Whats Next??? #2

Whats Next Is a new meme held by Icey Books every thursday and its all about getting your followers choose the next book you read. first of all you pick 3-5 books you want to read and post the cover if you want the synopsis or the first line of the books and at the end of every post you ask your readers what you should read. simple.
so here i go again...

Perception by Kim Harrington
When you can see things others can't, what do you do when someone's watching you? 

Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her hands on something and see hidden visions from the past. 

Only Clare would rather not be a celebrity. She prefers hanging back, observing. Her gift is not a game to her. 

But then someone starts playing with her head . . . and heart. Messages and gifts from a secret admirer crop up everywhere Clare turns. Could they be from Gabriel, the gorgeous boy who gets Clare's pulse racing? Or from Justin, Clare's hopeful ex-boyfriend who'd do anything to win her back? 

One thing is certain. Clare needs to solve this mystery, and soon. Because the messages are becoming sinister, and a girl in town has suddenly disappeared.

Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen — literally, ouch! — both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma's gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom . . . 

Told from both Emma and Galen's points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.

Partials by Dan Wells
Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the world’s population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. The threat of the partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to the disease in over a decade. Humanity’s time is running out.

When sixteen-year-old Kira learns of her best friend’s pregnancy, she’s determined to find a solution. Then one rash decision forces Kira to flee her community with the unlikeliest of allies. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that the survival of both humans and partials rests in her attempts to answer questions of the war’s origin that she never knew to ask.

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater 
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.

At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.

Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.


















oh and keep scrolling if you want to read darkness before dawns review


but answer me which one???

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Darkness before Dawn

so obviously this was the last whats next? book. that you voted for and i have to say you are good at picking. darkness before dawn is written by J.A London who is a mother and son team of Alex and Jan. which is pretty cool considering its written mostly in a girls point of view. Dawn has just ost her parents to Rogue vampires and then she is the new delegate of the VampHu contract. which scares her, but what is even more scary is that she is starting to fall in love with the rebelious son of the head vampire victor. but something even more deadlier is ut there and the humans dont know what it is but the lord valentine does and its because of his bloodlust that it is out there. now i cant go into too much detail without spoiling it so i'm not going to but i do suggest that all of you who suggested it even the ones who didnt read it!
oh and i just want to share this check it out http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/2012/07/if-you-liked-the-hunger-games-3/

Hugs and Wishes

Candi 

Reviews Times 3

Okay so  I have been busy reading tonnes of books so I whipped through the XVI series and Temptation of Angels. Yes i know all of you had voted for darkness before dawn but that one was due back at the library so i was forced to read it. so obviously I have 3 reviews to do today. so i will start with temptation of angels.

temptation of angels by Michelle Zink:

so this is one i had high expectations from since Michelle Zink's prophecy of the sister trilogy was fantastic. i really loved it! but this one was a slow starting and rushed end. i think she dwelled a bit too much in the problem and the other complications surrounding her. but otherwise the story was good. it has a love triangle with the main character Helen (they always seem to go with Greek mythology names) and Raum, a childhood friend and Griffin. so the story starts off with her parents getting killed by assassins and sending her down a tunnel that comes out at one the places she was always with her parents. she eventually finds her way to griffin and Darius's house. after that things get complicated. she learns what she and others are which is part of a group called the Enlightenment. then she meets raum again. he tells her information which leads them to Alastor and evil demon seeking for power against the human world. in the end Helen has to pick between Raum and griffin, with another major factor/problem hanging over her head. the one thing i really don't get about this book is why its called temptation of angels. there's demon in it an there's the Enlightenment but there is not really any mention of angels which is kind of what i was looking forward too. all the fallen angels battling each other with Helen stuck in the middle. oh well we cant all get what we expected for.

