Random Reads #170, February 26th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 1348 which turned out to be The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale! It's been on my TBR pile since August 6th, 2011, and I added it because I've already read most of the series, but that was before 2011, so need to reread it! Happy reading! 

Random Reads #145, September 4th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 1323 which turned out to be The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale! It's been on my TBR pile since August 6th 2011, and I added it because I read it before, but yeah, not while I was on Goodreads! Happy reading! 

Will the Time Come #106, June 13th

Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!

Want to Join?

-Pick a book you have been meaning to read

-Do a post telling us about the book    

-Link the post up in the linky  

-Visit the other blogs

From Goodreads:

DENDURON

Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby.

He is going to save the world.

And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.

If Bobby wants to see his family again, he's going to have to accept his role as savior, and accept it wholeheartedly. Because, as he is about to discover, Denduron is only the beginning...

Why the time hasn't come yet...
Well, I've actually read this book before, but I want to reread it! So awesome, and I haven't read the whole series yet! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Week 31 Reviews: The Light, The Black

From Goodreads:
Marshall Seaver is being haunted. In the first installment of this chillingly compelling trilogy, sixteen-year-old Marshall discovers that something beyond our world is after him. The eerie clues pile up quickly, and when people start dying, it's clear whatever this is it's huge.

Marshall has no idea what's happening to him, but he's soon convinced that it has something to do with his best friend Cooper, who's been missing for over a week. Together with Coop's sister, Marsh searches for the truth about what happened to his friend, ultimately uncovering something bigger than he could ever have imagined.
 
From Goodreads:
Cooper Foley always had a knack for finding trouble, but nothing he's ever experienced could have prepared him for his latest adventure: He has landed square in the middle of a border war between the worlds of the living and the dead.

At the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall Seaver learned the truth about what happened to his missing best friend, Cooper. Now, the mystery continues to unfold, only this time through Cooper's eyes.

What did Marshall’s terrifying encounters with Gravedigger have to do with spirits from another existence? Who is Damon, and what role did he play in Cooper's dilemma? Most importantly, what is the mysterious Morpheus Road? It's time to learn, as bestselling author and master of thrilling suspense D.J. MacHale delivers another fast-paced, fantastical story that has all of existence hanging in the balance.
 
My Review:
These were interesting, intriguing, and I can't think of another "I" word to describe them. They were were just really great!
 
I loved that parts of the first were woven into the second from Coop's POV, and yet there were a lot more parts to the book then just that. It was interesting to read, and I just loved seeing all the different bits.
 
These were different books, and I liked the thought that when we live, we're in the light, and when we die, we are in the Black.
 
I loved the characters, and the relationships, and all the different things that we learn throughout the books.
 
And I enjoyed the bad guy getting just a bit of what he deserved for his cowardly actions. I hope I can read the next book soon, and yeah, these were great books that you guys should really read!

Author: D.J. MacHale
Series: Morpheus Road #1, 2
Read: August 4th,  2011
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded like a really fantastic book!
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: April 20th 2010, April 19th 2011

The Light:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

The Black:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

First Lines Friday #4, August 5th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

• Grab your current read(s)
• Share the first line(s)
• Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists

"This isn't what I expected death to be like. Not that I thought about it much. Or at all. For the record, it isn't completely horrible. Being dead actually has perks. Nobody tells me what to do. I don't get hungry, though I do miss calzone. I don't even need sleep. Or deodorant..I think. Best of all, being a spirit means I'm no longer bound by a physical body so I'm free to travel to places and see things I could only imagine before. There. I said it. Spirit. I'm a spirit. 'Dead" refers to what I was. 'Spirit' is what I am." -Morpheus Road The Black by D. J, MacHale

And that's about it. I'm going to be starting Rooms, soon, but yeah. What about you guys? Happy reading!

Teaser Tuesday #17, August 2nd

Teaser Tuesdays is a bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser comes from Morpheus Road, The Light by D.J. MacHale, page 19.

"The cops threatened to throw me in juvie unless I told them where I got the fake tickets...so I gave up a couple of guys. And you know what? I don't care because those dirtballs set me up."

That sounds just a little bit bitter, you know?

and from my own book, A Nick of Time, page 2.

"Guns held up, we entered the room. It was empty, but there was a waving movement out of the corner of my eye."

What about you guys? Happy reading!