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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Eve - By: Anna Carey

Eve (Eve #1)
by: Anna Carey

4 of 5 stars

The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth’s population. The night before eighteen-year-old Eve’s graduation from her all-girls school she discovers what really happens to new graduates, and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust...and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they will post a new Top Ten list that one of their bloggers over at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join! I will make mine in countdown, from the least to most. This week Top Ten is...

Top Ten Books I Wish Had Sequels

#10

Reckoning (Strange Angels #5)
by: Lili St. Crow

I know this is kind of cheating for some people, because mostly everyone expect me to give them stand-alone books without sequels. Buy hey! What about those seques that they end without really an ending and there is no spin off or anything at all. If you have read this book, you should understand me. If not, then... forgeret. Don't read the book. In my review I don't recommend it, so why should I do it when I didn't like the end at all?

#09

Secret Letters

by: Leah Scheier

Now, this is a book that I did like. I read it because of a book club, but I do not regret reading it. I fell in love with the characters instantly and the plot was a little confusing, but I love it. Every single thing, EXCEPT the end. How come that the end make the book very ungly for me? Made my thought dark. So many things happen at the end, that I did thought that it have a sequel. But no. Someone says that maybe there will be, but there are no news about that. I recommend it, though. You can read my review of it here.

#08

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

by: John Green & David Levithan

As you can read in my review, I really like the book and nowhere in my review you can see that I wish for a sequel or some sort of. BUT I think that end was very weird. Like, for me, it doesn't answer some questions. I hate that a book make me think like that. I want like just another chapter of it, maybe?

#07

Ketchup Clouds

by: Annabel Pitcher

Let's get this straight. If you read the book, you know that it does have a closed end. No need to imagine what happen or anything. But if you read it, you did not like the end. You want another book, where the characters come together again and comfort the problem. It is hard, I cannot deny that, but why on earth they are so apart? Snap! I hope I didn't spoiled anything, if you have not read. But believe me, give the book a try and you will feel like me. Waiting for a sequel that never will be out. Feels. Feels everywhere.

#06

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by: Stephen Chbosky

I don't know, I feel like wanting to read more about Charlie, Sam and the others. I know that the end was the correct and all, but... you cannot judge me for wanting to read more, right?

#05

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3)

by: Suzanne Collins

Yeah, yeah... I know this is a sequel and yadda yadda. But tell me that you do not want to know more about Panem post war and all. If you do not, you are lying to yourself. I wish to read more and I could tell that you too.

#04

Thirteen Reasons Why

by: Jay Asher

You know, as I said in my review, I suffered a lot with this book and when I finished... I was not again. Will the story be repeated? No! I wanted to know. I really do still.

#03

Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3)

by: Patrick Ness

Some of you might be thinking like, another series? I know, but if you read this book you could tell the same. Others must thought like, this book have a cliffhanger yeah, but there is a 3.5 book that tell you what happen. And yes, I understand your point, but in that short story... is there a direct POV about what really happen. You know about it by a third person POV, not from the main characters and damn! I was happy and angry about it. You can tell here.

#02

Requiem (Delirium #3)

by: Lauren Oliver

Yeah, old story... series, yadda yadda. But no matter what... this book need a serious sequel rush. When I finished, I felt like I missed like the end of it. I was like; my book didn't come complete. I was needing a better end and I still do.

#01

Eleanor and Park

by: Rainbow Rowell

This book is so ice cream sweet. I fell in love with it instantly. It made me laugh, cry and suffer. But the end killed me. For real, killed me. I wish it to end differently. I wish for a happy ending. It have one, but not that happy like I wanted.

Well, that's my countdown of the Top Ten Books That I Wish Had Sequel. Hope you like them and agree, maybe? If you have not read them all, you know what to do.

Monday, August 5, 2013

[R] Ready Player One, by: Ernest Cline

Ready Player One
by: Ernest Cline

★★★☆☆

It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation.

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.

Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.

Hello, again!
So, my first post of Book Issues was not long time ago, but I felt like writing about a new problem. I'm currently struggling with this one. This is not the first time that I have this issue and certainly will not be last. As you may know, this meme was created by me and basically is me talking about some problems related to books that I have and that maybe you do too. Be free to use this meme whenever you want and with the whichever problem you have. Please, link back to my blog. Thanks and hope you like reading the following issue.

