Waiting on Wednesday #9

I've decided to come back from my hiatus with a Waiting on Wednesday post! Enjoy!

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's title being featured here is:

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? Open her heart to someone?
Or will she just go on living inside somebody else’s fiction?

How amazing does this book sound? I absolutely loved Eleanor and Park, so I have a feeling I will love this one as well.

Expected publication date: September 2013.

What are you looking forward to this Wednesday?

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Why I love YA + GIVEAWAY!

There is an amazing giveaway going on, so once you get done reading about why I love YA, go enter! :)
Young Adult books are my favorite kind of books to read. I just love the feeling I get while reading them. Being 19 years old, I just feel I can relate more to YA. I love the plots that YA authors come up with! Adult books of course have great plots as well, but the YA books just have a certain something that I can't exactly put my finger on; something that draws me to them.

Now, Since my answer to why I specifically love YA is pretty vague, I will just quickly say why I love books in general. I love the fact that no matter what is going on in my life, I can escape into a good story. I also love that it is a productive form of entertainment. You are exercising your mind, and broadening your vocabulary by reading. There are just so many benefits. Now, tell me why you love books, and particularly, why you love YA!
......and NOW go enter this AMAZING giveaway!!! 

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Waiting on Wednesday #8

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's title being featured here is:

Lullaby by Amanda Hocking (Watersong #2)

 

This is a sequel, so I will skip the synopsis, but CLICK HERE if you would like to go read it for yourself!
The first book, Wake, was so absolutely amazing. I need more ASAP!

Lullaby is scheduled to come out November 27th, 2012
and is published by St. Martin's Griffin.

What book are you waiting on this Wednesday? :)



IMM (#5)

IMM is a weekly MEME hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where every Sunday I share with you the books I got "In My Mailbox". If you wish to participate, visit The Story Siren's blog by clicking the link above.

Purchased:

 

Guardian by Rachel Morgan: Goodreads/Amazon

Labyrinth (Creepy Hollow series #2) by Rachel Morgan: Goodreads/Amazon

Won:

ARC of Tempest by Julie Cross: Goodreads/Amazon

ARC of Eve of Destruction (Dark Eden #2) by Patrick Carman: Goodreads/Amazon

Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder: Goodreads/Amazon

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Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Giveaway Hop

This Hop is hosted by I Am A Reader Not A Writer and Once Upon A Twilight.
I just want to start off by saying: 
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! 
 Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Chocolate and all the pretty pastel colors are so fun!

And here is a cute little picture to hopefully make you smile!

 Ok...enough of that. Time for the giveaway!
RULES: This giveaway is US only because I am having to ship it myself. SORRY :(

Here is what you can win:

A hardcover copy of Swoon by Nina Malkin!

The only requirement is that you follow this blog either by e-mail or GFC. If you follow both ways you get an extra entry! Woohoo :)
Just fill out the rafflecopter form below and your done!
After you enter, click HERE to continue hopping.
May the odds be ever in your favor!

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa Review

Goodreads Synopsis: Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.
Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die… or become one of the monsters.
Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.
Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.
But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for

Julie Kagawa has done it again.
Let me start off by saying that this is NO Iron Fey Series, so if you go into this book expecting something similar you will be disappointed. With that said it is no less amazing that Julie's previous series.
Allie Sekemoto is our main character, and I loved her. She comes from the Fringer life (which in this story is basically the hood) and she is rough around the edges, and was raised to think of no one but herself. Soon in her journey, though, she is forced between thinking like the Fringer Allie, or thinking like the new vampire Allie and saving the people she has come to care about.
We have two other main characters, Kanin and Zeke. I know what you are thinking, but I am happy to announce there is no love triangle...yet. It seems almost inevitable, and I am sure we will come across one in the future; but for now, there is only one love interest.
Kanin is Allison's "sensei" (sen-say), so to speak, when she joins the vampire world. I really enjoyed his character and I hope to see more of him in the rest of the series.
Zeke was a wonderful character that I immediately fell in love with, even when he was pointing a gun at Allison's chest. He was a great contrast to Allison's character, and I just loved them together.
As always in Julie's stories, every single character introduced had such depth, and they all felt like real people to me, no matter how small the character was to the story. Julie has a way with making the characters come alive, and it is one of the many things I love about her writing style.
Although this is an entirely different story from The Iron Fey series, Julie did not fail to take us on yet another amazing adventure that captured me from the start. I did not even want to put this book down long enough to eat my dinner.
There were quite a few similarities between The Rabids in this book and the creatures from the movie I Am Legend. In fact that was exactly how I was imagining The Rabids while reading. They are very vicious, and awful, creatures. Anytime they were mentioned in the story, my stomach was in a knot. It felt like such a real experience, but thankfully I did not have to face any Rabids myself, I don't think I could do it!
So, if you haven't figured it out by now, I simply loved this book. I highly recommend it! All of the Kagawa fans out there will not be disappointed!

I gave this book 5 stars!

You can find this book on Goodreads and on Amazon.com.

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