Showing posts with label Unbirthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unbirthday. Show all posts

7/19/2011

A Very Merry Unbirthday (13)

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Very Merry Unbirthday Wishes!
Any book with a release date that is not today, we wish these Future Favorites a Very Merry Unbirthday. Mainly I focus my UnBirthday wishes on books to be released the following Tuesday,which in this case is Tuesday July 26th!

This thrilling sequel to the much-talked-about Nightshade begins just where it ended-Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemy, and she's certain her days are numbered. But then the Searchers make her an offer-one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the pack-and the man-she left behind. Is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her own destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth fighting and how many trials true love can endure and still survive.
Read more about Nightshade



Supernaturally is the sequel to Kiersten White's amazing novel Paranormalcy. Evie finally has the normal life she’s always longed for. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she’s given a chance to work for them again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees. But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie’s faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there’s a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself. So much for normal.
Read more about Paranormalcy 


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7/05/2011

Very Merry Unbirthday (12)

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A Very Merry UnBirthday
Any book with a release date that is not today, we wish these Future Favorites a Very Merry UnBirthday. Mainly I focus my UnBirthday wishes on books to be released the following Tuesday,which in this case is Tuesday 
July 12th!





In Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.

6/21/2011

Very Merry Unbirthday (11)

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A Very Merry UnBirthday
Any book with a release date that is not today, we wish these Future Favorites a Very Merry UnBirthday. Mainly I focus my UnBirthday wishes on books to be released the following Tuesday,which in this case is Tuesday 
June 28th!





Amber’s life is spinning out of control. All she wants is to turn up the volume on her iPod until all of the demands of family and friends fade away. So she sneaks off to the beach to spend a day by herself. Then Amber meets Cade. Their attraction is instant, and Amber can tell he’s also looking for an escape. Together they decide to share a perfect day: no pasts, no fears, no regrets. The more time that Amber spends with Cade, the more she’s drawn to him. And the more she’s troubled by his darkness. Because Cade’s not just living in the now—he’s living each moment like it’s his last.

6/14/2011

Very Merry Unbirthday (10)

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A Very Merry UnBirthday
Any book with a release date that is not today, we wish these Future Favorites a Very Merry UnBirthday. Mainly I focus my UnBirthday wishes on books to be released the following Tuesday,which in this case is Tuesday June 21st!

We all want to be remembered. Charlotte's destiny is to be Forgotten... Charlotte’s best friend thinks Charlotte might be psychic. Her boyfriend thinks she’s cheating on him. But Charlotte knows what’s really wrong: She is one of the Forgotten, a kind of angel on earth, who feels the Need—a powerful, uncontrollable draw to help someone, usually a stranger. But Charlotte never wanted this responsibility. What she wants is to help her best friend, whose life is spiraling out of control. She wants to lie in her boyfriend's arms forever. But as the Need grows stronger, it begins to take a dangerous toll on Charlotte. And who she was, is, and will become--her mark on this earth, her very existence--is in jeopardy of disappearing completely. Charlotte will be forced to choose: Should she embrace her fate as a Forgotten, a fate that promises to rip her from the lives of those she loves forever? Or is she willing to fight against her destiny--no matter how dark the consequences.




Violet Willoughby doesn't believe in ghosts. But they believe in her. After spending years participating in her mother's elaborate ruse as a fraudulent medium, Violet is about as skeptical as they come in all matters supernatural. Now that she is being visited by a very persistent ghost, one who suffered a violent death, Violet can no longer ignore her unique ability. She must figure out what this ghost is trying to communicate, and quickly because the killer is still on the loose. Afraid of ruining her chance to escape her mother's scheming through an advantageous marriage, Violet must keep her ability secret. The only person who can help her is Colin, a friend she's known since childhood, and whom she has grown to love. He understands the true Violet, but helping her on this path means they might never be together. Can Violet find a way to help this ghost without ruining her own chance at a future free of lies?

6/07/2011

Very Merry Unbirthday (9)

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A Very Merry UnBirthday
Any book with a release date that is not today, we wish these Future Favorites a Very Merry UnBirthday. Mainly I focus my UnBirthday wishes on books to be released the following Tuesday,which in this case is Tuesday June 14th!

One hour to rewrite the past . . . For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She’s tried everything, but the visions keep coming back. So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson’s willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past. Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he’s around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened? Full of atmosphere, mystery, and romance, Hourglass merges the very best of the paranormal and science-fiction genres in a seductive, remarkable young adult debut.

 Carly Wheeler lives a charmed life. Her mother is a stylist for the soap opera Lovelock Falls, she lives in a nice house, and goes to an excellent private school. But when her mom is arrested and charged with embezzlement, everything starts to unravel. There are shocking stories about her mother's crimes in the local newspaper. Carly's friends start avoiding her. And her stepfather starts worrying about money. How can Carly put her life back together when it feels like she's missing all the pieces?




Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby. But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood. With palpable drama and delicious craft, Nova Ren Suma bursts onto the YA scene with the story that everyone will be talking about.




