On my Wishlist (7)

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It's where I list all the books I desperately want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It's also an event that you can join in with too - Mr Linky is always at the ready for you to link your own 'On My Wishlist' post. If you want to know more click here.

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Today I'm going to feature an author for no other reason that I honestly want, so so so much to read her books. And to buy them all is... well, a little bit expensive right now with my wedding so soon (how come weddings are so expensive?! sigh...). Nevermind that, here you have the first book of each series I'm dying to read:

Stray
by Rachel Vincent
Official Blurb:

There are only eight breeding female werecats left... And I'm one of them. I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds.

Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked.

I'd been warned about Strays -- werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female, and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.

This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back... for my own protection. Yeah, right. But I'm no meek kitty. I'll take on whatever -- and whoever -- I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays -- 'cause I got claws, and I'm not afraid to use them...

And I was thinking (dreaming is free, right?) to buy this whole series this week but sadly for me (and happily for my fiancé) The Book Depository doesn't have the first and third book with the old covers which are the ones I like:

My Soul to Take
by Rachel Vincent
Official Blurb:

She doesn't see dead people, but…
She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.

Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next...

So, there you go, wouldn't it be nice if someone gives me all the books as a wedding gift? *looking at my fiancé who is completely ignoring me...* Oh well, I tried.

What about you? Something to share with me?^^

Feature & Follow Friday (8)

Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly meme created by Parajunkee and co-hosted by Alison Can Read where bloggers hop around meeting and following other bloggers.

To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

(Required) Follow Parajunkee.com  and Alison Can Read (our hosts).

(Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers - Teen Fiction Centre & Steph Likes Books.

Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. LINKY TOOLS IS BACK! I paid for the subscription - finally so now you can add the links to your own post!!! To add the code to your own post click on GET THE CODE here under the list of names.

Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments

Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"

If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

If you're new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

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Q. How has your reading habits changed since you were a teen?

or if you are still a teen what new genres are you in love with currently?

Hum... actually? I'm not sure... I think that when I was a teenager I used to read more since I had more free time and usually my parents didn't question the books I liked to read so I had a lot of freedom (BTW, thanks mom and dad, you rock!).

Changes? I think that now I like YA a lot more, hahahaha. And I have discovered new genres this year like Dystopian and Steampunk which are awesome!

Oh! Yeah, there's one thing that has changed: Now I don't need to hide a flashlight near my bed to read during the night!!! My parents didn't like the fact that I read until 3 or 4am... ^^U Can't blame them... after that I always was sleepy during classes xD

And you? Have you changed something?

Waiting on Wednesday (5)

- "Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted in Breaking the Spine. This meme spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
- If you want to participate add your "Waiting On Wednesday" to the linky list in her post!

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I'm going to be honest, I haven't read "Halo" yet but it should be arriving very soon *crossing fingers* and I'm completely sure I'm going to like it so this one is a  MUST:

Name: Hades

Author: Alexandra Adornetto

Release Date: 8/30/2011

Official Blurb:

Bethany and Xavier are even closer since battling Jake Thorn and his evil influence (in Halo) and Beth and her angel siblings must still protect Venus Cove from the Dark Forces.

When a party game – a séance – inadvertently releases Jake from the Underworld, he disguises himself and tricks Beth into taking a ride on his motorcycle. When the highway opens up and swallows them, Beth learns too late that she’s now a prisoner in hell. What happens to angels there? As her archangel brother, Gabriel, her sister Ivy, Xavier, and her best friend, Molly search for her, Beth must weigh Jake’s bargaining for her freedom: one night with him, and she will be released back to Earth.
Can Jake be trusted in this wager? And is he also using Beth to engineer the fall of the archangel Gabriel? Xavier has already lost one love – when Jake tricks him into thinking that Bethany is dead, his grief and anger result in a betrayal that will leave Bethany – and readers – wondering if he is so good after all.

It will be up to Beth to use everything she’s learned about her powers as an angel – and about love – to free herself and those she loves from the clutches of Hades.

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And this book sounds very promising so I decided to add it to my wishlist too, hehe.

