Saturday, June 30, 2012

Stacking The Shelves-6



Rules
  • Create your own Stacking The Shelves post. You can use my official graphic or your own, but please link back to Tynga’s Reviews so more people can join the fun!
  • You can set your post any way you want, simple book list, covers, pictures, blog, sky is the limit!
  • I am posting Stacking The Shelves on Saturdays, but feel free to post yours any day that fits you.
  • Visit Tynga’s Reviews on Saturday and add your link so others can visit you!
  • Visit other participants link to find out what they added to their shelves!
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that showcases the books that you got last week







My Books:

Bought @ Half Price Books

Books Mentioned:


Leave your links below, I want to see what YOU got this week! :D

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cover Love Thursday-2

Cover Love Thursday!




Isnt Cover Love Thursday Button amazing??? My blogger buddy Eileen made it for me! Check out her blog ***Singing and Reading in the Rain***
Cover Love Thursday! It's super easy and super fun!
  • Every Thursday, highlight the prettiest cover you have seen for that week. It can be from a cover reveal, a book you've started reading, or a book you recently added to your TBR list.
  • Add your name to the Linky list below.
  • Write your own Cover Love Thursday post! :)

The cover I picked this week is.....


Ironskin (Ironskin, #1)
Title: Ironskin
Author: Tina Connolly
Publication Date: October 2, 2012
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages: 304


Summary:

Jane Eliot wears an iron mask.

It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin.

When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation"—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help.

Teaching the unruly Dorie to suppress her curse is hard enough; she certainly didn’t expect to fall for the girl’s father, the enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. But her blossoming crush is stifled by her own scars, and by his parade of women. Ugly women, who enter his closed studio...and come out as beautiful as the fey.

Jane knows Rochart cannot love her, just as she knows that she must wear iron for the rest of her life. But what if neither of these things is true? Step by step Jane unlocks the secrets of her new life—and discovers just how far she will go to become whole again- Goodreads

Why I picked it:

 All the smoke, and swirls make the cover for Ironskin look mysteris, and dark I also really love the background as well.The yellow makes the words "ironskin" just pop! I think that this cover fits Ironskin perfectly :D






Monday, June 25, 2012

Lies Beneath

Lies Beneath (Lies Beneath #1)
Lies Beneath

By: Anne Greenwood Brown
Publication Date: June 12th 2012
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 303
Genre: Young Adult-Urban Fantasy
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Summary:

Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake. Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough—especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistable good looks and charm on ususpecting girls. Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily—just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined. And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.- Goodreads


Review:

First, I want to talk about this cover! I personally think its beautiful! The water at the top of the book looks mesmerising. I think the cover goes perfectly with it, its not scary, nor girly, but somewhere around the middle.

Going into Lie Beneath I thought that Calder was going to be this ruthless merman, going on killing sprees with his three sisters, but no, he actually knows right from wrong, so he trys to fight the urge to kill. Which I liked about Calder, I found him to be quite sweet, for such an evil creature.

When Clader and his three sisters Tallulah, Maris, and Pavati move to the cold waters of Lake Superior Calders main focus is seeking revenge. The plan is to kill Jason Hancock to avenge their mother, but to do that he must get close to his daughter Lily. Calder orginally got close to Lily for a whole other reason, but its to late, he must choose, Lily or his sisters.

This was a totally fun read, it kept me entertained, and I enjoyed the new take on mermaids. Unfortunatly I thought it was going to be violent, and I was let down on the end, but other then that it was amazing! :D plus the cover for Deep Betrayl is stunning.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Stacking The Shelves-5



Rules:
  • Create your own Stacking The Shelves post. You can use my official graphic or your own, but please link back to Tynga’s Reviews so more people can join the fun!
  • You can set your post any way you want, simple book list, covers, pictures, blog, sky is the limit!
  • I am posting Stacking The Shelves on Saturdays, but feel free to post yours any day that fits you.
  • Visit Tynga’s Reviews on Saturday and add your link so others can visit you!
  • Visit other participants link to find out what they added to their shelves!
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that showcases the books that you got last week

My Books:

Random House (Won)

Books Mentioned:

Leave a Link Below on what you got this week :D

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Cover Love Thursday

Cover Love Thursday!



Isnt Cover Love Thursday Button amazing??? My blogger buddy Eileen made it for me! Check out her blog ***Singing and Reading in the Rain***


Cover Love Thursday! It's super easy and super fun!
  • Every Thursday, highlight the prettiest cover you have seen for that week. It can be from a cover reveal, a book you've started reading, or a book you recently added to your TBR list.
  • Add your name to the Linky list below.
  • Write your own Cover Love Thursday post! :)

Lets Begin....Here is the Cover I picked this week....

Auracle
Title: Auracle
Publication Date: August 7, 2012
Publisher:Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 304


WOW! Auracle is defiantly beautiful! The blues make it look enchanting, and stunning :D I cant wait to pick this up when it comes out!












