Carol M. Tanzman Author Page

The Story: I felt like reading dancergirl, because it sounded really good, and was published by Harlequin Teen, and yeah, I just wanted to! And yeah, it was fantastic, and I really enjoyed Circle of Silence, too!

Website

Series: WiHi

WiHi: dancergirl and her site, my review, Circle of Silence and her site, my review.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #53, June 11th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #52
Teaser Tuesday #61
WWW Wednesday #61
WOW #57
Will the Time Come #53
Third Sentence Thursday #44
Random Reads #28
First Lines Friday #49
Follow that Blurb Reading Challenge Update 50
A-Z Book Challenge Update 23
The Reward Challenge Round 44 Part 2
Follow Friday #31
Last Letter First Letter Reading Challenge Update 11
Wrote that Review Update 4
2012 Dystopian Reading Challenge Update 21
In My Mailbox #52
I Have An Update #51

Week 23 Reviews:
The Book of Blood and Shadow
Dearly, Beloved
He's So Not Worth It
Savor Me Slowly
The Vindico
Betrayals
Circle of Silence
Trapped
Monster High
Touch of Frost
Mockingjay

Tours:
Desires Unleashed: Review
Salt City: Review
Telesa: Review
The Syn-En Solution: Review

Random:
Armchair BEA Intros
791 Posts Each Year
So I've Done It Again...
The Vindico: Interview
My Ratings
Pick Your Thon Sign Up

OK, so I got 38  posts in 7 days, so I'm definitely happy with that! And I'm going to get more next week with the Pick Your Thon and all! And all the books I want to read! Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Kiss of Frost, Damned, All These Lives, Witch Eyes, The Sky Inside, Dueling Princes, The One Percenters, Peagsus, Angel Fire, Seduce the Darkness, Thumped, The Last Echo, Boy Meets Girl, Against the Night, and Club Dead.


Currently Listening To: Dynamite by Taio Cruz
Currently Reading: Damned by Nancy Holder and Debbie Vigiue
Currently Watching: My Shows!

I'm Gwen Frost, a second-year warrior-in-training at Mythos Acad­emy, and I have no idea how I’m going to sur­vive the rest of the semes­ter. One day, I’m get­ting schooled in sword­play by the guy who broke my heart—the drop-dead gor­geous Logan who slays me every time. Then, an invis­i­ble archer in the Library of Antiq­ui­ties decides to use me for tar­get prac­tice. And now, I find out that some­one at the acad­emy is really a Reaper bad guy who wants me dead. I’m afraid if I don’t learn how to live by the sword—with Logan’s help—I just might die by the sword...

Because of a thousand-year-old alliance between humans and pegasi, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own pegasus, on her twelfth birthday. The two species coexist peacefully, despite the language barriers separating them. Humans and pegasi both rely on specially trained Speaker magicians as the only means of real communication. But it's different for Sylvi and Ebon. They can understand each other. They quickly grow close-so close that their bond becomes a threat to the status quo-and possibly to the future safety of their two nations.

In Book Two of L. A. Weatherly’s wildly romantic, action-packed trilogy, the angels are back with a vengeance . . . and they don’t have heaven in mind.

In the wake of the Second Wave, the angel menace has exploded, and Alex and Willow are on the lam. Willow’s prophetic dream points them to Mexico City, where they connect with a fledgling group of angel killers led by the exotically beautiful Kara, an Angel Killer from Alex’s past. But the team remains suspicious of Willow, even after the more-experienced Alex takes over as leader, training them hard for a rush attack on the Seraphic Council, or “The Twelve.” This elite group of all-powerful angels is also under the scrutiny of Willow’s angel-father, Raziel, who has his own sinister plan to defeat them.

