This week book cover battle is
Birthmarked (Birthmarked #1) by Caragh M. O´Brien
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My favorite is the paperback US cover.
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
November 29, 2012
Book Cover Battle #31
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
My favorite is the paperback US cover.
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
This week book cover battle is
My favorite is the paperback US cover.
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
November 28, 2012
Waiting on Wednesday (52) : Falling Kingdoms
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
Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes
Release date: December 11th, 2012.
In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power—brutally transforming their subjects’ lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined:
Cleo: A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of a magic long thought extinct.
Jonas: Enraged at injustice, a rebel lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country impoverished—and finds himself the leader of a people’s revolution centuries in the making.
Lucia: A girl adopted at birth into a royal family discovers the truth about her past—and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.
Magnus: Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, a firstborn son begins to realize that the heart can be more lethal than the sword...
The only outcome that’s certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed?
Which book are you waiting this week?
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November 27, 2012
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Title: Obsidian (Lux #1)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Release date: May 8th 2012
Rating: 4.5/5
Buy on: Amazon | B&N | BookDepository
Read the first chapter here.
Aditional scenes from Daemon´s POV on Jennifer´s website - here.
Starting over sucks.
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.
And then he opened his mouth.
Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens.
The hot alien living next door marks me.
You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.
If I don't kill him first, that is.
Obsidian is another book that I had heard a lot of buzz about it and read several reviews where they said that Daemon was awesome and so on. Well let me tell you that I really loved Obsidian, but Daemon still has to win my heart, you may wonder why? well, because is a douchebag with bipolar personality.
The book is told from Katy´s POV, she´s a 17 year old girl who loves to read and is a book blogger, she just moved to a tiny town where everyone knows everyone, there she meets her new neighbors Dee and Daemon, they are twins and while Dee treats her well and tries to befriend her, Daemon mistreated her and tries to push her away from her sister. So from there the relationship between Katy and Daemon is like a roller coaster, sometimes they get along and the next moment they don´t.
What can I say about Daemon....mmm, he is gorgeous (physically) and he knows it, he´s sexy and one of the most powerful of his kind, so he has a huge ego and his priority is his family, in this case his twin - Dee, and he will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, and if he has to be an idiot to the girl he is attracted to, then so be it. But what saves Daemon's character to be disliked (at least by me), is that he has his moments where he shows his other face to Katy, the Daemon with no pressures, no obligations, just Daemon, and at the end of the book there are three scenes from Daemon´s POV that balancing the scales of my opinion of him, but I feel that the fact of seeing everything through the eyes of Katy, is the main reason why I didn´t fall for him completely. One of my favorite characters of the story is Dee, Daemon's twin sister, she is super sweet, cheerful and what she wants more is to have a "normal" friend (non-alien) and she ends up being Katy´s best friend.
Obsidian is a good first book in a new series, is a sci-fi with a lot of action, mystery, is super fun and I can´t wait to read more about these aliens. And it has a very sexy scene, of which I had heard a lot, that is the famous laptop scene .... wow. I really loved Obsidian! I highly recommended it!
Favorites Quotes:
"You´re kind of dirty, Kitten"
I blinked. Deny. Deny. Deny. "What did you say?"
"Dirty," he repeated, voice so low I knew Dee couldn´t hear him. "You´re covered in dirt. What did you think I meant?"
“You’re such an ass. Has…anyone ever told you that?”
He flashed a genuinely amused smile. “Oh, Kitten, every single day of my blessed life.”
Smiling, he cocked his head to the side. "Kitten, what are we going to get into?"
A thousand images flashed. Thank God reading thoughts wasn´t one of his aliens powers.
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November 26, 2012
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a meme hosted by Book Journey.
Each week we spotlight the books we are reading, planning on reading or just finished reading.
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Finished reading
Cover Reveal & Giveaway: SOMETHING DARKER by S.A. Price!
Expected publication: December 18th 2012
SOMETHING DARKER (book one of the Inferii Dii)
The one thing Syrus Alcot, the God of Death Osiris in the Egyptian Pantheon, wants in all the worlds is the woman he loved and lost returned to him. When he gave up his powers, and freedom for a life of service he was promised her return. That was over one thousand years ago. A member of a team of dark gods charged with keeping humanity safe, he leads a loveless existence in New York City, searching for the one thing that could bring his wife back to him, a lapis scarab that was lost to him ages before.
