Monthly Archives:: November 2013

Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (99)

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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:

Waiting on Wednesday (99)Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn
Published by St. Martin's Press on June 24, 2014
Genres: Contemporary, YA
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Two years ago, fifteen-year-old Jamie Henry breathed a sigh relief when a judge sentenced his older sister to juvenile detention for burning down their neighbor’s fancy horse barn. The whole town did. Because Crazy Cate Henry used to be a nice girl. Until she did a lot of bad things. Like drinking. And stealing. And lying. Like playing weird mind games in the woods with other children. Like making sure she always got her way. Or else.

But today Cate got out. And now she’s coming back for Jamie.

Because more than anything, Cate Henry needs her little brother to know this one simple truth: she’s not the crazy one and never has been.

He is.


This is the same author who wrote Charm and Strange that I really enjoyed earlier to year so I’m excited that she’s got a new book coming out. It sounds dark and creepy – you know me, right? 😀


What are you waiting on, this week?


Review: Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

Posted by on 11/05/2013 • 20 Comments

To be perfectly honest, by the time I read this book I had completely forgotten what it was about. I thought it was a book about the end of the world – and okay in a way it is, but very different from what I had envisioned. Nevertheless, it’s a solid story in a lot of ways, and with 400+ pages it could have become an intensely powerful, in-depth read, but instead it felt overcrowded at times with topics like rape, mental illness, and ex best-friend drama (as well as ex-boyfriend) that felt rather directionless. On the other hand, it does offer a slightly different perspective on alternate dimensions, or at least it worked on delivering it in a highly suspenseful way.

The main reason why I wasn’t able…

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Review: Crash into You by Katie McGarry

Review: Crash into You by Katie McGarry

Posted by on 11/04/2013 • 25 Comments

Isaiah has been a favorite character of mine since book 1. He’s got a badass look but the kindest heart and most gentle soul. Crash Into You, written in his POV, made me adore him even more. We get to see what’s going on in that hard-to-crack head of his. Having had a difficult childhood in the foster care system, he’s developed a rough edge, but to give a big eff you to stereotypes he’s positively one of the most generous and loyal person I know (yes I have met him in real life – be jealous! >.

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Stacking the Shelves (74)

Stacking the Shelves (74)

Posted by on 11/03/2013 • 24 Comments

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. Yay happy November! Christmas is coming and it’s both shocking that time went by so fast and exciting that it’s here again already! And how was your Halloween? Me and my lil lumberjack had a great time! 🙂 Oh and if you didn’t stop by the blog on Halloween you might want to check out the new Cover Madness giveaway post me and J-Dog did – Halloween style! 😉

THIS WEEK’S BOOK HAUL: (Click on covers and links below picture for Goodreads)

I received for review: –Fire & Blood by Victoria Scott –The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases November 3rd – 9th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases November 3rd – 9th)

Posted by on 11/02/2013 • 9 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Champion Marie Lu Series: Legend #3 Publication date: November 5th 2013by Putnam Juvenile

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He is a Legend. She is a Prodigy. Who will be Champion?

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them once again. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a…

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Review: Six Months Later by Natalie Richards

Review: Six Months Later by Natalie Richards

Posted by on 11/01/2013 • 21 Comments

I know I’m in the minority here but I think all the 5 stars gave me too-high expectations for this one. It is very close to a 4 star read so I’m far from hating it but, I expected more – or at least different.

I can understand why so many love it though. Suddenly waking up with no memory of the last 6 months is a very terrifying premise. One that had me completely stupefied, and thus absolutely engrossed. Chloe’s narrative is written with all the disorientation, annoyance, and anxiety of someone who may or may not be going crazy. As you can expect no one believes the “nonsense” she seems to be spouting. She’s an easy to like character with a fierce determination to get to the…

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