Name: Flame of Surrender

Author: Rhiannon Paille

Release Date: 11/1/2011

Official Blurb:

The boy who follows death meets the girl who could cause the apocalypse.

Krishani thinks he’s doomed until he meets Kaliel, the one girl on the island of Avristar who isn’t afraid of him. She’s unlike the other girls, she swims with merfolk, talks to trees and blooms flowers with her touch. What he doesn’t know is that she’s a flame, one of nine individually hand crafted weapons, hidden in the body of a seemingly harmless girl.

Nobody has fallen in love with a flame until now. She becomes Krishani’s refuge from the dreams of death and the weather abilities he can’t control. Striking down thousand year old trees with lightning isn’t something he tries to do, it just happens. When the Ferryman dies, Krishani knows that he’s the next and that a lifetime of following death is his destiny.

And Kaliel can’t come with him. The Valtanyana are hunting the flames, the safest place for her is Avristar. Krishani can’t bear to leave her, and one innocent mistake grants the Valtanyana access to their mystical island. They’re coming for Kaliel, and they won’t stop until every last living creature on Avristar is dead. She has to choose, hide, face them, or awaken the flame and potentially destroy herself.

And you, guys? What are you desperately waiting to read? I'd love to know^^

1000 Followers Giveaway @ Gripped into Books!

Whatever you are doing, stop. Now.
Did you stop? Good. Why am I telling you to stop? Well, you really really need to click HERE and enter is this fabulous giveaway... I'm not going to say anything else, just... believe me, you WANT to go very badly.

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Book Review: Queen of the Dead

Queen of the Dead

by Stacey Kade
Series: The Ghost and the Goth #2
Release date: 31st May, 2011
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages: 266 (Hardcover bought for me)
Third book: Title unknown

Summary from Goodreads:

After being sent back from the light, Alona Dare - former homecoming queen, current Queen of the Dead - finds herself doing something she never expected: working. Instead of spending days perfecting her tan by the pool (her typical summer routine when she was, you know, alive), Alona must now cater to the needs of other lost spirits. By her side for all of this - ugh - “helping of others” is Will Killian: social outcast, seer of the dead, and someone Alona cares about more than she’d like.

Before Alona can make a final ruling on Will’s “friend” or “more” status, though, she discovers trouble at home. Her mom is tossing out Alona’s most valuable possessions, and her dad is expecting a new daughter with his wicked wife. Is it possible her family is already moving on? Hello! She’s only been dead for two months! Thankfully, Alona knows just the guy who can put a stop to this mess.

Unfortunately for Alona, Will has other stuff on his mind, and Mina, a young (and beautiful) seer, is at the top of the list. She’s the first ghost-talker Will’s ever met—aside from his father—and she may hold answers to Will’s troubled past. But can she be trusted? Alona immediately puts a check mark in the “clearly not” column. But Will is - ahem - willing to find out, even if it means leaving a hurt and angry Alona to her own devices, which is never a good idea.

Book Review: Blood and Light

Blood and Light

by Rue Volley
Series: Blood and Light series #1
Release date: 20th July, 2011
Publisher: Vamptasy Publishing
Pages: 347 (Epub sent by the author)
Second book: Smoke and Mirrors

Summary from Goodreads:

Enter into the world of 16 year old Rue Volley...who up until one fateful night at a party, thought she was "normal" or as "normal" as she could be. But normal does not include being a vampire...a truth about herself that she will soon discover.

Rue lives in the quiet little town of Calvary, Minnesota...nestled in the thick woods lining the great lakes. Rue, along with her brother Kai have lived an otherwise calm life up until their Mother was commited into Rolling River Asylum, after she mysteriously stopped speaking to anyone. Rue is convinced by her brother to attend a party on her birthday and after she experiences something that she cannot explain, she and everyone in her world is thrown into madness. Join Rue on this epic journey, 6 books in all, as she struggles with grief, love, humor, old crushes, new found infatuations, hot boys AND vampires, lots and lots of them.

This first book in the series starts you on a journey that you will find hard to ignore and once you start reading you will be hooked...or perhaps bitten.