Teaser Tuesday #10

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
                                                                                                  

Music Monday #8

Music Monday is a weekly-ish meme I started here on the blog.
There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.
This week's song:

Waiting on Wednesday #7

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

The book I want to spotlight this week is Vanish (Firelight #2) by Sophie Jordan.

What it says on goodreads:

To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again ? and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will's memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone.Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family?s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride's heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on ? that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love?In bestselling author Sophie Jordan's dramatic follow-up to Firelight, forbidden love burns brighter than ever.

Why am I anticipating this book?

I bought Firelight, book one in this series in January and I loved it. I pulled an all-nighter when I read it, that's how good it was. I know Vanish has been out for a while, but the Paperback still has to come out. I ordered it and I can't wait 'till it lands in my mailbox.

When will it be released?

The paperback will be released on September 12th.

And now, a very important question. What book are you looking forward to? 
Let me know by commenting or posting a link to your own post. 
Have you read the book yet? Share your thoughts :)

Music Monday #7

Music Monday is a weekly meme I'm trying to maintain. It's been a while, so I'm not really succeeding but here's a new one.
There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.
This week's song:

Music Monday #6

Music Monday is a weekly meme I'm trying to maintain. It's been a while, so I'm not really succeeding but here's a new one.
There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.
This week's song:

Waiting on Wednesday #6

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

The book I want to spotlight this week is Losing Lila (Lila #2) by Sarah Alderson.

Review: Gift by Andrea J. Buchanan

Title: Gift
Author: Andrea J. Buchanan
Release date: March 27th 2012
Edition: ebook
Source: for review
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Book trailer Thursday #5

Book trailer Thursday is a meme hosted by us where we put the trailer for a book in the spotlight. 
This week we're spotlighting If I Die by Rachel Vincent. 

Review: Shadow Moon by Marilee Brothers

Title: Shadow Moon (Unbidden Magic #4)
Author: Marilee Brothers
Release date: November 11th 2011
Edition: ebook
Source: for review
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Review: Moon Spun by Marilee Bothers

Titel: Moon Spun (Unbidden Magic #3)
Author: Marilee Brothers
Release date: July 1st 2010
Edition: ebook
Source: for review
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Busy

Hey guys,

The blog will be kind of dead this week due to A LOT of schoolwork.
I'll try to post all the meme over the weekend though.
There are also a few reviews coming up in the following weeks so be on the look-out for that.

Have some great reads!
Zoë

Music Monday #5

Music Monday is a weekly meme I'm trying to maintain.
There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.
This week's song:

Review: Moon Rise by Marilee Brothers

Titel: Moon Rise (Unbidden Magic #2)
Author: Marilee Brothers
Release date: July 22nd 2009
Edition: ebook
Source: for review
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Film Friday #4

Film Friday is a meme hosted here at Zowee's Bookshelf.
In these posts I'll put movies in the spotlight. But since this is a bookblog, these movies have to have something to do with books. The easiest way to do that, is by choosing movies that are based on books :)
This weeks movie is: Stardust by Neil Gaiman.

Book trailer Thursday #4

Book trailer Thursday is a meme hosted by us where we put the trailer for a book in the spotlight.
This week we're spotlighting Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini.

Waiting on Wednesday #5

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

The book I want to spotlight this week is Biting Cold (Chicagoland Vampires #6) by Chloe Neill.

Teaser Tuesday #9

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
                                                                                                  

Music Monday #4

Music Monday is a weekly meme I'm trying to maintain.
There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.
This week's song:

Review: Moonstone by Marilee Brothers

Titel: Moonstone (Unbidden Magic #1)
Author: Marilee Brothers
Release date: August 1st 2008
Edition: ebook
Source: for review
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Film Friday #3

Every Friday I will try to post one of these.
In these posts I'll put movies in the spotlight. But since this is a bookblog, these movies have to have something to do with books. The easiest way to do that, is by choosing movies that are based on books :)
This weeks movie is: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Book trailer Thursday #3

Book trailer Thursday is a meme hosted by us where we put the trailer for a book in the spotlight.
This week I'm spotlighting Last Breath by Rachel Caine.

Waiting on Wednesday #4

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

The book I want to spotlight this week is Black Dawn (Morganville Vampires #12) by Rachel Caine.

Teaser Tuesday #8

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

Review: White Witch by Trish Milburn

Title: White Witch (The Coven Series #1)
Author: Trish Milburn
Release date: March 1st 2012
Edition: ebook
Source: for review
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Music Monday #3

Music Monday is a weekly meme I'm trying to maintain.
There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.

