Stacking The Shelves #22

Sunday, 31 March 2013  , ,  2 comments


Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tyngas Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. Including books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Hey book nerds! :D I hope you're all doing well. :3 Happy Easter Sunday! :D I don't know if any of you celebrate it traditionally, I know my family doesn't, but we do buy Easter Eggs and have a family meal. : ) Every year on Easter Monday there is a Daffodil Fair in my village, it's always so much fun. There are loads of stalls, events and hundreds of people milling about. ^.^ It's been going on for over 20 years. ^.^ So yeah, I can't wait to go to it again as It was so wet and raining so hard last year that I didn't bother going. Anyway, that's it for today! I hope you've all had a great week in books - I know I have. :3

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A BIG thanks to Jaimie Admans who sent me this swag for participating in the Afterlife Academy launch party and for being signed up for the Blog Tour of her new novel in May. :)

The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1) by Megan Shepherd.

Another big Thank You to Harper Collins Voyager for sending me this copy of The Madman's Daughter for review! :D



E-books For Review

Fragments (Partials Sequence, #2) by Dan Wells.
Strangelets by Michelle Gagnon.

Fragments and Strangelets are eGalley's sent to me by Harper Collins UK and Soho Press via Net Galley for review. Thank you! :D

E-books Bought



The Wanderers by Jessica Miller.
Always And Forever by Karla J. Nellenbach.
Ravenous (The Ravening, #1) by Erica Stevens.
Dark World (Dark World Trilogy, #1) by Danielle Q. Lee.



Yet again I have gone crazy with e-Book buying! ^^; Although, to be fair; ALL of these e-Books were free from Amazon. :P So I honestly don't think that counts, does it? :3 I'm also very excited to have gotten my hands on all of these psychical books. However, the ones I'm probably most excited to have finally gotten (and to start) are Shift and Monument 14! :D I’m also really excited to start reading Shadowland, I loved the first two books in the Immortals series and the second one ended in a way that made me want to read the next book there and then. Unfortunately, I’m only just now getting my hands on it. xD Have you read any of these books? Let me know! ^.^


What books did you get this week? Leave me a comment or a link to your blog post and I'll be sure to check it out. ^.^ Happy reading! (:



Friday Finds #25

Friday, 29 March 2013    1 comment


Friday finds is a meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading which showcases the books you've recently ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list.

Hey Book Nerds! :3 How are you all doing today? :) I'm sorry that there was no Friday Finds post last week, but as I explained in a previous post; I realised I hadn't added any books to my TBR list last week! o_O Which is so strange, because I'm ALWAYS adding new ones to it.. :P Oh well! I hope you all enjoyed the Blog Tour I participated in yesterday, I loved the book and it was fun to review it for the tour. ^.^ It's still running, so if you wish to follow the rest of it, check the bottom of yesterdays post. :) I'm also participating in another Blog Tour at the beginning of next month - so don't forget to check that out as well. ^.^

Friday Finds

Broken and Screwed (Broken and Screwed, #1) by Tijan.
Alexandra's older brother died the night he graduated. That day changed everything for her. No longer was she the party girl. No longer did she care about being popular and no longer was her family the happy unit she always thought existed. The only person who could help her heal is the same person who loved her brother as much as she did, his best friend. She only hopes to keep her entire heart from breaking when Jesse will move on, and she knows he will. After Ethan died, Jesse excelled at basketball, partying, and girls. He used it all to turn his emotions off, but the irony was that Alex was the only person who could do that for him. She helped him forget, but she was the one person he shouldn't be with because the secrets he knows could shatter everything. They could shatter her.

Geek Girl by Holly Smale.
Harriet Manners knows a lot of things.
She knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a "jiffy" lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. What she isn't quite so sure about is why nobody at school seems to like her very much. So when she's spotted by a top model agent, Harriet grabs the chance to reinvent herself. Even if it means stealing her Best Friend's dream, incurring the wrath of her arch enemy Alexa, and repeatedly humiliating herself in front of the impossibly handsome supermodel Nick. Even if it means lying to the people she loves.

As Harriet veers from one couture disaster to the next with the help of her overly enthusiastic father and her uber-geeky stalker, Toby, she begins to realise that the world of fashion doesn't seem to like her any more than the real world did. And as her old life starts to fall apart, the question is: will Harriet be able to transform herself before she ruins everything?

