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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Teaser Tuesday [3]

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: grab your current read; open to a random page; share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page; BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!); and share the title & author, too, so that other people can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

Startled by His Furry Shorts

(Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #7)

by: Louise Rennison

On the rack of romance. And also in the oven of luuurve.

Woe is Georgia: Dave the Laugh has declared his love for her (at least she thinks he was talking about her), and she has finally given Masimo an ultimatum to be her one and only and he has to think about it. And will she ever be able to stop thinking about the Sex God plucking his guitar strings of loveosity?

my teaser:

It's like the grave in this house I...

Oh good. My darling little sister has kicked open my door and flung Angus [the cat] at me.

"HEGGGGOOO Gingey!!! We is back. Heggo!!! Watch my panties dance. Sex bum sex bum am a sex bum!!!"

SERIOUSLY, guys you should all read these books. They are totally hilarious. Once you begin the first one you cannot stop [they are ten]. I'm still confused in how many years Libby [the little sister] have because she is totally a mad case and somehow she isn't potty training yet, but she's in kinder. Plus, Georgia [the main character] is totally a laugh, stupid yes, but toally full of laughosity. The book is set in Englad, so the accent is very clear in how they speak, TOTALLY loving it. So, anyways, what its your teaser this week?

TTT [8]

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! This week Top Ten is... FREEBIE, which means you can do it of what you want.

Top Ten Favorite Book Covers

#10

These Broken Stars

by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

#09

Beautiful Oblivion

by: Jamie McGuire

#08

Poison Study

by: Maria V. Snyder

#07

Apollyon

by: Jennifer L. Armentrout

#06

The One

by: Kiera Cass

#05

Imaginary Girls

by: Nova Ren Suma

#04

Existence

by: Abbi Glines

#03

Cruel Beauty

by: Rosamund Hodge

#02

Dreams of Gods & Monsters

by: Laini Taylor

#01

Halo

by: Alexandra Adornetto

BOOKS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO MY TOP TEN, BUT DESERVE TO BE HERE

I love book covers, people are really very creative these days because as you can notice most of them are from these past couple years. Can I see your ttt? Link!

Monday, January 19, 2015

[R] Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers, by: Louise Rennison

Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
(Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #6)
by: Louise Rennison

4 of 5 stars

Let the overseas snogfest begin!

Georgia and Jas are off to Hamburger-a-gogo land! Georgia plans to track down Masimo, the Italian-American dreamboat, but after a long week in America, she only succeeds in learning importantish things -- like how to ride a bucking bronco. Will Georgia reel in the Italian dreamboat? Or is she destined to live forever all aloney on her owney?

Its been a long while since I post these Book Issues, not because I didn't have anything to talk, but because I didn't have too many time. I have a little the time now, so why not use it well.. As you may know, I created this to basically ramble about any problem related to books that I have and that maybe you do too. Hope you like reading the following issue...

Book Issue #4 - Book-To-Movie Adaptations

[R] Away Laughing on a Fast Camel, by Louise Rennison

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
(Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #5)
by: Louise Rennison

3.5 of 5 stars

The Sex God has left the country, taking Georgia's heart with him. So she decides to display glaciosity to all boys -- a girl can only have her heart broken so many times.

Until she meets Masimo, the new singer for the Stiff Dylans. The Sex God is gone, but here comes the Dreamboat, and Georgia's away laughing on a fast camel (whatever that means).

[R] The Lover's Dictionary, by David Levithan

The Lover's Dicionary
by: David Levithan

4.5 of 5 stars

A modern love story told through a series of dictionary-style entries is a sequence of intimate windows into the large and small events that shape the course of a romantic relationship.

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 this meme by visiting the official launch page here.

January 11, 2015 to January 17, 2015

It has been an excellent week or so I think, check it out!

Books I Read This Week:

Kiss Kill Vanish, by Jessica Martinez
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas, by Louise Rennison
Not a Drop to Drink, by Mindy McGinnis
In a Handful of Dust, by Mindy McGinnis
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants, by Louise Rennison

Currently Reading:

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel, by Louise Rennison (pictured below)

To Be Read Next Week:

The Darkest Part of the Forest, by Holly Black
Defy, by Sara B. Larson
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers, by Louise Rennison
Isla & the Happily Every After, by Stephanie Perkins

It is a short list, but I still thinking is a good list. I'm beginning to knocked down some challenges, so hopefully at the end of the year I will finish them. How was your week? What you read & what are you going to read?

