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I had a great week this week! I got loads from my Wishlist! Annd... free books! Not on the Kindle, either, or from a published. Just... given to me! Is there anything better? ;)
I meant to get Pretty Little Liars, but this was on buy-one-get-one-free, or some similiar deal. So, of course, I had to get it! It looks amazing, and really interesting as well!
The Forest of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan (Goodreads | Amazon)
The Unconsecrated Are Never Alone.
You Are...
This was on my Wishlist, and had been for a while. Someone outside the Blogging community suggested I get it recently, and I've been seeing brilliant reviews everywhere. So, I finally have it, and I can't wait to read it. Plus, the cover's really gorgeous!
From the minute I saw this one on Sammee (I Want to Read That)'s blog, it has been at the top of my Wishlist. And I have it now! I can't wait to read it!
Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider, Book Nine) by Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads | Amazon)
Now, the reason I got this one is two fold: one, it's the final Alex Rider ever, and I really want to find out how it ends. Two, William (read his reviews: here) also loves this series, so I'll lend it to him when I'm finished. It was on my Wishlist, and now it is on my bookcase! ;)
Given To Me For Free! (:
I'm not sure what the format/cover is, so I'll just tell you the book. (:
On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick Citythat runs every Saturday. It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up. All you have to do is click on the link below:
So, this week I got a few books from previous Wishlist, so I'm very very very pleased!
Anyway, back on subject, this is what's On My Wishlist this week:
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear…
I just bought Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder, and I'm really looking forwards to reading it. I have the first of her other trilogy, Storm Glass on my Kindle. This one looks amazing, and I so badly want to read it! Plus, isn't the cover gorgeous?
Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist - almost.
This looks amazing, but horrible. It's just the whole, "Stolen, a letter to my captor" that gets me. But I've wanted this forever, and it does look incredible.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
By: Lois Duncan
Published: 3rd March 2011 (First Published: 22nd February 1982)
It was only an accident -- but it would change their lives forever. Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But some secrets don't stay buried, and someone has learned the truth. Someone bent on revenge. This summer, the horror is only beginning....
So, this is a reprint. But it looks brilliant. Very, very brilliant. And I love the cover, with the car headlights in the background and the bronzey lettering. And, of course, the "Some Secrets Won't Stay Buried..."
What if you had only 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: the world's most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High—from the best table in the cafeteria to the choicest parking spot. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life.
Instead, it turns out to be her last.
Then she gets a second chance. Seven chances, in fact. Reliving her last day 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.
I loved Delirium, and I can't wait for the next in that series. I really want to read Before I Fall; it sounds absolutely amazing, and I've seen brilliant reviews. Can't help wondering what I would do if "only had one day to live"...
In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets...
There is a girl.
Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head... greeen eyes, black hair.
Lena Duchannes.
There is a curse.
On the Sixteenth Moon, of the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised.
And no one can stop it.
In the end, there is a grave.
Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love.
But Lena is cursed and, on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided.
Ethan never even saw it coming.
I really want to get this, it looks amazing. I just love the sound of it, and the cover, and the blurb, and the everything! "Some loves are meant to be... Others are cursed." I just love it! Soo want to read it!
On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City that runs every Saturday. It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up. All you have to do is click on the link below:
I love this idea: it's completely brilliant, and has already made me add a few books I wouldn't have noticed before! The are the books on My Wishlist this week (or part of it, anyway!):
An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires. Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire genticist. Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew and, in a shadowy world of half-truths and old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript and their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels...
I saw this mentioned on a blog I was reading - whose name's on the edge of my tongue, only my brain isn't paying any attention - and thought it looked incredible. So, now, it's on my wishlist!
If you think your middle school years are awkward and traumatic, try going through them with fire shooting out of your fingers!
Hey, I’m Priscilla and all I want is to be a normal seventh grader. That’s hard enough with an older brother annoyingly obsessed with Christina Aguilera, mischievous baby twin brothers who could scare the sin off of Satan, and parents more puzzling than a Rubik’s cube in the Bermuda triangle.
But when psycho, genetically enhanced assassins start trying to kill me and my family, being normal is downright impossible.
Ever since I saw this on Sammee (AKA, I Want To Read That)'s website, I've wanted to read it. It looks awesome! And I am loving the cover!
This is the explosively page-turning new novel for teenagers from the author of the award-winning "Noughts and Crosses" sequence. You're about to receive your A-level results and then a future of university and journalism awaits. But the day they're due to arrive your old girlfriend Kendra turns up unexpectedly ...with a baby ...You assume Kendra's helping a friend, until she nips out to buy some essentials, leaving you literally holding the baby ...Malorie's dramatic new novel will keep you on the edge of your seat right to the final page.
I loved Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses series, and this one looks just as brilliant. The things she writes about are genius, and Boys Don't Cry seems to be the same. So want to read it!
