January 2012
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Book Review: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Finished: December 24, 2011 Pages: 320 (Paperback) Author: Lauren DeStefano Add It: Goodreads Series: The Chemical Garden (#1) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Source: Purchased
“Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and...
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Book Review: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Finished: December 11, 2011 Pages: 464 Author: Website Book: Goodreads Publisher: HarperTeen Series: Unearthly
Clara Gardner has recently learned that she’s part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on...
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Moving to Blogger.
I haven’t received any response from Tumblr Support and I’m still unable to edit my layout after it was deleted. I’ve decided that this is a sign that I should finally make the move to Blogger. I’ll still be cross posting my reviews here, once I (hopefully) hear back from Tumblr Support and can fix my page, but everything else will only be posted at my main site. I hope...
Issues with layout.
For reasons I am not entirely clear on Tumblr decided to completely delete my layout. I was in the middle of editing my layout when it said there was a security risk with my account and forced me to reset my password. I logged back in to find my entire layout gone. When I attempted to install and customize it again, the same thing happened. I will be emailing customer support immediately but in...
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books Challenge.
As an addition to (and inspired by) Libraryofmind’s Conquer the Lurker Challenge in which I will be reading one chapter of A Dance with Dragons a day in order to try to finish it already, I am going to be picking a book from my unread shelf every week that has been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read for several months or more. Perhaps you are like me and you have several books that you...
mandalyn13 asked: What site do you use to keep up with all the books you've read? I would love to start a 100 book challenge, but I'm not sure where to start.
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December 2011
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Top Ten of 2011
Top 10 of 2011 is an event hosted by A Life Bound by Books, Confessions of a Bookaholic, Fiktshun, and Two Chicks on Books that allows everyone to look back on the books they’ve read in 2011. Today’s topic is Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2012.
Just going to include a few stats as well. I am hoping to finish two more books that I’m in the middle of before 2012 hits but...
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Top Ten of 2011
Top 10 of 2011 is an event hosted by A Life Bound by Books, Confessions of a Bookaholic, Fiktshun, and Two Chicks on Books that allows everyone to look back on the books they’ve read in 2011. Today’s topic is Top Ten Book Characters of 2011. I decided to narrow mine down to the heroines, since yesterday’s focus was on the guys.
To me a great heroine is one who is tough but also capable of...
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Review: Angelfall by Susan Ee
Finished: December 28, 2011
Pages: 255
Susan Ee: Website/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads
Series: Penryn & the End of Days (#1)
Synopsis: It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old...
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Top 10 of 2011
Top 10 of 2011 is an event hosted by A Life Bound by Books, Confessions of a Bookaholic, Fiktshun, and Two Chicks on Books that allows everyone to look back on the books they’ve read in 2011. I’m a little late to the event but I’m going to participate in the last three days. Today’s topic is Top Ten Book Boyfriends of 2011.
I don’t swoon all that often but it does...
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Review: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Finished: December 25, 2011
Pages: 260
Author: Find David Levithan and Rachel Cohn on Goodreads.
Publisher: Ember (Random House)
Synopsis: Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires...
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Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Finished: December 18, 2011
Pages: 363
Author: Website/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Series: Iron Fey (#1)
Synopsis: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at...
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Review Rewind: Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
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Finished: November 24, 2011
Series: Healer (#1)
Synopsis: Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos. ...
Faves of 2011
Special thanks to InkCrush for hosting the Faves of TwentyEleven Book Awards! This is going on all week. It seems like it’s going to be a lot of fun so if you’re interested you should join in. Today we focus on The Characters. I’m still going to try not to pick the same people for every category.
1. favourite female main character
Arya Stark from Game of Thrones. Feisty and opionated....
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Faves of 2011
Special thanks to InkCrush for hosting the Faves of TwentyEleven Book Awards! This is going on all week. It seems like it’s going to be a lot of fun so if you’re interested you should join in. Today we focus on The Books. I’m making an effort to select a different book for each category.
1. favourite book read in 2011
2. most powerful book
3. brilliantly funny
4....
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Review: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Finished: December 16, 2011
Pages: 470
Lauren Oliver: Website/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads
Publisher: HarperTeen
Synopsis:
What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: the world’s most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at...
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Follow Friday
Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. It’s a great opportunity to get to know other book bloggers and find more people to discuss books with.
This week’s question is: When you read a book, what do you do with it? (Keep it, give it away, donate it, sell it, swap it..?)
I would also be on Hoarders. Clinging and yelling at people to leave my prized posessions alone!...
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Giveaway from Beth Revis
As you can see in the video, there are tons of prizes. The reason I wanted to advertise it here though (other than giving my friends and followers a heads up) is that Beth is donating $1 for every entry into the contest to World Vision. So head over to Beth’s blog and enter before the December 20th deadline and good luck!
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Winner of the Giveaway Hop
Thanks to everyone participated in the hop and entered for a chance to win the $5 Amazon GC. Phew, I finally got the list of contestants together and used random.org to determine the winner. Next time I am definitely using Rafflecopter.
#68 is Jacqui Odell. Congratulations! I’m going to send you an email now. Please reply within 48 hours.
Thanks again to everyone who entered and welcome...
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Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott
Finished: December 9, 2011
Pages: 448
Author: Website/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads
Book: Goodreads
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (Hachette)
Series: Pure (#1)
Synopsis:
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters…
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives ...
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Question Hour: The "My Book Shelves are planning...
Confession time. How many unread books do you have on your shelves or in piles in random places in your home? Do you sometimes consider donating them all to charity and starting over because there are so many and you don’t want to deal with the reader’s guilt you feel every time you glance at the corner of your living room? Have your considered hanging a sheet over that corner just so...
