31 Jan 2012

Waiting on Wednesday - The Difference between You and Me by Madeleine George


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly memo that is hosted by Breaking the Spine Blog.

 

Expected Release Date:    15th March 2012







Jesse cuts her own hair with a Swiss Army knife. She wears big green fisherman's boots. She's the founding (and only) member of NOLAW, the National Organization to Liberate All Weirdos. Emily wears sweaters with faux pearl buttons. She's vice president of the student council. She has a boyfriend. 


These two girls have nothing in common, except the passionate "private time" they share every Tuesday afternoon. Jesse wishes their relationship could be out in the open, but Emily feels she has too much to lose. When they find themselves on opposite sides of a heated school conflict, they each have to decide what's more important: what you believe in, or the one you love?


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February 2012 New Releases





Books shown in the above video 
(Publication dates taken from Goodreads)

The Boy on Cinnamon Street - 1st February 2012
The Girls of No Return - 1st February 2012
Harbinger - 2nd February 2012
This One Time With Julia - 2nd February 2012
Someone Else's Life - 2nd February 2012
The Rivals (Book 2, Mockingbirds) - 6th February 2012
Two Truths and a Lie (Book 3, The Lying Game) - 7th February 2012
Almost Everything (Vampire Princess of St. Paul #3) - 7th February 2012
Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles #1) - 7th February 2012
Once: Before Midnight; Golden; Wild Orchid - 7th February 2012
Dead to You - 7th February 2012
In Too Deep - 8th February 2012
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - 7th February 2012
Above World - 14th February 2012
Interrupted: Life Beyond Words A Novel - 14th February 2012
The Butterfly Clues - 14th February 2012
Bewitching - 14th February 2012
Scarlet - 14th February 2012
The Vanishing Game - 14th February 2012
The Nightmare Garden (Iron Codex #2) - 14th February 2012
Arcadia Awakens (Arkadien #1) - 14th February 2012
Trafficked - 16th February 2012
The Fine Art of Truth or Dare - 16th February 2012
The Disenchantments - 16th February 2012
The Catastrophic History of You and Me - 21st February 2012
Fever (The Chemical Garden #2) - 21st February 2012
Faery Tales & Nightmares - 21st February 2012
A Beautiful Evil (Gods & Monsters #2) - 21st February 2012
Double - 27th February 2012
A Touch Morbid (Book 2, Touch Trilogy) - 28th February 2012
Bzrk - 28th February 2012
Partials (Partials #1) - 28th February 2012
Riding out the Storm - 28th February 2012
Allegiance (Legacy #2) - 28th February 2012
Shooting Stars - 28th February 2012
When the Sea is Rising Red - 28th February 2012
Pandemonium (Delirium #2) - 28th February 2012
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24 Jan 2012

Waiting on Wednesday - Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne





Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly memo that is hosted by Breaking the Spine Blog.

 

Expected Release Date:   2nd February 2012




When sixteen-year-old Faye arrives at Holbrook Academy, she doesn't expect to find herself exactly where she needs to be. After years of strange waking visions and nightmares, her only comfort the bones of dead animals, Faye is afraid she's going crazy. Fast.
But her first night at Holbrook, she feels strangely connected to the school and the island it sits on, like she's come home. She's even made her first real friends, but odd things keep happening to them. Every morning they wake on the floors of their dorm rooms with their hands stained red.


Faye knows she's the reason, but what does it all mean? The handsome Kel tries to help her unravel the mystery, but Faye is certain she can't trust him; in fact, he may be trying to kill her - and the rest of the world too. 











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21 Jan 2012

Book Review: Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. She feels (mostly) relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and looks forward to turning 18, when she’ll be cured of deliria, a.k.a. love. She tries not to think about her mother’s suicide (her last words to Lena were a forbidden “I love you”) or the supposed “Invalid” community made up of the uncured just beyond her Portland, Maine, border. There’s no real point—she believes her government knows how to best protect its people, and should do so at any cost. But 95 days before her cure, Lena meets Alex, a confident and mysterious young man who makes her heart flutter and her skin turn red-hot. As their romance blossoms, Lena begins to doubt the intentions of those in power, and fears that her world will turn gray should she submit to the procedure.

Published:  1st February 2011








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Book Review: Return to Finkleton by K C Hilton


Below is a blurb from Book 1, The Magic of Finkleton.  If you would like to read more about Book 2, please click here.


Most folks say, "Mother Nature controls the rain." However this is not the case in the village of Finkleton.

In the perfect little village of Finkleton, the weather is always perfect. Every farm grows the best, biggest, healthiest crops in the entire world, and everyone is happy.

Soon after the Finkles inherit their Uncle Harry's shop and move to Finkleton, they discover magical secrets hidden in his shop. One clue at a time, Jack, Lizzy and Robert learn the town's amazing secret. No, Mother Nature is not in charge in Finkleton!

Ever since Uncle Harry's death, the weather has not been cooperating. Farms are starting to fail. Will the Finkle children be able to solve all the magical mysteries before the village is destroyed?

Come along to Finkleton. A very special, magical adventure is about to begin! 


Expected Publication:  2012




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Book Review: Blind Date Check Mate by Veronica Blade

Should a woman who’s unable to forget her first love give “happily ever after” one more try?