Wicked Wildfire Read-a-Thon

Wicked Wildfire Read-A-Thon


The Wicked Wildfire Read a Thon hosted @ Kindle Fever sounds like so much fun I just had to join :D

 
My Plan For This Week:

Since my birthday in January I have been collecting books, and I havent had time to read most of them since I was in school, but now that summer is here I have all the time in the world (not really) The books I picked to read were books that were given to me, library books, or books I just cant wait to read it, so Im reading it this week.
*You can follow the chat by hashtag #WWReadathon or @kindlefever*


My List Of Books


The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)Lies Beneath (Lies Beneath #1)

 Jersey Angel

-The Immortal Rules (READING)

-Lies Beneath

-Jersey Angel

-The chosen one

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Waiting On Wednesday 1

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, at breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
The Program (The Program, #1)
This Week Im Waiting for.....

The Program
By: Suzanne Young
Expected Publication: April 30, 2013


Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone.

With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories.

Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. They are both growing weaker. Depression is setting in.

And The Program is coming for them- Goodreads

Blog Tour: Darkness Comes This Way

Darkness Comes This Way Author Interview
Today I got the chance to do an interview with Pixie Lynn Whitfield about her new book Darkness Comes This way....but first here is a little about the book

Zarah Duncan is a Guardian. It’s an elite job that protects humans and the untainted vampires from the real monsters: those lost to the bloodlust. Rogues infest the city. Missing humans, unsolved cases…Zarah knows what the real cause is and she’s been trained since childhood to destroy them.

But she has a haunting past that catches up one day. Zarah was Rogue once, and until her, no one else has ever cured from the poisoned state of mind before. She’s been labeled a miracle, and the mystery only builds. She gets the awful feeling there’s more to it than just a lucky magical come-back. There are deep, dark secrets being kept. Maybe her boss Nathanial knows something? When she gets paired with a partner, Draven Kinsley, it only adds more difficulty. He hates her and swears that with a single look, she’ll poison him. To make matters worse, her Rogue brother has to show up, and he brings with him a shocking announcement. What Zarah learns from him rocks her entire world upside down. She not only begins to question who and what she is anymore, but it can possibly change the Vampire race forever.

The scary part: someone else knows too…and they’ll do anything to get her special blood, spelling disaster for the humans that Guardians have secretly been protecting for decades. -Goodreads


So Lets Start this Interview!
1.How did you come up with your characters names?
They just came to me honestly. They picked their names is what I like to tell people. Haha. Zarah is a name I just particularly like though. One of the background characters though was purposely named after my brother because I love him and he asked me if he could have his name in the book.
2. How long did it take you to write Darkness Comes This Way?
A year and a half. Most of that year I had that dreaded thing called writer’s block. Once I broke free, I was finished within two months. The editing process is what always takes the longest. A few months at the least.
3. Do you plan on writing a sequel to Darkness Comes This Way?
Yes. It is a trilogy. The second book is expected around January of 2013, but there may be a possible early release in November or December depending on how editing and production go.
4. If you couldn't write, what would you do?
Something to do with history. I’m a major history geek. And I would continue my book blogging of course. And being a housewife.
5. Did you ever picture yourself as an author?
Yes. But it’s a dream to be a successful one. Since childhood, I’ve wanted to be a writer, to be published. I don’t care about fame and fortune. I just care about sharing my love and my characters and my stories with people who also love them.
6. Why did you decide to write about vampires
Vampires have always been a favorite creature of mine. They’re mysterious, dark, and can be crafted in so many ways.
7. What's your favorite vampire movie/novel
Now that’s a tough one. I can’t pick just one favorite. Favorite vampire movie(s): Underworld, Interview With A Vampire. Novels: True Blood, Vampire Academy, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Historian.
8. Did you do any research for your book?
No
9. Did you originally know how long you wanted your book to be
No. Fun Fact: Darkness Comes This Way was originally going to be a short story/novella, then led into much longer territory, then before I knew it became a novel, and now a trilogy. I had no idea it was going to expand like that from the start. Haha.
10. What can I expect your next book to be about?
There are a lot of twists and surprises coming in book two. Just be prepared. Your head might spin a bit. It’s setting up everything for the grand finale in book three.
Not counting the trilogy, there are other stand-alone projects to look forward to as well. A stand-alone YA Contemporary Romance, and a stand-alone YA Dystopian Horror. There aren’t any set release dates yet for these projects, but announcements in the near future so be on the lookout

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Stacking The Shelves-4


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Rules:
  • Create your own Stacking The Shelves post. You can use my official graphic or your own, but please link back to Tynga’s Reviews so more people can join the fun!
  • You can set your post any way you want, simple book list, covers, pictures, blog, sky is the limit!           
  • I am posting Stacking The Shelves on Saturdays, but feel free to post yours any day that fits you.          
  • Visit Tynga’s Reviews on Saturday and add your link so others can visit you!
  • Visit other participants link to find out what they added to their shelves!
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that showcases the books that you got last week

