Sunday, February 16, 2014

Caught my arrow #31

Caught my Arrow is a meme similar to In my mailbox and  Stalking the Shelves featuring books that were purchased, borrowed or received that week.




Hope you all had a Happy Valentine's Day!! Actually, everyday should be Valentine's Day -- filled with chocolate and hugs ;) Except when it comes to restaurant reservations. Total drag!




Borrowed from Library




(hehe, couldn't help myself)

For Keeps by Natasha Friend
Golden by Jessi Kirby
Paul has a Summer Job by Michael Rabagliati



What are you reading this week?

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Dreams in her Head: Cover Debut & Giveaway





The aliens are back! Clare C. Marshall returns with the sequel to her YA Sci-Fi Stars in her Eyes. In case you haven't read the first book in the series Amazon and Barnes & Noble has the ebook in stock at only $0.99


Open the door.
Step quickly, step through.
Breathe in the darkness,
Until you are its master.

Ingrid Stanley is in more trouble than she knows. Ingrid’s dead friend keeps showing up in her dreams along with mysterious visions that feel all-too real. What’s worse is now the Collective knows that Ingrid is supposed to have superpowers. They’re waiting to pounce the moment Ingrid and her new superpower-wielding friends make a mistake.

When her family is threatened by Professor Jadore, Ingrid decides it’s time to take matters into her own hands. A little student protest can’t go wrong, she thinks. Not when her almost-boyfriend Ethan is fully supporting it. Not when her friends put an innocent student’s life in danger to make it successful.

Not when a powerful alien is waiting for Ingrid to inadvertently summon him into this world.
Everything’s going to be fine. Absolutely no one will get hurt this time.

…right?

Wrong, and wrong again.

Clare Marshall grew up in rural Nova Scotia with very little television and dial up internet, and yet, she turned out okay. She has a combined honours degree in journalism and psychology from the University of King’s College, and is a graduate from Humber College’s Creative Book Publishing Program. She is a full time freelance editor, book designer, and web manager. When she’s not writing, she enjoys playing the fiddle and making silly noises at cats.




Fairy Inc Press is set to publish the book on March 13 2014.  Feel free to check it out on Goodreads. And don't forget to try your luck at the giveaway. 



Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Review: The Elite


Only six girls are left in the competition to win prince Maxon's heart. 

From what we saw in The Selection, the first book in the series, Maxon prefers the company of America over the other girls. But how long will his interest last when America is not ready to let go of her ex-boyfriend? Worse, what can happen if Maxon finds out he is being betrayed?

Kiera Cass caught the readers interest by mixing dystopia and romance. Thankfully, this book isn't a repetition of the previous. Instead of jealous girls backstabbing one another, Maxon gets to deal with rebels endangering the entire kingdom. What good does it do to win a crown when there will be no throne to sit on? If America is going to stay with Maxon, then she'd better do it out of love. 

Love-o-meter: Sex, betrayal, and pleasurable indiscretions.

The series conclusion comes out in May 2014.



Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday: Heart Medicine



 




TOP TEN BOOKS TO SWOON OVER

Valentine's Day is approaching and what a better way to celebrate the month of Love than by sharing these beautiful quotes.




10- Can You Keep a Secret

“It’s the way he had a cup of tea waiting for me when I woke up. It’s the way he turned on his laptop especially for me to look up all my Internet horoscopes and helped me choose the best one. He knows all the crappy, embarrassing bits about me that I normally try to hide from any man for as long as possible… and he loves me anyway.” 


9- The Time Traveler's Wife

“Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?” 
8- The Fault in Our Stars

“You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail.”

7- Anna and the French Kiss

“I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!” 

6- Shiver

“right in this moment, I can´t even remember what unhappy feels like.” 

5- Matched

“But if you were Matched," I say softly, "What do you think she'd be like?"
"You," he says, almost before I've finished. "You.” 
4- If I Stay

“If you stay, I'll do whatever you want. I'll quit the band, go with you to New York. But if you need me to go away, I'll do that, too ... I can lose you like that if I don't lose you today. I'll let you go. If you stay.”

3- Graceling

“I wanted you to go away, because it hurts to be with you when I can't see you." 

2-  City of Fallen Angels

“You don't get to decide," she said, "where I go, or when."
"I know." His voice was ragged. "I've always known that about you. I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.” 

1- Ten Things we Did and Probably Shouldn't Have

 “Sometimes you don't need lightning to start a fire. Sometimes, it builds on its own.”

Monday, February 10, 2014

Caught my arrow #30

Caught my Arrow is a meme similar to In my mailbox and  Stalking the Shelves featuring books that were purchased, borrowed or received that week.




Got a pleasant surprise in the mailbox this week!!


Received for review


Far from you by Tess Sharpe
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
(Thank you HbgCanada)


Received from Netgalley


Don't Even Think About it by Sarah Mlynowski


Borrowed from Library


Unwind by Neil Shusterman
Blankets by Craig Thompson



What are you reading this week?