Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers feature a book they are eagerly waiting to come out. I came across my pick for this week a week or two ago.   Zombies, 19th century, gorgeous cover, this one is a winner already for me! A Darkness Strange and Lovely By: Susan Dennard Publication Date: July 23, 2013 416 pages ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Following an all-out battle with the walking Dead, the Spirit Hunters have fled Philadelphia, leaving Eleanor alone to cope with the devastating aftermath. But there’s more trouble ahead—the evil necromancer Marcus has returned, and his diabolical advances have Eleanor escaping to Paris to seek the help of Joseph, Jie, and the infuriatingly handsome Daniel once again. When she arrives, however, she finds a whole new darkness lurking in this City of Light. As harrowing events unfold, Eleanor is forced to make a deadly decision that will mean life or death for everyo...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish .   This week's topic is Top Ten Favorite Heroines that Kick Butt . I honestly thought this would be an easy topic but as I sat down to make my list I realized that my list of heroines is fairly short as most of the books I read have a male lead hero.  Hmm....what exactly does that say about my book choices? In no particular order of favoritism: 1. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games series.  Hands down, the moment she chooses to sacrifice herself to the games to save her sister earns her a place in my list.  Not to mention she is a self taught archer who is fully capable of feeding not only herself but her family and surviving the games. 2. Rose Hathaway from The Vampire Academy series.  I'd want her on my team should I need to fight off Strigoi. 3. Clary Fray from The Mortal Instruments series.  Thrust into a world she never knew existed she quic...

In My Mailbox is a weekly post hosted by The Story Siren .  Bloggers participate each week to share what books they won, bought, borrowed, etc... I had a busy week in the way of books.  I won another contest - whoop!, got accepted for another Netgalley book and purchased quite a few Kindle books on Amazon deals.  As if I need any more books right now seeing as how my current list of what I have to read is quite lengthy.  I find that gathering books has become a bit addictive... ~WON~ I tend to sign up for giveaway's without really reading much about the book because I'm just determined to win as many as I can.  (Competitive spirit?  Nah...)  See my name the 4th from the bottom?  Turns out the book I won is the 2nd in a series, a series that I don't have.  But never-the-less, I WON!  Thanks to Nomis Paranormal Palace ! ~NETGALLEY~ ~PURCHASED~ From left to right the titles I purchased via A...

Uses For Boys By: Erica Lorraine Scheidt Publication Date: January 15, 2013 by St. Martin's Griffin 240 pages Source: ARC from publisher via Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Anna remembers a time before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now her mom is gone most of the time, chasing the next marriage, brining home the next stepfather. Anna is left on her own—until she discovers that she can make boys her family. From Desmond to Joey, Todd to Sam, Anna learns that if you give boys what they want, you can get what you need. But the price is high—the other kids make fun of her; the girls call her a slut. Anna's new friend, Toy, seems to have found a way around the loneliness, but Toy has her own secrets that even Anna can't know. Then comes Sam. When Anna actually meets a boy who is more than just useful, whose family eats dinner together, laughs, and tells...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine  where bloggers can showcase a book they are waiting on. For my choice this week I chose a book I came across recently.  I absolutely love the cover, all the colors and mysterious feel.  My Waiting on Wednesday #4 pick:   Taken  By: Erin Bowman Publication Date: April 16, 2013 by HarperTeen 352 pages ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends...and he’s gone. They call it the Heist. Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structu...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish .  This week's topic is Top Ten Books To Get in the Halloween Spirit . I love this topic because most of the books I read could fit into this category.  However I'm going to list some books I haven't personally read because they are so fitting. 1. Salem's Lot by Stephen King - I have seen the movie multiple times too many and I still can't keep my eyes open all the way through.  My Dad read this book while out at sea during his time in the Navy in the early to mid 70's and he said it was one of the scariest books he has ever read. 2. The Boogeyman by Stephen King - this is a short story which is actually featured in King's Night Shift book.  My Dad read this when my brother and I were babies but hearing him tell the story he says that he got so scared he couldn't even shower by himself and for a while my Mom had to sit in there with him.  He would've been mid 20...

