[Flashback Friday] - #65

Flashback Friday is a weekly event, hosted here, that highlights a past release 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: Born of Illusion   Author: Teri Brown   Release Date: June 11th, 2013     Anna Van Housen has a secret.      A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums, and mentalists in 1920’s New

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[Book Review] - Legend by Marie Lu

Title: Legend   Series: Marie Lu   Series: #1 - Legend   Format: Hardback   Release Date: November 29th, 2013   My Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0     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 wan

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[Waiting on Wednesday] - #63

     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: Strange and Ever After   Author: Susan Dennard   Format: Hardcover   Release Date: July 22nd, 2014     In the conclusion to the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a roaring—and addictive—gothic world,” Eleanor Fitt must control her growing power, face her feelings for Daniel,

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[Book Haul] - #2

Book Haul is an event in which Bloggers and Readers alike showcase their weeks/months pickups and purchases. This showcases new books and older books alike. Feel free to share your books with viewers alike by posting in the comment section with your video or blog. Thanks!BookOutlet #1BookOutlet #2Half-Price Books & MeijerAnderson's BookshopBookOutlet #1 - Book Haul:        BookOutlet #2 - Book Haul:      Half Price Books & Meijer - Book Haul:    Anderson's Bookshop - Book Haul:  

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[Book Review] - Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnis

Title: Not A Drop To Drink   Series: Mindy McGinnis   Series: #1 - Not A Drop To Drink   Format: Hardback   Release Date: September 24th, 2013   My Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0     Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.      Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.     Confide

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[Teaser Tuesday] - #21

Hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.Take your Current Read.Grab 2 Teaser sentences from the book (please be sure to avoid spoilers)Post it on your blog with the title and author, so other Teasing Tuesday participants can add it to their To Be Read list.When visiting other Teasing Tuesday participants, leave a link with your current TT in their comments.Title: Raging Star   Author: Moira Young   Release Date: May 13th, 2014     Quote: "I dunno, look around, ask Peg, I says. We're in a junkyard, fergawdsake. I managed to find you that neckl

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[Stacking the Shelves] - #66

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!     Good Morning and beginning of the week. Hope you all had a great weekend, and you managed to pick up better books than I did. I kinda ran a bit tight and didn't have many options to pick through. What I have this week is a few books from my older stash, there wasn't anything new released this week that I managed to pick up, or anything in this year. Some of these books are from a BookOutlet shipment I got recently

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[Flashback Friday] - #64

Flashback Friday is a weekly event, hosted here, that highlights a past release 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: Five Summers   Author: Una LaMarche   Release Date: October 12th, 2010     Four best friends, five summers of camp memories.      The summer we were nine: Emma was branded “Skylar’s friend Emma” by the infamous Adam Loring...     The summer we were ten: Maddie realized she was too far into her lies to thin

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[Book Review] - If I Lie by Corrine Jackson

Title: If I Lie   Series: Corrine Jackson   Format: Hardback   Release Date: July 9th, 2013   My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0     A powerful debut novel about the gray space between truth and perception.     Quinn’s done the unthinkable: she kissed a guy who is not Carey, her boyfriend. And she got caught. Being branded a cheater would be bad enough, but Quinn is deemed a traitor, and shunned by all of her friends. Because Carey’s not just any guy—he’s serving in Afghanistan and revered by everyone in their sm

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[Update] - 7/16/2014

   So lately I have been releasing two book reviews a week. I fell behind on my reviews and I want to catch up to get to some of the more current books I have recently read as well. This will take some time, further when I get to the current books I have been reading I will go back to releasing one book review per week. At the same time I know I need to update my Goodreads review pages, as well as Amazon. I will probably do Goodreads and get it up to date, than when I get around to it I will update Amazon.     So I have been getting a bunch of e-mails from people read

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[Featured Discussion] - Wrong Book/Wrong Place

Featured Discussion is a random discussion, hosted here, that highlights different book topics, random ideas, and overall point of view of the young adult community...Want to join in?Feel free to make a post and post a link back to it here.Featured Discussion:     I thought about doing this, but at the same time this is a question I want to ask the book universe. Frankly I found the matter funny and while I was shopping at Meijers. When I was looking through their YA section I found this Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan book. However if you look at it, it clearly came from Sam's

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[Waiting on Wednesday] - #62

     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: Dissonance   Author: Erica O'Rourke   Format: Hardcover   Release Date: July 22nd, 2014     Delancy Sullivan has always known there’s more to reality than what people see. Every time someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world branches off from the existing one. Eating breakfas

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[Book Review] - 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

Title: 3:59   Series: Gretchen McNeil   Format: Hardback   Release Date: September 17th, 2013   My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0     Josie Byrne's life is spiraling out of control. Her parents are divorcing, her boyfriend Nick has grown distant, and her physics teacher has it in for her. When she's betrayed by the two people she trusts most, Josie thinks things can't get worse.     Until she starts having dreams about a girl named Jo. Every night at the same time—3:59 a.m.     Jo's life is everyt

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[Teaser Tuesday] - #20

Hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.Take your Current Read.Grab 2 Teaser sentences from the book (please be sure to avoid spoilers)Post it on your blog with the title and author, so other Teasing Tuesday participants can add it to their To Be Read list.When visiting other Teasing Tuesday participants, leave a link with your current TT in their comments.Title: Faking Normal   Author: Courtney C. Stevens   Release Date: February 25th, 2014     Quote: " 'I took running. He never woke up that early. Never. God Lex, She was screaming like craz

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[Stacking the Shelves] - #65

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!     Well I hope you all had a great Happy Fourth of July. I spent it with my family watching a few fireworks. Further I want to thank everyone for the support I have gotten the last week. My visitors are up, compared to previous weeks/months, I appreciate the support and hope to continue more. I went through some of my goodreads TBR pile and cleaned up a lot of duplicates, I urge you all to follow that To Read list, I

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