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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Waiting on Wednesday #277, August 31st

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

The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot
Expected Publication: October 18th, 2016
From Goodreads:
From New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot comes the sweetly humorous story of a man who has to face his past in order to find his future.

Sometimes to move forward, you have to go back…

One post. That’s all it took to destroy the care free, glamorous life of pro golfer Reed Stewart. One tiny post on the Internet. 

Then again, it’s not like Reed’s been winning many tournaments lately, and his uncle isn’t the only one who says it’s because of the unfinished business he left behind back home in Bloomville, Indiana—namely Reed’s father, the Honorable Judge Richard P. Stewart, and the only girl Reed ever loved, Becky Flowers.

But Reed hasn’t spoken to either his father or Becky in over a decade. 

Until that post on the Internet. Suddenly, Reed’s family has become a national laughingstock, his publicist won’t stop calling, his siblings are begging for help, and Reed realizes he has no other choice: He’s got to go home to face his past . . . the Judge and the girl he left behind.

Becky’s worked hard to build her successful senior relocation business, but she’s worked even harder to forget Reed Stewart ever existed—which hasn’t been easy, considering he’s their hometown’s golden boy, and all anyone ever talks about. It was fine while they were thousands of miles apart, but now he’s back in Bloomville. She has absolutely no intention of seeing him—until his family hires her to help save his parents.

Now Reed and Becky can’t avoid one another…or the memories of that one fateful night.

Can the quirky residents of Bloomville bring these two young people back together, or will Reed and Becky continue to allow their pasts to deny them the future they deserve?

This warm, thought-provoking book, told entirely in texts, emails, and journal entries, is as much about the enduring bond of families as it is about second chances at love, and will delight as much as it entertains.

Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Expected Publication: October 18th, 2016
From Goodreads:
The highly anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that critics are calling “out-of-this-world awesome.” 

Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.

The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault. 

Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion. 

When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station's wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.

But relax. They've totally got this. They hope.

Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling readers into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.


Rose & Thorn by Sarah Prineas
Expected Publication: October 18th, 2016
From Goodreads:
This beauty isn’t sleeping! Sarah Prineas’s darkly imaginative retelling breaks down the classic story of Sleeping Beauty in a big, bold way. Brimming with action and romance, beautiful Rose must escape the curse that will force the kingdom to fall into a century-long slumber and fights for the freedom to find her own happily ever after.

After the spell protecting her is destroyed, Rose seeks safety in the world outside the valley she had called home. She’s been kept hidden all her life to delay the three curses she was born with, curses that will have drastic consequences if they take effect. Accompanied by the handsome and mysterious Griff and Quirk, his witty and warmhearted partner, Rose tries to escape from the ties that bind her to this forced fairy tale. But will the path they take lead them to freedom, or will it bring them straight into the prescribed story they are trying to avoid?

Set in the world of Prineas’s Ash & Bramble fifty years later, Rose & Thorn is a powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty. If you like your fairy tales dark, your heroines daring, and your suitors dashing, this is the book for you. 

Saving Red by Sonya Sones
Expected Publication: October 18th, 2016
From Goodreads:
Right before winter break, fourteen-year-old Molly Rosenberg reluctantly volunteers to participate in Santa Monica’s annual homeless count, just to get her school’s community service requirement out of the way. But when she ends up meeting Red, a spirited homeless girl only a few years older than she is, Molly makes it her mission to reunite her with her family in time for Christmas. This turns out to be extremely difficult—because Red refuses to talk about her past. There are things Molly won’t talk about either. Like the awful thing that happened last winter. She may never be ready to talk about that. Not to Red, or to Cristo, the soulful boy she meets while riding the Ferris wheel one afternoon.

When Molly realizes that the friends who Red keeps mentioning are nothing more than voices inside Red’s head, she becomes even more concerned about her well-being. How will Molly keep her safe until she can figure out a way to get Red home? In Sonya Sones’ latest novel, two girls, with much more in common than they realize, give each other a new perspective on the meaning of family, friendship, and forgiveness.

