Monday, August 27, 2012

Book Review: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks ( Of Poseidon #1 )

Title: Of Poseidon
Author: Anna Banks
Series: Of Poseidon #1
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: May 22nd 2012
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
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Buy it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Summary from Goodreads:
Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen — literally, ouch! — both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma's gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom . . .

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Book Review: Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer

Title: Smart Girls Get What They Want [ Excerpt ]
Author: Sarah Strohmeyer
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: June 26th 2012 
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Buy it: Barnes & Noble | Amazon
Summary from Goodreads: 
Gigi, Bea, and Neerja are best friends and total overachievers. Even if they aren't the most popular girls in school, they aren't too worried. They know their "real" lives will begin once they get to their Ivy League colleges. There will be ivy, and there will be cute guys in the libraries (hopefully with English accents) But when an unexpected event shows them they're missing out on the full high school experience, it's time to come out of the honors lounge and into the spotlight. They make a pact: They will each take on their greatest challenge--and they will totally "rock" it.
Gigi decides to run for student rep, but she'll have to get over her fear of public speaking--and go head-to-head with gorgeous California Will. Bea used to be one of the best skiers around, until she was derailed. It could be time for her to take the plunge again. And Neerja loves the drama club but has always stayed behind the scenes--until now.
These friends are determined to show the world that smart girls really can get what they want--but that could mean getting way more attention than they ever bargained for. . . .

Friday, August 24, 2012

Follow Friday & TGIF ( 2 )

Follow Friday


To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
(Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
(Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say “hi” in your comments and that they are now following you.
If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn’t have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don’t just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don’t say “HI”
If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love…and the followers
Q: Worst cover? What is the worst cover of a book that you’ve read and loved?
I dislike some covers, not really hate them. So.. yeah.
TGIF

This Friday's Question:
Back to School Reading: Which books would you like to see
in today's high school Literature classrooms? 



I'm going to keep it simple and say.. Harry Potter ;)


Wednesday, August 22, 2012

WOW & WWW

W..W..W..
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
A Mutiny in Time
Confessions of A Teenage Hermaphrodite 

• What did you recently finish reading? 

Blackwood

• What do you think you’ll read next?
Bzrk
I can't choose but these are some I really want to read before school starts this Monday. 
Tiger's Voyage 

Of Poseidon


Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week for me is ...
Title: Alice in Zombieland
Author: Gena Showalter

She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.
Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.
Her father was right. The monsters are real….
To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….
I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently.
I'd tell my sister no.
I'd never beg my mother to talk to my dad.
I'd zip my lips and swallow those hateful words.
Or, barring all of that, I'd hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time.
I'd tell them I love them.
I wish... Yeah, I wish.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

ARC Book Review: Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon ( PERSEF0NE Trilogy #1 )

Title: Don't Turn Around
Author: Michelle Gagnon
Series: PERSEF0NE Trilogy #1
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter |
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication Date: August 28th 2012
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Summary from Goodreads:
Sixteen-year-old Noa has been a victim of the system ever since her parents died. Now living off the grid and trusting no one, she uses her computer-hacking skills to stay safely anonymous and alone. But when she wakes up on a table in an empty warehouse with an IV in her arm and no memory of how she got there, Noa starts to wish she had someone on her side.
Enter Peter Gregory. A rich kid and the leader of a hacker alliance, Peter needs people with Noa’s talents on his team. Especially after a shady corporation threatens his life. But what Noa and Peter don’t realize is that Noa holds the key to a terrible secret, and there are those who’d stop at nothing to silence her for good.

Friday, August 17, 2012

TGIF & Follow Friday

TGIF hosted by GReads
This Friday's Question:
Pimp Your Review: Feature a favorite book review you've written in the past that you feel deserves more love!
Pizza, Love, & Other Things That Made Me Famous
Hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read
To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
(Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
(Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say “hi” in your comments and that they are now following you.
If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn’t have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don’t just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don’t say “HI”
If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love…and the followers.
Q: What blogger inspires you? It can be any kind, it doesn’t have to be a book blog.
I don't have one in specific. I think all book bloggers in general inspire me.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Waiting On Wednesday ( 1 )

Waiting On Wednesday

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
My choice this week is..