What Willow hasn’t told Alex is that there was also a mysterious boy in her dream, one she felt overpoweringly attracted to. When brooding, gorgeous Seb shows up in the flesh, he turns out to be another—possibly the world’s only other—half angel. He’s been searching for Willow all his life, and when Alex enlists this rival to help keep Willow safe, he can’t predict what chemistry will pass between them . . . or how far Willow might go to keep Alex safe. Will their love endure or spell doomsday for the human race?

SHE HAS A BODY MADE FOR TEMPTATION...AND A KISS TO DIE FOR.

The war between otherworlders and humans changed Earth beyond recognition. It also saved Bride McKells's life. Before, the gorgeous vampire was a target for every fanatic with a stake and a crucifix. Now, she's free to roam the streets -- and desperate to find others of her kind. One man claims to have the answers she seeks. Devyn, King of the Targons, is a warrior and a womanizer, and he makes no secret of how much he wants Bride -- and how dangerous he could be to her in every way.

An avid collector of women, Devyn easily seduces human and otherworlder alike. Until now. Not only does Bride resist him, but she leaves Devyn feeling something entirely new...a bone-deep need bordering on obsession. Her blood is the key to curing a vicious alien disease, but helping Bride uncover her origins will compel her to choose between electrifying passion and a destiny that could tear her from Devyn's side forever.

THE CONCLUSION TO ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT NOVELS OF LAST YEAR

It’s been thirty-five weeks since twin sisters Harmony and Melody went their separate ways. And now their story has become irresistible: twins separated at birth, each due to deliver twins…on the same day!

Married to Ram and living in Goodside, Harmony spends her time trying to fit back into the community she once believed in. But she can’t forget about Jondoe, the guy she fell for under the strangest of circumstances.

To her adoring fans, Melody has achieved everything: a major contract and a coupling with the hottest bump prospect around. But this image is costing her the one guy she really wants.

The girls’ every move is analyzed by millions of fans eagerly counting down to “Double Double Due Date.” They’re two of the most powerful teen girls on the planet, and they could do only one thing to make them even more famous:

Tell the truth.

In the end, all that's left is an echo...

Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her family and her childhood-best-friend-turned-boyfriend, Jay Heaton. That is until forensic psychologist Sara Priest discovered Violet's talent and invited her to use her gift to track down murderers. Now, as she works with an eclectic group of individuals—including mysterious and dangerously attractive Rafe—it's Violet's job to help those who have been murdered by bringing their killers to justice. When Violet discovers the body of a college girl killed by "the girlfriend collector" she is determined to solve the case. But now the serial killer is on the lookout for a new "relationship" and Violet may have caught his eye...

Meet Kate Mackenzie. She:

* works for the T.O.D. (short for Tyrannical Office Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins, Director of the Human Resources Division at the New York Journal)

* is sleeping on the couch because her boyfriend of ten years refuses to commit

* can't find an affordable studio apartment anywhere in New York City

* thinks things can't get any worse

They can. Because:

* The T.O.D. is making her fire the most popular employee in the paper's senior staff dining room

* that employee is now suing Kate for wrongful termination, and

* now Kate has to give a deposition in front of Mitch Hertzog, the scion of one of Manhattan's wealthiest law families, who embraces everything Kate most despises ... but also happens to have a nice smile and a killer bod.

The last thing anybody—least of all Kate Mackenzie—expects to find in a legal arbitration is love. But that's the kind of this that can happen when ... BOY MEETS GIRL.

Sookie's boyfriend has been very distant-in another state, distant. Now she's off to Mississippi to mingle with the underworld at Club Dead-a little haunt where the vampire elite go to chill out. But when she finally finds Bill—caught in an act of betrayal—she's not sure whether to save him...or sharpen some stakes.

Week 23 Review: Circle of Silence

From Goodreads:
THE BIGGEST STORY OF MY LIFE COULD BE HOW IT ENDS

It's my turn to run a Campus News crew, and I've put together a team that can break stories wide open. And Washington Irving High has a truly great one to cover, if only we can find a lead.