Gwen Stapleton, a mild mannered librarian, is unaware that she holds the key to not only Syrus’ happiness, but her own. Seemingly stuck in a hopeless relationship with a man she doesn’t love, she has no idea that a chance meeting in Alphabet City will start a landslide to her heart’s content. Because Gwen is the keeper of the scarab, and is everything Syrus has ever wanted… and hes not the only one.
An Ancient evil is waking, and its servants will stop at nothing to see it seize its rightful place as the new pantheon of earth. And in order for Syrus and his team to save the world, Gwen is going to have to accept him, and show that love does make all the difference.
To learn more about authors Stella and Audra Price, visit their Website:
***VIRTUAL RELEASE PARTY NEWS***
On December 18th, SOMETHING DARKER will be available for purchase and to celebrate the release authors S.A. Price are giving away some AMAZING, out of this world prizes! TRUST ME, you DO NOT want to miss out!
What are they giving away?
Are you ready for this?
A registration to Authors After Dark (2013 or 2014 if you are already registered for 2013), a VIP package including VIP early seating and entry badge, and welcome goodies from the hotel, a gift basket fulla goodies, backlist books, and Breakfast with Stella and Audra on Tuesday morning. Awesome right? We thought so.
To learn more about Authors After Dark visit www.authorsafterdark.org
And wait, it gets better!!!
There will be a second and third place winner!
SECOND PRIZE winner will win a Nook Touch.
THIRD PRIZE winner will win tons of signed swag.
There's a little extra, too, but you will have to wait until December 18th to find out! :)
Mark your calendars... DECEMBER 18th!!!
Right now we're kicking off an early celebration with a $20 Amazon/BN Gift Card - Winners choice.
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November 23, 2012
Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Title: Pure (Covenant #2)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Release date: April 3rd, 2012
Rating: 4/5
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There is need. And then there is Fate
Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool.
Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her.
When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude or killing her.
When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.
Pure begins shortly after the events in Half-Blood, Alex goes to school, she trains with her classmates and also has extra training classes to catch up with Aiden and with Seth. Is in this scenario that daimons begin to infiltrate and attack the pures at the covenant, so they´re new rules that are applied to both pures and half-bloods, but the applied to half-bloods are a little more extreme.
And amid all this, there is the romantic drama between Aiden and Alex, she is still pining for him and Aiden is trying (not very efficiently) to stay away from her. And although I understand Aiden´s motivations and it looks like he really feels something for her, something was off with him in this book (at least for me). And in this book the spotlight is on Seth, we get to see another side of him,he still manages to remain arrogant, narcissistic, the king of the world, but we see him interact more with Alex and in his very particular way we see that he cares about her, he is very protective of her and we also see a little bit deeper the mystical connection between Alex and Seth, the way one of them can "read" or "feel" the other. In this book I really liked the character of Seth! I change my mind about him, I didn´t like him in the first book.
Another aspect that touches the book is that Alex travels to another Covenant where we see a little of the segregation of the half-bloods, the half-bloods in servitude and the punishment that they received when one of them dare to fall in love with a Pure.
Pure as a good second book in a series left me with more questions than answers and I´m intrigued by several characters and I hope that in the following books I get to know more about them and I have several theories about some of them. This book like its predecessor has action, drama and we get to see the furies, lesser gods who come to bring "order" in the covenant.
I loved it! and finally we see some gods (though minors gods) coming to cause chaos. And although there isn´t a mayor cliffhanger, I need to read Deity now.
Favorites quotes:
"You know what?" His breath was warm against my cheek. "There are a lot of stupid things to do, but I really want to do the stupidest thing possible".
"What´s that?"
"I want to kiss you"
I opened my eyes. "Is this real?"
"Very real." He leaned back and brushed strands of wet hair off my face.
I did want to kiss him......
November 22, 2012
Easy by Tammara Webber
Title: Easy
Author: Tammara Webber
Publisher: Self-published
Release date: May 24th, 2012
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Rating: 4.5/5
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Rescued by a stranger.
Haunted by a secret
Sometimes, love isn’t easy…
He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…
The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart.
Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.
(Mature Young Adult/ New Adult)
Easy is a book I bought because I heard a lot of buzz about it, and had read several reviews where this book was highly recommended it and now that I had read it, let me tell you that I loved it!, this is a must read.
Easy tells the story of Jacqueline, a girl who is rescued from a sexual assault that was about to commit someone she knew and is rescued by a stranger. Jacqueline tries to forget about what happened and she thinks that she will never see her savior, but it turns out that not only he is one of her classes, but she notices him around campus (in a non stalker way). The attraction and romance that develops between Jacqueline and Lucas is sexy, steamy and sweet.
