Dec 31, 2012

[Review] The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski

Marie Rutkoski
Pages: 416
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
Source: Barnes & Noble
Age Group: Young Adult
The Shadow SocietyDate Published: October 16, 2012
Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn’t happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.
Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.
As if she were his enemy.
When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades’ latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .
In this smart, compulsively readable novel, master storyteller Marie Rutkoski has crafted an utterly original world, characters you won’t soon forget, and a tale full of intrigue and suspense.


Dec 29, 2012

[Review] The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

Alexandra Bracken
Pages: 496
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
Source: My Grandma (But she probably got it at B&N)
Age Group: Young Adult
The Darkest MindsDate Published: December 18, 2012
When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.
When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.


Dec 28, 2012

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Dec 24, 2012

[ARC Review] The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Victoria Schwab
Pages: 336
Publisher: Hyperion
Format: ARC
Source: Southern Book Bloggers
Age Group: Young Adult
The Archived (The Archived, #1)Expected Publication: January 22, 2013

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.
In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.


Dec 20, 2012

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Dec 18, 2012

Top Ten Books I Read In 2012

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and today's theme is "Top Ten Books I Read In 2012."


The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)1. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin uh, duh. This is my favorite book EVER. Like, ever. I am so in love with Noah and personally feel that I could totally be Mara (minus the PTSD and hallucinations and body count...) I have never read a book so beautifully written, and yet still so modern. It has the teen-girl paranormal romance aspect that I crave in a good YA book, but it's written almost poetically. And her characters are so beautifully written, I love them! I just... yeah. It's my favorite.

2. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout I love this book! It is such a great start to an AMAZING series. I love Daemon even if he's a jerk, and I love that Katy is a book blogger and a total geek. I adore Katy's BFF (and Daemon's sister), Dee. The characters are so fun and the book is so unique (hello- Aliens!), I'm just so glad I read this one.

Dec 17, 2012

[Review] Opal by Jennifer Armentrout

Jennifer Armentrout
Pages: 382
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Format: Paperback
Source: Amazon
Age Group: Upper YA
Opal (Lux, #3)Date Published: December 11, 2012

No one is like Daemon Black.
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it.


Dec 13, 2012

Sorry I've Been MIA

Hey lovely blog followers!

I just kind of felt like I needed to write a post to say where I've been lately and why the heck I have not been reading as much (seriously, I suck right now). 

Best Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse + Giveaway

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Guest Post from Author Robert Gray!

These are his top ten ways to survive the zombie apocalypse!!

  1. Get on a boat. Zombies are bad swimmers.
  2. Threaten to eat their brains, preferably using a Brooklyn accent. That really freaks them out.
  3. What zombies crave most is protein. Offer them a PowerBar as a substitute.
  4. There are two safe havens where zombies are sure to starve: Hollywood and Capitol Hill … whichever is closer, head there.
  5. Floss twice daily. During these horrific times, it's important to remember proper dental hygiene.
  6. If you find yourself surrounded by a horde of zombies, say politely but firmly, "I will not let you eat my brain." That gives the rest of us a chance to get the hell out of there.
  7. Go on a nice vacation. Everything's open, free and deserted. You can worry about the zombie apocalypse when you get back.
  8. Zombies have feelings, too, and we should respect that. Start a zombie rights movement … I mean, a living deprived movement.
  9. It's okay to use the excuse, "Well, I thought he was a zombie," after shooting your cheating ex-lover in the head. Hey, it's the zombie apocalypse. Might as well take advantage of it.


Maybe being a zombie isn't all that bad. Why fight it?



Author Robert Gray

Robert Gray is a writer.  If that job description doesn't impress you, how about fantasy writer? Too general? Well, he doesn't get insulted if you call him a horror writer. If horror's not your thing, then scratch out horror and replace it with suspense. And for the kiddies, you can slap on a YA or MG in front of that title.

Gray lives in Bushkill, Pennsylvania with his wife and two children.



