Zombie Love The Outbreak Review

Rating: ♥♥♥

A copy was provided for review

Zombie Love is the story of a widespread virus, in a way that has never been done before. As people lose loved ones, some decide that sometimes the people you love are the only ones worth fighting for. As factions form, and the world crumbles, people must choose sides. Help or destroy. When a virus is developed as the ultimate cure all by reversing death itself, the world is plunged into a crisis of faith, dedication, and love. In book one we meet Summer Strom, a normal high school teenager who is thrown cruelly into a set of circumstances that nobody should have to deal with. She has to fight back against everybody she knows as she battles for the only thing worth fighting for. Love.

It's not my normal genre, I think the last time I read anything involving zombies was the Strange Angels series. It wasn't too bad, although sometimes I found myself having to reread something, because the writing could be a little confusing. In the beginning, we are introduced to the story about how the whole disease and zombie stuff started. It actually helped to understand the book as a whole, and made me wanna know what happened because of it.

  

I ended up reading and finishing this book the same day I started it, it's such a fun, quick read with lots of humor and other emotions you can't help but feel when your reading. It was so easy to get attached to the characters! Especially Daniel, he was my favorite by the time I finished the book.

I have to admit, the cover didn't do much for me, but the story definitely did! I recommend this book to zombie lovers for sure!

Book Reveal!

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

Released: Feb 7th/2012

330 pages

What It's About!

Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship--or an early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with six months to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word... especially after she finds her mother's diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family's destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate stars scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren't safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood -- not even from each other.

**This is definitely high on my wanna-read list!! I've heard a lot of good things about it, so I'll have to get myself a copy after I finish reading the Hunger Games trilogy! :)**

The Hunger Games Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister Primrose, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before — and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Lately everyone has been telling me I HAVE to read this trilogy, so finally I bought the box set and got reading. I cannot say how much I absolutely LOVE this first book in the trilogy. I don't think I have loved a book so much since I read the Harry Potter series way back when!

I love Katniss. She feels like a real person, not just a character in a book. I feel like after reading the hunger games, I really got to know her, and come to really like her. There's probably not much I can say about this book, that somebody hasn't already said, but I'll say anyway.

The Hunger Games is definitely a fight of the fittest and a true fight for survival. Suzanne Collins has done an amazing job at creating such a unique world that sort of combines past and present in a way no one really has before. If you think about it, "the seam" isn't that far off from what times used to be, little food and money, and generally the man is the main breadwinner. Only everyone is tightly controlled by the capitol, no matter where you live.

At first I dreaded the idea of the "Hunger Games", but the book just wouldn't have been the same without it. I was so emotionally thrown about with all the twists and turns this novel had. In some dark part of my mind, sometimes I feel like we're not really so far off from some of the ideas in the hunger games. With the capitol controlling everything and everyone.

I just loved this book so much I don't really know if there are words for it! Actually, the games ended way better than I expected, I thought for sure Peeta was gonna be a goner! I was SO excited when they said 2 people from the same district would be able to win, only to be torn apart when they changed their minds. As soon as i finished reading it, I had to start Catching Fire, it's THAT good! I seriously canNOT wait for the movie!!!

Special 2012 Doomsday Post

So, since there's been so much talk and debate about the big "December 2012", I thought I'd post my thoughts on it, even though it's not book related. I've actually done a little research, too. I have to admit, ever since the last 2012 movie they did, what? 2 yrs ago, now? I have been just a little up tight (haha), even though I didn't really believe or understand it. 

If you think about it, it's totally true, and makes a lot more sense! 

I was actually watching a show the other day, about the Mayans, (it randomly caught my attention, hows that for fate.) and they talked about how all the Mayan writing and sculptures, etc. stopped. Actual Mayan researchers found a lot of the sculptures, writing, whathaveyou, unfinished. Like they just up and left...or did they?

No, they didn't. According to the show I was watching, a few of the researchers were starting to find clues as to what happened. It sounds like the Mayan civilization slowly started to overpopulate and starve. So, as with everything else they were unable to carry on making, they could no longer go on writing the calender. So the last day on the 2012 calender doesn't mean the last day of earth, it means the last day the Mayans wrote on the calender before they could no longer write it. 

I love how people just automatically assume the worse. How do you know it wasn't a new beginning, and not an ending? It's actually the end of a 26,000 year period, and the start of a new Era, a new beginning, the start of another 26,000 year period. What are you afraid is going to happen on that one day, anyway? Natural disasters happen every day, somewhere on this earth, and most people live through them. One day is not gonna change anything just because it's the end of the calender.  

I also think it's funny how the date changes from one website/show to the next. For the longest time, it was December 21rst/2012. Now I've seen/heard dates anywhere from May 2012 to December 2012. 

Let The Hunger Games Begin!!

