Unearthly (Unearthly #1)...

In the beginning, there’s a boy standing in the trees . . .

Clara Gardner has recently learned that she’s part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn’t easy.
Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there’s another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara’s less angelic side.

As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she’d have to make—between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?

Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.

Let's get this our of the way... BEAUTIFUL COVER!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so now that we've taken care of the elephant on the blog let's move on. I read this book in about two days and it's the first book in a while that's kept me up until two in the morning. This book is SO good. I have yet to hear one bad review about it or hear someone say that 'it was alright'. Do you wanna know why? Because this book is WONDERFUL!!!!!

Divergent (Divergent #1)...

In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

I know that Hayden's (here's the link to his blog) gonna give me grief when he sees this... but I did warn him! I'm still in this weird place in my brain right now when it comes to fishing a dystopian book. I finished Crossed and can't wait for the next one but other than those I can't finish them. So I'm reading Unearthly and Hush Hush right now and then we'll see if that cures me (fingers crossed!!!!!)!

Cover Reveal...

Anastasia Forever (Dreaming Anastasia #3)
Expected Publication Date: August 1, 2012

Anne, having survived Baba Yaga's forest twice, finds herself bound by the witch to undertake a journey into past, present, and future that will determine her destiny - and that of everyone she loves.

I FREAKING LOVE THIS COVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Transcend Time 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.)

Be quick with unscrambling the title because this voucher is only valid for a week (so it'll end on March 3)!

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).

The letter for this blog is: E

Well seeing as though I'm only on page, erm, ten of Remembrance (Michelle was so nice to send me a PDF of it) I can't really tell you what I hope happens but judging from the description on Goodreads I guess we can hope that Chelsea and Lizzie don't end up killing each other (I know a little over dramatic) and that every one gets their true love. When I'm done reading this then I'll actually write something that is believable. :)

Michelle would also like you to know that the e-version of Remembrance is on sale for $0.99 until her USA tour ends in April. So go grab it while you can!

Below is a list of all the blogs participating in the 'Hunt' so check them out for letter to!

Waiting on Wednesday (10)...

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

Untitled (Matched #3) Expected publication: November 13, 2012

You would think Ally Condie would throw her readers a bone other than the fact that the cover is gonna be red!

Jessica Rules the Dark Side (Jessica #2)

It’s one thing to find out you’re a vampire princess. It’s a whole other thing to actually rule. Newly married Jessica Packwood is having a hard enough time feeling regal with her husband, Lucius, at her side. But when evidence in the murder of a powerful elder points to Lucius, sending him into solitary confinement, Jessica is suddenly on her own. Determined to clear her husband’s name, Jessica launches into a full-scale investigation, but hallucinations and nightmares of betrayal keep getting in her way. Jessica knows that with no blood to drink, Lucius’s time is running out. Can she figure out who the real killer is—and whom she can trust—before it’s too late?

I loved Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, in fact it was the first book where I almost stayed awake for a full twenty-four hours. This one doesn't disappoint. It's been a while since I read the wedding for them so a few things didn't make sense but she did a really good job of somewhat explaining what happened for those that haven't read it. I have loved Jessica's and Lucius's relationship from the first page of the first book and this made me love it even more! The love that they have for each other is really evident in this book as it switches view points. I also love seeing things from Mindy and Raniero's points of view. This is an amazing book and fans of Jess and Lucius will not be disappointed!

In My Bookbag (7)...

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Every week you are to share the books you received that week. It could either be ones you bought, or gotten at the library, and ones that you'd receive to review on the blog. I am calling it 'In My Bookbag' because I am always taking books out of the library!

Well, considering I haven't finished anything in two weeks, I haven't taken anything out of the library/taken anything from my friends/gotten anything. But I did enter a giveaway for Dreamless! Sorry, I also returned Delirium, and Across the Universe, will most likely finish Jessica Rules the Dark Side and review that sometime this week!! Keep your eyes out!!!

Waiting on Wednesday (9)...

