It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #15

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

 

 

 

Last week I reviewed:

 

 

 

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

 

 

 

 Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater;

 

 

 

 Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

 

 

 

 The Skull in The Wood by Sandra Greaves

 

 Kissing Coffins by Ellen Schreiber

 

 

 

The book that I am currently reading has been on my TBR for too long:

 

 

 

 I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls #1) by Ally Carter

 

 

 

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it's really a school for spies. Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real "pavement artist"-but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?

Cammie Morgan may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's on her most dangerous mission-falling in love.

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #14

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

 

 

 

Last week I reviewed:

 

 

The Zombie Playground (Grisly High #2) by Brian Rowe

Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum #3) by Janet Evanovich

Tiberius Found by Andrew Goodman
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events #10) by Lemony Snicket
The Scavengers (Tyrfingr #1) by Mike Parker
The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries #2) by L.J. Smith
Last Kiss in Venice (Legend of the White Snake #1) by Martin Chu Shui
127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
The Tide Breaker by Sonya Watson
Blood Red Road (Dustlands #1) by Moira Young


and the book that I am currently reading is:

Tamlyn (Silvermay #2) by James Moloney

When Silvermay first set eyes on Tamlyn Strongbow, she knew there would be no other for her. It didn′t matter that he was one of the Wyrdborn, a race of wizards who care only for themselves.

It is half a year later and Silvermay has followed Tamlyn through dangers no sixteen-year-old should face. Now she must help him defeat the darkness of his own soul, because Tamlyn wants revenge for a great wrong and the evil he has so far controlled may prove too strong.

Meanwhile, Tamlyn′s father, Coyle, is on the rise. He has possession of Silvermay′s other love, the baby Lucien, an innocent child to her, but with the magic inside him to destroy entire worlds. Tamlyn is the key. If Silvermay can save Tamlyn from himself, then together, they might save Lucien from the horror Coyle wants to inflict on him.

 

 

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #13

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

Last week I reviewed:

 

 

The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) by Kelley Armstrong;

 

 

 

Shadow Hills (Shadow Hills #1) by Anastasia Hopcus;

 

 

 

Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl #1) by Cecily von Ziegesar;

 

 

 

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank;

 

 

 

Rockoholic by C.J. Skuse

 

 

 

 

And the book that I am currently reading:

 

 

Darkness Becomes Her (Gods & Monsters #1) by Kelly Keaton

 

 

 

A dark and lush paranormal romance set in a richly reimagined New Orleans--now in paperback Ari can't help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver hair that can't be changed or destroyed, Ari has always stood out. And after growing up in foster care, she longs for some understanding of where she came from and who she is.Her search for answers uncovers a message from her long dead mother: Run. Ari can sense that someone, or something, is getting closer than they should. But it's impossible to protect herself when she doesn't know what she's running from or why she is being pursued.

She knows only one thing: she must return to her birthplace of New 2, the lush rebuilt city of New Orleans. Upon arriving, she discovers that New 2 is very...different. Here, Ari is seemingly normal. But every creature she encounters, no matter how deadly or horrifying, is afraid of "her."

Ari won't stop until she knows why. But some truths are too haunting, too terrifying, to ever be revealed.

It's Monday! What are you Reading? #12

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

 

Last week I reviewed:

 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1) by C.S. Lewis

 

Happily Never After (Grimm Chronicles #2) by Isabella Fontaine

 

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

 

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

 

Jessie Hearts NYC by Keris Stainton

 

The book that I am currently reading is:

 

When "Perfect" Parker Fadley starts drinking at school and failing her classes, all of St. Peter's High goes on alert. How has the cheerleading captain, girlfriend of the most popular guy in school, consummate teacher's pet, and future valedictorian fallen so far from grace?

Parker doesn't want to talk about it. She'd just like to be left alone, to disappear, to be ignored. But her parents have placed her on suicide watch and her conselors are demanding the truth. Worse, there's a nice guy falling in love with her and he's making her feel things again when she'd really rather not be feeling anything at all.

 

 

 

Nobody would have guessed she'd turn out like this. But nobody knows the truth.

 

 

 

Something horrible has happened, and it just might be her fault.

