Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday

Most Anticipated 2015 Debuts:

1.

Goodreads * Buy Me
Released: January 13, 2015
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 366
ISBN:0316213071






2.

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Released: January 6, 2015
Publisher: Amulet Books
Pages: 416
ISBN: 1419712292





3.


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Released: January 6, 2015
Publisher: Del Rey
Pages: 464
ISBN: 0345539818





4.

Goodreads * Buy Me
Released: January 27, 2015
Publisher: Harper Teen
Pages: 288
ISBN: 006231050X







5.

Goodreads * Buy Me
Released: February 10, 2015
Publisher: Orion
Pages: 320
ISBN: 1409151174





6.


Goodreads * Buy Me
Released: April 14, 2015
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Pages: 336
ISBN: 1627790276






7.

Goodreads * Buy Me
Released: January 27, 2015
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 256
ISBN: 1250060559





8. Winter By Marissa Meyer ( No cover yet )
                                                Goodreads * Buy Me
                                                Released: November 24, 2015
                                                Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
                                                Pages: Unknown
                                                ISBN: 0312642989


9.

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Released: April 7, 2015
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0399256946






10. 

Goodreads

Released: September 2015
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: Unknown
ISBN: Unknown








Sunday, January 4, 2015

House of Ivy and Sorrow By Natalie Whipple

House of Ivy and Sorrow
By Natalie Whipple

Published: April 5, 2014
Publisher: Harperteen
Pages: 360
ISNB: 0062120182

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Josephine Hemlock has spent the last 10 years hiding from the Curse that killed her mother. But when a mysterious man arrives at her ivy-covered, magic-fortified home, it’s clear her mother’s killer has finally come to destroy the rest of the Hemlock bloodline. Before Jo can even think about fighting back, she must figure out who she’s fighting in the first place. The more truth Jo uncovers, the deeper she falls into witchcraft darker than she ever imagined. Trapped and running out of time, she begins to wonder if the very Curse that killed her mother is the only way to save everyone she loves.

My Review:
This was a really fun and super quick read. It was such an original story as far as the magic goes. I loved the way the magic was used and the means about getting it. The story is very gripping, I was immediately attached to most of the characters, although there were some that were just unmemorable to me I still liked them all while reading. I gave this book 4 stars because of the ending, I didn't like how easily everything wrapped up. I wish there would have been more of an ending to the main problem. It was just too simple for me. It is a really wonderful standalone novel and a great read for anyone who loves to magic and a hint of romance.

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Top 14 Books of 2014

Top 14 Books of 2014

-These are in no order and not all of them came out in 2014 these are just my top picks from the books I read in 2014. If you would like to see a review done on any of these books please leave a comment below and I will get on that.

1. Saga Vol. 1
2.  House of Ivy and Sorrow
3. The Road
4. Shatter me
5. Across the Universe
6. Obsidian
7. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
8. The Program
9. The Darkest Minds
10. Cinder
11. Clockwork Angel
12. Landline
13. A Monster Calls
14. Divergent

Friday, December 26, 2014

Shatter Me Series

Shatter Me Series By Tahereh Mafi
Shatter me
By Tahereh Mafi

Published: October 2, 2012
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 340
ISBN: 
0062085506


Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior



Unravel Me
By Tahereh Mafi

Published: February 5, 2013
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 461
ISBN: 0062085530


tick
tick
tick
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it's almost
time for war.

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.

She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.

Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.

Ignite Me

By Tahereh Mafi

Published: February 4, 2014
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 408
ISBN: 0062318780


The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, called “a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love.”

With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that’s not all he wants with her.

The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a captivating and original story that combines the best of dystopian  and paranormal, and was praised by Publishers Weekly as “a gripping read from an author who’s not afraid to take risks.” Now this final book brings the series to a shocking and satisfying end


Unite Me

By Tahereh Mafi

(Destroy Me & Fracture Me)

Published: February 4, 2014
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages:197
ISBN:0062327968


Destroy Me tells the events between Shatter Me and Unravel Me from Warner’s point of view. Even though Juliette shot him in order to escape, Warner can’t stop thinking about her—and he’ll do anything to get her back. But when the Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment arrives, he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner cannot allow.

Fracture Me is told from Adam’s perspective and bridges the gap between Unravel Me and Ignite Me. As the Omega Point rebels prepare to fight the Sector 45 soldiers, Adam's more focused on the safety of Juliette, Kenji,and his brother. The Reestablishment will do anything to crush the resistance . . . including killing everyone Adam cares about.

My Review:

Without giving away any spoilers I will say I loved this series. It is written almost as a Juliette's journal, this aspect makes it a super easy book to just fly through. The story itself is very exciting. I love the "super"powers. I love the way the story builds and gets stronger as our main character builds and gets stronger. Shatter me is definitely my favorite book of the series, I just really enjoyed entering this story. My least favorite is Ingite me only because I felt the come down of the climax of the series was a bit rushed and a little too easy. I think the main problems and issues were lost in the romantic issues. Overall I think the series is great I can't rave about it enough, everyone  should read this series. As for the novellas that go along with the series, they are a must read. They show you a different point of view from two of the characters, that in my opinion completely change the story and how I saw the characters.

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Where Have I Been?

Hi everyone!
So I went a little MIA for about a month and I am sorry but I have good reason.
I just moved back to the states from Germany (: Although I had a wonderful experience living there I just really needed to come back home. So that is where I have been. With moving a settling back in at home I have had no time to write reviews or read very much. I can promise you all this. I will writing reviews very soon so keep a look out for those and I promise not to go MIA again (:
xoxo Tayler

Sunday, November 9, 2014

If I Stay Duology By Gayle Forman

If I Stay
By Gayle Forman
Published: April 6, 2010
Publisher: Speak
Pages: 262
ISBN: 
014241543X
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On a day that started like any other, Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, admiring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. In an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she has left. It is the most important decision she'll ever make.

Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving

Where She Went
By Gayle Forman

 Published: April 17, 2012
Publisher: Speak
Pages: 264
ISBN:0142420891 
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It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.
Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other.

Told from Adam's point of view in the spare, lyrical prose that defined If I StayWhere She Went explores the devastation of grief, the promise of new hope, and the flame of rekindled romance.
My Review:
I am just going to start off by saying I really didn't enjoy these books. Yes I said it, I didn't like them. I wasn't attached to the characters is any way. In my opinion really nothing happened in either book. This could have just been one book! There was no need for there to be two of them. Without having spoilers I can't go into detail on the things I didn't like about the books. I will say that the first is better than the second. I feel like the second book is basically the same book as the first just from a different perspective. No she doesn't almost die in the second book but in the foundation they are the same story. This is the biggest problem I have with the stories. I wanted something more and they just fell flat. 
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone By Laini Taylor

Daughter of Smoke and Bone
By Laini Taylor

Published: September 27, 2011
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 418
ISBN: 0316134023

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hairactually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

My Review:

I love this world. I love these characters. The imagination of Laini Taylor is amazing. I am in awe of the world she created. The writing in this story is so good, Laini Taylor does some amazing things with words. Its beautiful. As for the story itself. I really liked the story. The first half and second half of this book seem very different from either but it works. This being a series it always takes some backstory until we can get to the really good stuff. Im so excited to continue on with this series. I just can't say enough how much I really love it. If you haven't read it get, go buy it and start it. 

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