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Selective Collective: ‘Loud Awake and Lost’ Author Profile & Giveaway

November 27, 2013 by Sandie 4 Comments

Selective Collective: ‘Loud Awake and Lost’ Author Profile & Giveaway

This month our Selective Collective book was “Loud Awake and Lost” by Adele Griffin. It’s our turn to highlight our selection’s author,  so we’re sharing information about her and her work. Many thanks to Random House for sending us copies of the book to review! According to her website, Adele Griffin is a two-time National… 

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Happy Birthday to The Selective Collective (and Giveaway)!

October 30, 2013 by Diana 19 Comments

Happy Birthday to The Selective Collective (and Giveaway)!

This week we’re celebrating our first anniversary as part of “The Selective Collective” with our fellow book bloggers and good friends at The Book Addict’s Guide, Gone Pecan, The Grown-Up YA, and YA Crush. Through our monthly collaboration, we’ve read a bunch of great books, discovered and interviewed some amazing authors, and had countless hilarious… 

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Selective Collective: The F-It List Roundtable Discussion

October 24, 2013 by Sandie 7 Comments

Selective Collective: The F-It List Roundtable Discussion

  With her signature heart and humor, Julie Halpern explores a strained friendship strengthened by one girl’s battle with cancer. Alex’s father recently died in a car accident. And on the night of his funeral, her best friend Becca slept with Alex’s boyfriend. So things aren’t great. Alex steps away from her friendship with Becca… 

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Selective Collective: Page to Screen – Fangirl

September 25, 2013 by Sandie 5 Comments

Selective Collective: Page to Screen – Fangirl

Diana and I loved “Fangirl” so much, and we would’ve been happy to write any of today’s posts, but it’s our turn to discuss the book’s Page to Screen possibilities. In short, we think they’re high. Not only would a film (or TV!) adaptation allow viewers to get to know Cath, a unique female protagonist,… 

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Selective Collective: 45 Pounds (More or Less) by K.A. Barson – Review

July 18, 2013 by Diana 7 Comments

Selective Collective: 45 Pounds (More or Less) by K.A. Barson – Review

  Our  Selective Collective book for July is “45 Pounds (More or Less) ” by K. A. Barson. Diana reviews it below, but I wanted to share that it was a particularly hot-button read for us, because we grew up with a petite and beautiful mom who criticized both of us for our weight, and… 

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Selective Collective: ‘Ink’ Roundtable Discussion

June 26, 2013 by Sandie 5 Comments

Selective Collective: ‘Ink’ Roundtable Discussion

Our Selective Collective book for June is “Ink” by Amanda Sun. It’s one of the first times in a while we’ve read a fantasy series, and it was quite fascinating to explore Japanese mythology with an orphaned American teen as our guide. “Ink” offers not only romance (it is a Harlequin title, after all) but… 

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Selective Collective: The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler Review

May 29, 2013 by Sandie 8 Comments

Selective Collective: The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler Review

  Our  Selective Collective book for May is “The Book of Broken Hearts” by Sarah Ockler, Candice’s pick of the month. Like May’s selection “The Summer I Became a Nerd,” Ockler’s novel is a poignant summer-set story that makes for a perfect school’s out read. This month it’s our turn to write the review (below),… 

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Selective Collective: Interview With Author Leah Rae Miller & Giveaway

May 2, 2013 by Sandie 15 Comments

Selective Collective: Interview With Author Leah Rae Miller & Giveaway

    Our  Selective Collective book for April was “The Summer I Became a Nerd” by Leah Rae Miller. It was my month to pick the title, and I loved the idea of a cool, popular cheerleader secretly being a geeky comic-book-obsessed “nerd.” In high school, I was in IB, so it was completely normal… 

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Review: Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill

April 4, 2013 by Jessica 4 Comments

Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill Publisher: Delacorte Books | 304 Pages | Buy It Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question.  It’s one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia… 

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Selective Collective: ‘The Murmurings’ Ghosts All Around Us

March 29, 2013 by Sandie 4 Comments

Selective Collective: ‘The Murmurings’ Ghosts All Around Us

    Our second Selective Collective book for March is “The Murmurings” by Carly Anne West. It’s a psychological thriller that should appeal to horror fans. The main character Sophie is not only grieving the mysterious death of her institutionalized older sister, but she’s also dealing with the possibility that she too is insane, because… 

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