Get A Taste: Almost to Die For

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I often read very different books but sometimes find interesting new books to potentially add to the ever-growing monsters that our TBR piles have morphed into. However, we know that we do not have 100% the same taste and we wanted another way of getting a look at these books...

Do you ever feel like getting a bit of a taster for a book you’ve been thinking of reading but aren’t fully sold on yet? Do you feel like sharing a taster for your current read with the world? Well, here’s your chance.

Each week the random number generator will pick a number between 1 and 100 for books with pages or 1 and 25% for ebooks. We figured that these numbers would keep us out of spoiler territory. Open your book to the specified place and pick a paragraph. Share it with the world!

This week its: 
Page number: 5
Kindle/ebook: 21%


My Teaser:

'They looked nervous. Thing Two's Adam's apple bobbed. Glances flitted among them. Thompson tried to act as if he was unimpressed, but suddenly he saw someone he knew across the room. "Hey, there's Yvonne. I need to talk to her about the band coming to her house party." As he stood up to flee, Thompson mustered one last bit of a nasty. "Too bad you'll never be popular enough to be invited to a house party, freak."
"Boo!" I said. 
Thompson jumped and uttered a sound not unlike a squeak. 
Thing One -- or maybe Two -- actually snickered.'


It was a while ago when I read this, but I remember it only taking me a few hours while I was on a holiday..It was that good :)

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The Cover Wars: I Am Number Four

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I decided to get together to do a weekly meme where we would compare covers of the UK editions of books with those of the US editions.

The aim of this is to just have a bit of fun. We put ourselves in the position where we see both of these books side by side in the bookstore. Which would we choose? Why that one and not the other?

This week, we will be comparing the UK and US covers of  I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. I have watched the movie and read the book :) AMAZING!!! :D

The First book is the US version and the Second one is the UK

version.

Tara says: They both have that swirly design on it, and I understand why, as I have read the book and watched the I Am Number Four movie, but I feel it could have been better for both. The US is orange, boring and plain. The UK version is orange, black and more appealing to me. It’s UK for me.

Rea says: What’s with that swirl on both covers? Maybe it’d make more sense to me if I actually read the book, but I have no idea what it’s meant to be. Which means that my decision this week boils down to the colour of the cover. The bright yellowy-orange of the US edition is a bit too in-your-face for my tastes. I am rather fond of the orange fading to black of the UK cover though. So UK it is for me.

Score: 

Week 19:      US: 2    UK: 11    Draw: 5

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Get A Taste: Secret Lives

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I often read very different books but sometimes find interesting new books to potentially add to the ever-growing monsters that our TBR piles have morphed into. However, we know that we do not have 100% the same taste and we wanted another way of getting a look at these books...

Do you ever feel like getting a bit of a taster for a book you’ve been thinking of reading but aren’t fully sold on yet? Do you feel like sharing a taster for your current read with the world? Well, here’s your chance.

Each week the random number generator will pick a number between 1 and 100 for books with pages or 1 and 25% for ebooks. We figured that these numbers would keep us out of spoiler territory. Open your book to the specified place and pick a paragraph. Share it with the world!

This week its: 
Page number: 1
Kindle/ebook: 22%


My Teaser:


'"Hey, is that you?"
She peered hopefully into the darkness, her heartbeat already quickening.
No reply. Something rustled in the undergrowth; a mosquito whined. Disappointed, she shifted her position on the old temple wall and hugged her knees.  Not a footstep after all. Just some night creature. Well, he'd warned her he might be late. 
Wait for me, though! Wait for me, Jess, and I'll be there... '


I have only finished this recently and I LOVED it, I don't think there's another book out there just like this one. 

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Author Giveaway: The Brotherhood of Piaxia by Michael Drakich

I was asked by Michael Drakich to host a giveaway for this book :) 
I have marked it as to read and will be reading this very soon.
So now one person has a chance to get a coupon for smashwords to get a version of this book for free :)


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The Brotherhood of Piaxia by Michael Drakich

Years have passed since the overthrow of the monarchy by the Brotherhood of Warlocks and they rule Piaxia in peaceful accord. But now forces are at work to disrupt this rule from outside the Brotherhood as well as within! Follow Tarlok, Savan and Tessia as their paths intertwine, with the Brotherhood in pursuit and the powerful merchant’s guild manipulating the populace for their own end.


