2B Tuesday #45

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Envy by Gregg Olsen
Empty Coffin, #1
Hardcover, 285 pages
Published August 23^rd 2011 by Splinter
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Crime lives--and dies--in the deceptively picture-perfect town of Port Gamble (aka “Empty Coffin”), Washington. Evil lurks and strange things happen--and 15-year-olds Hayley and Taylor Ryan secretly use their wits and their telepathic “twin-sense” to uncover the truth about the town's victims and culprits.

Envy, the series debut, involves the mysterious death of the twins' old friend, Katelyn. Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? Hayley and Taylor are determined to find out--and as they investigate, they stumble upon a dark truth that is far more disturbing than they ever could have imagined

Ok first off, super creepy cover! This was one of the first few books that I added to Goodreads wish-list and it was all because of the cover. It took me awhile to actually find the book (I believe it was Half Priced Books). Needless to say, it’s been sitting on my shelf since the day I brought it home. Haven’t even touched it or looked at it. I’ll get to it eventually!

Have you read this book? What were your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #44

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

The Farm by Emily McKay
The Farm, #1
Paperback, 420 pages
Published December 4th 2012 by Berkley Trade
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Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other…

And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible.

Lily and her twin sister Mel have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else notices—like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won’t be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face appears out of nowhere, offering to help…

Carter was a schoolmate of Lily’s in the Before. Managing to evade capture until now, he has valuable knowledge of the outside world. But like everyone on the Farm, Carter has his own agenda, and he knows that behind the Ticks is an even more dangerous threat to the human race...

From the second I first heard of this book I knew that I had to have it. Now, usually when that happens it is actually forever until I get the book but I still knew that I had to have it. Also, as usual, I had to have it and now its sitting on my shelf looking at me accusingly. I don’t know why I think this book sounds like it would be great, because I’m not really into vampires, but I just really want to read it. With the second book coming out in November I really need to get to it!

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #43

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Legend by Marie Lu
Legend, #1
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published November 29th 2011 by Putnam Juvenile
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What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June’s brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family’s survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias’s death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

I have heard so many good things about this book. At first I was waiting to buy this book because I knew they had changed the cover slightly with the second book but I was lucky enough to find a reprint of the first in hardcover. I wish they would do that with all the series that they change the covers on. Anyway, I’m getting sidetracked. When I wait so long to read a book I figure I might as well wait for the final book in the trilogy to come out so I can read them all in a row if I so please. That book is being released in November so my plan is to get the second and third one for Christmas and then read them straight through.

I actually don’t know much about this book because I haven’t ever read the synopsis. I fast forward through YouTube videos when they start reading the synopsis because I like to go in to a book knowing as little as possible. If the majority of people tell me a book is great and I should read it then that is all I need to know.

 Have you read this book or series? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #42

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Unearthly, #1
Hardcover, 435 pages
Published January 4th 2011 by HarperTeen
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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.

This book is so pretty! I really only bought this book (and the second one) because I found them for cheap at Half Priced Books and I can’t pass up such a pretty book. I have heard nonstop good things about them from pretty much every one who talks about them especially when the final book was released. I think even if I hated this book I would still buy the third one and keep the series because they are nice to look at. To be honest, I have actually never read the synopsis so I don't fully know what these books are even about.

Have you read this book or the series? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #41

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss, #1
Hardcover, 372 pages
Published December 2nd 2010 by Dutton
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Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming,beautiful, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend.

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?

Yes I know! I think I heard your gasp from here! When I first saw this book I thought to myself I will never ever read this (Like Taylor Swift “Never Ever”). I heard about this book from almost everyone! Including people who said they never read these types of books but they ended up loving it too. I don’t think I have heard one bad thing about it. So I finally caved when I found it at Half Priced Books. It is still sitting on my shelf waiting to be read but I know I will get to it soon. I would like to have it read by the end of the year, especially now that the third book has been release. I am a little bummed about the new covers though. Hopefully I will like this and then I can get the other two and read them straight through.

 Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #40

This is where I talk about a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Hot Rocks by Nora Roberts
Paperback, 320 pages
Published January 26th 2010 by Jove
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When her notorious past catches up with Laine Tavish, proprietor of the antique shop Remember When, it's up to her and an enigmatic stranger named Max Gannon to find out who's chasing her-and why. The answer lies in a hidden fortune that will change Laine's life...

