Monday, April 28, 2014

If I stay by Gale Forman

Hardcover201 pages
Published April 2nd 2009 by Dutton Juvenile
Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.

I open my eyes wide now.
I sit up as much as I can.
And I listen.
Stay, he says.


Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?


Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters.

If I Stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make.


If I stay was such a beautiful well written novel, I ordered this book because I had seen a few other booktubers mention that it was a heart wrenching contemporary and since I am broadening my horizons and reading things outside my comfort zone I picked it up and I was not disappointed.
Ms Forman has written a tear jerking coming of age story that is relatable to so many people I found myself in tears more then once, Spoiler alert if you have not read this book I suggest you do and come back.
 I found Mia's relationship with her family to be both deep and complex I could easily picture her sitting around the table talking to her parents and playing for Teddy. I won't even try to cover up the fact that I broke down completely finding out that Teddy did not make it tho I should have guessed it.
I don't know what I would be like to have a choice like Mia's but this book made me think about the little things. Tonight I will hold my kids a little tighter and tell my husband i love him a little louder. 
This book was excellent I will read the second shortly.

I knew that the movie was coming out and this made me want to read it even more I did not watch the  trailer till after I was finished the book, I have to admit that the cast isn't how I pictured them I wish that Mia had the darker hair mentioned in the book and Adam didn't look at all like he was written 
but non the less it made me bawl all the same.  All in all I loved this book it made me have the feels like none other this year I give it a 5/5  I recommend this book for any fans of The fault in our stars.

Saturday, April 26, 2014

April book haul, possible giveaway

My large April book haul. I have done a large un haul in order to be able to have room on my shelves for the new books I hauled.
 As mentioned in this video I have a few extra books order by accident that I would love to hear if anyone has any ideas wether I should do a giveaway .

Books in question are- The Archived/ The Unbound by Victoria schwab
                                   - The Forever song by Julie Kagawa

Friday, April 25, 2014

Ignite me by- Tahereh Mafi

The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, called “a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love.”

With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that’s not all he wants with her.


The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a captivating and original story that combines the best of dystopian and paranormal, and was praised by Publishers Weekly as “a gripping read from an author who’s not afraid to take risks.” Now this final book brings the series to a shocking and satisfying end.


Ignite me was an amazing ending to a heart pounding series,  fast paced and action packed this book read so fast before I knew it I was 300 hundred pages into it.  
Needless to say I loved this book the character development was exactly what I hoped for we find the real Warner aka (Aron) in this book which I loved, we also get to see Juliette come into her own completely and with out the so needed male crutch that so many YA female protagonists seem to need. 
I enjoyed how the instance love in the first book was addressed and explained in a way that we all see when reading, the girl always falls face first for the first guy to look her way and in this book the author addresses that . The character finally realizes that she didn't need a man to be strong she needed to see that her strength was a gift.  I found as the novel went on I disliked Adam more and more he became a whining brat but to be honest I saw that in the first book.

Now for the few problems I had with the book I did think that the book had a lot of build up to a very small climax I thought that the war would have been a much larger part of the book but it was rather secondary to the character development. Another thing was I didn't enjoy the god complex that the 
main antagonist had and yet he was taken down so quickly. On a whole this book was very enjoyable but the ending did leave me wanting a little I feel as though there could almost be a continuation or spin off here's hoping :)

Even with the few faults I had I still gave this book a 5/5  a ser

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Cover reveal- Tempting the bodyguard by J.Lynn

TEMPTING THE BODYGUARD by J.Lynn



A sexy category romance from Entangled’s Brazen imprint…
He can protect her from everyone except himself.
Alana Gore is in danger. A take-no-prisoners publicist, her way with people has made her more than a few enemies over the years, but a creepy stalker is an entirely different matter. She needs a bodyguard, and the only man she can ask is not only ridiculously hot, but reputed to have taste for women that goes beyond adventurous.
Chandler Gamble has one rule: don't protect anyone you want to screw. But with Alana, he's caught between his job and his increasingly hard libido. On one hand, Alana needs his help. On the other, Chandler wants nothing more than to take the hot volcano of a woman in hand. To make her writhe in pleasure, until she's at his complete mercy.
She needs protection. He needs satisfaction. And the moment the line is crossed, all hell will break loose…


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer Armentrout lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki.


Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, 
science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

We'll I don't know about the rest of you but this has been added to my must read list. I hope you all check it out.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday

                     Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
                                              This week is all about bookish things you 
                                                                    want to own
1.
Just because it's Harry Potter that's all lol.
2.
Batman book case this pretty much sums up my nerd needs in one picture.
3.
Another super hero themed item but seriously who doesn't want these two holding up their books.
4.
This shirt it's yellow it's game of thrones it's perfect.
5.
This case is just awesome .
6.
These Harry Potter infinity bands are all of Etsy.
7.
Who wouldn't want a special place just to read.
8.
This is just a wicked pillow.
9.
Just one of those things that's to cool not to want.
10.
I need this cup just for the simple hope that it might actually deter the noise.



















Saturday, April 12, 2014

Unspoken- Sarah Rees brennan

Paperback
Published 2013 by Random House Books for Young Readers (first published January 1st 2012)
Kami Glass is in love with someone she’s never met – a boy the rest of the world is convinced is imaginary. This has made her an outsider in the sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, but she doesn’t complain. She runs the school newspaper and keeps to herself for the most part – until disturbing events begin to happen. There has been screaming in the woods and the dark, abandoned manor on the hill overlooking the town has lit up for the first time in 10 years. The Lynburn family, who ruled the town a generation ago and who all left without warning, have returned. As Kami starts to investigate for the paper, she finds out that the town she has loved all her life is hiding a multitude of secrets- and a murderer- and the key to it all just might be the boy in her head. The boy who everyone thought was imaginary may be real…and he may be dangerous.