Oh, wow, these books coming out on the 18th, and yeah, I just can't wait to read them and for everyone else to read them! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Monday, June 6, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #261, June 6th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date 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 #260
Teaser Tuesday #268
WWW Wednesday #268
WOW #265
Will the Time Come #260
Third Sentence Thursday #250
Random Reads #236
First Lines Friday #255
The Reward Challenge Update #246
Follow Friday #238
How Well I Stuck to It #90
Wrote that Review Update #95
Show the Books Showcase #13

Week 23 Reviews:
What the Dead Want
And I Darken
Rose & Dagger
Diplomatic Immunity
Out of My Mind
True Letters From a Fictional Life
Wanderlove
The Darkest Torment
The Curse of the Tenth Grave
Sworn to Vengeance
Countdown
Stalemate

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge:
Update 32
Update 33
Update 34
Update 35 and Wrap Up

Random:
We Have the Title of Charley Davidson #11!!!!
We Have the Title of Lords of the Underworld #13!!!!

OK, so I got 30 posts in 7 days, which is a pretty good week! Can't wait for this upcoming one! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Almost King, Because I Love You, Double Play, The Gifted Dead, The Night is Alive, and The Problem With Forever.

Return to a world of airships and adventure in this sequel to Take Back the Skies, perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer and Sarah J. Maas.

In the second book in this sprawling saga, Aleks is the youngest of four brothers, each with his future predictably mapped out. But Aleks wants more than a life in his father’s shop. So when he hears his parents worrying about money, he decides to save them the cost of his keep by running away.

Aleks joins the army—but when that doesn't answer his problems, he breaks the law and deserts. Wanted and alone, he heads north, where he stumbles into love, adventure, and a skyship he might be able to call home . . . if he can evade the soldiers pursuing him.

Prepare for another sweeping adventure by nineteen-year-old Lucy Saxon in a series that seamlessly blends genre elements and a compelling contemporary voice.
Eight weeks after sixteen-year-old Andie Hamilton gives her virginity to her best friend, “the stick” says she’s pregnant.

Her friends treat her like she’s carrying the plague, her classmates torture and ridicule her, and the boy she thought loved her doesn’t even care. Afraid to experience the next seven months alone, she turns to her ex-boyfriend, Neil Donaghue, a dark-haired, blue-eyed player. With him, she finds comfort and the support she desperately needs to make the hardest decision of her life: whether or not to keep the baby.

Then a tragic accident leads Andie to discover Neil’s keeping a secret that could dramatically alter their lives, and she's forced to make a choice. But after hearing her son’s heartbeat for the first time, she doesn’t know how she’ll ever be able to let go.
Life is good for lodge owner and sometime hitwoman Nadia Stafford — a couple of dogs, a job she takes satisfaction in and the man she loves at her side as they literally build a home together. It’s as close to normal as a pair of contract killers can get.

Jack knows that sometimes being very, very good at what you do can be very, very bad — for those around him. He’s gone to great lengths to keep his past from catching up with Nadia. He also knows it’s only a matter of time …

Jack is halfway around the world when the trap is triggered. They’re coming for Nadia. And he has no way to warn her.
Politics and magic make dangerous bedfellows.

Deep within the Order, the seeds of corruption have taken root. While younger generations of the Gifted have embraced modern democratic values, a secret society of old-guard zealots seek a return to the past, when only European men of distinguished bloodlines held power.

Now, three venerable European families and a maverick American each plot to seize control of the Order and shape it to their will. A cutthroat game of political intrigue will decide the winner; and the stakes couldn't be higher, for ruling the Order carries with it the power to grant—or deny—an afterlife.

What begins as a battle of wills could turn into an all-out war. And magic could prove deadlier than any missile.
Midnight in Savannah

It's a city of beauty, history & haunting's. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue.

Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she's studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she's devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn't the only one to meet a brutal and untimely end; there've been at least two other victims. Then Captain Blue Anderson starts making ghostly appearances, and the FBI's paranormal investigation unit, The Krewe of Hunters, sends in Agent Malachi Gordon.

Abby and Malachi have a similar ability to connect with the dead and a similar stubbornness. Sparks immediately begin to fly: sparks of attraction and discord. But as the death toll rises, they have to trust each other or they, too, might find themselves among the dead haunting old Savannah!
For some people, silence is a weapon. For Mallory “Mouse” Dodge, it’s a shield. Growing up, she learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it’s been four years since her nightmare ended, she’s beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime.

Now, after years of homeschooling with loving adoptive parents, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at public high school. But of all the terrifying and exhilarating scenarios she’s imagined, there’s one she never dreamed of—that she’d run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn’t seen since childhood, on her very first day.

It doesn’t take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet the deeper their bond grows, the more it becomes apparent that she’s not the only one grappling with the lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider’s life spiral out of control, Mallory faces a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves, the life she wants, and the truths that need to be heard.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Week 23 Review: Rose & Thorn

From Goodreads:
This beauty isn't sleeping! Sarah Prineas's darkly imaginative retelling breaks down the classic story of Sleeping Beauty in a big, bold way. Brimming with action and romance, beautiful Rose must escape the curse that will force the kingdom to fall into a century-long slumber and fights for the freedom to find her own happily ever after.

After the spell protecting her is destroyed, Rose seeks safety in the world outside the valley she had called home. She's been kept hidden all her life to delay the three curses she was born with, curses that will have drastic consequences if they take effect. Accompanied by the handsome and mysterious Griff and Quirk, his witty and warmhearted partner, Rose tries to escape from the ties that bind her to this forced fairy tale. But will the path they take lead them to freedom, or will it bring them straight into the prescribed story they are trying to avoid?

Set in the world of Prineas's Ash & Bramble fifty years later, Rose & Thorn is a powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty. If you like your fairy tales dark, your heroines daring, and your suitors dashing, this is the book for you. 

My Review:
I absolutely loved reading this book! Besides being by Sarah Prineas, and set in the same world as Ash & Bramble and it has a very wonderful, pretty cover that I enjoy looking at! Plus, the story was absolutely wonderful and enjoyable and entertaining, and such a great retelling!

I wish that this was set 100 years after Ash & Bramble, if only that what Shoe and Pen went through would last longer then it did. And also, the fact that the spell protecting her was linked to a life, and in the valley that she called home, she had a protector. Guess who those two are? Yeah.

But that did lead to some characters who knew, or were related to the characters in Ash & Bramble. Like the leader of the Breakers. I'm pretty sure that it was one of Pen's stepsisters. Not totally sure, but that was the feeling that I got off of her.

I enjoyed reading about Rose, Griff and Quinn. Rose, breaking free from her story and three curses. Griff, son of the Protector and with a curse-eating ability, but that's not quite the full truth. Quinn, who is just a mystery wrapped in an enigma. But he has a story to tell, as well! Oh, and Timothy, granddaughter of two pretty important people in Ash & Bramble!

This book was absolutely great, and while Story can't be fully destroyed, I'm not sure if there should be a 3rd book or not. The world is wonderful and amazing, but it's been through the wringer twice!

Author: Sarah Prineas
Series: Ash & Bramble #2
Read: May 29th, 2016
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love her books! And it's a 2016 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2016 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book and WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: October 18th 2016
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 31

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Ok, so I read Rose & Thorn, and yeah, now to read Diplomatic Immunity!