Gravity (The Taking, #1) by Melissa West.
In the future, only one rule will matter: Don’t. Ever. Peek.
Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die. Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know — especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.

Angelfire (Angelfire, #1) by Courtney Allison Moulton.
First there are nightmares.
Every night Ellie is haunted by terrifying dreams of monstrous creatures that are hunting her, killing her.
Then come the memories.
When Ellie meets Will, she feels on the verge of remembering something just beyond her grasp. His attention is intense and romantic, and Ellie feels like her soul has known him for centuries. On her seventeenth birthday, on a dark street at midnight, Will awakens Ellie's power, and she knows that she can fight the creatures that stalk her in the grim darkness. Only Will holds the key to Ellie's memories, whole lifetimes of them, and when she looks at him, she can no longer pretend anything was just a dream.
Now she must hunt.
Ellie has power that no one can match, and her role is to hunt and kill the reapers that prey on human souls. But in order to survive the dangerous and ancient battle of the angels and the Fallen, she must also hunt for the secrets of her past lives and truths that may be too frightening to remember.

Summaries from Good Reads. I wish I could get my hands on copies of all of these books! :D Asda, a supermarket chain in the UK, are selling Geek Girl for £3.50 at the moment - so I may have to go get myself a copy. ^.^ Broken And Screwed is a kindle book I really want to buy. :3 As for the last two, I just think they look fantastic. The cover for Angelfire is gorgeous! :D Have you read any of my finds this week? Let me know! :)


What are your Friday Finds for this week? Leave me a comment or a link to your blog post and I'll be sure to check it out! ^.^ Happy reading! (:



Blog Tour: Aurora Sky, Vampire Hunter by Nikki Jefford Review

Thursday, 28 March 2013  , , ,  No comments

Thank you to Xpresso Book Tours for hosting this feature!



Title: Tranfusion.
Series: Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter, #1.
Author: Nikki Jefford.
Publication Date: December 9th, 2012.
Publisher: Create Space.
Format: Kindle eBook.
Source: Recieved e-copy for blog tour.
My Rating:



If there is one thing eighteen-year-old Aurora Sky wants, it’s to get off the iceberg she calls home. Being kissed before she graduates wouldn’t hurt either.

Then a near-fatal car wreck changes everything. Government agents step in and save Aurora’s life in exchange for her services as a vampire hunter. In Alaska. Basically she’s a glorified chew toy. All thanks to her rare blood type, which sends a vampire into temporary paralysis right before she has to finish the job… by hand.

Now Aurora’s only friends are groupies of the undead and the only boy she can think about may very well be a vampire. And if he’s a vampire, will she be forced to kill him?


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Review

I received an e-Book copy of this book for a blog tour, in exchange for an honest review.

Transfusion was a fantastic book that kept me on edge and propelled me to keep on turning the pages to read more and more. This novel was incredibly unique with such an interesting, well thought out and fascinating plot that I didn’t want it to end! Throughout the entire book, you can easily tell how fresh, fun and original everything is, right down to the littlest of details.

Aurora Sky is a bit of a social outcast, but is determined to keep calm and carry on throughout her remaining time left at High School. Aurora has been accepted at a top league college, Notre Dame, and can’t wait to get out of her small town in Alaska. Suddenly, Aurora is in a car crash that leaves her fatally injured and on the verge of death – until suddenly, the government steps in with a proposal. Aurora’s mother happily signs away her daughter’s future to the government to save Aurora’s life. The downside (at least, Aurora think so), is that she has now unwillingly become a Vampire Hunter. With the help of a special vaccination created by the government, mixed with her rare blood type, Aurora’s blood temporarily paralyses any Vampire who may happen to bite her. Aurora is sent out into the field, with her mentor, Dante, to assassinate any Vampires that she finds.

I loved Aurora’s character; she was such a typical teenager that it made me smile. She’s stubborn, hot-headed and doesn’t get along with her parents very well. Other than that, Aurora is also funny, smart and well grounded. Obviously, Aurora has been through a lot, but I found that throughout the novel her character was constantly growing and maturing into an even better version of her original self. I was constantly laughing at different things Aurora would say or do; she has that teenage arrogance and witty sarcasm that made me like her character even more.

