This section or meme is call Book Cover Battle, the first time I saw it was at Books Passion for Life as UK vs US and Bookaholics book club as UK vs The World but because I don´t live in the UK, I can´t name it that way, so for now is Book Cover Battle .
This week book cover battle is
Looking for Alaska by John Green Click on the image to go to Goodreads
In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the ruling elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would both face bleak futures--if for different reasons. For each of them, fighting to the death is the only way to try to live.
All Mallory knows of The City is that her father--and every other witch there--fled it for a life in exile in the human world. Instead of a typical teenage life full of friends and maybe even a little romance, Mallory scans quiet streets for threats, hides herself away, and trains to be lethal. She knows it's only a matter of time until a daimon finds her and her father, so she readies herself for the inevitable. While Mallory possesses little knowledge of The City, every inhabitant of The City knows of her. There are plans for Mallory, and soon she, too, will be drawn into the decadence and danger that is the Carnival of Souls.
From Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series and "Graveminder," comes a brand-new tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny.
Title: Inbetween (Kissed by Death #1) Author: Tara Fuller Publisher: Entangled Teen Release date: August 28th 2012 Rating: 4/5 Buy it at: Amazon | B&N | BookDepository
Since the car crash that took her father’s
life three years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky — and unending — lesson in
caution. Surviving “accidents” has taken priority over being a normal
seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her days taking pictures of life instead of
living it. Falling in love with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for a
reaper who makes her chest ache and her head spin? Not an option. It’s
not easy being dead, especially for a reaper in love with a girl fate has put on
his list not once, but twice. Finn’s fellow reapers give him hell about spending
time with Emma, but Finn couldn’t let her die before, and he’s not about to let
her die now. He will protect the girl he loves from the evil he accidentally
unleashed, even if it means sacrificing the only thing he has left…his soul.
Finn has been in love with Allison's soul for the last 25 years and he suffers from not knowing if she´s okay, whether the decision he made was correct. Finn is not an ordinary boy, he's the reaper of the Inbetween and his job is to gather souls who have not earned heaven or hell and deliver them to the inbetween. One day he receives a "calling" to collect a soul in a car accident and there he reconnects with Allison now in the body of Emma, she survives the accident but her father dies. And from that moment Emma is prone to freak accidents that endanger her live due to this evil soul determined to get back at Finn and kill the person he loves - Emma (Allison).
Inbetween had alternating points of view between Finn and Emma so we can see the development of the romance and get to know both characters. Finn is a reaper who had been in love with Emma (Allison) for over 25 years and will do anything for her, even endanger his own soul, as it prohibited to be seen by a living person, much less fall in love with one. Finn´s best friends are Easton the reaper from hell and Anaya the reaper from heaven. I really liked Finn's friendship with them, since they are his best friends and he trust them fully.
Emma is 17 year-old girl that for the past two years has been prone to freak accidents that endanger her life and she´s still alive only because Finn had been something like her guardian and been able to keep away Maeve the evil soul (she´s a little bit crazy) who is determined to kill Emma, in order to get back at Finn. My favorite character in the book is CASH!, Emma´s best friend/neighbor, he´s a super-hot bad boy/artist/womanizer, he loves Emma like a brother and he cares about her.
I really liked Inbetween, the first book in the Kissed by Death series, this book is a paranormal romance that touches the subject of reincarnation, but what caught my attention when I read the synopsis of this book was that it was about grim reapers. My only complaint is that I would have liked to see more of the romance between Finn and Allison of their time in the "inbetween" before her reincarnation as Emma.
I definitely want to read the next book in the series.
Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep
a secret. Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a
social outcast--and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea's has taken a
vow of silence--to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting everyone
else. And if she thinks keeping secrets if hard, not speaking up when she's
ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse. But there's strength in
silence, and in new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way. People she
never noticed before. A boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can
forgive what she's done. If only she can forgive herself.
