Posts By: Giselle

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [December 14th]

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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.

Can you believe there’s only a bit over a week left until Christmas? Eek! And then shortly after that we’ll be in 2015! Hope you’re all set and for the holidays and that you have a wonderful time with tons of food (which to me is the best part >.<). So let’s see what I got in books in the past week 🙂

BOOK HAUL:

I received for review:
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*Thanks to Disney Hyperion, Random House Canada, and Macmillan Children’s for these pretties!*

I also got a bookish Christmas pressie in the mail this week from Jenni (you know her? She used to blog or something)! Thanks honeymuffins!
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That’s all for me this week!
XOXO

Fresh Batch (New Releases December 14th – 20th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases December 14th – 20th)

Posted by on 12/13/2014 • 7 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Inspire Cora Carmack Series: The Muse #1 Publication date: December 15th 2014 Goodreads

Kalliope lives with one purpose.

To inspire.

As an immortal muse, she doesn’t have any other choice. It’s part of how she was made. Musicians, artists, actors—they use her to advance their art, and she uses them to survive. She moves from one artist to the next, never staying long enough to get attached. But all she wants is a different life— a normal one. She’s spent thousands of years living lie after lie, and now she’s ready for something real.

Sweet, sexy, and steady, Wilder Bell feels more…

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Giveaway: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Giveaway: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Posted by on 12/12/2014 • 2 Comments

Thanks to the lovely people at Penguin Random House Canada, my fellow Canadians all have a chance to win yourself a copy of All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven – a YA contemporary for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham! I actually just started reading this one myself and while I’m still at the beginning I freaking love it! The dual POV is great and the main character’s voice is raw and honest. You should see my review on the blog very soon! This giveaway will also be open for a few weeks because I’ll be offline during the holidays and unable to pick a winner, so I set it to end in early Jan!

The…

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Review: Stitching Snow by R.C.Lewis

Review: Stitching Snow by R.C.Lewis

Posted by on 12/11/2014 • 12 Comments

Well, this is awkward… another review for a retelling from yours truly. I swear I am not seeking them out; they seem to find me, not I them. In any case, this one is extra special because it’s a retelling in spaaaaaaaace. And anything set in space is automatically “cool beans” in my eyes. I mean, usually. You know. *fidgets*

Now the only problem is… where to bloody start.

You see, Stitching Snow and I have quite a complicated relationship. I liked it for the most part, but I found a lot of problems along the way, and I for one never forget these things. Once I spot one, they become even more glaring after a while. Surely now, if ever this book were sentient, it’s probably regretting it had to be read by…

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Review: On the Fence by Kasie West

Review: On the Fence by Kasie West

Posted by on 12/10/2014 • 19 Comments

Very readable and incredibly character driven, On the Fence was the perfect pick for a cold Sunday afternoon. I can’t say that I loved it quite as much as I had expected to based on the slew of 5-star reviews I had seen, but it was definitely a sigh-worthy read that left me smiling at the end.

Our protagonist, Charlie, has an easy, relatable voice that instantly pulls you in. She’s a tomboy, she loves sports, and she’s living with her dad and 3 brothers, plus a neighbour who pretty much lives there, too. That gives us a great, hectic family dynamic that I thought was just wonderful. The brotherly banter, the silliness, their overprotective nature towards Charlie – it’s all super sweet and fun to read. It also…

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Songs that Influenced Breaking the Rules + Giveaway!

Songs that Influenced Breaking the Rules + Giveaway!

Posted by on 12/08/2014 • 16 Comments

I’m a big an of the Pushing the Limits series and today I’m excited to have Katie McGarry on the blog to talk to us about this newest release, Breaking the Rules! Here’s a bit of info on this book first:

Guest Post by Katie McGarry

Songs that influenced Breaking the Rules

Breaking the Rules was a very emotional journey for me to write. At the same time, there were so many wonderful, sigh worthy moments between Echo and Noah that I never wanted the story to end.

To show the extremes of emotions of the story, here are two songs that heavily influenced Breaking the Rules.

The emotional side: “Try” by P!nk Loving isn’t always easy and neither is trusting. At times, we hurt the people…

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

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

Posted by on 12/06/2014 • 11 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Wicked Jennifer L. Armentrout Series: A Wicked Saga #1 Goodreads Purchase

Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.

Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.

Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches…

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Review: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

Review: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

Posted by on 12/05/2014 • 19 Comments

Now I see why people love this author.

Truth be told, when I read Cruel Beauty not too long ago, I remember being very frustrated with it. Yes, the prose flowed exceptionally well; yes, the characters were complex; yes, the world-building was fascinating and all that, but I just couldn’t find myself liking it completely. It was a fantasy that read too much like a romance (although it can be debated that it’s romance first in a fantasy setting…), and I remember being overwhelmed with the talks of love and kisses. I don’t like it when a love between two people is shoved in my face; rather, I want it to be subtle and in the background and happening naturally.

Because of that experience, I was wary of starting Crimson Bound,…

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