ARC Book Review: Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle

Title: Kissing Shakespeare
Author: Pamela Mingle
Links: Website | Twitter
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: August 14th 2012 
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Buy it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Summary from Goodreads:
A romantic time travel story that's ideal for fans of novels by Meg Cabot and Donna Jo Napoli--and, of course, Shakespeare.
Miranda has Shakespeare in her blood: she hopes one day to become a Shakespearean actor like her famous parents. At least, she does until her disastrous performance in her school's staging of The Taming of the Shrew. Humiliated, Miranda skips the opening-night party. All she wants to do is hide. 
Fellow cast member, Stephen Langford, has other plans for Miranda. When he steps out of the backstage shadows and asks if she'd like to meet Shakespeare, Miranda thinks he's a total nutcase. But before she can object, Stephen whisks her back to 16th century England—the world Stephen's really from. He wants Miranda to use her acting talents and modern-day charms on the young Will Shakespeare. Without her help, Stephen claims, the world will lost its greatest playwright. 
Miranda isn't convinced she's the girl for the job. Why would Shakespeare care about her? And just who is this infuriating time traveler, Stephen Langford? Reluctantly, she agrees to help, knowing that it's her only chance of getting back to the present and her "real" life. What Miranda doesn't bargain for is finding true love . . . with no acting required.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

TBR List (x

So.. school is approaching for me & I wanted to have a little read-a-thon/tbr and try to finish reading the books I wanted to read this summer but haven't had a chance to.




I am also currently reading Kissing Shakespeare which is very interesting. I'm liking the characters but the plot is very unique. o.o

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Quick Book Review: 7 Clues To Winning You by Kristin Walker

Title: 7 Clues To Winning You
Author: Kristin Walker
Links: Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook
Publisher: Razorbill
Publication Date: April 26th 2012
Format: Paperback
Pages: 317
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Buy it: Barnes & Noble | Amazon
Summary from Goodreads:
When a humiliating picture of Blythe goes viral, she's instantly the target of ridicule at her new school. To salvage her reputation, Blythe teams up with Luke to win the Senior Scramble scavenger hunt. But Luke is an unlikely ally and potentially can't be trusted.
Perhaps it's his Shakespearean witticisms that reel Blythe in despite her better judgment . . . or maybe she just craves the thrill of the game. But as the hunt progresses, their relationship heats up. Soon their madcap mischief spirals out of control. Blythe is faced with arrest and expulsion, among other catastrophes - until Luke shows her what the Scramble (and love) is really about.
Rating:
3.5/5.0

Friday, August 3, 2012

Cover for Pledged by Gwynneth White

Look a that cover.. gorgeous isn't it? I love the necklace! :D
Here's the summary of this book which is to be released September 1st:
Everyone has a soul mate. But what do you do when your soul mate would rather give his soul to the demons than be with you? 
Seventeen-year-old Erin has a problem. Seth has been hers forever, but now an ancient promise is tearing him away. And Reuel, the demon to whom the promise was made, will stop at nothing to force Seth to forsake Erin and to worship him.
How can Erin win against a pledge so binding that it has damned countless others to the same fate she and Seth will face if Reuel wins – an eternity alone?
The answer lies in the past. To find it, Erin and Seth must risk all, travelling back in time to a dangerous world where love is forbidden, and life – and death – hang on a promise. 
Follow Erin and Seth as they travel to ancient Shenaya to break the pledge that has plagued their families for millennia. Caught in a war between the Angelic Guardians and the Gefallen, the disembodied dead, they must fight to keep their souls in tact and their love untainted.