REVIEW: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Genre: Sci-Fi, Contemporary


Publisher: Dutton

ISBN: 1524743445

Format: Hardback, Paperback, E-Book,
Audio-Book

Release Date: 25th September 2018


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
B&N, Book Depository


Rating: 8/10


Synopsis:

The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship--like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor--April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world--everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires--and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.

REVIEW: Confessions of a Teenage Leper by Ashley Little

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Publisher: PenguinTeen

ISBN: 0735262616

Format: Hardback, E-Book

Release Date: 11th September 2018


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
B&N, Book Depository

Website


Rating: 8/10


Synopsis:

Abby Furlowe has plans. Big plans. She's hot, she's popular, she's a cheerleader and she's going to break out of her small Texas town and make it big. Fame and fortune, adoration and accolades. It'll all be hers.

But then she notices some spots on her skin. She writes them off as a rash, but things only get worse. She's tired all the time, her hands and feet are numb and her face starts to look like day-old pizza. By the time her seventeenth birthday rolls around, she's tried every cream and medication the doctors have thrown at her, but nothing works. When she falls doing a routine cheerleading stunt and slips into a coma, her mystery illness goes into overdrive and finally gets diagnosed: Hansen's Disease, aka leprosy.

REVIEW: Kens by Raziel Reid

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Publisher: PenguinTeen

ISBN: 0735263779

Format: Hardback

Release Date: 18th September 2018


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
Book Depository

Website, Twitter


Rating: 5/10


Synopsis:

Heterosexuality is so last season: Kens is the gay Heathers meets Mean Girls, a shocking parody for a whole new generation.

Every high school has the archetypical Queen B and her minions. In Kens, the high school hierarchy has been reimagined. Willows High is led by Ken Hilton, and he makes Regina George from Mean Girls look like a saint. Ken Hilton rules Willows High with his carbon-copies, Ken Roberts and Ken Carson, standing next to his throne. It can be hard to tell the Kens apart. There are minor differences in each edition, but all Kens are created from the same mold, straight out of Satan's doll factory. Soul sold separately.

REVIEW: Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

Genre: Historical Fantasy

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

ISBN: 0785217142

Format: Hardback, E-Book, Audio-Book

Release Date: 10th July


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
B&N, Book Depository

Website,


Rating: 10/10


Synopsis:

Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father’s plot to assassinate the king of England.

Silent wars leave the most carnage. The wars that are never declared, but are carried out in dark alleys with masks and hidden knives. Wars where color power alters the natural rhythm of 17th century London. And when the king calls for peace, no one listens until he finally calls for death.

But what if death finds him first?

REVIEW: Julia Unbound by Catherine Egan

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

Publisher: DoubleDay Canada

ISBN: 0385684711

Format: Hardback, E-book

Release Date: 28th August 2018


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
B&N, Book Depository

Website, Twitter


Rating: 9/10


Synopsis:

Julia has been ensnared in so many different webs it's hard to see how she'll ever break free. She must do Casimir's bidding in order to save the life of her brother. She must work against Casimir to save the lives of most everyone else she knows.

UNBOXING: Japan Crate August 2018

Today I'm back with another unboxing of Japan Crate. This month's theme 

was super exciting as it was a collab with the Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card!

So, let's just jump right into it.

BLOG TOUR: The Ghost Road by Charis Cotter

Genre: Middle-Grade, Fantasy, Paranormal

Publisher: Tundra Books

ISBN: 1101918896

Format: Hardback, E-Book

Release Date: 4th September 2018


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
B&N

Website


Rating: 9/10


Synopsis:

For the first time, Ruth is heading to Newfoundland to stay with family she's never met instead of spending the summer traveling with her dad. When she arrives, she finds Newfoundland is very different from her life in Toronto--people there are much more friendly, but also superstitious, believing in ghosts and The Sight and family curses. Ruth's cousin Ruby is also staying for the summer, and the two discover they have a lot in common: they both lost their moms when they were two years old, they're the same age and they even like the same food. But while Ruby believes in spirits and fairies, Ruth believes in science and cold, hard facts.