Looking for something? Check here first:

► Kindle Deals: 10 HarperCollins books for $0.99/each (ends 1/31/2012)
► New & Upcoming YA Releases
► New & Upcoming Romance Releases
► 2012 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge - Sign-up here | January Review Link Up
► 2012 Men in Uniform Reading Challenge - Sign-up here | January Review Link Up
► How to make those reading challenge progress bars - read my tutorial

Saturday, April 17, 2010

On My Wishlist (21)



On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every  Saturday. It's where I list all the books I desperately want but haven't  actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It's also an  event that you can join in with too - Mr Linky is always at the ready  for you to link your own 'On My Wishlist' post. If you want to know more  click here.



Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian 
Natalie Sterling wants to be in control. She wants her friends to be loyal. She wants her classmates to elect her student council president. She wants to find the right guy, not the usual jerk her school has to offer. She wants a good reputation, because she believes that will lead to good things.

But life is messy, and it's very hard to be in control of it. Not when there are freshman girls running around in a pack, trying to get senior guys to sleep with them. Not when your friends have secrets they're no longer comfortable sharing. Not when the boy you once dismissed ends up being the boy you want to sleep with yourself - but only in secret, with nobody ever finding out.
Slut or saint? Winner or loser? Natalie is getting tired of these forced choices - and is now going to find a way to live life in the sometimes messy, sometimes wonderful in-between. 


The Julian Game by Adele Griffin
New girl Raye Archer is desperate for a way into the In crowd, so when ice-queen Ella Parker chooses her to get back at her ex, the gorgeous Julian Kilgarry, Raye is more than game. Even if it means creating a fake Facebook identity as “Elizabeth” so that she can learn enough about Julian to sabotage him. While a fun and dangerous thrill at first, what Raye hadn’t counted on was falling for Julian herself—and igniting Ella’s rage.

As Raye works to reconcile the temptress Elizabeth with her real-life self, Ella serves up her own revenge. Now it’s Raye who falls victim, as Ella creates an online smear campaign of nasty rumors and trashy photographs. Suddenly notorious, Raye has to find a way out of the web of deceit that she’s helped to build, and back to the relationships that matter.

Adele Griffin’s riveting novel explores the issues of generation Facebook: the desire to be someone else, real versus online friends, and the pitfalls and fallouts of posting your personal life online for all the world to judge.



Empty by Suzanne Weyn
It's the near future - the very near future - and the fossil fuels are running out. No gas. No oil. Which means no driving. No heat. Supermarkets are empty. Malls have shut down. Life has just become more local than we ever knew it could be.

Nobody expected the end to come this fast. And in the small town of Spring Valley, decisions that once seemed easy are quickly becoming matters of life and death. There is hope - there has to be hope - just there are also sacrifices that need to be made, and a whole society that needs to be rethought.

Teens like Nicki, Tom, and Leila may find what they need to survive. But their lives are never going to be the same again. 



What's on your wishlist?

10 People had something to say:

  1. LoriApr 17, 2010 08:41 AM
    Empty looks intriguing. I love the cover. I confess, I never heard of this book. I hope that you get the books you wished for and that you enjoy them.[Here's mine].
    ReplyDelete
  2. Girl on a MissionApr 17, 2010 01:31 PM
    The Julian Game looks really good! I can't wait for that one.
    ReplyDelete
  3. Shera (Book Whispers)Apr 17, 2010 07:15 PM
    These are some great books! I love the blue hair on The Julian Game cover.
    ReplyDelete
  4. Carrie at In the Hammock BlogApr 17, 2010 09:24 PM
    the first two books look awesome!! Thanks for pointing them out, I hadn't heard of them before!
    ReplyDelete
  5. Sheila (Bookjourney)Apr 18, 2010 05:29 AM
    Empty sounds really interesting! I have not heard of that one before.
    ReplyDelete
  6. JillianApr 18, 2010 02:29 PM
    i love your blog, and I have an award for you on mine! :)
    ReplyDelete
  7. LizApr 19, 2010 11:29 AM
    I like the Griffin book, mostly because I think the whole online aspect is intriguing. What will happen with all this info that's so readily available? Who's real and who's fake? Sounds interesting. Quick suggestion for a book of YA suspense, "Her Mother's Diary," by David Curry Kahn, which is pretty new. It's a page-turner about a girl on the run from drug lords (responsible for her parents' death) and searching for the money her mother hid, before the killers do. Haven appears in an elderly man who's devastated by the loss of his wife -- it's a page-turner, plus it offers a good message about believing in yourself, having a positive attitude and not giving up when the going gets rough.
    ReplyDelete
  8. MistyApr 20, 2010 02:55 PM
    I hadn't actually added much to my list this week, though I have now added 2 of your 3.
    ReplyDelete
  9. The Book VixenApr 21, 2010 08:58 PM
    Liz - thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.
    ReplyDelete
  10. suzie townsendJun 28, 2010 12:29 PM
    If you want a chance to read PERSONAL DEMONS, I'm giving away a copy on my blog :)

    http://confessionsofawanderingheart.blogspot.com/2010/06/personal-demons-arc-contest.html
    ReplyDelete

Thanks for stopping by! I love chatting so let's talk it up!

DO NOT leave your email in the comments.