Friday Finds

Friday Finds is put on by Should Be Reading, where we  share the book titles you discovered or heard about during the past week. These can be books you were told about, books you discovered while browsing blogs/bookstores online, or books that you actually purchased.


These are my finds this week!

I heard about this book in a blog, and have marked it to-read on my Goodreads!  Looks awesome!

This book the author sent me a digital copy to me to review!!

This book was also mentioned an another book blog.  It looks amazing!




Any new books you found this week?

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Waiting on Wednesday #5

Waiting on Wednesday is put on by Breaking the Spine.  It spotlights upcoming releases we are waiting on!

This week's Waiting on Wednesday is The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

This is the 3rd installment of the Kane Chronicles.  Sadie and Carter Kane are trying to save the world from Apophis, the chaos snake.  These books focus on Egyptian mythology instead of the normal greek like the Percy Jackson books.  And I have to say I enjoy the Kane Chronicles even more!

What book are you waiting on?

Top Ten Tuesday #3

Top Ten Tuesday is put on by Broke and Bookish.   It was created because they are fond of lists, and we love to share!

Today's Top Ten List:  Books to read in one day!

I'm really excited about this list, because I end up doing this a lot!  Here's my top ten!

10.  The Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore

These books are about an alien race that's planet was destroyed by an another evil alien race.  9 kids with special abilities are all that is left of the Loriens, and they are hiding out on Earth.  They have been numbered 1-9, and can only be killed in order.  The evil Alien race is still looking for them on Earth to wipe them out.  These are really good books!  The next in the series, The Rise of Nine comes out in August.

9.  Delirium by Lauren Oliver

I just finished it this weekend, and can't wait to read Pandemonium!  This is a dytopian society where they have classified love as a diseases; and when citizens turn 18 they under go laser surgery to the brain to "cure" them.  The whole thing is just insane, but a page turner!

8.  Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins

 Book One:  Hex Hall
Book Two:  Demonglass
Book Three:  Spell bound

These books are about a young witch named Sophie Meyer attending a magical boarding school with all sorts of fairy tale creatures.  There are plenty of mysteries in this series, plot twist, and romance; they are really hard to put down!

7.  The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Book One: City of Bones
Book Two: City of Ashes
Book Three: City of Glass
Book Four: City of Fallen Angels
Book Five: City of Lost Souls--coming in May!

This book is about Clary, and her life after she encounters the Shadowhunters:  Warriors who are dedicated to ridding the world of demons.  Shadowhunters are part angel which gives them special abilities to fight with. This series is amazing.  The characters are fantastic!  Its so easy to get lost in this imaginary world Clare has created!

6.  Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth

Book One:  Divergent
Book Two: Insurgent--coming in May!

This is set in the future in Chicago.  Society has been divided into 5 factions:  Abnegation the Selfless; Dauntless the Brave; Erudite the Intelligent; Amity the Peaceful; and Candor the Honest.  Children are raised with their parents, but at 16 they go through confidential testing which tells them where they would most fit in. Beatrice takes the test and finds out she is Divergent--she doesn't fit in with any one group, there are several she could choose.  (This is a hush, hush secret to keep if she doesn't want to be kicked out of society).  Raised Abnegation, she chooses Dauntless at her ceremony, and there is no going back!

5.  The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare

Book One: Clockwork Angel
Book Two: The Clockwork Prince

This series is a prequel to The Mortal Instruments.  So same type of world;; except it takes place in Victorian London!  Love this series even more--the characters are even better, and I just love the setting!

4.  The Body Finder series by Kimberly Derting

Book One: The Body Finder
Book Two: Desires of the Dead
Book Three: The Last Echo--coming this month!

Violet has a sixth sense: she is able to sense "echoes" in animals and people that have died violently.  She can't rest until she finds the body, and buries it properly.  When she was younger, this only resulted in a small graveyard of small animals--but now after a string of murders in her town, it is resulting in a murder mystery!  These books are very suspenseful , and there is a little teen romance going on at the same time.

3.  The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer

Book One: Twilight
Book Two:  New Moon
Book Three: Eclipse
Book Four: Breaking Dawn

I started reading book one right before the movie came out.  And I couldn't stop, I read all 4 books in a week!  New Moon and Eclipse I stayed up really late to finish, and read in one sitting.  I just fell in love with the story.  I have noticed that these series are  love/hate books for most people.  You either love them or you hate them.

2.  The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins

 Book One: The Hunger Games
Book Two: Catching Fire
Book Three: Mockingjay

I don't even need to explain the synopsis here, right?  You all know it from movie publicity!  Let me just say these books are violent, sadistic, and horrific; and at the same time, beautiful, heartwarming and hopeful.  I believe it shows the best and worst of us.  Suzanne Collins is a fantastic writer and she wrote a masterpiece!

1.  Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

 Book One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Book Two: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Book Three: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Book Four: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Book Five:  Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix
Book Six: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Book Seven: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

These book are masterfully written.  The books suck you into a world and don't let you go, even after the last page of the last book.  They are considered children's books.  But there is a wealth of knowledge between the covers.  Universities are teaching classes based just on the books.  If you haven't read them, you are missing out on the best books in a generation.  Maybe even longer.

Well, that's it, folks!  If you haven't read any of the books above, I hope you give them a try!  What books would you suggest to read in a day?

Winner of 1st Comments Contest!

The Winner of my first Comments Contest has been chosen!  Congratulations to:

Jessica@Peace,Love,Books

She has already chosen a book off of my shelves she wants:

Congratulations, Jessica!

I will be doing the contest again this week.  To enter, all you have to do is to comment on any of my blog posts.  You get 1 entry per comment (one comment per post).  Good luck!

What Are You Reading Monday #5

What Are You Reading Monday is put on by Book Journey.  We list the books we have read, and are planning to read next week.  Its great for planning out your week!

Last week I read:

Plan to read this week:

Wishful thinking:

What did you read last week?

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Synopsis:  Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. 

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

My 2 cents:  Oh. My. God.  This book was amazing!  I read just read the last 200 pages in a rush.  And I'm about in tears on the ending!  Don't want to give away anything, but the ending is a tear-jerker!  

First of all, the world Oliver created was just beyond strange.  People's emotions in general are shut down when they are 18.  People are not supposed to think "outside the box" or really, feel, anything once they have been "cured."  Of course it was easy to see what was so wrong with this society, even before the really bad things started happening!

I loved Lena.  And Alex, and Hana.  Hated Carol and Rachel.  Lena was a great main character because you really saw the inner struggle she had with accepting that love was a bad thing.  She starts out pretty convinced that the cure is the way, and to toe the line, so to speak.  But she always has a little doubt that increases as different things start happening to her and her loved ones.  And then she falls in love!  No reasoning with her after that...of course!

Loved this book, have to go get Pandemonium tomorrow!  5 stars!