Monday, January 9, 2012

New Releases: January 9th - January 15th



January 10th


The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) by Beth Revis

Ditched by Robin Mellom

The Darlings In Love (The Darlings #2) by Melissa Kantor



This week A MILLION SUNS by Beth Revis is released and I can't wait to read it, I have it pre-ordered and can highly recommend everyone to read ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, the first novel in the series, if you haven't done that yet. I'm also currently reading DITCHED and have THE FAULT IN OUR STARS on my wishlist. What about you?


Sunday, January 8, 2012

In My Mailbox #40

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.


E-ARCs*
 
 
 
 
Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
New Girl by Paige Harbison
Allegiance by Cayla Kluver

* Thanks to Netgalley and the various publishers! 
 
 
 
For Review
 
 
Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan (Thanks Hodder & Stoughton)
Advent by James Treadwell (And another thank you to the awesome Hodder & Stoughton!)
A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink (Thank you Michelle, Rebecca and Dial Books!)



Bought
 
 
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare 
 Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Looking For Alaska by John Green
 
 
Gifted
 
 
Catching Jordan by Miranda Keneally (Ty Mum)
Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted (A huge thank you to Loni @ A Casual Reader for sending me the two books and a great amount of yummy candy! xx)
 
 

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Most Anticipated Books in 2012: Teaser Edition

2012 has only just begun and it seems that my wishlist grows steadily, filling with more and more coming up books. Here's only a  glimpse at the novels I'm waiting for in 2012, but be sure these ten are my most anticipated I-would-claw-your-eyes-out-to-get-this-book-early reads! Don't tell me you don't want to read them! My Top 10:



Insurgent by Veronica Roth


"Did you just call me BEATRICE?"


 "You look older." "Yes, well, the passage of time tends to do that to a person."







 Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare


 " "He began it," Cecily said, jerking her chin at Will, though she knew it was pointless. Jem, Will's parabatai, treated her with the distant sweet kindness reserved for the little sister of one's friends, but he would always side with Will. Kindly, but firmly, he put Will above everything else in the world. Well, nearly everything. " 






 City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare


“Sebastian never does anything just for fun.” Jace took Clary’s hand and pulled her toward him. “But I do.”









The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting


“Do you want to?” she breathed. “I mean touch something?” Her heart was racing, slamming so violently it felt like a sledgehammer, and she worried it might actually crack a rib.

He inched the tiniest bit closer, his breath mingling with hers. “I do,” he said softly, his voice barely a whisper as his daring blue eyes held hers . . . longer than they should have.





Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer


"One thing." He leaned down to whisper in my ear. "One thing that I'd always been afraid of. I still am."









Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton

He frowned. “I’m not a dog, Ellie.”

“Fine,” I chirped. “Then no biscuit for you.”







Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins


 " Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough"  *

 * Lola and the Boy Next Door Quote






A Million Suns by Beth Revis



" Dreams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they are never real. They're never real, and I hate them because they aren't." ~ Amy *

 * Across the Universe Quote






Thou Shalt Not Road Trip by Antony John


 “Don’t worry about wanting to change; start worrying when you don’t feel like changing anymore. And in the meantime, enjoy every version of yourself you ever meet, because not everybody who discovers their true identity likes what they find.”*

 * Five Flavours of Dumb Quote





Adorkable by Sarra Manning


“Just once, I'd like to find a boy. And I like him and he likes me. And we have a laugh and the kissing's really good and there's no-one getting in the way of the laughing and the kissing. Is that too much to ask?”*

* Kiss and Make Up Quote 

Friday, January 6, 2012

Teaser: Fracture by Megan Miranda


Fracture by Megan Miranda 



' My bright red parka saved my life. That's the only explanation. '

p.27


Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine
-despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?

Summary by Goodreads  



 * You want to post your teasers as part of a meme? Then Tuesday is your day. Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading


Thursday, January 5, 2012

Book Review: The Lost Saint (The Dark Divine #2) by Bree Despain


Title: The Lost Saint (The Dark Divine #2)
Author: Bree Despain
Publisher: Egmont UK
Publishing Date: March 2011
Length: 403 pages
Genre: YA, paranormal romance
Source: Publisher 

A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns.

Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with the werewolf curse while trying to save him, and lost her beloved brother in the process.

Desperate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot, a newcomer to town. But as the two grow closer, Grace's relationship with Daniel is put in danger - in more ways than one.

Unaware of the dark path she is walking, Grace begins to give into the wolf inside of her - not realizing that an enemy has returned and a deadly trap is about to be sprung.  

Summary by Goodreads

 



Grace and Daniel are back, finally! A big part of the story circles around how the beings that hide somewhere in the lovers Grace and Daniel influence their growing relationship. Their relationship goes in a more intimate and sexy way on the one hand, on the other there appears to be the danger of distance. The relationship between Grace and Daniel is loaded with a lot of tension, which is released over the course of the story, leading to an explosive ending. There are dangerous and dark things going on and I promise you won't be bored by Bree's sequel to THE DARK DIVINE.

This book has a fantastic prologue and ending. The prologue just throws you into the story with a moment of early surprise. Then we get an action-loaded ending, nerve-racking and it made me so curious for THE SAVAGE GRACE. My fingers were tingling for the next book in the series.

The title, THE LOST SAINT, is very fitting and makes up a big part of book two. The search for Jude, the hope for his return. As before Grace’s family is a big part of the story, too. In the second book in this series the religious background of the Divine family isn’t addressed as much as in THE DARK DIVINE.

We meet some new characters, of course, and one of them really made me hate him. There’s also a new guy involved who doesn’t only wake Grace’s interest. He is that hot stranger with a special role in the story. Find out yourselves, you’ll be surprised at how his relationship to Grace develops. I can only say that Bree Despain found exactly the right path. Her writing is awesome!




1) friends get back together to search the lost
2) of a heartbreaking ending
3) of the white one
4) you can always decide your own fate
5) of the exciting and dangerous balance of being hunter and hunted





5/5 ***** THE LOST SAINT- A dark and dangerously attractive sequel to THE DARK DIVINE!

THE LOST SAINT is the fulminant sequel to Bree Despain’s THE DARK DIVINE. I liked the first book, but totally fell in love with the second. It convinces with an even darker notion and more exciting plot turns.





* THE SAVAGE GRACE, the third novel in this series, will be released March 13th 2012.

* Read an excerpt of THE LOST SAINT here.

* Watch the book trailer here.

* For further information visit www.breedespain.com

* Thanks to Egmont UK for sending me a copy for review!!