Tuesday 30 August 2011

Teaser Tuesday (37)




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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Beautiful Days - Anna Godberson

Beautiful Days: A Bright Young Things NovelThe last time they had stood face-to-face had been the night she had lured him away from his family's party with the idea of killing him. Even now the audacity of this made her feel sick.

Monday 29 August 2011

Hunger Games Movie Teaser



I'm still undecided about Peeta and Gale in the movie but Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss looks awesome!

It's Monday (64)




It's Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly event to celebrate what we are reading for the week hosted at Book Journey, Post the books completed last week, the books you're currently reading, and the books to be read this week. Please comment or leave a link to let me know what you're reading this week!

Completed last week

Dark Inside Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 10th Anniversary Edition

Dark Inside - Jeyn Roberts
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling (reread)


Currently Reading


Beautiful Days: A Bright Young Things Novel A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One
Beautiful Days - Anna Godberson
Game of Thrones - George RR Martin

Up soon

Undead Deception (Haunting Emma)

Undead - Kirsty McKay
Deception - Lee Nichols

Reviews


Dark Inside - Jeyn Roberts

Books Received

In My Mailbox

Posts of Interest

Friday Finds

Saturday 27 August 2011

In My Mailbox (62)




In My Mailbox is a weekly event exploring the books received this week and is hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren. What books did you get this week?

For Review (from publisher unless stated)



Bloodlines - Richelle Mead (Razorbill)
Vampire Academy (Graphic Novel) - Leigh Dragoon (Razorbill)
The Queen's Governess - Karen Harper (Amazon Vine)
The Breakfast Club - Kate Costelloe (Amazon Vine)

From Library

Claire de Lune Kisses from Hell

Claire de Lune - Christine Johnson
Kisses from Hell - Kirstin Cast, Richelle Mead, Kelly Armstrong, Allyson Noel

Friday 26 August 2011

Firday Finds




What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share your FRIDAY FINDS! Friday Finds is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading

Fixing Delilah - Sarah Ockler

Fixing DelilahThings in Delilah Hannaford's life have a tendency to fall apart.

She used to be a good student, but she can't seem to keep it together anymore. Her "boyfriend" isn't much of a boyfriend. And her mother refuses to discuss the fight that divided their family eight years ago. Falling apart, it seems, is a Hannaford tradition.

Over a summer of new friendships, unexpected romance, and moments that test the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, Delilah must face her family's painful past. Can even her most shattered relationships be pieced together again?

Rich with emotion, Sarah Ockler delivers a powerful story of family, love, and self-discovery.

0.4 - Mike Lancaster
0.4It's a brave new world.

'My name is Kyle Straker. And I don't exist anymore.'

So begins the story of Kyle Straker, recorded onto old audiotapes. You might think these tapes are a hoax, but perhaps they contain the history of a past world....If what the tapes say is true, it means that everything we think we know is a lie.

And if everything we know is a lie, does that mean that we are, too?

Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
Warm Bodies: A NovelA zombie who yearns for a better life ends up falling in love—with a human—in this astonishingly original debut novel.

R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn’t enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.

Not just another zombie novel, Warm Bodies is funny, scary, and deeply moving.

Wednesday 24 August 2011

Review: Dark Inside - Jeyn Roberts

Title: Dark Inside
Author: Jeyn Roberts
Format: Paperback
Pages: 360
Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult
Published: 2nd September 2011(Macmillen)

Four teenagers on the same road in a world gone mad. Struggling to survive, clinging on to love and meaning wherever it can be found. THE DARK INSIDE is a stunning, cinematic thriller: 28 DAYS LATER meets THE ROAD.

Since mankind began, civilizations have always fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs…. Now it’s our turn.

Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even worse is happening. An ancient evil has been unleashed, hooking on to weakness, turning the unwary into hunters, killers, crazies.

Mason: His mother is dying after a terrible car accident. As he endures a last vigil at her hospital bed, his school is bombed and razed to the ground. Everyone he knows is killed.

Aries: A school bus, an aftershock and a crash. Pulled out of the wreckage by a mysterious stranger, she’s about to discover a world changed forever.

Clementine: An emergency meeting at the town hall that descends into murderous chaos. Outside the rest of their community encircle with weapons. How can those you trust turn into savage strangers?

Michael: A brutal road rage incident. When the police arrive on the scene they gun down the guilty and turn on the by-standing crowd. Where do you go for justice when even the lawmakers have turned bad?

Dark Inside is a really creepy tale which has many similarities to a zombie story, except the 'monsters' aren't zombies at all. The world suffers from several massive earthquakes, resulting in a large proportion of the population going crazy. They're evil, violent killers and the book follows some of the survivors and how they deal with what is happening around them.

The narration of the book is really effective in making you feel like you're really there with the characters as they hide out and just try to survive, not knowing if any of the 'blaggers' are watching them, waiting to attack. The story switches between various different characters' view points which helps keep the story flowing and gives a wider view on what's happening in different places. The only slight issue I had with this was that to start with I had a little trouble remembering what had happened to who. A small gripe in an otherwise excellent book and certainly not enough to stop me from recommending it.

Monday 22 August 2011

It's Monday (63)




It's Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly event to celebrate what we are reading for the week hosted at Book Journey, Post the books completed last week, the books you're currently reading, and the books to be read this week. Please comment or leave a link to let me know what you're reading this week!

Completed last week

The Power of Six (I Am Number Four)

The Power of Six - Pittacus Lore

Currently Reading

Dark Inside Beautiful Days: A Bright Young Things Novel A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 10th Anniversary Edition

Dark Inside - Jeyn Roberts
Beautiful Days - Anna Godberson
Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling (reread)

Up soon

Undead Deception (Haunting Emma)

Undead - Kirsty McKay
Deception - Lee Nichols

Reviews


The Power of Six - Pittacus Lore

Books Received

In My Mailbox

Posts of Interest

Teaser Tuesday
Waiting on Wednesday

Disqus for A Trillian Books

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