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Dec 11, 2012

Eve Hallows Book Blast


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EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS (BOOK 1)
For fourteen-year-old Eve Hallows, life can be summed up in one word—horrible. She has the most horrible friends. She lives in a horrible old castle. Even her family is a bunch of horrible monsters.
However, in the monster-inhabited world of Gravesville—a world where messages are sent through Ouija boards, jack-o’-lanterns get facials to suit their moods, and the worst thing Eve has to deal with are those annoying zombie tourists who overrun her favorite graveyard during the Halloween season—horrible means wonderful. And everything for Eve is perfectly horrible.
But her life is about to go head over heels when a mysterious group known as The Source starts terrorizing Gravesville. Now she must move to the human world—where everything is opposite … and for Eve, that’s absolutely adorable!

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shrieks (Book 1)
by Robert Gray
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Dec 7, 2012

Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four Promo Blitz


Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four
Nya Jade 
October 30th 2012
Dreamwell Publishing
The students of Green Lane Academy roam their halls unaware that below their manicured campus exists a prestigious school of an entirely different kind . . .
Sixteen-year-old Phoebe Pope has enrolled at the Campus Below: a spy academy for shape-shifters hidden deep beneath the grounds of a boarding school whose humans unknowingly protect it. There, thanks to a carefully planned schedule, she leads a double life: spy trainee Below and normal teenager Above.
As if two course loads, concealing a secret power she alone wields, and coping with her father’s recent death weren’t enough, Phoebe finds herself developing major feelings for actor and teen heartthrob Colten Chase, who attends the Campus Above and appears to be majoring in winning Phoebe’s heart. But when officials learn that Phoebe may be at the center of a startling prophecy, she becomes the target of shape-shifting assassins who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth.
Now Phoebe’s lessons about Shaper’s enemies and spycraft take on great importance as a menace stalks the campus, with Phoebe as its target. Meanwhile, what began as an unlikely relationship with Colten, quickly morphs into heartache when she suspects that something sinister lurks beneath this movie star’s glitter and fame. Suddenly, Phoebe’s caught in a mesh of lies, betrayals, and danger where she doesn’t know who to trust, and needs to rely on herself—and her secret power—to get to the truth and to stay alive.

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Dec 4, 2012

After Dark by Emi Gayle - $50 Book Blast

After Dark (19th Year #1)
Emi Gayle

What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her.
In exactly eight months, five days, three hours and thirteen minutes, Mac has to choose what she’ll be for the rest of her life.
She has no choice but to pick. As a Changeling, it’s her birthright. To Mac, it’s a birthchore. Like going to school with humans, interacting with humans, and pretending to be human during the pesky daylight hours.
Once darkness descends, Mac can change into any supernatural form that exists—which makes her as happy as she can be. That is, until Winn Thomas, the biggest geek in her senior class figures out there’s more to what hides in the dark than most are willing to acknowledge.
In this first of the 19th Year Trilogy, Winn might know more about Mac than even she does, and that knowledge could end their lives, unless Mac ensures the powers-that-be have no choice but to keep him around.

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Dec 3, 2012

Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Myra McEntire
Pages: 390
Publisher: Egmont
Format: Paperback
Source: Library
Age Group: Young Adult
Hourglass (Hourglass, #1)Date Published: June 14, 2011
One hour to rewrite the past . . .
For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.
So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson's willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may also change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he's around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?


Nov 27, 2012

Top Ten Most Anticipated Books For 2013

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and today's theme is "Top Ten Most Anticipated Books For 2013." 


The Archived (The Archived, #1)1. The Archived by Victoria Schwab- She posted this AWESOME teaser a couple weeks ago on facebook, and I've been dying for it ever since!! I already thought it looked awesome (I mean, look at that cover!) but the teaser totally sealed the deal (find the teaser here) :)

2. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare- I desperately need to find out who Tessa ends up with. I am going to DIE if it's not Will!!! He's my very favorite!

