1 year Blog-O-Versary!
A year ago today, I promised myself that this blog was a medium for me to share my love of reading with others. Alley of Books would be a place where I could voice my thoughts and opinions and...
View ArticleInterview with Kay Cassidy
Kay Cassidy is the author of teen fiction she wishes was based on her real life. She is the founder of the national Great Scavenger Hunt ContestTM reading program for kids and teens and the host of...
View ArticleGuest post -Pam from Bookalicio.us
Hey all!Like I said in my Blog-O-Versary post, I have a few guest posts lined up to share with you all, Today I bring to Pam from Bookalicio.us, who's going to share her thoughts on a few questions I...
View ArticleWaiting on Wednesday Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard
Like Mandarin by Kirsten HubbardSynopsis (GoodReads):It's hard to find beauty in the badlands of Washokey, Wyoming. Fourteen-year-old Grace Carpenter knows it's not her mother's pageant obsessions, or...
View ArticleLibrarian Alyson Beecher weighs in on The Hunger Games
In honor of Alley of Books blogoversary celebration, I am writing a guest post on THE HUNGER GAMES more specifically:What do you think will happen to Peeta? Will he & Katniss have their happily...
View ArticleBook Review: The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer
The Deadly Sister by Eliot SchreferAbout the Author:ELIOT SCHREFER is a resident of New York City and a graduate of Harvard College. A contributor to The Huffington Post and a reviewer for USAToday,...
View ArticleWaiting on Wednesday Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
NIGHTSHADE (October 19, 2010, Philomel)Synopsis: (From Andrea Cremer's website)While other teenage girls daydream about boys, Calla Tor imagines ripping out her enemies’ throats. And she wouldn’t have...
View ArticleAdele of Persnickety Snark fame Sheds Some Light
Hey all,Today, I am so excited to bring to you Adele of Persnickety Snark fame. She is one of the few bloggers I look upto. I'm so glad she agreed to write this guest post.ADDITIONALLY: Its Adele's...
View ArticleNew Header & Domain
Hello hello hello!I got a new domain and a new header! There was a little glitch and it took a while to fix it but now it works! The header is thanks to my friend PeriLynn Harris Glasner who took this...
View ArticleBeautiful Darkness : New cover alert!
By now y'all know how much I love Beautiful Creatures. If you don't, well, now you do!The much anticipated sequel Beautiful Darkness has a new cover!Old CoverNew CoverAs much as I liked the old one,...
View ArticleFor all you GLEE fans! (including ME!)
I think I owe The Frenetic Reader for forcing me to watch a pilot of a show called Glee way back last year. Sometime in the summer, when iTunes had the pilot for free I'd downloaded it. It was on my...
View ArticleWaiting on Wednesday: Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan VivianWaiting on Wednesday is a meme created by Jill over at Breaking the Spine.Synopsis (From Siobhan's website)Slut or saint? Good friend or bad friend?In control or...
View ArticleHappy Release Day!
HAPY RELEASE DAY TENNERS!!!!I would imagine its a joyous day for The Tenners. Three of their own have books coming out today!Emily Horner with A Love Story: starring My Dead Best Friend (Dial)Suzanne...
View ArticleTell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala
Hi everyone!Today I have the distinct pleasure of bringing to you a fabulous debut book by Holly Cupala - Tell Me A Secret. It is no secret how much I love contemporary fiction and TMAS makes my top...
View ArticleTell Me Secret by Holly Cupala (Review)
Tell Me Secret by Holly Cupala Synopsis:Tell me a secret, and I'll tell you one...In the five years since her bad-girl sister Xanda’s death, Miranda Mathison has wondered about the secret her sister...
View ArticleMy Two Cents on Reading Slumps + Something Else
My Two Cents on Reading Slumps + Something ElseWhen you read as much as I do, what is the worst that could happen to you? A reading slump.What, you may ask, is a reading slumpFrom Alley of Book’s...
View ArticleNightshade by Andrea Cremer (10/19/10)
I find it hard to write lately. Its become quit a bit of a chore just sitting down and writing a review. So, I've been doing what I do best - spread the word by word of mouth, hand sell or recommend it...
View ArticleAcross The Universe Launch
Across The Universe by Beth RevisA love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder.Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to...
View ArticleSean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt
Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey LeavittPublisher: Bloomsbury Children's BooksRelease date: March 1st, 2011Ever pick up a book in a kind of okay mood and really hope that it cheers you up, makes you...
View Article50 Books I'm Ready To Die For - 2011 Edition (Part 1)
In no (kind of) particular order: (Note: Most books listed are releasing after April 1st. Pre-April 1st are marked with an *)(There's a pretty cool slideshow at the end. It took me 2 hours to make....
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