Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Welcome to my WOW, or HOW as I like to call it where I feature an upcoming release that I'm hyperventilating for! It's totally fun to geek out about upcoming releases! This event is hosted by the lovely Jill @ Breaking The Spine. Today's pick is....
TBPublished: January 22, 2013 by Egmont
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Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.
Why I'm Hyperventilating:
I'm this creepy Halloween read mood and this book totally fits the bill! Look at it! The creep-tastic cover, that fabulistic blurb and just all the early reviews already out there proclaim this book to be EPICly creepy. I can't wait. I mean a library of dead people? YES. It's like...*Hyperventilate* This book sounds WAY unique, creepy, awesome, and so cool.
I'm repeating myself aren't I? Well you get the point. I'm totally looking toward to getting my hands on this one come January....Why January? Why not now? Halloween would be perfect. Alas alack, I must wait. :-/ But until then I guess I'm TOTALLY HYPERVENTILATING FOR THIS BOOK!
What are you waiting/hyperventilating on this Wednesday?
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Find out more about Haunted Week HERE.
Living together unsupervised, five troubled teens confront demonic forces and are compelled to deal with their problems in distinctly different ways. Paranormal meets psycho meets Goth in this story of a supernatural haunting and budding love. High school junior, Ben, hacks into his step-father's real estate holdings and provides rooms in an old two-story house to various outcasts: the schizophrenic kid, the angry Goth girl, and the homeless girl who worships him. When Megan needs a place to live she comes to the rooming house with a different set of problems and the ability to confuse and attract Ben.One by one strange and mysterious occurrences stretch the teens’ beliefs in the supernatural. How they deal with demons, real and imagined, has tragic as well as redeeming consequences.
So, what do you think? Sound good? Keep reading for the Prologue of Sheltered!
EXCERPT - Prologue: Next Wednesday
Emily knew the precise moment that Ben returned, she felt him in her scars. She watched him carry some things to the house, heard the door close; she smiled when she heard him call out that Santa was here. He did that once before, in early December, insisting that she accept the gift he held out, not wanting her to wait until Christmas to use the mittens he knew she needed.She went toward her door now, wondered what he had brought, and then heard Megan’s voice below. oh no, he probably brought something for her. She scuttled back to her nest by the window and stared outside, was still staring fifteen minutes later when she saw them walk down the street, Ben shouldering a shovel, his other hand knotted with Megan’s.
She touched the skin on her arms, lightly at first, making it tingle. The image of Ben with Megan multiplied across her mind in broken mirrors, a repugnant picture that reflected her own self-loathing. She scratched at her scabs, felt the pricks of pain force away the ticklish sensations. She closed her eyes.
When she opened them she saw a figure standing at her door. “Who–?” she started, but the figment waned to less than a shadow. Still, though, there was something at her door. She rose slowly and held her hand out.
Its face was more womanly now, friendly, motherly. Yes, she knew this face. Its pearly white skin so shocking against the ruby lips, the stringy hair a match to her own. Her mother. She stretched her fingers toward the face. The hallucination faded then sharpened. The eyes began to blaze. She drew her hands back to her own face. What’s wrong with me? The delusion grieved Emily; all around her fluttered a longing.
And a deadly fear.
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Whoa! Whatcha think? Sound AWESOME right? Check out the book via the links below to find out more and get your own copy!
Debra Chapoton has taught kids of all ages in her main career as a teacher. She has a BA in Spanish and a Master of Arts degree in Teaching English. She started writing in 2002 and was surprised to find
out that the characters quickly take over the action and dialogue in the stories.
Her first YA novel, Edge of Escape, was self-published and then discovered by Piper Verlag Publishing and translated into German. Stalking and obsession get a sympathetic twist in this story of physical and psychological survival.
Her second YA novel, Sheltered, detours into a different genre as she writes about five teens who confront supernatural forces. Two boys and three girls all harbor secrets which make some of them susceptible to demon possession. Embracing all things supernatural might protect them, but are they ready for the consequences?
