Today I’m going with my family on a small vacation to a camping and I don’t think I will be able to get internet there (I will try though^^) so I probably won't be posting anything during some weeks until when I start college. Just wanted to let you know.
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>>Update<<
Due to some issues I declare an Hiatus status for now. I hope I'll be back during or after Christmas holidays.
Reading Level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (August 31, 2010)
Series?: Yes. The Infernal Devices, Book 1
Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still.
When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.
Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What’s more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.
Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length . . . everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world. . . . and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
Everybody is crazy about this book and I just can’t believe that the release date in on the corner! Less than a month to get this surely amazing book.
Shadowhunters+Cassandra Clare+Will+Magnus+Victorian London= HEART ATTACK!
And what’s with the gorgeous cover? It is beautiful!
From now on I’m counting down the days left till the date this book hits the bookstores^^
Treasures of the Week is a weekly meme that consists in posting about the new books coming out that week.
A bit short of books this week… if you know of other book coming out this week let me know and I’ll add them.
*girl parts by John M.Cusick
*Winter Longing by Tricia Mills
*Thirteenth Chime: A Sense of Truth Novel by Emma Michaels
BIG BIG NEWS GUYS!!!!
As you might know, yesterday there was this chat with Cassandra Clare in which she would interact with readers and make an announcement. Well, unfortunately I couldn’t take part in the event but I’ve read something amazing over at Katie’s Book Blog: City of Fallen Angels won’t be the 4th and Last book in The Mortal Instruments series, there will be two more book after it; yeah, you’ve read correctly, TWO more books, a 5th and a 6th!!! The titles are: City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire. As for the release dates… we’ll have to wait but I’m sure we’ll have more of The Infernal Devices to read meanwhile. City of Fallen Angels comes out in April 2011, City of Lost Souls in May 2012 and City of Heavenly Fire in September 2013!!!!
I’m super excited and happy right now, because I finished City of Glass some days ago and was sad that there was only one more book left of what has become my favorite book series. And the covers…… I can’t even imagine how gorgeous the cover will be! Who will appear at them? Simon in the third one and then Alec and Isabel or Magnus, or some other new character?
Really I can’t wait!!! Between this and the movie….. ^^
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (December 28, 2010)
Series?: Yes, Touch Novels Book 3
Camelia and Ben have discovered a powerful bond: They both possess the power of psychometry, the ability to sense things through touch. For Ben, the gift is a frightening liability. When he senses a strong threat or betrayal, he risks losing control and hurting people. Camelia's gift is more mysterious. When she works with clay, her hands sculpt messages her mind doesn't yet comprehend.
Before either teen has a chance to fully grasp these abilities, an unresolved family tragedy resurfaces in Camelia's life, irrevocably changing everything she cares about...
I loved the two first books in the series so I can’t wait to read the third one. I really like the mystery in these books. Have you read them? Did you enjoy them?
Reading Level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 384
Publisher: Scholastic Press; First Edition edition (September 14, 2008)
Tags: Post-apocalyptic, survival, Romance
Series?: Yes, The Hunger Games Trilogy Book 1
COULD YOU SURVIVE ONN YOUR OWN, IN THE WILD, WITH EVERY ONE OUT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LIVE TO SEE THE MORNING?
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, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district 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 weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Acclaimed writer Suzanne Collins, author of the New York Times bestselling The Underland Chronicles, delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present.
I committed two big mistakes with this book which I’m going to tell you so you don’t end up hitting yourself as I did.
The first one was to wait this much to read it. I decided to open it after having it decorating my bookshelf for almost a whole year although I had heard amazing things about it. I just never seemed to feel like reading it.
The second one, and in my opinion the worst one, was to start reading it without having the sequel “Catching Fire” waiting in the shelf; right after I finished “The Hunger Games” I headed to the computer to buy Catching Fire.
This book has that “something” that transforms a simple story in a piece of art. The world that Suzanne Collins creates isn’t that different from ours; yeah, maybe it seems crueler with things like the Hunger Games, but really, many little boys die every day as soldiers in Africa. Also, the society is pretty similar, being the rich, unharmed people, the ones living at the Capitol, and the poor exploited workers, at total disposition of the abuse of its governors, the ones living at the districts. That’s one of the things I liked the most about this book, that although both our worlds seem so different, they aren’t.