Anna & The French Kiss Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home

I haven't read chick-lit in what feels like such a long time! I usually have my nose stuck in something paranormal-or-other, so it was a nice change. Anna is an amazing, funny, easy-to-love character. Actually, this book reminded me a lot of what I love in most of Meg Cabot's books. I liked it so much that I ended up reading it in just a few hours, I was so absorbed into the story. There were a lot of things that Anna said or did, that I had done, said, or felt like when I was a teenager. 

At first, I really liked Toph (that's his name right?? her almost-bf from back home? lol), but then I reeeaallyy started to like St. Claire! He's so adorable, how can you not like him, even just a little? I love how Anna would pretty much rather die than go to Paris for boarding school, but in the end, she totally loves it. Between her new friends, St. Claire, an amazing city, and all the movie theaters she could wish for. 

This book was so fun and enjoyable to read, I didn't once find myself tired of reading blah blah blah, about sick puppy love, etc. It's a very simple, but awesome read. I also really liked how the characters were so relateable, like they were based on real people. I would highly recommend this to everyone, especially Meg Cabot fans. You will not be disappointed!

In My Mailbox

I bought the box set, so I could buy them all at once instead of one at a time. Saves money too! I also bought Torn by Amanda Hocking, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it after reading Switched!

Silence Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Fitzpatrick delivers the breathtaking conclusion to the "New York Times"-bestselling Hush, Hush saga. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in each other, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for--and their love--forever.

I am SO glad this isn't the last book in the Hush, Hush series!! With each book, the series gets better and better and I love it even more. Silence has so many things that happen, I couldn't put this book down! When the story begins in Silence, Nora has absolutely no memory of anything that has happened in the last 5 months. She doesn't even remember Patch!! Since it took me so long to read Silence, sometimes I felt like I forgot a lot of stuff right along with her. She also annoyed me a lot less, since in the first too books, she was such a whiny, stupid brat, I couldn't stand her, so I read for Pacth, haha.

Even though Nora has no memory of Patch, they randomly run into each other here and there. Kinda seems like fate is trying to say something, if you ask me. Nora without Patch and vice versa is like a smarty without the shell. I was soo happy when they started being Patch and Nora again, and stopped calling him Jev. 

  

I wish there had been more of Vee, but I can see why she wasn't in it much. There was just too much that she couldn't be involved in. Hank is also back in this book, and I wanted to wring his ugly little neck. I am SO glad of the outcome of him! I was hoping the whole book somebody would finally off him, and I'm glad they did. He deserves to rot in hell! I think I liked Patch more in this one than the others, he doesn't act like a jerk or anything. 

Silence was so unbelievably good! I don't know if I'll be able to wait for the 4th one!!

Cover Reveal!

Cover Reveal: Through To You by Emily Hainsworth

Release Date: Oct 2nd/2012

What It's About!

Camden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. Viv was the last good thing in his life: helping him rebuild his identity after a career-ending football injury, picking up the pieces when his home life shattered, and healing his pain long after the pain meds wore off. And now, he’d give anything for one more glimpse of her. But when Cam makes a visit to the site of Viv’s deadly car accident, he sees some kind of apparition. And it isn’t Viv. The apparition’s name is Nina, and she’s not a ghost. She’s a girl from a parallel world, and in this world, Viv is still alive. Cam can’t believe his wildest dreams have come true. All he can focus on is getting his girlfriend back, no matter the cost. But things are different in this other world: Viv and Cam have both made very different choices, things between them have changed in unexpected ways, and Viv isn’t the same girl he remembers. Nina is keeping some dangerous secrets, too, and the window between the worlds is shrinking every day. As Cam comes to terms with who this Viv has become, and the part Nina played in his parallel story, he’s forced to choose—stay with Viv or let her go—before the window closes between them once and for all.

♥Cover Candie of the Week♥

♥Cover Candie♥: Satan's Stone by H.M. Ward (Book #4)

Released: Jan 10th/2012

What It's About!

Fourth book in the Demon Kissed series.

A single stone can heal the Sapphire Serum that's poisoning Ivy Taylor and destroy the powerful demon who is hunting her—but she has to find it first. Forced into an alliance with her worst enemy, Ivy searches for Satan's Stone. But she learns that the cost of using the stone's power may be more than she can pay. If Ivy fails to retrieve the stone in time, she risks losing more than her soul and her true love—she risks the annihilation of the world.                                                  

Book Reveal!

Instead of a Cover Reveal, I'm calling it a Book Reveal, since the cover is already out, and I'm just posting about a new book. Just a little something I came up with for new titles I will be showing on the blog! :)

Book Reveal: A Fractured Light (A Beautiful Dark #2) by Jocelyn Davies

Release Date: Sept 25th/2012

What It's About!

When she wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings, Skye knows something terrible has happened to her. But it’s not until she hears Asher, the dark, rebellious angel she fell in love with, that the memories of Devin and his shocking betrayal come flooding back.

Skye returns home, but with the knowledge of who she really is, nothing can ever be the same. As she tests the limits of her newfound powers, Skye discovers that she’s capable of far more than anyone could have imagined. Both the Order and the Rebellion want her for their side as war between the factions looms. She can’t forgive the Order for nearly killing her, but something holds her back from embracing the Rebellion. 