A brilliant supernatural thriller with a modern twist, and a triumphant return from one of Britain's best-loved writers. At the end of a track, on the outskirts of an ordinary coastal town, lies a dilapidated house. Once, a group of amateur ghost hunters spent the night there. Two of them don't like to speak about the experience. The third can't speak about it. He went into the basement, you see, and afterwards he screamed so hard and so long he tore his vocal cords. Now, a group of teenagers have decided to hang out in the old haunted house. Dismissing the fears of the others, their leader Jezza goes down into the basement! and comes back up with a children's book, full of strange and colourful tales of a playing-card world, a fairytale world, full of Jacks, Queens and Kings, unicorns and wolves. But the book is no fairytale. Written by Austerly Fellows, a mysterious turn-of-the-century occultist, it just might be the gateway to something terrifying!and awfully final. As the children and teenagers of the town are swept up by its terrible power, swept into its seductive world, something has begun that could usher in hell on earth. Soon, the only people standing in its way are a young boy with a sci-fi obsession, and his dad -- an unassuming maths teacher called Martin!
The front cover is what got my attention. It's just so... brilliantly hectic and colourful. Then I read the blurb, and that looked amazing too! Looks like this isn't a case of 'Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover'.
Home alone on the night of her twenty-fifth birthday, US Air Force sergeant Christine Canady yearns for something to cure her loneliness. After drinking too much champagne, she recites a divine invocation to revive her humdrum life. But how is she to know the spell actually works? When her plane crashes into the ocean, CC's life changes forever. She awakens, bewildered, to find herself in a legendary time and place ruled by magic - and in the body of the mythical mermaid Undine. But danger lurks in the water, ready to swallow CC whole. Taking pity on her, the goddess Gaea turns CC into a damsel so that she might seek shelter on land. When a dashing knight comes to CC's rescue, instead of falling for this dream-come-true, she aches for the sea and the darkly sexy merman who's stolen her heart...
I love P. C. Cast's HON series, and this one looks incredible. I think she also has a YA Goddess-type series out, Divine by Mistake, or something... Anyway, these look amazing, and there's another edition coming out soon, but I couldn't find the cover... Which one of these do you like best?
Anyway, that's my insanely long Wishlist. What's on yours?
On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick Citythat runs every Saturday. It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up. All you have to do is click on the link below:
One book on my wishlist this week. It looks amazing! And it is...
At Strandbrook College, we are Kids Of. Kids of diplomats, media stars, musicians, artists, actors, oh, and wealthy people who aspire to all of that. I'm the kid of a rock star. Means nothing to me. When Mum died, six months ago, I didn't just lose her, I lost my dad -- to work. The only thing he does now is annoy me. He hires people like 'The Stylist' who wears bullets in her belt and makes him look like a hobo. Seriously. But 'The Rockstar' isn't the only person who drives me mad. There's David McFadden, a guy in my class who could have helped but didn't. Now, it's too late. I don't want his help. Because I'm not going to trust anyone, love anyone, rely on anyone. That way I'll never be hurt again. If only I could solve the problem of Rachel, my best friend, who won't let me pull back just like that. Even David McFadden won't stay out of my face. But I'm not going to fall for his blue eyes, his windswept hair or the plaited leather on his wrist. And when he says he wants to help, I'm sure as hell not going to listen...
I saw a review of this on Sammee's blog, and I was just like: oooh! I wanted to read so badly! It just looks and sounds amazing! I really, really want it now!! :D
Well, that's what I'm positively desperate for this week.
On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick Citythat runs every Saturday. It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up. All you have to do is click on the link below:
Some schools have honor codes.
Others have handbooks.
Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds.
Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the administration trusts to always behave the honorable way--the Themis Way. So when Alex is date raped during her junior year, she has two options: stay silent and hope someone helps her, or enlist the Mockingbirds--a secret society of students dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow peers.
In this honest, page-turning account of a teen girl's struggle to stand up for herself, debut author Daisy Whitney reminds readers that if you love something or someone--especially yourself--you fight for it.
Ok, this sounds horrible, but it also looks like one of those that makes you think. It's had lots of reviews, saying how amazing it is, how powerful. Also, it looks like you don't have a graphic description: just bits and pieces. A hard read, but a rewarding one. Plus, I like the "Hush Little Students, Don't Say A Word..." on the cover.
He's come to do a job.
A job that involves a body.
A body wrapped in duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football field.
You Killed Wesley Payne is a truly original and darkly hilarious update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old Dalton Rev transfers to the mean hallways of Salt River High to take on the toughest case of his life. The question isn't whether Dalton's going to get paid. He always gets paid. Or whether he's gonna get the girl. He always (sometimes) gets the girl. The real question is whether Dalton Rev can outwit crooked cops and killer cliques in time to solve the mystery of "The Body" before it solves him.
Sean Beaudoin (Going Nowhere Faster, Fade to Blue) evokes the distinctive voices of legendary crime/noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson with a little bit of Mean Girls and Heathers throwin in for good measure. This smart, slick, and alluring detective novel that will tease you, thrill you, and suck you in.
