by Kay | May 31, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!
Currently Reading:
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore – Really wonderful book! Great for fans of Maria V. Snyder. I’m just over half way through and already can’t wait to get my hands on Fire.
Finished this Week:
Reviews posted this week:
Up next on the TBR pile:
I also wanted to say thank you to all you DBD followers, the blog just got it’s 100th last night! Thank you all for letting me indulge in my insanity. ♥ ♥
by Kay | May 26, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.
Matched by Ally Condie
November 30th 2010 by Dutton JuvenileIn the novel, a 17-year-old girl, who has waited her entire life to be told by a group known as “the Society” who her soul mate is, has her world upended when she discovers she’s in love with someone other than the group’s pick. Don Weisberg, president of Penguin Young Readers Group, along with Lauri Hornik, president and publisher of Dutton Children’s Books, and Julie Strauss-Gabel, associate publisher of Dutton Children’s, all worked on the deal, which is for North American rights. Gabel, who will edit the book, said that it “will make readers crave the passion of uncertainty and cherish the power of the written word.” And Reamer, expectedly perhaps, drew the Meyer parallel, saying reading Matched reminded her of the first time she read Twilight. (Publishers Weekly)
First off, I love this cover! Very chic and will certainly stand apart from other of the YA releases. I am also really intrigued by the whole dystopian, forbidden love idea.
by Kay | May 24, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!
Currently Reading:
Finished this Week
- Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead – Amazing! The Vampire Academy Series just keeps getting better and better. Although I am getting frustrated by Mead’s ability to take my heart out and stomp on it.
- The Line by Teri Hall – Really interesting premise, but not such great writing. Hopefully Hall will improve with her next novel.
Reviews posted this week:
by Kay | May 19, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.
The Fortune of Carmen Navarro by Jen Bryant
November 9th 2010 by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Carmen Navarro rings up customers at the Quikmart, bored to tears. It’s a job, and she needs it. But Carmen’s true love is music: she dropped out of high school to sing with the Gypsy Lovers and land a recording contract, someday.
Just a few miles away, Ryan Sweeney hunches over his books, a studious cadet with his eye on West Point. There’s not a single girl at the Valley Forge Military Academy, and that’s fine by him.
But when Ryan, on a day pass from campus, spots Carmen, with her shining black hair and snake tattoo, his pulse quickens. Carmen, who normally rolls her eyes at the stiff Academy soldados, can tell this one is different. She slips him a note: “Come hear my band.” A romance begins, unlikely, passionate . . . and quickly imbalanced. In an enthralling narrative of obsessive love, the novel builds to a stunning close.
Inspired by the novella and opera Carmen, Jen Bryant creates a strong-minded and alluring heroine in this contemporary tale of tragic love.
Okay.
1 – Books about/based on operas = FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC.
2 – Books that play on cross-culture relationships = brilliant.
3 – Summaries that mention “tragic love” = make me want to hide under the duvet and cry.
Eep, I have mixed, dark and twisty feelings about this book already! Let’s all stare at the gorgeous cover instead.
by Kay | May 17, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!
Currently Reading:
- Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead – Amazing book. I am almost finished but am dreading the end as I’ve read spoilers for the subsequent book… if I don’t read it, it will never happen, right?? Eep!
- The Line by Teri Hall – Dystopian YA for the win! This has been really good so far – and not a zombie in sight!
Finished this week:
Reviews posted this week:
by Kay | May 12, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.
Firelight (Draki, #1) by Sophie Jordan
Young Adult – September 7th 2010 by Harper Teen
With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s rebelliousness leads her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can’t resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she’s risking not only her life but the draki’s most closely guarded secret.
Author Website / Goodreads
I love the idea of this universe, love that the book includes dragons, and absolutely love this cover! I’m also really interested in seeing what a romance-turned-YA-writer will come up with, as I’ve only really see UF-turned-YA-writers on the shelves so far.
It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!
