Monday, December 27, 2010

Most Anticipated Books 2011 Teaser edition

Here are my most anticipated 2011 releases which I cannot wait to get my hands on! They are mostly part of a larger series, but there are also a few debut author titles. You find a small teaser beside each cover, so be careful if you haven't read the series, they can definitely be understood as spoilers. When I couldn't find a teaser I just posted a teaser of another book in the series, fun teasers or a summary. Feel free to share your most anticipated books in the comments, maybe you can find some of yours in my list...


My Top 10 most anticipated books 2011 ~ Teaser edition ~





  City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare


Jace caught her hand in his. "Just say it again."

"I'll never leave you," Clary said.

"No matter what happens, what I do?"


 
 




Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

“Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later. Have you ever asked yourself why I agreed to be your parabatai?”




Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Grace is not abducted by aliens, nor does she see lights in the sky that turn out to be just helicopters.

Sam and Grace's mom do not "get it on."

Sam does not get a dog.

There is absolutely no part of the story that takes place in the snow. Or on the beach. Or in a pyramid.

(You can find Maggie's fun teasers here)






 
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer   

“And why would I do that?” I asked.
I already knew the answer. I’d risked everything to save Shay. And I’d do it again in a heartbeat if it meant I could get back to my packmates. If I could save them.
He stepped back and extended his arm, clearing my path to the open door.
“Freedom.”




 
 Awakened by P.C. and Kristin Cast


"No. Yes."
He grinned. "Which is it?"
"I don't know. I can't think when you kiss me like that," I told him honestly.
"Then I'll have to do more of that kind of kissing," he said.



Timeless by Alexandra Monir 


When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion filled with a century’s worth of family secrets, Michele discovers a diary that hurtles her back in time to the year 1910. There, in the midst of the glamorous Gilded Age, Michele meets the young man with striking blue eyes who has haunted her dreams all her life – a man she always wished was real, but never imagined could actually exist. And she finds herself falling for him, into an otherworldly, time-crossed romance.
(Timeless Summary due to lack of teaser material)




Delirium by Lauren Oliver 



"It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in that moment before things changed."






Die For Me by Amy Plum


"I HAD KNOWN there was something different about Vincent. I had felt it, even before I saw his photo in the obituaries. It was something just a little east of normal, but too obscure for me to put my finger on. So I had ignored it. But now I was going to find out." 




The Caster Chronicles #3 by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl



"Lying on the ceiling. Refusing to go to school. Not opening up to me. Climbing water towers. "No, she's all right." 

(Beautiful Darkness- Caster Chronicles #2 Teaser due to lack of  #3 material)




Red Glove by Holly Black 



I reach out for her shoulder without thinking, rubbing my fingers over the cotton. I no longer know how to say aloud what I feel. Sorry my brothers kept her in a cage, sorry that it took me so long to save her, sorry I changed her in the first place. Sorry I’m bringing up those memories now.

“Don’t,” she says.




New Releases Dec 27th – Jan 2nd

Let's have a look at the wonderful books being released this week!





Dec 28th
 
The Lost Saint (The Dark Divine #2) by Bree Despain (Goodreads~ Amazon)
Bloody Valentine (Blue Bloods novella) by Melissa de la Cruz (Goodreads~ Amazon)

Deadly Little Games (Touch #3) by Laurie Falia Stolarz (Goodreads~ Amazon)

Once in a Full Moon (Full Moon #1) by Ellen Schreiber (Goodreads~ Amazon)
Sapphique (Incarceron #1) by Catherine Fisher (Goodreads~ Amazon)
Fallen Angel (Fallen Angel #1) by Heather Terrell (Goodreads~ Amazon)
Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, plural. If my life weren’t  complicated, I wouldn’t be Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver #4) by E. Lockhart (Goodreads ~ Amazon)
Bitter Melon by Cara Chow (Goodreads ~ Amazon)
See What I See by Gloria Whelan (Goodreads ~ Amazon)


Jan 1st


The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher (Goodreads ~ Amazon)
Wishful Thinking by Alexandra Bullen (Goodreads ~ Amazon)
Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg (Goodreads~ Amazon)
The Romeo And Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone (Goodreads ~ Amazon)
Never Been Kissed: A Novel by Melody Carlson (Goodreads ~ Amazon)

I KNOW each of you wants at least one of them! Tell me which;)

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Best I've Read 2010 ~ We love this book because...~ edition


I started my book blog in August 2010 and somehow I 've read most of my favourite books this year since then, may it be because of the pub dates or the influence the blogging community had on my choices and tastes. I decided to display five reasons why we just have to love each book, to tease you a bit and if you already read the book remind you of the things you might loved about it just as much as I did.

