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Blog Tour Stop : The Truth About Us by Janet Gurtler

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Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : The Truth About Us Author : Janet Gurtler Publication Date : April 7th 2015 Publisher : Sourcebooks Fire Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble A powerful and gripping contemporary YA from the author of I'm Not Her that's "Just right for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jodi Picoult."-Booklist The truth is that Jess knows she screwed up. She's made mistakes, betrayed her best friend, and now she's paying for it. Her dad is making her spend the whole summer volunteering at the local soup kitchen. The truth is she wishes she was the care-free party-girl everyone thinks she is. She pretends it's all fine. That her "perfect" family is fine. But it's not. And no one notices the lie...until she meets Flynn. He's the only one who really sees her. The only one who listens. The truth is that Jess is falling apart – and no one seems to care. But Flynn is the definition of "the wrong side of the tracks....

Mini-Reviews : Dreamfire by Kit Alloway & The Truth About Us by Janet Gurtler

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Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Dreamfire Author : Kit Alloway Publication Date : February 24th 2015 Publisher : St. Martin's Press Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Joshlyn Weaver has always lived with a big secret. Ordinary kids spend their free time going to the movies, hanging out with friends, and searching on the internet.  But for her, an evening at home usually means entering people's dreams. For many generations, her family has been part of a very powerful and very secretive society of dream walkers. Tasked with the responsibility of lowering the world's general anxiety — which only leads to war and strife in the waking world — their job has always been to stop nightmares before they go too far. By stopping nightmares while sleeping, they help to stop nightmares in real life. But when an ancient feud within the dream walker society resurfaces right when a seemingly unconnected series of very strange and very sca...

Waiting on Wednesday (92) : The Truth About Us by Janet Gurtler

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine to show the  upcoming titles that we're mostly eager for. Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : The Truth About Us Author : Janet Gurtler Publication Date : April 15th 2015 Publisher : Sourcebooks Fire Goodreads   When Jess is forced to work at a soup kitchen for the summer, she discovers that sometimes the person who shouldn’t fit in your world is the one who makes you feel like you belong.  I've actually not r ead anything by Janet Gurtler so far, but I have a few of her books. I definitely need to pick them up because they sound like my kind of books. Anyways, the description fo r this is short, bu t I'm already interested. I love stories about characters who come from different backgrounds and fall for each othe r. Also, cute cover alert!  Have you read anything by the author ?   Let me know in the comments below and don't forget to leave links to your posts!...

Waiting on Wednesday (48) : 16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine to show the  upcoming titles that we're mostly eager for. Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : 16 Things I Thought Were True Author : Janet Gurtler Publication Date : March 4th 2014 Publisher : Sourcebooks Fire   Goodreads - Amazon Morgan McLean wants to know the truth about the dad she's never met. Even if it means a road trip with a guy she's not supposed to be crushing on and a girl who can't seem to stop talking. What she learns along the way is not at all what she expected... Road Trip + Cute Guy One Should Not Be Crushing On = Overexcited Nick. That is all! What do you guys think of this title? Be sure to let me know in the comments! Also, don't forget to link up to your posts as well! Happy reading! :)