Friday, January 16, 2015

[R] Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants, by Louise Rennison

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants
(Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #4)
by: Louise Rennison

4 of 5 stars

Georgia thought she had put her "red-bottomosity" to rest when she finally chose Robbie the Sex God over Dave the Laugh. Anyway, Dave the Laugh is now dating her friend Ellen (which didn't stop Georgia from snogging him at a party...)

But when Dave breaks up with Ellen and the Sex God is never around, Georgia doesn't know what to do! As always, in Georgia's life, nothing ever turns out as planned!

In a Handful of Dust
(Not a Drop to Drink #2)
by: Mindy McGinnis

3.5 of 5 stars

The only thing bigger than the world is fear.

Lucy’s life by the pond has always been full. She has water and friends, laughter and the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure that Lucy’s childhood was very different from her own. Yet it seems Lucy’s future is settled already—a house, a man, children, and a water source—and anything beyond their life by the pond is beyond reach.

When disease burns through their community, the once life-saving water of the pond might be the source of what’s killing them now. Rumors of desalinization plants in California have lingered in Lynn’s mind, and the prospect of a “normal” life for Lucy sets the two of them on an epic journey west to face new dangers: hunger, mountains, deserts, betrayal, and the perils of a world so vast that Lucy fears she could be lost forever, only to disappear in a handful of dust.

In this companion to Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis thrillingly combines the heart-swelling hope of a journey, the challenges of establishing your own place in the world, and the gripping physical danger of nature in a futuristic frontier.

Sophie & Suze's Review Challenge [Sign Up Post]

There is a time for every reader when you keep reading and reading... and somehow you "forgot" to review those books and they are now piled up waiting to be reviewed. Well, this challenge is perfect to make yourself work a little bit, dust off that pile and knock down those reviews once and forever.

So, Sophie [from Reviewed The Book] & Suze [from Lavander likes, loves, finds & dreams...] created this challenge. It goes from January 23 to February 2. TEN DAYS! Obviously, the challege is as simple as that, make many reviews as you can, but try to challenge yourself.

Me, myself and I already challenge myself to make at least 8 reviews between January 23 to January 25 thanks to Write On Review-A-Thon, so those books [obviously] will be included in this challenge, but [duh!] I will add more. I enter to both review challenges, because I want to seriously knock down my review pile. Hopefully gonna knock down these:

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2), by Marissa Meyer
Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3), by Marissa Meyer
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Saénz
Rapture (The Elfin #2), by Quinn Loftis
Searching for Perfect (Searching For #2), by Jennifer Probst
Infinite (Newsoul #3), by Jodi Meadows
Dear Girls Above Me, by Charles McDowell
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle Zevin
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
Winter (Dog Days #2), by Sierra Dean
and others that I still don't know...

[R] Not a Drop to Drink, by: Mindy McGinnis

Not a Drop to Drink
(Not a Drop to Drink #1)
by: Mindy McGinnis

3.5 of 5 stars

Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.

Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.

Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Having a life means dedicating it to survival, and the constant work of gathering wood and water. Having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand.

But wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. The mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won’t stop until they get it….

With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, debut author Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl’s journey in a barren world not so different than our own.

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Beautiful Redemption

(The Maddox Brothers #2)

by: Jamie McGuire

If a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever. But what if he didn't love you, first?

No-nonsense Liis Lindy is an agent of the FBI. Deciding she is married only to her job, she breaks off her engagement and transfers from Chicago to the field office in San Diego. She loves her desk. She is committed to her laptop. She dreams of promotions and shaking hands with the director after cracking an impossible case.

Special Agent in Charge Thomas Maddox is arrogant, unforgiving, and ruthless. He is tasked with putting away some of the world’s toughest criminals, and he is one of the best the Bureau has to offer. Though, as many lives as he’s saved, there is one that is beyond his reach. Younger brother Travis is faced with prison time for his involvement in a basement fire that killed dozens of college students, and the media want a conviction. Travis’s only savior is his unusual tie to the mob. In a deal that will spare his brother, Thomas has agreed to recruit Travis into the FBI.

Liis is stubborn, defiant, and yet somehow softens Thomas’s rough edges, making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. Posing as a couple, they must travel to Travis & Abby’s beach vow renewal and give him the news, but when the pretending ends, she finds herself wondering if they were pretending at all.

