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  It's been awhile since I've done a Fast & Furious Friday post, but here are a coup le rapid-fire reviews of books that are worth checking out.  Title: Up To This Pointe  Author: Jennifer Longo Publication: January 19th 2016  By: Random House Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult  Amazon | Goodreads   3 Stars     A refreshingly original contemporary YA, unlike anything readers have seen before. Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson, John Corey Whaley, and Libba Bray. She had a plan. It went south. Harper is a dancer. She and her best friend, Kate, have one goal: becoming professional ballerinas. And Harper won’t let anything—or anyone—get in the way of The Plan, not even the boy she and Kate are both drawn to. Harper is a Scott. She’s related to Robert Falcon Scott, the explorer who died racing to the South Pole. So when Harper’s life takes an unexpected turn, she finagles (read: lies) her way to the...

Author: Jessica Shirvington Publication: July 22, 2014 By: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Goodreads 3 Stars  Name of overseas edition of Between The Lives. Above all else, though I try not to think about it, I know which life I prefer. And every night when I Cinderella myself from one life to the next a very small, but definite, piece of me dies. The hardest part is that nothing about my situation has ever changed. There is no loophole. Until now, that is... For as long as she can remember, Sabine has lived two lives. Every 24 hours she Shifts to her ′other′ life - a life where she is exactly the same, but absolutely everything else is different: different family, different friends, different social expectations. In one life she has a sister, in the other she does not. In one life she′s a straight-A student with the perfect boyfriend, in the other she′s considered a reckless delinquent. Nothing about her situation has ever changed, until the day when she discovers a gli...

Author: Gwendolyn Heasley Publication: April 22, 2014 By: Harper Teen Amazon | Goodreads  All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on THAT blog. Imogene's mother has been writing an incredibly embarrassing, and incredibly popular, blog about her since before she was born. Hundreds of thousands of perfect strangers knew when Imogene had her first period. Imogene's crush saw her "before and after" orthodontia photos. But Imogene is fifteen now, and her mother is still blogging about her, in gruesome detail, against her will. When a mandatory school project compels Imogene to start her own blog, Imogene is reluctant to expose even more of her life online...until she realizes that the project is the opportunity she's been waiting for to tell the truth about her life under the virtual microscope and to define herself for the first time. Don't Call Me Baby is a sharply observed and irrepressibly charming story about mothers and daughters,...

Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Publication: April 15, 2014 By: Penguin/Dial Books for Young Readers Amazon | Goodreads 4 stars From the author of My Life Next Door comes a swoony summertime romance full of expectation and regret, humor and hard questions. Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her Nantucket-esque island this summer. He's a rich kid from across the bridge in Stony Bay, and she hails from a family of fishermen and housecleaners who keep the island's summer people happy. Gwen worries a life of cleaning houses will be her fate too, but just when it looks like she'll never escape her past—or the island—Gwen's dad gives her some shocking advice. Sparks fly and secret histories unspool as Gwen spends a gorgeous, restless summer struggling to resolve what she thought was true—about the place she lives, the people she loves, and even herself—with what really is. A magnetic, push-me-pull-me romance ...

Hey, thanks for stopping by today!  It's the first Friday in April and I'm sitting here wondering how in the cupcake THAT happened?! I mean, last time I checked it was Valentine's Day.    Okay, so maybe St. Patrick's Day, but whatever. I don't know about you, but this year is going way too fast for my liking AND my "To Be Reviewed Pile". While I've had the opportunity (one I don't take lightly or for granted) to read some pretty amazing books, there are always a few that weren't really my flavor of cupcake, BUT might be yours. So, here they are in Fast & Furious Friday style... The Here and Now by Ann Brashares  Audiobook Penguin Random House April 8, 2014 Delacorte Press An unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to. Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love. Th...

Author: Courtney C. Stevens Publication: February 25, 2014 By: Harper Collins Children's Books Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads 5 Stars! I LOVE this cover! An edgy, realistic, and utterly captivating novel from an exciting new voice in teen fiction. Alexi Littrell hasn't told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and embarrassed, she hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more than the inside does. When Bodee Lennox, the quiet and awkward boy next door, comes to live with the Littrells, Alexi discovers an unlikely friend in "the Kool-Aid Kid," who has secrets of his own. As they lean on each other for support, Alexi gives him the strength to deal with his past, and Bodee helps her find the courage to finally face the truth. A searing, poignant book, Faking Normal is the extraordinary debut novel from an exciting new author-Courtney C. Stevens. Thank you Harper Col...

Author: Lissa Price Publication: January 7, 2014 By: Random House/Delacorte Books for Young Readers 3 Stars! Goodreads With the Prime Destinations body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn't want to do. Like hurt someone she loves. Having the chip removed could save Callie's life - but it could also silence the voice in her head that might belong to her father. Callie has flashes of her ex-renter Helena's memories, too ...and the Old Man is back, filling her with fear. Who is real and who is masquerading in a teen body? This is the thrilling sequel to "Starters" Thank you Random House and Netgalley for this eARC. You have to have read the first book, Starters, in order to have any clue as to what is going on in this book. A reread for those who have would be good as well because almost two years has gone by since I read the first...

Author(s): Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Publication: December 10, 2013 By: Disney Hyperion 4 Stars It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever? Everything changes when they uncover the truth behi...

 Welcome to Jenuine Cupcakes This is my stop on the ERASED Blog Tour! *hands you a cupcake* About the Book Author: Jennifer Rush Publication: January 7, 2014 (Read in June 2013) By: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers  Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads 5 Stars! They thought they had escaped. They were wrong. After fleeing the Branch with Sam, Cas, and Nick, Anna is trying to make sense of the memories resurfacing from her old life. At the same time, she's learning how to survive in hiding, following Sam's rules: Don't draw attention to yourself. Always carry a weapon. Know your surroundings. Watch your back. Then a figure from Anna's childhood reappears. Is it a Branch setup, or could it be the reunion Anna has hoped for? Uncertain of where her loyalties lie, Anna must fight to learn the truth -- before she is betrayed again. Ultimately, the answers hinge on one question: What was the real reason her memories were erased? Jennifer Ru...