Tuesday, September 23, 2014

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

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


Fall In Books!

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  • 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!
  •  A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray: This will be my first Claudia Gray book! I’ve heard great things about her Evernight series. I love the sounds of this one, though – multiple universe books have been good to me lately!
  •  Lailah by Nikki Kelly: I actually plan to read this one this coming weekend and I’m excited! The early reviews have been fantastic, and that cover and premise combo makes me grabby-hands (which is now a verb because I say so)!

 

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  • The Fall by Bethany Griffin: Well this one is aptly titled for this list so it must be on it! 😉 This is the one I’ll be starting next, actually (can’t believe fall is really here!!).
  • Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker: I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while now, it was on another of my top upcoming books list a few weeks ago. I hope it lives up!
  • Zodiac by Romina Russell: Sci-fi can sometimes be a hit or miss for me, but this one sounds so cool! Yes, I am old and still use this word! >.<
  • Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch: This one sounds unique and that’s something we desperately need! But really I’ve been excited about this one ever since the early rave reviews have started popping up! Seems like a lot of my friends are 5-starring it which is a good sign!

What fall books are you the most excited for?


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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Review: Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer

Review: Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer

Posted by on 09/19/2014 • 15 Comments

It took me months to get through this one, I kept forgetting I was even reading it, so let’s just say it wasn’t a memorable read for me. It is unique, don’t get me wrong, but I just didn’t really care about any of these characters. Then when the magical element got introduced, it made the book even less interesting, not more as I had hoped.

Ok so let’s start with this premise. After her boyfriend dies, Jam gets sent to boarding school for troubled teens, and in one of her classes she’s given a journal that, to her surprise, sends her to a magical place whenever she writes in it. This place is free of pain and heartache: it’s a world where the tragedy that brought them to this…

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Guest Post & Giveaway: A Trick Of The Light

Posted by on 09/18/2014 • 1 Comment

I am so excited to be able to share with you today a guest post and opportunity to win a novel that I read and loved last year. To celebrate the paperback release of A Trick of The Light, Lois Metzger is here to talk about the unique POV of the novel and let me tell you, this is one perspective you have probably never read from before. First here is a little about the novel:

Click Here To Read Jenni’s Review of A Trick Of The Light

Guest Post from Lois Metzger

How I Came to Write a Book Narrated by a Voice in Someone’s Head

Years ago I wrote an opening scene for my novel, “A Trick…

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I NEED to Read More From These Authors!

I NEED to Read More From These Authors!

Posted by on 09/16/2014 • 31 Comments

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

Author lovin’ fail!

Colleen Hoover: I read Hopeless maybe a year or so ago, and I loved it so hard and immediately bought all of her other books (at the time), but I still haven’t read any of them. I know I would love them too just by the reviews and my feelings towards this one. #FailIsMe V.E. Schwab/Victoria Schwab: I reeeeeallly want to read the Archived by Schwab, and even more so ever since I read this one and saw how much of an incredible writer she is. Dude! I even swore in my review I was going to read the Archived next!…

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DNF Round-Up [2014: Part 2]

DNF Round-Up [2014: Part 2]

Posted by on 09/15/2014 • 20 Comments

The post where I post mini reviews on why I DNFed (did not finish) these books! For my past DNF posts, click here!

Mortal Danger Ann Aguirre

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Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn’t imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She’s not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he’s impossible to forget.

In one short summer, her entire life changes, and…

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Stacking the Shelves [September 14th]

Stacking the Shelves [September 14th]

Posted by on 09/14/2014 • 17 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 guys! I hope everyone is doing awesomely even as the weather gets colder. At least for those up north like me. So even though Jenni is not blogging anymore, I still plan to only post an STS every 2 weeks, mostly because I rarely get enough in just one week to bother making a book haul post about it. Also this week, if you missed it, was my 3 year blogoversary. I did up a post with a sweet giveaway here! I also shared a fun sneak peek at The Gifted Dead here. So the past weeks were a tad slow for…

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