Follow Friday (24)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. Its a way to get out there and meet new bloggers and discover new blogs. :)

Have you ever read a book that you thought you would hate — ? Did you end up hating it? Did you end up loving it? Or would you never do that?

To be honest I thought I would absolutly hate Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler. I'm usually not one for sappy romamce books or really anything without a paranormal spin on it. And really even now the contemporary genre scares me, I'm trying to read more of it but I'm always afraid to start one. Truth be told though I ended up LOVING Bittersweet. I thought it was great and never once batted an eyelash at the fact that there were no vamps, weres, or any of our other standard creepy crawlies. 

What books surprised you? Or just didn't do it for you?

Review: Monstrous beauty -Elizabeth Fama

Age Range: 12 and up
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (September 4, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0374373663

Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences.

Almost one hundred forty years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra and feels overwhelmingly, inexplicably drawn to him. For generations, love has resulted in death for the women in her family. Is it an undiagnosed genetic defect . . . or a curse? With Ezra’s help, Hester investigates her family’s strange, sad history. The answers she seeks are waiting in the graveyard, the crypt, and at the bottom of the ocean—but powerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka and to the tragedy of so long ago.

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This wasn't your typical mermaid story, but yet it was an amazing story. The story of Syrenka and Ezra will wrap itself around you and hold you close until the end. This wasn't a happy tale, it was a tale of love, betrayal, heartbreak and loss. Yet with all this sadness it was beautiful. 

Syrenka and Ezra had a rough time of it, he was a human and she was a mermaid. Through unhappy circumstance Syrenka became a human and for a while they were happy. When her past catches up with her tragedy strikes and sets in motion a curse that will last for generations.

Hester lives a kind of lonely life she has friends but will never get closer. She doesn't want to fall in love or have children, for if she does she fears she will die a few days later like her mother and grandmother and so on. There is so much that goes into this that to say much more might spoil something. Just know that this is a beautifully written tale that will suck you in. 

I would recommend this to everyone even if you don't like mermaids, for this isn't your typical mermaid tale. I give this one 5 stars!

Top Ten Characters I Would Also Crush On If I Were a Fictional Character

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful people over at The Broke and the Bookish

This week the list is Top Ten Books Top Ten Characters I Would Also Crush On If I Were a Fictional Character

Jem from the Infernal Devices Series

Magnus Bane the Infernal Devices Series & the Bane Chronicles

Ranger the Stephanie Plum Series

Tod the Soul Screamers Series

Jericho Barrons the Fever Series

Bones the Night Huntress Series

Vlad the Night Prince Series

Puck the Iron Fey Series

Warner the Shatter Me Series

Kanin the Blood of Eden Series

These are just a taste of the bookish boys that I love. I can't wait to see who makes you swoon :)

April TBR Pile

Ok so since having my little one my reading has slowed way down, books that use to take me a day or two to read now take a week or more. I am going to keep my list small for this month to start and maybe, hopefully I will be able to add something to it. 

With All My Soul - Rachel Vincent

The Sweetest Dark - Shana Abe

The Diviners - Libba Bray

The Collector - Victoria Scott

The Book of Broken Hearts - Sarah Ockler

So this is my list, I hope to get through all of these but with how I have been reading it isn't very likely. What are you guys reading this month?

Follow Friday (23)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. Its a way to get out there and meet new bloggers and discover new blogs. :)

Q: Tell us about the most emotional scene you’ve ever read in a book – and how did you react?

Not many books make me cry, but a few times during the series a beloved character would die, or something horrible would happen to someone I just loved to pieces. That series would be Harry Potter. More than one of the books had me in tears, the fact that it inspired so much emotion in me when books usually don't inspire tears proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was an amazing, well written set of books. 

What makes you cry? :)

Book Blitz: The Grimm Diaries - Cameron Jace

Hello there my lovely readers. I am really excited to be talking to you today about an awesome series of prequels, in this blitz put together by Giselle of Xpresso Book Tours. This prequel series I am talking about is the Grimm Diaries by Cameron Jace. These prequels are little teaser looks into the fairy tale world in which his full length novel was written. There are 3 bundles available for these prequels. the first 2 bundles (prequels #1-10) are only .99 cents each from the 28th to the 31st!

