Yearly Archives:: 2013

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (82)

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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:
Losing Hope
Colleen Hoover
Genre: NA Contemporary
Publication date:  July 9th 2013
by Atria Books

In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery.

Still haunted by the little girl he let walk away, Holder has spent his entire life searching for her in an attempt to finally rid himself of the crushing guilt he has felt for years. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him…

Sometimes in life, if we wish to move forward, we must first dig deep into our past and make amends. In Losing Hope, bestselling author Colleen Hoover reveals what was going on inside Holder’s head during all those hopeless moments—and whether he can gain the peace he desperately needs.

I read Hopeless just about a month ago and I LOVED it so I’m DYING to get this one! Luckily it comes out in a month so I won’t die waiting! 😀

What are you waiting on?
Link me up! 🙂

Review: Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett

Review: Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett

Posted by on 05/28/2013 • 24 Comments

If it wasn’t for my friends’ recommendations I don’t think I would have read this book. The synopsis makes it sound like it involves an annoying, bratty main character who whines and complains about stupid high school stuff. Lucky for them, my friends didn’t fail me and I found myself really enjoying it. The protagonist, Rose, is a little younger than I usually like my MCs – at only 14 and starting high school – but in a way it brought me back to how jarring it can be to go from one grade to the next where, suddenly, the rules are different, boyfriends and sex seem to be constant hot topics, and popularity seems to be what counts.

Rose is someone I think a lot of people could relate…

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Review + Giveaway: Bitter Angel by Megan Hand

Review + Giveaway: Bitter Angel by Megan Hand

Posted by on 05/27/2013 • 32 Comments

Bitter Angel was a very mixed bag for me. The first part would easily get a 4 stars; it was intriguing and exciting, it even had my heart pounding with pure adrenaline. Unfortunately the second part left a little too much to be desired, garnering only a 2 if rated separately.

Let’s start at the beginning: After Lila decides to go out with her two best friends at a club, she never thought things would turn into a life or death situation involving gang rapes and abduction. What’s peculiar though, is she also remembers what happens if she had stayed home with her boyfriend, and that scenario was equally terrible. Although obviously not “realistic”, I found this to be very interesting. The abduction was a terrifying situation; all too real…

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Stacking the Shelves (57)

Stacking the Shelves (57)

Posted by on 05/26/2013 • 35 Comments

Xpresso Weekly is my edition of Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books I got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week.

This week at Xpresso Reads

The time has come, lovelies! I’ll be leaving on Tuesday morning for NYC and back on June 2nd. I do have posts scheduled while I’m gone and I’ll still be on Twitter once in a while so you won’t miss me too much! 😉 I can’t wait to meet everybody there and I think I’m more excited to meet my bloggy friends than authors–oh and Grumpy Cat! Baha! Also, on the blog this week we posted a sign up for our very first giveaway hop! You should all join the madness!

Sign up!  …

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Fresh Batch (May 26th – June 1st)

Fresh Batch (May 26th – June 1st)

Posted by on 05/25/2013 • 14 Comments

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

Spirit Brigid Kemmerer Series: Elemental #3 Publication date: May 28th 2013 by K Teen

With power comes enemies. Lots of them.

Hunter Garrity just wants to be left alone. He’s learned the hard way that his unusual abilities come at a price. And he can’t seem to afford any allies.

He’s up to his neck in hostiles. His grandfather, spoiling for a fight. The Merrick brothers, who think he ratted them out. Calla, the scheming psycho who wants to use him as bait.

Then there’s Kate Sullivan, the new girl at school. She’s not hostile. She’s bold. Funny. Hot. But she’s got an agenda, too.

With supposedly secret powers rippling…

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Review: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Review: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Posted by on 05/24/2013 • 34 Comments

As my first Sarah Dessen novel I was a little worried as it seems people either love her books or don’t, so it’s a relief that I fall in with her fans. The Moon and More is an especially perfect beach read. It’s lighthearted, it’s fun, with a great summery atmosphere, and it has enough emotion to keep you fully immersed.

This book is not really about anything at all (and I say this in a positive light), or some may say it’s about everything; it’s about growing up. It spans one summer in Emaline’s life; the last summer before she’s off to college which, for a lot of us, is when our life suddenly feels changed. We say goodbye to our high school days, and often to our boyfriend…

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Book Girls Don’t Cry: That Time I Was the Black Sheep

Book Girls Don’t Cry: That Time I Was the Black Sheep

Posted by on 05/23/2013 • 41 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:   This week’s topic was suggested by Ruby from Feed Me Books Now!!! 

I wanted to love you, but…

Sometimes there are books that you are just DYING to love either because it sounds exactly like you type of perfect read, all your friends highly recommended it, or it just has an epically awesome cover (pfft yeah I just by the cover! Sue me!), BUT they don’t always pan out. So this week we’re talking about books we wanted to love but we just…. didn’t. Then the black sheep was born. BAAAAAA. (that was a sheep…. fyi).

Note that…

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Altered by Gennifer Albin Chapter Reveal + Giveaway

Posted by on 05/22/2013 • 52 Comments

If you do not know yet how much I loved Crewel you can read my review here (it has giraffe balls)! For the rest of you, you must know how excited I am to be on this chapter reveal tour for its sequel, Altered. On each stop, you will ge part of the 1st chapter until you’ve read it all! Plus, you get a chance to win an ARC!

*Altered, the sequel to Crewel, does not yet have a cover* Altered Chapter One (Part 3) […Continued from Part 1 at Bewitched Bookworms and Part 2 at Cuddlebuggery Book Blog] “Clearly the fact that we are in some type of forsaken alternate reality is much less important than your grudge against me, so can we get this over with and move…

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