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.

Waiting on Wednesday (#9)

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

 

 

Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

Expected publication: January 28th 2014 by HarperTeen

 

 

The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan's chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she's destined to become a murderer.

When Davy Hamilton's tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone.

Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.

 

 

 

 

How perfect does Uninvited sound? And that cover, the hair. Love.

 

What are you waiting on? :)

 

Teaser Tuesday (8)

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

 

 

Title: In The After

Author: Demitria Lunetta

Release date: June 25th 2013

Publisher: Harper Teen

Page: 100

 

They hear the most silent of footsteps.
They are faster than anything you've ever seen.
And They won't stop chasing you...until you are dead.

Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy’s house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs.

After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy soon realizes that unless things change, she’ll lose Baby—and much more.

 

 

Link me to yours! :)

 

Review: The 100

The 100
Author: Kass Morgan

Publication Date: August 29th 2013   

Source: A copy was provided by Hodder & Stoughton in exchange  for an honest review.
 

 In 3010, humanity lives in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth's toxic atmosphere. No one knows when, or even if, the planet will be habitable again. But faced with dwindling resources, government leaders know they must reclaim their homeland . . . before it's too late.

Now a hundred juvenile delinquents are sent on a high-stakes mission to re-colonize Earth. After a brutal crash landing, the teens arrive on a savagely beautiful planet. Confronting the dangers of this rugged new world, they struggle to form a tentative community and to get over their dark pasts. In order to survive, they must learn to trust - and even love - again.

After a nuclear war spread out, only few of the population managed to escape and now three ships make up the Colony;

Phoenix- The rich and powerful.
 

Walden & Arcadia- the lower ranks, who are supplied on limited rations, with stricter rules and suffocation.

Curfews are reprimanded, strict rules and punishment are enforced, more and more people are being confined and trialled resulting in death if found guilty for all over 18, the juveniles are pending until retrial on their eighteenth birthday.

Stacking the Shelves (#8) & Recap

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

I bought one (!) this week, but it's a pretty awesome one.

 

Wednesday morning, I had this surprise in the mail for review.

 

(Thanks Hodder & Stoughton!)

 

Now, this is about books, so it counts! :)

So Tuesday I went on a road trip, and we passed through the village of Lacock, where the Abbey's been used for film, 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice,  and some of the grounds for Harry Potter.

Unfortunately, since we were only passing through I didn't get to go inside the grounds and see everything, because the majority wanted to go to the beach, but I snapped a quick picture outside the wall. I like the beach as much as the next person but when I heard about the Harry Potter thing, I'll admit, I was pretty pissed, because really? :( But I've been to the Studio Tour last year and saw, this

and drunk, this.

So...no, I'm still pretty annoyed.

 

 

A recap of posts this week

 

• Monday I reviewed The Originals by Cat Patrick
• Teaser Tuesday from Poison by I'd Tell You I Love You, But then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter  
• Waiting on Wednesday, Wicked Little Secrets by Kara Taylor
• Booking Through Thursday: Quantity or Quality
• Friday I reviewed Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor
• Friday Feature & Follow 
• Saturday A-Z Survey

 

 

This week I have read:

 

• I'd Tell You I Love You, But then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter  
• The 100 by Kass Morgan
• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

 

What did you get this week? :)

A-Z Book Survey

I've seen this going around, and thought I'd join in the A to Z Survey from Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner

Author you’ve read the most books from:

Richelle Mead

 

Best Sequel Ever:

 Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake.

I loved Anna Dressed in Blood, and Girl of Nightmares just summed things up nicely, and gave you closure, even if it wasn't how you wanted it to end.

Currently Reading:

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

Drink of Choice While Reading:

Water? I mainly drink water, I mean, something's got to dilute the coffee milkshake.

E-reader or Physical Book?

I love physical books, always have, always will so I keep them for when I'm home and use my Kindle when out.

Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School:

Uhm, this is awkward. Okay, so either Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars because, really, there's no need for an explanation. Or Dimitri Belikov from Vampire Academy, I guess I like older guys?