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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Cover Reveal: Keepers by Laura Kreitzer + Info on Laura's Massive Giveaway

Keepers

Timeless Series Novella

Author: Laura Kreitzer

Reading Level: YA

Release Date: March 2012

Publisher: Revolution Publishing Inc.

Read an Excerpt

Summary: (from goodreads) After the battle in Italy, Joseph tries to live a normal life, but that’s just not in the cards for him. He’s engaged to the Illuminator’s sister Jenna, has a Fallen Angel bodyguard, and plans on adopting the cutest five year old anyone’s ever seen. If that isn’t enough to keep anyone busy, now Joseph’s home is under attack by reporters and protestors. After a frightening incident that leaves his house in ashes, he decides he’s had enough. Joseph’s ready to begin his life, but he can’t until the threat of the Empyrean Guard is neutralized. It’s war.

Laura will be hosting a Massive Giveaway for the next 6 weeks. The giveaway will end on 4/14. The prizes will be determined by the amount of ebook downloads/sales she gets.

Here is what she will be offering:

74 books (15 signed)
2 Kindles
1 Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet
A manuscript edit of 90k words or advance reading copies of Fallen Legion and Burning Falls
1 Mac mini
A food date with her
And a very Top Secret prize

Read all about the rules over at Laura's website.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Best books: 2000 likes mega giveaway!!

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Waiting on Wednesday (16)

Defiance(Defiance #1) Author: C.J. Redwine Release Date: August 28th 2012 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Author's Website

Summery:

Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector, her father’s apprentice, Logan—the same boy Rachel declared her love for two years ago, and the same boy who handed her heart right back to her. Left with nothing but fierce belief in her father’s survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself. But treason against the Commander carries a heavy price, and what awaits her in the Wasteland could destroy her.

At nineteen, Logan McEntire is many things. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprentice to the city’s top courier, Logan is focused on learning his trade so he can escape the tyranny of Baalboden. But his plan never included being responsible for his mentor’s impulsive daughter. Logan is determined to protect her, but when his escape plan goes wrong and Rachel pays the price, he realizes he has more at stake than disappointing Jared.

As Rachel and Logan battle their way through the Wasteland, stalked by a monster that can’t be killed and an army of assassins out for blood, they discover romance, heartbreak, and a truth that will incite a war decades in the making.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Whats Coming This Week? (11)

Paperback:

The Compelled (The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries, #6)

Midnight (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #3)

The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #3)

The Compelled (The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries Series #6), by L. J. Smith.

Midnight (Vampire Diaries: The Return Series #3), by L. J. Smith.

Invincible (Chronicles of Nick Series #2), by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

The Dark and Hollow Places (Forest of Hands and Teeth Series #3), by Carrie Ryan.

Girl, Stolen, by April Henry.

Steel, by Carrie Vaughn.

Miles from Ordinary, by Carol Lynch Williams.

Hardback:

Moonsong (The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters, #2)

Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls, #5)

Froi of the Exiles (Lumatere Chronicles, #2)

Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls Series #5), by Ally Carter.

Infamous (Chronicles of Nick Series #3), by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Spell Bound (Hex Hall Series #3), by Rachel Hawkins.

Moonsong (The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters #2), by L. J. Smith.

Starters, by Lissa Price.

The Savage Grace (Dark Divine Series #3), by Bree Despain.

Froi of the Exiles (Lumatere Chronicles Series), by Melina Marchetta.

Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator, by Josh Berk.

The Difference Between You and Me, by Madeleine George.

Wanderlove, by Kirsten Hubbard.

Teaser Tuesday (17)

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:

“My heart did a double flip inside my chest as soon as I laid eyes on it. I hadn’t realized how much I’d been longing for it until I saw it in someone else’s possession.”

Page 147 of 304

Abandon

(Abandon Trilogy #1)

Author: Meg Cabot

Released: April 26th 2011

Publisher: Point

Review: Starters (Starters #1) by Lissa Price

Hardcover, 323 pages

Published September 7th 2010 by HarperTeen

Summery:

Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie. Callie's only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man.

He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders—seniors who want to be young again. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. But the neurochip they place in Callie's head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, and going out with a senator's grandson. It feels almost like a fairy tale, until Callie discovers that her renter intends to do more than party—and that Prime Destinations' plans are more evil than Callie could ever have imagined. . . .

My Review:

Callie's parents died after the Spore Wars and now it's just her and her seven year old brother Tyler. Tyler is sick with a rare lung disorder and Callie needs money so she can buy them a house to live in. But, the renting does not go as planned and Callie is stuck pretending to be the person who rented her body. She keeps hearing a voice in the back of her head and things start taking a weird turn. Everyday that passes, Callie starts learns more and more about what her renter was really up to.

At first teens renting out their bodies to old people was really creepy idea to me and I didn't think it was a type of book that I would like but I was picked to be an Ambuzzador for it and I'm really happy that I was. I felt really bad for Callie because felt she had no other choice but to rent out her body and I thought she faced it with so much courage. You could really tell that her brother meant the world to her and that she would do anything and everything necessary to give him a better life. Callie is an incredibly strong character and I found it very easy to like her.

Starters is a awesome dystopian book and I'm positive dystopia fans will love it even if your not a fan of dystopia you should defiantly try it. Things that happened toward the end really took me by surprise and left me eager to see what happens next!