Bookish Bingo Challenge: Summer

Bookish Bingo Challenge
Summer: July to September 2014
hosted by Great Imaginations
details here
Just joined this book challenge again!

The Rules:

Sign-ups close on July 14th here

One square per book. For instance, Mockingjay starts with M and is also a series finale, but can only count for one square.

All reading must be done during the months of July, August, and September.

There will be a giveaway again!

Extra entries will be awarded for multiple bingos and a fully covered card earns +5!

Books read:

Square - magical realism
The Future for Curious People
by Gregory Sherl
my review

Square - A Middle Grade Novel
Bone by Jeff Smith
(graphic novel)
my review

Square - Asian MC
The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco
my review

Square - MC is LBGTIA
The Red Sheet by Mia Kerick
my review

Square - Road Trip
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
my review

Square - Music theme
Rock Angel by Jeanne Bogino
my review

Square - Pink Cover
The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
my review

Square - Thriller
Until You're Mine by Samantha Hayes
my review

Square - Set on an Island
The Vacationers: A Novel by Emma Straub
-set in Mallorca
my review

Square - A Retelling
Ariadne by S.D. Hines
my review

Square - Set during the Summer
This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
my review

Square - Water on Cover
Serenade
by Emily Kiebel
my review

Square - Sky on Cover
These Broken Stars
by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
my review

Square - Set in Europe
-France
The Penny Thief
by Christophe Paul
my review

Square - Starts with M
My Last Kiss
by Bethany Neal
my review

Square - Featuring an animal companion
Hot Chocolate
by Dawn Greenfield Ireland
-Lila Mae's dog, Louie
my review

Square - Strong Sibling Relationship
Bitter Chocolate
by Dawn Greenfield Ireland
-three sisters
my review

Square - Blue Cover
I Become Shadow
by Joe Shine
my review

Square - Summer Release
Burning Bright
by E.J. Stevens
my review

Square - Stand Alone
The One and Only
by Emily Giffin
my review

I Become Shadow by Joe Shine

I Become Shadow
by Joe Shine

Find out more about this book and author:
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Twitter @joeshinetweets

Release date: December 2, 2014
Publisher: Soho Teen
Genre: Thriller, YA
Paperback: 304 pages
Rating: 4

This debut thriller combines a pulse-pounding thriller (like False Memory or Starters) with a new adult coming-of-age story set at Texas A&M University.

When Ren Sharpe was fourteen, she was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called FATE and trained to be a human weapon.

Now, four years later, she receives her assignment: protect Gareth Young at all costs. Currently a student at Texas A&M, Gareth will someday change the world. FATE calls people like Gareth “FIPs”—future important people—and they’re everywhere, each with a FATE-trained shadow.

But when disaster strikes, Ren will have to turn on her maker. Together with Junie, a fellow abductee and the one person she trusts, Ren takes Gareth on the run.

Because whatever else happens, failure is not an option.

My two-bits:

I found this to be an exciting action thriller with main character, Ren, that was a sort-of assassin and sort-of body guard.

This first book in the series is an introduction of Ren and the making of a kick-ass heroine. Ren has a bit of snarky-ness which makes some of her scenes amusing sure to make you chuckle.

Being a young adult, Ren struggles with handling both work and young romance. Her love interests have desirable personalities that match her in different ways which makes for major conflict of her heart. At this point, I can't tell who her best match would be.

Many of the fight scenes were vivid and would lend well to a movie version.

Fun summer read!

About the author:
Joe Shine grew up in Austin, TX (the greatest city ever), and is a graduate of Texas A&M University.

He has an MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, and after brief stints in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, Joe returned home to Austin (repeat: the greatest city ever).

Joe has a normal human job like most everyone else but hopes to become a full-time writer one day, and this is where you, the reader, must do him a really big solid and love I Become Shadow, his first novel.

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* added this to my Bookish Bingo challenge

* review copy courtesy of book tour sponsored by SOHO Teen.

Giveaway: I Become Shadow by Joe Shine

I Become Shadow
by Joe Shine
just released: June 10, 2014
Amazon | Goodreads
This debut thriller combines a pulse-pounding thriller (like False Memory or Starters) with a new adult coming-of-age story set at Texas A&M University.

When Ren Sharpe was fourteen, she was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called FATE and trained to be a human weapon.

Now, four years later, she receives her assignment: protect Gareth Young at all costs. Currently a student at Texas A&M, Gareth will someday change the world. FATE calls people like Gareth “FIPs”—future important people—and they’re everywhere, each with a FATE-trained shadow.

But when disaster strikes, Ren will have to turn on her maker. Together with Junie, a fellow abductee and the one person she trusts, Ren takes Gareth on the run.

Because whatever else happens, failure is not an option.

ARE you up for a YA sci-fi thriller this summer...

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Open to US only.

Offer ends: July 31, 2014

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* review copy courtesy of book tour sponsored by SOHO Teen.

Stacking the Shelves - 6.14.14

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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For Review:

How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are:
Love, Style, and Bad Habits
by Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret, Sophie Mas
-France, how-to
courtesy of Edelweiss
Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads

I Become Shadow
by Joe Shine
-thriller, YA
courtesy of tour - SoHo Press
Thanks Meredith!
Amazon | Goodreads

The Witch of Belladonna Bay
by Suzanne Palmieri
-romance, witches
courtesy of BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge 2014
Thanks Janay!
Amazon | Goodreads
Library:

We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
-mystery, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

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

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