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  Jake Hayes and his family of eight live on a small island off the coast of Washington state, population 5,000. Jake has been in love with the same girl for the last four years, but he's never had the guts to tell her. And when he gets into a car accident after a party involving alcohol, he never will. Not when his vocal cords have been ripped out, and he'll never be able to speak

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When Hanna breaks up with her boyfriend of almost a year, she knows she’s supposed to feel . . . something. Liberated, maybe? Sad? Instead, there’s only one thing she feels for certain: She’s in for a pretty dull winter. Her job in the swimwear department certainly isn’t very exciting. But in an instant, everything changes.  Hanna finds herself the bearer of a major secret: She was the

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So, I just wanted to say a little something about the fact that the new City of Bones movie comes out in (about) TWO WEEKS! For those of you who haven't really been following all that jazz, here's the latest trailer: Now, I'm not sure how I feel about this whole deal. Fact is, I already had the hugest let down of essentially my life when The Host movie finally came out and it was nothing

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When Ginny receives thirteen little blue envelopes and instructions to buy a plane ticket to London, she knows something exciting is going to happen. What Ginny doesn't know is that she will have the adventure of her life and it will change her in more ways than one. Life and love are waiting for her across the Atlantic, and the thirteen little blue envelopes are the key to finding them in this

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When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage—alive—is making headlines across the globe.Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has

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The Beginning of After follows sixteen year old Laurel through the twists and turns her life takes after the sudden death of her parents and younger brother. There's not much else to say in regards to plot; it was a bit slow (it took me a lot of sittings to actually get through it, and I took a few day-long breaks) and didn't really hold my attention. Character development was ultimately

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Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma's gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his

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Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin,

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New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember

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In Mary's world there are simple truths.The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.But, slowly, Mary's truths are failing her. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood

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Ned Vizzini began writing for New York Press at the age of fifteen. At seventeen he was asked to write a piece for The New York Times Magazine, which led to the publication of Teen Angst? Naaah... , a memoir of his years at Stuyvesant High School. He is also the author of It's Kind of A Funny Story and Be More Chill.  Q: Thanks so much for joining us today,

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The Goddess Test series, although a series I have yet to review, is one of my favorites. If you've read my reviews before, you know I have a weakness for books involving mythology or the Greek gods. This is no exception.  In this collection of stories, Aimee Carter tells the untold tales of some of the main characters in the series: the Greek gods. During the first two Goddess Test

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Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill at Breaking the Spine for bloggers and readers to get excited about upcoming books. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater: Maggie Stiefvater rocks. If you've read her Wolves of Mercy Falls series, you understand. In her newest novel, The Raven Boys, due to head into our nearest book stores and into our hands on September 18th, "the inevitability

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Seventeen year old Alexandra is an expert diver and a big dreamer--oh, and a cake-maker on the side. She hopes to study oceanography and leave her birthplace, a small island called Santa Rita. But her mother won't allow it; she's needy and dependent and can't run the cake shop on her own. Throw some cute boys in the mix, and you have Pfeffer's The Wedding Cake Girl. I was

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For Craig Gilner, getting accepted into the prestigious Executive Pre-Professional High School in Manhattan isn't what he hoped it would be. Instead, it's too much. It doesn't take too long for Craig to realize that he is far from the best--in fact, he is mediocre. This realization crushes not only his ego; soon, he can't sleep. He can't eat. He is, it turns out, depressed.  A

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I had the great opportunity of attending an early showing of the new Perks movie this past Thursday, August 30th, and we had the pleasant surprise of the fantastic Stephen Chbosky (not only the author of Perks the novel, but also the writer and director of Perks the movie) showing up for a Q&A after the film. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to speak about the film, exactly, but I will

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So, it's official. We're back. Upcoming posts include my reviews of It's Kind of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, What I Didn't Say by Keary Taylor, The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter, and many, many more. We also have an interview with Ned Vizzini scheduled for later this month, information on the new Perks of Being A Wallflower movie, new weekly In My Mailboxes, with posts up at least every

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Hi, guys. I'm so sorry that Simply Nerdy has been relatively inactive in recent months. I was studying abroad in Italy for a semester, which made books and time pretty hard to come by. I have now returned home, which means that Simply Nerdy Book Reviews is getting rebooted and jump-started. No redesign, nothing fancy. Just a lot more time and dedication. September 1st, 2012 is the official

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I’ve seen so many freaky things since I started attending Mythos Academy last fall. I know I’m supposed to be a fearless warrior, but most of the time, I feel like I’m just waiting for the next Bad, Bad Thing to happen. Like someone trying to kill me—again. Everyone at Mythos Academy knows me as Gwen Frost, the Gypsy girl who uses her psychometry magic to find lost objects—and who just may

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Happy Thursday! So something incredibly fantastic happened this week. But before I get to that incredibly fantastic thing, I just wanted to remind you all that I've also been blogging about my experience here in Italy, so feel free to check it out if you get the chance. Anyway, in order to receive the ARCs that I've been getting in the mail (you're the best, Kensington!), my darling mother

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Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but danger is never far behind. Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year

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Tempest Maguire wants nothing more than to surf the killer waves near her California home; continue her steady relationship with her boyfriend, Mark; and take care of her brothers and surfer dad. But Tempest is half mermaid, and as her seventeenth birthday approaches, she will have to decide whether to remain on land or give herself to the ocean like her mother.  The pull of the water

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Ever since her ex-boyfriend spread those lies about her, Becca Chandler is suddenly getting all the guys—all the ones she doesn't want. Then she saves Chris Merrick from a beating in the school parking lot. Chris is different. Way different: he can control water—just like his brothers can control fire, wind, and earth. They’re powerful. Dangerous. Marked for death.And now

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Author Monica Leonelle is doing a blog tour to promote her new novel, Socialpunk, the first novel in a new trilogy, and is making a stop at Simply Nerdy Book Reviews to be interviewed by nobody other than yours truly! I also received an advanced copy of Socialpunk--you can read my review here.  Monica Leonelle is a well-known digital media strategist and the

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Ima would give anything to escape The Dome and learn what’s beyond its barriers, but the Chicago government has kept all its citizens on lockdown ever since the Scorched Years left most of the world a desert wasteland. When a mysterious group of hooded figures enters the city unexpectedly, Ima uncovers a plot to destroy The Dome and is given the choice between escaping to a new, dangerous city

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