The whole Hunger games thing has you wondering all the time what would you do if you were Katniss, and I loved learning things about survival from her. I don’t think I would be able to survive much out there. What I still can’t understand is how the people at the capitol not only enjoy this kind of brutal and sadistic reality show, they also prepare big parties and parades the days before the games begin, and even vote for their favorites! How can they bet money on which child will die next!? It made me feel like screaming “HEY! You’re talking about children lives here!”
The characters are well developed, and although there are some that don’t appear much, the little time they do, you get to figure them out quite well. Katniss is the main character, although you could say that Peeta is too, since he’s almost all the time there, living the same things. She is a realistic character, a person I really think I could be friends with because of her strong character and her determination. As for the others, I found myself loving the sweet Cinna and laughing a lot with Haymitch (or should I say laughing at him? ^^).
The other thing I loved the most about this book was the romance. Not by it itself, if not because nowadays most of the books I read are centered in the romance and then following it comes a problem the lovers have to overcome to be together. This book felt different. This book isn’t “Romance then Problem”, it is “Problem then Romance”. The romance is, although a very important part of the book, an excuse to further develop the story and show us the worst face of that world.
Now, if you ask me which team I’m of, it is kind of complicated. While Gale doesn’t appear much, when he did at the beginning of the book and when Katniss remembered things about him during the Games, I felt like I wanted to know more about him because he quite fit her more than Peeta in some aspects. Peeta isn’t your average bad/mysterious boy we’re accustomed to, his sweetness and directness made me love him. Here we had Gale the boy who has known Katniss since years ago and who is similar to her, and Peeta completely different to her, that has been secretly in love with her since they were 5. In the end, as the story kept developing and even though I like Gale quite a lot, I realized I’d go for Peeta. Opposites attract.
The impeccable writing makes it easy to read and understand what happens, and the present tense only adds more emotion to the whole lot. Also presenting it from Katniss point of view was a magnificent guess since that wraps the reader in the same uncertainty as the heroin of who to trust.
If you haven’t read The Hunger Games yet, turn off the computer, get up, and run (RUN) to your nearest bookstore and buy it. And since you’ll be already there, save yourself the trouble of having to run there again tomorrow, and buy Catching Fire, because you will devour this book in hours. The third and last one in the series is Mockingjay, coming out on August 24th this year. Also, that day is the release of The Hunger Games Box set.
About the author: Suzanne has not only wrote Sci-Fi, as in The Hunger Games trilogy, she is also the author of The Underland Chronicles, a fantasy series. Find out more here http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/.
Also here’s the official Scholastic Press web page for The Hunger Games http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/ and here the UK one http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/.
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; 1 edition (March 22, 2011)
Series?: Yes, Chemical Garden Trilogy Book 1
What if you knew exactly when you would die?
Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out.
When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home.
But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant she trusts, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limted time she has left.
Doesn’t it sound amazing? Plus it has a very beautiful cover! I just found out about it and I’m already can’t wait to read it!!!
So did you know about this book? What do you think? What are you Waiting On Wednesday?
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (May 25, 2010)
Tags: Zombies, Discrimination, Romance
Series?: Yes. Generation Dead Book 2
The phenomenon that’s been sweeping the country seems to be here to stay. Not only are the teenagers who have come back from their graves still here, but newlydeads are being unearthed all the time. While scientists look for answers and politicians take their stands, the undead population of Oakville have banded together in a group they’re calling the Sons of Romero, hoping to find solidarity in segregation.
Phoebe Kendall may be alive, but she feels just as lost and alone as her dead friends. Just when she reconciled herself to having feelings for a zombie -- her Homecoming date Tommy Williams -- her friend Adam is murdered taking a bullet that was meant for her. Things get even more confusing when Adam comes back from the grave. Now she has romantic interest in two dead boys; one who saved her life, and one she can't seem to live without.