First book in the series:

 

 

100 Follower Giveaway!!

To show my appreciation to all my loyal followers, (old & new!), I decided to do a  giveaway!

 What's To Win?

The prize is $11 to purchase one book of your choice on the Book Depository! Most new book releases are $10 or under (for Canada, anyway!)

ONE winner will be chosen randomly on March 3rd, 2012. You have until midnight, on March 2nd, to enter! 

How To Enter?

Simple! Just leave a comment below, with your answer to the question! Make sure you also include your email address, for I will be contacting the winner via email, and I will also announce it on the blog.

Who Can Enter?

Must be a follower! Just make sure the Book Depository ships to your country/or wherever you live, and your good to go!

Question:

What is your favorite book, and why?


 

Remembrance Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

A copy was provided for review

Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet.

Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's high school at the beginning of the year, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she get him out of her mind?

Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, fighting fate isn't going to be easy.

I absolutely love the cover, I think it's beautiful and fits the book perfectly! I loved Lizzie, or Elizebeth, she's such a down-to-earth person. For some reason I expected her to be more of a snobby, poplular, high school girl, but even though she's included in the "in crowd", she doesn't act like she is. I really enjoyed her as a character, she grew as a person, and slowly learned about her past. I also loved Drew, the hot, steamy, new guy in school, that had all the girls falling head over heals for him. Including Liz's best friend, Chelsea. I started out liking Chelsea but by the end, I really didn't like her. She was too willing to basically throw away her friendship with Liz over a guy. 

Jeremy, Liz's bf of 3 yrs, drove me totally crazy!! He's such a control freak, and gets mad/annoyed, whatever, at Liz for no reason. Like when she played the piano while waiting for him to be done practice, instead of being in the library. I wanted to punch him! 

Other than that, I really enjoyed reading Remembrance. It's such a nice, light, quick read, with amazing characters and good story line. You can definitely see the inspiration from Taylor Swift's music video throughout the story! I can't wait to read Vengeance, the 2nd book, and see where Liz and Drew end up as a couple, and what happens next with Chelsea and Jeremy!

Title Hunt!

Welcome to the Transcend Time Saga Title Hunt! The title hunt is the reveal of the title for the final novel in the Transcend Time Saga. Each of the bloggers participating in the hunt have been given a letter. Hop around to the blogs participating to hunt for the letters. (And remember that two of the letters are used twice, so the title is eight letters long.) 

Once you've unscrambled the title, go to Michelle Madow's blog and use the title name to enter the giveaway for a voucher for an advanced e-copy of the final Transcend Time novel! (She is giving away a voucher because the novel is planned to be released at the end of the year, and she hasn't finished writing it yet! This voucher will ensure that you will receive an advance e-copy once they are available). 

MY LETTER IS: E

What are you hoping to happen in the final book?

I'm actually not sure! I just finished reading Remembrance, so probably most of what I hope will happen, has already happened in the 2nd book! :)

Have you read these yet? If not, you can start with Remembrance, which is only $0.99 for the e-version, until Michelle Madow's USA tour ends in April! And trust me, it's AMAZING!

Amazing Cover Reveals!

Cover Reveal: The Unfailing Light (Gathering #2) by Robin Bridges

Release Date: Oct 9th/2012

What It's About!

Having had no choice but to use her power has a necromancer to save Russia from dark forces, Katerina Alexandrovna, Duchess of Oldenburg, now wants to forget that she ever used her special powers. She's about to set off to pursue her lifelong dream of attending medical school when she discovers that Russia's arch nemesis--who she thought she'd destroyed--is still alive. So on imperial orders, Katerina remains at her old finishing school. She'll be safe there, because the empress has cast a potent spell to protect it against the vampires and revenants who are bent on toppling the tsar and using Katerina for their own gains. But to Katerina's horror, the spell unleashes a vengeful ghost within the school, a ghost more dangerous than any creature trying to get in.

First book in the series:

Cover Reveal: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone 

Release Date: Oct 9th/2012

What It's About!

Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna’s life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility.

As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate—and what consequences they can bear in order to stay together.

Cover Reveal: Defiance by C.J. Redwine
 

Release date: August 28th/2012

What It's About! 

Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector, her father’s apprentice, Logan—the same boy Rachel declared her love for two years ago, and the same boy who handed her heart right back to her. Left with nothing but fierce belief in her father’s survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself. But treason against the Commander carries a heavy price, and what awaits her in the Wasteland could destroy her.
At nineteen, Logan McEntire is many things. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprentice to the city’s top courier, Logan is focused on learning his trade so he can escape the tyranny of Baalboden. But his plan never included being responsible for his mentor’s impulsive daughter. Logan is determined to protect her, but when his escape plan goes wrong and Rachel pays the price, he realizes he has more at stake than disappointing Jared.

As Rachel and Logan battle their way through the Wasteland, stalked by a monster that can’t be killed and an army of assassins out for blood, they discover romance, heartbreak, and a truth that will incite a war decades in the making.