It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet? [13]

"It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet?" is inspired by the #fridayreads Twitter meme, Book Journey's "It's Monday! What Are You Reading?", Should Be Reading's "WWW Wednesdays", Tynga's Reviews "Stacking the Shelves" and the various other book haul memes, and probably a few others I can't remember right now.

All covers/book title links lead to Goodreads.

With the companion novel releasing last week, and accompanying buzz about the series, I decided it was finally time to start this. About half-way through, and quite liking it so far!

I'm really liking it, but for some reason I just can't lose myself in the story like I could with the other books in the series.

I haven't read any of the Bane Chronicles stories because I was waiting for bind-up, and it's finally here! Definitely plan on spending some quality time with Magnus soon.

My friend Lisa lent this to me forever ago, and I've decided I really need to get around to reading it.

Instead of reading Crown of Midnight like I said I was going to, I decided to read The Assassin's Blade instead, though I just couldn't bring myself to re-read the last novella because SAAAAAM. (It goes without saying that I loved them all, right?)

                         (Books/Stuff that came in the mail.)         (Books I bought/borrowed.)

I forgot to separate the books when I took the picture, so the two "Book Faery" categories are combined this week. It is also all of the books I collected over the last two weeks.

From Claire Legrand:

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

From Stacie:

Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz

From Cynthia Leitich Smith/Candlewick:

Feral Nights by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Feral Curse by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Feral Pride by Cynthia Leitich Smith (ARC)

From Bookish Broads:

Clariel by Garth Nix (ARC)

The Young Elites by Marie Lu (ARC)

Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper (ARC)

Messenger of Fear by Michael Grant (ARC)

17 First Kisses by Rachael Allen (ARC)

Atlantia by Ally Condie (ARC)

From Tera Lynn Childs:

Straight Stalk by Tera Lynn Childs (signed)

From Alyxandra Harvey:

Whisper the Dead by Alyxandra Harvey (signed)

From Love at First Page:

Every Breath by Ellie Marney

Bought/Ordered:

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling

Crave by Melissa Darnell

Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld

Lirael by Garth Nix

Blood & Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, & Sarah Rees Brennan (signed)

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Origin by Jennifer L Armentrout

Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore by Stella Duffy

Revel by Maurissa Guibord

The Lost Code by Kevin Emerson

Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales: Challenge by Melissa Marr & Xian Nu Studio

Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales: Resolve by Melissa Marr & Xian Nu Studio

Rowdy by Jay Crownover (not pictured)

See you all next week!

It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet? [11]

"It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet?" is inspired by the #fridayreads 
Twitter meme, Book Journey's "It's Monday! What Are You Reading?", Should Be Reading's "WWW Wednesdays", Tynga's Reviews "Stacking the Shelves" and the various other book haul memes, and probably a few others I can't remember right now.

All covers/book title links lead to Goodreads.

Re-reading it, and it is as oh-so-good as I remember.

I've been "reading" this for a week. And I say "reading" because I am still on the first chapter.

Same deal as Finnikin, I'm "reading" this, though I am a bit farther in this than I am in Finnikin.

 

I just picked this up, because it seemed like a perfect spring break read, and I have been wanting to read it for awhile now.

Finishing Finnikin of the Rock (and The Sky is Everywhere) is top priority because it's a library book due the Monday after I get back, so I figure I'll want Froi with me.

I want to re-read it before seeing the movie, and I wasn't going to take it originally, but almost all the comments I got on Tumblr and Instagram (about this photo) were votes to take The Host, so I decided to take it with me after all.

It. Was. Amazing! Like, abusing-the-caps-lock-won't-even-come-close-to-showing-how-amazing-it-was amazing. I also can't believe the series is over! Though the end was the best end-to-a-series I have ever read. (And it seems since I decided not to abuse the caps lock, I'm going to abuse the hyphen. Oops.)

(Books/Stuff that came in the mail.)(Over the last two weeks.)

From Leanne via YA Book Exchange:

Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder

From Fierce Reads:

Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

From Haley via YA Book Exchange:

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

The Gathering Dark by Christine Johnson

(Books I bought/borrowed.)(In the last two weeks.)

From Barnes & Noble:
Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta
Poison by Bridget Zinn

From my mom/Books of Wonder:
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (signed)

From the Library:
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Clockwork Princess actually came in the mail, but in my rush to take photos before I left for Starbucks (my internet at home sucks right now), I accidentally put it with the Bought books.

Because I skipped last week, I'm going to do a separate post for Book News (look for Exciting Book Stuff!) because it will be kinda long.

It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet? [4]

"It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet?" is inspired by the #fridayreads Twitter meme, Book Journey's "It's Monday! What Are You Reading?", Should Be Reading's "WWW Wednesdays", Tynga's Reviews "Stacking the Shelves" and the various other book haul memes, and probably a few others I can't remember right now.

All covers/book title links lead to Goodreads.

I haven't read much at all, but I'm liking it so far.

This came in the mail this week, so I started it, but, like Beautiful Creatures, I'm not very far into it.

I haven't started this yet, because my cousin borrowed it, and I wanted to get through Beautiful Creatures first, so I hope to start after she finishes.

Even though I'm not very far into Beautiful Creatures I think this will be my plane-read, for when I go to New York tomorrow. And that's mostly because BC is SO BIG.

I don't even feel like I read anything. The beginning annoyed me, and the middle just kind of passed—it didn't seem like ANYTHING happened. The end was really the only good part. I could go on and on, so I'll stop now. I should have a review up on Tea for Three next week, if you want to know more of my thoughts.

After the whole Star Cursed widget thing last week, I re-read Born Wicked. It was as awesome as when I first read it, over a year ago.

