Blog Tour: Salvation by Anne Osterlund

 

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Book Description:

   A smart, unexpected romance from an award-winning author.

Salvador Resendez--Salva to his friends--appears to have it all. His Mexican immigrant family has high expectations, and Salva intends to fulfill them. He's student body president, quarterback of the football team, and has a near-perfect GPA. Everyone loves him.

Especially Beth Courant, AKA the walking disaster area. Dreamy and shy, Beth is used to blending into the background. But she's also smart, and she has serious plans for her future.

Popular guy and bookish girl--the two have almost nothing in common. Until fate throws them together and the attraction is irresistible. Soon Beth is pushing Salva to set his sights higher than ever--because she knows he has more to offer, more than even he realizes.

Then tragedy strikes--and threatens to destroy everything that Salva has worked for. Will Beth's love be enough to save him?

Thoughtful and romantic, this is a beautifully written story about following your heart and fulfilling your potential.

  Interview: 

Anne Osterlund

Give us three "interesting" facts about you (Be Creative)
 .Salva and Beth—the main characters from Salvation—and I will give you each one. Salva once snuck a snake into church.Beth likes bubblegum ice cream.I belong to a fluffy orange kitty named Simba.

Tell us your latest news? 
As I am writing this, I am 
snowed in by five inches of lovely white powder. And yet, I am in the midst of a 40-stop blog tour.Oh, and Kirkus just reviewed Salvation as “touching” and “believable.” Quite a lovely way to be snowed-in! 

What inspired you to write "Salvation"?I first met Salva and Beth in the middle of a collision. Papers, pencils, the contents of Beth’s backpack, and point of view everywhere! I didn’t realize there was an entire book coming, though, until Salva’s best friend, Pepe, shoved him into the prologue. 

What character did you like to write about the most?Are you trying to start a war in my head? LOL! I tend to switch point of view between the two main characters in my novels. This means whenever it’s more fun to write in the other character’s pov, I can.

Your favorite scene to write?
Hmm. This changes throughout various drafts. A few scenes that I love in Salvation: Beth at the graveyard.Salva at the Laundromat. All the scenes in the Homecoming chapter. The barbecue scene (in which Salva’s older sister gets to butt into in his life). The melting ice cream scene. Beth in search of strawberry shortcake. And on and on and on. 

Your favorite books published in 2012?Cinder by Marissa Meyer and Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore. My favorite new read of the year, though, was Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder. For contemporary fiction, I really enjoyed Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally, Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logstead, and Just Listen by Sarah Dessen.

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Review: The Peculiar by Stefan Bachman - Plus Giveaway

 Title: The Peculiar

Author: Stefan Bachmann

Published: September 18th 2012 by Greenwillow Books

Book Description:

Don't get yourself noticed and you won't get yourself hanged.

In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings--Peculiars--and neither faeries nor humans want anything to do with them.

One day a mysterious lady in a plum-colored dress comes gliding down Old Crow Alley. Bartholomew watches her through his window. Who is she? What does she want? And when Bartholomew witnesses the lady whisking away, in a whirling ring of feathers, the boy who lives across the alley--Bartholomew forgets the rules and gets himself noticed.

First he's noticed by the lady in plum herself, then by something darkly magical and mysterious, by Jack Box and the Raggedy Man, by the powerful Mr. Lickerish . . . and by Arthur Jelliby, a young man trying to slip through the world unnoticed, too, and who, against all odds, offers Bartholomew friendship and a way to belong.

Part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part steampunk adventure, The Peculiar is Stefan Bachmann's riveting, inventive, and unforgettable debut novel.

Check out Stefan talking in Filipino.

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Review: Everbound (Everneath #2) by Brodi Ashton

 

Title: Everbound (Everneath #2)

Author: Brodi Ashton

Published: January 22nd 2013 by Balzer + Bray
Paperback ARCwas provided by the publisher

Book Description:

Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity — a debt that should’ve been hers. She’s living a borrowed life, and she doesn’t know what to do with the guilt. And every night Jack appears in her dreams, lost and confused and wasting away.

Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her his queen — and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to assist her in the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself.

Nikki and Cole descend into the Everneath, only to discover that their journey will be more difficult than they’d anticipated — and more deadly. But Nikki vows to stop at nothing to save Jack — even if it means making an incredible sacrifice of her own.

In this enthralling sequel to Everneath, Brodi Ashton tests the bonds of destiny and explores the lengths we’ll go to for the ones we love.

Review: Infinity Ring Book 2: Divide and Conquer by Carrie Ryan

Title: Infinity Ring Book 2: Divide and  Conquer

Author: Carrie Ryan

Published: November 6th 2012 by Scholastic Inc.

Book Description:

Scholastic's next multi-platform mega-event begins here!

Dak, Sera, and Riq might be in over their heads when they attempt to stop a Viking invasion!

Hundreds of ships carrying thousands of warriors are laying siege to medieval Paris. The Parisians are holding their own, but the stalemate can only last so long. And that's bad news -- especially since Dak has been captured, forced to work alongside the Vikings while Sera and Riq defend Paris from within. No matter which side wins, the kids lose!

Goddess Offerings #12 MEGA Edition (Stacking the Shelves , In My Mailbox)

Bought

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Looking for Alaska by John Green 
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Paper Towns by John Green

 - JP "Book Hoarder"
"Yep, he did it this time. His book hoarding skills is definitely true."

Thriteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket
Trust no One (39 Clues: Cahill vs Vespers #5) by Linda Sue Park
Millenium Series by Steig Larsson

 For Review
 The Peculiar (Peculiar #1) by Stefan Bachmann

"Blog Tour will be on January 26. Special thanks to Christine at HarperCollins"
-Dannielle

Review: Fifty Shades Darker b E.L James

Title:Fifty Shades Darker

Author: EL James

Published: September 15th 2011 by The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House

Book Description:

Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven, and demanding Fifty Shades. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront her anger and envy of the women who came before her and make the most important decision of her life. Erotic, sparkling and suspenseful, Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy

Whale Unveil: Tide: Sarah Midnight Trilogy Book #2 by Daniela Sacerdoti

 

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Book Description:

 Sarah Midnight is no ordinary teenager. She is a demon hunter, caught up in one of the deadliest wars unknown to man. Orphaned at the age of sixteen, Sarah learned the family trade of hunting without her parents to guide her but under the watchful eye of her ‘cousin’, who was revealed to be Sean Hannay, no relative at all, but a dear friend of the real Harry Midnight.

Now, in the exciting sequel to Dreams, the fight continues. Sarah and Sean may have defeated the Scottish Valaya, but the rest of the war still rages on, and Sarah, Sean, Nicholas and their companions must unearth the identity and location of the Enemy – the leader of the demons – before the world plunges into the Time of Demons once more. Their quest leads them to Sarah’s family home, the Midnight mansion in Islay, and there they discover horrible truths about the demon ruler, his plans,

and Sarah’s own personal history.

Along the way, Sarah must battle not only the demons but her hurt toward Sean and her feelings for the enigmatic Nicholas, who has plans of his own.

Check out our reviw on Dreams: Here

 Daniela Sacerdoti

  

Daniela Sacerdoti is a mother and a writer. Born in Naples, but brought up in a small village in the Italian Alps, she lives near Glasgow with her husband and sons. She steals time to write when everyone has gone to bed, or before they wake up. She’s a Primary teacher, but she chose to be at home with her children. She loves being with her boys, reading anything she can get her hands on and chatting with her girlfriends. But she also adores being on her own, free to daydream and make up stories.

Spotlight: Parallel by Lauren Miller

 

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Book Description:

   Abby Barnes had a plan. Get into a great college, major in journalism, and land a dream job at a major newspaper. But on the eve of her 18th birthday, she is stuck on a Hollywood movie set, wishing she could rewind her life. The next morning, she’s in a dorm room at Yale, with no memory of how she got there. A cosmic collision of parallel universes has left Abby living a new reality every time parallel Abby makes a decision. Now Abby must race against time to take control of her fate without losing sight of who she is, the boy who might just be her soul mate, and the destiny that’s finally in reach

  Interview: 

Lauren Miller

 1. Give us 3 interesting facts about you (Be Creative)
I hate cake.  Even as a kid, I refused to eat it.  Cupcakes, too -
gross!  Cookies, on the other hand, I can't live without.  I eat at
least one every day.

