2012 ~ Well Read Novel

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Top Ten Tuesday & Teaser Tuesday 12/18/12

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke & The Bookish

Top Ten Favorite Books I've Read this Year!:

Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)

Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 1 (Dawn of the Arcana, #1)

I've only read books 1-5 so far

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab you'r current read

Open the book to a random page

Share with us two (2) "teasers" sentences form that page

Be careful not to include spoilers! (make sure what you share doesn't give away too much! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title of the book so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR pile if they'd like

Today my teaser comes from...

No teaser this week, I'm reading the same books as I was reading last week.

*Photos are from Goodreads*

What An Animal Reading Challenge VI 2013

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This challenge is hosted by Yvonne@

Socrates’ Book Reviews

Challenge runs from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.
That’s a full year to read at least 6 books (you can read more if you’d like).

The rules are really simple…
1. Read at least 6 books that have any of the following requirements:
a. there is an animal in the title of the book
b. there is an animal on the cover of the book
c. an animal plays a major role in the book
d. a main character is (or turns into) an animal (define that however you’d like).

2. The animal can be any type of animal (real or fictitious)–dog, cat, monkey, wolf, snake, insect, hedgehog, aardvark…dragon, mermaid, centaur, vampire, werewolf…you get the idea…

Wishlist Wednesday & Waiting on Wednesday 12/12/12

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Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper & Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: Paper Valentine

Author: Brenna Yovanoff

Publisher: Razorbill

Release Date: 01/08/13

The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor’s peaceful suburban community is killing girls.

For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian died six months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can things be normal when Lillian’s ghost is haunting her bedroom, pushing her to investigate the mysterious string of murders? Hannah’s just trying to understand why her friend self-destructed, and where she fits now that Lillian isn’t there to save her a place among the social elite. And she must stop thinking about Finny Boone, the big, enigmatic delinquent whose main hobbies seem to include petty larceny and surprising acts of kindness.

With the entire city in a panic, Hannah soon finds herself drawn into a world of ghost girls and horrifying secrets. She realizes that only by confronting the Valentine Killer will she be able move on with her life—and it’s up to her to put together the pieces before he strikes again.

Paper Valentine is a hauntingly poetic tale of love and death by the New York Times bestselling author of The Replacement and The Space Between.

Why I need it:

A little ghostly love story? Yes please!

*Photo from Goodreads*

Top Ten Tuesday & Teaser Tuesday 12/11/12

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke & The Bookish

Top Ten Books New-to-me Authors of 2012!:

Katie McGarry

Pushing the Limits

(Loved this book! I am dying to read Dare You To)

John Green

The Fault in Our Stars

(I actually cheated on this one, I never read the book, it was an audio book. But I still loved it!)

Cinda Williams Chima

The Seven Realms Series

Marissa Meyer

Cinder

(Can't wait for February 2013 for Scarlet!)

Susane Colasanti

Keep Holding On

Michelle Hodkin

Mara Dyer Series

Robin LaFevers

His Fair Assassin

Dan Wells

Partials

Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone

Patrick Ness

The Chaos Walking Series

(Technologically I'm not done reading the first book but I can already tell I'm going to be a fan!)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab you'r current read

Open the book to a random page

Share with us two (2) "teasers" sentences form that page

Be careful not to include spoilers! (make sure what you share doesn't give away too much! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title of the book so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR pile if they'd like

Today my teaser comes from...

We're not crazy. I should be relieved.

But something else is going on, something unbelievable.

Splintered by A.G. Howard

~page 46

*Photos are from Goodreads*

1000 Follower Giveaway! @ The Hollow Cupboards

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Cheyenne @ The Hollow Cupboards has reached 1000 followers! Congrats! To celebrate she is having a giveaway~

(US) A box of books

(INT) 2 highly anticipated 2013 releases

November Wrap Up/ December TBR List

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Books that I read in November

Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin

Here's the list for December

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Speechless by Hannah Harrington

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Darkness before Dawn by J.A. London

to finish:

The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
&
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr

What happened in November, I don't know. I only read one book.... ':}

Wishlist Wednesday & Waiting on Wednesday 11/28/12

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Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper & Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: Orleans

Author: Sherri L. Smith

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Release Date: 03/07/13

First came the storms.

Then came the Fever.

And the Wall.

After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. Years later, residents of the Outer States are under the assumption that life in the Delta is all but extinct… but in reality, a new primitive society has been born.

Fen de la Guerre is living with the O-Positive blood tribe in the Delta when they are ambushed. Left with her tribe leader’s newborn, Fen is determined to get the baby to a better life over the wall before her blood becomes tainted. Fen meets Daniel, a scientist from the Outer States who has snuck into the Delta illegally. Brought together by chance, kept together by danger, Fen and Daniel navigate the wasteland of Orleans. In the end, they are each other’s last hope for survival.

Sherri L. Smith delivers an expertly crafted story about a fierce heroine whose powerful voice and firm determination will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.

Why I need it:

Another dystopian, I know I can't help it, lol. Just a couple of words made me want to read it, fight for survival and quarantined. The cover is pretty amazing too. The people on Goodreads who have read it have given it 4 out of 5 stars.

*Photo from Goodreads*