XVI and Truth by Julia Karr:

so these two were interesting i actually had to read XVI again so that i understood the story but this is an amazing series. i here people say "oh its just another one of those government dystopian series like the hunger games and the declaration" but its not that's something people say when they haven't read these books. this a heart breaking falling in love story that i cant wait for the 3rd one to come out and i love the in between blog Julia's writing about Nina's life while she finishes the third one its called the xvi series. so xvi is all about Nina having a normal life meeting a guy called Sal and her life turning up side down first of all with her mom being forced to die that night as a criminal, then learning her dead father is still alive then moving back to Chicago to live with her grandparents and trying to stay away from ed (her little sisters father?). after one night of music, threats and walking Nina ends up finding out a lot more about her life and is falling in love with Sal.
Truth is all about well truths and lies. Nina suspects Sal is lying to hr and doesn't really love him. while her grandpa is arrested for a lie and her gran then has a heart attack and is put in hospital. Nina also finds the truth out about FeLS (which is an institution in the book) and what happened to Joan (mikes sister) but while Sal has disappeared she starts to fall for her best friends brother, Chris. while things go on Nina joins the sisterhood which is a bunch of female creative non cons who want to do more than sit around so they broad cast truths about the Media and the government. at the end something disastrous happens and would like to not tell you.

Any way that's all from me today.

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Feature and Follow Friday

okay so its Friday again and i have read so many books that i haven't kept up with blogging and i am sorry. so Feature and Follow Friday is all about having some fun getting new followers and getting to know other bloggers so that maybe you can become friends. this meme is hosted by parajunkee and alison can read. 

This Weeks Question Is......



Christmas in July!
if some one to give you a book gift card to buy 2 books of any price which ones would you buy???


okay if it were any other day i  would struggle to answer this but it has just been my birthday and i have some money i want to spend on books so...

i have picked...
The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
and.....
Once by Anna Carey

please note there are about a thousand other books i would love to read

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Every Other Day

okay so every other day sounds like some stupid oh yeah..... comment you'd say to a higher person as a teenager. but this book brought life into words. it starts off really slow and a bit confusing but it ends up being heart breaking saddening and happy. so lets put it this way i dont cry over anything but this book i was crying over. it was that good. Jennier lynn barnes has done an awesome job with her other books but i didnt get a feel for them this one turns itself complete upside down inside out and shot into another world. so every other day is about a girl called Kali who hunts abnormal and paranormal things or as she says things that go bump at night. she calls her self a hunter but she's not fully aware of what she is . Kali is indestructible every second day so she cant fight them every day. on the other days she goes to school. but since she moved schools she's met and become friends with the "school's slut" and found out the prettiest girl in school has a chupacabra on her. so she tries to bet the hero and get rid of it although it takes a toll. she ends up being connected to zeth and after that trouble finds her. in the mists of all this she creates friends and tells them what she is, she finds her mother and 'mama' again and someone dies its a great paranormal/abnormal read that practically everyone will enjoy.

BOOK: Every Other Day
AUTHOR: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
RATING: 3 Gold Stars

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Feature and Follow #105

okay so its Friday again and i have read so many books that i haven't kept up with blogging and i am sorry. so Feature and Follow Friday is all about having some fun getting new followers and getting to know other bloggers so that maybe you can become friends. this meme is hosted by parajunkee and alison can read. 

This Weeks Question Is......



what drove you to start book blogging in the first place???

well  had read YA books for about a year and a bit and all my friends were getting sick of me reading and gushing over the books at school and at the time our school email got updated and blogger was on there. so i started a blog first timer and everything. so it got to about late january and the school computer system had a fit and obviouly i had forgotten to add my other gmail account to the blog so i lost the bog i was so upset that i start this blog and since the first one wasn't very successful i found ways to make this one successful so yeah i'm not even a year into blogging so give me all the criticism. its alright.

so how did you start book blogging???

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Whats Next???? #1

Whats Next Is a new meme held by Icey Books every thursday and its all about getting your followers choose the next book you read. first of all you pick 3-5 books you want to read and post the cover if you want the synopsis or the first line of the books and at the end of every post you ask your readers what you should read. simple.
so this is my first go and i'm going to have a crack.

