everything they hold dear starts to crumble around them? Can they truly be free of a hatred that’s been alive for centuries?

The song has been played and, in its wake, the silence shatters…

Eric Kahn Gale: The Bully Book [book review]

The Bully Book by Eric Kahn Gale
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 229
Publication: 26th December 2012
Source: Purchased from The Book Depository
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THE STORY
"To Whom It May Concern:
You must have gone through a lot to get this book in your hands, and I'm not sure what you think you're about to read. But whatever it is, you're wrong. This is a record of The Bully Book and what it did to me. How I fought it, and the way it fought back. Once, I thought The Bully Book was a myth. Then maybe a mystery I could solve. Now I know it's a monster and I'm trying to defeat it. Are you with me... or The Book?"

The rules governing middle school are often a mystery, but for Eric Haskins, they’re a mystery he needs to solve. He’s a normal, average kid, until sixth grade starts. For some inexplicable reason, the class bully and his pack make Eric the Grunt. Even his best friend since first grade turns on him. Eric can’t figure out why he’s the Grunt until he hears about the Bully Book, a cryptic guide that teaches you how to “make trouble without getting in trouble, rule the school and be the man” and how to select the Grunt - the kid who will become the lowest of the low.  Eric Haskins may be this year’s Grunt for now, but he’s determined not to stay at the bottom of the social ladder forever...

Marie-Aude Murail: My Brother Simple [book review]

My Brother Simple by Marie-Aude Murail
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Publisher: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
Format: Paperback
Pages: 300
Source: Purchased from Thalia

My review is based on the German version of the book called "Simpel".

THE STORY

Simple likes playing with Playmobil. He talks to his soft toy. He says: "Everyone is stupid here!" when everyone is stupid here and he can talk very fast: 7, 9, 12, B, one thousand, one hundred. Simple is twenty-two years old, but mentally he is not older than three. Luckily, there is his seventeen-year-old brother who takes care of him. But taking care of Simple is anything else but simple. And when the two brother move in with four roommates, it starts to get complicated more than ever.

John Green: An Abundance of Katherines [book review]

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Genre: Young Adult Fiction 
Publisher: Speak 
Format: Paperback 
Pages: 228 
Publication: 16th October 2008 
Source: Received as a Christmas gift


THE STORY
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washedup child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun–but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone!

As you might have noticed, I haven't been really active lately. But as the new year just arrived, I really want to change that. So here's to 2013! May it be everything we all hope for.

 

 

tomorrow > today

Hugs, Miri xxx