While the first book in the series “Generation Dead” was mostly centered in the living-dead love story , the second one revolves more around the topic of the discrimination against the zombies and criticizes how the ones with power control and manipulate the others. I found it a very interesting thing to read about and as events occurred I got angrier about how those heartless people made the citizens go against the Different Biotic.
Another topic touched in the book was the sad but true truth about some charity foundations.
For the love story, I need to say that although Adam is very sweet and loves and cares a lot about Phoebe, I wished during all the novel that something happened with Tommy.
Some new characters are introduced to us and (sorry, but I have to say it^^) one of the is DeCayce who is really cute! I loved the whole “club” thing; it was good to see the DB had some place to have fun and meet other people.
The most remarkable improvement of the characters in this book was, without doubt, Adam’s point of view. Thanks to him we experience all the back-from-the-dead process from the beginning.
The writing continues in the same line that in the last book as well as the different points of view. Here I have to say that sometimes I got a bit bored and had to put the book down because while the point of view changes the topic does too, and it was like I wanted to know how one problem was going to be solved and then I had to read two chapters that talked about other things. But well, although sometimes it felt like that, I enjoyed watching trough the different narrators minds so I could contrast the various opinions.
About the author: If you want to know more about this amazing series go check Daniel Water’s Blog, there you’ll find all the information about Blog tours, release dates, contests, new books of the series and the hottest news about the DB. Also, if you enjoyed reading about Tommy’s blog in the books head here My So-Called Undeath, the real blog! It’s an entertaining way of waiting till the newt book is released. But if you’re an insatiable fan and can’t get enough, here you’ve got this forum to let out all your passion for this series.
Treasures of the Week is a weekly meme that consists in posting about the new books coming out that week.
*Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story by Adam Rex
*Love Sucks! by Melissa Francis
*Echoes by Melinda Metz
*Jealousy by Lili St.Crow
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*Guardian of the Gate by Michelle Zink
*The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
*Manifest by Artist Arthur
So, are you buying any of the books?
In My Mailbox was started by Kristi of The Story Siren.
Well, since it’s been a while since I posted an IMM and I have tons of books to show I will try to post about all of them during the next IMM posts so that you can see all the amazing books I’ve been reading during the time I was away from the blog.
First of all I’ll show you what I got this week, which isn’t much but I’m very excited about:
For Review
3rd in the Generation Dead series. I’m really excited about this book because I absolutely love both Generation Dead and Kiss of Life (click on the names to read my reviews of the books). For those not familiar with the series I’ll tell you they have zombies, discrimination, romance and adventure. These are books you just have to discover since they talk about a society not so different from our (if you take the zombie thing away^^)
Now for the previous IMM:
March 17th, 2010
Bought
*A Match Made In High School by Kristin Walker
*oh.my.gods by Tera Lynn Childs
*the abc’s of kissing boys by Tina Ferraro
*Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
*Half-Minute Horrors by Various
*Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
*The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
*The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
*Seven Tears into the Sea by Terri Farley
*ICE by Sarah Beth Durst
*The Maze Runner by James Dashner
*Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
May 7th, 2010
*Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2nd in the Hunger Games series.
And to finish I would like to tell you about some amazing contests (all of them International) going on in some cool sites:
*Win a $20 Target Gift Card Giveaway (ends on July 26)
*Super Pre-Order contest (ends on August 18)
*Teens Read and Write is actually hosting two great contests, one to win Nomansland and another to win a copy of Jekel loves Hyde. You will see them at the top of the page.
*Win one out of four books over at The Eclectic Reader (ends on July 30)
*Confessions of a bookaholic is having a Forget you (Jennifer Echols) release party with a signed copy of FORGET YOU
*Finally last but not least, a giveaway over at Girls Without a Bookshelf I am super excited about because you can win wonderful books. Look at this amazing list:
Crescendo (sequel to Hush Hush)
Torment (sequel to Fallen)
Beautiful Darkness (sequel to Beautiful Creatures)
Return to Paradise (sequel to Leaving Paradise)
The Haunted (sequel to The Hollow)
Ascendant (sequel to Rampant)
Sapphique (sequel to Incarceron)
Also you can chose whether you want 1 winner to have all the books ore 7 winner with one book each. The contest will run till Will end on 31st August 2010 and is open Internationally. Here’s the link to the contest: http://withoutabookshelf.blogspot.com/2010/07/birthday-giveaway-sequels.html Enjoy^^
Big Big contest over at Books Obsession. To enter you just have to go to this link and fill out the form.