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

Goddess Inturrupted (Goddess Test #2) Expected publication: March 27, 2012

Kate Winters has won immortality.

But if she wants a life in the Underworld with Henry, she’ll have to fight for it.
Becoming immortal wasn’t supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she’s as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he’s becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate’s coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.

As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.

Henry’s first wife, Persephone.

Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1)...

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship "Godspeed" and expects to awaken on a new planet in 300 years. Never could she have known that she would be thrust into the world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

Didn't finish this one either. I know I'm horrible. I'll probably try this one again later.

Delirium (Delirium #1)...

Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

Ok. I didn't finish this. I'm in this weird place in my brain where reading isn't appealing as it was two weeks ago. I'll probably finish this later... when I'm out of this weird place.

Waiting on Wednesday (8)...

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

The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (Steampunk Chronicles #2) Expected publication: May 22, 2012

In New York City, 1897, life has never been more thrilling - or dangerous.

Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him...for the life of the girl Jasper loves.

One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei's neck tightens. And tightens.

In My Bookbag (6)...

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Every week you are to share the books you received that week. It could either be ones you bought, or gotten at the library, and ones that you'd receive to review on the blog. I am calling it 'In My Bookbag' because I am always taking books out of the library!

Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantasky

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Delirium by Lauren Oliver












Divergent by Veronica Roth

Days of Blood and Stralight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2)...

Here's the cover... I don't know if it's just a stand in cover (she said hopefully) but if it is here it is... if it isn't you'll probably see this again...

Waiting on Wednesday (7)...

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

Underworld (Abandoned #2) Expected publication: May 28, 2012

Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.

Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead.

Not this time.

But she is being held against her will in the dim, twilit world between heaven and hell, where the spirits of the deceased wait before embarking upon their final journey.

Her captor, John Hayden, claims it’s for her own safety. Because not all the departed are dear. Some are so unhappy with where they ended up after leaving the Underworld, they’ve come back as Furies, intent on vengeance…on the one who sent them there and on the one whom he loves.

But while Pierce might be safe from the Furies in the Underworld, far worse dangers could be lurking for her there…and they might have more to do with its ruler than with his enemies.

And unless Pierce is careful, this time there’ll be no escape.

Project Tell Taylor...

Michelle Madow's debut novel Remembrance was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video. She talked all about it in a blog entry a few months ago, discussing how Remembrance was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video. She even wrote a letter to Taylor Swift and sent it to her, along with a signed book!

It's been a few months now, and she has yet to hear back from Taylor that she received the letter and book. She really wants to tell Taylor about how inspiring she and her music have been to her, but since Taylor Swift is an international superstar, she’s a little hard to reach. This is where YOUR help comes into play! Michelle is giving away the biggest prize pack she's offered yet, and the ways to enter to win are by telling Taylor Swift about Remembrance.

The Goal: Get Taylor Swift to Tweet about Remembrance!

Goodreads: 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.

Michelle has asked us to write about what inspires us. For me it would definitely be the books that I read, what I hear from my friends, and what I see on a regular basis. My friends and I write 'scenarios' and 'letters' that are actually ongoing stories for each other. When we write these we have what we call 'hepiphanies' and that's what inspires the next letter.

Now for those of you wanting to know what you win...

Video of what you'll win...


Photo of items...

The Goddess Test (Goddess Test #1)...

It's always been just Kate and her mom--and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear her mother won't live past the fall.

Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing. He claims to be Hades, god of the Underworld--and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive while Kate tries to pass seven tests.

Kate is sure he's crazy--until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead. Now saving her mother seems crazily possible. If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride, and a goddess.