Here is the best I've read in 2010! We love these books because...




 Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare


1) of its strong female heroine and her love for books
2) it makes one of your three obligatory wishes be: Turning all 21st century men into 19th century gentlemen
3) even people not technically gifted will enjoy the magic clockwork can produce
4) Cassandra Clare shows, once again, her talent to employ outrageously exciting plot turns and twists
5) after reading it, you will be careful about boring-dusty-attic-comments




Delirium by Lauren Oliver


1) there must be a chance for love
2) we fall in love with men reciting poetry and telling us fairy tales so easily
3) poetry has it's roots in freedom, but is even steadily growing branches and leaves in banishment
4) we want our very personal roof crusher who goes to the ends of the earth and back again for us
5) we want to read “Comprehensive Compilation of Dangerous Words and Ideas” out loud all day long and don't care about a possible regulator hearing





Nightshade by Andrea Cremer


1) the best dates begin with a knock out
2) of two different type of boys and two very different ways to dance
3) we always wish for a guy to be reasonable and consistent, but sometimes we are more than happy about the result when he just couldn't help himself
4) new alliances mean new enemies but also beginnings and friends
5) even little brothers deserve some romance 
 







Linger by Maggie Stiefvater


1) of its beautiful idea of paper crane memories
2) of our favourite wolf-musician. There aren’t many wolves able to play a guitar, are there?
3) of its melancholy
4) it shows that even sub-plots can be steamy 
5) it underlines that sometimes parents shouldn’t know every little secret







Fallen by Lauren Kate


1) of its idea of eternal love and fate
2) a starlit beach has the potential to make you feel so much closer to heaven
3) even if you don’t believe in guardian angels, they are present, always protecting you
4) we love drawing and the way it lets us express our feelings very personally
5) an identity is more than some random lines on a file 





Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

 
1) you may get lost in a labyrinth of dark streets but will always be found by light
2) distances of hundreds of miles can be a matter of seconds when you are searching for love
3) we’ve already bought a stock of gold and green contact lenses
4) we are looking up at the night sky and hoping to encounter the sparkling beauty of another universe 
5) Caster animals are man’s best friend








Burned by P.C. and Kristin Cast



1) we want to be called a queen by our very own warrior
2) of the (un)dead and the beast
3) Scottish accent can be so sexy
4) sometimes you just need to move on to get the chance for a new start
5) some bonds aren't meant to be broken  











Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins


 1) reality is just an option, but sometimes it means everything
2) melodies remain but songtexts can change
3) of traps and races that make us feel like we’re on a rollercoaster ride
4) sacrifices are never worthless
5) in war, even rivals team up to fight a common enemy 







Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan



1) of the miracles a certain red notebook performed
2) of a paradise illuminated by eighteen miles of heavenly words
3) Santa has never been so cosy before
4) we can vividly image being the next crimson alert victim of the WashingtonSquareMommies
5) of its delightful oxfordian excurses 









Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

 
1) we love creative birthday presents
2) we love the rural charm of its setting
3) we want to have our own Jumping Tree
4) a simple history lesson can be so much fun
5) everyone has a purpose in life
 
 


In My Mailbox #13 Christmas edition


The idea of In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren and is to bring books to the attention of our blog readers and to encourage interaction with other blogs.

First I need to say that I am in love with my mailbox! I was so overwhelmed :) Thanks you so much mum and dad :-*

 ~ In MY Mailbox ~ 


Gifts:

* Smaragdgrün by Kerstin Gier (German)
* Torment by Lauren Kate
* Dark Heart Forever by Lee Monroe
* 50 € GC
* 100 € GC
*  Sony E-Reder Touch ( immediately put all my netgalley stuff on it and I love it!)
  
I won:

* The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa   

~ Many thanks to Loni @ A Casual Reader .It was such a great surprise to win the first two novels in The Iron Fey series. And of course I will tell you how I liked it;)


Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays


I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. May your day be filled with fun and food, family and friends and of course books:) I'll do a few more posts this year till I leave for London Dec 29th and I am already curious if Santa was so kind to drop a carton of books on your porch.

xoxo Sarah aka Miss Page-Turner