Review - The Lost Souls by Jessica Sorensen

Release Date: June 27th 2012
Buy it: Amazon
Add it: Goodreads

Spin-off of the Fallen Star Series.

My name is Gemma Lucas and my life is good. Alex and I eliminated the star, along with Stephan and the Death Walkers. 

Finally I can relax and focus on freeing my father from the Room of Forbidden.

At least that’s what I thought. But things are never this easy.

Then Alex disappears without a trace. As I desperately search for him, I discover secrets I wish I could forget—secrets Alex has been keeping for me. And I’m not sure what to do. Or who I can trust.

Just when I’ve put the past behind me, Lost Souls cross over into the Real World.

This book was..... WOW it kept me hooked from the start just like the Fallen Star series. I love Gemma and Alex.

This Book introduces some new characters as well as brings back old characters - Aislin, Laylen, Nicholas and of course Gemma and Alex. They have so much to deal with in this book, The Queen of the Underworld as well as an attack by Fey (silly Aislin and her spells).

When Gemma tries to get Nicholas to help her free her dad from the Room of Forbidden she loses her Foreseers power when he is forced trick her.

Alex, Gemma and Laylen all get possessed. Alex by a lost soul which Gemma ends up getting out of him and also getting pulled into the Underworld. Laylen gets possessed by Alex and Aislin's great, great grandfather Alexander Avery who turns out to be the Queen of the Underworld and her sisters lover, and Gemma gets possessed by Lucidia. Lucidia eats her sister Annabelle before possessing Gemma so that Gemma stays dead when Lucidia has eventually escaped the Underworld and kills her.

I almost cried at the ending of the book and I am so glad that I am able to start reading the second one right away, I need to know what happens next because so much stuff happens and it doesn't get fixed.

Wishlist Wednesday

The Destiny of Violet and Luke by Jessica Sorensen
Luke Price's life has always been about order, control, and acting tough on the outside. For Luke, meaningless relationships are a distraction-a way to tune out the twisted memories of his childhood. He desperately wishes he could forget his past, but it haunts him no matter what he does.

Violet Hayes has had a rough life. When she was young, she was left with no family and the memory of her parents' unsolved murders. She grew up in foster homes, living with irresponsible parents, drugs, and neglect, and trying to fight the painful memories of the night her parents were taken from her. But it's hard to forget when she never got closure-and she can't stop dreaming about what happened that tragic night. To make it through life, she keeps her distance from everyone and never allows herself to feel anything.

Then Violet meets Luke. The two clash instantly, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. Although they fight it, they both start to open up and feel things they've never felt before. They discover just how similar they are. But they also discover something else: The past always catches up with you.

The Destiny of Violet and Luke is out in the New Year on January 7th

Top 10 Tuesday

Hosted by Broke and the Bookish

This weeks Top 10 is Top 10 2014 releases I'm dying to read.

1. Unforgotten by Jessica Brody
2. Evertrue by Brodi Ashton
3. Timestorm by Julie Cross
4. Cress by Marissa Meyer
5. Shattered by Teri Terry
6. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
7. After The End by Amy Plum
8. Of Neptune by Anna Banks
9. Earthquake by Aprilynne Pike
10. Menagerine by Rachel Vincent

Book Blogger TMI Tag

I got this off my cousin’s blog (loadedshelves) who got it from Amber's Book Blogger TMI Tag which you can find here.

How old are you?
I'm 26 years old.

What book are you reading?
The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen and I’m slowly trying to get threw Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter.

What are you wearing?
A cheetah onesie and my quilt.

OTP?
Ever and Damen from Alyson Noels Immortal series

Blogger or WordPress?
Blogger!

Going outside being active or staying in and reading a book?
Staying in and reading a book – although I do take my book or kindle with me when I go out

What is the last book you read?
Lost Soul by Jessica Sorensen

What is the book you’re going to read next?
I will probably read Echo by Alyson Noel but I don’t have a planned book

eBooks – yes or no?
Yes! I love my iPad I use it instead of my kindle most the time

Where do you prefer to read?
I don’t mind where I read as long as can read

Who is the last person you tweeted?
Alyson Noel. It’s her birthday so I wished her a happy birthday.

