can't get MC Chris's Hoodie Ninja song out of my head. Been there for weeks. Dang civic commercial. Not that I don't like it. I love it!
These past weeks I received the following items. Add books to your Goodreads wishlist/tbr list by clicking on the covers.
Bought:
The Enemy/Charlie Higson/Found through review by Once Upon a Twilight (check out the review, it's a very loved book!)
RD: 2010
A sickness has afflicted everyone over the age of 16; anyone who is a "grown-up" has become a decomposing, brainless creature that survives by feeding on children. The children and teens have barricaded themselves in fortified buildings, fighting off attacks from the grown-ups who travel in packs, like hungry dogs. Before long, the young survivors are promised a safe haven in Buckingham Palace and make their way to it, crossing London on a perilous journey that will test them in harrowing ways. But their fight to stay alive is far from over—the threat from within is as real as the one on the outside.
Reminds me a bit of Attack the Block and I love zombies so I'm excited to read this one. It's a series, which I dislike unless I have all the books at hand, but, sigh, it's a small unpleasantness. I gave in to buying it because it was about $2 bucks at poor Borders.
Blood Red Road (Dustlands #1) by Moira Young
RD: June 2011
Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.
For Review:
Won:
I won this beautiful Zoya nail polish set & awesome fortune teller fish over at Concrete and Nail Polish. My favorite is the third from the left called Rica.
Downloaded:
Amazon has a promotion (thanks for the head's up Reading the Paranormal) going on where you can download Bright Young Things/Anna Godbersen for free. If you have a Kindle, a Mac, a PC (and more), you should get it! Click on the cover. I must finish reading her Luxe series...
The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.
Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star. . . .
Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.
The only person Cordelia can trust is ¬Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.
Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the ¬illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.
IMM's a weekly feature by The Story Siren. Go look at the rest!
~~T.V and Book Addict~~
These past weeks I received the following items. Add books to your Goodreads wishlist/tbr list by clicking on the covers.
Bought:
The Enemy/Charlie Higson/Found through review by Once Upon a Twilight (check out the review, it's a very loved book!)
RD: 2010
A sickness has afflicted everyone over the age of 16; anyone who is a "grown-up" has become a decomposing, brainless creature that survives by feeding on children. The children and teens have barricaded themselves in fortified buildings, fighting off attacks from the grown-ups who travel in packs, like hungry dogs. Before long, the young survivors are promised a safe haven in Buckingham Palace and make their way to it, crossing London on a perilous journey that will test them in harrowing ways. But their fight to stay alive is far from over—the threat from within is as real as the one on the outside.
Reminds me a bit of Attack the Block and I love zombies so I'm excited to read this one. It's a series, which I dislike unless I have all the books at hand, but, sigh, it's a small unpleasantness. I gave in to buying it because it was about $2 bucks at poor Borders.
RD: June 2011
Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.
Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she's a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.
Blood Red Road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. Moira Young is one of the most promising and startling new voices in teen fiction.
Again, I tried not buying this because first of all, it's a recent release (a.k.a usually $10-20 bucks I never shell out for books because I'm too cheap), second, it's a part of a series. I must have all of them in order to want to begin it. I hate having to wait for the sequels and so forth of a series. Drives me bonkers. I saw it at Borders. It was about $5 bucks. Couldn't say no. It looked so pretty... Additionally, Nancy Farmer (The House of the Scorpion is one of my all-time favorite books) and James Dashner (The Maze Runner is so fun!!!) loved it. How could I have said no??? :)
For Review:
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
RD: Sept 5, 2011
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.
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. And Lissa never sees her own sexual tension with the leader of the boys, Cash Sterling, coming.
Inspired by Aristophanes' play Lysistrata, critically acclaimed author of The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) Kody Keplinger adds her own trademark humor in this fresh take on modern teenage romance, rivalry and sexuality.
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. And Lissa never sees her own sexual tension with the leader of the boys, Cash Sterling, coming.
Inspired by Aristophanes' play Lysistrata, critically acclaimed author of The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) Kody Keplinger adds her own trademark humor in this fresh take on modern teenage romance, rivalry and sexuality.
Thanks to Little Brown! I'm so curious about this one!
Won:
Downloaded:
Amazon has a promotion (thanks for the head's up Reading the Paranormal) going on where you can download Bright Young Things/Anna Godbersen for free. If you have a Kindle, a Mac, a PC (and more), you should get it! Click on the cover. I must finish reading her Luxe series...
The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.
Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star. . . .
Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.
The only person Cordelia can trust is ¬Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.
Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the ¬illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.
IMM's a weekly feature by The Story Siren. Go look at the rest!
~~T.V and Book Addict~~
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Great, great mailbox :)
I saw Blood Red Road at the bookstore earlier today.. looks interesting!
Happy reading :)
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Blood Red Road looks SO GOOD!!
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Absolutely love you layout! Cute ♥ && I've heard great things about Blood Red! Great IMM!
I have been seeing Shut Out a lot. Will have to look into it =D
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Happy reading!
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Great mailbox thanks for stopping by!
Ooooooooooo I am loving the nail pile you won!
Shut Out! Bright Young Things! Great books this week!
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