Giveaway!

YAY! A giveaway! Harlequin Teen sent me an ARC of The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross and I think it should belong to one of you! Enter below and I will select a "draw" a winner on the 25th. Super easy.

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New and Exciting

I've pretty much been freaking out lately because every time I go into Barnes and Noble there is ANOTHER book that I've been waiting for FOREVER... or so it seems. ;) In the past week or two I've managed to snag a few that I've been SO psyched to read and one that I've needed to buy for a while... I'm sure some of you will agree when I tell you what it is.

First off:

I am in love with the Hex Hall series... so much so that it is the first series that I recommend to those who don't typically read young adult... the "gateway series" if you will. I was sooo sad when the last one was released but after I read it I had this suspicion that there was going to be a spin off series. I was elated when it was officially announced... and even more so when I got it in my hands... this book will get devoured.





Next:

:) I bought this book about a week ago and when Nic asked me if I had started it yet... and I replied no... she pretty much just stared at me in shock for a few seconds. I'm sooo excited to read this one... but I've mentioned more than a few times that I have a little problem finishing series'.... I just don't want them to end. :(







The One I should have bought ages ago:

I know, I know... I'm like the last Blogger on earth to buy this book. I've heard nothing but amazing things from all sorts of different types of readers. I also heard that this little novel was being adapted to the big screen... sigh... that means it gets pushed up to the TOP of my TBR list asap. I'll be reading this one soon... and I'm glad that I finally have an excuse to make myself read it.

That's what I've got for you today friends. Check back later... I've got TONS of reviews that I need to start posting. :) 

Book Signing Event: Susan Dennard

Hi guys... Just came out of the rock I've been hiding under for the last month... sorry about that. I would start to blog but alas... something would come up and I would think "I'll finish this later"... as you can see that didn't happen. Sorry... 

I did have a rather eventful day today however. As I have mentioned before I work at the local Barnes and Noble and from time to time we do off location book signing events. Susan Dennard author of Something Strange and Deadly came to our local library today and guess who got to be the Barnes and Noble representative...little old me! :) I was pretty thrilled. 

I'm about 140 pages into Something Strange and Deadly and I really am liking it. Honestly, I didn't know if I would, Zombie books just really aren't my thing, but honestly- it's really good so far. 

I got to meet Susan, and a few local bloggers. I actually even won one of the giveaway books... My original plan was to give it away here... but there was a little girl there who had saved up her birthday money... and I just couldn't resist. I HAD to give her my free copy. I got my copy signed and scored some swag that I will give away in a gift package later this year.

I had a really fun time at the book signing and I'm excited to be able to work the next one in July featuring: Anne Greenwood Brown.

Lots more posts coming super soon so keep a look out and thanks for sticking with me and my living-under-a-rock-ness. :)

Review'd: Requiem by Lauren Oliver

Book Review: 
Title: Requium (Delirium book 3)
Author: Lauren Oliver
Published on March 5th, 2013 by HarperCollins

Barnes and Noble Summary: 

This exciting finale to Lauren Oliver's New York Times bestselling Delirium trilogy is a riveting blend of nonstop action and forbidden romance in a dystopian United States.

Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has transformed. The nascent rebellion that was underway inPandemonium has ignited into an all-out revolution in Requiem, and Lena is at the center of the fight.

After rescuing Julian from a death sentence, Lena and her friends fled to the Wilds. But the Wilds are no longer a safe haven. Pockets of rebellion have opened throughout the country, and the government cannot deny the existence of Invalids. Regulators infiltrate the borderlands to stamp out the rebels.

As Lena navigates the increasingly dangerous terrain of the Wilds, her best friend, Hana, lives a safe, loveless life in Portland as the fiancée of the young mayor. Requiem is told from both Lena and Hana's points of view. They live side by side in a world that divides them until, at last, their stories converge.

With lyrical writing, Lauren Oliver seamlessly interweaves the peril that Lena faces with the inner tumult she experiences after the reappearance of her first love, Alex, the boy she thought was dead. Sophisticated and wide-ranging, Requiem brings the Delirium trilogy to a thrilling conclusion.

DeLibrarie Summary: 

Wow. I need a massage after reading this book... I was gripping it so tightly and as a result my neck is SOOO sore. I love Lauren Oliver... she is freaking unbelievable and if you haven't ever read one of her books you need to remedy this at once! I love everything about this book... I love how it alternates between Hana and Lena's points of view, I love how I hate Hana because of it. I love the Julian- Lena- Alex triangle of emotions. I love how strong and human Lena is. I just love everything. THE ONLY THING that I wish was different was the ending. I wish that there was just a little more of a conclusion... Oliver leaves it a little open ended which makes sense because Lena still has life to live but I was just left wanted a little more at the end of the book. 

Review'd: Supernaturally by Kiersten White

Book Review:
Title: Supernaturally
Author: Kiersten White
Published on July 27th, 2011 by Harper Collins

Barnes and Noble Summary:

Evie finally has the normal life she’s always longed for. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be . . . kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she’s given a chance to work for them again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees.

But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie’s faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there’s a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself.

So much for normal.

DeLibrarie Review: 

I really want to love this series... but I just don't. The way that Kiersten White writes is super conversational and entertaining...but I can't handle just snarky witticism for 300 plus pages. It seems like Evie doesn't ever take anything seriously because she handles everything with such a light sarcasm. It's just hard to relate to a character who is so impersonal, and well...unbelievable. I liked Paranormalcy enough but Supernaturally was a struggle for me... it wasn't my usual "OMG... when can I find time to read?!!?" it was more of a "Well... I suppose I should read so I can get through this book." I was never excited about the story and frankly I found it really predictable, cliche and safe. 

Review'd: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Book Review:
Title: City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Published February 19th, 2008 by McElderry Books

Barnes and Noble Summary: 
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....

DeLibrarie Review: 
I have been meaning to pick this book up for a few years really. Ever since Jace won the Crush Tourney a few years back. I finally decided that it was time to pick up the series when I found out that they were making it into a movie. I have a thing about movies and books... if I see the movie I probably won't read the book but if i read the book I'll definitely see the movie. I can see why everyone loves this series so much. It's such an interesting premise and so fantastically written. I find that so many authors have a great idea and just kind of fail when it comes to the writing style. This is so totally not the case... I literally read this book in one sitting and didn't even realize it until I was finished. I'm really excited to see how the story translates to film!!

Review'd: Splintered by A.G. Howard

Book Review:
Title: Splintered
Author: A.G. Howard
Published by Amulet books on January 1st, 2013

Goodreads Summary:
This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.
When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.

DeLibrarie Review: 
Wow... just wow. I don't know if I've ever read something so insanely beautiful in every way. You should know that I love me some Alice in Wonderland. It's my favorite classic book, maybe even book, of all time. I just adore it... That being said... I knew I was going to like Splintered. I just didn't realize how much. I love how A.G. Howard took a story that is very much ingrained into my brain and gave me fresh ways to look at the characters, and story itself. In particular, I thought the reimagination of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum into the two morbid Tweed Sisters of the dead was brilliant. I also like how the Mad Hatter took a backseat to the Caterpillar. In so many spin-offs, the Mad Hatter is portrayed as almost a love interest to an older Alice and I was prepared for the same thing to happen in Splintered. I was pleasantly surprised when the Caterpillar it the "dark love interest" roll.

Overall, I really have nothing negative to say about this book. It is just amazing... pure work of imaginative genius.