Waiting on Wednesday (#67)

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

Top Ten Clues You're Clueless by Liz Czukas

 

Expected publication:  December 9th 2014 by Harper Teen

 

 

 

 

 

Top Five Things That Are Ruining Chloe’s Day

5) Working the 6:30 a.m. shift at GoodFoods Market

4) Crashing a cart into a customer’s car right in front of her snarky coworker Sammi

3) Trying to rock the “drowned rat” look after being caught in a snowstorm

2) Making zero progress with her crush, Tyson (see #3)

1) Being accused—along with her fellow teenage employees—of stealing upwards of $10,000

Chloe would rather be anywhere than locked in work jail (aka the break room) with five of her coworkers . . . even if one of them is Tyson. But if they can band together to clear their names, what looks like a total disaster might just make Chloe’s list of Top Ten Best Moments.

Okay, I do have a copy already, so I'm cheating a little, but I loved Ask Again Later when I wasn't expecting to as much as I did. If you've read it, wasn't it hilarious?

What're you waiting on?

Book Blitz: The Secret Diamond Sisters

The Secret Diamond Sisters (The Secret Diamond Sisters #1)

by Michelle Madow 

Release Date: 02/25/13

Harlequin Teen

381 pages

Summary from Goodreads:

Savannah. Courtney. Peyton.

The three sisters grew up not knowing their father and not quite catching a break. But it looks like their luck is about to change when they find out the secret identity of their long-lost dad—a billionaire Las Vegas hotel owner who wants them to come live in a gorgeous penthouse hotel suite.

Suddenly the Strip's most exclusive clubs are all-access, and with an unlimited credit card each, it should be easier than ever to fit right in. But in a town full of secrets and illusion, fitting in is nothing compared to finding out the truth about their past.

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Praise:

"Sexy and often electrifying ... Gossip Girl meets The Princess Diaries in a city that never sleeps." 

--Booklist

"This quick and entertaining read is filled with glitz and glamour ... get ready for one crazy and fabulous ride." 
--RT Book Reviews

Review: This is How it Ends

 

 
This is How it Ends
Author: Jen Nadol
Publication Date: October 7th 2014        
Publisher: Simon Pulse
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~

If you could see the future, would you want to? After the disturbing visions Riley and his friends see turn out to be more than hallucinations, fate takes a dangerous twist in this dark and suspenseful page-turner.

Riley and his friends are gearing up for their senior year by spending one last night hanging out in the woods, drinking a few beers, and playing Truth or Dare. But what starts out as a good time turns sinister when they find a mysterious pair of binoculars. Those who dare to look through them see strange visions, which they brush off as hallucinations. Why else would Riley see himself in bed with his best friend’s girlfriend—a girl he’s had a secret crush on for years?

In the weeks that follow, the visions begin to come true...including a gruesome murder. One of Riley’s closest friends is now the prime suspect. But who is the murderer? Have Riley and his friends really seen the future through those mysterious binoculars? And what if they are powerless to change the course of events?

I wanted This is How it Ends to be something different, and it certainly had the elements to make it something different, it was right there. But the part that would've made it different was on the backburner and paved its way to drama instead.

Now, the element of the binoculars and what the represented would've been great, if it went into it more. Which, you'd think it would, but in fact, they only made a brief appearance in the beginning and was a while again before they were used. More talked about than anything, but nothing really helpful, everytime it was brought up it felt like we were walking in circles. I thought it would integrate into the story a lot better than it  did, we spend the whole book wondering what the hell they really are, what they can do, if anything of it is real. We have some hints along the way, but nothing you'd really pick up on, and by the time you got to the big revelation it just felt rushed and fell flat. It didn't seem plausible because you didn't get a chance to really understand. The whole thing felt long-winded into the build up, and just didn't live up to it.

Stacking the Shelves (#65) & Recap: I know, I know.

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

So, how was everybody's week? Mines been good, book wise. Had a few nice surprises in the mail and I'm kind of terrified for next week. I'm starting a new job! Which, you know, is fun and all, but I have to be there by half eight and it's over an hour and a half away, and my sleeps going to be screwed. And now I have the flu. Again. Not happy.

This isn't a physical stack, I know, I know, I've been putting it off, but I have a good excuse, it's my Nans 70th Birthday today and we're all going out so I'm doing this quick (no links.)

 

 

For Review

Review: Falls the Shadow

 

 

 

Title: Falls the Shadow

Author: Stefanie Gaither

Publication Date: September 16th 2014        

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young  

When Cate Benson was a kid, her sister, Violet, died. Two hours after the funeral, Cate’s family picked up Violet’s replacement. Like nothing had happened. Because Cate’s parents are among those who decided to give their children a sort of immortality—by cloning them at birth—which means this new Violet has the same smile. The same perfect face. Thanks to advancements in mind-uploading technology, she even has all of the same memories as the girl she replaced.

She also might have murdered the most popular girl in school.

At least, that’s what the paparazzi and the anti-cloning protestors want everyone to think: that clones are violent, unpredictable monsters. Cate is used to hearing all that. She’s used to defending her sister, too. But Violet has vanished, and when Cate sets out to find her, she ends up in the line of fire instead. Because Cate is getting dangerously close to secrets that will rock the foundation of everything she thought was true.

In a thrilling debut, Stefanie Gaither takes readers on a nail-biting ride through a future that looks frighteningly similar to our own time and asks: how far are you willing to go to keep your family together?

 

 

 

Ugh, you have no idea how much I loved Falls the Shadow, it's a little embarrassing. Halfway through I was thinking a solid four, and then it just upped and upped and away it went, pretty much perfect. It reminded me a lot of Jennifer Rush's Altered series, but longer, It's not exactly the same as it, but the character vibes I got from Altered I got from Falls the Shadow. That chemistry between them, when characters just click. They bounced off one another and it's just makes the whole book just flow a lot better because of it.

Falls the Shadow pretty much had me from the get go with the opening sentence, I don't usually use quotes in reviews unless they're utterly ridiculous so I use them to rant with, but I just had to with this.

Review: A Song for Ella Grey

A Song for Ella Grey
Author: David Almond
Publication Date: October 2nd 2014
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~

 

"I'm the one who's left behind. I'm the one to tell the tale. I knew them both...knew how they lived and how they died."

Claire is Ella Grey's best friend. She's there when the whirlwind arrives on the scene: catapulted into a North East landscape of gutted shipyards; of high arched bridges and ancient collapsed mines. She witnesses a love so dramatic it is as if her best friend has been captured and taken from her. But the loss of her friend to the arms of Orpheus is nothing compared to the loss she feels when Ella is taken from the world. This is her story - as she bears witness to a love so complete; so sure, that not even death can prove final

I...don't even know what or where to start with A Song for Ella Grey, this shit was strange. And an unwelcome acid trip. Beware, rant ahead!  One that probably  doesn't make that much sense because this book didn't make much sense. We have 272 pages of book. What happened in this book, you ask? I have no freaking idea. I just know 100% that this was not for me. At all.