Who’s blog did you look at last?

Brokeand the Bookish

Who is your favourite blogger?
Caragh and Brianna over at Loadedshelves and the guys at Broke and the Bookish

Who is your favourite booktuber?
Don’t really look at booktubers but I do now and again look at The Story Sirens IMM's

What do you do when someone tells you reading is boring?
I tell them they don't know what there missing. Reading helps to escape from the problems in real world and enter the world of someone else.

Who is the last author you spoke to?
Jessica Brody, I was trying to convince her to release Unforgotten early.

Who is the last person you texted?
A friend from uni

Who is your all-time favourite book character?
There are so many its hard to pick. If I had to pick one I would have to say Gemma from the Fallen Star series because she goes threw so much and still comes out winning

UKYA or USYA?
I don't mind, I should probably say UKYA as I don't read enough of them.

What is your preferred drink whilst reading?
Whatever is easiest to do when I need a drink

If you hated reading, what would you be doing instead?
I would probably spend most my time playing computer games if I hated reading because I do like to play the sims every now and then.

How many bookshelves/bookcases do you have?
2 full bookcases and a few piles of books on the side because they don't fit on the bookcases.

If you had the choice to meet all of your favourite book bloggers or all of your favourite authors, which would you pick? You can only pick one.
Probably authors because there's so much stuff I want to know like how they come up with there ideas or when they have their idea how do they turn it into their awesome books.

Insta-love- yes or no?
No, it's better when they start off either hating each other and being forced together or just getting to know each other and then falling in love.

Favourite author?
This is a hard question but I'm going to say Roald Dahl because if it wasn't for his books I probably wouldn't be as into books as I am.

What is the number-one book on your wishlist?
Unforgotten by Jessica Brody

Do you prefer books with female or male protagonists?
As long as it keeps me gripped it doesn't matter

Which is your favourite book-to-film adaption?
I haven't really read many book-to-film books before seeing the film but I did enjoy Snow White and the Huntsman. (book was better than the film tho)

What is the last song you listened to?
Begin Again by Taylor Swift

Which do you enjoy reading more – negative reviews or positive reviews?
I enjoy both because no one has the same opinion of the same book and its interesting to see what others think of a book I really enjoy or I didn't enjoy.

Who are you going to tag?
Who ever reads this and wants to do it next

Discussion - Book Quotes

My discussion today is about authors posting quotes from their soon to be released books or prequels.

Some of my favourite authors like to post quotes from their up and coming novels. At the moment Jessica Brody is currently posting quotes from her novels Unforgotten and Undiscovered on Twitter and Facebook which is torcher because I can not wait to get my hands on a copy of them.

I was wondering how other people felt about this? Does it make you want to read the book more or does it spoil the book for you?

Here's what I think:

I'm torn on how I feel about authors quoting from their soon to be released books. Sometimes it's like please stop with quotes and let me just read the book because I don't want it being spoiled by the quotes, especially because the book isn't due out for a couple of months yet and sometimes it gives away that the character you thought died at the end of the last book is actually alive and well which isn't always a good thing. (I'm talking about Jessica Sorensen killing off Nicholas for him to reappear in the next book - I hated that half fairy, half forseer lol).

Other times I like the quotes because it gives you a little hint at what is going to happen and makes me want to read the book there and then even tho I can't because it's not out yet. Most the time I have forgotten the quotes by the time it comes to reading the book because the quote was posted four or five months before the book was released or because I have read a lot of other books between the quotes and the books release.

Leave a comment in the comment box about how you feel or just take part in the poll along the side.