(Books/Stuff that came in the mail.)

From Shalena @ Writer Quirk

Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (ARC)
The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
Defiance by C.J. Redwine (signed)
Rash by Pete Hautman

From Mac Kids/Fierce Reads
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev
So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev

From Jessica Spotswood
Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood (signed ARC)
The Cahill Witch Chronicles bookmarks (signed)

From Barnes & Noble
Snow White, Blood Red edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader edited by Cassandra Clare
The Archived by Victoria Schwab

From Jennifer Rush
Altered by Jennifer Rush "Cas" button

From my mom
"I cannot live without books" sticker

It's like the Book Faery wanted to make up for no deliveries last week. :) Anyway, Writer Quirk had a "End of the World as We Know It" giveaway, and I was one of the winners. Every week the Fierce Reads Facebook page features a Mac Kids "Fierce" book/series and giveaway a couple copies of the selected book/series. A couple weeks ago the Theatre Illuminata series was featured, and I won one of the sets being given away. (This week The Escape from Furnace series by Alexander Gordon Smith is being given away. Enter here.) Last week I said my countdown widget for Star Cursed was chosen to be the official one, so, because I had the winning design, Jessica sent me a signed ARC of SC plus some bookmarks. The B&N books I ordered over the weekend, and they came Wednesday and Friday. Jennifer Rush had a flash trivia contest on Twitter last week because she just got Altered buttons (like the one above) in the mail. I was one of the winners, so Jenn sent me a button. My mom ordered a sticker for me last week, and it came this week.

(Books I bought.)

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

I absolutely adored Anna, but read a library copy, so I decided to (finally) buy a copy for myself. I love Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and am so excited Nobody is finally out.

Mod Podge Bookshelf unveiled the cover to The Originals by Cat Patrick on Wednesday. The book sounds really good, and releases May 7 from Little, Brown BFYR.

A riveting new story from Cat Patrick, author of Forgotten and Revived.

17-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best grew up as identical triplets... until they discovered a shocking family secret. They're actually closer than sisters, they're clones. Hiding from a government agency that would expose them, the Best family appears to consist of a single mother with one daughter named Elizabeth. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey take turns going to school, attending social engagements, and a group mindset has always been a de facto part of life...

Then Lizzie meets Sean Kelly, a guy who seems to see into her very soul. As their relationship develops, Lizzie realizes that she's not a carbon copy of her sisters; she's an individual with unique dreams and desires, and digging deeper into her background, Lizzie begins to dismantle the delicate balance of an unusual family that only science could have created.

EW's Shelf Life revealed the cover to Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz & Michael Johnston today. The book comes out September 17, 2013 from Putnam Juvenile, and I am beyond exited for it. I LOVE Melissa de la Cruz, and, with Blue Bloods ended, I cannot wait to read her next book. The reveal is exclusive, so you'll have to go to the link above to see it.


This Sunday (and ONLY Sunday), the 27th, Penguin is offering Anna and the French Kiss in ebook for only $2.99! As you probably noticed earlier in this post, I just bought a paperback of Anna because I loved the library copy so much, so I think you should definitely take advantage of this deal. Check out the synopsis, and some retail links below (the discount is going to be wherever ebooks are sold, though, of course, I can't link to all those places).

Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend, and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her affection. So she's not too pleased when her father decides to send her to boarding school in Paris for her senior year. But despite not speaking a word of French, Anna meets some cool new friends, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. Unfortunately, he's taken—and Anna might be, too. Will a year of romantic near misses end in the French kiss she's been waiting for?

Buy Anna and the French Kiss!

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That's all, folks!

Exciting Book Stuff! #2

So two AMAZING bookish announcements happened yesterday, and I just about fainted from all the excitement (the fact the I read them within an hour of each other didn't help). (Okay, I didn't come close to fainting, but I was a little lightheaded from squeeeeing.) On to the news!


For the past couple weeks Maureen Johnson, Cassandra Clare, and Sarah Rees Brennan have tweeting about a secret they had. Well, yesterday their secret was FINALLY revealed on EW's Shelf Life. Cassie, along with Maureen and Sarah, will be writing The Bane Chronicles, an e-serialization about Magnus Bane from Cassie's The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. Starting in February '13 one story a month will be released for ten months, and in 2014 all of the parts will be compiled into one print edition. Sarah talks more in-depth about it here.

Now that the important details are out of the way, I can get on with the fangirling. Magnus is my absolute favorite character ever, so I'm beyond excited that this is happening (like, he's my imaginary BFF, that's how much I love him).

Next, the reason I'm posting this today, and not yesterday when everything was announced. Hollywood Crush unveiled the cover for, and details of, Ally Carter's new novella "Double Crossed." The cover reveal's exclusivity ended at midnight, so here it is:

In "Double Crossed," when Macey McHenry (glamorous society girl or spy-in-training?) and W.W. Hale V (heir to an American dynasty or master thief?) meet at a society gala, the party takes a dangerous turn. Suddenly they're at the center of a hostage situation, and it's up to them to stop the thugs from becoming hostile. Will Macey's spy skills and Hale's con-man ways be enough to outsmart a ruthless gang? Or will they have to seek out the ultimate inside girl to help?

YES, Ally is coming out with a Heist Society and Gallagher Girls crossover story! The ebook-only novella comes out on January 22, and takes place in between GG 5 & GG 6. Not sure where it takes place in Heist, but I'm assuming in between books 2 & 3.

I love the cover, I think it's a PERFECT combo of GG's cover design and Heist's cover design. Below are the covers of GG 1 and Heist 1, for comparison.