The contest consists in:
It is a pre-order International giveaway so the books you can win are books not released yet. At first there were 3 books as the prize Paranormalcy by Kiersten White, The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, and Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers, but now the list has gotten bigger:
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Added 7/14)
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Added 7/18)
Halo by Alexandra Adornetto (Added 7/22)
The thing is, for every 25 new followers the blog gets, another books will be added to the prize list, and for every 50 new followers the blog gets, another winner will be added. Amazing isn’t it!?
This is how it is going so far:
*First winner gets their pick of three books from the pre-order list.
*Second winner gets their pick of two books from the pre-order list. (Added 7/18) *Third winner gets their pick of one book from the pre-order list. *Fourth winner gets their pick of one book from the pre-order list.
(The scratched out winners above may be added, depending on the amount of people that enter and start following.)
So you know what to do, go there and follow. Also there are a lot of ways to get extra entries.
Remember that the contests runs till August 18 and that it is International^^
I’m here to announce that I just discovered this amazing event called BlogFest going on from September 10 to 12 and I decided to participate. If you want to join you just have to head to this link and sing up for this blogging party hosted by Cinnamon from A journey of books.
It is very simple to participate and it will surely be a blast! Here are the only rules you have to follow to be able to join:
1.Each blog must host a giveaway between 12:00 am EST the 10th trough 11:59 pm EST on the 12th. There are no stipulations as to the monetary value of this giveaway.
2.Each blog must post the links provided to them on the days of the event.
3.Your BlogFest post can remain as a single post over the multiple days, but make sure there is an easily visible link to it from the top of your blog. If people can’t find your giveaway, they certainly can’t enter it.
4.Giveaway rule are up to you.
5.We will have a webpage and database for visitors to use to help track their blogs visits. While it is not mandatory that you direct your visitors there, it is a tool available to you.
Easy right? If you want more info about the event or how to co-host it, go to the link above and find out want you want to know. I haven’t decided on the giveaway yet but I might be giving away at least on book and maybe some goodies. I don’t know. Also, this will be my first giveaway^^ And it will be a great way of having fun just before I start college the 13th!
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen; 1 edition (April 27, 2004)
Tags: Romance, Summer, Comedy
“Hi Brooke! I'm going snorkeling with Ryan today, wanna come? I know what you're going to say, but he's just a friend, I swear! So when you finally get out of bed, come find me at the spa getting another massage.
xo”
The perfect summer story of a girl, several boys, and a cruise ship full of possibilities.
Lindsay has never been on a cruise, but she knows exactly what she wants to do now that she is: climb a waterfall, snorkel, meet lots of cute guys, and look for one perfect guy for a summer fling.
But her to–do list isn't going according to plan, especially when she discovers that it's impossible to have a fling–when you're actually falling in love.
Fun and romantic, this book has all a perfect summer read needs. Although the characters were well portrayed, what really really got me were the landscapes; those amazing places described made me want to pack all my things and go on a cruise to the Caribbean right away. And indeed, when I finished reading the book, I started looking for cruises^^
She’s got this little trauma about being virgin and she just wants to get rid of it by sleeping with a boy during her summer before starting college. For that, she tries to change her shy personality and starts looking for Mister Right to have a summer fling. So she gets upset when she discovers his stepfather has invited to join them in the cruise a boy, Ryan, so he can be her baby-sitter.
You will also find funny moments as you see how Lindsay (kind of) conquests develop. Romance, friendship, fun, parties and wonderful summer paradises, all in this book. Go check it out. Perfect for a summer reading.
About the author: Check out Rachel’s website http://www.rachelhawthorne.net. There you’ll find all the info about the many books she’s written. Rachel Hawthorne is the author of many chick lit YA novels as well as the author of the paranormal Dark Guardian series.