In My Mailbox November 2013

Paperback

• The Vampire Diaries Unspoken - L. J. Smith
• The School of Good and Evil - Soman Chainani
• Horizon - Alyson Noel

Library

• The Book of Spells - Kate Brian

Kindle

• Fateful - Cheri Schmidt
• Fast Forward - Juliet Madison
• Once Upon A Lie - Jill Paterson
• The Princess Sisters - Stacy Lynn Carroll
• The White Aura - Felicia Tatum
• Shadow of the Wolf - R. G. Porter
• The Bloodstone Oracle - Willow Cross and Brittany Carrigan
• The Grimm Diaries 1-18 - Cameron Jace
• Masquarade - Cambria Herbert
• Chaos Born - Rebekah Turner
• Stalk Me - Jillian Dodd
• Enchanted Immortals - C. J. Pinard
• Seasons of the Moon series - S. M. Reine
• The Progeny - Ashlynne Laynne
• Chasing Beautiful - Pamela Ann
• Dark Wine - M. D. Bowden
• Dark Blood - M. D. Bowden
• Shattered Promises - Jessica Sorensen
• Not a Sparrow Falls - Linda Nichols
• Black Moon Beginnings - Kaitlyn Hoyt
• Diamonds are a Teens Best Friend - Allison Rushby
• Looks Great Naked - Sandi Hutcheson
• The Prophecy - Melissa Luznicky Garrett
• Frost Fire - Olivia Rivers
• The Mist on Bronte Moor - Aviva Orr

Wishlist Wednesday

The Ever After of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen

The day Ella has waited for is just around the corner. It's the day she'll marry Micha, the love of her life, the light that guided her out of the darkness. It looks like it will be the perfect Christmas-until an unexpected package arrives with a harsh reminder of Ella's past. Suddenly Ella doesn't feel as confident about her future. Can she really have a "happily-ever-after" if she's never even seen one?

Micha will stand by Ella no matter what she's going through-though he worries that she might leave him standing at the altar again. When he's offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to tour with his favorite bands for three months, Micha knows he can't leave Ella behind. But can he ask her to uproot her life to join him on the road?

Now Ella and Micha must find a way to balance their fears, their dreams, and their love . . . if they ever want to hear wedding bells.

The Ever After of Ella and Micha is released on December 3rd

Top 10 Tuesday

Hosted by Broke and the Bookish

Top 7 things I am thankful for.

1. Authors - Without authors I would have nothing to read.
2. My Local Libraries - I haven't used this as much as I normally would this year but they always have a great deal of books that I want to read (which helps my to read list)
3. My Cousin Cazz (loadedshelves) and my mum - I don't think I would have read half of the books I have if it wasn't for them.
4. Bookshops (including online stores) - If it wasn't for book shops I wouldn't have my book addiction.
5. Bloggers - I'm thankful for other bloggers because they give me ideas for my blog as well as ideas on books to read or avoid.
6. Online book stores - I love online book stores (amazon) because I don't have to leave my house to buy books.
7. Goodreads - Without goodreads I wouldn't be able to keep track of the books I have read or when I read them and the books I want to read.

Wishlist Wednesday

This Weeks Book is


Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong
Protect the innocent. If there is any one principle that drives hit man Nadia Stafford, it’s this. In her own mind, when she was thirteen, she failed to protect her older cousin Amy from being murdered. Now she fails again, disastrously, when she botches a hit. To help her find her equilibrium, her mentor, Jack, brings her a gift: the location and new identity of the predator who killed her cousin and disappeared after the case against him failed.

Vengeance, justice? With the predator in her sights, nothing seems more right, more straightforward, more easy. But finding justice is never as simple as it seems.

Wild Justice is out on the 26th of November 2013. Pre-Order yours now.

Top 10 Tuesday

Hosted by Broke and the Bookish

Top 10 books I would recommend to x person
I would recommend these 10 books to any reader. (in no order)

1. Die for Me by Amy Plum
2. Unremembered by Jessica Brody
3. 52 Reasons To Hate My Father by Jessica Brody
4. Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw
5. Evermore by Alyson Noel
6. The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen
7. Heist Society by Ally Carter
8. Evernight by Claudia Gray
9. Facing up to Fatherhood by Miranda Lee
10. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

Top 10 Tuesday

Hosted by Broke and the Bookish

Top Ten Covers I Wish I Could Redesign

  

This cover is just blah the other covers for this series are a big improvement.