Shelby Winters’ one great love went sour. If she can’t feel that way about a guy again, why bother? When Shelby’s best friend sets her up on a blind date with Logan, the guy who broke her heart, he pursues her relentlessly, forcing her to make a choice: give her heart what it’s always desired and risk total devastation or shut Logan out and lose her only shot at happiness. To Shelby, it’s a lose-lose situation. Or is it?


Published:   15th January 2012








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Book Review: First Date by Krista McGee


Addy Davidson discovers God's unexpected plans for her life when a reality TV show turns her quiet existence on its head.


The orphaned daughter of missionaries, Addy is quite content to stay in the shadows and never draw attention to herself. But when she's selected for a reality TV show to try to become the President son's prom date-a show she didn't audition for-she's suddenly in America's spotlight. 

The lights, the make-up, the competitions, and the blogs discussing every move she makes all make Addy incredibly uncomfortable. But through her time at The Mansion, Addy comes to realize that first impressions aren't always right, that hiding out may not be what God had planned for her life, and that her faith should affect everything she does. It may just be that her selection wasn't random at all and that she's on this show "for such a time as this."

Published:  10th January 2012





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Book Review: Stolen Away by Alyxandra Harvey

For seventeen years, Eloise Hart had no idea the world of Faery even existed. Now she has been abducted and trapped in the Rath of Lord Strahan, King of Faery. Strahan was only meant to rule for seven years, as Faery tradition dictates, and then give up his crown to another. But he won't comply, and now chaos threatens both worlds.

The only one who can break his stranglehold on the Faery court is his wife. . . Eloise's aunt Antonia. Using Eloise to lure Antonia, Strahan captures his wife, desperate to end the only threat to his reign. Now Eloise must become the rescuer. Together with her best friends Jo and Devin, she must forge alliances with other Fae, including a gorgeous protector named Lucas, and Strahan's mysterious son, Eldric-who may or may not betray them. 


 Published:  5th January 2012

My Review:  10 out of 10


What an amazing book.  What made this story great for me was the banter between friends Eloise, Jo and Devlin and how 'tight' their friendship is.  The writing was so easy to read the story just flowed through seemlessly. 



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Book Review: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Book 1, Sookie Stackhouse Series)

Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out....

Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.

A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend of vampire and mystery that's hard to put down, and should not be missed. (Susan Sizemore)


Published:   1st May 2001

My Review :  9 out of 10


I absolutely loved this book.  I have watched the first two seasons of True Blood on the TV so I was hoping that this book would be slightly different from that and it was.  There are quite a differences between the book and the show, it was almost like I was reading a different story.  


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18 Jan 2012

Waiting on Wednesday - The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly memo that is hosted by Breaking the Spine Blog.









So more about the book….

Expected Release Date:   21st Febraury 2012


Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever.

BRIE'S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally.

But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after.

With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?


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15 Jan 2012

Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Book 3, Hunger Games)

Below is the blurb for the first book in the series The Hunger Games.  If you would like to read the blurb for Mockingjay (book 3), please click here

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister Primrose, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before — and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love
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If you would prefer to see the video review, please see the end of this post.

When I first heard about the Hunger Games and read/saw all the hype surrounding it, I have to confess that I really wasn't sure that this series was for me.  After a little while, the story did intrigue me and I thought I would give it a go and I am so glad that I did.  This is a series that I really enjoyed, from start to finish. 


Throughout the whole series, including this final book, there were so many twists and turns that I was not expecting it kept me on my toes.  Following Katniss through her journey in the Hunger Games and beyond was mesmerising.  What a strong character, perfect for this storyline and a character that I was always voting for to make it through the other side. 


With this final book, there are a few twists and turns, definately action packed with a few moral dilemmas thrown into the mix, I loved it.


For all of you who have not tried The Hunger Games yet and are unsure, give it a try and you might just be surprised what you think of it....  



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14 Jan 2012

The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award!!!!

Krista @ CubicleBlindness Blog nominated me for The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award.  Thanks so much Krista.....



Here are The Rules:

Thank and link to the person who nominated you.
Share 7 random facts about yourself.
Pass the Award on to 10 deserving blog buddies.
Contact those buddies and let them know.


7 Random Facts about Me:


I am a super organised person...  I like things organised and in its place and if it is not then it has to be pretty quick!


I took Krista's typing test and got 95 wpm...  Wanna try  click here 

My favourite colour is turquoise.

My favourite food is chocolate although I am trying to stay away from it as one of my New Years resolutions....  Ahhhhh.....


One of my most fondest reading memories was when I was a kid and every Saturday I used to take a trip down to the local library (about 5 minutes away from my house).  I could have lived in that library...


My favourite TV show when I was a teenager was California Dreams...


My favourite movie is Message in a Bottle...


I am going to nominate the following people:



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11 Jan 2012

Waiting on Wednesday - Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly memo that is hosted by Breaking the Spine Blog.








So more about the book….

Expected Release Date:   24th April 2012


Allie lost everything the night her boyfriend, Trip, died in a horrible car accident—including her memory of the event. As their small town mourns his death, Allie is afraid to remember because doing so means delving into what she’s kept hidden for so long: the horrible reality of their abusive relationship.

When the police reopen the investigation, it casts suspicion on Allie and her best friend, Blake, especially as their budding romance raises eyebrows around town. Allie knows she must tell the truth. Can she reach deep enough to remember that night so she can finally break free? Debut writer Jennifer Shaw Wolf takes readers on an emotional ride through the murky waters of love, shame, and, ultimately, forgiveness.

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8 Jan 2012