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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Dazzling Reads' YA Autumn Giveaway
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday! [1]
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where she spotlights upcoming releases.
This week I am waiting on:
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Release date: 12/6/11
Description taken from Goodreads:
In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and that one of their own has betrayed them.
Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.
Sooooo I absolutely love The Mortal Instruments and the first book in the prequel The Infernal Devices series, Clockwork Angel, was amazing! I love all the characters. And Jem and Will are both great in their own way. I am so excited to find out more about Will's past and see whats going on with this love triangle!
What are you waiting on this week?
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Book I Am Most Thankful For
Check out Beth Revis blog to learn how to win 19 books and let every know what book you are most thankful for!
I guess I would have to say the book I am most thankful for is To Kill a Mockingbird. This was one of those books I had to read in high school and I was not looking forward to it because I never liked the books they made us read. But I absolutely loved the story! There is so much to learn from this book! I guess I am also thankful for my teacher for making us read this, otherwise I probably never would have.
Teaser Tuesdays
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly 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!
"Get off your knees."
"You like it-you know you like it"
pg 58 Marked by P.c Cast and Kristin Cast
Snowed In With Indie Authors Review and Giveaway Festival With "What Book Is That?"
What Book is That? is snowed in! Snowed in with indie authors, that is! Every day in December, a different indie book will be reviewed at whatbookisthat.com! Each review has a giveaway attached for digital books, print books, gift certificates and more! Over 30 books will be up for grabs, so stop by every day for a new chance to win!
First Blog Hop Coming Up!
I will join in on my first blog hop this month! Hope you all come check it out! :)
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner Review
Now this is my first review for my new blog, so bear with me please! :)
Certain Girls is book #2 of the Cannie Shapiro books. Book #1 is called Good in Bed.
I read the large print edition, 491 pages.
Rating: 2.5 (Possibly 3, still on the fence) stars/5
Description from Goodreads:
Readers fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, the smart, sharp-tongued, bighearted heroine of Good in Bed who found her happy ending after her mother came out of the closet, her father fell out of her life, and her ex-boyfriend started chronicling their ex-sex life in the pages of a national magazine.
Now Cannie's back. After her debut novel -- a fictionalized (and highly sexualized) version of her life -- became an overnight bestseller, she dropped out of the public eye and turned to writing science fiction under a pseudonym. She's happily married to the tall, charming diet doctor Peter Krushelevansky and has settled into a life that she finds wonderfully predictable -- knitting in the front row of her daughter Joy's drama rehearsals, volunteering at the library, and taking over-forty yoga classes with her best friend Samantha.
As preparations for Joy's bat mitzvah begin, everything seems right in Cannie's world. Then Joy discovers the novel Cannie wrote years before and suddenly finds herself faced with what she thinks is the truth about her own conception -- the story her mother hid from her all her life. When Peter surprises his wife by saying he wants to have a baby, the family is forced to reconsider its history, its future, and what it means to be truly happy.
I really enjoyed Good in Bed (book #1) and didn't even know there was a 2nd book until recently. I figured the first one was great, why not read the second one. Meh..I don't think I should have cared so much about reading it.
The book was just slow for me. It was okay, but it didn't make me want to read non-stop. And once I put it down, it stayed down for quite awhile. The main characters, Cannie and her daughter, Joy, both annoyed me throughout most of the book. There were good parts but for me there were few and far between. It wasn't til about the last 200 pages or so that it got a little better. There were some surprises towards the end but I didn't like it much. It gives some warm and touching moments that help the book along, but truly they didn't help enough.
So I guess if you've read the first book, you can give this one a try just to see how it all turns out. But I wouldn't put a rush on it. I'd read it only if you have nothing else to read. Because I have many other books I want to read and at times I was wishing I was reading one of them instead.
Certain Girls is book #2 of the Cannie Shapiro books. Book #1 is called Good in Bed.
I read the large print edition, 491 pages.
Rating: 2.5 (Possibly 3, still on the fence) stars/5
Description from Goodreads:
Readers fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, the smart, sharp-tongued, bighearted heroine of Good in Bed who found her happy ending after her mother came out of the closet, her father fell out of her life, and her ex-boyfriend started chronicling their ex-sex life in the pages of a national magazine.
Now Cannie's back. After her debut novel -- a fictionalized (and highly sexualized) version of her life -- became an overnight bestseller, she dropped out of the public eye and turned to writing science fiction under a pseudonym. She's happily married to the tall, charming diet doctor Peter Krushelevansky and has settled into a life that she finds wonderfully predictable -- knitting in the front row of her daughter Joy's drama rehearsals, volunteering at the library, and taking over-forty yoga classes with her best friend Samantha.
As preparations for Joy's bat mitzvah begin, everything seems right in Cannie's world. Then Joy discovers the novel Cannie wrote years before and suddenly finds herself faced with what she thinks is the truth about her own conception -- the story her mother hid from her all her life. When Peter surprises his wife by saying he wants to have a baby, the family is forced to reconsider its history, its future, and what it means to be truly happy.
I really enjoyed Good in Bed (book #1) and didn't even know there was a 2nd book until recently. I figured the first one was great, why not read the second one. Meh..I don't think I should have cared so much about reading it.
The book was just slow for me. It was okay, but it didn't make me want to read non-stop. And once I put it down, it stayed down for quite awhile. The main characters, Cannie and her daughter, Joy, both annoyed me throughout most of the book. There were good parts but for me there were few and far between. It wasn't til about the last 200 pages or so that it got a little better. There were some surprises towards the end but I didn't like it much. It gives some warm and touching moments that help the book along, but truly they didn't help enough.
So I guess if you've read the first book, you can give this one a try just to see how it all turns out. But I wouldn't put a rush on it. I'd read it only if you have nothing else to read. Because I have many other books I want to read and at times I was wishing I was reading one of them instead.
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