Review: Matched by Ally Condie

Titel: Matched (Matched #1)
Author: Ally Condie
Release date: June 2nd 2011
Edition: Paperback
Source: Bought
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Film Friday #2

Every Friday I will try to post one of these.
In these posts I'll put movies in the spotlight. But since this is a bookblog, these movies have to have something to do with books. The easiest way to do that, is by choosing movies that are based on books :)
This weeks movie is: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

Book Trailer Thursday #2

Book trailer Thursday is a meme hosted by us where we put the trailer for an upcoming book in the spotlight.
This week I'm spotlighting Gift by  Andrea J. Buchanan

Waiting on Wednesday #3

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

The book I want to spotlight this week is Before I wake Soul Screamers #6) by Rachel Vincent.

Teaser Tuesday #7

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
                                                                                                  

Update

Hey,

So here's a few things that you can expect in the following weeks.
First of all there are the usual memes that will be posted (hopefully) on schedule.
There will also be a few reviews coming up, both from books I bought, borrowed and have gotten for review.
My best friend's going to help me with that 'cause there are a few of those that need to be published soon :)
I'm also going to make a few changes to the blog, I know I posted about those earlier, but now I'm really going to do it. So expect a few differences layout-wise.
I hope you'll enjoy the new content and the new look.

Zoë

Music Monday #2

There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.

Worst blogger ever!

Ok, if there's an award for the worst blogger ever, send it my way.
I now I promised to get the blog active again starting last week, but due to my internship.
I promised starting today I'll start posting again :D
I hope you'll enjoy my posts and don't hesitate to share yours :)

I'm back :)

Hey guys,

So like you might have noticed, I haven't been very active lately.
Most of my schoolwork is out of the way and the coming weeks will be slightly less hectic, so I should be back starting tomorrow.
I'm going to post a schedule sometime this week so you guys know what to expect when.
I hope you'll enjoy the new posts!

xo
Zoë :)

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Hey guys,

There's an amazing giveaway going on over at Confessions Of A Bookaholic!
Go check it out and maybe you'll be a winner :)
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Down time :)

Hey guys,

I know the blog hasn't been very active for the past week or so.
Here's why :D
I've been very busy with school. I have a lot of preparations for my internship that are due this week.
I could have anticipated this and have some meme's scheduled, but of course I didn't do that.
I'll be back kicking and screaming next week (hopefully) so bare with me please :)
I'm also planning to redo the whole blog so it will probably look a bit different in a few weeks.
I hope you'll like it :)

I'll be back soon,
Zoë

Waiting on Wednesday #2

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

The book I want to spotlight this week is Dreamless (Starcrossed #2) by Josephine Angelini.

Teaser Tuesday #6

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
                                                                                                  

Music Monday #1

So another new feature I'm going to try.
What are you supposed to do you ask? Well, it's simple :)
There are two ways you can do this:
1. Listen to a song and decide what book you would link this to.
2. Read a book and find a song that fits a particular scene or larger parts of the book.

Film Friday #1

Every Friday I will try to post one of these.
In these posts I'll put movies in the spotlight. But since this is a bookblog, these movies have to have something to do with books. The easiest way to do that, is by choosing movies that are based on books :)
The first movie I want to spotlight is The Golden Compass based on the The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.

Review: Parched by Z.L. Arkadie

Titel: Parched (Parched #1)
Author: Z.L. Arkadie
Release date: July 22nd 2011
Edition: Kindle
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars


What it says on Goodreads:
“Baron Ford, he says and pauses to pick apart my expression, attempting to read how familiar I am with that name. I nod stiffly to give no indication I know exactly, who that is. I’m shocked to hear that name in this setting, at this stage of my life, the one far away from Cambridge, Massachusetts over five years later.” 

Book trailer Thursday #1

Book trailer Thursday is a meme hosted by us where we put the trailer for an upcoming book in the spotlight.
This week I'm spotlighting Fever by Lauren DeStefano book 2 in The Chemical Garden series.

Waiting on Wednesday #1

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

The book I can't wait to read that is set to come out this year is Endure (Need #4) by Carrie Jones.

