Sunday, March 6, 2011
In My Mailbox #25
In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.
Hello my bloggy readers, I hope you are all well. You may or may not have noticed that I’ve been MIA from blogging and *sigh* reading for most of February as uni work and actual work caught up with me. For a while there I was drowning in it but fear not I’ll hopefully be back reading and blogging this month, here’s hoping. Now with that said I’ll get to the good stuff ... all the books I received!
For Review:
7 Souls by Barnabas Miller & Jordan Orlando (Penguin Australia/March 28, 2011)
Mary expected her seventeenth birthday to be a blow-out to remember. Instead, she wakes up naked and scratched, in a mortifyingly public place, with no memory of how she got there. As her life spins out of control, Mary begins to think that someone is out to get her. But isn't she the popular girl everyone loves?
Thanks to Penguin Australia
Imagine, if you will, New York City
Society's elite: the glamour, the grandeur, the glittering parties, the most handsome beaus, the most beautiful debutantes, the sounds of decadence, the rich girl, the humble boy, the forbidden love, the hushed whispers, the stolen glances, the secret rendezvous, the sin, the scandal, the mystery, the revenge.
You are cordially invited to step into The Luxe, where the secrets are dark and the sins are delicious.
I wonder if this is as good as Anna’s other book series Bright Young Things, if so I’ll definitely love it! Bring of the historic melodrama I say.
Bought:
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson (Walker Books/June 7, 2010)
I can’t believe I finally bought this! I’ve been wanting to read it for ages with so many glowing reviews. The book is also very purdy with it’s fabric cover, that’s right you read correctly, a fabric cover, ha!
Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely #5) by Melissa Marr (HarperCollins Children’s Books/March 3, 2011)
Final in the amazingly detailed and engrossing series, need I say more?
The Iron Queen (Iron Fey #3) by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin Teen/January 25, 2011)
Must find out what is going to happen to Ash ….
Hexbound (Dark Elite #2) by Chloe Neill (Signet Books/January 4, 2011)
As the author of one of my all time favourite series, the Chicagoland Vampire series, I’ll read anything Chloe writes. I’ve also read the first book in the Dark Elite series, Firespell, and am interested to find out what mischief Lily, Scout and co. will find themselves in this time.
Darkfever (Fever #1) by Karen Marie Moning (Dell/August 28, 2007) [ADULT]
With all the love it receives on goodreads I finally caved in and bought this, I hope it’s as good as everyone says.
Won:
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (HarperCollins Australia/January 1, 2011)
Thanks to Danielle over at Alpha Reader for holding the giveaway!
Books from the wonderful, splendiferous Nicole @ The Uncommon Nonsense:
Anna & the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (Penguin Australia/January 4, 2011)
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (Macmillan Children’s Books/June 3, 2011)
Destiny brought them together. The Gods will keep them apart.
When shy, awkward Helen Hamilton sees Lucas Delos for the first time she thinks two things: the first, that he is the most ridiculously beautiful boy she has seen in her life; the second, that she wants to kill him with her bare hands.
With an ancient curse making them loathe one another, Lucas and Helen have to keep their distance. But sometimes love is stronger than hate, and not even the gods themselves can prevent what will happen . . .
The above cover is the UK one which is okay, I personally prefer the US
Which do you prefer?
Nicole if you’re reading this I have something for you *kisses*
Thanks so much to Nicole for sending these books over to me. I love the look of Starcrossed, and by ‘look of’ I mean the cover as it has metallic gold on the inside, how cool is that, it’s a very fancy ARC. Whilst I like the look of the book and the blurb sounds like the book will be pretty amazing (enter the words destiny and love and I’m a goner) apparently the content of it is not so good (I got the info from a very trustworthy and well read source), but we’ll see.
Also here is a shameless plug for Nicole’s blog The Uncommon Nonsense, so please click HERE or HERE or HERE, you won’t be disappointed, the book reviews are both informative and very witty, sometimes I even laugh out loud when reading the reviews, so what are you waiting for go, vamoose!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Kimberly Derting’s ‘The Pledge’ Cover Revealed!
As some of you may know my love of Kimberly Derting knows no bounds, I adore her Body Finder novels, the woman is a genius and now she is releasing a new novel titled The Pledge, I hear you asking what in the heck is this pledge novel about? Well here’s the little snip bit (or taster as I like to call it) we’ve been given, thanks to goodreads:
“A romantic fantasy novel set in a dystopic, war-torn world, in which a teenage girl realizes that she may be the key to saving her country”
Okay so two things in this sentence have piqued my interest
1. Dystopic, I have an unhealthy obsession for dystopian novels ever since Suzanne Collins and her Hunger Games trilogy, oh Suzanne you have introduced me into a whole new crazy world and
2. Romantic fantasy, zing did someone mention romance, I have a soft spot for romance, on the outside I may be cold but inside me beats my very warm and fuzzy heart which loves a good romance
Now for the cover ……
Pretty amazing no? It’s so stunning with the very pale model contrasted with the black background and black cape (I think it's a cape, not sure though), it certainly draws you in. Oh how I adore thee book cover! As Kimberly so eloquently put it “I have hearts floating out of my eyes…”
The Pledge releases the 15th November 2011 and is published by Simon & Schuster
Waiting on Wednesday: Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is:
Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Publisher: Simone Pulse
Age Group: Young Adult
Hannah and Colin seem to have the perfect relationship, but as her second-to-last year of school draws to a close and Colin prepares to head off to college, Hannah feels he might be slipping away. She knows they need some real quality time alone if she’s going to hold on to him.
