Review: The Girl from the Well (yes, that well)

 

The Girl from the Well
Author: Rin Chupeco
Publication Date: August 5th 2014        
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~
 

You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night.

A dead girl walks the streets.

She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago.

And when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the neighborhood so, she discovers, does something else. And soon both will be drawn into the world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan.

Because the boy has a terrifying secret - one that would just kill to get out.

The Girl from the Well is A YA Horror novel pitched as "Dexter" meets "The Grudge", based on a well-loved Japanese ghost story 

 

 

 

The Girl from the Well is one I'd love to say I loved, the concept was perfect for me. The ultimate scare because I absolutely freak out when it comes to these types of spirits/myths, as of Bloody Mary. The Ring scared the crap out of me, a few years ago insomnia kicked in and I couldn't sleep and I was too tired to read so I put the TV on, and guess what it just happens to be on? Yup. The Ring. Right were she's coming out of the well. Needless to say that night I didn't sleep at all and decided to stare at the static just to make sure nothing moved.

Stacking the Shelves (#54) & Recap

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

So, how was everybody's week? The heat has been worse this week than it was last week and if the heat doesn't kill me, my hay fever will. I bought a few this week and received the best random surprise in the mail from Penguin, in the form of a little something new from Richelle Mead, which will be in my physical stack next week. Can you guess? ;) Yup. Silver Shadows. I was waiting until the series was finished to read them, but, but it's so tempting now.  I'm also rewatching Criminal Minds since I haven't watched it since season 7, and nothing says summer like serial killers, right? Also, how freaking cute was season 1 Reid?

For Review

Edelweiss

 

 

 

 The Bargaining , Remember and Me Being Me is Exactly as Insane as You Being You  

(Thanks to Simon Pulse and Edelweiss )

 

 

                                                        

                                                                 What did you get this week? :)
 

Recap

• Monday I reviewed: The Young World by Chris Weitz
• Teaser Tuesday: The 100 Society by Carla Spradbery
• Waiting on Wednesday: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
• Thursday: Welcome Amber & Introducing two new Features
• Friday I reviewed: Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Review: Let's Get Lost

Let's Get Lost
Author: Adi Alsaid
Publication Date: 1at August 2014
Publisher: Mira Ink
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~

One girl could change four lives forever…

Mysterious Leila, who is on the road trip of a lifetime, has a habit of crashing into people’s worlds at the moment they need someone the most.

There’s Hudson, who is willing to throw away his dreams for love. And Bree, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. Elliot who believes in happy endings…until his own goes off-script. And Sonia who worries that she’s lost her ability to love.

Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. But Leila’s trip could help her discover something bigger — that sometimes, the only way to find what you’re looking for is to get lost along the way

Let's Get Lost is a book that sneaks up on you. You think road-trip, fun (which it is), light and fluffy (which it is not), something to get lost in (which you do), but not once before starting it did I think substance or significance. I know, I feel bad, but hear me out. I'm not a contemporary reader, sure, I've been reading a lot of them lately, but you can only take so much fun light and fluffy before reality starts taking on a Disney feel. While each person's story in Let's Get Lost ends in a way you want it to, it's not an easy journey getting there. Which, is what I absolutely loved about it. You want something? You want something to happen? You fight for it. You go and get it. You don't give up. And sometimes, it'll work itself out. And if it doesn't? You learn from it and take it with you.  Leila gave that to the people she came across, people like her, who needed a little guidance, and while Leila didn't feel like she had that herself, she gave that piece to them. By the end of it I was crying. I'm chalking that up to reflection. But, simplicity and subtlety is powerful, and that's the substance and significance Let's Get Lost brings.

Welcome Amber, and Introducing two new Features!

Hello! This is Kirsty for a minute before I hand you over to Amber, who is coincidentally also my cousin (I know- who knew?) She'll take care of you, promise. I've been wanting to do something on the blog for a while, something different and fun but didn't know what to do, and then Amber said she wanted to start blogging about the things she does (which, we'll get to that in a minute), and we realised, hey, it's to do with books and tada! Amber will now be taking over the blog on most Thursdays, under our features; 

 

 Cosplay Antics

 

Cosplay Antics will be a behind the scenes look into what Cosplay really is, the creations of favourite characters from books/graphic novels/manga/anime/Disney as they are being made and the final product before meets. We will also be including some guest posts from other Cosplayer's.

Waiting on Wednesday (#54)

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

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
 

Expected publication: September 16th 2014 by Putnam Juvenile

 

 

 

 

 

 

The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as “wildly entertaining.”
How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate

 

 

 

 

 

Aliens! Aliens! Bad Aliens! I loved The 5th Wave, so really I should've chosen this earlier, but you know.

 

What are you waiting on?

 



Teaser Tuesday (#34)

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

 

 

 

 

  

Title: The 100 Society

Author: Carla Spradbery

Publication Date: 4th September 2014        

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books

 For sixth-form student Grace Becker, The 100 Society is more than just a game; it's an obsession. Having convinced her five friends at Clifton Academy to see it through to the end, Grace will stop at nothing to carry out the rules of the game: tagging 100 locations around the city. With each step closer to the 100-mark they get, the higher the stakes become. But when the group catches the attention of a menacing stalker - the Reaper - he seems intent on exposing their illegal game, tormenting Grace with anonymous threats and branding their dormitory doors with his ominous tag.

As the once tight-knit group slowly unravels, torn apart by doubt and the death of a student, they no longer know who to trust.

With time running out, Grace must unmask the Reaper before he destroys everything she cares about for ever...

 

Speculation has arisen that a gang of vandals known only as 'The 100 Society' is once again targeting local building and landmarks.

The 100 Society was founded more than twenty years ago by the notorious graffiti artist known only as 'A'

                                         -Both taken from page 24 in ARC.

 Because A- is everywhere, bitches.

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