Chelsea Knot is the queen of gossip, and she´s proud of it, She loves to discover the secrets of people and if she can use it against them, she will. She´s best friend with one of the most popular girls in school, so she has a good social status, she´s envied by many and hang only with the populars and she goes to all the best parties. In the New Year's party at the home of her best friend Kristen she discovers the secret of Noah and decides to tell her friend,s thinking that everyone will laugh and that´s going to be all that happens, but everything gets out of control and Noah ends up in the hospital. And in trying to remedy her mistake Chelsea ends up being hated by the whole school, including her best friend Kristen and the rest of her group of friends.
And because of the serious consequences of her gossip she decides to take a vow of silence, and do something good and remain silent. Which is not well accepted by anyone, nor her parents, nor her former friends, and nor her teachers, but she decides to stay strong and continue her vow of silence. She also is bullied by her former friends, but in all there is a ray of hope in the place she least expected, a girl named Asha, which Chelsea had never noticed before, decides to give Chelsea a chance and be her friend, and there is also Asha´s friend Sam, who initially is reluctant (and rightly so) to accept Chelsea, but he ends up accepting her and becomes friend with her and also her romantic interest.
When I started reading this book I thought I was not going to like Chelsea, because she´s too gossipy, mistreats people and she feels superior to the unpopular. Once she becomes an outcast, at first she feels sorry for herself more than for those involved, but as the story progresses she begins to change and really realize what she was doing wrong and spends much time thinking and reflecting about her mistakes, so I ended up like her. Chelsea is also very strong, and that despite being harassed and verbally abused by her ex-friends, she doesn´t spend her time crying, but she tries to confront them and handle the situation very well.
Speechless is seen from the point of view of Chelsea so that you'd think there is not much dialogue because of her vow of silence and everything would happen in her head, but she communicates via written messages on paper or on a small white board, which she carries most of the time.
Quote from the book: written conversion between Chelsea and Sam
-k so y no taking? isn´t writing the same thing? -No. I have to think about what I write b4 I put it on paper. I don´t want 2 say the wrong thing. No 1 wants to hear it n e way. Me + talking = BAD NEWS.
I loved the secondary characters!, Asha is an amazing friend, always with a smile from ear to ear and she´s the one that approached her and gave her a chance to meet each other and the rest of the gang Sam and Andy. Sam is a nice person, and as Chelsea once thought he´s not perfect, but perfection is overrated. And Andy can´t accept Chelsea as part of the gang (he had a good reason), but I liked his character and there is a scene or two with him that are just perfect and are my favorite moments of the book.
What else I can say about Speechless, this book has a sweet romance, is poignant, heartbreaking and I LOVED IT!, Is a very good book with many great messages about friendship, acceptance of yourself and others and to think before speaking. I highly recommend this book if you like contemporary books to be poignant and heartbreaking.
This section or meme is call Book Cover Battle, the first time I saw it was at Books Passion for Life as UK vs US and Bookaholics book club as UK vs The World but because I don´t live in the UK, I can´t name it that way, so for now is Book Cover Battle .
This week book cover battle is
Dash & Lily´s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan Click on the image to go to Goodreads
US
Spain
Australia
German
To be honest I don´t have a favorite, but if I have to choose one that would be the US cover.
She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.
Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.
Her father was right. The monsters are real….
To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….
I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently. I'd tell my sister no. I'd never beg my mother to talk to my dad. I'd zip my lips and swallow those hateful words. Or, barring all of that, I'd hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time. I'd tell them I love them. I wish... Yeah, I wish.
Recommend A... is a weekly meme where we share our recommendations of books based on prompts provided each week by Shanyn from the blog Chick Loves Lit .
Two days before the start of her junior
year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as
in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing.
Except the next thing she knows, she’s opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a
loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her.
And even though it isn’t possible, Janelle knows—with every fiber of her
being—that Ben has somehow brought her back to life.
But her
reincarnation, and Ben’s possible role in it, is only the first of the puzzles
that Janelle must solve. While snooping in her FBI-agent father’s files for
clues about her accident, she uncovers a clock that seems to be counting down to
something—but to what? And when someone close to Janelle is killed, she can no
longer deny what’s right in front of her: Everything that’s happened—the
accident, the murder, the countdown clock, Ben’s sudden appearance in her
life—points to the end of life as she knows it. And as the clock ticks down, she
realizes that if she wants to put a stop to the end of the world, she’s going to
need to uncover Ben’s secrets—and keep from falling in love with him in the
process.