My Haul this week consist of ONE BOOK! Its very small :(. I have been so busy this week i didnt have time to check out a book from the Library. So lets get started :D


E-Book From Author:


Intangible
Thanks for stopping by, please leave a link, so I can see what you got this week :D 

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Stacking the Shelves-3


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Rules:
  • Create your own Stacking The Shelves post. You can use my official graphic or your own, but please link back to Tynga’s Reviews so more people can join the fun!
  • You can set your post any way you want, simple book list, covers, pictures, blog, sky is the limit!
  • I am posting Stacking The Shelves on Saturdays, but feel free to post yours any day that fits you.
  • Visit Tynga’s Reviews on Saturday and add your link so others can visit you!
  • Visit other participants link to find out what they added to their shelves!
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that showcases the books that you got last week

For this week I really wanted to post up a video, but I decided to just post up pictures! I went to target, The Library, and half price books. Places I hardly get my books from. Enjoy!

Target:
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Yep, thats right! I got the first two books! I have heard so much about them, and I have also watched some of the HBO show, + they were 20% off! Who can go wrong with that? :D

Libaray: 
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I only got one book from the library since I have a ton of books at home I still need to read!

Half Price Books:

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I got 3 books at HPB! I have already read Crank, but I love it so much I wanted it on my shlef too! The reason I purchased The Unseen 1, and 2, are beacause first they were 3 dollars a piece, and second beacuse the covers are AMAZING!

The cover to Unseen1&2:

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They make up her whole face! Neat Right? :)

Thank you for reading my STS-3! Please comment below and tell me if have read any of these books! :D




Friday, June 8, 2012

Cover Reveal - Level 2


LEVEL 2

Expected Publication: January 13, 2013


Publishing Company: Simon & Schuster Books

Pages: 288

Genre: Young Adult- Science Fiction> Dystopia
Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles, #1)
Since her untimely death the day before her eighteenth birthday, Felicia Ward has been trapped in Level 2, a stark white afterlife located between our world and the next. Along with her fellow prisoners, Felicia passes the endless hours downloading memories and mourning what she’s lost—family, friends, and the boy she loved, Neil.

Then a girl in a neighboring chamber disappears, and nobody but Felicia seems to recall she existed in the first place. Something is obviously very wrong. When Julian—a dangerously charming guy Felicia knew in life—comes to offer Felicia a way out, she learns the truth: a rebellion is brewing to overthrow the Morati, the guardians of Level 2.

Felicia is reluctant to trust Julian, but then he promises what she wants the most—to be with Neil again—if only she’ll join the rebels. Suspended between Heaven and Earth, Felicia finds herself in the center of an age-old struggle between good and evil. As memories from her life come back to haunt her, and as the Morati hunt her down, Felicia will discover it’s not just her own redemption at stake… but the salvation of all mankind




























Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Obsidian

Obsidian (Lux, #1)
Obsidian By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publishing Company: Entangled Teen
Genre: Young Adult- Science Fiction> Aliens
Pages: 299
Release Date: May 8th 2012
Rating:


Summary:

Starting over sucks.
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy Internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.
You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.
If I don't kill him first, that is. -
Goodreads

Review:

Looking at the cover of Obsidian I knew there was going to be a major hottie in it. I mean just look at those green eyes, and that black hair...I could go on and on about Daemon, trust me. The only thing I don't care for on the cover is how Katy's arm looks a little odd. The coloring and the muscle just look strange.

After devouring the first 5 chapters I already knew that I could relate to Katy. She was witty, sharp-tongued and just bad ass as some parts. The whole time I was reading Obsidian all I could like was "Wow, Katy has balls." The way she stands up for herself was really admirable.Katy was a strong character, but she is human, there for she isn't perfect. While with Daemon, I couldn't help but blush while she was blushing, and this is rare for me, because I normally dont get into books.

As I said before Daemon is a total hottie, but he defiantly has some flaws. Being a jerk is probably the biggest flaw of all. That said he also could be very deep, and sweet(sometimes). Daemon was a very complex and complicated character.  He definitely made the story light, and playful.

I think the whole plot was very interesting, and unique. I had never read an Alien book, so I honestly have no clue what to expect going into it. I always try to guess what was going to happen in the books I read, but for this book I honestly was surprised through out the book. Now I cant wait for OPAL! :D




Sunday, June 3, 2012

Stacking The Shelves-2

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Rules:
  • Create your own Stacking The Shelves post. You can use my official graphic or your own, but please link back to Tynga’s Reviews so more people can join the fun!
  • You can set your post any way you want, simple book list, covers, pictures, blog, sky is the limit!
  • I am posting Stacking The Shelves on Saturdays, but feel free to post yours any day that fits you.
  • Visit Tynga’s Reviews on Saturday and add your link so others can visit you!
  • Visit other participants link to find out what they added to their shelves!
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that showcases the books that you got last week