Sunday, March 30, 2014

Sunday Post - 90 & Stacking the Shelves - 57

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~ It's a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

I may or may not have gone to see Divergent again yesterday with Holly.Yep. It's just that good. The rest of the week was pretty low key. I won't say I'm in a reading slump, but I'm having trouble deciding what to pick up next. Anyone want to check out my TBR in my possession shelf and give me some suggestions??? I'd appreciate it. My brother is also working on his second book and so I started proofreading his first draft earlier this week.

THIS PAST WEEK:

Monday: Review of Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover (4 Stars)
Tuesday: All-Time Favorite Book Boyfriends &
2014 Series Enders Reading Challenge - March Wrap Up
Wednesday: Waiting on Shatter (True Believers, # 4) by Erin McCarthy
Thursday: Review of Almost by Anne Eliot (4 Stars)
Friday: Review of Wait for You (Wait for You, # 1) by J Lynn (3.5 Stars)

UPCOMING THIS WEEK:

Monday: March EOM Wrap Up
Tuesday: Top Ten Gateway Books/Authors
Wednesday: Waiting on Wednesday
Thursday: Review of Derailed (Clayton Falls, # 1) by Alyssa Rose Ivy
Friday: Review of Breathe (Sea Breeze, # 1) by Abbi Glines

Don't forget to sign up for the 2014 Series Enders Reading Challenge! Each month there will be a giveaway for those participating with a BIG giveaway at the end of the year! Click on the picture below or the link above to find out more!

Take Control of Your TBR Pile 2014

I'm also participating in Kimba's March 2014 Take Control of Your TBR Pile Challenge.

My Goals:

    1) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, # 3) by Stieg Larsson
    2) Inhuman (Fetch, # 1) by Kat Falls
    3) Kiss of Fire (Imdalind, # 1) by Rebecca Ethington
    4) The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 2) by Michelle Hodkin
    5) Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly, # 1) by Susan Dennard
    6) Article 5 (Article 5, # 1) by Kristen Simmons
    7) Pivot Point (Pivot Point, # 1) by Kasie West
    8) Shatter Me (Shatter Me, # 1) by Tahereh Mafi
    9) Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy, # 1) by Jennifer Estep
    10) A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, # 5) by George R R Martin (I doubt I’ll finish this one, but a girl can hope, right?)
    11) Passion (Fallen, # 3) by Lauren Kate

And I actually finished a couple that weren't on my original goals list but have been on my TBR List for a while.

    12) Emma by Jane Austen
    13) Matched (Matched, # 1) by Ally Condie

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Push

By: Claire Wallis

Expected Publication: May 1st 2014 by Harlequin MIR

400 pages

Genre: New Adult, Contemporary

Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)

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Goodreads description--I feel like I am wrapped in a cyclone. Everything is whirling around me, drawing the air out of my lungs and filling me with the best kind of turmoil. Every time his tongue slides against mine, a prickle in my gut tells me how right we are together. How much I need David. How much I need us.

I hope the cyclone never stops.

Emma Searfoss has spent a lifetime trying to escape her abusive stepfather. It's why she moved far away from home. It's why she's kept no ties with her remaining family. And it's why she's got a major rage problem. When her neighbor shows up to fix the kitchen in her new apartment, his enigmatic charm calms the fire in her. David is cool and collected, and he makes Emma feel safe for the first time ever. But David has his own chilling past—his six previous girlfriends have all disappeared without a trace. Emma's walking a dangerous line, but David's pull is intoxicating. And impossible to resist…

This is a new adult romance with mature content for readers 17 and up.

Matched (Matched, # 1)

By: Ally Condie

Published: November 30th 2010 by Dutton Juvenile

369 pages

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction

Source: Borrowed from the Public Library

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Goodreads description--Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

Anathema (Casual Enchantment, # 1)

By: KA Tucker

Published: July 15th 2011 by Papoti Books

284 pages

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal

Source: Kindle Freebie Deal

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Goodreads description--Evangeline has spent her teenage years in obscurity. Her foster parents have the emotional aptitude of robots and her classmates barely acknowledge her existence. About to turn eighteen and feeling like a social pariah, she is desperate to connect with someone. Anyone.

When Evangeline meets Sophie after literally stumbling upon her café, she believes she’s found that connection. Willing to do anything to keep it, she accepts a job as Sofie’s assistant and drops everything to fly to Manhattan, where she is thrust into a luxurious world of Prada, diamonds, and limitless cash.

With such generosity and kindness, it’s easy for Evangeline to dismiss certain oddities... like Sofie’s erratic and sometimes violent behavior, and the monstrous guard dogs. She’s even willing to dismiss her vivid dreams of mob-style murders, beautiful homeless people living in caves, and white-eyed demons that haunt her each night as figments of her imagination—especially when one of those figments is the gorgeous Caden. When she wakes up with bite marks on her neck, the fairy tale quickly turns into a nightmare. She slowly unravels the mystery surrounding Sofie and friends, and the reality of the bites and the “dreams.” What she discovers is far more mysterious and terrible than anything she could have imagined.

In a world where everyone has motive to lie for personal gain, Evangeline must decide which deception is least likely to get her killed.

That's it for my shelves and recaps of my past and upcoming week. What did you add to your shelves this week? Any bookish news you want to talk about? Let me know!