When starting this book you have to put all knowledge of Greek mythology out of head. Even the story of Hades and Persephone. Just through it out the window... See there is goes... The tricks to reading this book is not to skip to the back and see the 'Guide of Gods' because those contain spoilers and stuff like that. The other is to not skip through the book randomly reading parts that you shouldn't be reading until you get to that part (I know I promised not to do that, but you know). This book is, for some reason, so hooking from the first chapter (I'm not kidding, my friend started randomly reading it in Chem, I told her that our other friend had dibs before her and almost attacked her when she found out). When you first read it you don't realize that it's an adaptation of a myth. It's not until you get to Eden Manor and everyone starts mentioning Persephone that the mythology starts to kick in. Me being a HUGE fan of Greece culture and ESPECIALLY their mythology this was immediately a must-read. I always set the bar high when the book is about something of interest. If it almost reaches then it most likely gets 5 stars, if it exceeds that expectation, like this, it WILL get 5 stars. This was worth every star and as many recommendations as are being sent. If you are on Goodreads... ignore all of the negative reviews cuz they are WRONG!

Waiting on Wednesday (6)...

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

The Golden Lily (Bloodlines #2) Expected publication: June 19, 2012

The second thrilling installment in Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy spinoff series.

Tough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a human boarding school in the sunny, glamorous world of Palm Springs, California. The students—children of the wealthy and powerful—carry on with their lives in blissful ignorance, while Sydney, Jill, Eddie and Adrian must do everything in their power to keep their secret safe. But with forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer, hiding the truth is harder than anyone thought.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Richelle Mead’s breathtaking Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive. In this second book, the drama is hotter, the romances are steamier, and the stakes are even higher.

Will's Letter...

This is a video by cheervolley4eva and she also did a Clockwork Prince video that is AMAZING!! Watch this NOW!!!!

Sleepless...

Eron DeMarchelle isn't supposed to feel this connection. He is a Sandman, a supernatural being whose purpose is to seduce his human charges to sleep. Though he can communicate with his charges in their dreams, he isn't encouraged to do so. After all, becoming too involved in one human's life could prevent him from helping others get their needed rest.

But he can't deny that he feels something for Julia, a lonely girl with fiery red hair and sad dreams. Just weeks ago, her boyfriend died in a car accident, and Eron can tell that she feels more alone than ever. Eron was human once too, many years ago, and he remembers how it felt to lose the one he loved. In the past, Eron has broken rules to protect Julia, but now, when she seems to need him more than ever, he can't reach her. Eron's time as a Sandman is coming to a close, and his replacement doesn't seem to care about his charges. Worse, Julia is facing dangers she doesn't recognize, and Eron, as he transitions back to being human, may be the only one who can save her. . . .

Even once they've become human again, Sandmen are forbidden to communicate with their charges. But Eron knows he won't be able to forget Julia. Will he risk everything for a chance to be with the girl he loves?

Cyn Balog's follow-up to Fairy Tale has more wit, more supernatural delights, and more star-crossed romance! Teen girls will love this story of a Sandman who falls in love with his human charge.

So I have to admit that this was just put off and put off, I should really start reviewing things sooner... but what can you do? And one last thing... I AM ON A READING ROLE!!!! I must've gotten awesome books for Christmas because I might want to reread all of them!!! Actual review time though. The summary-I know its now a summary but I can't think of the actual word right now- makes it sound a lot more dramatic than it actually is. It's still REALLY good and you should still read it, but if you base your opinion off of what you are reading above and you expect a complete war over this girl, you are completely wrong. This is a different concept, which is why I think that I love it so much. I mean, how many books do you see about sandmen? NONE!!! This was a different concept for a paranormal and I think that it was a win. Most people on Goodreads didn't like it though, DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM! THEY ARE WRONG! I honestly say that this was one of my favorite books because I just fell in love with Eron immediately and I liked his ignorance when it came to the modern world. I also liked Julia because she was scarred from an experience she had when she was seven, but she pushes past that every day (not to mention that her [now dead] boyfriend abuses her everyday and she lets him). I think that Julia was very relate able and that Eron will be PERFECT for her even though we can only draw consclusions.

In My Bookbag (5)...

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Every week you are to share the books you received that week. It could either be ones you bought, or gotten at the library, and ones that you'd receive to review on the blog. I am calling it 'In My Bookbag' because I am always taking books out of the library!

1/10/12
Spirited by Nancy Holder

The World Above by Cameron Dokey