From debut author Elizabeth Norris comes this shattering novel
of one girl’s fight to save herself, her world, and the one boy she never saw
coming.
I loved Unraveling! This is a book I couldn't stop thinking about it weeks after reading it and with the heart-breaking ending I can´t wait to read the next book - Unbreakable.
This section or meme is call Book Cover Battle, the first time I saw it was at Books Passion for Life as UK vs US and Bookaholics book club as UK vs The World but because I don´t live in the UK, I can´t name it that way, so for now is Book Cover Battle .
This week book cover battle is
Gone by Michael Grant Click on the image to go to Goodreads
Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
The book I´m waiting this week is
Crewel by Gennifer Albin Release date: October 16th 2012
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Incapable. Awkward. Artless.
That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail.
Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming for her—tonight.
Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her Dad’s stupid jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.
Because once you become a Spinster, there’s no turning back.
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand. Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.
Abby is trying to escape her past, so she decides to reinvent herself and join with her best friend a university where no one knows her, so she chose to go to Eastern University. There she hopes to lead a normal life and stay out of trouble and everything goes as she wanted until she meets Travis Maddox, a boy with a bad reputation as a womanizer and he´s also an underground fighter.
Travis gets all the girl he wishes, that is until he meets Abby and she rejects it, one thing leads to another and they end up being good friends. Abby and Travis are both more similar than they think, so she will do everything possible to keep her feelings to herself and just be friends, since she does not want to return to the world that she is trying to escape.
Abby at the beginning of the book is sweet and innocent (or at least that's what it seems), but as time goes by her real personality comes out and she is very insecure, stubborn and refuses to acknowledge her true feelings for Travis.
Travis is a bad boy, with bad temper and he believes that everything can be solved by punching people, he drinks a lot to the point that sometimes he doesn´t remember what he did when he was drunk, he sleeps with different girls all the time (never repeating a girl) and treats them as objects (the only exceptions are Abby and America who is Abby´s best friend and girlfriend of Travis's cousin), but underneath all that toughness is a very insecure guy, sweet (at least with Abby) and Abby is the only person who can tame him. Travis is a character that I loved one moment and the next moment I dislike him and the next I would love him again.
Beautiful Disaster belongs to the "new" category of fiction for young adults known as New-Adult that is address to people that are legally an adult and usually takes place in college. That said the book is a bit more explicit than the YA books in regard to the sex scenes, without being an erotic book.
This book was difficult for me to rate, because the story is good and could not put it down but I was debating because the violence of the book, since Travis is a very violent, and his solution is to hit people (only men), which to me is not the solution. But in Beautiful Disaster the relationship between Travis and Abby work, mainly because they are wrong for each other, yet at the same time they are right for each other and only Abby can save Travis from himself.
Beautiful Disaster is seen from the point of view of Abby and the next book in the series is Walking Disaster is the same story of Beautiful Disaster but from Travis point of view.
Beautiful Disaster is a book that you can love or hate, I had read several reviews of this book before deciding to read it and I must say I was a little scared, but my curiosity won and I do not regret it. I liked Beautiful Disaster, I recommend it.
Darynda Jones, author of The New York Times bestselling series that began with First Grave on the Right, brings us Death and the Girl Next Door, a thrilling Young Adult novel garnering high praise and early buzz from major authors
Ten years ago, Lorelei's parents disappeared without a trace. Raised by her grandparents and leaning on the support of her best friends, Lorelei is finally beginning to accept the fact that her parents are never coming home. For Lorelei, life goes on.
