Teaser Tuesday #6

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Be sure to comment with a link to your Tuesday Teaser post (or if you don't have a blog, share your teasers in a comment) so I can see what you're reading =)

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Title: The Secret Year

Author: Jennifer R. Hubbard

"There was another reason I didn't want to keep reading. I fingered the remaining pages with her writing on them: only a few. Then I would hit the blank pages, and it would be over."

page 99

Behind the Blog (#1)

 

Rie from Mission to Read

I started my blog in December of 2010 after finding that I could never keep track of what I read and whether I liked it or not. I have been in the reading/writing community for years though as I am aspiring writer. I've had to let writing take a back-burner while I'm attending college, but I still find time to read. Priorities, I suppose. I was also struggling to find anything to read. As crazy as that seems now. My must read list is overflowing with things I want to read and my bedside is a jungle of books that I must get through to get to bed. Did I mention I'm just a bit messy? Clutter is good.

Genres reviewed on her blog: YA, Paranormal & Fantasy

• If you were a Crayola Crayon, which color do you think you would be? Why?

"If I was a color I’d be aquamarine; it’s bright and cheerful, but you can sense a current of change. Like the sea flowing out with the bad and bringing in the fresh."

• What is your all-time favorite food?

"Spaghetti and fajitas, including Chipotle burritos. I like carbs. Fattening delicious carbs. Plus spaghetti, one of the easiest things to make."

• If you were an animal, which animal would you be?

"Wolf or a horse. Two very mystical beings. They’re powerful. Often loners, and always beautiful."

• Do you have any pets? …Care to share a picture with us?

"I have a beautiful if mischievous pup, Chloe."

a picture of Chloe :)

• Do you have any weird reading habits? 

"The only place I can read is while lying down. It doesn’t matter where, but sitting up equals not being able to fully submerse myself in a book."

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In My Mailbox (#6)

(In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren)

Books Mentioned:

• Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
• Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Matched by Ally Condie
  

Free e-books:

click to go to Harlequin's page with download links

• The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter
• Winter's Passage by Julie Kagawa
• Fantasy by Lori Foster

Other e-books:

• The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting (only $1.99!)

Follow Friday (#5) & Blog Hop (#4)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View

Question: What is the book you are currently 'pushing'? (Pushing mean trying to get people to read it)

Rachel Vincent's Shifter Series!! <3
 

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy-For-Books

Question: "What are you reading now and why are you reading it?"

I'm currently reading Firelight by Sophie Jordan because I saw a positive review for it on Elodie's blog (Once Upon a Quote), and because I love shifters but have never read a book about dragons or dragon-shifters before.

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

 

Title:  I Am Number Four

Author: Pittacus Lore

Source: Library; hardcover 440 pages

Challenges: 50 States Challenge

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Official Blurb: 

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books but we are real. 

Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing.

But they know.
They caught Number One in Malaysia.
Number Two in England.
And Number Three in Kenya.
They killed them all.

I am Number Four.

I am next.

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My Rating: 4.5 stars ★★★★1/2

My Thoughts:

I actually hadn't heard of this book until I saw a trailer for the movie, then Googled it to find out more info. Right off the bat, I knew I was going to love this book. The dust-jacket blurb was super intriguing and the first chapter was just insane - it drew me right in.

I loved the premise of the book, and especially enjoyed the world-building of Lorien, the Loric people, and all their charms/powers - I wish there were even more details about the secrets of Lorien (such as what was in that chest!). I also found this book somewhat scary, but in a good way! (not horror-scary, just oh-my-god-what-is-going-to-happen-next?! kind of scary) - I got so sucked into the story that I felt as if I was involved; that the bad guys were coming for me too, not just some random person I was reading about in a book.

 

The only part of the novel that I wasn't crazy about was the climax/ending (approximately the last 90 pages). I just couldn't create an image in my mind of the Mogadorians and their beasts [I wound up picturing the large "beasts" as something similar to the Bandersnatch -except black- from the newer version of Alice in Wonderland]. There was a decent amount of description, but for some reason the picture wasn't fully forming in my mind, and everything was a bit of a blur. I'm curious to see how these characters will be shown in the movie adaptation. Also, the ending was very bittersweet, so I don't know whether I feel happy or sad about it.

Overall, I liked the book a lot, and am anxious to go see the movie. I'd recommend this to readers who love YA science-fiction (it's definitely different than adult science fiction, though, so readers of adult sci-fi may not enjoy this as much.)

Next in Series: The Power of Six

My Book Boyfriend #2

My Book Boyfriend is a Wednesday meme hosted by The Unread Reader, in which we drool over fictional characters who make us swoon. 

Sam Roth

• Books he's in: Shiver, Linger, and Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
• Species: Werewolf
• Age: 18
• Hair: Dark Brown
• Eyes: Yellow
• Lives in: Mercy Falls, Minnesota
• Hobbies: writing songs, playing guitar, making paper cranes, reading poetry

Why I love him: He's just sooo sweet! And head-over-heels in love with Grace, which is adorable, but not in a mushy-make-me-wanna-barf-Bella-and-Edward way (disclaimer: I very much enjoyed the Twilight saga, I just thought the romance aspect was over-the-top).

Teaser Tuesday #5

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Be sure to comment with a link to your Tuesday Teaser post (or if you don't have a blog, share your teasers in a comment) so I can see what you're reading =)

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Title: I Am Number Four

Author:  Pittacus Lore

"A malicious smile takes shape and my body feels as though it has grown bigger, stronger. My hands come on and glow brilliantly with bright light that sweeps through the night, the world suddenly ablaze"