Friday Finds (Jan. 10)

FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).

Hosted by Should Be Reading

What does it take to become the greatest secret agent the world has ever known?  In this thrilling prequel to the adventure of James Bond, 007, readers meet a young boy whose inquisitive mind and determination set him on a path that will someday take him across the globe, in pursuit of the most dangerous criminals of all time.

Thirteen year-old James Bond cannot wait to get away from Eton, his stuffy boarding school, and visit his aunt and uncle in the Highlands of Scotland.  Upon arriving, he learns that a local boy, Alfie Kelly, has gone missing.  James teams up with the boy's cousin, Red, to investigate the disappearance.  The clues lead them to the castle of Lord Hellebore, a madman with a thirst for power.  Despite unknown dangers, James is determined to find the lost boy.  But what he discovers in the dark basement of Hellebore's estate will forever change his life.

 

 

I seen book 3 and 4 at my library and it caught my interest because it said Young James Bond. When I seen that I thought of the Young Sherlock Homles Series by Andrew Lane. I like that one and I like the thought of reading about them when they was young. Or any young Male Detective. I think I'm going to read this, this year.

Friday Finds (Jan. 3)

FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).

Hosted by Should Be Reading

Loki Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr

In Viking times, Norse myths predicted the end of the world, an event called Ragnarok, that only the gods can stop. When this apocalypse happens, the gods must battle the monsters--wolves the size of the sun, serpents that span the seabeds, all bent on destroying the world.

The gods died a long time ago.

Matt Thorsen knows every Norse myth, saga, and god as if it was family history--because it is family history. Most people in the modern-day town of Blackwell, South Dakota, in fact, are direct descendants of either Thor or Loki, including Matt's classmates Fen and Laurie Brekke.

However, knowing the legends and completely believing them are two different things. When the rune readers reveal that Ragnarok is coming and kids--led by Matt--will stand in for the gods in the final battle, he can hardly believe it. Matt, Laurie, and Fen's lives will never be the same as they race to put together an unstoppable team to prevent the end of the world.

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Ben and Rose secretly wish for better lives. Ben longs for his unknown father. Rose scrapbooks a famous silent actress. When Ben finds clues and Rose reads enticing news, the children independently run to New York for what they are missing. Ben's story in words, Rose's in pictures, come together in deafness.

December 31: Top Ten Books I Read In 2013

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish

1.  The False Prince by Jennifer A. Neilson (5 out of 5 stars)
2.  The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Neilson (5 out of 5 stars)
3.  Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin (5 out of 5 stars)
4.  Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (5 out of 5 stars)
5.  Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay (5 out of 5 stars)
6.  Horns by Joe Hill (5 out of 5 stars)
7.  Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma (5 out of 5 stars)
8.  Saving Max by Antoinette Van Heugten (5 out of 5 Stars)
9. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight  by Jennifer E. Smith (4 out of 5 stars)
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (4 out of 5 stars)

I haven't finished reading Angelfall and Dash and Lily's Book of Dares. I'm sure they would of made it to my top ten.

Friday Favorites #2

Friday Favorites #2

Friday Favorites is a weekly meme hosted here, that spotlights a favorite author, book, series, publisher, cover, blog, etc. Basically whatever bookish thing that you love, recommend, and want to tell others about.

It's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. 

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune--and remarkable power--to whoever can unlock them. 

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he loved--that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday's icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes's oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig. 

And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle. 

Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt--among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life--and love--in the real world he's always been so desperate to escape. 

A world at stake. 

A quest for the ultimate prize. 

Are you ready?

Why this is my Favorite? How in the year 2044, the 80's is back. The virtual world, the game, the characters. I loved the clues and the battle. I wondered at one point if Wade as going to win or not. I loved when everyone got together and met for the first time. For Wade having a reason to live in the real world.

"Waiting On" Wednesday, #2

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Title: The Geography of You and Me

Author: Jennifer E. Smith

Release Date: April. 15, 2014

Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, they spend a single night together, wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality. Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father.

Lucy and Owen's relationship plays out across the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and -- finally -- a reunion in the city where they first met.

A carefully charted map of a long-distance relationship, Jennifer E. Smith's new novel shows that the center of the world isn't necessarily a place. It can be a person, too.

Why I am Waiting? I really liked her other book The Statstical Probability of Love at First Sight and this one sounds interesting too, falling in love in one night and long-distance relationship.

December 24: Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish

1.  Winger
2.  The Eye of Minds
3.  Shades of Gray
4.  Inhuman
5.  Fangirl
6.  More Than This
7.  The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
8.  The Bone Season
9.  The Diviners
10.  Foregive me, Leonard Peacock

I can't just get these books from the library knowing I have to give them back. I want to own them, look at them, feel them, read them, whenever I want. All in Hardback too. I want to be able to open the dust jacket and see the beautiful cover underneath. I just want to own, so santa please bring me one of these books.

Waiting on Wednesday, #1

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Title: The Shadow Throne (The Ascendance Trilogy, #3)

Author: Jennifer A. Neilson

Release Date: Feburary. 24, 2014

Why I am Waiting? I read the first two books which I talked about in my other post. I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THIS TRILOGY!!

Musing Mondays (Dec.16)

 by Should be Reading

Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.

• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).

• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it! 

• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.

• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!

• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

My Musing: I spent most of my weekend entering myself in giveaways. A lot of book bloggers are doing giveaways for Christmas. I'am so excited, I hope I win something because I'am a loser and I never win anything. This is the lottery to me. So I hope I win. *PRAYING* 

I'am desperate to get a lot of books. Here are some:

• Winger by Andrew Smith
• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
• Forgive me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
• Snake Bite and Knife Edge by Andrew Lane
• The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Neilson (It come out in February, but I want it sooooo bad)
• Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor (and when the third book comes out, I want to read them back to back)
• Gravity & Hover by Melissa West
• and More

Friday Favorites #1

Friday Favorites #1

Friday Favorites is a weekly meme hosted here, that spotlights a favorite author, book, series, publisher, cover, blog, etc. Basically whatever bookish thing that you love, recommend, and want to tell others about.

The False Prince is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.

In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king’s long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner’s motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword’s point—he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage’s rivals have their own agendas as well.

The stunning second installment of The Ascendance Trilogy takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of treason and murder, thrills and peril, as they journey with the Runaway King! Read More

Why these are my Favorites? The False Prince was better then what I was expecting. The main character is well written, he's stubborn and sly. He does what he wants and gets in a lot of trouble for it. It has an amazing plot twist which I was blown away by. I don't want to spoil the second book, The Runaway King but its just as good as the first one. If you love Action, Adventure, and Historical Fiction in one, these books are for you.