Sandrine Sahakians

Sandrine tries to find time to read as much as she can. She is addicted to Young Adult novels, but also enjoys all types of books (except for romance novels). She also a big love for comic books, because they're pretty awesome!

New Book Releases Week of February 7, 2012: The Lying Game Series #3, The Mockingbirds #2, and more

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There are quite a few YA releases this week along with a few sequels for series including The Lying Game, The Mockingbirds, Erec Rex, and more. Which ones are you most excited for? The Lost Goddess: A Novel by Tom Knox (Order on Amazon) In the silent caves beneath France, young archaeologist Julia Kerrigan unearths an ancient skull-with a hole bored through the forehead. After [...]

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New Book Releases Week of January 31, 2012: Wings of the Wicked, Midnight in Austenland, and more

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There are quite a few books that look intriguing this week, but my pick has to be Wings of the Wicked, the sequel to Angelfire (which, if you remember my review, I loved!). Midnight in Austenland also looks like something I might enjoy and there is plenty more. Which books are you looking forward to reading this week? Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire Series #2) [...]

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LAST DAY To Get 10 YA eBooks for $10

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Epic Deals is having an amazing promotion for all you YA fans who also happen to have an eReader. They are offering 10 YA eBooks for $0.99 each, for a total of $10 if you get all 10. The catch is this promotion ends today January 31st, so make sure to head over to Epic Deals’ Facebook page to take advantage of the deal. The [...]

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Who’s Your Favorite Librarian?

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Whether it’s in books, comic books, movies or tv shows, librarians can turn out to be the best allies you have. And as such they should be celebrated. io9 has written a great article about “20 heroic librarians who save the world.” I’ll admit, I don’t know most of the ones they list, but they do mention a few of my personal favorites: 1) Giles [...]

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Read An Excerpt From Sookie Stackhouse’s Next Novel ‘Deadlocked’ Now

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Even though I have only read the first two books in the series, I couldn’t pass on sharing this excerpt from Charlaine Harris’ new Sookie Stackhouse’s novel Deadlocked. Harris has posted Chapter Two of the novel on her website an early peek at the book which will be released on May 17th of this year. Please note that the excerpt cannot be read on mobile [...]

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New Book Releases: Week of January 24, 2012

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It’s January and time to pick up some new books to read. This week, the book I am curious about is Stealing Magic, that cover is really pretty, so I might have to pick up the series. But if that’s not your thing, there are plenty to pick from. You can take a look at other titles released this week below. Quiet: The Power of [...]

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Exclusive Interview: Theodora Goss Author of ‘The Thorn and the Blossom’

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Theodora Goss is the author of a special and original book The Thorn and the Blossom (read my review here), published by Quirk Books. Instead of a spine, the book is an accordion which opens at both ends with one side telling one character’s side of the story and the other telling the other character’s side. Daemon’s Books had the chance to ask Theodora Goss [...]

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How Many Books Are You Going To Read in 2012?

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Since setting a goal for myself last year was such a success (I exceeded my comic book goal and almost reached my book goal) and so much fun to keep track, I decided to set a new goal for myself this year. Once again I will be using Goodreads and their 2012 Reading Challenge to keep track of everything. And of course I will be [...]

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Sandrine’s 2011 Year End Book Wrap Up

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I know it’s almost the end of January, but it is still January and so I wanted to take some time to recap last year in reading for me. Back in January 2011, I wrote about my reading goals for 2011, which was to read 48 books and 70 comic books. Thanks to Goodreads’ 2011 Reading Challenge I was able to keep track of things [...]

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