Save Yourself. Save the World.

 Title: Paradox
                                      # of Pages: 240
                                     Author: A.J. Paquette
                                     Previous Work:

                                    Nowhere Girl

                                    Rules for Ghosting
    
                                    Summary: Ana wakes up in a ship with no idea of who she is
                                    or why she is there. Her only clue is a set of instructions
                                    saying she has surgical retrograde amnesia, and her task is to
                                    observe and survive. Ana is confused as to the purpose of
                                    sending someone with amnesia into space, but she sets off
                                    with three other teens anyway. What she finds will shock her.

                                    Rating: This book is a 3. I loved the story, hated the ending.
                                    Awards:
                                    
                                    2013 Cybils YA Speculative Fiction Nominee

                                    Opinion: The story was good, but it was the arrangement
                                    that was interesting. The story was told in the third person,
                                    but you knew all of Ana's thoughts. She also receives
                                    snippets of memories that aren't hers. In addition to those
                                    quirks, the book included newspaper excerpts and three
                                    appendices. These aspects really moved the story along,
                                    giving background as to how Ana came to be on the planet.
                                    The plot was fast paced and amazing, but then it ended. The
                                    story didn't seem over, and there will be no sequel. It felt like a
                                    cop-out in what was an otherwise amazing book.

Love And Loss Part 1

 Title: Just Like Fate
                                     # of Pages: 294
                                     Author: Cat Patrick
                                     Previous Work: 
                                     
                                     Forgotten
                                     
                                     Revived
    
                                     The Originals
              
                                     Author: Suzanne Young
                                     Previous Work:

                                     The Program Series

                                     A Need So Beautiful

                                     A Want So Wicked

                                     The Naughty List Series

                                     Summary: Caroline's Gram is about to die. Since her
                                     stroke, the family has been anxiously waiting to see if she
                                     will make it. Caroline's best friend Simone wants her to
                                     live a little, and go to a party, but Caroline isn't sure if she
                                     should. In this book you get to read what would have
                                     happened if she had stayed with her Gram- or if she had
                                     gone to the party. In both instances she  finds love in the
                                     midst of her grief. There is only one happy ending.

                                     Rating: 4.5.
                                     Awards: None.

                                     Opinion: This book was really good. My only problem with
                                      it is that no one would really leave their grandmother at
                                      their deathbed. Other than that it was a really good book
                                      about the consequences of your actions.

In Your Own Little World

 Title: Bubble World
                                     # of Pages: 352
                                     Author: Carol Snow
                                     Previous Work: 
                                 
                                                      Switch

                                                      Snap

                                      Summary: Freesia's life is perfect. She has her friendlies and
                                      her enemies and de-vicious clothes. However, when a power
                                      outage lands her in a dark room with people who know her,
                                      that she doesn't know, her life changes forever.

                                      Rating: I give this book a 2.5.
                                      Awards: None

                                     Opinion: This book was very slow at first. It was just Freesia
                                     wanting new clothes and hanging out with her friends Ricky
                                     and Jelissa. However, as the book goes on, the author really
                                     starts delving more into characters. You just have to hold on
                                     for the first 50 pages.

Gimme a Future

Title: Gimme a Call
                                   # of Pages: 320
                                   Author: Sarah Mlynowski
                                   Previous Work: (Divided as the author did)
                                                        Teen novels:
                                                        Bras & Broomsticks 

                                                        Frogs & French Kisses 
                                                       
                                                        Spells & Sleeping Bags,

                                                        Parties & Potions

                                                        How To Be Bad
                                        
                                                        Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't 
                                                        Have)
                                  
                                                        Non-Fiction: See Jane Write
                                  
                                                        Five adult novels
                                  
                                                        Nine short stories

                                     Summary: Devi's boyfriend Bryan was everything to her.
                                     When he breaks up before prom, she's devastated. Then to top
                                      it all off she drops her phone in the fountain at the mall.
                                      However, she realizes it still calls one number. Her number
                                      from three and a half years ago right before she meets her
                                      boyfriend. Devi realizes she has to stop younger Devi from
                                      dating Bryan to get her life back on track.

                                      Rating: I give this book a  3.5.
                                     Awards: A movie is "in development"!
                                      Coming Soon. net
                                 

                                     Opinion: I really like this book, but it's because of younger
                                     Devi (Frosh) not older Devi (Ivy). Older Devi seems controlling
                                     and only care about the feelings of herself, not the work she's
                                     making younger Devi do. Other than that I feel it's a great
                                     story.