This cover takes after its title its just plain.

These two books are from different series by the same author but based on the same people but the covers are practically exactly the same all through both series its a bit boring.

Falling for the doctor might be the name of the book and I think then cover should reflect that, wheres the doctor in this picture?

The whole series has the exact same picture on the cover the only difference is there different colours.

This series might be about trolls but that doesn't mean all the covers should be of people in the forest does it?

The only difference between this cover and the cover for book one is the colour of the dress and the fact that the model is facing the other way :/

I don't find this cover interesting at all and that puts me off reading it.

This cover is the same all through the series and just like the demon trappers the colours on the cover change.

Wishlist Wednesday

This weeks book is no other than the final book in Alyson Noel's new series.

Horizon by Alyson Noel

Fate has bound them together—and torn them apart. Now Daire and Dace face one final fight that will seal their destiny forever.

Daire Santos is the last of the Soul Seekers, and the only thing standing between the Richters and the destruction of everyone she loves. With her grandmother gone and Cade back in Enchantment, Daire must finally step into her destiny and lead the fight against the Richters. But what if that means sacrificing the person she loves most?

Bound to the Richters by blood, Dace struggles against the darkness growing inside him that threatens to claim Daire too. Though Daire refuses to give up on him, the choice may not be hers. An epic battle is on the horizon and the end of the world looms near. With such insurmountable odds stacked against them, is their love really enough to conquer all?

Horizon the final instalment in the Soul Seeker Series is released on November 19th.

Top 10 Tuesday

Hosted by Broke and the Bookish

Top Ten Sequels I Can't Wait To Get My Hands On:

1. Unforgotten by Jessica Brody
2. Horizon by Alyson Noel
3. Raging Star by Moira Young
4. Elegy by Amanda Hocking
5. The One - Kiera Cass
6. Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen
7. Darkness Fades by Jessica Sorensen
8. The Black Reckoning by John Stephens
9. Frozen Heat by Richard Castle
10. Deadly Heat by Richard Castle

Just for fun questionnaire

I did this last year and decided to do it again now to see how much the answers have changed.

The best book you read last year:

Night Star by Alyson Noel and Unsaid Things by McFly

A book you've read more than 3 times:

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (not read by choice)

Your favourite series of the year:

Heist Society by Ally Carter

A guilty pleasure book:

Anything by Enid Blyton or Roald Dahl

A book that made you laugh:

The Dinosaur that pooped a Planet by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Pointer

A book that made you cry:

Night Star by Alyson Noel (but only because it was the last book in the very first series I ever read and I love the whole series)

A book you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving:

Heist Society by Ally Carter (because it wasn't something I would normally read)

Favourite classic book:

Matilda by Roald Dahl

A book you hated:

Love Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur

A book you used to love but don’t any more:

Cinderella

Your Favourite author:

To many to list now days because there are that many

Favourite male character:

Hale from Heist Society (Hale is the one of two male character who has been in my year)

Favourite female character:

Seraphina from Unremembered and Kat from Heist Society

Your biggest fictional crush:

Damen Auguste from the Immortal Series

A good quick read:

The Karma Club by Jessica Brody

A book that disappointed you:

Falling by Cat Clarke

Favourite book-to-movie conversion:

Harry Potter

Favourite romance:

Die for Me - Amy Plum

Favourite book from your childhood:

Still Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

A book you can't wait for:

Horizon by Alyson Noel (Out November 19th) and Unforgotten By Jessica Brody (Out February 2014)

A book you've been meaning to read for ages:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

A book that you wish more people would read:

Anything by any author mentioned in this post

Most surprising plot twist or ending:

Unremembered by Jessica Brody

Favourite book title:

Vortex and Mystic

Your Favourite book OF ALL TIME:

Still Good Night Mr. Tom and Charlotte's Web

If you're interested copy,paste,fill in in the comments or post on your blog and link the post in comments ! :D

In My Mailbox October 2013

Here is a list of books I bought this month some are for the kindle and some are paperbacks.

