In My Shopping Bag

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, inspired by Alea from Pop Culture Junkie and explores the contents of our mailbox ( Or shopping bag) on a weekly basis.

From Half-priced Books:

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults

A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Recommended by The New England Children's Booksellers Association

Description From Amazon

Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. That is, without questioning them much---if you don’t count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her.

But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle---who already has six wives---Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.

Evernight by Claudia Gray

Description From Amazon

Bianca wants to escape.

At the eerily Gothic Evernight Academy, the other students are sleek, smart, and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.

When she meets handsome, brooding Lucas, he warns her to be careful—even when it comes to caring about him. But the connection between them can't be denied. Bianca will risk anything to be with Lucas, but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart . . . and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed.

That's all for now!

Friday Finds

The idea is to share, every Friday, about books that you’ve recently discovered (never heard of before) that sound really good! And is hosted by Should Be Reading.






Split by Stefan Petrucha














Anxious Hearts by Tucker Shaw

Don't they look awesome!

Recommend Me!

Recommend Me is hosted by The Neverending Shelf

Recommend Me is a weekly event in which participants will pick one of their all time favorite reads to share. This could be a book that your read yesterday or years ago.

To play along, grab a favorite read and tell us about it. You can include your thoughts about the novel, its summary, your favorite memory related to the novel... the possibilities are limitless. If you are up for a challenge, you can also include:

* Your review of the novel
* Links to others' reviews of the novel
* Recommending to a general group of readers or if you want to be extra daring, to specific reader friends

I Recommend: Eighth Grade Bites (Chronicles of Vladimir Tod) by Heather Brewer

Description from www.heatherbrewer.com

~ALA 2008 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers~

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

Junior high school really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod, and not in the good slurp-up-the-blood kind of way. A gang of bullies harasses him daily, the principal is dogging his every move, and the girl he really likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has to hide the fact that he's a vampire.

When the one teacher he really connects with mysteriously vanishes, Vlad is determined to find him. But then Vlad finds an unsettling note scribbled across his essay: "I know your secret."
Vlad must locate his missing teacher, dodge the principal, resist the bullies’ tempting invitations to Bite me!, and get a date for the dance—all before he is exposed for the teen vampire he is.

Other books in the series: Ninth Grade Slays, Tenth Grade Bleeds, Eleventh Grade Burns.

For more info go to www.heatherbrewer.com

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine.

The Lost Island of Tamarind by Nadia Aguiar.



Description from Amazon

Maya Nelson isn’t your typical thirteen-year-old. She’s spent her whole life living on the sea with her marine biologist parents, her younger brother, Simon, and baby sister, Penny. Maya used to love living on a sailboat, but lately, everything feels terribly claustrophobic. Maya longs to go to school on land. To make friends. To lead a normal life. But when a violent storm hits and Maya’s parents are washed overboard, life becomes anything but normal. The children manage to steer the boat toward a mysterious island, to a place that doesn’t exist on a map.

Welcome to Tamarind, where fish can fly, pirates patrol the waters, jaguars lurk, the islanders are at war, and an evil, child-stealing enchantress rules the jungle.

Maya never imagined she’d have to face so many dangers. But then, who could have imagined a place like Tamarind. . . .?

In her stunning first novel, Nadia Aguiar presents a heart-pounding adventure tale about a haunting, fantastical island cut off from the outside world.


I love that cover! It was done by one of my favorite artist who did books like Mercy Thompson series and Alpha & Omega! Here's his website Dan Dos Santos

On My Radar

This is a weekly posting i will do every Sunday and is inspired by Teen Vogue.

Book(s):

The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, #1) by Rick Riordan

SPIN by Catherine McKenzie

They just look so good!

Movie(s):

Growl

Love this poster! And Werewolf's meet fight club! Awesome.

Gaga Eyes For:

Anton Yelchin
In:
Star Trek (Pavel Chekov)

Charlie Bartlett (Lead role)

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (Ace Zuckerman)

You know he is cute!

Matchbox Twenty/Rob Thomas

Matchbox Twenty/Rob Thomas was the first Band/Musician i learned to sing with! And Rob Thomas is such a sweet guy all around!

The Thomases are committed animal lovers and supporters of animal charities. Rob and his wife have established the Sidewalk Angels Foundation, a non-profit organization created to help needy people in and around America’s big cities by partnering with various charities to assist people who get lost in the system, those who cannot afford medical care.

He has also lent his songwriting talents to such artists as Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Marc Anthony, Pat Green, Taylor Hicks, Travis Tritt and Daughtry.

I have fixed the comments! (I think) Thank You Kristi!

Well that is all i got for now! Bye!

In My Shopping Bag

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, inspired by Alea from Pop Culture Junkie and explores the contents of our mailbox ( Or shopping bag) on a weekly basis.

From Half-priced Books:

Wolf's Trap by W. D. Gagliani

Description From Amazon

A murdered friend.

A descent into the darkness of the porn world.

A cop whose tragic past includes a terrible secret and a horrible burden.

A serial killer with depraved obsessions and a

blood grudge.

They will meet in Wisconsin's dark and chilly North Woods.

But who will be the hunter, and who will be

the hunted?

And how many innocents will have to die?

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Description From Amazon

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.

Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.

Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.

Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Description From Amazon

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant

Ace Detective
Snappy Dresser
Razor–tongued Wit
Crackerjack Sorcerer
and
Walking, Talking,
Fire-throwing Skeleton

—as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.

These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.

The end of the world?

Over his dead body.

Well that's it for me! See ya next time!

Friday Finds

Brighid's Quest by P.C. Cast

Description from Amazon

"I will go."

Rather than follow her family's restrictive rules, centaur Brighid chose to set out on her own to make friends and form relationships with humans as well as centaurs.

Now she's facing her toughest challenge yet. While helping guide home a grieving human—Cuchulainn, her friend Elphame's brother—Brighid finds

herself beginning to care for him. An emotion forbidden by her clan.

To add to her troubles, the Great Goddess has awoken the power of the Shaman within Brighid—the first centaur so blessed in ages. And just as she's torn between taking up a power she never expected and a love she's afraid to admit to, Brighid receives a vision of a tragedy that might destroy everyone she's ever cared about….

Illyria by Elizabeth Hand

Description from Amazon

Madeleine and Rogan are first cousins, best friends, twinned souls, each other’s first love. Even within their large, disorderly family—all descendants of a famous actress—their intensity and passion for theater sets them apart. It makes them a little dangerous. When they are cast in their school’s production of Twelfth Night, they are forced to face their separate talents and futures, and their future together. This masterful short novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award, is magic on paper.

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

Description from Amazon

Elizabeth has a new job at an unusual library— a lending library of objects, not books. In a secret room in the basement lies the Grimm Collection. That’s where the librarians lock away powerful items straight out of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales: seven-league boots, a table that produces a feast at the blink of an eye, Snow White’s stepmother’s sinister mirror that talks in riddles.

When the magical objects start to disappear, Elizabeth embarks on a dangerous quest to catch the thief before she can be accused of the crime—or captured by the thief.

Well that's all i got! See ya next time!