Stacking the Shelves (#21) & Recap

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

 

This week was so much better than last week, I'm no longer freaking out about buying Christmas presents, my Secret Santa was sent, I also received mine yesterday! I'm dying to open it, but I won't...yet. See how long that lasts. I've gotten a ton of things sorted, which has put a positive spin on everything, so things have been good! Happy 1st December! Now I have to put up decorations, damn.

 

 For review:

 

 

Vengeance, Staying Strong (365 days a year)

(Thanks to Bloomsbury Childrens, Netgalley & Headline)

 

 

Bought

Secret Santa

 

Since I haven't opened it, whoever mine was, thank you! You totally brightened my day.:)
 

 

 

So that's it! What did you get this week? :)

  



 A recap of posts this week

 

• Monday I reviewed  Revel by Maurissa Guibord 
• Teaser Tuesday from Fake ID by Lamar Giles
• Waiting on Wednesday: Landry Park by Bethany Hagen
• Booking Through Thursday: Holiday Season
• Friday I reviewed The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard
  Feature & Follow (#7)  

This week I have read:

• The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard 
• This Wicked Game by Michelle Zink
• Fake ID by Lamar Giles

Review: The Almost Girl

The Almost Girl
Author: Amalie Howard  

Publication Date: January 7th 2014 by  

~A copy was provided by Strange Chemistry, via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.~    

 

 

Seventeen-year-old Riven is as tough as they come. Coming from a world ravaged by a devastating android war, she has to be. There’s no room for softness, no room for emotion, no room for mistakes. A Legion General, she is the right hand of the young Prince of Neospes, a parallel universe to Earth. In Neospes, she has everything: rank, responsibility and respect. But when Prince Cale sends her away to find his long-lost brother, Caden, who has been spirited back to modern day Earth, Riven finds herself in uncharted territory.

Thrown out of her comfort zone but with the mindset of a soldier, Riven has to learn how to be a girl in a realm that is the opposite of what she knows. Riven isn’t prepared for the beauty of a world that is unlike her own in so many ways. Nor is she prepared to feel something more than indifference for the very target she seeks. Caden is nothing like Cale, but he makes something in her come alive, igniting a spark deep down that goes against every cell in her body. For the first time in her life, Riven isn’t sure about her purpose, about her calling. Torn between duty and desire, she must decide whether Caden is simply a target or whether he is something more.

Faced with hideous reanimated Vector soldiers from her own world with agendas of their own, as well as an unexpected reunion with a sister who despises her, it is a race against time to bring Caden back to Neospes. But things aren’t always as they seem, and Riven will have to search for truth. Family betrayals and royal coups are only the tip of the iceberg. Will Riven be able to find the strength to defy her very nature? Or will she become the monstrous soldier she was designed to be? 

 

 

Firstly, look at the pretty cover! Pretty and appropriate to the book. *clap*

What drew me to the book was the infinite possibilities of parallel universes, seriously, I love it. And with infinite possibilities brings so many different versions that is completely fascinating and for most of it The Almost Girl didn't fail. It was completely badass.

Feature & Follow (#7)

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

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This weeks Question:

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving Day food? If you’re not American or Canadian, what is your favorite holiday food?

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I don't eat red meat all year, so I mainly only do around this time because I can't not have pigs in blankets.

What about you?

Booking Through Thursday: Holiday Season

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


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Do you have a reading equivalent of holiday music to get you in the mood for the holiday season? Any books you make a point of reading this time of year?

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Ahh, I can't say that I do. I tend to read less heavy books and more happy go lucky ones, but none that focuses on Christmas or anything like that. I'm not a really festive person (don't look at me like that) until a few days before Christmas. Probably because it eclipses my birthday. I've never forgiven myself for being born on the 23rd. ;)

What about you?

Waiting on Wednesday (#21)

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

 

 

Landry Park by Bethany Hagen

Expected publication: February 4th 2014 by Dial

 ORDER, ELEGANCE, PROSPERITY.
The words might as well be branded on seventeen-year-old Madeline Landry herself. Here in the future United States, ruled by the lavish gentry, very little is left to choice—and even less is left to Madeline. Gentry decorum and Madeline’s domineering father insist that she must marry, like a good Landry woman, and run the family estate. But as she steps outside the decadent walls of her world, Madeline begins to question everything she has ever learned. In her desperation, she turns to the only person who seems to understand: handsome, beguiling avid Dana.

Soon, rumours of war and rebellion start to spread, and Madeline finds herself and David at the centre of it all. Ultimately, she must make a choice between her duty—the family and estate she loves dearly—and her desire.




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No specific reason this week, other than it sounds and looks amazing.

So, what're you waiting on?

Teaser Tuesday (19)

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

 

 

 

Title: Fake ID

Author: Lamar Giles

Release date: January 21st 2014 by

Publisher:  Amistad / Harper Collins

Place: 37%

 

 

Debut author Lamar Giles takes readers on a wild and dark ride in this contemporary Witness Protection thriller. Fake ID is a compelling story full of twists and turns—sure to appeal to fans of James Patterson, Harlan Coben, and John Grisham.

Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight. In fact, his name isn't really Nick Pearson. He shouldn't tell you his real name, his real hometown, or why his family just moved to Stepton, Virginia. And he definitely shouldn't tell you about his friend Eli Cruz and the major conspiracy Eli was uncovering when he died. About how Nick had to choose between solving Eli's murder with his hot sister, Reya, and "staying low-key" like the Program said to do.

But he's going to tell you—unless he gets caught first.

 

 

 

 

 

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"I'll call you tonight," I said, more as a comforting gesture than a promise. If things had really hit the fan- and that's what it sounded like- come nightfall, Nick Person might be a fading memory.

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Oh man, this is so good, and really addicting and funny. Triple win.
 

What're you reading? :)