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Teaser Tuesday (1)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read
Open to a random page
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 &...
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey. It’s where you share the books you’ve read recently, are reading now, and are about to read.
Just Finished:
My significant other came along and changed my reading schedule for last week by buying me three shiny new paperbacks. Unearthly was one of these paperbacks. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would,...
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This Week In Review.
I try to do a recap every Sunday for those who might have missed a post they might be interested in or for my new followers. Welcome, I am glad to have you reading! Please don’t hesitate to comment or message me. I am always willing to talk about books non-stop with everyone.
I reviewed Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder. This book will be releasing before the year is out and despite a few...
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Review: Cold Magic by Kate Elliot
Finished: November 28, 2011
Pages: 624
Publisher: Orbit (Hachette)
Series: The Spiritwalker Trilogy (#1)
Synopsis: Cat Barahal was the only survivor of the flood that took her parents. Raised by her extended family, she and her cousin, Bee, are unaware of the dangers that threaten them both. Though they are in beginning of the Industrial Age, magic - and the power of the Cold Mages -...
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Follow Friday
Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. It’s a great opportunity to get to know other book bloggers and find more people to discuss books with.
This week’s question is: Keeping with the Spirit of Giving this season, what book do you think EVERYONE should read and if you could, you would buy it for all of your family and friends?
It’s my automatic reaction...
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Win a $5 GC to Amazon - Gift Card Giveaway Hop
Welcome, Readers! I’ve decided to participate in my first giveaway hop. Big thanks to I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Attack of the Book for hosting this hop.
I am giving away a $5 gift card to Amazon. If you win you will receive the gift card via email. You don’t need to be a follower to enter (though I’d certainly love it if you stuck around to talk about books with me and...
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Cover Love
Every now and then I’d like to take the time to post about some covers I’ve come across that I really like. To be honest, despite the old saying about not judging a book by its cover, I might be a little book cover obsessed.
The cover of Slide by Jill Hathaway is very simple. I’m not entirely sure what draws me to it. It may be my thing for purple. It may be that I feel it...
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New!
I wanted to update you all on a few things I’ve added to the blog.
I’ve become a member of the 2012 Debut Author Challenge hosted by The Story Siren. You can read more about that at my challenge page.
I’ve also created a page with a few of my favorite book blogs listed at my Blogroll.
I’ve created a Twitter page for the blog. Also a Facebook page.
Last but certainly not...
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Review: Matched by Ally Condie
Finished: November 14, 2011
Series: Matched (#1)
Synopsis: Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander’s face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate… until she sees Ky Markham’s face flash for an instant before...
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey. It’s where you share the books you’ve read recently, are reading now, and are about to read.
Just Finished:
Currently Reading:
Next:
So what are you reading this week?
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Review: Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
Finished: November 24, 2011
Series: Healer (#1)
Synopsis: Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos. Stressed and tired from...
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This Week in Review.
Every Sunday I am going to try to do a recap of the past week, for those who may have missed a post, or for those who have only just subscribed.
I reflected upon what I’d just finished, what I was currently reading, and what I expected to read next in It’s Monday!
I reviewed Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett and didn’t mention that my Skyrim character is named after the character...
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Review: Ash by Malinda Lo
Finished: November 20, 2011
Synopsis:
In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy...
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Dear Readers,
When you’re writing a review do you often worry that you’re saying too much, or even worse, too little? Some books we meet are bound to pass us by without leaving much of a mark. These are the books that I have trouble reviewing. I want to give the review more meaning in its bones, but it’s just not there. For other books, I find, they affect me greatly and I have...
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Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. It’s a great opportunity to get to know other book bloggers. I would love to follow a few more blogs who frequently post reviews, and would love to have more bloggers to discuss books with, so this seemed like a great meme to join.
This week’s question is: What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to books? Maybe...
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Review: Girl, Stolen by April Henry
Finished: November 21, 2010
Synopsis:
Sixteen year-old Cheyenne Wilder is waiting for her step-mother inside an SUV as she runs into the store for Cheyenne’s medicine. Cheyenne is blind and she is also suffering from pneumonia. Without the medicine, she could die. A young boy climbs into the vehicle, intending to steal it, but gets much more than he was looking for when, too late, he...
November 2011
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Top Ten Tuesday is a meme originally created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a different theme to the list. Anyone may participate and it’s a great way to get to know fellow bloggers. It’s also great for those of us who love making lists. This week’s theme is…
Top Ten Books On Your Winter TBR List:
Honestly, I change my mind about what to read next so...
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Review: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Finished: November 13, 2011
Quote: “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.”
Thoughts: Discworld is a very large series. It can be overwhelming to know where to start. There are numerous charts available on the internet that list what books in the series tie together. I decided that my first Discworld novel would be the...
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey. It’s where you share the books you’ve read recently, are reading now, and are about to read.
Just Finished:
Very much enjoyed the story, but the romance left me cold. Full review to come in the next week or so. Touch of Power will be released in the US December 20, 2011.
Currently Reading:
The beginning was...
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Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Finished: November 11, 2011
Synopsis: This is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss. The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the...
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Review: Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Finished: November 10, 2011
Synopsis: In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their arms. Deuce has wanted to be a Huntress for as long as she can remember. As a Huntress, her...
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Happy Wednesday!
Hello readers, I’m back from vacation. I hope everyone is well.
I’m currently reading Maria V. Snyder’s Touch of Power courtesy of Netgalley and the publishers. The magical world Maria has set up in this book is very interesting and I am eager to keep reading to learn more about it. Expect a full review closer to its December release date!
Upcoming reviews: Ash by Malinda Lo,...
“When a bookstore opens its doors, the rest of the world enters, too, the day’s...”
– The Yellow Lighted Bookshop