Week in Review 12/4-12/10

Books Ive Bought/received

*Vampires Dead Ahead by Cheyenne McCray- purchased from Barnes and Noble


* Left Hand Magic by Nancy Collins- Purchased from Barnes and Noble

* Pure by Jennifer L Armentrout-ARC- From Publisher

* Living Violet by Jaime Reed- From Publisher/Teen Book Scene tour

* Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter- From Publisher


* The Mortal Bone by Marjorie Liu- From Publisher


Books I read

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Vampires Dead Ahead by Cheyenne McCray
Blood Rites by Quinn Loftis
Dragonswood Janet Lee Carey
Left Hand Magic by Nancy Collins

Reviews posted


The Fallen Queen by Jane Kindred
Shaedes of Gray by Amanda Bonilla
Surrender by Lee Nichols
Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout

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* New Releases for the week. Was there anything you were looking forward to reading?


* Monday brought Jane Kindred with a guest blog titled You Got Your Urban Fantasy in My Epic! She is offering up a copy of her book The Fallen Queen


* Michelle Madow author of Remembered stopped in on Thursday. She is offering up a blog tour wide giveaway of her book. 

* LAST CHANCE The winner of Kiss of Frost has not replied to my email.  I will be picking a new winner tomorrow (Monday at 9am eastern time)

*If you see something on my books Ive read list that you are dying to know about let me know I'm back logged on reviews and can move it up on the list if I know people are wanting one.

* I love comments so if you see something you like (or not) please comment away and let me know.

Winner: Surrender by Lee Nichols

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Prize: Paperback copy of Surrender

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Review: Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout

Obsidian
Author:Jennifer L Armentrout
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Lux Book #1
ISBN13: 9781937044237
Genre: Young Adult
Review Copy Source: Netgalley

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring…. until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.

If I don’t kill him first, that is.

I loved HALF-BLOOD so when I saw that Jennifer had another book coming out I went to check it out. I wasn't quite sure what I would think of the book but from my previous experience with not jumping on HALF-BLOOD when it first got here then kicking myself later for not reading it sooner I knew I should read OBSIDIAN no matter what. I was not disappointing.

Katy and her Mom move from Florida to West Virginia to get a new start after her father died. She wasn't very excited to be there but decided she would give the neighbor kids a shot and introduce herself. So imagine her surprise when a super hot guy answers the door and he proceeds to be a complete and udder @ss to her. Thankfully his sister Dee who she meets later is really nice and they hit it off. She doesn't understand why Daemon and his friends hate her so much but she is determined to keep Dee as her friend.

I LOVED that Katy is a blogger, I thought it was super fun to read about her blog posts and her geeking out with her in the mail videos. It made me laugh to hear her talk about her blog and how she missed it when she couldn't get one of her posts up. Katy was really easy to like. She is really independent and did a great job of sticking up for herself when all she wanted to do at some points is break down. No matter how much of a jerk Daemon was he was also a strong likable character. You get to know him even through his mood swings and get to see how protective and loving he is int he way he treats his sister. The romantic tension between Daemon and Katy made me laugh and cry at times. The emotions all around were real and high. I cant wait for more development on their relationship.

The storyline was really unique and exciting. I loved learning about Daemon and Dee and who they really were. The whole idea of them was imaginative and well explained. I'm really excited to learn more about them and their future. There was nothing about OBSIDIAN that I didn't like. I would recommend that you go buy it and read it now but be warned that you will be dying to get your hands on book 2.

I gave it 5/5 stars
 

Winner: Of Light and Darkness by Shayne Leighton

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Prize: One Signed copy of Of Light and Darkness

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Guest Post & Giveaway: Michelle Madow

UFI welcomes Michelle Madow Author of Remembrance. Thanks for Joining us!!

What are some of your favorite books and what would we find in your library?

I love reading, and over the years my library has managed to get quite large! It’s always tough to pick favorites. I tend to divide my favorites into “childhood” and “current,” because the books I loved when I was younger are different than the ones I would recommend to my friends right now.

My favorite childhood books are:

• The Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

• The Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine (specifically I remember loving the one called Let’s Get Invisible)

• The Sweet Valley books by Francine Pascal (I read Sweet Valley Kids, Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley High, and Sweet Valley Senior Year.)

• Animorphs by K.A. Applegate

• The 21 Balloons by Willian Pene Dubois (This is the book that got me into utopian/dystopian books)

• The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• In the Forest of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

My favorite current books (and ones I recommend!):

• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa

• Divergent by Veronica Roth

• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

• Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

• Gone by Michael Grant

• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

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Remembrance
Transcend Time #1
July 27, 2011

New Hampshire high school junior Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet.

Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's school at the beginning of the year, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she seem to get him out of her mind?

Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, the pair of them soon find that fighting fate isn't going to be easy.

Purchase Remembrance: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and The Book Depository.

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Winner: Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep

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Prize: One Print copy of Kiss of Frost

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