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Friday, October 24, 2014

Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-thon

Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-thon
Oct 17-27, 2014
details here
This looked like a fun challenge for the season. Giving it a go...

Book reading list:
(links will light upon completion)

The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
-my review

Drowning by Jassy de Jong
-my review

Queen of Hearts vol. 2 by Colleen Oakes
-my review

Frostbitten by Heather Beck
-my review

Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
illustrated by Yuyi Marales
-my review

Monday, October 20, 2014

The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts (with giveaway)

The Bodies We Wear
by Jeyn Roberts

Find out more about this book and author:
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Just released: September 2014
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Genre: Dystopia, Ghosts, YA
Hardback: 368 pages
Rating: 5

A streetwise girl trains to take on a gang of drug dealers and avenge her best friend’s death in this thriller for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Robin Wasserman.

People say when you take Heam, your body momentarily dies and you catch a glimpse of heaven. Faye was only eleven when dealers forced Heam on her and her best friend, Christian. But Faye didn’t glimpse heaven—she saw hell. And Christian died.

Now Faye spends her days hiding her secret from the kids at school, and her nights training to take revenge on the men who destroyed her life and murdered her best friend. But life never goes the way we think it will. When a mysterious young man named Chael appears, Faye's plan suddenly gets a lot more complicated. Chael seems to know everything about her, including her past. But too many secrets start tearing her world apart: trouble at school, with the police, and with the people she thought might be her friends. Even Gazer, her guardian, fears she's become too obsessed with vengeance. Love and death. Will Faye overcome her desires, or will her quest for revenge consume her?

Zombie sighting:
When morning comes, I must look like a zombie. Gazer sits down while I'm at the breakfast table, my cheek leaning against my coffee mug in a pathetic attempt to try to keep my face elevated.
-chapter 9, page 146

My two-bits:

Issues about rehabilitation, revenge, death and love are masterfully intermingled and dealt with in this tale of a girl who survives an addiction.

Interesting paranormal action and activity comes into play in some scenes that help the main character come to terms with internal conflicts of the past.

Loved how things were not necessarily black and white.

The main character, Faye, is such a strong fighter and survivor. She is another one of those gals who I'm adding to my list of kick-ass fiction heroines.

--~ Blog Tour Giveaway ~--
For 2 winners.

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Offer ends: October 31, 2014

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* review copy and giveaway courtesy of book tour.

* added this to my Bookish Bingo challenge - square: Black cover

* part of my Dystopia Reading Challenge

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Stacking the Shelves - 10.11.14

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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FREE from author:

The Sending
by Jandy Salguero
Amazon | Goodreads
FREE ebook available: October 9-12, 2014
For Review:

The Bodies We Wear
by Jeyn Roberts
-dystopia, YA
courtesy of book tour
Thanks Aisha!
Amazon | Goodreads
WIN a copy of this book at Goodreads -expires Oct 15

Christmas in Snow Valley
set of 6 clean Christmas themed romance novellas
authors include: Cindy Roland Anderson
Jeanette Lewis
Cami Checketts
Taylor Hart
Kimberley Montpetit
Lucy McConnell
courtesy of tour in November
Thanks Kathy!
Amazon | Goodreads

Whip Smart:
Lola Montez Starts a Revolution
by Kit Brennan
-historical, romance
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Melanie!
Amazon | Goodreads

The Secret Journal of Ichabod Crane
by Alex Irvine
-related to tv show
courtesy of Blogging for Books
Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads

Luckiest Girl Alive
by Jessica Knoll
-thriller
courtesy of edelweiss
Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads
Library:

Mercy Thompson: Homecoming
(Mercedes Thompson Graphic Novels 0)
by Patricia Briggs, Francis Tsai (Illustrator)
-graphic novel, werewolves
Amazon | Goodreads
Mercy Thompson is a walker, a magical being with the power to transform into a coyote. She lives on the fine line dividing the everyday world from a darker dimension, observing the supernatural community while standing apart.

When Mercy travels to the Tri-Cities of Washington for a job interview, she quickly finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a gang war between rival packs of werewolves. And as if fangs and fur weren’t bad enough, Mercy must deal with the scariest creature of all: her mother, who is convinced that Mercy is making a mess of her life and determined to set her daughter on the right course.

The thrilling adventures of Mercy Thompson–Moon Called, Blood Bound, and Iron Kissed–have topped the New York Times bestseller list. Now Mercy makes her comics debut in an exclusive new story created by Patricia Briggs. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming is sure to please longtime fans and capture new ones with its mix of unforgettable characters and thrilling supernatural intrigue.

-----> Have been meaning to read something from Patricia Briggs for awhile now. And got turned on to start with a graphic novel from a recommendation from Sophia Rose of the Delighted Reader.

Dreaming about getting soon:

Trust Me, I'm Lying
by Mary Elizabeth Summer
-mystery, thriller, YA
-release date: October 14, 2014
Amazon | Goodreads
Fans of Ally Carter, especially her Heist Society readers, will love this teen mystery/thriller with sarcastic wit, a hint of romance, and Ocean’s Eleven–inspired action.

Julep Dupree tells lies. A lot of them. She’s a con artist, a master of disguise, and a sophomore at Chicago’s swanky St. Agatha High, where her father, an old-school grifter with a weakness for the ponies, sends her to so she can learn to mingle with the upper crust. For extra spending money Julep doesn’t rely on her dad—she runs petty scams for her classmates while dodging the dean of students and maintaining an A+ (okay, A-) average.

But when she comes home one day to a ransacked apartment and her father gone, Julep’s carefully laid plans for an expenses-paid golden ticket to Yale start to unravel. Even with help from St. Agatha’s resident Prince Charming, Tyler Richland, and her loyal hacker sidekick, Sam, Julep struggles to trace her dad’s trail of clues through a maze of creepy stalkers, hit attempts, family secrets, and worse, the threat of foster care. With everything she has at stake, Julep’s in way over her head . . . but that’s not going to stop her from using every trick in the book to find her dad before his mark finds her. Because that would be criminal.

OTHER things on my shelf: kinda book-related

Binge-ing a book podcast...

I got turned on to The Readers after listening to Books on the Nightstand episode #299. It is book banter between two dudes, one from the U.S. and another from the U.K., but started off with both from U.K. Got hooked. And now, listening to all the episodes to catch up.

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* some of these may be offered as giveaways within the next two months

* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

* per usual, check out the sidebar for my current giveaways offers

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Bookish Bingo Challenge: Fall

Bookish Bingo Challenge
Fall: October to December 2014
hosted by Great Imaginations
details here
Just joined the next edition of this book challenge!

The Rules:

Sign-ups close on October 15 here

Read read read! You have all of October, November and December to cover as many squares as possible.

One book per square. So while Shutter has a creature on the cover and is a autumn release, it can only count for one square

There will be a giveaway at the end of December. Each bingo earned gets you extra points! To enter, write up a wrap up post with links to your books read and plug it into the Rafflecopter.

*Books do not have to be reviewed*

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