My Reading Journey:

Divided by Elsie Chapman
Started On: May 2th
Finished On: May 2th
Pages Read: 309

The Truth by Jeffry W. Johnston 
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th
Pages Read: 240

This Is My Brain on Boys by Sarah Trohmeyer
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th
Pages Read: 352

Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy 
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th
Pages Read: 336

The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes 
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th
Pages Read: 400

Between the Notes by Sharon Huss Roat
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th
Pages Read: 382

The Unholy by Heather Graham
Started On: May 13th
Finished On: May 13th, 10:04 PM
Pages Read: 246

Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 10:00 PM
Pages Read: 448

Change Places With Me by Lois Metzger
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 11:05 PM
Pages Read: 224

Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 18th
Finished On: May 18th, 10:06 PM
Pages Read: 480

A Reckless Promise by Kasey Michaels 
Started On: May 20th
Finished On: May 20th, 3:24 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Best Man by Kristan Higgins 
Started On: May 20th
Finished On: May 20th, 9:28 PM 
Pastes Read: 384

Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 21st, 9:46 PM
Pages Read: 384

Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff
Started On: May 22nd
Finished On: May 22nd, 11:27 PM
Pages Read: 288

Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon
Started On: May 23rd
Finished On: May 23rd, 7:14 AM
Pages Read: 384

A Season for Fireflies by Rebecca Maizel
Started On: May 23rd
Finished On: May 23rd, 9:10 PM
Pages Read: 256

The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 7:14 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Lost & Found by Katrina Leno
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 9:52
Pages Read: 352 

Winning by Lara Deloza
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 11:43 PM
Pages Read: 336

Frannie and Tru by Karen Hattrup
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 6:15 PM
Pages Read: 320

Red Velvet Crush by Christina Meredith
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 8:41 PM
Pages Read: 304

26 Kisses by Anna Michels
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 10:58 PM
Pages Read: 304

Unwanted by Jennifer Estep
Started: May 26th
Finished On: May 26th, 5:50 PM
Pages Read: 100

The Night is Watching by Heather Graham
Started On: May 26th
Finished On: May 26th, 9:55 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
Started On: May 26th
Finished On: May 26th, 11:38 PM
Pages Read: 439

Waiting on You by Kristan Higgins
Started On: May 27th
Finished On: May 27th, 2:57 PM
Pages Read: 457

In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins
Started On: May 27th
Finished On: May 27th, 9:03 PM
Pages Read: 480

Anything for You by Kristan Higgins
Started On: May 27th
Finished On: May 27th, 11:48 PM
Pages Read: 410

What the Dead Want by Norah Olsen
Started On: May 28th, 
Finished On: May 28th, 7:57 PM
Pages Read: 304

And I Darken by Kiersten White
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 11:04 PM
Pages Read: 496

Rose & Thorn by Sarah Prineas 
Started On: May 29th
Finished On: May 29th, 10:39 PM
Pages Read: 416

Diplomatic Immunity by Brodi Ashton
Started On: May 30th
Pages Read: 0 of 368

Books Read: 31
Pages Read: 11406
Reading Next: Three Dark Crowns

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Sarah Prineas Author Page

The Story: I got a copy of Ash & Bramble from Edelweiss, and yeah, I'm so glad because it was so awesome and enjoyable, and I can't wait to read Rose & Thorn which is said to be a companion novel set 50 years after Ash & Bramble!

Website

Stand Alone's: Ash & Bramble and her site, my review, Rose & Thorn and her site, my review.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Week 41 Review: Ash & Bramble


From Goodreads:
A prince.

A ball.

A glass slipper left behind at the stroke of midnight.

The tale is told and retold, twisted and tweaked, snipped and stretched, as it leads to happily ever after.

But it is not the true Story.

A dark fortress.

A past forgotten.

A life of servitude.

No one has ever broken free of the Godmother's terrible stone prison until a girl named Pin attempts a breathless, daring escape. But she discovers that what seems to be freedom is a prison of another kind, one that entangles her in a story that leads to a prince, a kiss, and a clock striking midnight. To unravel herself from this new life, Pin must choose between a prince and another—the one who helped her before and who would give his life for her. Torn, the only thing for her to do is trade in the glass slipper for a sword and find her own destiny. 

My Review:
This was such a great book! I loved the parts, as Pin/Pen has all these things happen to her, and as she gets out of one, and into another! Such an awesome journey, and with such amazing characters to go along with her!