This book is told from Jacqueline´s, she is a girl in college, living on campus and to which her boyfriend of three years has just broke up with her. Lucas ..... what can I say about him, he is sexy, mysterious, a good guy who listens and cares for Jacqueline, but also has a bad boy vibe and has a tortured past. I LOVED him! and his past is heartbreaking.
Easy is a realistic contemporary novel with romance that contains mature situations such as sexual abuse and I liked the way it was handle in this book. I definitely recommend it!, is a must read. I Loved it!
Favorites quotes:
"So I don't want you to feel pressured. Or overpowered. But I do, absolutely, want to kiss you right now. Badly.” He trailed his finger over my jaw and down my throat....
“If someone had asked, "How does this compare to kissing Kennedy?" I would have answered, "Who?”
“Choosing to be with you isn’t a difficult decision, Jacqueline,” he breathed, pulling back one final time to stare into my eyes. “It’s easy. Incredibly easy.”
Book Cover Battle #30
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
This week book cover battle is
The Giver by Lois Lowry
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My favorites are the UK cover and the second Spanish cover.
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
November 21, 2012
Waiting on Wednesday (51) : Mila 2.0
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
Mila 2.0 (Mila 2.0 #1) by Debra Driza
Release date: March 12th 2013
Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past —that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However, what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and it just might save her life.
Mila 2.0 is Debra Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity–style trilogy that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what it really means to be human. Fans of I Am Number Four will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the sequel.
Which book are you waiting this week?
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OPAL Book Trailer Reveal
No one is like Daemon Black.
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it.
USA TODAY Bestselling author, Jennifer L. Armentrout, lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She also writes adult romance under the name J. Lynn.
November 19, 2012
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a meme hosted by Book Journey.
Each week we spotlight the books we are reading, planning on reading or just finished reading.
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Finished reading
I finished reading Thirteen, the last book in the series Women of the Otherworld. And I was feeling a bit nostalgic so I re-read my favorites parts of Bitten and No Humans Involved.
I also read the novellas Becoming and Hidden...LOVE THEM!
Currently reading
What I´m going to read next?
November 17, 2012
Slide by Jill Hathaway
Title: Slide (Slide #1)
Author: Jill Hathaway
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Release date: March 27th, 2012
Rating: 4/5
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Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth--her sister's friend Sophie didn't kill herself. She was murdered.
Vee knows this because she was there. Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn't actually fall asleep during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody else's mind and experiences the world through that person's eyes. She's slid into her sister as she cheated on a math test, into a teacher sneaking a drink before class. She learned the worst about a supposed "friend" when she slid into her during a school dance. But nothing could have prepared Vee for what happens one October night when she slides into the mind of someone holding a bloody knife, standing over Sophie's slashed body.
Vee desperately wishes she could share her secret, but who would believe her? It sounds so crazy that she can't bring herself to tell her best friend, Rollins, let alone the police. Even if she could confide in Rollins, he has been acting distant lately, especially now that she's been spending more time with Zane.
Enmeshed in a terrifying web of secrets, lies, and danger and with no one to turn to, Vee must find a way to unmask the killer before he or she strikes again.
It had been a while since I read a book of this genre, I like the mystery and Slide is a good book. I enjoyed trying to figure out who was the killer but I couldn´t guess it, I wasn´t even close, at every moment doubted of all the people (definitely I'm bad for the clues games).
Vee Bell is narcoleptic or at least that is what it seems, because for the rest of the people she's asleep but in reality she slides into a person and can see through their eyes what is happening, but she can not read their minds or even control them, she just can be a bystander of what the person does or says. And when the best friend of her little sister commit suicide, Vee knows that she didn´t do it, because she was she was inside the killer's mind.
Slide is told from Vee´s POV, she´s a girl who has a "gift" (I´m not sure if it is a gift), but she hides her gift from everyone else. Slide is a book that I really liked, love the mystery, I couldn´t help but second guess everyone and though it didn´t had a cliffhanger I definitely want to read the next book in this series - Impostor.
When I was reading it reminded me of two other books The Body Finder and Wake, although it was not identical there was something similar with those books. I loved it and I do recommend it if you like mystery books.
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November 16, 2012
Book Cover Battle #29
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
My favorite without a doubt is the Japanese cover. I love the details, I just realized that the name of the characters(Day and June) are in the cover.
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
This week book cover battle is
Legend by Marie Lu
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