Confessions of a teenage bookaholic

Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:34:05 +1200

New vampire Merit has been assigned the job of protecting Gabriel Keene, the alpha shapeshifter who has come to Chicago for a meeting with other shapeshifters. Unfortunately for Merit, someone is trying to kill Keene and she needs to figure out who it is before both of them are brought down by the assassin.

Inside Out by Lauren Dale

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:33:27 +1200

Ella Tipton is putting her life back together after an attack that nearly left her dead. Sexy security professional Andrew Copeland is determined to get close to Ella and offers her hands-on training in self-defense-and before long, all that skin on skin contact with have them both turning inside out

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Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:38:49 +1200

A northern light by Jennifer Donnelly

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:10:36 +1200

When Mattie is given letters by a guest at the hotel in which she works, she promises to burn them. When the guest is found drowned the next day, Mattie has to think hard about her promise. Slowly, the stories of the murdered woman and Mattie’s quest for freedom merge.

Some Girls Bite By Chloe Neill

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:08:39 +1200

“Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but it was Merit’s. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker, and this one decided the best way to save her life was to make her the walking undead. Turns out her savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now she’s traded sweating over her thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan “Lord of the Manor” Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four-hundred- year-old vampire, he has centuries worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects her gratitude and servitude. But an inconvenient sunlight allergy and Ethan’s attitude are the least of her concerns. Someone’s still out to get her. Her initiation into Chicago’s nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war … and there will be blood.”

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:58:07 +1200

It’s after dark in New York City, and Clary Fray is seeing things. The best-looking guy in the nightclub has just stabbed a boy to death – but the victim has vanished into thin air. Her mother has disappeared, and a hideous monster is lurking in her apartment.

With her life spiralling into darkness, Clary realizes that she has stumbled into an invisible war between ancient demonic forces and secretive Shadowhunters – a war in which she has a fateful role to play…

Gathering Dark by Leigh Bardugo

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:01:06 +1200

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time, Alina,” he said. “You and I are going to change the world.”

The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka.

Alina, a lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the lavish world of the kingdom’s magical elite – the Grisha. Could she be the key to setting Ravka free?

The Darkling, a creature of seductive charm and terrifying power, leader of the Grisha. If Alina is to fulfil her destiny, she must discover how to unlock her gift and face up to her dangerous attraction to him.

But what of Mal, Alina’s childhood best friend? As Alina contemplates her dazzling new future, why can’t she ever quite forget him?

Evernight by Claudia Gray

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:57:45 +1200

She’s a new student at Evernight Academy, a creepily gothic boarding school where her classmates are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn’t fit in.

Then she meets Lucas another loner, who seems fiercely determined not to be the “Evernight type.” There’s a connection between Bianca and Lucas that can’t be denied. She will risk anything to be with him, but dark, ancient secrets are fated to tear them apart… and to make Bianca question everything she’s ever believed to be true

Balthazar by Claudia Gray

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:00:20 +1200

Haunted by memories from his first days as a vampire, Balthazar has spent hundreds of years alone—without allies, without love. When he emerges from his isolation to help Skye Tierney, a human girl who once attended Evernight Academy, Balthazar has no idea how dangerous it will be. Skye’s psychic powers have caught the attention of Redgrave, the cruel master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazar and his family four centuries ago. Having learned of Skye’s powers and the remarkable effect her blood has on vampires, he plans to use her for his own evil purposes. As they stand together to fight the evil vampire, Balthazar realizes his lonely world could finally be changed by Skye…just as Redgrave realizes that he can destroy Balthazar once and for all by taking her for his own.

In a story filled with forbidden love and dark suspense, one of the most beloved characters in Claudia Gray’s New York Times bestselling Evernight series will captivate readers with his battle to overcome his past and follow his heart

100 books in a year. Challenge Details • Timeline: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012 • Rules: Read 100+...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:00:24 +1200

100 books in a year.

Challenge Details

• Timeline: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012

• Rules: Read 100+ books in 2012 (any genre)

• You don’t have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront you can change them, nothing is set in stone! The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go.

• You can join at anytime. All books read in 2012 count towards the challenge regardless of when you sign up.

• At the beginning of Jan 2012, you will find a link to specific month to add your reviews.
• Audiobooks do not count, but all other formats are accepted.
• Only fiction, no non-fiction.
• This challenge can crossover to other challenges.
• You DO NOT have to write reviews of the books you read, but if you decide to then Mr Linky will be available each month so you can link up your reviews.

• You don’t have to have a blog to join in - for those without a blog but who use Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing etc, you can add the URL to where you track your books. If you don’t have a URL at all then choose a name you would like to use and then copy and paste the following link:

http://www.bookchickcity.com/2011/12/sign-up-100-books-in-year-reading.html

Decided I’m going to try the 100 book challenge by Book Chick City…. lets see if I can make it in...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:59:33 +1200

Decided I’m going to try the 100 book challenge by Book Chick City…. lets see if I can make it in the time left… interesting :)

http://www.bookchickcity.com/2011/12/sign-up-100-books-in-year-reading.htm

Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:40:08 +1200

The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire—that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It’s tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school’s most elite club, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny—with a little help from her new vampyre friends.

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:38:59 +1200

Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty’s anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.

Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen’s Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:37:26 +1200

Evie’s always thought of herself as normal. Sure, her best friend is a mermaid, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shapeshifter and she’s the only person who can see though paranormals’ glamours, but still. Normal.

Only now paranormals are dying and Evie’s dreams are filled with haunting voices and mysterious prophecies. She begins to suspect there is a link between her abilities and the sudden rash of deaths, and even worse, that she is at the centre of a dark prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.

Finding Sky by Joss Stirling

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:36:01 +1200

You have half our gifts, I have the other… When English girl Sky, catches a glimpse of bad boy Zed in her new American high school, she can’t get him out of her head. He talks to her with his thoughts. He reads her mind. He is the boy she will love for ever. Dark shadows stalk her past but a new evil threatens her future. Sky must face the dark even if it means losing her heart

For a lack of time, as exams are coming up soon and I will have less and less time, and my reading...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:33:57 +1200

For a lack of time, as exams are coming up soon and I will have less and less time, and my reading is at such a pace… So from now on I will just be putting the blurb on here. If you have any more questions about the book, I will be happy to help :)

"If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must..."

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:33:39 +1200

“If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison”

"“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and..."

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:32:15 +1200

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“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

- Winston Churchill

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Matched by Ally Condie

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:11:07 +1200

All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn’t be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky’s face show up on her match disk as well? This future tale of love and free will.. can there be freedom without choice? Cassia’s tale from acceptance to rebellion will draw you in and leave you wanting more…

temperatures: Jarle Grindhaug

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:45:41 +1200

temperatures:

Jarle Grindhaug