Teaser Tuesday (13)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by  MizB at Should be Reading.

To Participate you:

-Grab your current read

-Open to a random page

-Share two 'teaser' sentences from somewhere on that page

-BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS

-Share the Title and Author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR if the like your  teaser :)

This week's Teaser comes from:

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L James

"I am just sensation. This is what he does to me - takes my body and possesses it wholly so that I think of nothing but him. His magic is powerful, intoxicating, I'm a butterfly caught in his net, unable and unwilling to escape. I'm his.....totally his."

There is so much controversy over these books. I'm really glad to be finally reading them for myself so I can have my own opinion. So far, I really like these books, for more than one reason. At the same time, I can see why they aren't for everyone. But I do think some people are going to extremes over their dislike for the series. I say, a book is a book, and you should never discourage people from reading. As long as it's age appropriate, especially in this case. "Someone who chooses not to read had no advantage over those who can't read". Anyway, I  like it and would recommend it. As long as you are open minded.

Review: Swoon by Nina Malkin

Swoon

by Nina Malkin

Published: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural

Synopsis: Sin is coming... Prepare to Swoon.Torn from her native New York City and dumped in the land of cookie-cutter preps, Candice is resigned to accept her posh, dull fate. Nothing ever happens in Swoon, Connecticut...until Dice's perfect, privileged cousin Penelope nearly dies in a fall from an old tree, and her spirit intertwines with that of a ghost. His name? Sinclair Youngblood Powers. His mission? Revenge. And while Pen is oblivious to the possession, Dice is all too aware of Sin. She's intensely drawn to him—but not at all crazy about the havoc he's wreaking. Determined to exorcise the demon, Dice accidentally sets Sin loose, gives him flesh, makes him formidable. Now she must destroy an even more potent—and irresistible—adversary, before the whole town succumbs to Sin's will. Only trouble is, she's in love with him.  What do you do when the boy of your dreams is too bad to be true?

 My Thoughts: I was really, really excited to read this book. I won the second book in the series in a giveaway recently and this came up as my Random Read of the month, so it was pretty exciting since I wanted to read this book anyways. Well, I'm not really sure why I wasn't a huge fan. The book was ok, but I just wasn't connecting with it. It was a slow read for me because I had a lot of difficulty getting into it. That being said, I still enjoyed the story line. The ending was a bit sad, but I guess I'll just have to read the second book and find out what happened. I guess I was just expecting something different when I picked up the book because I do really like the cover, and I don't read reviews for books if I'm planning on reading them shortly, so I didn't read anything about this book except the synopsis, which sounded good.  

So I think what I disliked was how  most of the time the characters were getting high. So their thought were kindof all over the place. But it wasn't that big of a deal. I did like the characters and really felt bad for Sin, so there was a bit of connecting with them I guess.
  
Overall, the storyline was good, I just didn't click. The book is ok. Would I recommend it? Maybe not. But if you have been thinking of reading it, definitely give it a read and let us know your opinion. Have you ever had a book fall flat of what you expected? Let me know in the comments. 

Owl Post (3)

Owl Post is a weekly feature at Owl Read It where we let you know what new books we got that past week as well as recap what reviews we've posted the past week. It's inspired by The Story Siren's In My Mailbox meme.

Jenn's Haul:

I got a lot of great books this week, one that I've been anxious to get! And started a new job, so haven't gotten much reading done lately :( Also,forgot to mention it in the video but my two week cold is finally GONE!!!!!!

Books Mentioned:

ReVamped by Ada Adams (My Review)

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

People Mentioned:

Ada Adams

Meghan ;P

Meghan's Haul:

Bought:

Ascend by Amanda Hocking

For Review:

 ARC copy of Exiled by J.R Wagner

Stay tuned for the review, I will be having a bookmark giveaway :).

Borrowed:

Mircle Cure by Harlan Coben

No Second Chance by Harlen Coben

The Minotaur by Barbara Vine

Boneman's Daughter by Ted Dekker

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L James

I love that my Mom is just a big as reader as me, we exchange books all the time :)

Reviews From This Week:

The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross
The Prince Who Fell from the Sky by John Claude Bemis

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What did you get this week??

Review: The Prince Who Fell from the Sky by John Claude Bemis

The Prince Who Fell from the Sky

by John Claude Bemis

Expected Publication: May 22nd, 2012

Summary: In Casseomae's world, the wolves rule the Forest, and the Forest is everywhere. The animals tell stories of the Skinless Ones, whose cities and roads once covered the earth, but the Skinless disappeared long ago.

Casseomae is content to live alone, apart from the other bears in her tribe, until one of the ancients' sky vehicles crashes to the ground, and from it emerges a Skinless One, a child. Rather than turn him over to the wolves, Casseomae chooses to protect this human cub, to find someplace safe for him to live. But where among the animals will a human child be safe? And is Casseomae threatening the safety of the Forest and all its tribes by protecting him?

My Thoughts: I'm not going to lie, I'm actually a tiny bit surprised at how much I liked this book. I happen to love books that are from animals points of views, they're just fun to read. Since this is a Middle Grade novel it's a nice, quick read, but very enjoyable! 

I think what I like most about this story is that it brings together four of the most unlikely companions for a journey to take the child, that fell out of the sky, some where safe so that he won't be hunted by the wolves and killed for what he is. I'm not sure what happened to the humans, but it seems there are a lot of stories circulating throughout the animal kingdom about what happened to them. The main one being that the wolves all banded together to wipe them out, and for that reason, wolves are in charge.

My favorite character in this novel would have to be Casseomae. Even though she realized what the child was, she still recognized him as a child, therefore wanted to keep him safe. She is a very unfortunate bear, who has had multiple stillborn litters. I can't help but feel bad for her, but she still has a great maternal instinct. So she saves the child and they head off on a journey with a rat named Dumpster (a very noble rat name) to take the child somewhere safe.

This was a very futuristic Jungle Book story, based in a dystopian future, so it really had two things going for it. Talking animals and dystopian. How could I not like it? It had a lot of action and wasn't slow for me at any point. I would definitely recommend this novel to anyone, I'd think it would be enjoyable for any age group, and if you are an animal lover who loves dystopians, so much the better.

Thank you to Random House Children's Books for giving me the opportunity to review this novel!

Waiting on Wednesday (20)

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly awaiting.

Crux By Julie Reece

Expected Publication: July 9th, 2012

She should have run. Now, she’ll have to fight.

Eighteen year old Birdie may be homeless, but she’s surviving, that is until a mysterious guy throws money in the air like a crazy game show host, and she grabs some with the idea she’ll be able to buy dinner that night. 

In that singular moment, unassuming Birdie becomes the girl in everyone’s viewfinder. Thugs want to kill her. Money-guy wants to recruit her. The very hot, very rich, and very out of her league Grey Mathews wants to save her.

Birdie, though, wants nothing to do with any of them, until she realizes fate didn’t bring them all together. 

Her heritage did.

Now, with only twenty-one days left, she’s got to decide whether to follow in the footsteps of those before her or risk her life for people she’s only just met.

I really like the sounds of this one, plus I love the cover. We don't see illustrated covers to often anymore so I think that's pretty awesome :) I'm quite curious to see how this story unfolds.

What book are you Waiting On?