A secret society has formed in our school. It announced its presence with pranks: underwear on the flag pole, a toilet in the hallway, cryptic notes. A circle of silence keeps the society a mystery. No one knows its members, agenda, or initiation secrets—until a student lands in the hospital under strange circumstances.

I will blow this story wide open and stop others from being hurt…or worse. And while my ex, Jagger, might want to help, I don’t trust him yet. (And, no, not because of our past together. That is not important to this story.)

But whether you find me, Valerie Gaines, reporting in front of the camera, or a victim in the top story of the newscast…be sure to watch Campus News at 9:00 a.m. this Friday morning.

My Review:
So this book stars Valerie, and she goes to the same school, which is why it's called the WiHi series! And yeah, I really enjoyed getting to know Valerie, and how things are going on in this world! It was really great, and I was really lucky enough to get an eARC from NetGalley!

So Valerie, she'll pretty much do anything for a story, including making stupid decisions that could cause her or someone else hurt. But she knows what she wants, and she goes for it! Which is pretty much admirable!

The relationship between her and Jagger was just awesome! They have a not-so-good past, but then this brings them closer together, and gives them the opportunity to work though some things, which was great!

I loved the mystery! It was really interesting, as the pieces were collected, as to who was a part of the Circle of Silence, as things got worse and worse, and obstacles were placed in Valerie's path, it was just great! Loved how it wrapped up!

Such a great book, one I enjoyed a lot, and yeah, I'd love to read more!

Author: Carol M. Tanzman
Series: WiHi #2
Read: June 6th, 2012
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Really enjoyed book 1, and it's a Sophomore Challenge book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Expected Publication: July 24th 2012

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

In My Mailbox #48, May 20th-May Week 3

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren to talk about the books we got in the mailbox or inbox as the case may be!

So I got:

For Review:
Open Hearts
Suffocate
The Woman's Ghost
The Mummy's Foot
The Fruits of Our Sins
The Third Fate
Riser
Section 132
Depths of Deception
Dead Meat
The Search for Artemis
Florence
Dead End Deal
The Brotherhood of Piaxia

Free:
The Ash-Born Boy

NetGalley:
Circle of Silence
Pushing the Limits
Summer Nights
In the Flesh
Almost a Scandal
The Oracle

Yeah, that's a pretty good collection of books, and I can't wait to read them! What about you guys? Happy reading!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #46, April 23rd

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #45
Teaser Tuesday #54
WWW Wednesday #54
WOW #50
Will the Time Come #46
Third Sentence Thursday #36
Random Reads #21
First Lines Friday #42
Follow that Blurb Reading Challenge Update 43
A-Z Book Challenge Update 16
The Reward Challenge Round 39
Follow Friday #24
2012 Dystopian Reading Challenge Update 16
YA Historical Fiction Update 11
Last Letter First Letter Reading Challenge Update 4
In My Mailbox #45
I Have An Update #44

Week 16 Reviews:
Pure
The Other Life
Shadows on the Moon
Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink
dancergirl
Dead on the Dance Floor
Early to Death, Early to Rise
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Anna Dressed In Blood
Fury
The Replacement
Bewitching
The Space Between
Destined
 
Tours:
The Bridge of Deaths: Review

Random:
We have a Cover!!!

OK, so I got 32 posts in 7 days, which was a lot of fun, there were some pretty good bookish updates this week! Like the cover for Sacrifice! Yep. So what did you guys do this week? Happy reading!
 
So this week I want to read Bloodrose, The Nightmare Garden, Waterfall, Cascade, Torrent, Pants on Fire, The Savage Grace, Claiming the Highlander, The Warrior, Lord of the Wolves, That Fatal Night, The Restorer, I Am Jay, and A Temptation of Angels.
 
Currently Listening To: Time-Bomb by All Time Low
Currently Reading: The Savage Grace by Bree Despain
Currently Watching: My Shows!

Calla has always welcomed war.

