Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?

Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18C. Hadley's in 18A. 

Twists of fate and quirks of timing play out in this thoughtful novel about family connections, second chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.

Review - Envy (Empty Coffin, #1) by Gregg Olsen

Murder is such a dirty word...

In Port Gamble (aka "Empty Coffin"), Washington, truth is about as hard to come by as a sunny day. One minute Katelyn is a depressed teen with a loser life. The next, she's lying on a stainless steel slab, eyes glassy, skin frosted over, and very, very dead.       

Down the street from Katelyn, twins Hayley and Taylor Ryan can't escapte the encroaching winter darkness. As they recover from the shock of Katelyn's death, the realize how entwined they already are in the evil circulating Empty Coffin. 

And while they can't explain it, an unknown force pushes them to uncover the truth. 

Is Katelyn Port Gamble's first and only victim?

Based on a true cyberbullying crime.

Review - Anna and the French Kiss

Anna and the French Kiss was a fun and easy read filled with romance, humor and fun cultural references.  I have to say that I loved Stephanie Perkins’ writing and look forward to more works by the author, especially Lola and the Boy Next Door due out on September 29th.  I loved the Parisian setting.  Personally, I was never the type to want to travel to a country where English isn’t commonly spoken (yes, I’m lame), but, thanks to Steph Perkins, Paris is definitely on my list of top places to travel.

Possession Review

Book Info (Amazon)

Published June 7, 2011

416 Pages

Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed the rest of the population, but Vi is determined to think for herself.

But the Thinkers are unusually persuasive, and they’re set on convincing Vi to become one of them….starting by brainwashed Zenn. Vi can’t leave Zenn in the Thinkers’ hands, but she’s wary of joining the rebellion, especially since that means teaming up with Jag. Jag is egotistical, charismatic, and dangerous: everything Zenn’s not. Vi can’t quite trust Jag and can’t quite resist him, but she also can’t give up on Zenn.


This is a game of control or be controlled. And Vi has no choice but to play.


Reviewed by @MaryMunar

Across the Universe Review/Thoughts/PO

Four things I LOVED about this book

• The first chapter
• The back to back narrative between Amy and Elder
• Beth Revis' ability to bring science fiction to life (med patches!)
• Amy's maturity level and moral

Book Info

Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed. She expects to wake up on a new planet, 300 years in the future. But fifty years before Godspeed's scheduled landing, Amy's cryo chamber is unplugged, and she is nearly killed. Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense. Godspeed's passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightening leader, and Elder, his rebellious and brilliant teenage heir. Amy desperately wants to trust Elder. But should she? All she knows is that she must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again.

Win a Signed Copy of Starcrossed by Josie Angelini

Starcrossed - Book Description as noted on Starcrossed on HarperTeen

How do you defy destiny?

Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history.

Author Event - Starcrossed by Josephine "Josie" Angelini at Vroman's in Pasadena, CA

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The Lovely Josie Angelini introducing herself