Top Ten Tuesday (96)

Oct 8

Top Ten TuesdayTop Ten Series Enders

Friends, while I was compiling my list for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, I realized something: I haven’t finished many series. Granted, this is largely because some of my favorites are still in progress and aren’t even finished yet (HELLO, A Song of Ice and Fire). Because of this, I decided to shout out some of my most anticipated series enders because hey, my list, my rules, right? But never fear: I’ve got a solid list of my favorite series enders (and, you know, one final book that left a sour taste in my mouth).

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Book Review | Under the Empyrean Sky | Chuck Wendig

Oct 7

Book cover for Under the Empyrean Sky by Chuck WendigTitle: Under the Empyrean Sky
Author: Chuck Wendig (web | twitter)
Series: The Heartland Trilogy #1
Genre: Dystopian YA
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Publisher: Amazon Children’s Publishing
Release date: July 30, 2013
Source: ARC from BEA

Summary: Corn is king in the Heartland, and Cael McAvoy has had enough of it. It’s the only crop the Empyrean government allows the people of the Heartland to grow ? and the genetically modified strain is so aggressive that it takes everything the Heartlanders have just to control it. As captain of the Big Sky Scavengers, Cael and his crew sail their rickety ship over the corn day after day, scavenging for valuables, trying to earn much-needed ace notes for their families. But Cael’s tired of surviving life on the ground while the Empyrean elite drift by above in their extravagant sky flotillas. He’s sick of the mayor’s son besting Cael’s crew in the scavenging game. And he’s worried about losing Gwennie ? his first mate and the love of his life ? forever when their government-chosen spouses are revealed. But most of all, Cael is angry ? angry that their lot in life will never get better and that his father doesn’t seem upset about any of it. Cael’s ready to make his own luck . . . even if it means bringing down the wrath of the Empyrean elite and changing life in the Heartland forever.

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The Legend of Korra Recap: Episode Four, “Civil Wars, Part 2”

Oct 3

Legend of Korra

Legend of Korra

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Tripping Over October

Oct 1

October

We are getting into the heart of what I always think of as big book season. SO MANY highly anticipated releases always seem to come out in the fall, the same way that movies released in the fall are meant to be bigger contenders for the season’s awards. I’m pretty stoked to get my mits of these titles coming out this October!

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Blog Tour Review | Blackmoore | Julianne Donaldson

Oct 1

Book cover for Blackmoore by Julianne DonaldsonTitle: Blackmoore
Author: Julianne Donaldson
Genre: Historical Romance
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Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Release date: September 9, 2013
Source: ARC from the publisher via NetGalley

Summary: Kate Worthington knows her heart and she knows she will never marry. Her plan is to travel to India instead—if only to find peace for her restless spirit and to escape the family she abhors. But Kate’s meddlesome mother has other plans. She makes a bargain with Kate: India, yes, but only after Kate has secured—and rejected—three marriage proposals.

Kate journeys to the stately manor of Blackmoore determined to fulfill her end of the bargain and enlists the help of her dearest childhood friend, Henry Delafield. But when it comes to matters of love, bargains are meaningless and plans are changeable. There on the wild lands of Blackmoore, Kate must face the truth that has kept her heart captive. Will the proposal she is determined to reject actually be the one thing that will set her heart free?

Set in Northern England in 1820, Blackmoore is a Regency romance that tells the story of a young woman struggling to learn how to follow her heart. It is Wuthering Heights meets Little Women with a delicious must-read twist.

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September Recap

Sep 30

September

September Recap

September was a big month for the books, friends. This is partly because my birthday is in September, so I always give myself a couple of bookish presents, hence the awesome hauls for my kindle and the print copies. But I also read lots of great books this month–HUZZAH!

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Book Review | Rose Under Fire | Elizabeth Wein

Sep 27

Book cover for Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth WeinTitle: Rose Under Fire
Author: Elizabeth Wein (web | twitter)
Series: Code Name Verity #2
Genre: Historical Fiction YA
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Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: September 10, 2013
Source: ARC from BEA

Summary: While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women’s concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners. But will that be enough to endure the fate that’s in store for her?

Elizabeth Wein, author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Code Name Verity, delivers another stunning WWII thriller. The unforgettable story of Rose Justice is forged from heart-wrenching courage, resolve, and the slim, bright chance of survival.

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Waiting on Wednesday (34): The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Sep 25

Waiting on Wednesday

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

Book cover for The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

 

Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga.

Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava—in all other ways a normal girl—is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naïve to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the Summer Solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.

WHOA. This debut sounds like it’s going to ROCK MY SOCKS RIGHT OFF MY FEET. Read that synopsis again and count the awesome things. It’s ok. I’ll wait. *waits and hums and daydreams about Ichabod Crane from the Sleepy Hollow TV show* So, did you see all the awesome things?! Magical realism, a girl who LITERALLY has wings, teenage angst, trouble with love, a boy who thinks said girl with feathers is an angel–I can’t deal. Like, I am ready to read this book NOW NOW NOW. Plus, I’m very much looking forward to the fact that THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SORROWS OF AVA LAVENDER  is Leslye Walton‘s debut, and that even the SYNOPSIS sounds pretty. That is some kind of good sign, I think.

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Top Ten Tuesday (95)

Sep 24

Top Ten TuesdayTop Ten Favorite Sequels

Friends, I LOOOOOVE series books. I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to let things go, so when I find out that there’s a new series coming out that I can get good and invested in, I just get jittery with excitement. I took this week’s Top Ten Tuesday pretty literally and chose my favorite second books in a series. Let’s get fangirly!

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Book Review | Where the Stars Still Shine | Trish Doller

Sep 23

Book cover for Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish DollerTitle: Where the Stars Still Shine
Author: Trish Doller (web | twitter)
Genre: Contemporary YA
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Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Release date: September 24, 2013
Source: ARC from the publisher via NetGalley (Thanks, Bloomsbury!)

Summary: Stolen as a child from her large and loving family, and on the run with her mom for more than ten years, Callie has only the barest idea of what normal life might be like. She’s never had a home, never gone to school, and has gotten most of her meals from laundromat vending machines. Her dreams are haunted by memories she’d like to forget completely. But when Callie’s mom is finally arrested for kidnapping her, and Callie’s real dad whisks her back to what would have been her life, in a small town in Florida, Callie must find a way to leave the past behind. She must learn to be part of a family. And she must believe that love–even with someone who seems an improbable choice–is more than just a possibility.

Trish Doller writes incredibly real teens, and this searing story of love, betrayal, and how not to lose your mind will resonate with readers who want their stories gritty and utterly true.

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