It's Monday! What are you Reading? #11

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

 

The books that I reviewed last week are:

 

 

Saturday by Ian McEwan;

 

 

Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi;

 

 

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater;

 

 

Beautifully Broken (Spellbound #1) by Sherry Soule;

Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1) by Laini Taylor

 

 

 

The book I am currently reading is: 

 

 

 

 

Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver

 

 

Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and the mice—until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are less alone.

That same night, an alchemist’s apprentice, Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly less remarkable.

Will’s mistake has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po, and it draws the three of them together on an extraordinary journey.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #10

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

 

 

 

The books that I reviewed last week are:

 

 

Wicked (Pretty Little Liars #5) by Sara Shepard;

 

 

Killer (Pretty Little Liars #6) by Sara Shepard;

 

 

Heartless (Pretty Little Liars #7) by Sara Shepard;

 

 

Wanted (Pretty Little Liars #8) by Sara Shepard

 

 

The book that I am currently reading is:

 

 

 

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"Errand requiring immediate attention. Come.

The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things.
When Brimstone called, she always came."

In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole.

Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #9

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

The books that I reviewed last week are:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1) by Jeff Kinney;

Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones #1) by Helen Fielding;

Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

The book I am currently reading is:

Glow (Sky Chasers #1) by Amy Kathleen Ryan

What if you were bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you'd been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival—not love—the issue?

Out in the murky nebula lurks an unseen enemy: the New Horizon. On its way to populate a distant planet in the wake of Earth's collapse, the ship's crew has been unable to conceive a generation to continue its mission. They need young girls desperately, or their zealous leader's efforts will fail. Onboard their sister ship, the Empyrean, the unsuspecting families don't know an attack is being mounted that could claim the most important among them...

Fifteen-year-old Waverly is part of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space; she was born on the Empyrean, and the large farming vessel is all she knows. Her concerns are those of any teenager—until Kieran Alden proposes to her. The handsome captain-to-be has everything Waverly could ever want in a husband, and with the pressure to start having children, everyone is sure he's the best choice. Except for Waverly, who wants more from life than marriage—and is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth.

But when the Empyrean faces sudden attack by their assumed allies, they quickly find out that the enemies aren't all from the outside.

It's Monday! What are you Reading? #8

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

The books that I reviewed last week are:



The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross;


7 Clues to Winning You by Kristin Walker;


One Day by David Nicholls




The book I am currently reading is:

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list.


Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.

It's Monday! What Are you Reading? #7

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

The books that I reviewed last week are:

 

 

 

Harry a History by Melissa Anelli;

 

 

The Faustian Host by Dave Becker

 

 

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

 

 

The book that I am currently reading is:

 

 

 

 

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

 

 

Originally published in 1954, William Golding's Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times.

A plane crashes n a desert island. The only survivors area a group of schoolboys. At first they revel in the freedom and celebrate the absence of grown-ups.

Soon though, as the boys' fragile sense of order begins to collapse, their fears start to take on a sinister, primitive significance. Suddenly, the world of cricket, homework and adventure stories seems a long way away. The boys are faced with a more pressing reality - survival - and the appearance of a terrifying beast who haunts their dreams.

It's Monday! What are you Reading? #6

"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. This is where we share the books we have read last week and our reading plans for this week.

The books that I reviewed last week are:

 

 

 

The Lure of Shapinsay by Krista Holle;

 

 

Xoc  by Matt Dembicki;

 

 

Dads, Geeks and Blue Haired Freaks by Ellie Philips

 

 

 

 

 

The book I am currently reading is:

 

 

 

 

 

Blake Duchamp...

He's all that Winter Adams can think of. Ever since their fateful meeting at Pilgrim's Lament. Ever since he looked at her with those emerald eyes. Ever since he saved her life.

But Blake isn't all that he seems. There is a strangeness about him, something dark and otherworldly. Something dangerous. In his attic is a secret he would kill to defend, but Winter seems to have a special ability to make him forget his duty. And he is her only protection against the gathering darkness.

The only problem is, to protect Winter, Blake must risk exposing her to an even greater danger. Himself.

 

 

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