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Monday, January 19, 2015

Giveaway: Half Bad by Sally Green

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Giveaway: Half Bad by Sally GreenHalf Bad by Sally Green
Series: The Half Bad Trilogy #1
Published by Penguin on January 13th 2015 (PBK)
Genres: Paranormal, YA
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He has a powerful Gift. It’s how he uses it that will show if he’s good or bad.

In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathan’s father is the world’s most powerful and cruel Black witch, and his mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his seventeenth birthday, at which point he will receive three gifts from his father and come into his own as a witch—or else he will die. But how can Nathan find his father when his every action is tracked, when there is no one safe to trust—not even family, not even the girl he loves?

In the tradition of Patrick Ness and Markus Zusak, Half Bad is a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive, a story that will grab hold of you and not let go until the very last page.

To celebrate the new paperback release of Half Bad that came out on the 13th, you can all enter to win your very own copy (plus some more goodies)! I read this one last year and realy enjoyed it, I def think you should all give it a try! You can find my review here.

Half Wild, the sequel, will be out in March!
Click on the cover for Goodreads:
Half Wild

Don’t forget to:
Visit the Half Bad website
Find Sally Green on Twitter and Wattpad
Share using hashtag #HalfBad

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Giveaway

Penguin has generously offered up WINTER WITCHES BREW prize pack for giveaway!
Brew a winter concoction to settle in and read Half Bad before the release of Half Wild!
One (1) winner receives:
·         a branded tumbler and hot chocolate,
·         plus a copy of Half Bad.
WitchesBrew


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  • Giveaway ends February 2nd, 2015
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Fresh Batch (New Releases January 18th – 24th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases January 18th – 24th)

Posted by on 01/17/2015 • 10 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Please Remain Calm Courtney Summers Series: This Is Not a Test #2 Publication date: January 20th 2015 by St. Martin’s Griffin

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In this gripping sequel to THIS IS NOT A TEST, Rhys and Sloane are headed for a safe haven when they get separated along the way. Rhys is determined to reunite with Sloane until he discovers people who might need him more–people who offer him the closest he’ll get to everything he’s lost, if they can just hold on long enough.

Rhys thinks he has what it takes to survive and find the girl he lost, but in a…

Review: Illusionarium by Heather Dixon

Review: Illusionarium by Heather Dixon

Posted by on 01/16/2015 • 15 Comments

Ah, Illusionarium, that new book coming to town with such a bad-ass name that simply screams wonder and magic and romance. With a cover like that, I had imagined myself fantastically flying through parallel dimensions while eyeing the handsome rose tucked behind my ear that a gentleman in a dashing tuxedo has given me.

…but alas, no… upon finishing this book, my fancy image shattered to tiny pieces, leaving only bitter disappointment behind. This makes me horribly sad, because I really do want to love this book. I’ve only heard great things about Heather Dixon and wanted to experience the magic of her words myself.

When I learned this would have a male hero, I was absolutely ecstatic. The Young Adult demographic is full of female heroines and we rarely see things…

Review: Invaded (Alienated #2) by Melissa Landers

Review: Invaded (Alienated #2) by Melissa Landers

Posted by on 01/15/2015 • 11 Comments

I loved the first book so I was really excited to read this sequel. While it didn’t wow me quite as much, I still really loved this one too. I loved the characters and how much they changed and grew. The storyline was fantastic and I really enjoyed the direction that it went. It was pretty obvious where things were going, but exciting to see how things would end up at that point and exactly how far we would get to see.

Cara is now on Aelyx’s planet, L’eihr, while he is back on Earth in order to make sure that the alliance goes through. She has gained citizenship, but things are far from easy for her. Besides missing home and missing Aelyx, the clones on L’eihr are not…

2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To

2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To

Posted by on 01/13/2015 • 31 Comments

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

Whoops! I meant to read these!

This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner: Okay so this one is not super late, yet, seeing as it only came out a couple of weeks ago. But I had totally planned to read it during my vacation >.< Talon by Julie Kagawa: I was actually really excited to finally read a book by Kagawa when I got this at BEA. Fail, again. Me and her just don’t seem to ever synchronize! The Mesmerized by Rhiannon Frater: Dude! Y’all know by now Rhiannon is my girl, and I can’t believe I allowed this one to slip…

Review: Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers

Review: Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers

Posted by on 01/12/2015 • 23 Comments

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

I could leave my review at that, really >.< Courtney Summers has quickly become one of my favorite authors. Her books are just so well written -enthralling and character driven. My first book by her was This is Not a Test, which I absolutely loved, so I was stoked when I heard she was coming out with a sequel. This is a novella, though, but it’s on the long side with about 100 pages or so (mine was an eBook so I’m approximating). Still, there’s no lack of intensity and general Summersness I’ve come to love!

Please Remain Calm begins right where we left off in This is Not a Test, but this time we’re in Rhys’s perspective. After hearing there was a safe haven not so far away,…

Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [January 11th]

Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [January 11th]

Posted by on 01/11/2015 • 13 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. Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday and new year! I hope 2015 has been treating you well so far! 🙂 This is my first STS since Christmas vacation so I have a pile of books to show today. It was a very merry bookish Christmas for me this year! Also before you go, don’t forget to enter to win my New Year giveaway if you missed it!

BOOK HAUL:

I received for review: –Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry –Golden Son by Pierce Brown –The Tragic Age by Stephen Metcalfe –Half Wild by…

Fresh Batch (New Releases January 11th – 17th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases January 11th – 17th)

Posted by on 01/10/2015 • 10 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Conspiracy of Us Maggie Hall Publication date: January 13th 2015by Putnam Juvenile

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To fight her destiny as the missing heir to a powerful and dangerous secret society, sixteen-year-old Avery West must solve an ancient puzzle in a deadly race across Europe. Forbidden love and code-breaking, masked balls and explosions, destiny and dark secrets collide in this romantic thriller, in the vein of a YA DaVinci Code.

Avery West’s newfound family can shut down Prada at the Champs-Elysees when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a war.