I used to be obsessed with Nora Roberts books when I was in high school. I found this book for really cheap at Half Priced Books and it was in good condition so I went ahead and bought it. I think one of the reasons I haven’t read it yet is because it is a mass paperback book which I have grown to hate. I really didn’t mind them when I was younger but I also didn’t mind breaking the spine back then. I mind that very much now. It wouldn’t really matter for that shelf though because quite a bit of those books are from back in the day.

Another reason is that I haven’t really been in the mood to read this genre of book since I started buying Young Adult. I am also very picky about what kind of books I read from this genre. They have to be romantic suspense books. I can’t handle a straight romance novel. I have been getting back into the mood to read an adult book so I might have to pick this up soon.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #39

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Justice by Karen Robards
Jessica Ford, #2
Paperback, 472 pages
Published November 29th 2011 by Pocket Star
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New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards is back with an exhilarating romantic thriller that will leave readers breathless. Feisty criminal attorney Jessica Ford has done her best to comply with the orders of the Secret Service’s unofficial witness protection program ever since she became the lone witness to the First Lady’s murder. She changed her name, dyed her dark hair blonde, and traded her sturdy black-rimmed glasses for contact lenses. Unfortunately, winning her first high-profile case for prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm Ellis Hayes, and subsequently landing her face all over the news, is not exactly “keeping a low profile.” Or so says hunky Secret Service agent Mark Ryan, whose newest assignment—despite Jess’s stubborn protests—is keeping her safe at all costs. It just so happens he’s also her ex-boyfriend.

The trial earns Jess a permanent spot on the firm’s elite legal defense team, replacing an associate who eloped suddenly and never came back. It’s the chance of a lifetime. But Jess’s mind has raced with questions from the moment the prosecution’s star witness shocked the courtroom with an electrifying revelation involving the handsome son of a powerful U.S. senator. Was the pretty, young mother intimidated into changing her story on the stand? Why will she not return Jess’s calls? Did Jess’s ambitious predecessor on the case really just abandon her successful career? Or did both women mysteriously disappear?

After Mark rescues Jess from an attacker outside her apartment, she begins to consider the possibility that she is a target. Maybe it’s not so bad to have her irresistibly charming and hard-bodied former lover around for protection. Maybe. The question is, which of the many inadvertent enemies Jess has made recently is he protecting her from? The investigation leads her to some startling coincidences—and to a teenage runaway who may just hold the missing link . . . if Jess can find her.

As Jess hurtles closer to the truth—and the sexual tension between her and Mark grows hotter than ever—she finds herself in a race against the clock to find the answers before what she doesn’t know gets them both killed.

I was surprised when this book came out considering I didn’t know there was going to be a sequel. It’s been a long time since I read the first one so I might have to reread it before I read this one. I think that is what is holding me back from reading now. I don’t remember this book ending with a cliffhanger or anything so I’ll be interested to see where this picks up. I do love Karen Robards’ writing though so I’m not worried about what I will think of this book.

Have you read this book?  What are your thoughts?

2B Tuesday #38

 

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Running Scared by Lisa Jackson
Paperback, 528 pages
Published August 1st 2010 by Zebra 
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The newborn baby boy was beautiful, perfect, and hers for the taking. All Kate Summers had to do is agree to disappear from Boston and never breathe a word about the adoption to anyone. Fifteen years later, Kate has built a good life for herself and her son, Jon, in Hopewell, Oregon. Still, Kate is haunted by the fear that Jon will someday be taken away from her. Then Daegan O'Rourke arrives in town and strikes up a friendship with Kate and Jon. What Kate doesn't know is that Daegan has a past of his own to hide -- and it has shocking ties to hers. Someone is watching Kate, and is prepared to go to any lengths to claim her son. And the one man Kate is tempted to trust has dangerous secrets of his own. Very soon, the past Kate thought she could outrun will explode, unearthing a legacy of lies and treachery -- and a fury powerful enough to kill . . .

Back in the day romantic suspense books were pretty much the only thing I read. That and Stephen King. Since I have gotten into YA books I have found that I don’t read nearly as much of these books. I bought this book a while ago and I’ve been thinking about this part of my bookshelf for a while. I really enjoy Lisa Jackson and I’m sure I won’t be disappointed in this.

