Get A Taste: Flame Moon

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: 99
Kindle/ebook: 7%

My Teaser:


'She tried to muster her own face of suspicion, but it was impossible with the uncontrollable chatter of her teeth. Useless — just get on with getting some help, she thought. 
“Sorry to interrupt whatever this is,” she gave a flip of her hand. “I’m stuck and can’t seem to get unzipped.” She turned around to show the wetsuit pull leash.

Aiden was closest to her, and took a step towards her.'

This was an okay book, but felt it lacked something, but hey ho, it may of just been me :) 

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The Cover Wars: Cross My Heart

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 Cross My Heart by Sasha Gould

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

Tara says: Both covers are completely different apart from one thing, the MASK on the girl’s face. I like the colourful idea with the UK one, but then I like the dark looking idea with the US one. Just because to me it would stand out more on a shelf I will go with the UK one.

Rea says: Actually this one is an easy choice for me as well. Though the UK cover is pretty in its own right, it just doesn’t attract me like the US one does. There must be something about black covers with a masked individual as the only real imagery. I have a few like that and I love them all. This is another one that would immediately draw me to it in a shop. US for me.

Score: 

Week 34:      US: 6    UK: 19   Draw: 9

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Get A Taste: Creep

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: 25
Kindle/ebook: 24%

My Teaser:

'"What was that about?" Morris said, closing the door firmly. "Why do I get the distinct impression you just got lassoed?"
Sheila waved a hand. "Don't worry about it. He's a bit of a spoiled brat."
"Oh, I got that."'

I got my boyfriend to buy me this book as I saw it in Works...and I just felt drawn to it for some reason... :) I will be reading it sooooon :D

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Review of Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant #7) by Derek Landy

Description
Magic is a disease.

Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever.

And then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who, along with her normal teenage friends, becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods, they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them.

Looks like it's going to be another one of those days…

Sorry for my lack of reviews..

My Thoughts 
I have been waiting for like.. ages for this book to come out so when I saw it in WHSmiths, I texted my sister and she told me to buy it and she will give me the money back, so that's what I did. The description sounds AMAZING just like all of the past books by Derek Landy :D. The title sounds very interesting as well and then the cover just TOPS it all :). Very intriguing all together.

After I got into this book it just... well it was amazing, it made me read it as much as possible, whenever I could read it, I read it. I could only read it while at home as Its a hardback and I don't like carrying hardbacks around outside in my bag. The storyline is bloody fantastic and interesting and great and all of the other positive things you can say about a storyline of a book. The style of writing is very easy to read and it is very descriptive. The POV changes between many people in the book but it is mainly focused around Valkyrie in my opinion.

Valkyrie is the best teenager female character of all time in my personal opinion as she is strong, brave and she tries her VERY best in every situation she finds herself in. If I were in her shoes I think I would have given up and just stopped being so strong. She sometimes feels weak and sad but Skulduggery helps her out.
Now Skulduggery is the best MALE character out there.. well.. definitely the best SKELETON. He is funny, amazing, strong, brave and fantastic. He is basically a powerful Skeleton who helps save the world along side Valkyrie. He make my day in the book as he's funny but then sometimes he gets angry and sad but when he does Valkyrie helps him out. So he helps her out and she helps him out. AWESOME characters.
There is other characters but as its been a month since I read this I have forgotten what exactly happened. All I know is there is the old characters which we have seen before, and also new ones. Every character in this books makes this book what it is, without one of these characters the book wouldn't of worked.

My overall opinion of this book is IT WAS AMAZING !!!!!!!!! I can not wait until the next book :D
I recommend this book to all Derek Landy fans and also if you have read the books before this one :)

Tara

Rating:

The Cover Wars: The Masque of the Red Death

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 The Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin.

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

Tara says: Now... This one is a hard one: they book look amazing. The UK one has the mask in which it says in the title. Then the US one has a woman who looks very intriguing. In the end I am going to go with the one that stands out the most to me if I look at them both in front of me. That would be the US one.

Rea says: This is a hard one. Both are beautiful in their own ways. Even though it’s obvious that the mask has been photo shopped onto the cover on the UK version, it still gets a very potent message across with such simple imagery. The US cover is so very pretty in another way. This is the version I have and the quote on the front, “haunting and beautiful”, fits this cover as well. If I saw them side by side, I’m honestly not sure which one I’d be drawn to first, but I’m going to go with the US cover this week.

Score: 

Week 33:      US: 6    UK: 19   Draw: 8

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Get A Taste: A Job From Hell

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: 12
Kindle/ebook: 12%

My Teaser:

'For a moment he just stared at me, then opened his mouth to speak. I cut him off, "Get in, Dallas. Don't tick me off. From all the stupid ideas you've ever had this was by far the worst."'

This may not be a lot of text but, if I put any more it would of been a spoiler. Hope that this is enough to think, I want to read it :) It is a  good book :)

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library Haul (1) ! :)

Another post about the library.. well mostly just about what I got out. :)

I got out 2 books out today.

The first one was:
Maximum Ride, Vol. 3 (Maximum Ride: The Manga #3) by James Patterson
((PS. I have read this already :P ))

The second one was:
Dancing Jax (Dancing Jax #1) by Robin Jarvis

((PS. My Friend told me it was a good read :) ))

I may make this a regularly thing where I post what I get from the library :) 

The Cover Wars: Poison Study

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 Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder.

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

Tara says: Easy choice for me. The US one looks like it’s an old book and I really don’t like it for some reason. The UK one is the one I love it has everything it needs to show me what the book will involve. I think UK wins J

Rea says: I have a different version of Poison Study, which is no longer available, and that one is actually my favourite! However, of the two here, I’m not really fond of the US cover. It doesn’t stand out so much. The beautiful purple colour of the UK cover stands out among all the other fantasy covers on the shelves. Even if it’s not as pretty as my old UK cover, it’s still UK for me.

