Sunday, October 13, 2013
On hiatus...
I need to take a break and try to figure out a schedule that works with my full time job. Finding time to read has been hard lately. Hopefully I figure things out soon!
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Waiting on Wednesday: Love Letters to the Dead
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we are excited about.
This week I picked:
Love Letters to the Dead
By Ava Dellaira
Publication Date: April 1st, 2014
It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because she thought he’d understand since he died young just like her sister, May, did. Soon Laurel is writing letters to lots of dead people—Janis Joplin, Amy Winhouse, Ameilia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more—although she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about what it’s like going to a new school, meeting new friends, falling in love for the first time, how her family splinters apart after May dies. She even writes about the abuse she suffered—while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May, and to see her as the person she was: lovely and amazing and deeply flawed.
What's your WOW?
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Stacking the Shelves (Sept. 29)
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. Be sure to check out her site where you can find the link to the others participating in this meme.
From Netgalley:
Won:
What did you get this past week?
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Waiting on Wednesday: The Edge of Falling
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we are excited about.
This week I picked:
The Edge of Falling
By Rebecca Serle
Publication date: March 18, 2014
From Goodreads:
Growing up in privileged, Manhattan social circles, Caggie’s life should be perfect, and it almost was until the day that her younger sister drowned when Caggie was supposed to be watching her. Stricken by grief, Caggie pulls away from her friends and family, only to have everyone misinterpret a crucial moment when she supposedly saves a fellow classmate from suicide. Now she’s famous for something she didn’t do and everyone lauds her as a hero. But inside she still blames herself for the death of her sister and continues to pull away from everything in her life, best friend and perfect boyfriend included. Then Caggie meets Astor, the new boy at school, about whom rumours are swirling and known facts are few. In Astor she finds someone who just might understand her pain, because he has an inner pain of his own. But the more Caggie pulls away from her former life to be with Astor, the more she realises that his pain might be darker, and deeper, than anything she’s ever felt. His pain might be enough to end his life…and Caggie’s as well.
What do you think of the blurb? Sounds pretty interesting to me. What's your WOW?
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Teaser Tuesday (2)
Teaser Tuesdays is a book meme, hosted by Miz B of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My teaser:
As their last syllable died out, she had the oddest feeling the room was much larger than she had thought. She could hear a rustling that she originally assumed was the ocean, or tree branches scratching against a window, but now it seemed unmistakably like the sound of bodies shifting in seats, like the soft white noise in the movie theater during a tense moment.
Title: Poor Little Dead Girls (21%)
Author: Lizzie Friend
What do you think of my teaser? Share your thoughts and post a link to yours so I can check it out!
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Stacking the Shelves (Sept. 21)
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. Be sure to check out her site where you can find the link to the others participating in this meme.
For review:
Borrowed:
What did you pick up this week?
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Waiting on Wednesday: Searching for Beautiful
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we are excited about.
This week I picked:
Searching for Beautiful
By Nyrae Dawn
Publication Date: March 4, 2014
From Goodreads:
Before, Brynn had a group of best friends, a loving boyfriend, a growing talent for pottery. She had a life. And after…she had none.
When Brynn lost the boyfriend who never loved her, the friends who feel she betrayed their trust, and the new life just beginning to grow inside her, she believes her future is as empty as her body. But then Christian, the boy next door, starts coming around. Playing his guitar and pushing her to create art once more. She meets some new friends at the local community center, plus even gets her dad to look her in the eye again…sort of.
But can Brynn open up her heart to truly find her life’s own beauty, when living for the after means letting go of the before?
What's your WOW pick?
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