 

2B Tuesday #37

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

The Night Before by Lisa Jackson
Savannah, #1
Paperback, 352 pages
Published March 1st 2003 by Zebra
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New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson's romantic suspense novel The Night Before is a chilling tale of murder and madness, with a romance that's to-die-for. For generations, the Montgomery family has been tormented by dark secrets, scandals, and tragedy, but Caitlin Montgomery Bandeaux has more to worry about than the past. Awakening from a night of dreams filled with images of her estranged husband, Josh Bandeaux, being brutally murdered, Caitlin finds herself and her home smeared with blood. She's had blackouts before, but she's terrified to realize she has only fragments of memory of the previous night, especially when the police inform her that Josh has been found dead in a pool of his own blood. Josh's dirty business deals and shabby treatment of women have made him one of the most hated men in Atlanta -- as well as one of the richest -- and Caitlin wasn't the only one with plenty of reason to want him dead. But with his lifeblood splattered over the papers for their divorce, and for his planned lawsuit against her for the wrongful death of their daughter, she's a prime suspect when the apparent suicide turns out to be murder. Suddenly Caitlin's future may depend on her new therapist's ability to help her sort out elusive memories from her fragmentary nightmares -- all under the terrifying shadow of a family history of madness.
Sue Stone

 

I love a good romantic suspense novel and Lisa Jackson is one of the few others that can do it for me. I have read Lisa’s New Orleans series and really enjoyed it. I have also read the first two books in the Wicked Series which she co-wrote with Nancy Bush. This I also enjoyed so I really have no fear about reading this and not liking it. I have been in such a YA spree this past year that I haven’t really touched any of these books. They will be getting some attention soon though.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

 

2B Tuesday #36

2B Tuesday… Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Burn for Burn by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
Burn for Burn, #1
Hardcover, 368 pages
Published September 18th 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY...
THEY GET EVEN.

Lillia has never had any problems dealing with boys who like her. Not until this summer, when one went too far. No way will she let the same thing happen to her little sister.

Kat is tired of the rumours, the insults, the cruel jokes. It all goes back to one person– her ex-best friend– and she's ready to make her pay.

Four years ago, Mary left Jar Island because of a boy. But she's not the same girl anymore. And she's ready to prove it to him.

Three very different girls who want the same thing: sweet, sweet revenge. And they won't stop until they each had a taste.

Umm Hello! It’s a revenge story. This just sounded awesome. I really like the cover too. I asked to review this book on NetGalley and didn’t hear back for a very long time (like months). I eventually just caved and bought it because I found it for cheap somewhere. A lot of the people I follow on Goodreads that have read this book really enjoyed it. I love a contemporary with a good bit of drama thrown in. The second book comes out on September 3rd. So I would like to get this read by then but I'm not sure that is going to happen.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

 

2B Tuesday #35

 

2B Tuesday... Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

An Abundance of Kathrines by John Green
Paperback, 228 pages
Published October 16th 2008 by Speak
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When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washedup child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun–but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.

This book is actually pretty high on my TBR list. I have heard some people talking about John Green lately and I have at least 3 books written by him on my TBR shelf. I have read (and reviewed HERE) Looking for Alaska and I really enjoyed it so I don’t know why I haven’t read his other books. Priscilla from The Readables (click HERE to check out her Youtube) loved this book and that is a pretty big recommendation so I trust her.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #34

 

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
Hardcover, 273 pages
Published September 5th 2011 by Poppy
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Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it's a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And for her part,Lissa is sick of it. Her quarterback boyfriend, Randy, is always ditching her to go pick a fight with the soccer team or to prank their locker room. And on three separate occasions Randy's car has been egged while he and Lissa were inside, making out. She is done competing with a bunch of sweaty boys for her own boyfriend's attention

Then Lissa decides to end the rivalry once and for all: She and the other players' girlfriends go on a hookup strike. The boys won't get any action from them until the football and soccer teams make peace. What they don't count on is a new sort of rivalry: an impossible girls-against-boys showdown that hinges on who will cave to their libidos first. But what Lissa never sees coming is her own sexual tension with the leader of the boys, Cash Sterling...

