Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: Firewalker




A weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating! 

Title: Firewalker (The Worldwalker Trilogy #2)
Author: Josephine Angelini
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: September 1st, 2015

Goodreads Date:
“You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified.”

Lily is back in her own universe, and she’s ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side. True, she almost died in the Pyre that fueled their escape from New Salem, and must hide her magic for the safety of everyone she cares about, but compared to fighting the Woven, the monstrous creatures inhabiting the alternate Salem, life is looking pretty good.

Monday, August 17, 2015

Blog Tour: Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick - Giveaway + Review



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Title: Lumière
Author: Jacqueline Garlick 
Pub. Date: August 11, 2015
Publisher: Skyscape
Pages: 458
Formats: Paperback, eBook
One determined girl. One resourceful boy. One miracle machine that could destroy everything. 

After an unexplained flash shatters her world, seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth sets out to find the Illuminator, her father’s prized invention. With it, she hopes to cure herself of her debilitating seizures before Professor Smrt—her father’s arch nemesis—discovers her secret and locks her away in an asylum. 

Pursued by Smrt, Eyelet locates the Illuminator only to see it whisked away. She follows the thief into the world of the unknown, compelled not only by her quest but by the allure of the stranger—Urlick Babbit—who harbors secrets of his own. 

Together, they endure deadly Vapours and criminal-infested woods in pursuit of the same prize, only to discover the miracle machine they hoped would solve their problems may in fact be their biggest problem of all.
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Review: 

This book is great! Lumière’ is a magical blend of romance, action and, of course, magic. With one stubborn & charming heroine and one brave & unique hero will come together on an amazing adventure that will affect their entire world. With two unique, lovable characters, sidekicks who will blow your mind and a mysteriously intriguing world, this book will have you hooked until the very last page! **4 out of 5 stars**

About Jacqueline
I write YA, New Adult, and Women’s Fiction. I love strong heroines, despise whiny sidekicks, and adore a good story about a triumphant underdog. I love to read, write, paint (walls and paper) and plan cool writing events for cool writers (check out niagarawritersretreatandconference (dot) com.) I have a love/hate relationship with chocolate, grammar, and technology. I prefer creating things to cleaning things, and baking to cooking and believe laughter is a one-stop-shop solution to all that ails you. I also firmly believe ELO’s Mr. Blue Sky can improve even the worst day. And if that doesn’t work, there’s always Ellen Degeneres. You will always find a purple wall (or two) in my house (perhaps even a door) and a hidden passageway that leads to a mystery room. (Okay, so you won’t find a hidden passageway but a girl can dream, can’t she?) Oh, and tea. There will always be tea. I love specialty teas…and collecting special teacups from which to drink them. (See collection below.)
In my former life, I was a teacher (both grade school and college – long story, don’t ask) and more recently, I’ve been a graduate of Ellen Hopkin’s Nevada Mentor Program and a student of James Scott Bell, Christopher Vogler and Don Maass. An excerpt from Lumière earned me the 2012 Don Maass Break Out Novel Intensive Scholarship.
Known for my edgy, rule-breaking, Tim Burton-esque style of writing, I’m often affectionately referred to as the Quentin Tarantino of YA among friends in writing circles.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: Queen of Shadows



A weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating! 


Title: Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4)
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s
Publication Date: September 1st, 2015

Goodreads Blurb:
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire – for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . .
She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: Court of Fives


A weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating! 


Title: Court of Fives
Author: Kate Elliott
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: August 18th, 2015


Goodreads Blurb:
In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott begins a new trilogy with her debut young adult novel, weaving an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: All We Have is Now


A weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating! 

Title: All We Have Is Now
Author: Lisa Schroeder
Publisher: Scholastic
Date: July 28th, 2015


Goodreads Blurb:
What do you do with your last day on earth?

Just over twenty-four hours are left until an asteroid strikes North America, and for Emerson and everyone else who didn’t leave, the world will end. But Emerson’s world already ended when she ran away from home. Since then, she has lived on the streets, relying on her wits and on her best friend Vince to help her find places to sleep and food to eat.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Book Review: Twist by Karen Akins (5/5)

Title: Twist
Author: Karen Akins
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Pages: 336
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, Time Travel
Rating: 5/5

Goodreads Blurb:
Bree Bennis finally has it all - a non-comatose mother, an uber-hot (albeit anachronistic) boyfriend named Finn, and a new-found mission to protect the timeline from those who would skew it for their own gain. But when she leans over one day to smooch said boyfriend, her lips meet those of her arch-nemesis Wyck instead. The timeline has been altered, and Bree is caught in the crosshairs. But when she goes back to repair the damage, she is stopped by none other than her Future Self, who delivers an urgent message: Someone is kidnapping Shifters from the distant past. It's up to Bree to stop them. But first, she has to figure out who... and why. 

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

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Sunday, July 12, 2015

What-to-Read-Next #25


Title: Damage Done
Author: Amanda Panitch
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Date: July 21st, 2015

Goodreads Blurb:
22 minutes separate Julia Vann’s before and after.


Before: Julia had a twin brother, a boyfriend, and a best friend.

After: she had a new identity a new hometown, and memories of those twenty-two minutes that refuse to come into focus. At least, that’s what she tells the police.

Monday, July 6, 2015

What-to-Read-Next #24

Here's a list of books releasing on July 14th! I'm really looking forward to RUTHLESS by Carolyn Lee Adams. The Goodreads Blurb sounds exciting. Anyway, hope you enjoy these books!


Title: Alive
Author: Scott Sigler
Publisher: Del Rey
Date: July 14th, 2015

Goodreads Blurb:
A young woman awakes trapped in an enclosed space. She has no idea who she is or how she got there. With only her instincts to guide her, she escapes her own confinement—and finds she’s not alone. She frees the others in the room and leads them into a corridor filled with the remains of a war long past. The farther these survivors travel, the worse are the horrors they confront. And as they slowly come to understand what this prison is, they realize that the worst and strangest possibilities they could have imagined don’t even come close to the truth.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Book Review: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (5/5)


Title: All the Bright Places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Publisher: Knopf
Pages: 384
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Realistic Fiction
Rating: 5/5

Goodreads Blurb:
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
 
Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.
 

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