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Sunday, November 03, 2013

Stacking the Shelves (74)

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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.


Yay happy November! Christmas is coming and it’s both shocking that time went by so fast and exciting that it’s here again already! And how was your Halloween? Me and my lil lumberjack had a great time! 🙂 Oh and if you didn’t stop by the blog on Halloween you might want to check out the new Cover Madness giveaway post me and J-Dog did – Halloween style! 😉

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

I received for review:
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–Fire & Blood by Victoria Scott
–The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher
–Death is But a Dream by Erin Hayes

*Big thanks to Macmillan, Scholastic, and Erin Hayes for these pretties!*


Gifted:
I also got these – they were free on Amazon and I came across them on Book Briefs. I commented that I was bummed I didn’t have a Kindle and the author saw it and emailed me with an ePub which was incredibly sweet of her. Anyways it’s a New Adult series and it sounds amazing! Plus those covers are awesome!

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That’s all for me this week!

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

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

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

Posted by on 11/02/2013 • 9 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Champion Marie Lu Series: Legend #3 Publication date: November 5th 2013by Putnam Juvenile

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He is a Legend. She is a Prodigy. Who will be Champion?

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them once again. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a…

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Review: Six Months Later by Natalie Richards

Review: Six Months Later by Natalie Richards

Posted by on 11/01/2013 • 21 Comments

I know I’m in the minority here but I think all the 5 stars gave me too-high expectations for this one. It is very close to a 4 star read so I’m far from hating it but, I expected more – or at least different.

I can understand why so many love it though. Suddenly waking up with no memory of the last 6 months is a very terrifying premise. One that had me completely stupefied, and thus absolutely engrossed. Chloe’s narrative is written with all the disorientation, annoyance, and anxiety of someone who may or may not be going crazy. As you can expect no one believes the “nonsense” she seems to be spouting. She’s an easy to like character with a fierce determination to get to the…

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Cover Madness Giveaway: Halloween Edition!

Cover Madness Giveaway: Halloween Edition!

Posted by on 10/31/2013 • 18 Comments

Happy Halloween!! And yep, we’re celebrating in style with another cover madness giveaway, Halloween Edition. If you’re not familiar with this giveaway, along with my co-host of awesome: Jenni from Alluring Reads, we’re showcasing all the new aweosme covers that have recently been revealed and in the end you win one of them! 🙂 Since it’s the Halloween edition obviously it’s creepy covers galore!

What’s up for grabs:

One winner will have their pick from the creepy new covers below:

**If the book chosen happens to become unavailable at TBD the winner will have to choose another book**

This giveaway was made possible by The Book Depository affiliate program. Help support future giveaways by using the link below or on…

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Waiting on Wednesday (98)

Waiting on Wednesday (98)

Posted by on 10/30/2013 • 34 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:

This sounds so up my alley it’s not even funny! It sounds like it’s being told from the ghost’s point of view (unless there’s a twist :D). Plus it’s Jodi Lynn Anderson! I haven’t read anything by her yet but she’s highly praised.

What are you waiting on?

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Review: Pawn by Aimee Carter

Posted by on 10/29/2013 • 32 Comments

For the 82323234287637’s book in its genre this year alone, Pawn was surprisingly original with a refreshing triangle-free minimalist romance and a plot that had tons happening throughout, not just anticipation for the ending. As my first Aimee Carter book I can’t tell you how it compares to her Goddess Test series, but I was impressed with this one for sure.

The world building, at first, sounds like your average dystopian. Society is divided by numbers given to you after a big test on your 17th birthday. If you get a 5 or over, you live a rich life, if you get a 2 or a 3… well at least you didn’t get a 1 and get sent to Elsewhere. The originality of it all comes after Kitty gets…

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Review: Engines of the Broken World by Jason Vanhee

Review: Engines of the Broken World by Jason Vanhee

Posted by on 10/28/2013 • 19 Comments

Oh my word this was weird. Like, disturbingly weird. Talking minister cat/squirrel/dog, deadly fog, walking corpses and all! Fortunately it was the kind of weird that was so weird it was creepy. Unfortunately, the weird turned into the religious which is almost always a complete turn-off for me.

In simple terms, this story is about the end of the world. We don’t understand exactly what’s going on at first. Everything is kept very cryptic with a constant ominous vibe. Little by little we learn about the earth’s condition, about what happened to bring it to this point including bizarre happenings that makes us wonder just how crazy it all is. The creepy definitely was my favorite part of this novel. When their dead mother’s corpse started walking about, it…

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Stacking the Shelves (73)

Stacking the Shelves (73)

Posted by on 10/27/2013 • 29 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. Hiya! Is everyone ready for Halloween? We just came home from Boo at the Zoo – not sure how common this is but it’s just the zoo Halloween-ified and super fun to go with kids. Anyways, so I was in  Halloween mood and decided to try to replicate something off a cookie recipe site. I totally nailed it, right? I think so! >.<

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

I received for review: –NIL by Lynne Matson –Plus One by Elizabeth Fama –Parasite by Mira Grant

*Big thanks to…

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