Posts By: Giselle

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Books We’d Give To Readers Who Have Never Read Contemporary Novels!

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Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish where we list top bookish things.
Note that Giselle and Jenni often decide to split it and each do a Top 5.


All of Your Contemporary Needs!

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  • The Fault In Our Stars by John Green: Clearly I believe in starting out with a bang because holy emotion, Batman.  I think the romance between Augustus and Hazel is just so fantastic and I want everyone to have a glimpse of it.
  • Breathe, Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally: Basically what my co-blogger has said down below! I think that everyone should get to experience The Kenneally Feeling at least once in their life and this newest in the series was by far my favourite.
  • Easy by Tammara Webber: I think this one has a relationship that pretty much anyone can fall for. I loved Lucas so much and it was the first romancey novel I had read that really featured the flaws in the characters and them working through all of that (I don’t read a lot of romance, in case you couldn’t tell from that previous sentence!)
  • Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour: There is just so damn much to love about this novel. You get a really unique look at the movie industry, a really good romance and fantastic characters.  To me this one could be a home run for anyone!

 

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  • Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Ashey: For someone who likes a bit of a more serious/dark tone this is the one I often recommend to my friends. It was one of my first contemps too, actually!
  • Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown: Everyone needs to read at least one road trip book, and while there are a few others that I would also recommend, this is one of my favorites. Anything by Jennifer Brown could be on this list, though!
  • Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: For more romance-oriented readers this is one I often lend out or tell them to buy. My copy is actually at a friend’s house right now! And with that said, I suck for not having read the others in this series >.<
  • This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales: This is one that has a lot of heart, and it’s such an easily readable novel that it’s one of the first I thought of for this list. It’s one that many could relate to as well, and I loved the range of emotion.

What are some of your favorite contemps you’d recommend?


Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [August 3rd]

Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [August 3rd]

Posted by on 08/03/2014 • 21 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. Happy long weekend to my fellow Canadians (is it one in the US too? I’m not sure). And I can’t believe we’re already in August! Summer is going by way too quickly! So this week was pretty hectic for me – being back from vacation that backlogged my work load, so I’m sorry if I’m a bit slow to return comments and such. I got some eBook pretties this week! Let’s have a look:

THIS WEEK’S BOOK HAUL:

I received for review:

*Thanks to MacKids Books, Harlequin Teen, Amulet Books, Little,…

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

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

Posted by on 08/02/2014 • 7 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Of Metal and Wishes Sarah Fine Series: Of Metal and Wishes #1 Publication date: August 5th 2014by Margaret K. McElderry Books

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There are whispers of a ghost in the slaughterhouse where sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic—a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. When one of the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor, humiliates Wen, she makes an impulsive wish of her own, and the Ghost grants it. Brutally.

Guilt-ridden, Wen befriends the Noor, including their outspoken leader, a young man named Melik. At the same time, she is lured by the…

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Review: Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

Review: Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

Posted by on 07/31/2014 • 16 Comments

Having been introduced to the world of verse writing by Ellen’s Crank series, I was excited to read some more of her work. While the Crank series will likely always remain my favorite, Rumble was very emotional and touches on important issues.

Ever since his brother committed suicide, Matthew and his family seem like a lost cause. We’re introduced to this broken, angry teenage boy who, despite his flaws, burrows into our hearts from the very start. His brother’s death has made him extremely angry – angry at his parents for not accepting his brother’s homosexuality, at the kids that bullied him, at god for turning his back on him. It’s a very angry novel, and one that is miles deep with a level of maturity that would make this…

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Authors We Own The Most Books From!

Authors We Own The Most Books From!

Posted by on 07/29/2014 • 14 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish where we list top bookish things. Note that Giselle and Jenni often decide to split it and each do a Top 5.

Hello, our names are Giselle & Jenni and we are author hoarders! Jenni

 

Ellen Hopkins: I officially own every book this woman has out.  I was a fast fan after reading the Crank series so I went out and got all of the others.  Even though I haven’t loved all of the others as much as I did the Crank series I still always get really emotional from all of her stories. Jennifer Brown: Brown is another one that I hoarded upon reading my first book by her.  I get…

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Review: Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Review: Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Posted by on 07/28/2014 • 12 Comments

When you want a book to escape reality for a few hours, Let’s Get Lost is what I would hand you. A road trip, intriguing characters, wild adventures, and, of course, a healthy dose of romance – this is the perfect beach read!

I’ve read a few road trip books and this one is just as much fun, yet different in many ways. We follow Leila’s trip to Alaska, but we follow it through others’ eyes – the story is told using the point-of-views of the people she gets to meet during her trip. I found this very unique and it allowed us to get to know Leila through different perspectives. We start with Hudson who quickly becomes the love interest. I can see why some have different reactions towards…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases July 27th – August 2nd)

Fresh Batch (New Releases July 27th – August 2nd)

Posted by on 07/26/2014 • 7 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Let’s Get Lost Adi Alsaid Publication date: July 29th 2014by Harlequin Teen

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Five strangers. Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost.

Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.

There’s HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that…

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Review: The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

Review: The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

Posted by on 07/25/2014 • 13 Comments

Even with the great premise and creepy as heck scenes throughout, I can’t say I liked this one much, unfortunately. Though this is all due to the writing, and if you’re a fan of it you will have a much better experience with this book than I.

The writing is one that, although may work for some, I could never get used to. The narrative voices (plural because I “think” there were more than 1, but I’m not 100% sure…) are in 3rd person which is always harder for me to connect with regardless, but in this case even more so because of this particular all-knowing perspective the author adopts. Then when you add in the fact that the perspective changes – often abruptly without a chapter change or even…

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