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[Book Review] - This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers

Title: This is Not a Test Author: Courtney Summers Format: Paperback Release Date: October 11th, 2011 My Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0 It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since t

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your bookshelf, be it the physical one or your digital one! This was an interesting week. The first thing that came in was something I ordered off of ebay, which went really well by the way. Next was a series of two books, and finally a series of three books. I hope you all enjoy what came in this week and what I'm looking to getting around to, whenever I manage to catch up on reading.Series: The Dresden Files (1-12) Author: Jim Butcher &nbs

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.See something you like here?Check the book out on Goodreads and add it to your TBR List! Today I'm going into some detail about two books that I just cannot wait for. I found the first one recently, and frankly it just sounds terrific. I hope I won't be let down on it. The second book is a prequel to a series I finished a bit ago, and really just want to know how everything started and get to know some of the beginning characters in a new li

Title: The Death Cure Author: James Dashner Series: #3 - The Maze Runner Format: Hardcover Release Date: October 11th, 2011 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.What Wicked

Flashback Friday is a weekly event, hosted here, that highlights a past released that we're dying to get our hands on...See something you like here?Check the book out on Goodreads and add it to your TBR List!Book Title: Beautiful Creatures Author: Kami GarciaThere were no surprises in Gatlin County.At least, that's what I thought.Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.There was a curse.There was a girl.And in the end, there was a grave.Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse t

Title: Before I Fall Author: Lauren Oliver Format: Hardcover Release Date: October 25th, 2011 My Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last.The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times durin

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.See something you like here?Check the book out on Goodreads and add it to your TBR List!Title: Insignia Author: S.J. Kincaid Date: July 10th, 2012More than anything, Tom Raines wants to be important, though his shadowy life is anything but that. For years, Tom’s drifted from casino to casino with his unlucky gambler of a dad, gaming for their survival. Keeping a roof over their heads depends on a careful combination

Title: The Scorch Trials Author: James Dashner Series: #2 - The Maze Runner Format: Hardcover Release Date: October 12th, 2010 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to.In the Maze, life was easy. They had food, and shelter, and safety . . . until Teresa triggered the end.

Title: Sacred Scars Author: Kathleen Duey Series: #1 - A Resurrection of Magic Format: Hardcover Release Date: August 4th, 2009 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0Sadima, Franklin, and Somiss, driven out of Limòri by a suspicious fire, are living in a cave hidden within the cliffs that overlook the city. Somiss is convinced the dark passages of the caves were the home of ancient magicians, and his obsession with restoring magic deepens. Sadima dreams of escape -- for her, for Franklin, and for the orphaned st

Title: Fallen Author: Lauren Kate Series: #1 - Fallen Format: Hardcover Release Date: December 8th, 2009 My Rating: 3.5 out of 5.0There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move

Title: Pandemonium Author: Lauren Oliver Series: #2 - Delirium Format: Hardcover Release Date: February 28th, 2012 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0I'm pushing aside the memory of my nightmare,pushing aside thoughts of Alex,pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school,push,push,push,like Raven taught me to do.The old life is dead.But the old Lena is dead too.I buried her.I left her beyond a fence,behind a wall of smoke and flame.Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York

Title: The Maze Runner Author: James Dashner Series: #1 - The Maze Runner Format: Hardcover Release Date: October 6th, 2009 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse enclosed by stone walls.Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they kno

Title: Skin Hunger Author: Kathleen Duey Series: #1 - A Resurrection of Magic Format: Hardcover Release Date: July 24th, 2007 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0Sadima lives in a world where magic has been banned, leaving poor villagers prey to fakes and charlatans. A "magician" stole her family's few valuables and left Sadima's mother to die on the day Sadima was born. But vestiges of magic are hidden in old rhymes and hearth tales and in people like Sadima, who conceals her silent communication with animals

Title: Delirium Author: Lauren Oliver Series: #1 - Delirium Format: Hardcover Release Date: August 2nd, 2011 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0Ninety-five days, and then I’ll be safe.I wonder whether the procedure will hurt.I want to get it over with.It’s hard to be patient.It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn’t touched me yet.Still, I worry.They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness.The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you

Title: Crossed Author: Ally Condie Series: #2 - Matched Format: Hardcover Release Date: November 1st, 2011 My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Rules Are Different Outside The Society Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky--taken by the Society to his sure death--only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life and the enthralling promise of a rebellion. But even as

Title: Insurgent Author: Veronica Roth Series: #2 - Divergent Format: Hardcover Release Date: May 1st, 2012 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 One choice can transform you--or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by

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