Chapoton has also written eleven chapter books for middle grade kids and a non-fiction work for adults, Crossing the Scriptures. When she’s not writing Chapoton enjoys the quiet of the full log home she designed and built with her husband. They live in the middle of 62 acres of beautiful woods in northern Michigan.
About Debra:
out that the characters quickly take over the action and dialogue in the stories.
Her first YA novel, Edge of Escape, was self-published and then discovered by Piper Verlag Publishing and translated into German. Stalking and obsession get a sympathetic twist in this story of physical and psychological survival.
Her second YA novel, Sheltered, detours into a different genre as she writes about five teens who confront supernatural forces. Two boys and three girls all harbor secrets which make some of them susceptible to demon possession. Embracing all things supernatural might protect them, but are they ready for the consequences?
Chapoton has also written eleven chapter books for middle grade kids and a non-fiction work for adults, Crossing the Scriptures. When she’s not writing Chapoton enjoys the quiet of the full log home she designed and built with her husband. They live in the middle of 62 acres of beautiful woods in northern Michigan.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Books Mentioned:
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr (via library)
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (via library)
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (via NetGalley- THANK YOU Harlequin UK!)
The Raven Boys by Maggie Steivater (via NetGalley- THANK YOU Scholastic!)
Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem by Melissa Lemon (via NetGalley- THANK YOU Cedar Fort!)
Struck by Jennifer Bosworth (via ARCycling- Thanks Kristi!)
Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings (via giveaway- Thanks Sarah!)
Chasing the Skip by Janice Patterson (via publisher- THANK YOU Macmillan!!)
Have A Nice Day by Julie Halpern (via publisher- THANK YOU Macmillan!!)
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski (via publisher- THANK YOU MACMILLAN!!!)
Awesome Blogger Mentioned:
Kristi @ Cherry Tree Notes
Sarah @ Short & Sweet Reviews
ARCycling
So that's my Haul this week! What did you get in your Mailbox/Shelves/etc this week! I'd love to see! Leave a link! XOXO,
Saturday, October 13, 2012
by Lauren DeStefano
Published: 3.22.11 by Simon & Schuster
Pages: 358
By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children. When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can’t bring herself to hate him as much as she’d like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband’s strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?
Hmm. I'm not quite sure where to start on this. I enjoyed it, but I didn't. It was a great read, but it had some flaws. It took me a long time to decide that I was going to read this book. I added it, then took it off, then added it again on my to-reads list. It was an interesting futuristic idea but I wasn't sure I liked the whole polygamous topic it surrounded. But after hearing just raving reviews of Fever, book two, I decided to give it shot. Let me just say that this wasn't everything I had expected or wanted.
The first thing that really got to me was the society development. There were hints at changes in society and the way things were done, OBV, but like for one thing I never even got the DATE! What year is it? How far into the future? They kept referencing the 20th and 21st centuries, but that led me to question even more what was going on. Branching from that we have the government structure. I wanted to know how the place got the way they did. So I was disappointed by the lack of world building in that respect. For the most part the structure was the household and how things were done in the regard of the marriages.
Now coming to that topic I felt like that was interesting and pretty laid out there on the table. Nothing complex or confusing to worry about. The sister wives were your basic characters. I wasn't really drawn to them in any particular way. I felt pity for them sure, they're in this crappy situation, but I didn't connect. Linden - the husband- was talked about alot by Rhine and Jenna as terrible. Like there were a couple times Rhine acknowledged how ignorant he was, but for the most part it was flat out hate. He knows NOTHING. He's not even the bad guy. I felt totally bad for him.
Speaking of bad guys, we have Linden's dad, VAUGHN. The word just oozes creepiness. He's the "evil overlord" of the house and for some reason he's always threatening, hating Rhine. He needs complete control. Oh he was an effective bad guy, but what I really wanted is the inside scoop. I'm hoping that will come later because all we have is a list of questions and no answers, okay there might have been a couple, but there's still a lot left open for him. More villainous development.