3. A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard- I absolutely loved the first book, and that ending was NOT acceptable. I need to know what happens between Eleanor and Daniel! In Paris, no less! Plus it has a CRAZY pretty cover, and my inner fangirl is dying for this book NOW.

Nov 26, 2012

Burn for Burn

Jenny Han  & Siobhan Vivien
Pages: 368
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: eBook
Source: Pulse It
Age Group: Young Adult
Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1)Date Published: September 18, 2012

BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY...THEY GET EVEN.
Lillia has never had any problems dealing with boys who like her. Not until this summer, when one went too far. No way will she let the same thing happen to her little sister.
Kat is tired of the rumours, the insults, the cruel jokes. It all goes back to one person– her ex-best friend– and she's ready to make her pay.
Four years ago, Mary left Jar Island because of a boy. But she's not the same girl anymore. And she's ready to prove it to him.
Three very different girls who want the same thing: sweet, sweet revenge. And they won't stop until they each had a taste.



Nov 24, 2012

Elixir *Contains Major Deity Spoilers!*

*Seriously this has Deity Spoilers*
Jennifer Armentrout
Pages: 75
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Format: eBook
Age Group: Upper YA
Elixir (Covenant, #3.5)Publication Date: *according to Goodreads* November 27, 2012

Aiden's novella
Aiden St. Delphi will do anything to save Alex.
Even if it means doing the one thing he will never forgive himself for.
Even if it means making war against the gods.











Nov 23, 2012

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Gain New Blog Followers 
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  1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
  2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
  3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
  4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
  5. If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn't have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
  6. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
  7. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

Deity

Jennifer Armentrout
Pages: 360
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Format: eBook
Source: Barnes & Noble
Age Group: Upper YA
Deity (Covenant, #3)Publication Date: November 6, 2012

"History is on repeat, and things didn't go so well the last time. "
Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden.
If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.
But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed.
Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate...


Nov 22, 2012

Poison Princess

Kresley Cole
Pages: 369
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: eBook
Source: PulseIt
Age Group: Upper YA
Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1)Date Published: October 2, 2012
She could save the world—or destroy it.
Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.
But she can’t do either alone.
With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?
Who can Evie trust?
As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side….


Nov 21, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday (24)


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, where we book bloggers talk about upcoming releases we are excited for. This week I'm looking forward to:

Opal Trailer Reveal!!!




Nov 20, 2012

Top Ten Books/Authors I'm Thankful For

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and today's theme is "Top Ten Books/Authors I'm Thankful For."  


1. Cassandra Clare- Her books got me off the whole Twilight craze. They made me realize there were actually other books out there (something I hadn't been able to figure out?). I think I read the first three Mortal Instruments books in 2 days (I had gotten the box set for Christmas in 2009 I think). I make all of my friends read them (Jonathan has had CoB for like 3 weeks now and my set is incomplete and it makes me sad). Like, we each have characters. We are such nerds. (But I'm Isabelle, so it's okay). 

2. Michelle Hodkin!!! She wrote my favoritest series of all time. I am so in love with Mara Dyer, y'all don't even know (er maybe you do). I'm even considering doing a character appreciation post for Mara, because she doesn't get enough love. And OMG Noah. I love him. I love Michelle's writing style, too. It makes me feel smart. And it's awesome. She's amazing. A lot. I'm a little obsessed. Her blog is so pretty, too. I want that Noah POV scene so bad. GOOD GOLLY I really do love her writing. I also really, really, really need a Croyden Academy button, if somebody can hook me up I will love you forever. And a bookmark, but I don't care for which book :)

Nov 19, 2012

Something Strange and Deadly

Susan Dennard
Pages: 388
Publisher: HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
Age Group: Young Adult
Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly, #1)Date Published: July 24, 2012

The year is 1876, and there’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia…
Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to what she’s just read in the newspaper—
The Dead are rising in Philadelphia.
And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor…from her brother.
Whoever is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor is going to find him, she’ll have to venture into the lab of the notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces. But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including their maddeningly stubborn yet handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. And now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her very life may hang in the balance.


