It’s the end of another year, and since we’re still here (take that, Doomsday!) it’s time for us to bring you our picks for our favorite reads of 2012.  We each picked five (or ten) of our personal favorites, which you can see below, as well as the ones we most look forward to reading
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I have been reading The Matched Trilogy since the beginning of the series, and highly recommend it to young(er) adult readers, who are fans of dystopia! This is a review of Reached, by Ally Condie, as well as a contest.  This highly anticipated conclusion to The Matched Trilogy does not disappoint!  Cassia, Ky, and Xander
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We are big fans of The Mortal Instruments, in addition to The Twilight Saga!  Today the movie poster for City of Bones was released by MTV’s Hollywood Crush, as well as a first look from EW.com… We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Be sure to tune in tonight at 10:30pm ET
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There is not much you can say after getting an email with a video message from LILY COLLINS!  We are so excited to see her play Clary Fray in the movie City of Bones, the first in The Mortal Instruments Series.  We love the books, and hope to report that we love the makings of
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Here is the second half of our exclusive interview with Bill Condon.  To read the first half click here! ~Becca: So Stephenie takes a huge chunk of this book and puts it in Jacob’s perspective. Bill: Well, the last film, not this one so much. Becca: It is part one, ok. Bill: That was interesting
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I first shared my  love for Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments Series back in 2009!  I posted the first three books as our Book(s) of the Month, in hopes of getting Kassie as enthralled with the books as myself (Kallie)!  This series is one of the reasons I started BookshelfBanter.com.  I wanted to provide a place
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It was so exciting watching the world go all a-’Twitter’ when Twilight Fans reached 1,000,000!  The @Twilight Twitter account has already added 5,000 more followers.  There is no telling what the total will be when Breaking Dawn Part 2 is released… Any guesses? THE TWILIGHT SAGA’S TWITTER HANDLE @TWILIGHT BECOMES THE FIRST-EVER MOVIE PAGE TO SURPASS
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This month I am challenging you to read Rift by Andrea Cremer.  I recently read and reviewed the novel, and I think you will love it!  While reading, I thought about how the story of the adventurous redhead, Ember, reminded of a more mature Merida, from Disney’s Brave.  The prequel to the Nightshade Series answers questions
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Our July Book of the Month is The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson. It is book one in the Shades of London series, and Hollywood Crush has the sequel, entitled The Madness Underneath, listed as coming out February 26, 2013! The Name of the Star has ties to Jack the Ripper so, of
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We are one of many Point of Origin Blog Tour Stops this month, and are so excited about the treat we get to bring you today! While at BEA, we had a wonderful chat with the author of The Survivors Series, Amanda Havard.  You can watch the entire interview below!  Don’t forget to enter our
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