Jennifer Lane Books Blog

Thanks to Mary from Bookhounds and Kathy from I Am a Reader for hosting! Wow, I read many wonderful books this year, but my favorite has to be  Making Faces by Amy Harmon. See my review HERE . Making Faces is a New Adult romance that made me sob. We're talking raccoon mascara eyes here. The story has a beautiful message: it's what's on the inside that counts. (Banner from Aestas Book Blog) If you're in the US, I'll buy you a paperback copy of Making Faces or a similarly priced book. If you're outside the US, I'll buy you an ebook of Making Faces or a similarly priced book. a Rafflecopter giveaway Now hustle over to these blogs to discover their favorite reads: <!-- end LinkyTools script –>

With the Goodreads Choice Awards opening, I want to share my review for the book I voted as best Young Adult Fiction--truly one of the best reads of this year for me: Pushing the Limits. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry My rating: 5 of 5 stars Heartbreaking Tale of Healing and Young Love I love YA issue contemporaries, and this story is the best I've read. Thank you to all my GR friends who recommended this story. Yes, Rena...Mrs. Collins rocks! Echo Emerson used to be the popular girl at her Midwestern high school. Sure, her controlling father and mentally ill mother had divorced, and her older brother had died fighting in Afghanistan, but she was managing okay. Until the night her mother stopped taking her medication for Bipolar Disorder. Echo emerged from that night covered in scars, with absolutely no memory for what happened. She went from popular to freak -- withdrawn and scared. Luckily for Echo, the school hires a new clinical social worker -- Mrs. Collins ...

That kooky author Alex Cavanaugh is at it again, hosting a fun blogfest HERE . Genre Favorites Blogfest, September 17, 2012 One blogfest, four favorites! List your favorite genre of: Movie Music Books And a guilty pleasure genre from any of the three categories!  Okay, here goes: 1) My favorite MOVIE genre is... DRAMA/ROMANCE Titanic is my favorite movie (quit laughing!) and here's a deleted kissing scene from the epic ship flick: I also love The Shawshank Redemption, Speed, Godfather II, Terminator II, American Beauty, Gladiator, Die Hard, Moonstruck, Working Girl, A Fish Called Wanda, Grand Canyon, Prince of Tides, Ordinary People, and so many more. 2) Favorite MUSIC genre: MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE Now that's an oxymoron! What I mean is that I love music that's "alternative" but not too far out there. My favorite song is With or Without You by U2 . Gah. What a beautiful, sorrowful song. Other artists I love are The Fray, Jack Johnson, Colbie ...