Nov 16, 2012

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Gain New Blog Followers 
The Feature & Follow blog hop is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
  1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
  2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
  3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
  4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
  5. If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn't have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
  6. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
  7. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

Nov 13, 2012

Bookshelf Cleanup Giveaway: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

So, I bought this book a while back because it looked good, but never got around to reading it (and I don't think I will) and I am currently running out of room on my shelf! And, since I haven't really been very active in the blogging community lately (but my calc grade has gone up!) I figured I'd give it away to one of you! 

Lauren Oliver
Pages: 470
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
Source: The Book Rack
Age Group: Young Adult
Before I FallDate Published: October 25, 2011

What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?
Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last.
The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death--and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.





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Nov 8, 2012

The Girl of Fire and Thorns

The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns #1)
Rae Carson
Pages: 424
Publisher: Greenwillow
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
Age Group: Young Adult
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)Date Published: September 20, 2011
Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.Elisa is the chosen one.
But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can't see how she ever will.
Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.
And he's not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies seething with dark magic are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people's savior. And he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.
Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young.
Most of the chosen do.


Nov 6, 2012

Reaction Blog Tour: Tribute to Nick (Excerpts!)


Jessica Roberts
Publisher: Self Published
Reaction (Reflection, #2)Date Published: November 5, 2012

Harmony…
I’ve previously had that in my life, but only once, briefly, a while ago. It was during the time I’d started my first year of college. My own apartment, a new old car, and a life free of deadbeat stepfathers, all of which was fulfilling enough. But if it wasn’t, I also had a best friend, soul mate, and boyfriend all in one. Yes, life was near perfect.
But one stormy night can change everything…
For many months I rested in a prolonged sleep, fighting for my life. Well, more than fighting for it, also dreaming of it. Dreaming of him. Thank goodness, the dream is over and I’m back in the real world now. And all I want is for everything to return to the way it was. But nothing’s the same; most of all, us.
Once again, I find myself at the crossroads of a ruthless battle, this time not for life, but love. Do I fight for the guy I twice fell for, or do I let her take him away?


Nov 5, 2012

The Mark of Athena/ Extreme Percy Jackson Fangirling

The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus #1)
Rick Riordan
Pages: 586
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Format: *signed* Hardcover
Source: Books a Million
Age Group: Young Adult/ Middle Grade
Date Published: October 2, 2012
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)

Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can’t blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon masthead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.
And that's only one of her worries. In her pocket Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving demand: Follow the Mark of Athena. Avenge me. Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find—and close—the Doors of Death. What more does Athena want from her?
Annabeth's biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. What if he's now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader, but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side.
Narrated by four different demigods, The Mark of Athena is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. Climb aboard the Argo II, if you dare....


Nov 2, 2012

Feature & Follow (15)

Gain New Blog Followers 
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  1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
  2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
  3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
  4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
  5. If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn't have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
  6. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
  7. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

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Leigh Talbert Moore
Publication Date: Late November 2012
Age Group: Mature YA/New Adult

Nov 1, 2012

The Raven Boys

Maggie Stiefvater
Pages: 408
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
Age Group: Young Adult
The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle, #1)Date Published: September 18, 2012

“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.


Oct 31, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday (23)


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, where we book bloggers talk about upcoming releases we are excited for. This week I'm looking forward to:

Oct 30, 2012

Top Ten Favorite Kick-Ass Heroines

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and today's theme is "Top Ten Favorite Kick-Ass Heroines." 

Megans's Picks:

Every Other Day
1. Kali Every Other Day: She got a parasite, saved everybody, and killed things. Obviously, this chick kicks butt. Also, she was freaking hilarious.

2. Clary Mortal Instruments: In the 4th & 5th books she starts to learn how to fight and do cool things and kill stuff. In all of them, though, she runs right into danger and saves people, and I like her.

