Review #589: Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”

----Steve Maraboli

Amy Poeppel, an American author, has penned a terrific and extremely entertaining debut contemporary fiction novel, Small Admissions that revolves around a fresh young graduate, who after a messy breakup goes into the caveman zone on her couch and with her sweatpants, bags a job offer to work as an admission administrator in a posh private school, but little did this young and intelligent graduate knew that the parents and the students who come for the admission procedure would go at any lengths to just to get a mere admission in such a posh school.

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Review #286: What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

----Anonymous

Aaron Hartzler, an American author, pens his debut novel involving teens, assault, lies and mystery, What We Saw that accounts the story of a high school teenager who investigates the sexual assault on her friend in a small town. Withstanding the prejudices and unimaginable controversies, this young girl fights against the society, which gets enveloped by the darkness of a rape, to find out the truth.


This book is actually based on a true story, which goes as follows: (Source: Wiki)

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Blog Tour with Giveaway: The Beginning of Never (The Never Trilogy #1)by O.E. Boroni

Good morning folks,

It is a great morning in Kolkata. Just kiddin! Pretty bad and sucky one with a bad traffic jam that took me nearly two hours to reach my office,  which usually takes only 25 minutes to reach office. Yeah it's pouring heavily from last night and Kolkata's one disadvantage is that when it rains, the traffic seems move at a snail's pace. Anyhow here's a pic from today's morning scene.

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Blog tour with Giveaway: All I've Never Wanted by Ana Huang

Good morning,

Today we are hosting the blog tour of the book, All I've Never Wanted by Ana Huang, followed by a book review and  a giveaway, so keep reading to participate.

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Review #259: Only We Know by Simon Packham

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.” 

----Margaret Atwood, a Canadian author

Simon Packham, an English YA author, pens his latest YA book, Only We Know, that traces the story of a young teenage girl named Lauren, who moves to a new town with her parents and her younger sister, the only slight problem is that the whole family is trying to run as well as hide away from Lauren's little secret, so they all have to maintain a very low profile to not to attract any undue attention towards themselves. What is that secret?

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Review #212: Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“A lifetime isn't forever, so take the first chance, don't wait for the second one! Because sometimes, there aren't second chances! And if it turns out to be a mistake? So what! This is life! A whole bunch of mistakes! But if you never get a second chance at something you didn't take a first chance at? That's true failure.”

----C. JoyBell C, an American author

Gina Ciocca, an American author, penned her debut YA novel, Last Year's Mistake that centers around two high school teenagers and their relationship drama with a chance to start all over again. In short, this is a simple-no-fuss-high-school-relationship-drama, but the author have managed to blow it out of proportion.

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Review #195: The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



“I came here looking to finish school quietly. Stay out of trouble. Maybe write some new songs. I never expected you.”

----Ann Aguirre

Ann Aguirre, a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, pens her latest YA novel, The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things that revolves around a bunch of high-school teenagers with broken hearts and dark past and how they heal those torn-up hearts.

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