"Every single lifetime, I'll choose you. Just as you have chosen me. Forever."Luce would die for Daniel. And she has. Over and over again. Throughout time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be painfully torn apart: Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone. But perhaps it doesn’t need to be that way. . . .Luce is certain that something—or someone—in a past life can help her in her present one. So she begins the most important journey of this lifetime . . . going back eternities to witness firsthand her romances with Daniel . . . and finally unlock the key to making their love last. Cam and the legions of angels and Outcasts are desperate to catch Luce, but none are as frantic as Daniel. He chases Luce through their shared pasts, terrified of what might happen if she rewrites history. Because their romance for the ages could go up in flames . . . forever.
All books to be released Tuesday June 14th

5/10/2011

A Very Merry Unbirthday (9)

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A Very Merry Unbirthday

Any book with a release date that is not today, we wish these future favorites a Very Merry Unbirthday Wonderland style. Since there are no books I find worth talking about for next week May 17th here is another Unbirthday wish!

Bargains and Betrayals (13 to Life, #3)
Locked away at Pecan Place, Jessie finds her situation to be even more dangerous than she feared. While she struggles to maintain her sanity and discover answers about the group that seems less and less like any legitimate government agency, Pietr fights to keep their relationship alive. But very aware that his mother’s time is running out, Pietr makes a deal he doesn’t dare tell Jessie about. Because the deal Pietr’s made could mean the death of far more than his tenuous relationship with the girl he loves.
To Be Released- August 16, 2011

5/03/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday (8)

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A Very Merry UnBirthday
Any book whose birthday is not today, we wish these Future Favorites a Very Merry UnBirthday. Mainly I focus my UnBirthday wishes on books to be released the following Tuesday, in this case is Tuesday May 10th!!!


I am so excited for What Happened to Goodbye!! I love Sarah Dessen's writing, if you haven't read any of her stuff my two favorites are: 
This Lullaby
The Truth About Forever 
But all of her books are amazing!




Who is the real McLean? Since her parents' bitter divorce, McLean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move-four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother's new family, McLean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona: from cheerleader to drama diva. But now, for the first time, McLean discovers a desire to stay in one place and just be herself, whoever that is. Perhaps Dave, the guy next door, can help her find out. Combing Sarah Dessen's trademark graceful writing, great characters, and compelling storytelling, What Happened to Goodbye is irresistible reading.



“In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity.” “When Kate Mercier’s parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life—and memories—behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent. Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate’s guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he’s a revenant—an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again.

Both books come out Tuesday May 10th, I can't wait! 

4/26/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday (7)

Happy Book Birthdays!



Any book whose birthday is not today, we wish these Future Favorites a Very Merry UnBirthday. Mainly I focus my UnBirthday wishes on books to be released the following Tuesday, in this case Tuesday May 3rd!!!


Todays UnBirthdays
and Soon to be Favorites!





After discovering that vampires populate her town, college student Claire Danvers knows that the undead just want to live their lives. But someone else wants them to get ready to rumble. There's a new extreme sport getting picked up on the Internet: bare- knuckle fights pitting captured vampires against each other-or humans. Tracking the remote signal leads Claire- accompanied by her friends and frenemies-to discover that what started as an online brawl will soon threaten everyone in Morganville.







In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.





While Mary lies in a glass coffin aboard a ghost train heading west, her minions are awaiting her re-awakening by bringing lots of new souls into Everlost to serve her. Meanwhile Jackin’ Jill has met Jix, a fur-jacker—a skin jacker who can take over the bodies of animals, most notably jaguars. Jix serves a Mayan god who collects Everlost coins, and has his own agenda. In the concluding volume of The Skinjacker Trilogy, Neal Shusterman reveals new sides of the characters of Everlost, who are pitted against each other in a battle that may destroy all life on Earth.







When Brooke's crush, Scott, moves from their suburban town to New York City, she decides to follow him there. Living with her formerly estranged dad and adapting to a new school are challenging, and things go from bad to worse when Brooke learns that Scott already has a girlfriend. But as she builds her new life, Brooke begins to discover a side of herself she never knew existed. And as she finds out, in the city that never sleeps, love can appear around any corner..




All to be released Tuesday May 3rd!
There's something for everyone next week!! I'm looking forward to Biteclub (of course) and can't wait to read Divergent, I've heard fabulous things about it!

4/19/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday (6)

Our UnBirthdays for this week Bumped (Bumped #1) by Megan McCafferty and Abandon by Meg Cabot, both TBR one week from today!
Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone . . . because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back. But now she's moved to a new town. Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid. Onlyshe can't. Because even here, he finds her. That's how desperately he wants her back. She knows he's no guardian angel, and his dark world isn't exactly heaven, yet she can't stay away . . . especially since he always appears when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most. But if she lets herself fall any further, she may just find herself back in the one place she most fears: the Underworld.

