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This weeks Top 10 is Top 10 books I wouldn't mind Santa bringing me

1. In Love with The Enemy by Brigett Scott
2. Forbidden by Jana Oliver
3. The Haunted by Jessica Verday
4. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
5. Of Triton by Anna Banks
6. No Escape by Anna Jones Buttimore
7. Ethereal by Addison Moore
8. Glimpse by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
9. Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham
10. Kissed By An Angel by Elizabeth Chandler

Review Unforgotten Chapters 1-5 by Jessica Brody

Release Date: December 17th 2013
Buy it: Amazon
Add it: Goodreads

After a daring escape from the scientists at Diotech who created her, Seraphina believes she is finally safe from the horrors of her past. But new threats await Sera and her boyfriend, Zen, at every turn as Zen falls prey to a mysterious illness and Sera’s extraordinary abilities make it more and more difficult to stay hidden. Meanwhile, Diotech has developed a dangerous new weapon designed to apprehend her. A weapon that even Sera will be powerless to stop. Her only hope of saving Zen’s life and defeating the company that made her is a secret buried deep within her mind. A secret that Diotech will kill to protect. And it won’t stay forgotten for long.

Before I start my review I have only given it 3 stars because it is only the first 5 chapters and because it was left on a cliff hanger (I hate it when authors do that) and it made me want the book NOW so I could find out what happened.

The story starts off with where Unremembered ended with Seraphina escaping from Diotech and falling to her death into a volcano and then goes to one week earlier where Seraphina is waking up after having a nightmare.

The book seems to be set before Unforgotten and during the first 5 chapters Seraphina is worrying that Diotech are going to come after her again and it doesn't seem to help that the woman in the family she and Zen are staying with doesn't seem to like her and this makes Seraphina more paranoid.

In the first 5 chapters you find out what Seraphina and Zen are doing and where they are and that they have to be careful about what they say and do so Diotech's people don't find them.

I'm not giving a long review because I don't want to give away to much encase some people are waiting until they can read the whole book. I can't wait until February 25th when I can read the whole book and find out what happens to Seraphina and Zen after chapter 5 because Jessica ended chapter 5 on a OMG moment.

Catching Fire

I went to see Catching Fire at the cinema tonight and it was awesome, it made me want to defiantly read the books as I've not read them yet. I have just added the books to my 2014 to be read list.

For those of you who haven't seen it yet your totally missing out and those of you who have read the series please let me know what you thought. (NO spoilers)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer

Wishlist Wednesday

The Unseemly Education of Anna Merchant by Joanna Wiebe
So many secrets for such a small island. From the moment Anne Merchant arrives at Cania Christy, a boarding school for the world’s wealthiest teens, the hushed truths of this strange, unfamiliar land begin calling to her—sometimes as lulling drumbeats in the night, sometimes as piercing shrieks.

One by one, unanswered questions rise. No one will tell her why a line is painted across the island or why she is forbidden to cross it. Her every move—even her performance at the school dance—is graded as part of a competition to become valedictorian, a title that brings rewards no one will talk about. And Anne discovers that the parents of her peers surrender million-dollar possessions to enroll their kids in Cania Christy, leaving her to wonder what her lowly funeral director father could have paid to get her in… and why.

As a beautiful senior struggles to help Anne make sense of this cloak-and-dagger world without breaking the rules that bind him, she must summon the courage to face the impossible truth—and change it—before she and everyone she loves is destroyed by it.

This is book one in the V Trilogy and is to be released on the 14th January.

Challenges Ideas for 2014

I've been looking on different blogs online for challenges I can do in 2014 and so far I've decided to take part in the Reread January Challenge because there are books I read a the beginning of last year and the second book is out either already or sometime in 2014 and I want to read the first one again because I either loved the book or I just want to recap on what happened before I read book two.

There are other challenges on the blog such as read 52 books in 52 weeks and Just for fun reading challenge. I would love do the 52 books in 52 weeks but there is no way I could do this challenge. maybe I will take part in that challenge in 2015 if I can complete my goal in 2014 and the challenge is still running.

I have decided to challenging myself to read as many books as I can off the BBCs top 100 greatest books as well as the 15 books I put on my 2014 To be Read list, because it is December now and I have read 17 books so far this year and I know I could have read more and I want to read at least 35 in 2014. I have made a start on my TBR 2014 list and I have 6 books on it. I am going to go threw my kindle and pick some books off there as I have over 1000 book on it and have read about 5.

This blog (novel challenges) has a lot of challenges the ones listed above are from that blog (except the BBC top 100) but they find challenges from other blogs and post them on their blog and give you the link to where you can sign up to do the challenge.

If you have any links to any challenges that you think I could cope with for 2014 please comment and leave the link to the challenge below.

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Top 6 New-to-Me authors I read in 2013

1. Amy Plum
2. Jessica Sorensen
3. Ally Carter
4. Cat Clarke
5. Suzanne LaFleur
6. McFly

Review - The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

Release Date: April 23rd 2013
Buy it: Amazon
Add it: Goodreads

My name is Gemma Lucas and everything in my life is falling apart. Lost Souls are roaming the world, possessing people and the fey have made it their mission to torture the innocent. Death and suffering is becoming a way of life and no matter what I do, things keep tearing Alex and me apart. What’s worse is that every time I look into the future, all I see is a nearing finality for us. And I’m worried that maybe this time I won’t be able to change it.

The Evanescence is the last book in the Fallen Soul series.

It starts off exactly where The Lost Soul ends with Alex and Laylen dead and Gemma grieving and royally angry.

This book has it all with its continuous non stop drama. Took me 2/3 days to read because I was reading it between writing an essay and working on another uni project but it is the best out of the two from the spin off series.

There was a lot of action and a lot of secrets revealed at the start including more loopholes being revealed and there are a lot of things that Gemma needs to fix including rescuing Aislin and the ever annoying Nicholas.

I am glad that she didn't have Gemma leave Alex for Laylen because I love Alex and think Gemma and Aislin's friendship is great and didn't want to see that get ruined, I was surprised however that Evan and Aleesa got together though because she's a crazy nut ball and I though her and Nicholas would have made the perfect couple haha.

I don't think the ending could have been better it was great knowing that the characters I have come to love all get the happy ever after they so desperately need after everything they have been threw.

The only thing about this book that I did not like is the constant change in characters POV it's not just this book that I did not like it in I don't like it in any book as it gets a little confusing sometimes.

Wishlist Wednesday

Timestorm by Julie Cross
The battle between the Tempest division and Eyewall comes to a shocking conclusion in this final installment of the Tempest trilogy, where the need for survival stretches the boundaries of history, both past and future, and the world Jackson once knew is a place forever marked by the detrimental effects of time travel.

As Jackson recovers from his brush with death, he’s surrounded not only by the people he loves most—his dad, Courtney, and Holly—he’s also amongst a few of the original time travelers. As he learns more about their life and how this world began, it becomes apparent that they need to put a stop to Thomas and Doctor Ludwig’s experimenting at Eyewall Headquarters. What starts out as an escape plan becomes a war between time and humanity, between freewill and peace. It’s the battle Jackson was born to fight and he’s not about to back down. Not for anything. Not for anyone.

The breathtaking conclusion to the time-travel trilogy that is “both tender and electric” (Publishers Weekly) Out in stores January 2nd

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Top 10 book on this years Winter TBR list

1. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
2. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
3. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
4. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
5. Winter Fairy - Lola Karns
6. Wintercraft - Jenna Burtenshaw
7. Perfect Scoundrels - Ally Carter
8. Echo - Alyson Noel
9. Goodnight Mr. Tom - Michelle Magorian
10. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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
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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?