But now that the final battle is upon her, there's more at stake than fighting. There's saving Ren, even if it incurs Shay's wrath. There's keeping Ansel safe, even if he's been branded a traitor. There's proving herself as the pack's alpha, facing unnamable horrors, and ridding the world of the Keepers' magic once and for all. And then there's deciding what to do when the war ends. If Calla makes it out alive, that is.

Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn't going to succumb to madness because of a latent strain—she will lose her faculties because she is allergic to iron. Aoife isn't human. She is a changeling—half human and half from the land of Thorn. And time is running out for her.

When Aoife destroyed the Lovecraft engine she released the monsters from the Thorn Lands into the Iron Lands and now she must find a way to seal the gates and reverse the destruction she's ravaged on the world that's about to poison her.

What do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world?

Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives among the romantic hills with their archaelogist parents. Stuck among the rubble of the medieval castles in rural Tuscany, on yet another hot, dusty archaeological site, Gabi and Lia are bored out of their minds...until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy. And worse yet, in the middle of a fierce battle between knights of two opposing forces.

Suddenly Gabi's summer in Italy is much, much more interesting.

Mom touched my underdress—a gown made six hundred years before—and her eyes widened as she rubbed the raw silk between thumb and forefinger. She turned and touched Lia’s gown. “Where did you get these clothes?”

Gabi knows she’s left her heart in the fourteenth century and she persuades Lia to help her to return, even though they know doing so will risk their very lives. When they arrive, weeks have passed and all of Siena longs to celebrate the heroines who turned the tide in the battle against Florence—while the Florentines will go to great lengths to see them dead.

But Marcello patiently awaits, and Gabi must decide if she’s willing to leave her family behind for good in order to give her heart to him forever.

When Gabi and Lia finally learn to surf the river of time, they realize they must make hard choices about life and love in the third and final book in the River of Time series.

Gabi and Lia Betarrini have learned to control their time travel, and they return from medieval Italy to save their father from his tragic death in modern times.

But love calls across the centuries, and the girls are determined to return forever—even though they know the Black Plague is advancing across Europe, claiming the lives of one-third of the population. In the suspenseful conclusion of the River of Time series, every decision is about life … and death.

Katie Ellison is not a liar.

But she can't exactly tell the truth, either—not when she's juggling two boyfriends, secretly hating the high school football team everyone else worships, and trying to have the best summer ever. At least Katie has it all under control (sort of). Her biggest secret, what really happened the night Tommy Sullivan is a freak was spray-painted on the junior high gymnasium wall, is safe.

That is, until Tommy comes back to town. Katie is sure he's going to ruin all her plans, and she'll do anything to hang on to her perfect existence. Even if it means telling more lies. Even if, now that Tommy's around, she's actually—truthfully—having the time of her life.

A troubled soul. An impossible choice. A final battle.

Wrestling with the werewolf curse pulsing deep inside of her, Grace Divine was finally able to find her brother, but it nearly cost her everything.

With her boyfriend, Daniel, stuck in wolf form and Sirhan's death approaching, time is running out for Grace to stop Caleb Kalbi and his gang of demons. If she fails, her family and hometown will perish. Everything rests on Grace's shoulders.

The final installment in The Dark Divine trilogy brings Daniel and Grace's love story to a breathtaking conclusion.

To end a long-running feud, proud Scottish lass Maggie convinces her clan's women to refuse their men everything. But can she refuse the attractions of English baron and proud Highland warrior Braden McAllister?

Combining sensual romance, fast-paced adventure, and a band of unforgettable heroes, "New York Times" bestselling author MacGregor delivers the eagerly anticipated third installment in her high-concept medieval series about the Brotherhood of the Sword.

She was the heroine of her people….
With her extraordinary violet eyes, French Countess Melisande was a prize for any man. But the teenage hellion who rode into battle to defend her people belonged to the warrior who saved her life, made her his bride, then disappeared for years. Now Conar MacAuliffe had returned to claim his wife, now a ravishing woman determined to fight for her freedom at all costs. But the proud beauty who feared no man suddenly feared herself and the passionate embrace of the husband who vowed to never let her go.

