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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Caught my arrow #19

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.

Last week was Québec day, and this week Canada day. Oh, I'm getting tired of all these festivities. So tired, I shall be driving to NY for July 4th.

A big thank you to Hachette Book Canada for sending me The Universe Versus Alex Woods. I can't wait to read this, especially seeing how it made its way into Goodreads June 2013 Movers & Shakers list.

What are you reading this week?

Don't forget the giveaway ends today :D

Friday, June 28, 2013

Hot Covers: Persephone's Orchard + Giveaway

Greek Gods, baby! Molly Ringle, New Adult author of Relatively Honest is back with a new novel entitled Persephone's Orchard. This time she tackles Greek Mythology and this Cupid just had to blog about it.

The Greek gods never actually existed. Did they? Sophie Darrow finds she was wrong about that assumption when she's pulled into the spirit realm, complete with an Underworld, on her first day at college. Adrian, the mysterious young man who brought her there, simply wants her to taste a pomegranate.

Soon, though she returns to her regular life, her mind begins exploding with dreams and memories of ancient times; of a love between two Greeks named Persephone and Hades. But lethal danger has always surrounded the immortals, and now that she's tainted with the Underworld's magic, that danger is drawing closer to Sophie

The book was released June 28 2013. Feel free to check it out on Goodreads.

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Feature and Follow Friday: I like them hard

Parajunkee / Alison Can Read

FEATURE & FOLLOW FRIDAY

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Q: What is your preferred reading format? Hardcover, eBooks, paperback, etc...

My heart belongs to hardcover books. Paperbacks scare me; I'm always extra careful not to damage the spine. And although eBooks are weightless, I tend to skip a lot of the narration. Shame on me!!

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Review: Cruel Summer

Greece is a perfect location for a summer book, and Alyson Noel made sure to add enough details to make us feel abroad with Colby. The story is told through diary excerpts, emails, blog posts and comments. So don't expect dialogue, or like me, you'll be disappointed.

The lack of ''communication'' made the romance between Colby and Yannis feel vague. Also, Colby was going through a lot of teen problems: divorce, friend trading for popularity, sex... and being stuck in her whiny thoughts the whole time is heavy stuff. I often found myself putting the book down, wondering why it was taking me so long to finish a two hundred page book.

All in all, Alyson did create a realistic perspective and ending.