Waiting on Wednesday (11): 7 Souls

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is 7 Souls by Barnabas Miller and Jordan Orlando, due out July 13, 2010.

Product Description

Mary expected her seventeenth birthday to be a blowout to remember, courtesy of her best friends, fellow New York City prepsters Amy and Joon, and her doting boyfriend, Trick.

Instead, the day starts badly and gets worse. After waking up in a mortifying place with a massive, unexplainable hangover, Mary soon discovers that nobody at school is even aware that it's her birthday. As evening approaches, paranoia sets in. Mary just can't shake the feeling that someone is out to get her—and, as it turns out, she's right. Before the night is over, she's been killed in cold blood.

But murder is just the beginning of Mary's ordeal. Her soul gets trapped in a strange limbo, and she must relive the day of her death through the eyes of seven people—each of whom, she finds, had plenty of reasons to hate her. As Mary explores the mysteries of her world, discovering secrets that were hidden in plain sight while she was alive, she clings desperately to the hope that she can solve her own murder, change the past, and—just maybe—save her own life.

With its blend of suspense, horror, fantasy, and realism, 7 Souls is an adrenaline rush of a thriller.



What's your "waiting on" pick this week?

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Teaser Tuesdays (10): Shadow Bound

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme that was started by MizB from Should Be Reading.

If you would like to participate in Teaser Tuesday, all you have to do is take the book that you are currently reading and open it to any page. Then you choose any two (2) sentences from that page to share with the rest of us!

This week’s teaser comes from page 28 of Shadow Bound by Erin Kellison due out July, 2010.

"The shape that came out of the wind, emerging from the center of the hell storm, was darkness incarnate, monstrous eyes glowing with purpose. He could only be Death, the heartless devil who'd taken both her mother and her aunt."

Book Description
Death
Some people will do anything to avoid it. Even trade their immortal souls for endless existence.

Wraiths
Secretly, inexorably, they are infiltrating our world, sucking the essence out of unsuspecting victims with their hideous parody of a kiss.

Segue
Adam Thorne founded the Segue Institute to study and destroy his monster of a brother, but the key to its success is held in the pale, slender hand of a woman on the run. There is something hauntingly different about Talia O’Brien, her unknowing sensuality, her uncanny way of slipping into Shadow.

Twilight
This is the place between life and what comes after­—a dark forest of fantasy, filled with beauty, peril, mystery. And Talia is about to open the door.

In My Mailbox (6)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme run by The Story Siren which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox.

Lots of goodies for us to read this week!

For Review:
Shadow Bound by Erin Kellison
The Secret of Ka by Christopher Pike
Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas

Purchased:
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
Vicious by Kevin O’Brien
Siren of the Waters (Commander Jana Mantinova Series #1) by Michael Genelin
The Boys Graphic Novel Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson

Library Loan:
The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, Book 3)by Kelly Armstrong
Spells by Aprilynne Pike
Daniel X: Alien Hunter – Graphic Novel by James Patterson and Leopoldo Gout
Prom Nights from Hell by a bunch of great authors

Winner Announcement for Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Bewer

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!

Congrats to Throuthehaze!

You've won a copy of Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer! An email has already been sent to you, please be sure to respond so we can send your book out.

Book Blogger Hop (3): June 4 -7, 2010

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly party hosted by Crazy For Books. It is a great way to discover blogs that are new to you and to show off your own blog! I really appreciate Crazy For Books for hosting this event. Our site is a newer book review site, but with help and guidance from other book bloggers, we've quickly begun to be requested by authors and publishers to review their books and have dedicated followers with whom we get to chat endlessly with about books(which is our favorite part)!

Waiting on Wednesday (10): Night Myst

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is Night Myst (Indigo Court, Book 1) by Yasmine Galenorn, due out June 29, 2010.

Product Description
Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the Dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they imagined. Now Myst, the Vampiric Fae Queen of the Indigo Court, has enough power to begin a long prophesied supernatural war. And Cicely Waters, a witch who can control the wind, may be the only one who can stop her-and save her beloved Fae prince from the Queen's enslavement.

What's your "waiting on" pick this week?

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Teaser Tuesdays (9): Deadly Little Lies

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme that was started by MizB from Should Be Reading.

If you would like to participate in Teaser Tuesday, all you have to do is take the book that you are currently reading and open it to any page. Then you choose any two (2) sentences from that page to share with the rest of us!

This week’s teaser comes from page 45 of Deadly Little Lies (A Touch Novel, Book 2) by Laurie Faria Stolarz.

"I turn to leave, only to find that I'm not alone after all. There's a boy standing just inside the door, staring right at me. I take a step back, my heart beating fast."

Book Description

Last fall, sixteen-year-old Camelia fell for Ben, the mysterious new boy at school who turned out to have a very mysterious gift--pyschometry, the ability to sense the future through touch. But just as Camelia and Ben's romance began to heat up, he abruptly left town. Brokenhearted, Camelia has spent the last few months studying everything she can about psychometry, and experiencing her own strange brushes with premonition. Camelia wonders if Ben's abilities have somehow rubbed off on her. Can the power of psychometry be transferred?
Even once Ben returns to school, Camelia can't get close enough to share her secret with him. Despite the romantic tension between them, Ben remains aloof, avoiding contact. Then when an unexpected kiss leads to a frightening argument, Camelia makes the painful decision to let Ben go and move on. Adam, the hot new guy at work, seems good for her in ways Ben wasn't. Adam is easygoing, and seems to really care about her.

But when Camelia and Adam start dating, a surprising love triangle results. A chilling sequence of events upturns secrets from Ben's past--and Adam's. Someone is lying, and it’s up to Camelia to figure out who—before it’s too late.



Book 1 of the Touch series is Deadly Little Secret, Book 3 is Deadly Little Game (due out Fall 2010.)