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                                                     Book title/ Author: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger Publisher/ Year: April 5th 2012 Hodder Children's Books  Genre: YA Contemporary  Series: No  Pages: 343  Rating: 4 stars out of 5 *This review may contain spoilers!* Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper knows she's not the hottest girl at school, but when school jock and resident moron Wesley casually refers to her as a DUFF- Designated Ugly Fat Friend- the gloves are off! If there's a thin line between love and hate then Bianca has crossed it.     She just never thought she was capable of breaking someone's heart... My review The DUFF is one of the first YA contemporary books I've read and it's a refreshing change from a paranormal or dystopian series. I see a lot of myself in Bianca- cynical and snarky- so I could easily relate to what she was feeling quite a lot. She is also i

  Book title/ Author: Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes    Publisher/Year: February 2nd 2012 Quercus   Genre: Paranormal YA   Series: No   Pages: 329   Rating:  5 stars out of 5 *This review contains spoilers!* Synopsis Every other day, Kali D'Angelo is a normal sixteen-year-old girl. But every other day... she's not. Though she's not quite sure what she is on those days, Kali knows what she does- she hunts, traps, and kills demons, hellhounds, and other supernatural creatures that threaten her world. But when Kali notices a mark on a popular girl at school, she knows instantly that the girl is                                                                 marked for death by one of these unworldly beings. And she knows                                                            she only has twenty-four hours to save her.                                                        There's only one problem- it's the wrong twenty-four hou

Book title/ Author: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Publisher/Year: August 24th 2010 Scholastic Genre: Dystopian YA Series: Book #3 in The Hunger Games Trilogy Pages: 455 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 *This review contains spoilers!* Synopsis "My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead." Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has                                                           been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are                                                             rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. My review Although many people will disagree with me on this, I really enjoyed reading Mockingjay and felt it was a good end to the story that is The Hunger Games. This book had less action as the first two, due to there not being a Hunger Games in this on

Hi guys!  My name is Izzy, I live in London, England and I am a MASSIVE YA book reader. Reading is one of my biggest passions and I love everything about it. I have wanted to start a book review blog for quite a while, and now I have. I hope anyone who actually reads this will enjoy what I have to say about the mostly YA books I will read and review. Thanks. Izzy