In the second installment of the Maddox Brothers books, experience firsthand the mysterious world of the elusive Thomas Maddox, and how good love can be when you’re not the first, but the last.

Oh, I cannot wait anymore for this book. I want it and I want it bad! The first book was perfect and beautiful, so I do have my hopes up for this books and the next one too, of course.

Which book are you waiting for?

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

[R] Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas, by: Louise Rennison

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
(Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #3)
by: Louise Rennison

4 of 5 stars

Georgia Nicolson is now the girlfriend of the Sex God (aka Robbie), and things are wonderful. Except her loony parents are dragging her off to Och Aye land (aka Scotland), and the Sex God's band's chance at a record contract has left her something of a "pop widow."

Then up rears temptation in the form of old flame Dave the Laugh. Is Georgia about to become a shameless vixen?

Teaser Tuesday [2]

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: grab your current read; open to a random page; share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page; BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!); and share the title & author, too, so that other people can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

Kiss Kill Vanish

by: Jessica Martinez

Valentina Cruz no longer exists.

One moment, she was wrapped in Emilio’s arms, melting into his kiss. The next, she was witnessing the unthinkable: a murder in cold blood, ordered by her father and carried out by her boyfriend. When Emilio pulled the trigger, Valentina disappeared. She made a split-second decision to shed her identity and flee her life of privilege, leaving the glittering parties and sultry nightlife of Miami far behind.

She doesn’t know how to explain to herself what she saw. All she knows now is that nothing she believed about her family, her heart, or Emilio’s love, was real.

She can change her name and deny her past, but Valentina can’t run from the truth. The lines between right and wrong, and trust and betrayal, will be blurred beyond recognition as she untangles the deceptions of the two men she once loved and races to find her own truth.

my teaser:

"Hours. They've passed. The shock has bled out of me, and now I feel empty and scraped raw. Gutless, guilty Valentina."

I know I already finished this book, but it was just yesterday. Spiacente.

[R] Kiss Kill Vanish, by: Jessica Martinez

Kiss Kill Vanish
by: Jessica Martinez

3.5 of 5 stars

Valentina Cruz no longer exists.

One moment, she was wrapped in Emilio’s arms, melting into his kiss. The next, she was witnessing the unthinkable: a murder in cold blood, ordered by her father and carried out by her boyfriend. When Emilio pulled the trigger, Valentina disappeared. She made a split-second decision to shed her identity and flee her life of privilege, leaving the glittering parties and sultry nightlife of Miami far behind.

She doesn’t know how to explain to herself what she saw. All she knows now is that nothing she believed about her family, her heart, or Emilio’s love, was real.

She can change her name and deny her past, but Valentina can’t run from the truth. The lines between right and wrong, and trust and betrayal, will be blurred beyond recognition as she untangles the deceptions of the two men she once loved and races to find her own truth.

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! This week Top Ten is...

Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant to Read But Didn't Get To

#10

Until the End

by: Abbi Glines

#09

Chasing Before

by: Lenore Appelhans

#08

Between the Spark and the Burn

by: Apil Genevieve Tucholke

#07

No Place to Fall

by: Jaye Robin Brown

#06

Dangerous Creatures

by: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

#05

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

by: Maggie Stiefvater

#04

Ruin and Rising

by: Leigh Bardugo

#03

Dreams of Gods & Monsters

by: Laini Taylor

#02

Rooms

by: Lauren Oliver

#01

Isla & the Happily Ever After

by: Stephanie Perkins

Write On Review-a-Thon 12 [Sign Up Post]

The Write On review-a-thon is a monthly event created and hosted by Brianna at The Book Vixen. This time, for the FIRST TIME ever, it’s 3 days dedicated to getting reviews done, whether you have one review to write or 30+. This edition of the review-a-thon takes place all day Friday, January 23rd through Sunday, January 25th. Let’s get those reviews done!

Bout of Books Read-a-Thon end and its time to write some reviews. Err... yes, I wrote and posted all the reviews from the books I read, but I still have quite a TBR (this case To-Be-Review) pile somewhere. I need to knock down the number 68, at least to a 60. So, this is my chance. It will be a weekend, which basically is very hard for me to read, but not to review. Hurray!

What I plan to review: