Yearly Archives:: 2013

Saturday, August 03, 2013

Stacking the Shelves (66)

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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.


I can’t believe it’s already August! I feel like summer is flying by! Dude there’s already Christmas stuff out in stores. What’s with that? Ugh. Ok so only 2 weeks left until the blogger meet-up in Boston! Super excited – and come join us at the Cheesecake Factory (Hells yeah!) if you’re in the Boston area on the 17th! And did you all see the cover for Cress? Woot! Love it! Nothing else to point out this week it was pretty mellow here on the blog, just doing my thang #hairflip.

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

I received for review:
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–A Spark Unseen by Sharon Cameron
–3:59 by Gretchen McNeil
–Pawn by Aimée Carter
–Crash Into You by Katie McGarry

*Big thanks to Harlequin Teen, Scholastic, HarperCollins Canada, Grand Central Publishing, and Disney Book Group for these pretties!*

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Happy long weekend to my fellow Canadians! 🙂

Don’t forget to link me to your book haul!
Ciao!

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 4th – 10th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 4th – 10th)

Posted by on 08/03/2013 • 17 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Gated Amy Christine Parker Publication date: August 6th 2013 by Random House BFYR

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She thought the evil lived outside the walls.

She was wrong.

In the Community, life seems perfect. The members of this isolated suburban development have thrived under Pioneer, the charismatic leader who saved them from their sad, damaged lives.

Lyla Hamilton and her parents moved here following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, looking to escape the evil in the world. Now seventeen, Lyla knows certain facts are not to be questioned:

Pioneer is her leader. Will is her Intended. The end of the world is near.

Like Noah before…

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Review: Memory by Christoph Marzi

Review: Memory by Christoph Marzi

Posted by on 08/02/2013 • 18 Comments

This blurb, this cover, it gives off such a wonderful creepy vibe that intrigued me immediately. Ghosts! London Cemeteries! A girl with no memories! All things that made this book an instant must-have. Although one part does have its share of thrill, the mythologies introduced felt out of place, the characters are flat and boring, and the story is nothing if not cheesy.

The book begins with Jude finding this girl in a cemetery who is not quite a ghost, but not a live person either. People can’t see her, yet she’s not cold nor does she have any other ghost qualities. She also has no memory of who she is. It was an attention grabbing beginning which I thought for sure a good sign. Then we start to learn…

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Book Girl Don’t Cry: Review Reading Habits

Book Girl Don’t Cry: Review Reading Habits

Posted by on 08/01/2013 • 35 Comments

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:

 

Review Reading Made Complicated!

Do you find yourself avoiding certain reviews or hiding from Goodreads when you want to be completely unswayed about a certain book? We’re wondering how many share the same habits for reading reviews – hence the reason for our topic  this week! I’m particular about which reviews I’ll read and when. For instance, if I know I will be starting a book in the next couple of weeks, I’ll avoid reading reviews on it. I love going into it with zero expectations. A lot of the time I don’t even refresh my awful memory by re-reading the blurb,…

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Waiting on Wednesday (88)

Waiting on Wednesday (88)

Posted by on 07/31/2013 • 30 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:

Did you read that blurb? There’s just something about it that calls to me. It’s so vague, yet so intriguing! I also hear this author is pretty great though I haven’t read any of his other work.

What are you waiting on?

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Review: If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

Review: If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

Posted by on 07/30/2013 • 26 Comments

This was very different from anything I’ve read before. A very short book at only a little over 200 pages, If You Could Be Mine examines not only life in Iran, but life in Iran for a young girl in love with her best friend, Nasrin.

From a very young age, Sahar knew she wanted to many Nasrin and spend her whole life with her, they’ve been in a secret relationship for years now, and being found out could mean imprisonment – at the very least – for these two. This was my first book set in Iran and I found the culture and laws quite intimidating. Even though I’m not blind to what life is like in that country, especially for women, it was still shocking to find…

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Review: False Sight by Dan Krokos

Review: False Sight by Dan Krokos

Posted by on 07/29/2013 • 16 Comments

*Spoiler free for the series*

I’m feeling torn on this one. On one hand it was a highly entertaining read, very unique (as expected), and I definitely want to know what happens next, but it was such a different book from the first and I’m not sure how I feel about the direction it went in. Being different is not a bad thing – who wants a repeat of it predecessor? – but I feel like the increased sci-fi-esque of this whole plot became a little… too much for me, maybe?

I was a big fan of False Memory when I read it last year. I remember loving all the excitement and the unknowns – it has an awesome unreliable narrator -, as well as the great overall group…

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Stacking the Shelves (65)

Stacking the Shelves (65)

Posted by on 07/28/2013 • 50 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. Hey psst – you know who has a birthday this weekend? My gal Kara from Great Imaginations! You should all give her a bday shout-out! 😉 Also it’s less than a month to go until I’m off to Boston for my anniversary and to meet a few bloggers (my soulmate Amy for one) while I’m there at a book blogger meetup! If you’re from the area you should totes come! It’s on August 17th, and you can join our Facebook group here!

THIS WEEK’S BOOK HAUL: (Click on cover or title link for Goodreads)

I received for review:

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