Rhine herself was an interesting character. Thought I'm still trying to figure out her name.... She had a good voice. She's a very independent girl. I could see where things were coming from and I was glad that we got flashbacks and memories to help us understand where she was coming from. So I couldn't say she was one of the best characters,and one that I loved, she was nice despite the whole cliche aspects of her. Starting with the beginning of the book it's all hate of situation and people that put her there and vows of escape. But she doesn't DO anything about escaping till like 3/4ths in. And then it felt like it was way to easy and the bad guy didn't do much to stop her. Too smooth.
The romance was one side of the book that I liked. I liked Gabriel, even though he's in the bookmaybe one-third of the time. He seems like a genuine guy, and they actually got to know each other well. I was happy it was Love-you-can't-be-without-you in this book. That would have been way wrong. But this book sets up a good base for a good romance in the following books. So I have to give Lauren a thumbs up for that.
So yes, I had complaints. I want more details and information. And honestly, more action. It was really relaxed with a threat every couple hundred pages. I've heard good things about Fever, the second installment, so I'm hoping that it will live to my expectations and give me a good ride.
The romance was one side of the book that I liked. I liked Gabriel, even though he's in the bookmaybe one-third of the time. He seems like a genuine guy, and they actually got to know each other well. I was happy it was Love-you-can't-be-without-you in this book. That would have been way wrong. But this book sets up a good base for a good romance in the following books. So I have to give Lauren a thumbs up for that.
So yes, I had complaints. I want more details and information. And honestly, more action. It was really relaxed with a threat every couple hundred pages. I've heard good things about Fever, the second installment, so I'm hoping that it will live to my expectations and give me a good ride.
Content: Moderate
(A few instances of light language. Girls forced into polygamous marriages. Innuendo, talk of pregnancy, sex. Husband has sex w/13-yr old wife and impregnates her. Birth (some details, not overly graphic) It's know he has sex with another wife a few times. He sleeps *no sex* in bed with MC. Kisses.)
3 Stars - Cool Beans
(Great in a salad, mashed, or re-fried. A very nice appetizer, but I'm still hungry)
Have you read Wither? Fever? Did you like it better than me? Do you want to read this book? What are YOUR thoughts? XOXO,
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Hey Guys! Just wanted to let you know that I've renovated my ABOUT ME page, and after a few weeks it's back up and running. It's so much funner and less lame than before. Plus I've included taglines for my star ratings. So fun. Either way, feel free to check that out! Happy Thursday!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
by Stacey Kade
Releasing 4.23.13 by Disney-Hyperion
1. Never trust anyone.
2. Remember they are always searching.
3. Don’t get involved.
4. Keep your head down.
5. Don’t fall in love.
Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. Ariane’s survival—and that of her adoptive father—depends on her ability to blend in among the full-blooded humans in a small Wisconsin town, to hide in plain sight at her high school from those who seek to recover their lost (and expensive) “project.” But when a cruel prank at school goes awry, it puts her in the path of Zane Bradshaw, the police chief’s son and someone who sees too much. Someone who really sees her. After years of trying to be invisible, Ariane finds the attention frightening—and utterly intoxicating. Suddenly, nothing is simple anymore, especially not the rules…
Okay, so for starters it's got pretty cool cover. I love how her face is kinda tense and how it's surrounded by a fabulous array of like fifty shades of blue. Of course the font is cool too. There's something about broken letters these days. ;) Totally love it. I think it totally gives the right impression for the book.
BUT NOW WE HAVE THE SYNOPSIS! Eep? Does that now sound cool? Rules, exstraterrestrial DNA, escape....oooh-la-la! I can't tell you how psyched I feel for this book! It sounds thrilling, it's more than 400 pages and it seems like a totally great read with everything good wrapped up in one book! Oh and did I totally mention it's the FIRST in a series? There will be More! The series name even gets me excited. I mean like HOW cool is Project Paper Doll? Uber-Cool!! I'm going to try and show some uber love to Hyperion and hopefully get an ARC. This is one book I DO NOT want to miss!
Whatcha Waiting/Hyperventilating on This Week?
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