Waiting on Wednesday (#10)

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases.

 

 

Confessions: The Private School Murders (Confessions #2) by  James Patterson &  Maxine Paetro

  

Expected publication:  24 Oct 2013 by Random Houses' Young Arrow

 

 

Wealthy young women are being murdered, and the police aren't looking for answers in the right places. Enter Tandy Angel. Her first case was the mystery of her parents' deaths. Now she's working to exonerate her brother of his girlfriend's homicide. And danger just got closer.

One of the recent victims was a student at Tandy's own elite school. She has a hunch it may be the work of a serial killer... and Tandy perfectly fits the profile of the killer's targets. Can she untangle the mysteries in time? Or will she be the next victim?







I can't wait for this one, and I love that cover.

What are you waiting on? :)

 

Teaser Tuesday (9)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

 

 

Title: Antigoddess

Author: Kendare Blake

Release date: September 10th 2013        

Publisher: Tor Teen

Page: 301


Old Gods never die…
Or so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up with a fever eating away his flesh. So much for living a quiet eternity in perpetual health.

Desperately seeking the cause of their slow, miserable deaths, Athena and Hermes travel the world, gathering allies and discovering enemies both new and old. Their search leads them to Cassandra—an ordinary girl who was once an extraordinary prophetess, protected and loved by a god.

These days, Cassandra doesn’t involve herself in the business of gods—in fact, she doesn’t even know they exist. But she could be the key in a war that is only just beginning.

Because Hera, the queen of the gods, has aligned herself with other of the ancient Olympians, who are killing off rivals in an attempt to prolong their own lives. But these anti-gods have become corrupted in their desperation to survive, horrific caricatures of their former glory. Athena will need every advantage she can get, because immortals don’t just flicker out.

Every one of them dies in their own way. Some choke on feathers. Others become monsters. All of them rage against their last breath.

I'm cheating a little, since I just finished this, but I had to use it.

 

 

Review: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You
Author:  Ally Carter

Publication Date: April 25th 2006        

Publisher: Orchard Books


Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it's really a school for spies. Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real "pavement artist"-but can she manoeuvre a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?

Cammie Morgan may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's on her most dangerous mission-falling in love

On the outside the prestigious all girls boarding school, The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is for the rich, the snobby and the genius.

They prefer it that way.

On the inside, it is for genius's, the only thing that is true. A training ground for young girls with the potential of being spies, the up-and-becoming from a line of iconic women through the ages.

Beginning their sophomore year marks the beginning of life changing decisions, of being more than just a Gallagher girl, their CoveOps starts, and with their first field mission changes everything for Cammie.

Stacking the Shelves (#9) & Recap

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

It's been a pretty good week! I'm finally reading the one book I've been waiting for since last year, and I received one I'm really looking forward to.

 

For Review

 

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A major thank you to Quercus! 

 

 

 Bought  

 

United We Spy by Ally Carter  

 

Antigoddess by Kendare Blake

 

 

A recap of posts this week

 

• Monday I reviewed The 100 by Kass Morgan
• Teaser Tuesday from In The After by Demitria Lunetta
• Waiting on Wednesday, Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
• Booking Through Thursday: Choosing
• Friday I reviewed Poison by Bridget Zinn

 

This week I have read:

• Cross My Heart and Hope To Spy by Ally Carter  
• In The After by Demitria Lunetta
• Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike

 

What did you get this week? :)

Review: Poison

Poison 
Author:  Bridget Zinn

Publication Date: March 12th 2013        

Publisher: Disney Hyperion


Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction—which means she’s the only one who can save it. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom’s future ruler, who also happens to be her former best friend.

But, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart . . . misses.

Now a fugitive instead of a hero, Kyra is caught in a game of hide-and-seek with the king’s army and her potioner ex-boyfriend, Hal. At least she’s not alone. She’s armed with her vital potions, a too-cute pig, and Fred, the charming adventurer she can’t stop thinking about. Kyra is determined to get herself a second chance (at murder), but will she be able to find and defeat the princess before Hal and the army find her?


Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Mohr, two girls became best friends- Princess Ariana, future Queen, though from ill health does not meet many new people and is confined to her room, and Kyra, first year potion apprentice, and through her talents helps sneak Princess Ariana out undetected. Now at 16, one has to kill the other.

Kyra, one of three Master Trio of Potioners, must do what she has to do to save the Kingdom, and the only way of securing the future-is to kill the future ruler. By poison, their future, and Mohr will be safe. She's a sure hit, it should be easy- as easy as killing your best friend can be, the poisoned dart was thrown...

Booking Through Thursday: Choosing

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme, hosted by btt2, about (mostly) books and reading.



I don't know if there's a Booking Through Thursday this week, so for today I'm going through one I've missed.

What makes you choose the books you read?
Genre? Reviews? Certain authors? Covers? Recommendations?

 I'm not too bothered by the genre, I'm interested in a lot of different ones. For me, it's reviews and certain authors. If I'm buying a book, I mostly always read the reviews first, the good and the bad to determine if it's for me or not. Authors, if I've read previous ones of there's and I've loved them I'll buy them without looking. I'm not one for recommendations unless I know said person are on the same front as me, with what's important in a book, since it's different for everyone.

And I'm sure, as a lot of people, I'm lured in by a pretty cover every now and then, but I've learned my lessons on some pretty covers.