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Tag: YA

Waiting on Wednesday {2}

Posted on 6 July, 201118 July, 2011 by Ikhlas

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)This week’s anticipated title: Silence

Author: Becca Fitzpatrick

Release Date: October 4th, 2011

Summary: The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They’ve overcome the secrets riddled in Patch’s dark past…bridged two irreconcilable worlds…faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust…and all for a

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Review: The Iron King

Posted on 5 July, 20118 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

The Iron King (Iron Fey, #1)So it took me awhile to finish this one, despite the fact that I was breezing along very early on. For a refresher on my early review, check out my Initial Thoughts post.

Okay, so before starting to read this book, lower your expectations. And I don’t mean this

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The Edward

Posted on 3 July, 201116 October, 2011 by Ikhlas

Since every YA book out right now has the Edward hero, I figured I’d do a post about all the Edwards. Oh come on, you know the guy…don’t you?

Other than the requisite things about Edward from Twilight, the Edward archetype falls into the following pitfalls:

  • He’s hot. Like scorching hot. Like he will melt your eyeballs out of your eye-sockets
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The Iron King (The Iron Fey #1): Initial Thoughts

Posted on 28 June, 20118 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

The Iron King (Iron Fey, #1)I started The Iron King today and just wanted to jot off some initial thoughts of this new YA novel by Harlequin Teen. Before Harlequin came to class, I didn’t really know they did YA, but this is one of their new and emerging titles. Here’s a synopsis, via Goodreads. 

Meghan Chase has a

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Book Banter

Posted on 27 June, 201118 July, 2011 by Ikhlas

Let’s talk books, yeah?

I just wanted to go over some of the books I recently read.

Just some book background: I read a lot of YA. And by a lot, I mean that’s almost all I read. I’m trying to diversify my tastes, but I just met a friend (hi Chelsey!) who’s also a lover of YA and so we just

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