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Review of Coexist (Keegan's Chronicles #1) by Julia Crane

Description
Sixteen-year-old Keegan is struggling to keep her huge secret from her friends--she's an elf, descended from a long line of elves that live in secrecy alongside humans. In elfin society, mates are predetermined but not allowed to meet until they are eighteen. Against tradition, Keegan's brother Thaddeus told her Rourk's name because his visions warned him she'd need Rourk's protection, especially since Keegan will play a key role in the coming war between the dark and light elves.

Rourk finds himself drawn to Keegan's side every time she thinks his name. He wants to talk to her but remains in the shadows, silently guarding her every time she mentally beckons him. A twist of fate thrusts the two of them together when Rourk is forced to step up his protection and make his presence known. An ancient prophecy deeply entwines Keegan's family and the future of their society. Somehow they must find a way to thwart fate and win the battle...without losing Keegan. With war brewing, and dark forces aligning, will Keegan and Rourk ever have the life together that they both desire?

My Thoughts 
This cover .. this cover is just amazing :D The fact not only is there a girl there.. with branches and stuff crawling up her legs and she's standing on grass in a road, and then the city is just out there.Not only is the cover really interesting but the TITLE is very interesting.. the name, the font and also the colour. After I was happy with the cover and title I read the description and that was also very interesting and I really wanted to read it. AND its free or was free on Amazon so why not read it :)

After just reading the first few pages I was intrigued by it which made me want to read more. Every chapter the ending of it just made me go.. NEXT please.. so on.. and so fourth. Which led me finishing it quite quickly. I loved this book, I found it different and very interesting. The fact you cant meet your "soul mate" until you are 18 and the fact you have 1 is very strange and interesting. The POV switches between Rourk and Keegan the two main characters.

Keegan is a nice, kind but to me a very strange girl. I love her attitude towards things she does and believes in, but I hate how she was kinda treated by her parents.
Rourk is a mysterious guy who we didn't know much about, I always thought he has a past which we didn't know about. I loved him to bits on how he cared and was very protective of Keegan.
Thaddeus who is Keegan's brother also plays an important part in the book and I think he was my favourite character as he was smart, and he helped Keegan in the book, I also thought he made me laugh a little.

There was more characters but I felt these 3 were the main ones as they were playing the main roles. 

My overall opinion of this book is I loved it, and I want to read the second one :D. 

I recommend this book to all YA lovers and who love A good book with a bit of love.. a bit of action and maybe... some magic. :) 

Tara

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The Cover Wars: Slide

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I decided to get together to do a weekly meme where we would compare covers of the UK editions of books with those of the US editions.

The aim of this is to just have a bit of fun. We put ourselves in the position where we see both of these books side by side in the bookstore. Which would we choose? Why that one and not the other?

This week, we will be comparing the UK and US covers of Slide by Jill Hathaway. I really want to read this, It sounds really Interesting :).

The First book is the US version and the Second one is the UK

version.

Tara says: This one is really easy for me, the US version is pretty and nice but it doesn’t draw me in as much as the UK one. The UK one draws me in, because of the big eye, the bright colours and just the fact it just seems more appealing for the book. So I am going with UK. 

Rea says: I like the pretty girl on the US cover who seems to be looking out over something that draws her full attention, especially with that spotlight in the background. But while the US cover is visually appealing, it just doesn’t draw me the way the UK one does. The UK cover had me the moment I saw it. I love that horrified girl with the reflection of the murderer in her eye. Just love her! If I saw both of these books side by side in a bookstore, there’s no doubt that I would go straight for the UK cover.

Score: 

Week 18:      US: 2    UK: 10    Draw: 5

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Get A Taste: Halo

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I often read very different books but sometimes find interesting new books to potentially add to the ever-growing monsters that our TBR piles have morphed into. However, we know that we do not have 100% the same taste and we wanted another way of getting a look at these books...

Do you ever feel like getting a bit of a taster for a book you’ve been thinking of reading but aren’t fully sold on yet? Do you feel like sharing a taster for your current read with the world? Well, here’s your chance.

Each week the random number generator will pick a number between 1 and 100 for books with pages or 1 and 25% for ebooks. We figured that these numbers would keep us out of spoiler territory. Open your book to the specified place and pick a paragraph. Share it with the world!

This week its: 
Page number: 76
Kindle/ebook: 24%


My Teaser:

'"Only seventy-two days to go," she said, her face flushed with excitement.
"Until?" I asked.
She looked at me in disbelief
"Until the prom, you loser!" I've never looked forward to anything more in my life". Ordinarily I would have been offended by her use of the word loser, but it hadn't taken long to realize that the girls around here used insults as a form of endearment.'


