Posts By: Giselle

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Stacking the Shelves [September 28th]

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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.

Hi everyone! Are you all getting ready for Halloween? I started decorating the house already – I’m a big fan of this holiday which is no surprise to those who know me >.< So this week on the blog I did a round-up of upcoming Halloween events if you wanted to join in on some book blogging fun. And also you should stop by Xpresso Book Tours I posted a pretty awesomesauce giveaway where you can win a Kindle Paperwhite or a gift card 😉 And now let’s see what bookish goodies I got this week!

THIS WEEK’S BOOK HAUL:

I received for review:

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–In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken
–The Young Elites by Marie Lu

eBooks:
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*Big thanks to Disney-Hyperion, MacKids, and Penguin Canada for these pretties!*


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That’s all for me this week!
XOXO

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 28th – October 1st)

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 28th – October 1st)

Posted by on 09/27/2014 • 7 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Lies We Tell Ourselves Robin Talley Publication date: September 30th 2014by Harlequin Teen

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In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever.

Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes, spit on and tormented daily.

Linda Hairston is the daughter of one of the town’s most vocal opponents of school integration. She has been taught all her life that the races should be kept “separate but…

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Halloween in the Book Blogosphere!

Halloween in the Book Blogosphere!

Posted by on 09/26/2014 • 22 Comments

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays (comes with being a horror story lover), and it’s definitely one holiday that has a lot of themed events in general – that includes around the book blogging world. So I thought I would take the opportunity to round-up awesome events that are coming up for this great holiday so that everyone can see all the happenings around the blogosphere. And I encourage you to join-in with a couple of them, too! Nothing is more fun than being in the spirit of all things creepy! 🙂

 

Bookish Halloween Events for All!

#ReadingCram Chills and Thrills Readathon

This readathon, hosted by Danasquare, Juliababyjen’s Reading Room, Little Red Reads, and A Perfection Called books, runs from October 24th until Halloween October 31st. You…

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Review: The Fall by Bethany Griffin

Review: The Fall by Bethany Griffin

Posted by on 09/25/2014 • 16 Comments

The Fall was so very unique and the writing: wonderfully atmospheric. Having really enjoyed Bethany’s Masque of the Red Death (I have yet to read the sequel), I knew that I was in for a stunning read. Masque was very well written, gorgeous in its melancholy, really – and that’s what I love the most about these historically creepy novels: the way they enchant you into their eerie settings. The Fall was no exception. I felt transported into this ancient house which was truly a character in and of itself. I could see every crack and hear every faint footstep. You could say that I was sufficiently creeped out.

Madeline is living with a curse. A curse revolving around a house that feels alive and vengeful, a house they…

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Book Girls Don’t Cry: No, I Don’t Know What You Should Read!

Book Girls Don’t Cry: No, I Don’t Know What You Should Read!

Posted by on 09/24/2014 • 37 Comments

Book Girls Don’t Cry is a feature where we will discuss/vent/advise on a bookish topic. This feature is co-hosted with the lovely Amy at Book Loving Mom.

 

Readers Against Recommendations!

I am not a fan of recommending books to others – strangers especially! I know, it should come with being an avid reader, and especially a blogger, but I hate it. Don’t get me wrong. I love giving my opinion on books I have read. I love telling everyone to read this book I just read and loved. I even love back and forth “hey you should read this” chats with other bloggers – which happen on Twitter regularly. But that’s not what I mean. I mean in the cases where I’m asked to select books for others to…

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Top Ten Books On My Fall To-Be-Read list!

Top Ten Books On My Fall To-Be-Read list!

Posted by on 09/23/2014 • 28 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish where we list top bookish things.

Fall In Books!

The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters: I love love loooooved In the Shadow of Blackbirds from Cat which I read a few months ago, and I just know this will be another epic read! Plus, that cover = awesome!  Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King: While I have only read 2 A.S. King books, they were both great, so I have no doubt she’s written another must-read, here! I also met A.S. at BEA and she’s just a sweetheart!  A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray: This will be my first Claudia Gray book! I’ve heard…

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Review: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Review: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Posted by on 09/22/2014 • 9 Comments

There are some books you read for pure entertainment, and others, like Lies We Tell Ourselves, end up being much more than that. This novel tells an important story tied to our own history. One not too far in the past. One that is still a factor in our present, just with an altered face. It’s hard to read at times, but it’s also full of hope, strength and courage.

Not only is this an eye opening story, but it’s one narrated with the help of two wildly compelling teenage voices. The year is 1959, and Sarah is one of the first black students to attend a school that used to be all-white. This integration is not wanted by any of these white kids nor their parents, so you can…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases September 21st – 27th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 21st – 27th)

Posted by on 09/20/2014 • 8 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Salt & Storm Kendall Kulper Publication date: September 23rd 2014by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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A sweeping historical romance about a witch who foresees her own murder–and the one boy who can help change her future.

Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants only to take her rightful place as the witch of Prince Island, making the charms that keep the island’s whalers safe at sea, but her mother has forced her into a magic-free world of proper manners and respectability. When Avery dreams she’s to be murdered, she knows time is running out to unlock her magic and save herself.

Avery finds…

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