3. Juliett Shatter Me: She kills things with her touch. Obviously, she's cool.

Oct 29, 2012

ARC Review: Midnight City

J. Barton Mitchell
Pages: 384
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Format: eGalley
Source: NetGalley
Midnight City (Conquered Earth, #1)Age Group: Young Adult
Publication Date: October 30, 2012
In a post-apocalyptic world controlled by alien invaders, two teens and a young girl with mysterious powers embark on a dangerous journey. What they find will change everything...
Earth has been conquered. An extraterrestrial race known as The Assembly has abducted the adult population, leaving the planet’s youth to fend for themselves. In this treacherous landscape, Holt, a bounty hunter, is transporting his prisoner Mira when they discover Zoey, a young girl with powerful abilities who could be the key to stopping The Assembly. As they make their way to the cavernous metropolis of Midnight City, the trio must contend with freedom fighters, mutants, otherworldly artifacts, pirates, feuding alien armies, and perhaps most perilous of all: Holt and Mira’s growing attraction to each other.
Midnight City is the breathtaking first novel in the Conquered Earth series, and a stunning work of imagination from debut author J. Barton Mitchell.


Oct 27, 2012

The Evolution of Mara Dyer

Michelle Hodkin
Pages: 544
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
Source: Barnes & Noble
Age Group: Young Adult
The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)Date Published: October 23, 2012

Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past.She can’t.
She used to think her problems were all in her head.
They aren’t.
She couldn’t imagine that after everything she’s been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets.
She’s wrong.
In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?






Oct 26, 2012

Feature & Follow (14)

Gain New Blog Followers 
The Feature & Follow blog hop is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
  1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
  2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
  3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
  4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
  5. If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn't have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
  6. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
  7. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

Oct 25, 2012

Before I Wake

Rachel Vincent
Pages: 304
Publisher: Halequin Teen
Format: ebook
Source: Library
Age Group: Young Adult
Before I Wake (Soul Screamers, #6)Date Published: June 26, 2012

I died on a Thursday—killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul.The good news? He didn't get it.The bad news? Turns out not even death will get you out of high school…
Covering up her own murder was one thing, but faking life is muchharder than Kaylee Cavanaugh expected. After weeks spent“recovering,” she’s back in school, fighting to stay visible to the human world, struggling to fit in with her friends and planning time alone with her new reaper boyfriend.
But to earn her keep in the human world, Kaylee must reclaimstolen souls, and when her first assignment brings her face-to-face with an old foe, she knows the game has changed. Her immortal status won’t keep her safe. And this time Kaylee isn't just gambling with her own life…


Oct 23, 2012

Top Ten Books To Get In The Halloween Spirit

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and today's theme is "Top Ten Books To Get In The Halloween Spirit." 

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)1. So, OBVIOUSLY I gotta put The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin on here, because a) it's totally creeptastic b) it's my favorite book and c) THE EVOLUTION COMES OUT TODAY and I'm sitting here (I'm writing this post on Monday) freaking out. My momma's goin' out to get it for me and I am STOKED. Like, no joke. I'm dying here. Anyways, the 1st book is really creepy what with all the dying and that scene with the insane asylum? yeaah. creeptastic.

2. Next has to be Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake, because, uh, hello? Ghosts and killing ghosts and boys dying and she is literally dressed in blood and it's gross. yet awesome.

Oct 20, 2012

Guest Review: An Abundance of Katherines

An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
Pages: 227
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover
An Abundance of KatherinesSource: Library
Age Group: Young Adult
Publication date: September 21, 2006

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He's also a washed-up child prodigy with ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a passion for anagrams, and an overweight, Judge Judy-obsessed best friend. Colin's on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, transform him from a fading prodigy into a true genius, and finally win him the girl. Letting expectations go and allowing love in are at the heart of Colin's hilarious quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere.

Oct 19, 2012

Feature & Follow (13)

Gain New Blog Followers 
The Feature & Follow blog hop is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
  1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
  2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
  3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
  4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
  5. If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn't have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
  6. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
  7. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
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