I grabbed this book for cheap from bookcloseouts . I was so excited to get it because I have read The Duff (review HERE) and I really enjoyed that book. This book takes place in the same school but I don’t think it follows around any of the same characters but it would be neat if they mentioned someone from the other book in passing. The book isn’t very long either so if it is as good as The Duff then I’m sure I could fly through it. This book is on my list of books to read by the end of the year.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #33

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1
Hardcover, 418 pages
Published September 27, 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

 

First off, I love the cover of this book! Second, it has a 4 star rating on Goodreads, which is pretty good for a book. Third, I also own the second book in the series! I found them both at Half Priced Books in pretty much brand new condition. I couldn’t pass it up!  I think what is holding me back is that I have a problem reading about creatures. I like my books to have some sort of believability, if that makes any sense. Regardless, I really need to read it considering I own the first and second one.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

 

2B Tuesday #32

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

Newsoul, #1

Hardcover, 374 pages

Published January 31st 2012 by Katherine Tegen Books

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NEWSOUL

Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.

 

NOSOUL

Even Ana's own mother thinks she's a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she'll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame?

 

HEART

Sam believes Ana's new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana's enemies—human and creature alike—let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else's life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all?

 

Jodi Meadows expertly weaves soul-deep romance, fantasy, and danger into an extraordinary tale of new life.

Love this cover! The second one is just as beautiful too. The release of the second book, Asunder, in January really made want to pick this book up. This has a good rating on Goodreads and I haven’t heard one bad thing about it. This book is also on my Dystopia 2013 Challenge which means I will pick it up eventually if I actually finish this challenge. Which I am determined to do! This seems like a different read from most of the books out right now and I can’t wait to finally start it!

Have you read this book? What are you thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #31

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Revived by Cat Patrick
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published May 8th 2012 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
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It started with a bus crash.

Daisy Appleby was a little girl when it happened, and she barely remembers the accident or being brought back to life. At that moment, though, she became one of the first subjects in a covert government program that tests a drug called Revive.

Now fifteen, Daisy has died and been Revived five times. Each death means a new name, a new city, a new identity. The only constant in Daisy's life is constant change.

Then Daisy meets Matt and Audrey McKean, charismatic siblings who quickly become her first real friends. But if she's ever to have a normal life, Daisy must escape from an experiment that's much larger--and more sinister--than she ever imagined.

From its striking first chapter to its emotionally charged ending, Cat Patrick's Revived is a riveting story about what happens when life and death collide.

This is just another one of my many books I have waiting on my shelf to be read. No real rhyme or reason it just happens to one of a hundred or so.. I love the cover of this book, the color to be specific. It definitely stands out on my bookshelf.  I think one of the reasons I haven’t picked this up yet is because I haven’t really heard much about it. The few people whose reviews I follow on Goodreads have all given it a good rating though. I’m curious to see why she has died 5 times. (Does she do it herself, or the government, or does she just have that much bad luck?!) I haven’t seen a book like this before though which is what made me pick it up in the first place. Hopefully I will get to it soon.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it?

2B Tuesday #30

2B Tuesday...Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

XVI by Julia Karr

XVI, #1

Paperback, 325 pages

Published January 6th 2011 by Puffin/Speak

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Some girls can't wait to be sixteen, to be legal. Nina is not one of them. Even though she has no choice in the matter, she knows that so long as her life continues as normal, everything will be okay.

 

Then, with one brutal strike, Nina's normal is shattered; and she discovers that nothing that she believed about her life is true. But there's one boy who can help--and he just may hold the key to her past.

 

But with the line between attraction and danger as thin as a whisper, one thing is for sure...

 

For Nina, turning sixteen promises to be anything but sweet

I had this on my A-Z Challenge last year but didn’t even come close to finishing it. I can’t seem to stick to list. I had planned out everything I was going to read and that was my first mistake. Anyway… I plan to read it for my Dystopia 2013 Challenge this year. I’ve fallen behind a little so hopefully I can catch back up. This book sounds a lot like every other dystopian book out there. Based on something that is going to happen a certain age. I think what has kept me from reading this sooner is the Goodreads ratings/reviews. People seem to not like how obsessed with sex this book seems to be. Normally that wouldn’t bother me but it seems to be a bad thing in this book. I am determined I will get to it by the end of year though.

Have your read this book? What are your thoughts on it?