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Trailer: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

*Now Available*

Cinder
Author:Marissa Meyer
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
The Lunar Chronicles Book #1
ISBN:   0312641893
ISBN13: 9780312641894
Genre: Young Adult/Steampunk

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

In this thrilling debut young adult novel, the first of a quartet, Marissa Meyer introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine and a masterfully crafted new world that’s enthralling.

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Blog Tour Schedule

Giveaway: Switched by Amanda Hocking

*Provided by Zeitghost Media and St. Martin's Press*

Release Day

New Releases Jan 1-7

Sunday Jan 1

Hold Me If You Can by Stephanie Rowe 

Midnight Reckoning (Dark Dynasties #2) by Kendra Leigh Castle

Never to Sleep (Soul Screamers, #5.5) by Rachel Vincent

Mon Jan 2

Darkness Falls (Immortal Beloved, #2) by Cate Tiernan

Tues Jan 3

A Demon Does It Better by Linda Wisdom

The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams

All That Bleeds (Etherlin, #1) by Kimberly Frost

Bloodrose (Nightshade, #3) by Andrea Cremer

Born of Ashes (The World of Ascension #4) by Caris Roane

Charmfall (Dark Elite #3) by Chloe Neill

Dreaming Awake (Falling Under, #2) by Gwen Hayes

Dust of the Damned by Peter Brandvold

Flashfire (Dragonfire, #7) by Deborah Cooke

Raven Cursed (Jane Yellowrock, #4) by Faith Hunter

Sins of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #4) by Diana Rowland

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

To Walk the Night (Kat Redding, #1) by E.S. Moore

Wild Wild Death (Pepper Martin #8) by Casey Daniels

Thurs Jan 5

A Witch in Winter  by Ruth Warburton

Fated by Sarah Alderson

Night School by Christi Daugherty

Happy Reading =)

Review: Bound by Kira Saito

Bound
Author:Kira Saito
Release Date: October 28, 2011 
Arelia LaRue Book #1
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Review Copy Source: Bewitching Book Tours

Sixteen year old Arelia LaRue lives in New Orleans where the music is loud, voodoo queens inhabit every street corner, and the ghosts are alive and well. Despite her surroundings, all she wants is to help her Grand-mere Bea pay the rent and save up for college.

When her best friend Sabrina convinces her to take a well-paying summer job at the infamous Darkwood plantation, owned by the wealthy LaPlante family, Arelia agrees.

However, at Darkwood strange things start to happen, and gorgeous Lucus LaPlante insists that he needs her help. Soon, the powers that Arelia has been denying all her life, come out to play and she discovers mysteries about herself that she could have never imagined. 

I had to contemplate this story for a while before I could think of what to write for a review and I'm still kinda feeling short for words so Im going to do this review a little different then I have done in the past.

Was the story interesting? Yes. There were some great little twists, imaginative situations and it was easy to get into.
Were the characters easy to follow and like? Yes and yes.
Was the setting likable? Yes I loved the New Orleans plantation setting.
Was the story paced well? uh kinda, there were certain times throughout the story that it tended to be a tad bit slow.
Was Arelia's best friend a total spoiled rich princess that got on my nerves? Y-E-S.
Did you like the ending? No, It didnt feel like the story was ready to end. It was just getting interesting again when all of a sudden the chapter ended and there was no more to read about. It wasn't just cliffhanger-ish but it made the story feel unfinished. It was a really cruddy place to end the book.
Will I read book 2? Maybe, I'm interested to see what happens but not overly excited to pick it up.

I gave it 3/5 stars

Week in Review 12/25-12/31

Books Ive Bought/received

*Witchful Thinking by H.P. Mallory- ARC- Librarything early review program

*Sins of the Demon by Diane Rowland- Purchased at B&N



Books I read

Untraceable by S.R. Johannes
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

Reviews posted


Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter
Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells
Blood Rites by Quinn Loftis

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


*I put up a trailer for SWITCHED by Amanda Hocking on Monday

*  Janet Lee Carey was here Wednesday promoting her upcoming release Dragonswood. Be sure to check out her post for a giveaway.

* Friday brought Quinn Loftis for a visit with a guest post and giveaway for her book Blood Rites

* Sorry that the blog has been a little off last week and this week. I was out of town on vacation and kinda just threw stuff together. Everything will be back to normal now that I'm home.

* Happy New Year =)

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*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.

Review: Blood Rites by Quinn Loftis

Blood Rites
Author:Quinn Loftis
Release Date: November 19, 2011
The Grey Wolves Book #2
Genre:Paranormal YA Romance
Review Copy Source: Author

With the challenge complete and the corrupt Alpha of Coldspring defeated Fane is now free to complete the mate bond with Jacque and perform the Blood Rites. Although the challenge is done, the affects are far reaching. Once it is known that Vasile, one of the strongest Alphas in the world is in America, specifically Coldspring, TX, there is one Alpha who cannot over look the significance of this. An Alpha who happens to share Jacque's DNA, but is this the one she needs to fear?

With her mom driving and her two best friends, Jen and Sally in tow, Jacque sets off for her happily ever after. She will soon realize a plan has been put in motion that will change her course and possibly tear her from Fane's grasp forever. It will take a wolf pack, her mother's love, her two best friend's unrelenting determination, her own will to survive and the undying love of her mate to bring her home. The question remains, if she fights, if she endures, who will she be, what will be left once she is back in her mates arms?

I wish I would have known that BLOOD RITES was book 2 before I read it. There were some parts that I was scratching my head wondering what they were talking about or or wishing I had some back story to go with some information and now I'm sure it was all in book 1 but alas I started reading book 2 with no background. While you can definitely enjoy BLOOD RITES without it I would probably read book 1 if you have the chance. (ha who am I to talk, I still didn't go back and read book 1 after I found out about it lol)

I was a little skeptical on whether or not I would enjoy BLOOD RITES going in to it. I wasn't crazy about the cover and I didn't know there was a book 1 so the blurb didn't really grab at me, but I'm glad I decided to give it a chance. Quinn's writing style flowed nicely, was easy to follow, and was easy to get into. Even though her characters were young and being mated everything was well explained at a Young Adult level while still being filled with romance and sticky situations. Fane and Jacque fit well together and were easy to like. I loved all the secondary characters. Jacque's best friends provided plenty of humor and support, while the little side love hate relationship between Jen and Decebel did a fantastic job of leading us to what will happen in book 3. All of the events of BLOOD RITES flowed nicely. There was plenty of conflict, heartache, action and werewolf politics to keep me on my toes as well as plenty of connection, romance and little things that made my heart melt.

Like I said before, I really wish I would have known about book 1, I'm not sure how I missed and and would have loved the back story but I still really enjoyed BLOOD RITES and would recommend it to all young adult werewolves book lovers.

I gave it 3.5/5 stars