He was the mighty viking conqueror they called…
Lord of the Wolves, a legendary warrior whose greatest challenge would come with the woman he was destined to wed. In the fiery Countess Melisande he would find his heaven and hell. Even as he waged war for her heart, he dared not to yield his own. Even as he laid sweet, seductive siege to her body, he tried to shield his soul. It would take a common enemy, a little trust, and a united front to awaken them both to a love that could change their lives forever.

In the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, a young girl must come to terms with haunting memories from the voyage.

It is May 1912, one month after the horrific sinking of the Titanic, and twelve-year-old survivor Dorothy Wilton is sent home from school in disgrace when she strikes another student. Although she's expelled, her sympathetic teacher encourages Dorothy to write an account of her experience on the ship, with the hopes that it will help Dorothy come to terms with her trauma.

And so begins a truly remarkable story, which reads like a time capsule of the era: Dorothy writes about visiting her bohemian grandparents in England before setting sail back home, the luxurious rooms and cabins on board, a new friend she makes, and the intriguing people they observe. However, amidst all of this storytelling, a shadow lurks, a secret Dorothy is too traumatized to acknowledge - a secret about her own actions on that fatal night, which may have had deadly consequences.

Amelia Gray has always been aware of ghosts, and now she travels all over the South cleaning up forgotten or abandoned graveyards. When an enigmatic yet haunted police detective asks for her help to trap a serial killer, their growing attraction constitutes the very gravest of threats.

Even angels make mistakes in this page-turning epic romance

When her parents are murdered before her eyes, sixteen-year-old Helen Cartwright finds herself launched into an underground London where a mysterious organization called the Dictata controls the balance of good and evil. Helen learns that she is one of three remaining angelic descendants charged with protecting the world's past, present, and future. Unbeknownst to her, she has been trained her whole life to accept this responsibility. Now, as she finds herself torn between the angelic brothers protecting her and the devastatingly handsome childhood friend who wants to destroy her, she must prepare to be brave, to be hunted, and above all to be strong, because temptation will be hard to resist, even for an angel.

Michelle Zink masterfully weaves historical fantasy with paranormal romance to create a gripping tale of love and betrayal.

Week 16 Review: dancergirl

From Goodreads:
Ever feel like someone's watching you? Me, too. But lately it's been happening in my room.
When I'm alone.

A friend posted a video of me dancing online, and now I'm no longer Alicia Ruffino. I'm dancergirl. And suddenly it's like me against the world—everyone's got opinions.

My admirers want more, the haters hate, my best friend Jacy—even he's acting weird. And some stalker isn't content to just watch anymore.

Ali. Dancergirl. Whatever you know me as, however you've seen me online, I've trained my whole life to be the best dancer I can be. But if someone watching has their way, I could lose way more than just my love of dancing. I could lose my life.

My Review:
This was a really fantastic book! I loved the mystery and the characters! Really great, and as a bonus, this is a series, so there'll be more books in this world, which is just really awesome! I loved that fact, and I can't wait to read Circle of Silence! It looks great!

So yeah, it's not for Ali to have a stalker. And it all started because her friend posted a video of Ali dancing. And then said stalker took videos recorded in Ali's home, when she didn't know she was being recorded. It's scary, finding out that someone was watching you in your home-and you didn't know.

And there was a bit of romance, and I really enjoyed how that played out right along side the mystery, it deepened both of them! This is just what I love about YA, having these various genres all in a cooking pot, all mashed up, and having various elements of all! So good!

Really enjoyed this book a lot, it was really great, loved how it ended and figured out, and yeah, can't wait to read more!

Author: Carol M. Tanzman
Series: WiHi #1
Read: April 16th, 2012
Source: Library
Reason Why: It sounded interesting, and it's a Reward Challenge Book!
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: November 15th 2011

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars