Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Wishlist Wednesday #9

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Wishlist Wednesday is a book blog hop where we will post about one book per week that has been on our wishlist for some time, or just added (it's entirely up to you), that we can't wait to get off the wishlist and onto our wonderful shelves.

Follow Pen to Paper as host of the meme.
Please consider adding the blog hop button to your blog somewhere, so others can find it easily and join in too! Help spread the word! The code will be at the bottom of the post under the linky.
Pick a book from your wishlist that you are dying to get to put on your shelves.
Do a post telling your readers about the book and why it's on your wishlist.
Add your blog to the linky at the bottom of the post on Pen to Paper.
Put a link back to pen to paper somewhere in your post.
Visit the other blogs and enjoy!

On My Wishlist:

Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

Published August 1st 2009 by Scholastic Inc.

Goodreads synopsis:

Grace and Sam share a kinship so close they could be lovers or siblings. But they also share a problem. When the temperature slips towards freezing, Sam reverts to his wolf identity and must retreat into the woods to protect his pack. He worries that eventually his human side will fade away and he will be left howling alone at the lonely moon. A stirring supernatural teen romance.

My Thoughts

I have read some good reviews of Shiver in the blog world. I like reading books about werewolves. I want to know how and when do they turn into a werewolf. Will Sam and Grace fall in love and be together? Will Sam turn into a werewolf forever?

What is on your Wishlist? Leave me a comment with a link to your Wishlist Wednesday. I would very much like to see what is on your wishlist.

Top Ten Tuesday #11

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

For future Top Ten Tuesday topics, check them out here!

This weeks Top Ten List

Top Ten Books Written In The Past 10 Years That I Hope People Are Still Reading In 30 Years

The Twilight Saga (1-4) by Stephanie Meyer

House of Night (1-10) by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

The Vampire Diaries (1-4) by L.J. Smith

The Secret Circle (1-5) by L.J. Smith

Witchblood by Emma Mills

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

The Mating by Nicky Charles

Darkness Falls (Darkness Falls #1) by Jessica Sorensen

Evernight (Evernight #1) by Claudia Gray

The Sword and The Prophet by Missy LaRae

That is my Top Ten for this week. I know I cheated a little but I just couldn't pick just one book out of the series of the first four on my list. I did not list them in any particular order either. I did not put my favorite on top or my least favorite on the bottom.

What Ten Books Written In The Past 10 Years That You Hope People Are Still Reading In 30 Years?

Blog A Quote #2

5:00:00 AM Blog A Quote, meme, Michelle Chew Writes 3 comments

Blog A Quote is weekly meme hosted by Michelle Chew Writes. Each week we will be sharing a quote from our favorite books. For more info and to sign up visit Michelle Chew Writes.

My quote for this week is from Love Story by Erich Segal

“Love means never having to say you're sorry.”

I have remembered this quote for years, not knowing or remembering where I heard it from. I always believed that this was true because growing up we (My three brothers and I) were not taught to say I'm sorry to anyone for whatever reason. But we always forgave each other without ever saying anything. Some how we just knew when the other one did not mean what ever it was that they had done or said. After teaching myself to say I'm sorry I have realized that yes sometimes you do have to say I'm sorry.

What is your favorite quote?

Stacking The Shelves #2

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Stacking The Shelves, A weekly Meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. Blog about the books we got in the past weeh.

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. Where each week we share the books that we have added to our shelves during the past week. This includes books that we bought, borrowed from the library, received from the author for review, books that we won. They can be either physical books or ebooks.

You can find out more about Stacking The Shelves from the official launch page.

Received from author for review

One Bite To Passion by MaryLynn Bast

Won from LibraryThing

The Fall (The God Slayers Trilogy #1) by David L. Dawson

Fire & Ice (Icefire Trilogy) by Patty Jansen

Fire (Elements of The Undead #1) by William Esmont

Won from I am a Reader, Not a Writer

In Leah's Wake by Terri Giuliano Long

Fezariu's Epiphany (The Elencheran Chronicles) by David M. Brown

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Friday Recommends #10

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Friday Recommends is a weekly meme hosted by Pen to Paper. This a weekly book blog hop where we as bloggers choose a book that we have read and recommend it to our fellow bloggers. We can then visit each others blogs to see what other bloggers recommend and find new books to add to our TBR list. Hopefully we all will have new followers from visiting each blog on the linky list.