I got hit by an air conditioning truck while riding my bike when I was
13.  Miraculously, I walked away with only minor injuries.  The bike
didn't fare so well.

I, like Parallel's protagonist, Abby, went to Yale, but I only applied
to convince my dad that I couldn't get in. Clearly I lost that bet. :)

2. What inspired you to write Parallel?
I was working full time as an entertainment attorney when I wrote
PARALLEL, which started as the pilot script for a television series.
In that script, Abby was a 27 year old woman who was about to marry the wrong guy.  I, meanwhile, was a 27 year old woman who'd  just married the right guy, and I couldn't help but wonder what my life would've looked like had I never met him.  What if our lives had never intersected?  Would I have ended up with someone else? That was the
premise I wanted to explore, so when I decided to turn the script into a novel, I simply started the story earlier, on the eve of Abby's 18th
birthday.

3. Hardest scene to write?
Two scenes were difficult for me.  One is the scene where Dr. Mann, Abby's astronomy teacher, explains the phenonmenon of cosmic entanglement.  I struggled to make it detailed and specific without overwhelming readers with the science-speak.  We'll see if I succeeded!  The other, even more challenging scene for me was a fight scene.  I don't want to give away who was fighting or why, but it is
definitely the scene I rewrote the most times trying to get it just right.

4. Book/s you look forward to read this year?
I'm excited for a bunch! A few on the top of my to-read list are Pivot Point By Kasie West and Just One Day by Gayle Foreman.

5. Favorite ice cream flavor?
Peppermint!!

Review: Reaping Me Softly by Kate Evangelista

 

Title: Reaping Me Softly

Author: Kate Evangelista

Published: October 30th 2012 by Omnific Publishing
Copy was provided by the author

Book Description:

Ever since a near-death-experience on the operating table, seventeen-year-old Arianne Wilson can see dead people. Just as she’s learned to accept her new-found talents, she discovers that the boy she’s had a crush on since freshman year, Niko Clark, is a Reaper.

At last they have something in common, but that doesn’t mean life is getting any easier. All while facing merciless bullying from the most powerful girl in school, Arianne’s world is turned upside down after Niko accidentally reaps the soul of someone she loves. This sends them both into a spiral that threatens to end Arianne’s life. But will Niko break his own Reaper’s code to save her? And what would the consequences be if he did?

Waiting On Wednesday #23

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post started by Breaking the Spine, to show books that we are patiently waiting for.  

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The book we're waiting for this week is:

Vigilante Nights by Erin Richards

Expected publication: July 18th 2013 by Merit Press

Book Description:
A "good boy" will do anything for vengeance when a gang rite kills his twin sister. Will Lucas win, or follow his sister Silver into the darkness?

After a hideous car wreck, Lucas wakes from a coma to find that his world is gutted. Not only is his beloved twin sister, Silver, gone forever, but Lucas is broken in body and spirit. He will never be a college athlete, and is robbed of what he now realizes was the most important bond of his life. Although they weren't identical twins, Lucas and Silver shared a bond so fierce it defied reason, and was nearly supernatural.

After her death, that bond seems to endure when Lucas sees Silver everywhere he turns. Either he's crazy, or Silver is trying to tell him something about the California gang initiation they stumbled into that cost Silver her life. Lucas is bent on revenge, turning on Raymond, Silver's former boyfriend; the one Lucas never wanted her to date. He forms a posse of vigilantes to take out the gangsters responsible for Silver's death, but he risks not only his own life, but the love of the new girl on his block, who knows more about Lucas and Silver than can be accounted for by mere chance.

Why I'm excited for this:

The plot sounds original! I want to read something new and fresh.
I think this book will be it.