Book Issue #2 - Giving Up

Sweet Surrender - By: Maya Banks

Sweet Surrender (Sweet #1)
by: Maya Banks

4.5 of 5 stars

Under Faith Malone's deceptively soft exterior lies a woman who knows exactly what she wants: a strong man who'll take without asking - because she's willing to give him everything...

Dallas cop Gray Montgomery is on a mission: find the guy who killed his partner and bring him to justice. So far, he's found a link between the killer and Faith - and if Gray has to get close to her to catch the killer, so be it.

Faith is sweet and feminine, everything Gray wants and desires in a woman, but he suspects she's playing games. No way would she allow a man to call the shots in their relationship. Or would she?

Faith sees in Gray the strong, dominant man she needs, but he seems determined to keep her at a distance. So she takes matters into her own hands to prove to him it's no game she's playing. She's willing to surrender to the right man. Gray would like to be that man. But catching his partner's killer has to be his first priority - until Faith is threatened and Gray realizes he will do anything to protect her...

Book Issues [1] - Release Dates

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This is my first post of my new created meme, Book Issues. As a brief description: consists in posting about some common or not so common book issues and/or problems some bookworms may confront. These are basically my issues, but do not be afraid to share yours. If you want to make a post, then be free to do it, you may use the banner from about, but please link back to my blog. Thanks and I hope you like my posts.

Book Issue #1 - Release Dates

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, which is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. You can read more about the creation of Stacking the Shelves by visiting the official launch page here.

Week from August 3, 2013 to August 9, 2013

Currently Reading:

Ready Player One, by: Ernest Cline & Sweer Surrender (Sweet #1), by: Maya Banks

To Read:

Eve - Once - Rise, by: Anna Carey

To Re-Read:

City of Bones (The Mortal Intruments #1), by: Cassandra Clare

That's it for now! I really hope to week all these this week or even more. *winks*

Friday, August 2, 2013

Will Grayson, Will Grayson - By: John Green & David Levithan

Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by: John Green & David Levithan

5 of 5 stars

One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.

Pandemonium - By: Lauren Oliver

Pandemonium (Delirium #2)
by: Lauren Oliver

5 of 5 stars

I’m pushing aside
the memory of my nightmare,
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana
and my old school,
push,
push,
push,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.

Never Love a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy #3)
by: Maya Banks

5 of 5 stars

Caelen McCabe’s young, reckless heart nearly destroyed his clan. Now, putting family loyalty above all else, he steps up to marry his older brother’s jilted bride and salvage the uneasy alliance between two clans. While beautiful Rionna McDonald is a fit wife for any man, Caelen trusts no woman, especially not this sweet temptress who torments him with white-hot longing.

As the sacrificial lamb in her father’s power game, Rionna will do her duty but vows to protect her heart and her pride from humiliation. Despite everything, though, the heat in Caelen’s touch melts her defenses, and she craves the sensual delights of a husband who guards his emotions as fiercely as his clan. But when the ultimate battle for the McCabe legacy is upon them, Rionna’s true warrior spirit emerges. She will risk the wrath of her father, the fury of her enemies, and her life to prove to Caelen that his wife’s love is too precious to lose.

Hana
(Delirium #1.5)
by: Lauren Oliver

4 of 5 stars

The summer before they're supposed to be cured of the ability to love, best friends Lena and Hana begin to drift apart. While Lena shies away from underground music and parties with boys, Hana jumps at her last chance to experience the forbidden. For her, the summer is full of wild music, dancing—and even her first kiss.

But on the surface, Hana must be a model of perfect behavior. She meets her approved match, Fred Hargrove, and glimpses the safe, comfortable life she’ll have with him once they marry. As the date for her cure draws ever closer, Hana desperately misses Lena, wonders how it feels to truly be in love, and is simultaneously terrified of rebelling and of falling into line.

Annabel
(Delirium #1.4)
by: Lauren Oliver

5 of 5 stars

Lena's mother, Annabel, has always been a mystery—a ghost in Lena's past. Until now.

Lena Halloway's mother, Annabel, supposedly committed suicide when Lena was only six years old. That's the lie that Lena grew up believing, but the truth is very different. As a rebellious teenager, Annabel ran away from home and straight into the man she knew she was destined to marry. The world was different then—the regulations not as stringent, the cure only a decade old. Fast forward to the present, and Annabel is consigned to a dirty prison cell, where she nurtures her hope of escape and scratches one word over and over into the walls: Love.

But Annabel, like Lena, is a fighter. Through chapters that alternate between her past and present, Annabel reveals the story behind her failed cures, her marriage, the births of her children, her imprisonment, and, ultimately, her daring escape.