Teaser Tuesday #5

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

                                                                                                       

Teaser Tuesday #4

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

It's been a while since I posted this and I just realized that today was a Tuesday so here it is :)

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

                                                                                                       

Review: The Alchemy of Forever

The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I liked this book. It was a good story with a great cliffhanger at the end. Can't wait to read the next book (if there's going to be one :)). I really like Serafina, she's a great character. Kailey has an amazing family and friends and Cyrus is a great villain. I loved the Noah and Kailey/Serafina dynamics. I thought it was an amazing read with a unique look on being immortal. I really want to know what happens next so I hope I can get my hands on the next book as soon as possible ^^



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Review: Crescendo

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



It took me a while to get into the book. But about a third into the story it started to get better and really absorb me. The further I got the harder it became to put the book down. I liked the story, but I wanted more Patch ... I don't really like the whole downer that was put on Patch and Nora's relationship. I know, relationships have ups and downs in real life to, but I don't like reading about them :)
I liked the new characters that were introduced and enjoyed finding out more about the past. It explains a few things and it gives a nice twist to the story.
The ending keeps me wanting more, the perfect clifhanger. I can't wait to get my hands on Silence and find out how it all continues ^^



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Review: Linger

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This was a great book. I loved that we didn't just get Sam and Grace but also other characters. I'm glad there was this plot-twist even-though it started out a bit more of the same. Luckily there are the new characters that open-up a few new story-lines. I'm really looking forward to read Forever! I really like Sam and I want to see where the Isabel story-line will go. She's become a very interesting person and I really want to find out what goes on inside her head.



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Teaser Tuesday #3

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

It's been a while since I posted this and I just realized that today was a Tuesday so here it is :)

Anyone can play along just do the following

* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

                                                                                                       
My current read is 'Radiant Shadows' by Melissa Marr
"Can you have unsupervised contact without weakening them? Without killing them? Without exposing what you are? Without endangering yourself?" Irial's gentleness was vanishing. "Tell me that you have the self-control to do so." p92

Review: The Pledge

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I loved this book! The story was different and amazing. I loved the main character. She comes across weak sometimes, but when it comes to her friends and family she will do anything!
The setting was fun and a bit confusing. I kept picturing a city in during the middle ages, but than the electrical stuff would get mixed in the story so I needed to adjust my perspective each time.
It fun to follow from different character POV ... It's nice to not always having to follow the main character.



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Review: Still Waters

Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I liked this book. It was different than the stuff I usually read. It had the required amount of romance (but not the tell-him-I-love-him-after-5-minutes kind) that was laced with a lot of suspence. I guess the events in this book are the ultimate test for true love. I don't know how I would deal with those, but I think Hanna handled them very well. She's a great character and I'd liked to read more about her. Colin seems like a great boyfriend but further in the story it's clear that he's got a bit of bagage than you expected at the beginning of the book. Laurie is an amazing friend who's always there for Hanna and David seems like the cutest little brother. Hanna's mom is very trusting though, I don't think my parents would have bought that story without talking to my employer first.
All in all it was a great story and it leaves me wanting more.



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Review: Angel

Angel by L.A. Weatherly

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This was a nice story. It's an original twist on the angel-aspect. There was action, betrayal, road-trips, love and choices to be made. Although I liked the story over-all, the love parts were a bit to soppy for me. It fits in the story so I didn't bother me that much but it got a bit long-winded in some places because of that.
I liked the points of view switching, although it wasn't always immediately clear for me who's point of view I was reading :)
I liked this book and I want to know how it's going to continue. Book 2 will definitely be on my TBR-list.



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Review: Last Breath

Last Breath by Rachel Caine

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I love love love this series! Rachel Caine is an amazing author and she hasn't disappointed me yet.
The twist she is putting to the series through this book is great! I like how you get all those different points of view. I really do't know how to explain what I thought about the book without putting in a million spoilers, but wow! I loved it and I can't wait to read what Rachel made of the twelfth book! I bet it's going to be just as amazing as the first eleven ^^



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Review: Halo

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I really liked this book! It kept my attention from beginning to end.
Some parts seemed really familiar which made me wonder if I already read the book, but the following scene made it clear that I hadn't.
Bethany is a great character. She isn't some helpless girl, but she knows she can't handle the whole world on her own. Her brother and sister are typical angels, which I love. It's really becoming one of my favourite creatures to read about :)
Xavier is the perfect boyfriend with that little bit of jealousy which makes him not too perfect to believe.
Jake is the perfect villain. He's dark but has kind of romantic side which makes it easy to blend in with the unsuspecting town.
The story is a nice blend of romance, action and drama which results in a great and compelling read.



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