Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Witches and Witchcraft 2014 Challenge

2014 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
I always love reading about witches and witchcraft so it only seemed natural to join in on this challenge.
The levels are as followed:
Initiate: Read 1 – 5 Witchy BooksMaiden: Read 6 – 10 Witchy BooksMother: Read 11 – 15 Witchy BookCrone: Read 16 – 20 Witchy Books
I think for now I will start off with Initiate. 
So far the books I have picked are:
Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
Star cursed by Jessica Spotswood
Witch Song by Amber Argyle
Witch born by Amber Argyle



Book Review: A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford

AUTHOR: Leah Clifford
PUBLISHER: Greenwillow

PAGES: 432

SERIES/STAND ALONE: Series book 1 (A Touch Morbid, A Touch Menacing)

SOURCE: Bought on Amazon
OUTLINE: Eden didn't expect Az.
Not his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick-up line. Not the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings.
Yeah.
So long, happily-ever-after.
Now trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch, Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven. 

She may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most. But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else's game. Her heart is her own.
And that's only the beginning of the end.
MY THOUGHTS
(Read in 2011)
This review is from notes I had.
Going into this book I had high hopes that it was going to be awesome. Why would I do that when it might just break my heart? Have you read the synopsis? It was a different take on angels and sometimes subjects need to have a new or fresh perspective in order to keep a readers attention (or is that just my attention).
So where am I going with this and what's my point. My point is that while at first I was confused with what was happening and the mix of all the characters just kind of popping up. I thought this is going to be hard for me to follow and I'll lose interest and that is when all my excitement for the book was lost. I didn't want it to be because it had potential. I'm not a DNF, quick to give up type reader. It's really hard for me to give on a book because I feel if I start it I should give the author a chance to wow me. (I mean sometimes the best parts are at the end.) So I figured maybe it was just my mood. So I put the book down for a few days.
After coming back to the story I can say I began to like it, I didn't love it, but it's better than just hating it. As the story unfolded I began to see the characters more clearly. I don't remember being to thrilled with Eden as a character.

More to come.

Waiting on Wed: The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings

Waiting on Wed is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine
It's something that she does every Wed where we pick a book that hasn't been released yet.



AUTHOR: Lindsey Cummings
EXPECTED PUBLICATION: June 10th, 2014
PUBLISHER: Greenwillow/HarperCollins

OUTLINE: 
An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate. For fans of Moira Young’s Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna.

Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the population with precision.

The plot starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is—although he doesn’t know it—one of the MC’s programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family?

Why I chose this:
It sounds pretty freakin' awesome, and I will totally support my fellow Texans.

What are you waiting on this week? 

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me



Hi everybody! How's everyone's week been going? 


 If you want to see all the other top ten post head on over to The Broke and the Bookish.

  1. The Indigo Spell and The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead- They're in a series that I need to continue.
  2. The Chaos in the stars by Kiersten White- I really enjoyed her Paranormalcy series so I want to read this one.
  3. Antigoddess by Kendare Blake- I'm a fan of her Anna dressed in blood books.
  4. United we spy by Ally Carter- I love the Gallagher girl books.
  5. The evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkins- Really needto read the second one.
  6. Prodigy by Marie Lu- I loved Legend
  7. The girl of nightmares by Kendare Blake
  8. Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto
  9. Finale by Becca fitzpatrick
  10. Rapture by Lauren Kate

Monday, December 23, 2013

Why Can't I Have it Now?


We've all seen those widgets where it counts down to the minute when the book comes out that we've been patiently waiting for. Most of them you see on the sides of people blogs. Most of the time I would say that's okay, but after one or two are up it starts to get to crowded for my taste.

Here is my solution to that.
Every Month I will try and find some widgets to put up for the next two months or so. Since I'm just now starting this it'll have books that I want to read that come out in January only. I may or may not put up another Countdown page at the beginning of January or middle. Those will have February and March ones. Make sense? I will add t this page if I find more for january. :)