Blogoversary Giveaway #2

It's January 8th! We are ONE year old! Wohooo.

Thanks for all the love and support.

Rules:

-International

-Via Book Depository

-One winner will win 1 book among these pretties

-Must be follower on GFC

- No Cheating (We do check)

*The upper four are all about Sophomore Blast!

* The lower four are the Upcoming Mania!

Choose Well!

 

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Review ARC: Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2) by Veronica Rossi

 Title: Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2)

Author: Veronica Rossi

Published: January 8th 2013 by HarperCollins
ARC copy was given by the publisher

Book Description:
It's been months since Aria last saw Perry. Months since Perry was named Blood Lord of the Tides, and Aria was charged with an impossible mission. Now, finally, they are about to be reunited. But their reunion is far from perfect. The Tides don't take kindly to Aria, a former Dweller. And with the worsening Aether storms threatening the tribe's precarious existence, Aria begins to fear that leaving Perry behind might be the only way to save them both.

Threatened by false friends, hidden enemies, and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, Can their love survive through the ever night?

In this second book in her spellbinding Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi combines fantasy and dystopian elements to create a captivating love story as perilous as it is unforgettable.

Blogoversary Giveaway #1

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We started this blog January 8th 2012

It's been an awesome year!

Thanks for all the love and support.

We are giving away one paperback copy of Angelfall by Susan Ee.

Angelfall is one the books that we first reviewed and we gave it 5 Stars!

See our review: HERE

RULES:

- International

-Must be a follower to join

-Via Book Depository

-We do check :) No Cheating please

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Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Title: The Fault in Our Stars

Author: John Green

Published: January 10th, 2012 by Dutton Books

Book Description:
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind

Goddess Offerings #12 (Stacking the Shelves , In My Mailbox)

Bought

A Song of Fire and Ice Series by George R.R. Martin

- The Book Hoarder

 

 Gifted

Eve (Eve #1) by Anna Carey

The Raven Boy (Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

Ten by Gretchen McNeil

Safekeeping ARC by Karen Hesse

 Switched (Trylle Series #) ARC by Amanda Hocking

 

Review: Infinity Ring Book 1: A Mutiny In Time by James Dashner

Title: Infinity Ring Book 1: A Mutiny in Time

Author: James Dashner

Published: August 28, 2012 by Scholastic Inc.

Book Description:

Scholastic's next multi-platform mega-event begins here! History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right! 

When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel -- a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring -- they're swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course.Now it's up to Dak, Sera, and teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the Great Breaks . . . and to save Dak's missing parents while they're at it. First stop: Spain, 1492, where a sailor named Christopher Columbus is about to be thrown overboard in a deadly mutiny!

Review: Infinity Ring Book 1: A Mutiny In Time by James Dashner

Title: Infinity Ring Book 1: A Mutiny in Time

Author: James Dashner

Published: August 28, 2012 by Scholastic Inc.

Book Description:

Scholastic's next multi-platform mega-event begins here! History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right! 

When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel -- a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring -- they're swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course.Now it's up to Dak, Sera, and teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the Great Breaks . . . and to save Dak's missing parents while they're at it. First stop: Spain, 1492, where a sailor named Christopher Columbus is about to be thrown overboard in a deadly mutiny!

We are back! Happy 2013 :)

 

Picture Perfect

 I was fortunate enough to be able to meet my fellow Pinoy Book Tour bloggers. I mostly talked to them on Twitter. Then, seeing them in real person is surreal. I admit, I find it hard to  memorize their faces, tying them to their blogs. After 3 hours of blissful fun, I was able to memorize everyone by heart.

"Thanks Kate for the photos! I can't wait for another PBT party"

-Coughs- If you're curious to know what I look like... Well, I'm the one wearing stripes

 

                           

 

-Fun Fun fun! The whole team.

 - Each of us brought books for the raffle. Wohoooo. 

 BLOGOVERSARY! Yep, We are turning ONE
This January 8

Stay tuned! We will host 3 INT giveaways.