This was one of my first "big" books I read which my sister hasn't read :D 
I loved this book and I also loved the second one Hades :)

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Review of Earth (Elemental, #1) by Shauna Granger

Description
Shayna and her two best friends have the abilities to manipulate and control the four elements, earth, air, water and fire. While learning to hone their growing powers, they discover a new and malicious presence in their sleepy beach town. Someone is performing blood magic and threatens to expose their small magical community. So far only small animals have been slaughtered, but then the nightmares start.

Shayna suffers nightmares of being chased and sacrificed only to wake up bloodied and bruised. She thinks her magical blood is the ultimate target for the final blood rite. When an innocent girl, Tracy, is kidnapped Shayna knows it's only a ploy to draw her out; she can't let someone die because of her.

*Short Review*

My Thoughts 
I saw this free on Amazon, and once I read the description I knew I would like it. The cover is really interesting as it shows a girl who looks like she wants to tell me something which really made me want to read this as soon as I could.

I loved this book, it had nearly everything I wanted in a book, magic, friendship and enemies. I started reading it and I just got hooked from the very start it was like "Tara READ ME" and I was like "NOO... but then.. SURE I WILL". So yes I loved the story. It was very easy to read and understand. The storyline is really interesting and it will grab your attention straight away like it did with me. The POV is centred more around Shayna the main character.

Shayna is an interesting character but I felt she could of asked for help more instead of trying to figure everything out on her own and trying to be the "Main" reason this happens etc. I did like her a lot I just felt she could of taken a more back seat in the book.
Jodi and Steven are such great friends to Shayna. Whenever she needs them, or they help her its amazing as if all 3 were meant to be always together and that they should always work together and be friends forever. I just love their bonds together. Out of all 3 I think I liked Steven the best, he was also a very funny guy.
The other characters in this book had there own little thing about them which made me love this book.

My overall opinion of this book is, I really liked it a lot and had really good ideas and thoughts and I really want to read the next book.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves anything to do with Power, Magic etc.

Tara

Rating: 

The Cover Wars: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I decided to get together to do a weekly meme where we would compare covers of the UK editions of books with those of the US editions.

The aim of this is to just have a bit of fun. We put ourselves in the position where we see both of these books side by side in the bookstore. Which would we choose? Why that one and not the other?

This week, we will be comparing the UK and US covers of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I loved this and I read this after the Movie was out, so I did compare a little but It didn't stop me loving the book.

The First book is the US version and the Second one is the UK
version.

Tara says: I don’t really like either, but I love the fact the US cover has water in it, and as Percy is the son of Poseidon it fits nicely. I also like the fact in the UK cover it has Percy in it at the top and a Minotaur at the bottom. With both of them, they have something from the book. I’ll go with UK because it stands out more to me.

Rea says: If you see the UK cover of this book, you’ll notice that it’s got that shiny film over it. Though I have nothing against shiny, I hate that film as it always starts peeling off the corners while you’re reading. In this case, though, I feel that the US cover is better suited to the book. There is indeed a minotaur in this particular Percy Jackson book but the image is broken in two and I like the idea of Percy standing in the water – the domain of his father, Poseidon – as he looks upon New York, where the action takes place. The US art actually appeals more to me here too. US this week.

Score: 

Week 17:      US: 2    UK: 9    Draw: 5

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Get A Taste: Under the Never Sky

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I often read very different books but sometimes find interesting new books to potentially add to the ever-growing monsters that our TBR piles have morphed into. However, we know that we do not have 100% the same taste and we wanted another way of getting a look at these books...

Do you ever feel like getting a bit of a taster for a book you’ve been thinking of reading but aren’t fully sold on yet? Do you feel like sharing a taster for your current read with the world? Well, here’s your chance.

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This week its: 
Page number: 92
Kindle/ebook: 3%


My Teaser:


'Paisley's expression softened. "The link is probably just down. You'll hear from her soon."
"The link has only dropped for a few hours before. Never for this long."
Paisley sighed, leaning against the plastic mound. "I couldn't believe it when you sang to him the other night. And you should've seen Caleb. He thought you'd broken into your mothers medicines."
Aria smiled.'


I only just read this recently. It was recommend by a friend because she loved it so much, and well.. I have to agree with her :) Amazing :D

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The Cover Wars: Darkfever

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I decided to get together to do a weekly meme where we would compare covers of the UK editions of books with those of the US editions.

The aim of this is to just have a bit of fun. We put ourselves in the position where we see both of these books side by side in the bookstore. Which would we choose? Why that one and not the other?

