Even doggie was excited and wanted to take a look at my contract!
Monday, January 31, 2011
When it starts feeling real...
Even doggie was excited and wanted to take a look at my contract!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Review: Entangled by Cat Clarke
The same questions whirl round and round in my head:
What does he want from me?
How could I have let this happen?
AM I GOING TO DIE?
17-year-old Grace wakes up in a white room, with a table, pens and paper - and no clue how she got here.
As Grace pours her tangled life onto the page, she is forced to remember everything she's tried to forget. There's falling hopelessly in love with the gorgeous Nat, and the unravelling of her relationship with her best friend Sal. But there's something missing. As hard as she's trying to remember, is there something she just can't see?
Grace must face the most important question of all. Why is she here?
A story of dark secrets, intense friendship and electrifying attraction.
Review:
I picked up Entangled because of its gorgeous cover. The red of the girl's hair and her white skin and the way she looks at you...Gorgeous. Needless to say that I would have bought Entangled even if the plot hadn't interested me.
But Entangled is more than a beautiful cover. So much more.
I loved it.
It made me cry and I don't cry often and almost never because of a book. But Entangled made my vision all blurry and the only reason I didn't start bawling was my husband who sat beside me on the sofa and who would have gotten a shock if I'd cried over a book.
But back to why I loved Entangled:
Grace.
I was nothing like her when I was a teen and I don't understand her actions and I don't support them, but nothing of that matters.
What matters is:
Grace is a character that feels real. She's got flaws. She does stupid things – lots of stupid things. And sometimes I wanted to shake or maybe slap her. And sometimes I wanted to hug her. And sometimes I wanted to cry with her because her worries and pain and insecurities felt so real.
She's someone who'll stay with me even after I've put down the book. I certainly won't forget her name any time soon.
Cat Clarke did a fabulous job telling Grace's story and I loved the way she did it. I loved how we found out more about Grace's life through her writing, how she wrote down her emotions and experiences and how she learned about herself through it.
I don't want to give away too much of the plot, so I'll stop here.
Just one more thing: Go, buy the book!
Friday, January 14, 2011
New books!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Apocalypsies interviews!
The Apocalypsies (2012 Debut authors) will be interviewing the Elevensies (2011 Debut Authors) all through the year! The first interview with Maurissa Guibord, author of WARPED, is now up on the Apocalypsies blog.
So go read it and leave a comment!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Reading stats 2010
My favorite Adult read of the year.
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (adult)
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (adult)
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh (adult)
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh (adult)
My favorite YA read of the year.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (YA)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (YA)
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs (adult)
Wake by Lisa McMann (YA)
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (YA)
Tithe by Holly Black (YA)
13 Reasons why by Jay Asher (YA)
Black Dagger #1 by J.R. Ward (adult)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (YA)
Fade by Lisa McMann (YA)
Soulless by Gail Carriger (adult)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (YA)
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins (YA)
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (YA)
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (YA)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (MG)
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (YA)
Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson (adult)
The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (YA)
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (YA)
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (YA)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (YA)
Wish you were dead by Todd Strasser (YA)
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (YA)
Bad Girls don't die by Alender Katie (YA)
My favorite MG read of the year.
The Poisoned House by Michael Ford (MG)
The Passage by Justin Cronin (adult)
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (YA)
Wings by Aprilynne Pike (YA)
Valiant by Holly Black (YA)
Ironside by Holly Black (YA)
Evernight by Claudia Gray (YA)
Stargazer by Claudia Gray (YA)
Hourglass by Claudia Gray (YA)
13 to Life by Shannon Delany (YA)
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee (YA)
Matched by Ally Condie (YA)
Stats : 2 MG books, 9 Adult books, 34 YA booksWhat was your favorite read of the year?
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Contest Winners!
Now it's time for some winners!
Since I'm a traditional kind of girl, I chose the old fashioned way to determine the winners of my contest.
Then I put them into a nice cookie bowl and mixed everything up.
And here's the first winner: Lori O'Connell!! Congrats!
My husband volunteered to find the second winner! That's his arm (that's pretty obvious, imo. My arms aren't quite as hairy. LOL)! :D
And the second winner is: Kathy Bradey!! Congrats!