Seduction of a Highland Lass (McCabe Trilogy #2)
by: Maya Banks

5 of 5 stars

Fiercely loyal to his elder brother, Alaric McCabe leads his clan in the fight for their birthright. Now he is prepared to wed for duty, as well. But on his way to claim the hand of Rionna McDonald, daughter of a neighboring chieftain, he is ambushed and left for dead. Miraculously, his life is saved by the soft touch of a Highland angel, a courageous beauty who will put to the test his fealty to his clan, his honor, and his deepest desires.

An outcast from her own clan, Keeley McDonald was betrayed by those she loved and trusted. When the wounded warrior falls from his horse, she is drawn to his strong, lean body. The wicked glint in his green eyes ignites a passion that will follow them back to Alaric’s keep, where their forbidden love draws them deeper into the pleasures of the flesh. But as conspiracy and danger circle closer, Alaric must make an impossible choice: Will he betray his blood ties for the woman he loves?

Monsters of Men - By: Patrick Ness

Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3)
by: Patrick Ness

5 of 5 stars

"War," says the Mayor. "At last." Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they're so hopelessly outnumbered? And if war makes monsters of men, what terrible choices await? But then a third voice breaks into the battle, one bent on revenge - the electrifying finale to the award-winning "Chaos Walking" trilogy, Monsters of Men is a heart-stopping novel about power, survival, and the devastating realities of war.

In Bed with a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy)
by: Maya Banks

5 of 5 stars

Ewan McCabe, the eldest, is a warrior determined to vanquish his enemy. Now, with the time ripe for battle, his men are ready and Ewan is poised to take back what is his—until a blue-eyed, raven-haired temptress is thrust upon him. Mairin may be the salvation of Ewan's clan, but for a man who dreams only of revenge, matters of the heart are strange territory to conquer.

The illegitimate daughter of the king, Mairin possesses prized property that has made her a pawn—and wary of love. Her worst fears are realized when she is rescued from peril only to be forced into marriage by her charismatic and commanding savior, Ewan McCabe. But her attraction to her ruggedly powerful new husband makes her crave his surprisingly tender touch; her body comes alive under his sensual mastery. And as war draws near, Mairin's strength, spirit, and passion challenge Ewan to conquer his demons—and embrace a love that means more than revenge and land.

[R] Reckoning, by: Lili St. Crow

Reckoning
(Strange Angels #5)
by: Lili St. Crow

★★★☆☆

Nobody expected Dru Anderson to survive this long. Not Graves. Not Christophe. Not even Dru. She's battled killer zombies, jealous djamphirs, and bloodthirsty suckers straight out of her worst nightmares. But now that Dru has bloomed into a full-fledged svetocha - rare, beautiful, and toxic to all vampires - the worst is yet to come.

Because getting out alive is going to cost more than she's ever imagined. And in the end, is survival really worth the sacrifice?

DRU ANDERSON'S NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK.
BUT SHE SHOULD BE.

[R] Defiance, by: Lili St. Crow

Defiance
(Strange Angels #4)
by: Lili St. Crow

★★★★½

Now that sixteen-year-old Dru's worst fears have come true and Sergej has kidnapped her best friend Graves, she'll have to go on a suicidal rescue mission to bring him back in one piece.

That is, if she can put all of Christophe's training to good use, defeat her mother's traitor, Anna, once and for all, and manage to survive another day...

Jealousy
(Strange Angels #3)
by: Lili St. Crow

★★★★☆

Dru Anderson might finally be safe. She’s at the largest Schola on the continent, and beginning to learn what it means to be svetocha—half vampire, half human, and all deadly. If she survives her training, she will be able to take her place in the Order, holding back the vampires and protecting the oblivious normal people.

But a web of lies and betrayals is still closing around her, just when she thinks she can relax a little. Her mentor Christophe is missing, her almost-boyfriend is acting weird, and the bodyguards she’s been assigned seem to know much more than they should. And then there’s the vampire attacks, the strange nightly visits, and the looks everyone keeps giving her. As if she should know something.

Or as if she’s in danger.

Someone high up in the Order is a traitor. They want Dru dead—but first, they want to know what she remembers of the night her mother died. Dru doesn’t want to remember, but it looks like she might have to—especially since once Christophe returns, he’ll be on trial for his life, and the only person who can save him is Dru.

The problem is, once she remembers everything, she may not want to...