I saw this on Sammee's blog, and thought: whoa, now that looks amazing. It has loads of good reviews, and sounds like my sense of humour. Just sounds awesome!
Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.
The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.
Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.
The Keeper likes to keep things.
Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.
This looks incredible. Gotta love dancing sisters and evil keepers. And isn't this cover gorgeous?
Well that's my wishlist! Thanks to the people who introduced me to the books!
On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick Citythat runs every Saturday. It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up. All you have to do is click on the link below:
Hmm, afraid I still haven't gotten round to actually getting any of the books on my wishlist, but oh well... There's more. I have a monster list going on her. Anyway, this is what's On My Wishlist this week:
When you can see things others can't, where do you look for the truth?
This paranormal murder mystery will have teens reading on the edge of their seats.
Clarity "Clare" Fern sees things. Things no one else can see. Things like stolen kisses and long-buried secrets. All she has to do is touch a certain object, and the visions come to her. It's a gift.
And a curse.
When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case--but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk. Then Clare's brother--who has supernatural gifts of his own--becomes the prime suspect, and Clare can no longer look away. Teaming up with Gabriel, the smoldering son of the new detective, Clare must venture into the depths of fear, revenge, and lust in order to track the killer. But will her sight fail her just when she needs it most?
This looks brilliant, and can I just say how much I love this cover? The way the light falls, the windswept hair, the simple colours, and the little 'She can see your secrets'... Love it!
The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent.
And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her.
And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?
I'm behind on this series, but it looks amazing. I'm not sure which cover I like best... the 2009 PB is simple and I love the colours. The hardcover is beautiful and dramatic. And the 2010 PB isn't exactly beautiful, but it's very... stunning, I guess is the word to use... I don't know, what do you think?
From the author of Cracked Up to Be and Some Girls Are comes a gripping story about one girl’s search for clues into the mysterious death of her father.
When Eddie Reeves’s father commits suicide her life is consumed by the nagging question of why? Why when he was a legendary photographer and a brilliant teacher? Why when he seemed to find inspiration in everything he saw? And, most important, why when he had a daughter who loved him more than anyone else in the world? When she meets Culler Evans, a former student of her father’s and a photographer himself, an instant and dangerous attraction begins. Culler seems to know more about her father than she does and could possibly hold the key to the mystery surrounding his death. But Eddie’s vulnerability has weakened her and Culler Evans is getting too close. Her need for the truth keeps her hanging on...but are some questions better left unanswered?
This one looks brilliant, and the review on Jessica's blog was really posistive. Plus, gotta love the cover: haunting...
Nina Oberon's life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew, goes to school, plays with her little sister, Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls she'll receive a Governing Council-ordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded on her wrist, announcing to all the world—even the most predatory of men—that she is ready for sex. Considered easy prey by some, portrayed by the Media as sluts who ask for attacks, becoming a "sex-teen" is Nina's worst fear. That is, until right before her birthday, when Nina's mom is brutally attacked. With her dying breaths, she reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her past—one that destroys everything Nina thought she knew. Now, alone but for her sister, Nina must try to discover who she really is, all the while staying one step ahead of her mother's killer.
OMG. This looks so horrible, but so good at the same time. I get chills just reading the blurb and the little caption-thing on the brilliantly stunning cover... 'In the future, innocence expires at sixteen'...
Without a morsel of exaggeration, its publisher describes this debut novel as "a comedy of manners set in Victorian London full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking." At the center of Soulless's "parasol protectorate" is Miss Alexia Tarabotti, a young woman who lacks not only a suitor but also a soul. And those are not her only problems: When she accidentally kills a vampire, it begins a series of events that she must set out to resolve without the help of any proper authorities. A charming mass market original.
It's just the 'A novel of vampires, werewolves, and parasols' that gets me: just looking at the cover makes me laugh. This book looks brilliant, and I'm fairly certain it will be hilarious - if I ever get my hands on it!
An infant left in the trash to die. A teenage mother who never knew she was pregnant . . . Before That Morning, these were the words most often used to describe straight-A student and star soccer player Devon Davenport: responsible, hardworking, mature. But all that changes when the police find Devon home sick from school as they investigate the case of an abandoned baby. Soon the connection is made—Devon has just given birth; the baby in the trash is hers. After That Morning, there’s only one way to define Devon: attempted murderer. And yet gifted author Amy Efaw does the impossible— she turns Devon into an empathetic character, a girl who was in such deep denial that she refused to believe she was pregnant. Through airtight writing and fast-paced, gripping storytelling, Ms. Efaw takes the reader on Devon’s unforgettable journey toward clarity, acceptance, and redemption. This sounds completely amazing: I soo want to read it. Especially after this little video I found on YouTube:
So, that's my Wishlist. But what do you guys want this week?
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