Monthly Archives:: July 2013

Sunday, July 07, 2013

Stacking the Shelves (62)

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books we got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week. 

Happy belated 4th of July to my American friends! 🙂 I hope you’re all having great weather. It’s sweltering here. And of course I have a cold. Blah! So did you see? Our Cover Madness giveaway hop started this week! There are 60 blogs all hosting giveaways for some pretty covered books so make sure to hop away! I also posted a sweet giveaway for an ARC of Antigoddess for my UK and England peeps! And how’s everyone finding life without Google Reader? Not so bad eh? I’m preferring Feedly and Bloglovin myself I find they’re even better than GR! Have you all found me on Bloglovin? I’ll just leave this easy and obvious button below *whistles innocently*


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THIS WEEK’S BOOK HAUL:
 (Click on covers for Goodreads)
I received for review:

  
*Thanks to Random House Canada, St. Martin’s Press, and Macmillan-Tor/Forge for these pretties!*

Yuppers, all short weeks since BEA!
Don’t forget to link me to your book haul! 🙂

Fresh Batch (New Releases July 7th – 13th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases July 7th – 13th)

Posted by on 07/06/2013 • 10 Comments

Exclusively titled for Xpresso Reads, Fresh Batch features the hottest releases of this upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Fifth Grave Past the Light Darynda Jones Series: Charley Davidson #5 Publication date: July 9th, 2013 by St. Martin’s Press

Charley Davidson may not look like your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper, but she has vowed to reap grimness wherever she goes despite this unfortunate fact. Sadly, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door. As he is the main suspect in her arson case, she is determined to stay away from him until she can find out the truth. According to her therapist, however, she lacks conviction.

When dead women start appearing in her apartment-lost, confused and terrified beyond reason-Charley…

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Book Girls Don’t Cry: Where Are All the Parents?

Book Girls Don’t Cry: Where Are All the Parents?

Posted by on 07/05/2013 • 32 Comments

Inspired by Book Buzzers, Book Girls Don’t Cry is a weekly feature where we each discuss/vent/advise on the chosen weekly bookish topic. Don’t miss Jenni on Mondays, and Amy on Saturdays:  

So Many Orphans!

Seriously? Where are the parents in YA novels? I have noticed a common theme where the characters are either orphans, live away from home (like in a private school dorm or with an uncle), have parents who are always at work or otherwise clueless/uninvolved in the book at all, or gone on vacation for the duration of the story. I know that these “excuses” are things that can happen. A lot of parents are uninvolved, too busy with their careers or otherwise to be very… parenty, but it seems to be such a common occurrence…

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Review + Playlist: This Love by Nazarea Andrews

Review + Playlist: This Love by Nazarea Andrews

Posted by on 07/04/2013 • 18 Comments

Perfectly timed for summer, the This Love blog tour is dropping by today. This is a great summer romance for New Adult fans. Why don’t you have a look at my review, and then you can check out the playlist for the book to put you in the mood! 🙂

A perfect for summer read, This Love is a forbidden love story involving a student and a professor that you know is doomed before it begins, yet you keep hoping, denying the fact that the end of their crazy, sexy summer is coming.

The beginning of this book was a little rough for me and left me uncertain as to if I would enjoy it. The story is told through a dual POV that switches quite often and…

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Waiting on Wednesday (84)

Posted by on 07/03/2013 • 25 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine  and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.  My pick this week: The Drowned ForestKristopher Reisz Genre: YA Thriller Publication date: February 8th 2014by Flux

A Southern Gothic about a drowned girl who’s haunting her best friend, who has been lost without her and may be dragged down into the river with her unless she finds a way to put Holly to rest.

Creeeepeeeh!! *fist pump*

Yep that is pretty much all! 😀

What are you waiting on? Link me up! 🙂

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Review: Undercurrent by Paul Blackwell

Review: Undercurrent by Paul Blackwell

Posted by on 07/02/2013 • 21 Comments

When I heard someone say this was reminiscent of The Butterfly Effect, which is one of my favorite movies ever, I jumped on the chance to read this book. It does have that neat butterfly effect factor, but I did find the book itself had no real… point. It’s for entertainment only! When I finished the book I was stunned at where it left off, especially when no sign of a sequel can be found. It wasn’t a cliffhanger per se, but it was a very odd ending that didn’t feel like much of a conclusion.

Alas, I’m getting ahead of myself. And probably giving the impression that I disliked the book which is not the case. Undercurrent is honestly a fun, entertaining book that never let my attention falter….

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Review: Wallbanger by Alice Clayton

Review: Wallbanger by Alice Clayton

Posted by on 07/01/2013 • 18 Comments

Within the first 5 minutes of this audiobook I was sure I’d made a very bad decision. The narrator was so extremely into conveying what she was hearing next door that I closed my window fearing the neighbors would hear what I’m sure sounded like crazy sexcapades. But then the meowing started, and I almost peed my pants! Yep – you have my heart if you can make me laugh!

Wallbanger is, well, about a wall banger <– some genius deductions at work! Caroline who has just moved to this new apartment is quickly finding out that her neighbor is a little… this guy can make a girl meow, that’s all I’m saying! This book is more a comedy than steamy romance, though. I mean we hear some craziness going…

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