So when she finds pictures of his old family lake house, she secretly schemes to get him there. But when they arrive, he’s not thrilled. Actually, he’s totally freaked out. And though she gets him to relax, his behavior becomes stranger by the day: he disappears for long stretches of the night, has a bizarre breakdown in a nearby diner, and when the car stops running, he seems completely unconcerned about fixing it. The lake house holds secrets, and what Hannah doesn’t know and Colin can’t remember just might kill them both.
STILL WATERS is a riveting, suspenseful, atmospheric thriller by Emma Carlson Berne , author of Hard to Get.
Yes finally it’s a YA thriller, oh I’ve been waiting to read a decent sounding YA thriller since I finished Desires of the Dead and hence because this is my WOW pick I think it will be a decent, nay a fantabulous YA thriller based solely on the sound of the blurb. My mind is reeling with questions, what happened at the lake house? Why is Colin freaked out about it? What secrets are hidden in the lake house? Hmmm questions, questions, questions, I guess the only way to get answers is to read the book which I’ll be doing once it’s released in December, which seems so far away L
Well that’s my “waiting on” pick, what's yours this week?
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday: Want to go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is:
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Age Group: Young Adult
Abby and Luke chat online. They’ve never met. But they are going to. Soon.
When Abby meets Luke online, she can’t believe her luck. He’s nice. He’s funny. He listens to her and he thinks she’s pretty. He even gets jealous of other guys, which is adorable. Without Luke, Abby’s not sure how she’d make it through her first year of high school. Everyone, including her mom and her best friend, Faith, tells Abby that if she just made more of an effort, she’d be having fun instead of dreading each and every day as if it’s a prison sentence. But there’s nothing fun about being the lowest link in the social food chain.
Abby knows she’s not supposed to chat with random guys online. But Luke isn’t random, and he isn’t a stranger. Best of all, he really loves her. So what if she never goes out with her friends anymore and her grades are slipping? All she needs is Luke. Luke is her secret, and she’s his — it’s perfect that way. So when Luke suggests that they meet each other in person, Abby agrees. And then she’s gone. Missing. Without a trace. And everyone is left to put together the pieces. If they don’t, they’ll never see Abby again...
That’s right folks I have done it again this week and managed to pick another thought provoking read, I think next week I’ll choose a real fluffy, light hearted read but for now let’s stick to the darker stuff *rubs hands together in anticipation*
Okay so hands up if you’ve ever chatted online to random people, so of course I can’t see your hands but I’m guessing some of you have, I’ll admit that I have, in my younger years my friends and I would go on and talk to random peeps for some shits and giggles, yes we were very immature and I can see that we were a bit dippy because the internet can be a dangerous place, we never really know who we could be chatting to and apparently there are some exceptionally gross disgusting people out there who like to target kids and teens, it gives me the willies just thinking there are people like that out there. If I think about it I actually chat to random peeps online but this time it’s not through a chat line where some seedy types frequent but through my blog and all of you guys are really great, that said however I still follow some general internet safety rules (you'd be silly not to), and I guess it's these rules that must be discussed with both kids and teens so they know the potential risks that are out there.
This whole chatting online business with kids and teens is a huge issue and one that should be taken seriously so I really hope this book turns out to be as good as I think it will be, just reading the synopsis left me drooling for the book. What is obvious though is that Sarah has really done her research so if anyone’s interested Sarah has some quite startling statistics on internet use by kids and teens and also has some internet safety links.
Well that’s my “waiting on” pick, what's yours this week?
Teaser Tuesday #25
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
1. Grab you current read
2. Open to a random page
3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Today’s teaser is from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins which is about this girl called Anna (duh) who is sent against her wishes to boarding school in gay ol’ Paree, otherwise known as "La Ville-Lumière" (The City of Light). Now I’m not too far in but there is a pretty crush worthy guy in it, I mean he’s gorgeous, has a British accent, is really friendly and has a great name Étienne St.Clair *sighs with longing* need I say more ladies? Apart from the lovely St.Clair Paris is also vying for my affections, so far Stephanie Perkins makes me want to experience Paris
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“Callipygian. Having shapely buttocks.”
- p. 44, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Last Sacrifice Cover Revealed …. and it’s pretty fugly
I know I’m a bit behind the eight ball but Entertainment Weekly’s Shelf Life recently released the cover for Richelle Mead’s new vampire academy spin off series Bloodlines and what the heck?!? The publishers have managed, once again I might add (Last Sacrifice cover anyone), create a fugly cover, why oh why are they doing this to me. I don’t like the font style and I don’t really like the model they used for Sydney
Here’s what EW had to say about it …
Richelle Mead has graduated from Vampire Academy Sydney
I thought I better mention (cos I don’t want any crazy nutters sending me scary emails about how I destroyed their life because I gave away a Last Sacrifice spoiler) that this little posty bit down here could possibly give spoilers for Last Sacrifice so I’m telling everyone in particular those who have not read Last Sacrifice and don’t want to be given spolery goodness DO NOT READ ON, there you have all been warned.
So basically the chick on the cover is Sydney, now you remember Sydney don’t you the alchemist with the funky tats or whatever they are on her face and I believe the dude in question is Adrian (oh my poor baby I’m still sad for him from Last Sacrifice, curse you Rose but you did belong with Dimitri you just didn’t handle the whole Adrian situation well). Hhhmmm so Adrian and Sydney, maybe Sydney will heal Adrian
The girl on Bloodlines is Sydney
I guess my enigmatic clue was too enigmatic about the guy. He was a significant character, if that helps. I.e., not Ian.
Last clue. Why am I being secret at all? B/c the answer tips off how Last Sacrifice ends, and I'm protecting those who haven't read it yet.
So, ask yourselves, which guys' fates are a big question at the end of LS? Someone w/a happy ending has no need for more in a new series.
So there you have it, see it does appear to be that hunk-o-spunk Adrian
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