As for Fane’s character, I loved him from the start. He’s dark and mysterious, brooding and alluring. I’ve probably mentioned how much I love those characteristics in male characters before – but I’ll say it again – I love them! Alongside with being all mystifying and puzzling, he was also really sweet, kind and cares a great deal about the people in his life. The book doesn’t got a whole lot deeper into Fane’s character, which was a bit disappointing, but none the less, I thought his character was great.

I loved the fact that the relationship between Aurora and Fane was not insta-love. Sometimes I can read it and enjoy it, but most of the time it really irritates me because things just don’t happen like that in real life. Aurora and Fane’s relationship grows and blossoms into a passionate and sweet relationship. They connected on a whole different level and the chemistry between them was really intense. I loved how they took time to get to know each other and how much Fane took care to Aurora. It made their relationship even more believable and sweet.

Although I was pretty much in love with this book, I ended up bumping it down a star because at times, the plot got a little confusing and often one scene would suddenly jump quickly to another with no warning what so ever. I also thought that the novel was a little rushed and wished it could have gone into a little more detail in certain places. However, these things did not diminish my opinion of Transfusion. I thought Nikki Jefford’s writing was amazing and captured the everyday teen’s actions and personalities really well – I’ll definitely be reading more by Nikki Jefford in the future. Overall, I really enjoyed reading Transfusion - it was such a fantastic read - and I can’t wait for the sequel to be released!


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Nikki Jefford is a third generation Alaskan who loves fictional bad boys and heroines who kick butt. She is the author of the Spellbound Trilogy and upcoming Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter series. Nikki married Sebastien, the love of her life, while working as a teaching assistant in France. They now reside in the not-so-tropical San Juan Islands, 70 miles northeast of Forks, Washington.

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Review: Transfusion by Nikki Jefford

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Title: Tranfusion.
Series: Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter, #1.
Author: Nikki Jefford.
Publication Date: December 9th, 2012.
Publisher: Create Space.
Format: Kindle eBook.
Source: Recieved e-copy for blog tour.
My Rating:



If there is one thing eighteen-year-old Aurora Sky wants, it’s to get off the iceberg she calls home. Being kissed before she graduates wouldn’t hurt either.

Then a near-fatal car wreck changes everything. Government agents step in and save Aurora’s life in exchange for her services as a vampire hunter. In Alaska. Basically she’s a glorified chew toy. All thanks to her rare blood type, which sends a vampire into temporary paralysis right before she has to finish the job… by hand.

Now Aurora’s only friends are groupies of the undead and the only boy she can think about may very well be a vampire. And if he’s a vampire, will she be forced to kill him?


Amazon UK Amazon US Book Depository

Transfusion was a fantastic book that kept me on edge and propelled me to keep on turning the pages to read more and more. This novel was incredibly unique with such an interesting, well thought out and fascinating plot that I didn’t want it to end! Throughout the entire book, you can easily tell how fresh, fun and original everything is, right down to the littlest of details.

Aurora Sky is a bit of a social outcast, but is determined to keep calm and carry on throughout her remaining time left at High School. Aurora has been accepted at a top league college, Notre Dame, and can’t wait to get out of her small town in Alaska. Suddenly, Aurora is in a car crash that leaves her fatally injured and on the verge of death – until suddenly, the government steps in with a proposal. Aurora’s mother happily signs away her daughter’s future to the government to save Aurora’s life. The downside (at least, Aurora think so), is that she has now unwillingly become a Vampire Hunter. With the help of a special vaccination created by the government, mixed with her rare blood type, Aurora’s blood temporarily paralyses any Vampire who may happen to bite her. Aurora is sent out into the field, with her mentor, Dante, to assassinate any Vampires that she finds.

I loved Aurora’s character; she was such a typical teenager that it made me smile. She’s stubborn, hot-headed and doesn’t get along with her parents very well. Other than that, Aurora is also funny, smart and well grounded. Obviously, Aurora has been through a lot, but I found that throughout the novel her character was constantly growing and maturing into an even better version of her original self. I was constantly laughing at different things Aurora would say or do; she has that teenage arrogance and witty sarcasm that made me like her character even more.