The First Bundle:

Grimm Diaries (Prequels #1-6)
By Cameron Jace
Release Date: November 19th, 2012

The Grimm Diaries are pages written in a Book of Sand, where each fairy tale character confessed the true stories once altered by the Brothers Grimm two centuries ago. To keep the truth about fairy tales hidden, the Brothers Grimm buried the characters in their dreams to never wake up again. But the curse is broken now, and the characters are allowed to wake up every one hundred years. They intend to tell the truth about really happened, and about an untold cosmic conflict between fairy tale characters.

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The Second Bundle:

Grimm Diaries (Prequels #7-10)
By: Cameron Jace
Release Date: January 18, 2013

What if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong?
Warning: these Grimm Prequels are like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them as poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.
This Grimm Diaries Prequels are a number of short books in the form of epistolary diary entries. The diaries are more of teasers for the upcoming series: The Grimm Diaries, allowing you to get a glimpse of what to expect of the series. The 6 diaries are told by The Evil Queen, Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, the Devil, Prince Charming, and Alice Grimm
The first book in the Series will be out in February 2013, called SNOW WHITE SORROW.

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The Third Bundle:

Grimm Diaries (Prequels #11-14)
By: Cameron Jace
Release Date: March 28, 2013

10.5) Happy Valentine’s Slay by Wee Willy Winkie The real Sandman Grimm sheds a light on what happened in Jawigi, and tells about how some of the teens in Sorrow spend their Valentine’s Day.
11) Children of Hamlin by the Devil The Devil tells the story of the Piper of Hamlin, who he really is, the historical events he witnessed, and his relationship to Ladle Rat. Most of all, why they call him the Black Death.
12) Tooth & Nail & Fairy Tale by Jack Madly Jack Madly stole a sack full of baby teeth from Bluebeard’s enchanted castle, which reminds him of when he first met the Tooth Fairy when he was a child; a memory he wishes to forget.
13) Ember in the Wind by the Little Match Girl All the Little Match Girl wants is to sell her matches so she uses the money to eat and find shelter from the cold. But no one in the cruel city of crowded London helps her. Eventually, she learns something about who she really is, and it changes her life forever.
14) Jar of Hearts by the Queen of Sorrow The Queen of Sorrow, still trapped in the Dreamworld summons Cassandra, the fortuneteller, to ask her about the identities of Lost Seven. The problem with Cassandra is that she’s cursed that her predictions will never be believed. The Queen is still determined to believe her, but it will cost more than she can bargain for.

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Cameron's Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

Wonderlander, Neverlander, Unicorn-chaser, enchanter, musician, survived a coma, & totally awesome. Sometimes I tell stories. Always luv the little monsters I write young adult paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and science fiction mostly. The Grimm Diaries series is a seven book saga that deals with retellings of fairy tales from a young adult POV - it connects most of the fairy tales together and claims to be the truth about fairy tales. I live in San Fransisco and seriously think circles are way cooler than triangles.

Waiting on Wednesday (29)

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

My Picks This Week Are:

Dark Triumph - Robin LaFevers

Sybella arrives at the convent’s doorstep half mad with grief and despair. Those that serve Death are only too happy to offer her refuge—but at a price. Naturally skilled in both the arts of death and seduction, the convent views Sybella as one of their most dangerous weapons.

But those assassin’s skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to a life that nearly drove her mad. Her father’s rage and brutality are terrifying, and her brother’s love is equally monstrous. And while Sybella is a weapon of justice wrought by the god of Death himself, He must give her a reason to live. When she discovers an unexpected ally imprisoned in the dungeons, will a daughter of Death find something other than vengeance to live for?

This heart-pounding sequel to Grave Mercy serves betrayal, treachery, and danger in equal measure, bringing readers back to fifteenth century Brittany and will keep them on the edge of their seats.

I can not wait for this book to end up in my hands! I LOVED the first one and I can't wait to see where this story is going to go and I really want to see the world through the eyes of Sybella.

 The Collector - Victoria Scott

He makes good girls...bad. 

Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal-opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within ten days.

Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect, he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector…and uncover emotions deeply buried.

I have heard awesome things about this book, and Dante does sound "flippin awesome". I really can't wait to give this one a try.

What are you guys waiting on?