Paperbacks

• Vortex - Julie Cross
• Goodnight Mr Tom - Michelle Magorian
• Briar Rose - Jana Oliver

Kindle

• Tranquility - Anya Bast
• Wings of Glass - Gina Holmes
• Losing Control - Tracie Peterson
• Soul Ties - Lisa Swallow
• Forclosed - Traci Tyne Hilton
• Somewhere to belong - Judith Miller
• Broken Build - Rachelle Ayala
• The Witch Hunter - Nicole R Taylor
• Nashville Heat - Bethany Michaels
• Cursed - Casey O'Dell
• Legacy of The Witch - Maggie Shayne
• Awakened - Brenda K Davies
• The Vampire Warden  - S J Wright
• Dark Wine  - M. D. Bownden
• leashed - Zoe Dawson
• Wonder Dust - Michelle Warren and Pam Berehulke
• Forsaken Dreams - MaryLu Tyndall
• In Spades - K. Pinson
• First Kiss - Ann Marie Frohoff
• The princess Problem - Diane Darcy
• Severed - Dax Varley

Someone posted this on Facebook and I liked it so I decided to share it on my blog

Cover Art - Unremembered and Unforgotten by Jessica Brody

Yesterday on Jessica Brody's blog she posted the UK cover art to Unremembered and Unforgotten. I have to say that the new covers look amazing and I think that the new Unremembered cover is a lot nicer than the original cover and I will probably end up buying another copy just so I have the new cover.

Here they are:
 

Children, Literacy and Literature Homework Results

So I have just got home from my Children, Literacy and Literature lecture and the lecturer gave us the results of the homework we handed in.

Results
25/36 people did the homework and handed it in.
11/25 people picked this book as a book they read or they would give a child of 0-3 years old to read.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

This edition of Eric Carle's classic story begins one sunny Sunday, when the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. On Monday, he ate through one apple; on Tuesday, he ate through three plums--and still he was hungry. Strikingly bold, colourful pictures and a simple text in large, clear type tell the story of a hungry little caterpillar's progress through an amazing variety and quantity of foods. Full at last, he made a cocoon around himself and went to sleep, to wake up a few weeks later wonderfully transformed into a butterfly!

It was good knowing I wasn't the only one who enjoyed this book as a child.

Review - Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter

Release Date: June 21st 2011
Buy it: Amazon
Add it: Goodreads

Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life. Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she’s simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world. That’s why Kat isn’t surprised when she’s asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald so it can be returned to its rightful owners. 

There are only three problems. First, the gem hasn’t been seen in public in thirty years. Second, since the fall of the Egyptian empire and the suicide of Cleopatra, no one who holds the emerald keeps it for long, and in Kat’s world, history almost always repeats itself. But it’s the third problem that makes Kat’s crew the most nervous and that is simply… the emerald is cursed.

Kat might be in way over her head, but she’s not going down without a fight. After all she has her best friend—the gorgeous Hale—and the rest of her crew with her as they chase the Cleopatra around the globe, dodging curses, realizing that the same tricks and cons her family has used for centuries are useless this time.

Which means, this time, Katarina Bishop is making up her own rules.

Uncommon Criminals was just as good as Heist Society if not better. Just like Heist Society there are plenty of plot twists.

It starts off with Kat leaving the airport with Hale after Kat had completed a Heist when some old lady comes up to them asking her to steal the Cleopatra Emerald which of course is also cursed.

The old lady cons Kat and Hale into believing that the Cleopatra Emerald rightfully belongs to her because her parents discovered it in an archaeological find. The lady tells them that Visily Romani told her where the emerald would be and that Kat was the person she needed to retrieve it and give it back to its rightful owner.

Even though Kat's uncle tells Kat not to go after the Cleopatra Emerald, Kat and her crew do it anyway and later find out that the old lady was conning them just so she could have the emerald. She planned to take the emerald and pass it off as the emeralds twin the Anthony and have it auctioned off.