12-26-13
When a crash kills their father and leaves them orphaned, Zel knows she needs to protect her sister, Dyl. But before Zel has a plan, Dyl is taken by strangers using bizarre sensory weapons, and Zel finds herself in a safe house for teens who aren’t like any she’s ever seen before—teens who shouldn't even exist. Using broken-down technology, her new friends’ peculiar gifts, and her own grit, Zel must find a way to get her sister back from the kidnappers who think a powerful secret is encoded in Dyl’s DNA.
1-7-14
With the Prime Destinations body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn't want to do. Like hurt someone she loves. Having the chip removed could save Callie's life - but it could also silence the voice in her head that might belong to her father. Callie has flashes of her ex-renter Helena's memories, too ...and the Old Man is back, filling her with fear. Who is real and who is masquerading in a teen body? This is the thrilling sequel to "Starters"
1-14-13
On a remote island in the Pacific, Corpus scientists have taken test tube embryos and given them life. These beings—the Vitros—have knowledge and abilities most humans can only dream of. But they also have one enormous flaw. Sophie Crue is determined to get to Skin Island and find her mother, a scientist who left Sophie behind years ago. She enlists hunky charter pilot Jim Julien to take her there. But once on the island, Sophie and Jim encounter more than they bargained for, including a charming, brilliant Vitro named Nicholas and an innocent, newly awoken one named Lux. In a race for their lives, Sophie and Jim are about to discover what happens when science stretches too far beyond its reach
1-14-13
In 1940 after the first book ends, Jacob and his new Welsh island friends flee to London, the Peculiar capital of the world. Caul, a dangerous madman, is Miss Peregrine’s brother, and can steal Peculiar abilities for himself. The Peculiars must fight for survival, again.
1-15-13
With the magic of their songs, the Witches control the seasons, the storms, even the sea. Secure in their supremacy, they have forgotten the unmatched destructiveness of mankind. For the world has begun to covet their power, seeing them as weapons to be controlled instead of rulers worthy of obeisance. Born of witches but raised among their enemy, Lilette searches for a way to heal the rift between mankind and the witches. But it may be too late to save either. For if there is one thing Lilette has come to know for certain, it’s that all things fall.
1-28-13
When Davy Hamilton's tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone. Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.
1-28-13
DESTRUCTION The Year of Souls begins with an earthquake—an alarming rumble from deep within the earth—and it’s only the first of greater dangers to come. The Range caldera is preparing to erupt. Ana knows that as Soul Night approaches, everything near Heart will be at risk. FLIGHT Ana’s exile is frightening, but it may also be fortuitous, especially if she can convince her friends to flee Heart and Range with her. They’ll go north, seeking answers and allies to stop Janan’s ascension. And with any luck, the newsouls will be safe from harm’s reach. CHOICE The oldsouls might have forgotten the choice they made to give themselves limitless lifetimes, but Ana knows the true cost of reincarnation. What she doesn’t know is whether she’ll have the chance to finish this one sweet life with Sam, especially if she returns to Heart to stop Janan once and for all.




Monday, December 16, 2013

Book Review: Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken





Author: Alexandra Bracken
PUBLISHER: Disney Hyperion
PAGES: 512
STAND ALONE/SERIES: Series (The Darkest Minds)
SOURCE: Netgalley
OUTLINE:
Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster. 
When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s League behind. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America’s children—and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts—has survived every attempt to destroy it. But the truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future—and who now wouldn’t recognize her. 



As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam—and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped both her life and America apart—she is torn between old friends and the promise she made to serve the League. Ruby will do anything to protect the people she loves. But what if winning the war means losing herself?

THOUGHTS
OMG!!!! As bloggers/reviewers we've all gone through that second book syndrome. You know where it seems like that book is just a filler until we get to the third book which is usually the epic conclusion. I'm glad to say Never Fade was the total opposite. It stood its ground as pretty epic in itself. This is definitely turning out to be a fave series of mine.

It has the dystopian theme I've come to enjoy, and then the whole powers. POWERS I mean how can a book with this many powers not be totally awesome. 

As always Ruby was a kick ass heroine. Well maybe more of a kick "mind" heroine. :) As much as I loved the characters in The Darkest Minds, but I'm glad we got to meet a bunch of newer ones when Ruby decided to go work for the league.

I'll have to say the end of The Darkest Minds nearly killed me. I wanted an ending that would be satisfying, but in a first book I knew that wouldn't happen. I was glad to see there were some loose ends that were tied up in Never Fade.

I know this review is pretty brief, but I can't say much without giving away things. Let's just say that ghosts aren't always dead.


Quotes:
-Ghost don't haunt people, memories do.
- It was the loved one you saw in the rearview mirror, growing smaller and smaller the more time and distance you put between them until its shape became unrecognizable.
-You can push someones button over and over again to get what you want, but there comes a point when your finger slips and you finally hit the wrong one.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Winter 2013 List


Hi everybody! How's everyone's week been going? 


 If you want to see all the other top ten post head on over to The Broke and the Bookish.

1. Anna and the french Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: I've heard so many awesome things about this book and its companion books2. The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead: I've kind of fallen behind on this series, and I need to catch up because I love Richelle Mead
3. Across the Universe by Beth Revis- I;ve heard nothing but good things, and I had a conversation on twitter with some people who said I needed to read it.
4. Dare you too by Katie McGarry- I absolutely loved pushing the limits, and I have this on my kindle I think so yeah I need to get on that pronto.
5. Unravel Me by T. Mafi- Shatter me was really awesome and with the third book coming out soon I need to get on board.
6. Uninvited by Sophie Jordan- I want to see if I like this any better than her firelight series.
7. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins- I know I should have this one read, but in my defense I wasn't thrilled with the first two. 
8. Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer- I need to finish this series up.
9. Everneath by Brodi Ashton- Again, I've heard really good things about this series, and with it ending soon.
10. Incarnate by Jodie Meadows- Another series I need to start.

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