Score: 

Week 33:      US: 5    UK: 20   Draw: 8

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Canterbury Library !!!

It's been roughly 3 years since this library was closed to be remodeled :O 

So all we had was a small library down a high street..which really didn't have a lot of books.. so when I FOUND out it was opening soon I could not wait.. it was meant to open tomorrow but it opened earlier so I walked in today with 2 of my friends and I suddenly felt at home :D 

My library card wasn't working so I had to get the card renewed..also the museum there is very interesting :D

So overall I was so so happy :D 

The Canterbury Library :D

Also.. I have already got a book out :) 

It's Maximum Ride, Vol. 2 (Maximum Ride: The Manga #2) by James Patterson: 

The book :)

Thanks for reading my out of the blue post :D 

Get A Taste: Dancing Jax

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: 67
Kindle/ebook: 14%

My Teaser:

'"Give him more," Jezza told him. 
"That's plenty for beers and a cheap bottle of voddy!" Howie protested. 
"It's not for the booze."
"Takeaways?" Miller suggested hopefully.'

I couldn't really say anything else as I haven't read this yet, but I knew that if I didn't post it now, it will be too late soon as It will be back in the Library once I have read it. 

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Cover reveal + Giveaway for A Vision of Green by L.H. Cosway

Hello :) I was asked by the Author of this book to do the COVER REVEAL of it :) I was so happy and pleased for it :)

In case you have not heard of this book or the first one I thought I would help you out :)

First Book: 
A Strange Fire (Florence Vaine #1) by L.H. Cosway

Flo has always had problems. Her stammer prevents her speech and her dad’s abuse makes her life a living hell. Not to mention she sees colours other people don’t.
When her dad decides to ship her off to live with her grandma in the sleepy town of Chesterport, Flo thinks that this is her chance for a better life. But on her very first day at her new school she is ridiculed and laughed at for having a stammer. One student sticks up for her and his name is Frank.

Frank’s body is surrounded by an aura of fire, but Flo is the only one who can see it. He lives in a foster home for troubled teenagers. Flo is drawn to him because he’s different and so is she.

Things are about to get scary, because Chesterport is not your ordinary suburban town. It’s infested by a coven of dark witches who prey on the young and the elderly. Soon Flo discovers that she’s next on their list of victims, and finds herself fighting a battle she never would have imagined possible.

Second Book: 

A Vision of Green (Florence Vaine #2) by L.H Cosway 

Since moving to Chesterport Flo has discovered new friends and a hidden world.

After spending seventeen years as an Empath, thinking she was either delusional or very, very different, she has found others who are different too. She helped battle a coven of dark witches and watched as their leader got sent to her judgement. All now seems peaceful in her new town, but it's not going to last.

For one, Flo's dad is back on the scene and has taken over her dead grandmother's house with his new girlfriend. Dealing with him makes Flo think that maybe everyday people can be monsters too, as he blackmails her into giving up the one person she needs the most. Secondly, Flo hears a story about strange goings on in the nearby forest, and becomes obsessed with the magical things that might lie in its green depths.

A Vision of Green is the second instalment in the Florence Vaine trilogy, where Flo finds herself yet again immersed in mystery, romance and things that are just a little bit scary. She will come across new adversaries, supernatural and otherwise, discover more about her own identity and grow in ways she had never anticipated.

Cover Reveal + Giveaway of both books :

I really love this cover so much, The title and Cover go well together and once you add the blurb to it, it basically tells apart of the story :) - Tara :)

L.H. Cosway has been so grateful to me and has allowed me to host a Giveaway of both of her books, so not only will you get the new one but you will also get the first one if you have no yet read it. :) 

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The Cover Wars: Throne of Glass

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 Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.

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

Tara says: I like both covers, but the US one is just like other covers out there whereas the UK one is a little different. The UK cover actually made me smile as it’s showing me what the girl is, and what she does, without even reading the blurb. UK WINS!

Rea says: This one is a fairly easy one for me. The US one is not all that extraordinary, though I do really like the castle in the background – even if it does look more like a ghost castle than one made of glass. The UK one, however, is original and beautiful. This is the one that I have and the back cover actually shows the same character facing away but wearing a dress now. This cover stands out and I fell in love with it the moment I first laid eyes on it. UK for me.

Score: 

Week 32:      US: 5    UK: 19   Draw: 8

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My Top 3 Books (August 2012)

It's now September meaning It's time for the Top 3 Books of August :)


The books I read this month:
1. Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3) by E.L. James
2. Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Sarah J. Mass
3. Nevermore (Maximum Ride ,#8) by James Patterson
4. The Wood Queen (The Iron Witch, #2) by Karen Mahoney
5. The lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
6. Broken (Women of the Otherworld, #6) by Kelley Armstrong
7. No humans Involved (Women of the Otherworld, #7) by Kelley Armstrong
8. Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, #8) by Kelley Armstrong
9. Living with the Dead (Women of the Otherworld, #9) by Kelley Armstrong
10. Frostbitten (Women of the Otherworld, #10) by Kelley Armstrong
11. Endlessly (Parnormalcy, #3) by Kiersten White
12. Beautiful Demos (Peachville High Demons, #1) by Sarra Cannon
13. The Emerald Talisman (Talisman, #1) by Brenda Pandos
14. Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7) by Derek Landy
15. Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror, #1) by Karina Halle

My top 3:
1) Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant #7) by Derek Landy
2) Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Sarah J. Mass
3) Nevermore (Maximum Ride, #8) by James Patterson