Friday, 1 November 2013

Feature & Follow (#5)

Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly bloghop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

 
This weeks Question:
"What book are you embarrassed to admit you LOVED? (try to think beyond Twilight)."
Hmm, I wouldn't say I was embarrassed by these, but more of my friends thought I was weird because I was reading them when I was 14/15, and they were Kathy Reich's Temperance Brennan series (and yes, I love Bones.) Another one, which is a play, which I had to study for coursework and for my English Lit. GCSE, which was Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, I loved it, but some took the piss out of it, (didn't help that we were listening to the songs and had to act out some parts.)



 

How about you? :)






 
 

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (#17)

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases.
 
 
 
 
 
She’s not evil, but she has certain... urges.

Lane is a typical teenager. Loving family. Good grades. Afterschool job at the local animal hospital. Martial arts enthusiast. But her secret obsession is studying serial killers. She understands them, knows what makes them tick.

Why?

Because she might be one herself.

Lane channels her dark impulses by hunting criminals—delivering justice when the law fails. The vigilantism stops shy of murder. But with each visceral rush the line of self-control blurs.
And then a young preschool teacher goes missing. Only to return... in parts.
When Lane excitedly gets involved in the hunt for “the Decapitator,” the vicious serial murderer that has come to her hometown, she gets dangerously caught up in a web of lies about her birth dad and her own dark past. And once the Decapitator contacts Lane directly, Lane knows she is no longer invisible or safe. Now she needs to use her unique talents to find the true killer’s identity before she—or someone she loves—becomes the next victim...
 
 
 
Mine. Now. Please? :)
 
What're you waiting on this week?
 
 

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Teaser Tuesday (15)

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


Author:
Release date: March 5th 2013        
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Place:  59% in Kindle.





Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.

As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not...









 
 
I'm trying to look at that cover as least as possible. Creeeeepy.
What're you reading today? :)
 
 

Monday, 28 October 2013

Review: Mind Games

Mind Games
Author:

Publication Date: February 19th 2013        
Publisher: HarperTeen   


Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future.

Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and Fia are forced to choose over and over between using their abilities in twisted, unthinkable ways…or risking each other’s lives by refusing to obey.


In a stunning departure from her New York Times bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, Kiersten White delivers a slick, edgy, heartstoppingly intense psychological thriller about two sisters determined to protect each other—no matter the cost.





Mind games is either cleverly executed, or a damn right crazy mess with the most ironic and appropriate title.
It's hard to summarise, so I'm not even going to try. It's also the most confusing to get a hold of. You're thrown into the thick of it and it moves so fast with little explanation that can drive you insane, and I was about to give up within the first couple of chapters because pretty much all the characters are unlikeable. Really, really unlikeable.

Sunday, 27 October 2013

Stacking the Shelves (#16) & Recap

STSmallStacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
 
How's everyone's week been? Read anything good? Mine started off okay, and kind of veered off somewhere from the middle of the week. But, it's getting better, and apparently we're expecting a 'major Atlantic storm' (not my words), which has already started, and some felting has already come off the roof, and it's going to get worse. Yay, blackout time!
 
So I have a major book this week, which I am seriously so excited about. If you're a fan of the amazing Amy Plum, you probably know she does these Contest Monday's, and, well, I won one two weeks ago...and the prize was...

An ARC of Faking Normal!
 
 
 
For Review 
 
 
What did you get this week? Oh, and Happy Halloween! :)
 

 

 A recap of posts this week
 
 
This week I have read:

Friday, 25 October 2013

Review: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Author:

Publication Date: January 6th 2011 (first published June 9th 2009)      
Publisher:  Orchard
 

When Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart. Cammie and Macey soon find themselves trapped in a kidnappers' plot, with only their espionage skills to save them.

As her junior year begins, Cammie can't shake the memory of what happened in Boston, and even the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women doesn't feel like the safe haven it once did. Shocking secrets and old flames seem to lurk around every one of the mansion's corners as Cammie and her friends struggle to answer the questions, Who is after Macey? And how can the Gallagher Girls keep her safe?

Soon Cammie is joining Bex and Liz as Macey's private security team on the campaign trail. The girls must use their spy training at every turn as the stakes are raised, and Cammie gets closer and closer to the shocking truth




It's been a year since Macey McHenry, a direct descendant of Gillian Gallagher, the founder of the Gallagher Girls Academy, and being the daughter of a soon to be vice president of the United States, she's used to being in the spotlight. Whether she likes it or not. Inviting Cammie to Boston so watching her father accept the nomination for vice president more less boring, with appearances' and statements she has to do, but things go wrong when up on the roof they get wrapped up into a kidnapping plot. Macey's used to attention, but she doesn't like this. A narrow escape leaves both Macey and Cammie with bruises, a broken bone and a serious head injury, but it also leaves them changed, and everything's quite not the same anymore.