The rules for Friday Recommends are:

Follow Pen to Paper as host of the meme.
Please consider adding the blog hop button to your blog somewhere, so others can find it easily and join in too! Help spread the word! The code will be at the bottom of the post under the linky.
Pick a book that you've read, and have enjoyed enough to recommend to other readers. It can be a book you've read recently, or a book you read years ago - it's up to you - but make sure you tell us why you love the book (like a mini review). You make the post as long or as short as you like.
Add your blog to the linky at the bottom of post on host site Pen to Paper after posting your blog post.
Put a link back to pen to paper (http://vogue-pentopaper.blogspot.com) somewhere in your post.
Visit the other blogs and enjoy!

My Recommend for this week:

Title Marked (House of Night #1) by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

ebook, 241 pages

Published April 1st 2010 by St. Martin's Press (first published May 1st 2007)

Goodreads synopsis:

The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire--that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It's tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite club, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny--with a little help from her new vampyre friends.

My Thoughts

I just loved reading Marked. It is one of the best books that I have read in a long time. The House Of Night books are the ones that have gotten me hooked on reading about vampires. P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast make all the characters Zoey, Stevie Rae, Aphrodite, Erin, Damien and Shaunee stand out and come alive. They make you wonder if maybe they are real vampires out there in the world somewhere.

What did you recommend? Leave me a comment with a link to your Friday Recommend. I would very much like to see what you recommended. If you are new follower please let me know in comment so that I can return the favor. Thanks for stopping in for a visit.

Look for P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast on the web

Website - P.C. Cast
Website - House of Night
Goodreads - P.C. Cast
Goodreads - Kristin Cast
Goodreads - Marked
Facebook - P.C. Cast & Kristian Cast
Facebook - House of Night
Twitter - Kristin Cast

Review: Mercy (A Short Story) By Cherie Marks

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Charlie an eighteen year who lives inside the walls of the community in the middle of The Dead Forest. Charlie and her little sister was sent there by her mother. When her mother sent her there she sent her in men's clothing which Charlie doesn't understand. The community is surrouned by monsters.

The women are used for breeding. Charlie is dertermind to take very good care of her little sister and never allow this to happen to her. She is very upset that they would allow the women to be used in this way. Charlie comes to understand why her mother sent her there in men's clothing and knows she must protect her idenity for as long as possible.

Mercy is a very short story but at the same time is a very good read. I wished that it had been longer and we could have know more about Charile and her little sister where they came from. What reason did her mother send her there to live this kind of life. Who was her mother? Why did they send them outside the walls? I hope Cherie Marks has more plans for Mercy and we can learn more of Charlie's life and the story that she has to tell.

Look for Cherie Marks on the web
Website - Cherie Marks
Goodreads - Cherie Marks
Goodreads - Mercy
Smashwords - Mercy
Twitter
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Wishlist Wednesday #8

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Follow Pen to Paper as host of the meme.
Please consider adding the blog hop button to your blog somewhere, so others can find it easily and join in too! Help spread the word! The code will be at the bottom of the post under the linky.
Pick a book from your wishlist that you are dying to get to put on your shelves.
Do a post telling your readers about the book and why it's on your wishlist.
Add your blog to the linky at the bottom of the post on Pen to Paper.
Put a link back to pen to paper somewhere in your post.
Visit the other blogs and enjoy!

On My Wishlist:

Eve (Eve #1) by Anna Carey

Published October 4th 2011 by HarperTeen

Goodreads synopsis:

The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth’s population. The night before eighteen-year-old Eve’s graduation from her all-girls school she discovers what really happens to new graduates, and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust...and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.

My Thoughts

I love the tv show The Walking Dead so I just know that this will be a very intense read for me. I want to know what the virus is that wipes out most of the world's population. What horrifying fate is waiting Eve when she gradutates?

What is on your Wishlist? Leave me a comment with a link to your Wishlist Wednesday. I would very much like to see what is on your wishlist.

Top Ten Tuesday #10

6:00:00 AM Broke and the Bookish, meme, Top Ten Tuesday 13 comments

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and would LOVE to see your top ten lists! the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

For future Top Ten Tuesday topics, check them out here!

This weeks Top Ten List

Top Ten Blogs/Sites You Read That AREN'T about Books

What Top Ten blogs/sites do you read that aren't about books?

Blog A Quote #1

6:00:00 AM Blog A Quote, meme, Michelle Chew Writes 4 comments

Blog A Quote is weekly meme hosted by Michelle Chew Writes. Each week we will be sharing a quote from our favorite books. For more info and to sign up visit Michelle Chew Writes.

My quote for this week is from Betrayed by P.C. Cast

“Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good”.

I just love this quote and have ever since I read it in Betrayed. To me the quote means just because you may not believe the same way as someone else believes, does not make you a bad person. Or in the paranormal world being a vampire or a witch and not a human does not make them a bad person.

What is your favorite quote?