I don’t expect you to remember me, but for those who do remember me and wonder what kind of monster has kept me from blogging I will give you one name: “School”. Yeah, I know it is no excuse, but it is said that the Spanish high school senior years is one of the most difficult and I can swear it is true. I don’t know how it goes where you live but here students say that getting an university degree is far easier than getting the bachelor one. All school stuff plus some family issues have gotten me crazy!
Luckily it is all over now and I can freely return to my beloved blog. Also I’m happy because yesterday I got an official confirmation from the university I applied for saying I was admitted. It wasn’t my first university choice though if not the second choice, but I’m happy. So, my dear readers, I’m her for good and I’ll make up for all this time I’ve been offline.
Also I’ve been changing the layout because I wanted to give it a summer feeling. I still have to change the top image though. And instead of three columns there are four now so I don’t know if in others screens you can see it correctly (because mine is really big so I can see it all perfectly in place). If not tell me.
Thanks always for your support^^
I’m dying to read all the books released this week^^
Princess for hire by Lindsey Leavitt March 16, 2010 Hardcover:256 Publisher: Hyperion Book CH Tags: Comedy, Fantasy Goodreads Amazon
The Body Finder By Kimberly Derting March 16, 2010 Hardcover: 336 Publisher: HarperCollins Tags: Romance, Mystery, Paranormal Goodreads Amazon
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J.Smith March 16, 2010 Hardcover: 608 Publisher: HarperCollins Tags: Paranormal Romance, Vampires Goodreads Amazon
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott March 16, 2010 Hardcover: 224 Publisher: Simon Pulse Tags: Romance, Friendship Goodreads Amazon
The Six Rules of Maybe by Deb Caletti March 16, 2010 Hardcover: 336 Publisher: Simon Pulse Tags: Romance, Family Goodreads Amazon
Shadow Mirror (Walk of the Spirits, book 2) by Richie Tankersley Cusick March 18, 2010 Paperback: 368 Publisher: Speak Tags: Paranormal Romance, Ghosts Goodreads Amazon
Bought
Boys That Bite by Mari Mancusi
It arrived on Friday and I read it in one day; I enjoyed it quite a lot. I’ll post the review soon^^
“Faun, a boy of disturbing black eyes and Nordic beauty, is staying in Larimar, the huge and ruinous pension of Jakub and her daughter Jade. Summer has just arrived and and the city is in deep crisis: at the same time that a group of rebels conspires against Lady Mar, the cruel sovereign that hides her face behind a metal mask, strange magic creatures sow panic by the intricate streets surrounding the river.
And, while they see how the world falls around them, will Faun and Jade be able to resist the spell of love?”
This author has one book published in English called The Pact of the Wolves but I don’t think “Spell” has been translated to English. Lately, the publishers in Spain are publishing a lot of German and Italian books; it’s cool because there are some that sound pretty good.
In My Mailbox was started by Kristi of The Story Siren.
.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.This Thursday I wanted to post about a very special thing that happened where I live but unfortunately I got really sick and I haven’t post a thing during all week. What happened is that on Monday, during all the day, snowed a lot in all Catalonia. Yeah, ok, it isn’t something that special for many people, but for us it was because I think this is the second time in my life that I see snow in my town, and it is definitely the first time that it snows that much in Catalonia since I was born. I wanted to post some photos that I took with my friends:
I am the girl with the red jacket and beige wool cap (in the first photo I’m the second starting by the left, and in the second pic I’m the one in the middle). So now you know why I’ve been sick all the week; Just my craziness for the snow^^ It’s not that I rarely see snow since at least once a year I go skiing or to the mountain with my family or friends to play with the snow and the sleds, but walking by the street and having all this snow falling over me, seeing all the kids in the streets all excited running and playing, and remembering when I went to London two years ago and it snowed (actually, when I went to London I caught a peek of all kind of weather; the day I arrived was really hot, the second day rained, and the third one snowed), I couldn’t help but be happy and smile to every single person I saw in the street. Also there’s the fact that on Thursday the schools closed (first time in my life too) and that thanks to being sick I haven’t gone to school all week.
Well, that’s all that’s happened this week. Now I’m healthy again and very eager to read. OH, and this week I’m waiting for a package full of book to arrive^^
I Love YA Romance Books
