September 2012 ~ Well Read Novel

Sunday, September 30, 2012

September Wrap Up/ October TBR Pile

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Here's the books that I read in August

The Boy Recession by Flynn Meaney

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent

I didn't get as many books read in September as I did in August.

Here's the list for October

For review:

Ironskin by Tina Connolly

Mystic City by Theo Lawrence

Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin

Amber House by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed & Larkin Reed

To read:

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London

Dust City by Robert Paul Weston

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Fathomless by Jackson Pearce

Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin

Knock off the shelf:

I chose some books to celebrate October!

Sunshine by Robin McKinley (Vampires)
Uninvited by Amanda Marrone (Vampires)

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff (Fairies)
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Ghosts)
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel (Zombies/Undead)

Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers (Angels & Demons)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (?)

Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow (Paranormal; Vampires, Werewolves...)

That is what I plan on reading in September. (=

Stacking the Shelves 9/7/12

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is just that, it's all about adding (stacking) to you'r bookshelves.
I haven't done a S.t.S. in a while, so these are the books I got over the last few weeks.

Library:

The Demon King

by Cinda Williams Chima

Dust City
by Rober Paul Weston

Bought:

(Ebooks)

Vessel

by Sarah Beth Durst

Silver

by Talia Vance

Cursed

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Dark Unwinding

by Sharon Cameron

The Dark Light

by Sara Walsh

Stormdancer

by Jay Kristoff

Covet

by Melissa Darnell

Wolf Pact

by Melissa de la Cruz

Anything but Ordinary

by Lara Avery

(hardcover/paperback books)

Embrace

by Jessica Shirvington

13 to Life #1

by Shannon Delany

Secrets and Shadows #2

by Shannon Delany

Bargains and Betrayals #3

by Shannon Delany

Destiny and Deception #4

by Shannon Delany

Won:

Eden

by Keary Taylor

Thank you to Lisa over at Bookworm Lisa!

Throne of Glass

by Sarah J. Maas

Thanks to Lisa @ Lost in Literature so much!

That's what I got!

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Top Ten & Teaser Tuesday 9/25/12

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke & The Bookish

Top Ten Unfinished Series:

1) The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner

I read the first book, I don't know when I'll get around to reading the rest of the books in that series, I liked the book, but wasn't crazy about it.

2) The Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie

I don't know, maybe it was the slow beginning, but I did not like that book. I have the second book on my computer, I don't know if I will ever get around to it.

3) Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

I read all but the last one. I know what happens in the last book, I started it back in high school and someone told me about the end, and I just put it on my shelf and haven't picked it up again.

4) The Mortal Instruments/ The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

I just read Clockwork Angel and can't wait to start Clockwork Prince! And I have City of Fallen Angels and City of Lost Souls to read yet.

5) Morganville Vampire Series by Rachel

Only the last two, until they make another one for the series!

6) The Soul Screamers Series by Rachel Vincent

I liked the first three books, I will read the rest someday.
7) Caine Inheritance Series by Christopher Paolini

All but the last two.

8) Gemma Doyle Series by Libba Bray

I listened to the first two on audio book, I don't know what's wrong with me, I normally love books like that, set in that time zone/era, but they just wasn't all that great.

9) The Wolves of Mercy Falls Series by Maggie Stiefvater

One book left to read.
10) The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa
I liked the first book, but haven't read the rest.

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...
The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)

In stories, Queen Hanalea fought off the powerful Demon King through strength of character and the power of good.

in the clan camps, they spoke of the small overcoming the mighty through the force of a focused mind.

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
~page 262

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Winners

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Thank you to everyone who entered.

Sorry I'm late announcing the winner to the YA Giveaway, but here they are

Congratulations to...

Tiffany W.

Kim R.

Congrats ladies. Both winners have been contacted.

Wishlist Wednesday #23

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Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Pen to Paper to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: Gravity

The Taking #1

Author: Melissa West

Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC

Release Date: 10/30/12

In the future, only one rule will matter:

Don’t. Ever. Peek.

Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.

Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know — especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.

Why I need it:

It sounds great and it looks like an amazing out of this world read!

Top Ten Tuesday & Teaser Tuesday 9/18/12

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke & The Bookish

Top Ten Books Bookish People I'd Like to Meet:

1) Marissa Meyer The Lunar Chronicles.
2) Julie Kagawa- Along with Ash ;) The Iron Fey series, Blood of Eden series
3) Kristin Cashore Graceling series.

4) Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments/ The Infernal Devices

5) J.K. Rowling The Harry Potter Series

6) Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games Series
7) Melissa Marr The Wicked Lovely Series
8) Cayla Kluver Legacy Series

book bloggers & book-vloggers

9) Priscilla at The Readables
10) Gabrielle Carolina @ The Mod Podge Bookshelf

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...
Ironskin (Ironskin, #1)

Jane tugged at the corner of the veil. She knew how much the gauze did and didn't cover. The folds of the white veil obscured the details of her iron half-mask, but they didn't hide that it existed. She caught them all looking, men, women, children. They stared into her veil, fascinated, appalled, trying not to get caught.

Ironskin by Tina Connolly
~page 13

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Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

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Title: The Raven Boys

Series: Raven Cycle #1

Author: Maggie Stiefvater

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Publication Date: September 18, 2012

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy/Paranormal

Reading Source: Netgalley

Reading Level: 12+

Format: ebook

Cover Art: 5/5

Gooreads:

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before.

Review:

Blue has always know she would kill her true love.

Blue's family is full of psychics, her mother, aunt. Expect for her, she is a non-seer, Blue's power is to amplify energy. But when they visit the church graveyard, they have been doing this every year on St. Mark's Eve. The only thing different about this year is Blue sees someone. A boy from the local private school. All they get from him is his name, Gansey.

It took me a long time to get into the book, the beginning of the book was confusing and I kept getting distracted. But after I got into the book it was incredible!

The characters, all of them, were great, I loved Gansey, and his friends.

I'm ready for book number two!

Thank you Scholastics and NetGally for this ARC.

Top Ten Tuesday & Teaser Tuesday 9/11/12

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke & The Bookish

Top Ten Books That Make You Think
(About the World, Life, People, etc):

1) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

2) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

3) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

4) Stolen by Lucy Christopher

5) A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

6) Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

7) Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

8) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

9) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

10) The Giver by Lois Lowry

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...

And she saw someone.

Blue's heart hammered like a fist in her breastbone. On the other side of the heartbeat, he was still there. Where there should have been nothing, there was a person.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
~page 13

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