Review >> Lost Girls

Lost Girls by Ann Kelley

Release Date: July 10, 2012

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Format: Hardcover, 319 pages (9780316090629)

Source: ARC from ALA

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The Amelia Earhart Cadets, military daughters living on base during the Vietnam War, are gearing up for a camping trip on a deserted island off the coast of Thailand. Bonnie MacDonald has been eagerly awaiting this trip to spend time away from her family to be with her friends and their glamorous chaperone. Their trip takes a turn for the worse when a devastating storm destroys their camp and leaves one girl dead and the others fighting for survival stranded on the "forbidden island." How many days can the girls survive and will they ever be rescued?

Cover Me Fashionable >> Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1)

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1)

Cover Me Fashionable is a weekly meme hosted by The Lost Lola, which features clothing finds by readers which match the outfits worn on the covers of their favorite books. This week's fashionable cover find is a bit of a two-fer, but when you're a young lady of quality attending the best finishing school for aspiring spies, you need to be prepared for all contingencies! You can achieve the ideal espionage look by choosing the largest and most cumbersome Victorian skirt you can find- as long as it's held up by a hoop skirt and it's in a delightful shade of black, just like this Virginia Skirt from Recollections. The ladies attending this finishing school are well versed in all manner of etiquette, from proper tea service to efficient knife wielding, and apparently are excellent seamstresses. Why not inquire at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality once your look is complete to begin your training, just like Sophronia in Gail Carriger's upcoming YA debut, Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1). What would your ideal finishing school ensemble be?

Recollections Virginia Skirt

Victorian Trading Co. Scissors

Waiting on Wednesday >> Zom-B (Zom-B #1)

Waiting on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that highlights the books you are most anticipating. This week's exciting soon-to-be-released novel is Zom-B (Zom-B #1) by Darren Shan, due out October 2, 2012 from Little, Brown for Young Readers.

Zom-B (Zom-B #1) by Darren Shan

Review >> 172 Hours On the Moon

172 Hours On the Moon by Johan Harstad

172 Hours On the Moon by Johan Harstad -- April 17, 2012 -- Hardcover, 355 pages, Little, Brown (9780316182881)

"'Gentlemen, it's time,' Dr. ---- said, eyeing the seven men in suits seated around a large conference table. They were some of the most powerful people in the country, together in the largest meeting room at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C."

The year is 2010, and the people of NASA are desperately looking for a way to acquire funding to send astronauts back to the moon and man, what was top secret up until this point, a research station built on the moon itself called DARLAH 2. The solution: garner media attention and public support by holding a contest to select 3 teenagers the opportunity of a lifetime to accompany these astronauts to the moon. However, the research team is not being entirely truthful about their true intentions for lunar habitation, and the secrets they hold may prove deadly for not just the crew, but for humanity itself.