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Waiting on Wednesday: Undaunted

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Undaunted (Fetch #2) by Kat Falls Expected Publication: April 26, 2016 by Scholastic Press Preorder Buy Link: Not available at time of posting Acclaimed author Kat Falls returns for another breathless, genre-bending adventure. First love is the most dangerous game in this fast-paced adventure perfect for fans of Marie Lu, Veronica Rossi, and Sarah J. Maas. Lane Everson barely survived her first journey to the Feral Zone. The forbidden, overgrown landscape east of the Mississippi River was abandoned years ago when a virus spread through the population, bringing civilization to its knees. But Lane has crossed the quarantine line, and she knows the truth. There are survivors on the other side of the wall -- people who were not killed by the virus, but changed by it, their ...

Throne of Glass - Review

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Throne of Glass #1 By: Sarah J. Maas Published: August 7, 2012 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens 432 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gr...

Sunday Post #145

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Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OR FREEBIES~ Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas Buy Link: Amazon ~FOR REVIEW~ Crystallum (Primordial Principles #1) by Laney McMann Buy Link: Not available at time of posting Stepping Stones (The Stone Series #1) by Kacey Vanderkarr Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #144 MONDAY: Review - Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines (4 stars!) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #111: A Thousand Nights WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: Waiting on Walk the Edge THURSDAY:  ARC Thursday Review: Never Never by Brianna Shrum  (DNF) FRIDAY:  2015 Series Ender Reading Challenge: September Wrap Up  (Give...

2015 Series Ender Reading Challenge: September Wrap Up

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Time for our ninth Monthly Wrap Up for the 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Since posting the 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge - August Wrap Up , Sandy finished two series enders: The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 3) by Michelle Hodkins and Surviving Ice (Burying Water, # 4) by KA Tucker. Holly finished two also: War (True Reign, # 3) by Jennifer Anne Davis & Destiny Rising (True Calling, # 3) by Siobhan Davis. Which series enders did you finish? Link up below. Don't forget to include the title, your name, & your blog name (Ex: Requiem - Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know) Also, the September giveaway runs from September 25th - October 25th. On October 25th we will use random.org and the linky entries to pull a winner.

*ARC* Never Never - DNF Review

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Never Never By: Brianna R. Shrum Published: September 22, 2015 by Spencer Hill Press 368 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: James Hook is a child who only wants to grow up. When he meets Peter Pan, a boy who loves to pretend and is intent on never becoming a man, James decides he could try being a child—at least briefly. James joins Peter Pan on a holiday to Neverland, a place of adventure created by children’s dreams, but Neverland is not for the faint of heart. Soon James finds himself longing for home, determined that he is destined to be a man. But Peter refuses to take him back, leaving James trapped in a world just beyond the one he loves. A world where children are to never grow up. But grow up he does.  And thus begins the epic adventure of a Lost Boy and a Pirate. This story isn’t about Peter Pan; it’s about the boy whose life he stole. It’s about a man in a world that hates men. It’s about the feared Capta...

Waiting on Wednesday: Walk the Edge

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Walk the Edge (Thunder Road #2) by Katie McGarry Expected Publication: March 30, 2016 by Harlequin Teen Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Razor knows his family is haunted by secrets of the past… High school senior Thomas "Razor" Turner knows his family has a dark history as part of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, especially when it comes to the secrecy surrounding his mother’s death. When Razor starts to dig deeper into his mum's case he turns to the unlikeliest source for help: classmate Breanna Miller, the shy, smart girl he's never looked twice at. But the more time they spend together, the more they realise they actually have in common, and how attracted to each other they really are. When secrets from the past are revealed can their newfound feelings surv...

Teaser Tuesday #111: A Thousand Nights

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston: Teasers: Lo-Melkhiin was fast, and grabbed my hands before I could even think to move away. It was his right to touch me however he wished, of course, so it was for the best that I did not shift. Where our skin touched, there was a fire of a different kind. (Loc 12%, 336 of 2738) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!