At first Kat doesnt believe in the curse of the emerald, but after Kat steals the Cleopatra she finds out that the old lady conned her and Gabrielle (who held the emerald) starts getting hurt and this is when she starts to believe that maybe there really is a curse after all .

If you loved Heist Society you are bound to love Uncommon Criminals (especially if like me your team Hale)

Wishlist Wednesday

Revealed by P. C. Cast and Kristen Cast

The spellbinding eleventh and penultimate installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling vampyre series

Drastically altered after her fall at the end of Hidden, Neferet is now more dangerous than ever—and her quest for vengeance will wreak havoc on humans, as well as Zoey and her friends. Chaos is loosed in Tulsa and the House of Night is blamed. Can Zoey stop Neferet in time to keep her anger from escalating to full-on war? Or will someone else have to step in to take the fall?

The House of Night series is an international phenomenon, reaching #1 on U.S., German, and UK bestseller lists, and remaining a fixture on The New York Times Children’s Series bestseller list for nearly 150 weeks and counting. With more than 12 million copies in print, rights sold in thirty–eight countries to date, and relatable, addictive characters, this series is unstoppable. Now, in the eleventh and penultimate installment of the series, the action is more intense and the stakes even higher as Zoey and her friends battle to protect their school and home from devastating evil—all while balancing romances, precarious friendships and the daily drama of the House of Night's halls.

The penultimate installment in the House of Night series is out in stores on October 15th

Children Literacy & Literature Lecture

I started back at university yesterday for my second year, we got to pick what we wanted to study alongside the core modules so with me being a big book fan I decided to pick the Children Literacy & Literature Lecture. It turned out to be a fun lecture and the lecturer is going to try and invite the author Liz Kessler to comes and speak with are class probably in semester 2.

Anyway the reason I am posting this is because we had to do a piece of work just so the lecturer can see who are literary influences were or are so she can make the lectures more enjoyable.

This is what we had to do (I have added my answers in there also)

Question:

If you could recommend a publication for each of these age groups to read, what would you choose?

0-3 years: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

3-5 years: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson (I had a hard time thinking for this age but I remembered what my siblings did in school at this age)

5-10 years: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

10-15 years: My Life Undecided and 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody and Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw

Over 15 years: Die For Me by Amy Plum and Evermore by Alyson Noel

What are you reading now?: Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter, Echo by Alyson Noel and The Lost Soul by Jessica Sorensen

If you were given this to do what would you put in each category?

In My Mailbox September 2013

Due to not having any money left after four months off uni I haven't bought many books this month. I did buy or download some free books for the kindle but here is what I got during September.

1. United We Spy - Ally Carter
2. Geek Girl Model Misfit - Holly Smale

Kindle

1. Inescapable - Nancy Mehl
2. Meghan's Wish - Amy Gamet
3. Descension - B. C. Burgess
4. Gateway to Faerie - M. D. Bowden
5. Vampire Shaft - Tim O'Rourke
6. You Belong With Me - Shannon Guymon
7. Undertow - Elizabeth O'Roark
8. Her Sudden Groom - Rose Gordon
9. A Walk in Heaven - Marie Higgins
10. Craved - Stephanie Nelson
11. Torn - Christine Hughes
12. Ocean of Dust - Graeme Ing

Review - Heist Society by Ally Carter

Release Date: February 9th 2010
Buy it: Amazon
Add it: Goodreads

When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving “the life” for a normal life proves harder than she’d expected.

Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring Kat back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has a good reason: a powerful mobster has been robbed of his priceless art collection and wants to retrieve it. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list. Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat’s dad needs her help.

For Kat, there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it's a spectacularly impossible job? She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.

I really liked Heist Society because it was different from the books I had been currently reading, I had never read any books about thieves and con artists before and I found I really enjoyed it. It was a light easy read with lots of plot twists and it was really hard to put down once I had started reading.

The characters were well written and they all had there own traits and secrets and it was fun getting to know each one of the characters. My favourite character is Hale but I am also a fan of geeky Simon.