As for Fane’s character, I loved him from the start. He’s dark and mysterious, brooding and alluring. I’ve probably mentioned how much I love those characteristics in male characters before – but I’ll say it again – I love them! Alongside with being all mystifying and puzzling, he was also really sweet, kind and cares a great deal about the people in his life. The book doesn’t got a whole lot deeper into Fane’s character, which was a bit disappointing, but none the less, I thought his character was great.

I loved the fact that the relationship between Aurora and Fane was not insta-love. Sometimes I can read it and enjoy it, but most of the time it really irritates me because things just don’t happen like that in real life. Aurora and Fane’s relationship grows and blossoms into a passionate and sweet relationship. They connected on a whole different level and the chemistry between them was really intense. I loved how they took time to get to know each other and how much Fane took care to Aurora. It made their relationship even more believable and sweet.

Although I was pretty much in love with this book, I ended up bumping it down a star because at times, the plot got a little confusing and often one scene would suddenly jump quickly to another with no warning what so ever. I also thought that the novel was a little rushed and wished it could have gone into a little more detail in certain places. However, these things did not diminish my opinion of Transfusion. I thought Nikki Jefford’s writing was amazing and captured the everyday teen’s actions and personalities really well – I’ll definitely be reading more by Nikki Jefford in the future. Overall, I really enjoyed reading Transfusion - it was such a fantastic read - and I can’t wait for the sequel to be released!


Quotes
I felt like throwing up when I heard the word "feed." Instinctively I touched my neck and pulled back bloody fingers.
"This is your gift, Aurora. Your blood. Now finish the creature off."
I pushed muself into sitting position and looking toward the mirror. The ghoulish wheezing behind me didn't let up. - Loc 806, 19%.

Ivo's razor teeth pierced through my skin. He dug in deep and shook his mouth like a bloodthirsty wolf. My skin tore. Blood spilled down my neck. My heart pumped blood up my throat. Ivo drank greedily. One,two,three,four,five...six. I counted in my head.
Suddenly his jaw slackened. His grip weakened. He fell on top of me, convulsing. I shoved him off. While he twitched, I pulled up my pant leg and took out the dagger. His eyes bulged. - Loc 2311, 56%.

As soon as I stepped out of the Jeep, Dante pulled away and barreled down the road. This was one girl he didn't have to worry about seeing to the door...though he could have waited to make sure I reached it. The air felt balmy compared to Fairbanks, but an instant shiver ran down my spine. I glanced at the forest at the top of the hill.
I didn't see anyone, but I felt like I was being watched. - Loc 3363, 82%.


Waiting On Wednesday: Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike

Wednesday, 27 March 2013    4 comments


"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Hey Book Nerds! ^.^ How are you all doing today? :D I'm so sorry for the lack of updates lately, things have been weird for me - but hopefully things will be sorted out soon. :) My reading schedule has been a bit out of whack as well, so that's why I didn't post a Teaser Tuesday yesterday, sorry guys! ^^; There’s not a whole lot else to say really; but try not to forget I'm part of the blog tour for Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter tomorrow - be sure to check it out along with my review and a giveaway. (: I hope you're all having a great week so far! :D





Title: Earthbound.
Author: Aprilynne Pike.
Expected Publication: July 30th, 2013.
Publisher: Razorbill.
Format: Hardback, 352 pages.



Tavia Michaels is the sole survivor of the plane crash that killed her parents. When she starts to see strange visions of a boy she’s never spoken with in real life, she begins to suspect that there’s much about her past that she isn’t being told. Tavia will soon to discover that she’s an Earthbound—someone with the ability to create matter out of nothing—and that she alone holds the key to stopping the Reduciata, an evil society that manipulates global events for its own shadowy purposes. Tavia will ultimately have to make a choice: to come into her powers and save the world from the evil Reduciata or to choose free will and a love of her own.

I absolutely LOVE the cover for this book, its fantastic! :D The colours are also so gorgeous. As for the book, it looks like it's going to be an incredible read. The premise looks amazing, I've always loved the whole 'sole survivor of an accident' type of books - does that make me weird? xD I hope not! :P I also love books with magical powers of sorts in. ^.^ What do you guys think of the looks of this book? :) Let me know!


What are you "Waiting On" this Wednesday? Leave me a comment or a link to your blog post and I'll be sure to check it out! :D Happy Reading. (:



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