When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents are forced to pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society. Sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth and had never met until the day Harmony shows up on Melody’s doorstep. Until now, the twins have followed completely opposite paths. Melody has scored an enviable conception contract with a couple called the Jaydens. While they are searching for the perfect partner for Melody to bump with, she is fighting her attraction to her best friend Zen, who is way too short for the job. Harmony has spent her whole life in religious Goodside, preparing to be a wife and mother. She believes her calling is to bring Melody back to Goodside and convince her that “pregging” for profit is a sin. But Harmony has secrets of her own that she is running from. When Melody is finally matched with the world-famous, genetically flawless Jondoe, both girls’ lives are changed forever. A case of mistaken identity takes them on a journey neither could have ever imagined, one that makes Melody and Harmony realize they have so much more than just DNA in common. 
Both titles will be available Tuesday April 26th. 

4/12/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday (5)


I can't wait to see what Kelley Armstrong, author of the Darkest Powers series, has in-store for us this time!!


While there aren't any titles to mention for next weeks birthdays, today's un or non birthdays. There is one book I really want to check out.
Libba Bray, author of the Gemma Doyle series, who happens to be a great writer has a "sure to be amazing" book coming out May 24th 2011. Keep an open mind.

      The story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island. Teen beauty queens. A "Lost"-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to email. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count.


YES! A Lord of the Flies with teenage beauty queens! I don't know about you, but I'm excited!! Come on May 24th!!!

4/05/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday (4)

Happy Happy Birthday!!!!

Today is a spectacular day!!! It is the birthday of City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare and I am so excited!!! I pre-ordered mine and will have to wait for it to get here, which is no fun. I have other books to occupy my time while I wait though. I'm about 65% done with Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston. Should be done by tomorrow and then I'll be on my way to start Afterlife by Claudia Gray until my copy of CoFA gets here. ^_^ .

Now, some Hunger Games news, which a lot of you may already know. Peeta and Gale have officially been casted as of yesterday. Just thought I'd share.


Gale

Peeta
Peeta, being played by Josh Hutcherson (Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Kids are Alright). Personally I'd have maybe picked him for Gale and  and Liam Hemsworth(The Last Song) is playing Gale, who I'd have picked for Peeta. But, what do I know!


My Unfair Godmother Synopsis from Goodread: 
Tansy Miller has always felt that her divorced father has never had enough time for her. But mistakenly getting caught on the wrong side of the law wasn't exactly how she wanted to get his attention. Enter Chrysanthemum "Chrissy" Everstar, Tansy's fairy in shining, er, high heels. Chrissy is only a fair godmother, of course, so Tansy's three wishes don't exactly go according to plan. And if bringing Robin Hood to the twenty-first century isn't bad enough for Tansy, being transported back to the Middle Ages to deal with Rumpelstiltskin certainly is. She'll need the help of her blended family, her wits, and especially the cute police chief 's son to stop the gold-spinning story from spinning wildly out of control. Janette Rallison pulls out all the stops in this fresh, fun-filled follow-up to the popular My Fair Godmother. 


Many of you have read Kelley Armstrong's Darkest Powers series, it's amazing if you haven't picked up the first book Summoning yet, go get it! This book, The Gathering, is the first in the Darkness Rising series, sure to be excellent as well.


The Gathering Synopsis from Goodread: 




Strange things are happening in Maya's tiny Vancouver Island town. First, her friend Serena, the captain of the swim team, drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. Then, one year later, mountain lions are spotted rather frequently around Maya's home—and her reactions to them are somewhat . . . unexpected. Her best friend, Daniel, has also been experiencing unexplainable premonitions about certain people and situations.
It doesn't help that the new bad boy in town, Rafe, has a dangerous secret, and he's interested in one special part of Maya's anatomy—her paw-print birthmark.





Both are due to release next Tuesday, April 12th!




3/29/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday (3)

There are two note worthy books to be released next Tuesday April 5th. They are:


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I must say I am waiting not so patiently for my copy of CoFA to get here... If you have yet to read the Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare, I suggest you drop everything you are doing and go out and get City of Bones. The first 3 books in the series (City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass) blew me away completely. Her newer series, the Infernal Devices, begins with The Clockwork Angel, and it so far is fantastic as well!!! I haven't read If I Stay yet but I know I will eventually.


Today is the Birthday of Entwined by Heather Dixon, another book I can't wait to read!


Currently I am about half way done with Nevermore and I am itching to talk about it. Back to reading I go...

3/22/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday (2)

With the release of The Dark and Hollow Places, Between Shades of Grey, and Wither comes the un-birthday of Entwined by Heather Dixon.


Synopsis from goodreads. 
Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.
The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.
Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.
The Keeper likes to keep things.
Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.


Entwined comes out Tuesday March 29th!

3/15/2011

Very Merry UnBirthday

Being the glorious Tuesday that it is, I decided to start a tradition on this new blog. Each Tuesday I will celebrate the UnBirthday of some books to be released the following week. This week I will quickly discuss much anticipated releases for next Tuesday March 22nd!!




A World War II novel about a 15 year old Lithuanian girl. Sure to bring tears and raw emotion.

It's Carrie Ryan, isn't that not enough? I admit The Forest of Hands and Teeth was a gory book to go through, but so worth it. Dead Tossed Waves was just as intense.


I know the book I am highly anticipating is The City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, due to release 04/05/2011, but who isn't. Jace is another drool worthy fictional boyfriend of mine...