The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles #2) By: Rick Riordan Published: First Published January 1, 2011 by Hyperion Books for Children 452 pages Source: Owned paperback ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians. And now their most threatening enemy yet - the chaos snake Apophis - is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world will come to an end. In other words, it's a typical week for the Kane family. To have any chance of battling the Forces of Chaos, the Kanes must revive the sun god Ra. But that would be a feat more powerful than any magician has ever accomplished.  First the...

In My Mailbox is a weekly post hosted by The Story Siren where bloggers can share what books they received over the week. I won my first contest during Fraterfest (Thanks to Kody at The Fabled Cross Roads !) and received that book this week.  So I was pretty excited about that.  More on that book in a moment.  Listed in order of receipt, here are the books I scored this week: Uses for Boys By: Erica Lorraine Scheidt Publication Date: January 15, 2003 by St. Martin's Press Source:  Publisher ARC via Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Anna remembers a time before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now her mom is gone most of the time, chasing the next marriage, bringing home the next stepfather. Anna is left on her own—until she discovers that she can make boys her family. From Desmond to Joey, Todd to Sam, Anna learns that if you give boys ...

Hearts at Stake (The Drake Chronicles #1), alternate title My Love Lies Bleeding By: Alyxandra Harvey Published: December 22, 2009 by Walker Children's 257 pages Source: Owned on Kindle app ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary:  The Drakes are rather different to your usual neighbours. They are vampires and some of the members of the family date back to the twelfth century. One of the children, Solange, is the only born female vampire known and, as such, she poses a direct threat to the vampire queen. Her best friend Lucy is human, and when Solange is kidnapped Lucy and Solange's brother, Nicholas, set out to save her. Lucy soon discovers that she would like to be more than just friends with Nicholas. But how does one go about dating a vampire? Meanwhile, Solange finds an unlikely ally in Kieran, a vampire slayer on the hunt for his father's killer. Can one book really have that many different types of vampires?  In the beginning there was a len...

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine  where we can share a book we are eagerly waiting on. This week's choice is an "all cover" pick for me.  It is steamy hot and because of this one cover, I was intrigued to check out the series.  I must confess....I do judge a book by it's cover a lot of the time.  There, I got that confession off my chest. Can you relate? Blood Prophecy (The Drake Chronicles #6) By: Alyxandra Harvey Publication Date: December 24, 2012 by Walker Children's 496 pages ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: In the thrilling conclusion of the Drake Chronicles, love and loyalties will be tested … and proven once and for all. Can Solange find her way back home again? And can she do it in time to save everyone she loves from the vampire civil war, hunter attack, and each other? Because not everyone can survive the prophecy… maybe not even her. Yessssss sir-y!  I've started this series ...

Deadlocked 2  By: A. R. Wise Published: December 20, 2011 77 pages Source: Owned on Kindle ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Part two of this series picks up immediately after the end of the first. David's wife, Laura, is forced to take over the protection of their family as the boat travels out into Hailey Bay, away from the zombies. However, the boat's pilot plans to dock back in the overrun city to rescue his own family, which will put Laura's in jeopardy. Laura is forced to overcome unimaginable horrors as the zombie apocalypse explodes around her, but it is the evil intent of the humans around her that present her greatest challenge. The reader is taken far beyond the edge of their seat as Laura pushes forward to the inevitable end. No one is safe in a world where the dead hunt the living. Um, can you say DISGUSTING?  This book had me getting a bit queasy at times.  Blech!  True zombie horror to the max!  What I loved about this book aside fr...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish .   This week's topic is Top Ten Favorite Authors in X Genre .  As I was thinking about what genre I would pick I kept coming back to the  Paranormal genre - whether YA or A. 1. Richelle Mead - author of Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and Georgina Kincaid series and more. 2. Stephenie Meyer - author of Twilight series and Host. 3. J.R. Ward - author of The Black Dagger Brotherhood series and The Fallen Angels series. 4. Cassandra Clare - author of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. 5. Sherrilyn Kenyon - author of The Dark-Hunters series, Chronicles of Nick series and more. 6. Jennifer L. Armentrout - author of  Lux series and Covenant series. 7. Maggie Stiefvater - author of Shiver series and more. To finish off my list I'm switching to my fave Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Authors: 8.  Carrie Ryan  - author of The Fore...