Good Bye Google Friend Connect

I hate to say it but Google Friend Connect is shutting down, it was my favorite way to follow all the blogs that I love.

But there are other ways to follow. 

There's Bloglovin' 

 or Networked Blogs, Linky, and Google+ or you can follow me through Twitter, if you'r interested.

Freebie Friday 6/28/13

Here are a few books that are free today for the Kindle!  

Cold King by Amber Jaeger  

~Amazon

Halfway by Stephanie Void  

~Amazon

Snitch by Kat Kirst

~Amazon

Branded by Keary Taylor

~Amazon

Branded by K.L. Hawker

~Amazon

Review: Proxy by Alex London

Title: Proxy

Series: Proxy #1

Author: Alex London

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Publication Date: June 18, 2013

Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Thiller, Dystopian

Reading Source: NetGalley

Reading Level: 12+  

Length: 384 pages 

Format: ebook

    Cover Art: 3/5

  Overall: 3.5/5  

Goodreads:

Knox was born into one of the City’s wealthiest families. A Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want—the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death.

Syd is a Proxy. His life is not his own.

Then again, neither is Knox’s. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when Knox and Syd realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. Yet Knox’s father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test both boys’ resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid.

Review:

 In this futuristic novel the world is divided by the rich, the Lux, from the poor.

 The wealthiest people can get anything they want; latest technology, genetically modified genes; or even get away with murder.

They are patrons, they have proxies to take their punishments. 

Knox is from the Upper City and Sydney Carton or Syd, is from the Valve, a part of the Lower City. An orphan, he has never known his parents, and has nothing but debt.

When Knox gets into a car accident and kills a girl, it's Sydney who has to pay the price, with his life. 

But Syd is no ordinary proxy. And when Knox meets Syd their lives are altered. 

Marie is from the Upper City, but she's not like other kids form the Upper City. She's a Cause Girl, someone who believes the world can be different, better, for everyone. She will do anything she can to try to change it. Along with Knox, she helps Syd get to the Rebooters. A group of people who have plans on overrunning the system. 

 

There was a lot of action in this book. I liked the twists and turns. The end of the book surprised me. I will keep an eye out for the next book.

A huge hank you to Penguin and NetGalley for this ecopy in exchange for an honest review.

Freebie Friday 6/21/13

Here are a few books that are free today for the Kindle! 

Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft (Audrey's Guides #1) by Jody Gehrman 

~Amazon

Anathema by Megg Jensen 

~Amazon

Cursed (The Devil's Rose #1) by Tara Brown  

~Amazon

Bane (The Devil's Rose #2) by Tara Brown  

~Amazon

Hyde (The Devil's Rose #3) by Tara Brown

 ~Amazon

Witch (The Devil's Rose #4) by Tara Brown

~Amazon

Death (The Devil's Rose #5) by Tara Brown 

~Amazon

Wishlist Wednesday & W.O.W 6/19/13

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: Perfect Ruin

Author: Lauren DeStefano

Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Books

Release Date: 10/01/13 

On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Even though Morgan's older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan vows never to end up like him. She tries her best not to mind that her life is orderly and boring, and if she ever wonders about the ground, and why it is forbidden, she takes solace in best friend Pen and her betrothed, Basil.

Then a murder, the first in a generation, rocks the city. With whispers swirling and fear on the wind, Morgan can no longer stop herself from investigating, especially when she meets Judas. He is the boy being blamed for the murder — betrothed to the victim — but Morgan is convinced of his innocence. Secrets lay at the heart of Internment, but nothing can prepare Morgan for what she will find — or who she will lose.

Why I need it: 

Just look at that cover! And how AMAZING does that sound? Pretty darn amazing that's how. (=

Freebie Friday 6/14/13

Here are a few books that are free today for the Kindle! 

Undermountain by Eric Kent Edstrom

~Amazon

Just Remember to Breathe by Charles Sheehan

~Amazon

Splinter by London Cole  

~Amazon

My Soul to Keep by Melissa Solis  

~Amazon

Always Wanted by Sarah Tork  

~Amazon

Released by Mia Fox  

~Amazon

Aliens Are Real: Part 1 by Sabrina Sumsion

~Amazon

Aliens Are Real: Part 2 by Sabrina Sumsion  

 ~Amazon

The Chosen of Gaia by M. Mariz 

~Amazon

 Wish Upon a Star by Sabrina Sumsion

 ~Amazon

 

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: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Author: Holly Black 

Publisher: Little, Brown Books

Release Date: 09/17/13 

Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you can never leave.

One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black.

Why I need it: 

I have heard nothing but good things about this book.

*Photo from Goodreads*

Stacking the Shelves 6/8/13

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.

Library:

Chopsticks

by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral   

and because I think everything deserves a second chance I checked this book out also, the first time I read it I didn't like it that much. I'm hoping I like it more this time round.    (=

Matched

by Ally Condie  

Bought:

 The Faerie Ring

by Kiki Hamilton  

(Ebooks)

Stitch (Stitch Trilogy #1)

by Samantha Durante  

Kindle freebie!

Review Books:

Proxy (Proxy #1)

 by Alex London