I liked how you could tell right from the beginning (well when we get introduced to Hale) that Kat and Hale obviously have feelings for each other by all the detail that is in the book and by the images you get while reading the scene between them.

Kat has become tired of her life of crime and she now wants an education so she becomes a student at a respectable school. Without giving to much away, the book starts with Kat being expelled from the school for pulling a prank that she did not commit, her friends and family set her up because her dad is in trouble and they think Kat can help resolve the situation.

Kat's dad however did not commit the crime he is being blamed for and has an alibi but this doesn't stop the mobster from blaming him and demanding Kat does something no one else has ever done before... steal from the Henley Museum.

The best part of the book was the planning of the heist and pulling the heist itself. There are so many things that could have gone wrong while they were doing it that the book has you gripped to find out if they get caught or if they manage to get away with it.

I would recommend this to my friends and to anyone who likes a good quick read with a lot of fun plot twists and I cannot wait to get started on Uncommon Criminals.

Top 10 Tuesday

Hosteed by Broke and the Bookish

This weeks Top 10 is Top 10 Best sequels ever

1. Dreamland by Alyson Noel
2. Shadowland by Alyson Noel
3. Night Star by Alyson Noel
4. Blackwatch by Jenna Burtenshaw
5. Legacy by Jenna Burtenshaw
6. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
7. Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter
8. The Underworld by Jessica Sorensen
9. The Promise by Jessica Sorensen
10. Wicked Forest by V. C. Andrews

Wishlist Wednesday

Darkness Fades by Jessica Sorensen

Darkness Fades is due out September 30th

Top 10 Tuesday

Hosted by Broke and the Bookish

Top 10 books on my Fall 2013 TBR list (in no order)

1. Heist Society by Ally Carter
2. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
3. Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter
4. Until I Die by Amy Plum
5. If I Should Die by Amy Plum
6. Echo by Alyson Noel
7. Mystic by Alyson Noel
8. The Lost Soul by Jessica Sorensen
9. The Everescence by Jessica Sorensen
10. A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton

Review - Bittersweet Blessings by Ashley Salazar

Released: January 24th 2012
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When high-school junior Ashley Salazar learned she was pregnant, she immediately started a blog to document the difficult, life-altering experience. Little did she know how life-altering it would actually be. Later, she applied online to be considered for the cast of MTV’s hit show 16 & Pregnant . The show responded quickly and her story will be told as the season 2 finale in a special 90-minute episode aired in December 2010. Her memoir takes the viewer further back and further forward, and chronicles the tortured indecision she faces as she decides whether its best for her baby to give her up for adoption or take the dramatic step toward motherhood.

I watched Ashley's episode on 16 & pregnant, and I felt for her and although I have no idea what Ashley went through, I could tell by reading her story and watching the episode that she struggled with her decision.

Ashley was honest through out, and she didn't leave anything out but she also didn't go on and on about it, she tells us more about how she felt before and after making the decision to have her daughter adopted and all about her pregnancy. Ashley's story shows her true feelings about giving her baby.

Ashley's story will touch other teen mums and maybe help them to make a decision that is good for them and their baby even if it isn't what they want to do.

I found this hard to put down and read it in a few hours, it even made me cry a few times. I think Ashley is really brave for telling her story and for ignoring what people were saying about her.

Wishlist Wednesday

Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz

From New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston comes this remarkable first book in a spellbinding new series about the dawn of a new kind of magic.

Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature—freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows.

At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. Like many, she's heard of a mythical land simply called “the Blue.” They say it’s a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. More importantly, it’s a place where Nat won’t be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light.

But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson to take her there. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But can true love survive the lies? Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all.

The first installment in Heart of Dread series is due out September 17th

Happy Blog Birthday

Today is the blogs 3rd Birthday

It has been hard to keep this blog going this last year with being so busy
at university but I am so glad that I have managed
to keep it going.

Someone posted this on Facebook and I thought I would share it because I thought it was cool.