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[Featured Discussion] - Bestseller vs. Favorite Lists

This is a new segment, Featured Discussion. Where, I am looking at heading with this segment is more of a opinion based discussion. There is some that will be true and fact, but for the main part I want a good discussion, and I want people to chime in and talk. I will make my opinion and comments known as well. However please, PLEASE do not insult or degrade anyone else.Featured Discussion: It was a while ago that I heard that bestseller lists are the same thing as favorite lists. I don't know the person personally, nor do I know they read; however, I ca

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?Click the book title to add it to your Goodreads TBR List!Title: Linked Author: Imogen Howson Release Date: June 11th, 2013 Elissa used to have it all: looks, popularity, and a bright future. But for the last three years, she’s been struggling with terrifying visions, phantom pains, and mysterious bruises that appear out of nowhere.

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret StohlTitle: Beautiful Creatures Director: Richard LaGravenese Author: Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Release Date: November 1st, 2013 Ethan longs to escape his small Southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.From the Book: 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

Title: Let the Sky Fall Author: Shannon Messenger Series: #1 - Let the Sky Fall Format: Hardcover Release Date: October 30th, 2012 My Rating: 3.0 out of 5.0 Seventeen-year-old Vane Weston has no idea how he survived the category five tornado that killed his parents. And he has no idea if the beautiful, dark-haired girl who’s swept through his dreams every night since the storm is real. But he hopes she is. Seventeen-year-old Audra is a sylph,

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 week, because of Memorial Day I wasn't around this weekend. I understand I am a bit behind again, but I will be catching up soon. In fact most of what needs to be done is already done. The downside though is the books I picked up this week wont have much to go with them. I apologize for it, but I was looking to finish or work on completing series. So I am not going to be talking about my s

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?Click the book title to add it to your Goodreads TBR List!Title: Looking for Alibrandi Author: Melina Marchetta Release Date: May 9th, 2006 For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it’s just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. Now it’s her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn’t be any stricter—but that doesn’t seem to stop all kinds of men from coming in

Divergent Movie Update Entertainment Weekly came out and posted a few updates, and scenes of Divergent and I wanted to share them with you all, and their comments and whatnot with the pictures. (Click the links to make them larger) “In this photo she’s already jumped off the train and onto a seven story building as part of the initiation rite for the Dauntless,” explains director Neil Burger. “The next thing they have to do is jump from the building and down through a courtyard that has a deep, black hole. It’s terrifying.”Source: Entertainment Weekly&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?Click the book title to add it to your Goodreads TBR List!Title: Goddess Author: Josephine Angelini Release Date: May 28th, 2013 After accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a bod

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 is probably coming out close to mid-Tuesday rather than on a Monday like planned. I am falling behind, but I have had an odd week, and I'm trying to catch up, I am sorry. This week is a series of newer books that have made it on my list and some more recent purchases. I am going to cut this section down in the coming months because I had a long list of books before I started blogging and I was trying to show

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?Click the book title to add it to your Goodreads TBR List!Title: Awaken Author: Katie Kacvinsky Release Date: May 23rd, 2011 Maddie lives in a world where everything is done on the computer. Whether it’s to go to school or on a date, people don’t venture out of their home. There’s really no need. For the most part, Maddie’s okay with the solitary, digital life—until she meets Justin. Justin

This is a new segment, Featured Discussion. Where, I am looking at heading with this segment is more of a opinion based discussion. There is some that will be true and fact, but for the main part I want a good discussion, and I want people to chime in and talk. I will make my opinion and comments known as well. However please, PLEASE do not insult or degrade anyone else.Featured Discussion: Well I was going to do something different, and try to get caught up on a few other topics I have been meaning to get to, but when I was working on the Divergent Movi

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsTitle: Catching Fire Director: Francis Lawrence Author: Suzanne Collins Release Date: November 1st, 2013 As Katniss and Peeta embark on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts, Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games.From the Book: Katniss is the spark to a revolution, and the Capitol wants revenge. She won the Hunger Games and returns alive with District 12 Tribute p

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?Click the book title to add it to your Goodreads TBR List!Title: Siege and Storm Author: Leigh Bardugo Release Date: June 4th, 2013 Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun

Title: Rebel Heart Author: Moira Young Series: #2 - Dust Lands Format: Hardcover Release Date: October 30th, 2012 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 Nothing is certain and no one is safe in the second book in the highly praised Dust Lands trilogy. It seemed so simple: Defeat the Tonton, rescue her kidnapped brother, Lugh, and then order would be restored to Saba’s world. Simplicity, however, has proved to be elusive. Now, Saba and her family travel we

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! Not sure exactly when this made the blog, I have had a rough weekend and start of the week trying to get things going and just completing them. There really isn't a whole lot going on at the moment, other than my normal job and work. I am making pretty good headway on Breaking Point and it is great so far. Far better than the first book Article 5, so look for that review in a few weeks. This we

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[Featured Discussion] - Bestseller vs. Favorite Lists

[Waiting on Wednesday] - #29

[Movie Trailer] - #3 Beautiful Creatures

[Book Review] - Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger

[Stacking the Shelves] - #31

[Flashback Friday] - #30

[Book to Movie] - Divergent Movie - EWs First Looks

[Waiting on Wednesday] - #28

[Stacking the Shelves] - #30

[Flashback Friday] - #29

[Featured Discussion] - Accessories: Part #2

[Movie Trailer] - #2 Catching Fire

[Waiting on Wednesday] - #27

[Book Review] - Rebel Heart by Moira Young

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