Kami Glass is not your ordinary high school student, she is a pushy sleuthing wannabe journalist who does what ever she can to get the story, she also has an imaginary friend she talks to in her mind.She starts a school paper with the help of her angst ridden best friend Angela who for lack of a better word is a moody bitch. Strange things start happening that happen to coincide with the mysterious arrival of the Lynburn family after 17 years of being away from the sleepy little town Story-in-the-vale. As Kami gets to know the two Lynburn boys she starts to wonder if anything she knew was true..


Okay let me start off by saying how much I loved this book cliche love triangle aside. There was something so refreshing and gripping in Brennan's writing that I found pulling me in from the first sentence. The fact that Kami wasn't a single parent typical YA female protagonist was just welcoming to read, her family is very much a large part of the book as the background builds up the books main 
plot. I really enjoy when there's explanations about secondary characters. So let's delve into the nitty gritty.

1)teenage girl who doesn't fit in. Check
2)mysterious boy from a mixed background. Check
3) side kick best friend. Check
4) love triangle. Check
5) series. Check


These are the most typical YA aspects in pretty much every book most of us read it's not that there bad but it generally either makes or breaks the book and or series for us. I myself am not generally a fan of love triangles I tend to just either like both male characters or I feel that the girls kinda skanky to go back and forth. In this book I love that the romance is there but it's not at all centre stage it gets hinted and and played with but there's so much more going on. Brennan has defiantly written a story that grabs you and won't let go. I was completely surprised by the plot in this book I had no idea it was going the way it did and I was happy when it did.
The ending of this book is frustrating I will admit but it only makes me want to continue the series that much more .
I ended up giving this book a 5/5 I loved it and honestly had no real problems with anything that would make me lessen my rating .
Amazing series and I will do my best to make sure more people know about and read this.


Sunday, April 6, 2014

March wrap up April TBR - updates


White hot kiss Jennifer L. Armentrout

Paperback392 pages
Published February 25th 2014 by Harlequin Teen (first published February 1st 2014)
One kiss could be the last

Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses.

Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever. 
Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul. 

But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne…it could brand her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world.
 This was by far my favourite Jennifer L. Armentrout book the plot was amazing and the story never let me down. I found this book a little reminiscent of the Lux series in a few spots that didn't bother me at all. I love how even in a made up world Jennifer still puts in enough references to make the average person giggle I found I laughed at the supernatural reference the most as that's my favourite tv show.  I love the fact that the secondary characters had development I usually dislike when there just names in a background it's rather frustrating but I liked Layla's friends. I loved the world building  and the plot twist just kept coming . I loved Roth from his spiky hair to every inch of the dragon tattoo, he had bark and bite and being a demon he had redeeming qualities that I loved. I also found myself absolutely loving Bambie Roth's snake tattoo her personality was larger hen life while doing very little . Zayne came to life within the second half of the book and I found myself being torn between the two main men I haven't made up my mind who's the better guy but I loved Roth more for Layla :)

Layla our main character is a half demon half warden which is a gargoyle . The wardens are sanctioned to destroy demons but the public thinks they just lock up bad guys Layla does a job 
for the warden by tagging demons lighting them up like a Christmas tree. While doing this she meets Roth.

Roth is a beautiful tattooed hunk who ends up saving Layla's ass more then once. We find out theirs more to this guy then meets the eye he's a demon an upper level demon and she's the reason he's topside. The sparks fly immediately between the two but in true J,L fashion Layla denies her feelings till the bitter end. 
There's also happens to be her some what adopted brother Zayne who's the son of Abbot the head of the warden clan that took Layla in.  Layla's been in love with Zayne since forever but she couldn't kiss him without sucking his soul which is a real problem for Layla. Tasting souls makes Layla sick 
it's the warden in her rejecting the demon in her.  Layla thinks Zayne doesn't love her because of what she is and not what she isn't. But Zaynes has loved her forever too. 

All in all White hot kiss is an amazing beginning to what I think is going to be a new favourite on many people shelves. I gave this book 5/5 I loved it I didn't dislike anything and it was so quick to read I will be sitting on egg shells waiting for November and the next in the series

Friday, April 4, 2014

Let's talk about it!!!

I'm still a new blogger and a new book tuber but I realized after reorganizing my shelves for what can only be described as the millionth time that I have a greater volume of unfinished to finished books.
Now I can only describe buying books as a uforic experience that can be compared to an addicts high for myself but what happens once those books are back home on your shelf? Are you left with the bitter taste of buyers remorse or are you still in love with the thought of a new book..

I read around six books a month and I consider that to be pretty good considering what little spare time I have but with the volume of new books I bring into my shelves I'm quadrupling my TBR pile. I figured out that if I were to only finish the books on my shelfs and not buy any new books with the rate I read it would take me about two years at my current pace to read the entire contents of my TBR.
I love getting new books and if your like me watching a book haul on youtube usually makes you order at least one new book but from time to time putting ourselves on a buying ban isn't the worst thing in the world . It all comes down to self control and knowing our own financial limits.
So I have decided that if the books on my shelves sit for more then a year I will donate them or give them to a friend that wants them.
So what do you guys think do you find buying books addicting or do you only add to your collection when a new book in a series comes out.