High school is not quite as painful as she thinks it will be, and things are as normal as they can be. Until the day the school's designated loner, Cameron Lusk, begins to stalk her, turning up where she least expects it, standing outside her house in the dark, night after night. Things get even more complicated when a new guy—terrifying, tough, sexy Jared Kovach—comes to school. Cameron and Jared instantly despise each other and Lorelei seems to be the reason for their animosity. What does Jared know about her parents? Why does Cameron tell Jared he can't have Lorelei? And what will any of them do when Death comes knocking for real? Thrilling, sassy, sexy, and inventive, Darynda Jones's first foray into the world of teens will leave readers eager for the next installment.
In the Community, there is no more pain or
war. Implanted computer chips have wiped humanity clean of destructive emotions,
and thoughts are replaced by a feed from the Link network. When Zoe
starts to malfunction (or "glitch"), she suddenly begins having her own
thoughts, feelings, and identity. Any anomalies must be immediately reported and
repaired, but Zoe has a secret so dark it will mean certain deactivation if she
is caught: her glitches have given her uncontrollable telekinetic
powers. As Zoe struggles to control her abilities and stay hidden, she
meets other glitchers including Max, who can disguise his appearance, and
Adrien, who has visions of the future. Together, this growing band of glitchers
must find a way to free themselves from the controlling hands of the Community
before they’re caught and deactivated, or worse. In Heather
Anastasiu's action-packed debut, Glitch begins an exciting new young
adult trilogy.
A nuclear catastrophe left the surface uninhabitable for humans and the survivors had to seek refuge underground and now live in communities and as the feelings were part of what caused the apocalypse, the community decided to eradicate them. So now all humans have chip implants to suppress feelings, and have a port at the back of the neck for updates, heart rate monitors, display in the retina and are always connected to the "Link" network .
The people that live in the community are like automatons, they work a certain number of hours (adults, children go to school), they eat, they do exercise and sleep the necessary time to have a healthy mind and body. And they´re taught that feelings are bad and any damage or malfunction should be reported.
Zoe is a girl living in the community and her chip is malfunctioning, so she is starting to have feelings and start to develop powers on which she has no control, she knows she must report herself to authorities for repair but she fears that her powers can be discovered and she could be deactivated. And the worst part is you can not trust anyone because they could report it.
Glitch blends the dystopian genre with science fiction, this book reminded me a bit to the movies Terminator, Matrix (without the fighting). The story didn´t caught me right away, in fact I couldn't get into this book at first maybe because is from the viewpoint of Zoe, a girl who is starting to have feelings that she doesn´t recognize or know how to call them (she remind me of a young child ) and as I have said before the people in the community are like robots or automatons so they do not interact among themselves if it is not necessary so the first chapters are inside the Zoe´s head.
The romance at first is sort of instalove but after a while the story had a twist that made romance more believable, I liked the character of Adrien, Zoe´s romantic interest and I didn´t like the character of Max, Zoe´s "best friend". I like Glitch but not as much as I expected, the idea of the book is good but something is missing maybe know that world a little more but I will definitely read the next book in the series - Override.
Recommend A... is a weekly meme where we share our recommendations of books based on prompts provided each week by Shanyn from the blog Chick Loves Lit .
This week is Recommend A....book someone else recommended to you
The award-winning author of Finnikin of the
Rock and Jellicoe Road pens a raw, compelling novel about a family’s hard-won
healing on the other side of trauma. Award-winning author Melina
Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel
Saving Francesca - but five years have passed, and now it’s Thomas Mackee who
needs saving. After his favorite uncle was blown to bits on his way to work in a
foreign city, Tom watched his family implode. He quit school and turned his back
on his music and everyone that mattered, including the girl he can’t forget.
Shooting for oblivion, he’s hit rock bottom, forced to live with his single,
pregnant aunt, work at the Union pub with his former friends, and reckon with
his grieving, alcoholic father. Tom’s in no shape to mend what’s broken. But
what if no one else is either? An unflinching look at family, forgiveness, and
the fierce inner workings of love and friendship, The Piper’s Son redefines what
it means to go home again.
I LOVED The Piper´s Son! This book was recommended to me because I had just read Where She Went by Gayle Forman and I was looking for a similar book.
Have you read The Piper´s Son? What did you think about it?