The idea that people would be kidnapped to live out stories, in the world of Story, helped out by the godmother, is pretty creepy! And that nobody really noticed the people missing, as a whole, is terrifying. Well, they aren't as connected technologically as we are, but still! There were probably hundreds taken!

I really enjoyed the POV's of Pin/Pen, and then of Shoe. Because with the godmother's thimble's abilities to wipe memories, having both of them gave us so much more of the world, and to make sure that things weren't forgotten by the characters as they were going on!

Really, really fantastic ending! Wonderful, amazing, and just awesome that she was able to do that, that after her mom fighting for so long, that her daughter was able to finally take down Story so people could make their own choices! I do wish that Pen could've gotten her own memories back, but she got enough bits and pieces that she could do without.

So fantastic, such a great and wonderful book, and I just really want to read more by Sarah Prinaes!

Author: Sarah Prineas
Read: October 3rd, 2015
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really awesome, it was up on Edelweiss, and it's a 2015 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, SAC 2015 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: September 15th 2015
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday #223, August 12th

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

Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb
Expected Publication: September 15th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Eve Dallas tracks a couple whose passion is fueled by cold brutalityin the newest crime thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Obsession in Death and Festive in Death.

When Lieutenant Eve Dallas examines a body in a downtown Manhattan alleyway, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heart—and initials inside reading E and D . . .

Ella-Loo and her boyfriend, Darryl, had been separated while Darryl was a guest of the state of Oklahoma, and now that his sentence has been served they don’t ever intend to part again. Ella-Loo’s got dreams. And Darryl believes there are better ways to achieve your dreams than working for them. So they hit the road, and when their car breaks down in Arkansas, they make plans to take someone else’s. Then things get messy and they wind up killing someone—an experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in Ella-Loo. A desire for Darryl. And a desire to kill again.

As they cross state lines on their way to New York to find the life they think they deserve, they will leave a trail of evil behind them. But now they’ve landed in the jurisdiction of Lieutenant Dallas and her team at the New York Police and Security Department. And with her husband, Roarke, at her side, she has every intention of hunting them down and giving them what they truly deserve . . .


Lock & Mori by Heather W. Petty
Expected Publication: September 15th, 2015
From Goodreads:
In modern-day London, two brilliant high school students, one Sherlock Holmes and a Miss James "Mori" Moriarty, meet. A murder will bring them together. The truth very well might drive them apart.

Before they were mortal enemies, they were much more.

FACT: Someone has been murdered in London's Regent's Park. The police have no leads.

FACT: Miss James "Mori"Moriarty and Sherlock "Lock" Holmes should be hitting the books on a school night. Instead, they are out crashing a crime scene.

FACT: Lock has challenged Mori to solve the case before he does. Challenge accepted.

FACT: Despite agreeing to Lock's one rule--they must share every clue with each other--Mori is keeping secrets.

OBSERVATION: Sometimes you can't trust the people closest to you with matters of the heart. And after this case, Mori may never trust Lock again.


Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
Expected Publication: September 15th, 2015
From Goodreads:
When the glass slipper just doesn’t fit…

The tale of Cinderella has been retold countless times. But what you know is not the true story.

Pin has no recollection of who she is or how she got to the Godmother’s fortress. She only knows that she is a Seamstress, working day in and out to make ball gowns fit for fairy tales. But she longs to forsake her backbreaking servitude and dares to escape with the brave young Shoemaker.

Pin isn’t free for long before she’s captured again and forced to live the new life the Godmother chooses for her—a fairy tale story, complete with a charming prince—instead of finding her own happily ever after.

Sarah Prineas’s bold fairy tale retelling is a dark and captivating world where swords are more fitting than slippers, young shoemakers are just as striking as princes, and a heroine is more than ready to rescue herself before the clock strikes midnight.

Man, I can't wait for these books to come out! I've read Lock & Mori, but yeah, I want other people be able to read it! What about you guys? Happy reading!