This week, we will be comparing the UK and US covers of Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning. I haven't read this book, but I have now marked it as to-read :)

The First book is the US version and the Second one is the UK
version.

Tara says: The US version is of a woman and a man and that’s it – very boring and something I see quite a lot – whereas on the UK version it’s very different. It has a girl or a woman on it, but the image of her isn’t big so it’s not covering the whole cover. It also has some sort of a circular stone pattern, which looks interesting, and with the smoke on the top and the bottom of the image it means that the title also stands out a lot more than the US version. The UK wins for me. 

Rea says: I really don’t like the US cover art for this book. I think it gives completely the wrong impression. It makes the book look like it’s going to be a paranormal romance full of sex, but really it’s an urban fantasy with no sex in it at all – and very little romance at that. Though there is a Fae that makes Mac take off her clothes without realising what she’s doing. He’s cool! The UK cover art, on the other hand, is incredibly appealing (to me). I love the girl alone in the middle of what looks like a town square that should be busy. The blues work really well the black to give the book an air of mystery. UK for me.

Score: 

Week 16:      US: 2    UK: 9    Draw: 4

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Review of Hunger (Riders of the Apocalypse #1) by Jackie Morse Kessler

Description
“Thou art the Black Rider. Go thee out unto the world.”

Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How will an anorexic seventeen-year-old girl from the suburbs fare as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

Traveling the world on her steed gives Lisa freedom from her troubles at home: her constant battle with hunger, and her struggle to hide it from the people who care about her. But being Famine forces her to go places where hunger is a painful part of everyday life, and to face the horrifying effects of her phenomenal power. Can Lisa find a way to harness that power — and the courage to battle her own inner demons?

My Thoughts

My sister read this and then put it on top of a pile of books which is growing by the minute on top of my chair. It looked short so I knew when I started reading it I could maybe be able to read it within a day. The cover is really nice and pretty and very very different. The name "Hunger" will always want me to read it :). The description just topped it off :).

I really loved this book in many ways. I loved the reality in it showing that Anorexic is a problem and with this book it kinda shows you it from that person view, how she thinks she fat, how she needs to certain things like not eat to become skinny. Its a real problem and I love how the Author as put it out there for everyone to read along side mixing it with the FOUR horsemen. It was “Thou art the Black Rider. Go thee out unto the world.” which really made me want to read this book and it basically sums up what see has to do. It's definitely a different book to what I would normally read but no matter, it was stunningly beautiful written.

Lisabeth is the main character who suffers from being an Anorexic. She has lived a normal life apart from the fact she is anorexic. But one day it all changes as she is told she is the new Famine one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Throughout the book she faces so many problems, challenges and makes mistakes but you also she her fight and try her hardest to do what's right.
Death is portrayed in many ways in many books, but I loved him in this one, he had a weird humour and did make me laugh sometimes. I loved how he made sure she knew there was a way out of it if she chooses that. I did like him a lot.
War is an angry women and she seriously annoyed me a lot, I basically just wanted to stab her, but as she was fictional and not reality I couldn't. Anyway I am glad she was that as she is War. (I mean why have a good war?).
Anyway there is more characters that made this book what it is and I loved every single one for different reasons.

My overall opinion of this book is, it was short and good. I loved some parts better than others,and the characters were amazing and what made this book as good as it was. I would of loved more in this book, but other than that.. nothing was wrong with it.
I recommend this book to everyone who loves reading.

Tara

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Get A Taste: Jenny Pox

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I often read very different books but sometimes find interesting new books to potentially add to the ever-growing monsters that our TBR piles have morphed into. However, we know that we do not have 100% the same taste and we wanted another way of getting a look at these books...

Do you ever feel like getting a bit of a taster for a book you’ve been thinking of reading but aren’t fully sold on yet? Do you feel like sharing a taster for your current read with the world? Well, here’s your chance.

Each week the random number generator will pick a number between 1 and 100 for books with pages or 1 and 25% for ebooks. We figured that these numbers would keep us out of spoiler territory. Open your book to the specified place and pick a paragraph. Share it with the world!

This week its: 
Page number: 42
Kindle/ebook: 6%


My Teaser:

The dog wagged his tail as she spoke, which made him rock a little bit on his front leg.
When she stood up, he raced into the woods as if someone has fired a starting gun.
"Good boy," Jenny said. "Keep away from me".
And finally, after holding it inside all the way from the five and dime, she broke down and let herself cry.

I haven't read this book yet, but I really want to :) So as soon as I can I will :D 

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