The Temptation of Angels By Michelle Zink


  Even angels make mistakes in this page-turning epic romance

When her parents are murdered before her eyes, sixteen-year-old Helen Cartwright finds herself launched into an underground London where a mysterious organization called the Dictata controls the balance of good and evil. Helen learns that she is one of three remaining angelic descendants charged with protecting the world's past, present, and future. Unbeknownst to her, she has been trained her whole life to accept this responsibility. Now, as she finds herself torn between the angelic brothers protecting her and the devastatingly handsome childhood friend who wants to destroy her, she must prepare to be brave, to be hunted, and above all to be strong, because temptation will be hard to resist, even for an angel.

A Game of Thrones By George R.R Martin

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. 
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

Personal Demons By Lisa DeRochers 

Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She has spent years keeping everyone at a distance---even her closest friends---and it seems as if her senior year is going to be more of the same . . . until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can’t seem to stay away from him. 

What she doesn’t know is that Luc is on a mission. He’s been sent from Hell itself to claim Frannie’s soul. It should be easy---all he has to do is get her to sin, and Luc is as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn’t stand a chance. But he has to work fast, because if the infernals are after her, the celestials can’t be far behind. And sure enough, it’s not long before the angel Gabriel shows up, willing to do anything to keep Luc from getting what he came for. It isn’t long before they find themselves fighting for more than just Frannie’s soul.

But if Luc fails, there will be Hell to pay . . . for all of them.

Perception By Kim Harrington

When you can see things others can't, what do you do when someone's watching you? 

Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her hands on something and see hidden visions from the past. 

Only Clare would rather not be a celebrity. She prefers hanging back, observing. Her gift is not a game to her. 

But then someone starts playing with her head . . . and heart. Messages and gifts from a secret admirer crop up everywhere Clare turns. Could they be from Gabriel, the gorgeous boy who gets Clare's pulse racing? Or from Justin, Clare's hopeful ex-boyfriend who'd do anything to win her back? 

One thing is certain. Clare needs to solve this mystery, and soon. Because the messages are becoming sinister, and a girl in town has suddenly disappeared.

Darkness Before Dawn By J.A. London

Only sunlight can save us.

We built the wall to keep them out, to keep us safe. But it also makes us prisoners, trapped in what's left of our ravaged city, fearing nightfall.

After the death of my parents, it's up to me--as the newest delegate for humanity--to bargain with our vampire overlord. I thought I was ready. I thought I knew everything there was to know about the monsters. Then again, nothing could have prepared me for Lord Valentine . . . or his son. Maybe not all vampires are killers. Maybe it's safe to let one in.

Only one thing is certain: Even the wall is not enough. A war is coming and we cannot hide forever.

So Which One??? Please Help!

*all descriptions are supplied by goodreads *

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Versatile blog award

okay so i have just been given my third blog award from VB at books for me. thank you so much!!!
okay so here are some rules if you ever get the award like i have
1. Nominate 15 bloggers to give the award to
2. Let the Nominated bloggers know they have gotten the award
3. thank the blogger that nominated you
4. share seven fact about yourself
5. Add the versatile picture to your blog
6. no tag backs

okay so 7 random things about myself
1.  i have just gotten a samsung galaxy ace
2. i love designing clothes when i get the time in the holidays
3+4. i have 160 friends all over the world and i dont have facebook
5. i love school
6. i love scrapbooking especially making cards
7. i have a weird but casual sense of fashion

the 15 bloggers i have nominated
Characterized
(read watch listen)
Books ahoy
ebony black lines
forever ya
head stuck in a book
the fairytale nerd
kiwigirl reads.....
read that also
the ya sisterhood
(this girl reads)
The Romance Bookie
Movies In My Head
Bookaworld
and
Bengal reads


thats all for now

Hugs and wishes 

Candi

Fellow Bloggers #4

hi guys i'm back and is still trying to survive a reading hiatus. this is the first time some book has done it so i am trying to get through it.
anyways we are back with fellow bloggers and this week its Linda Ulleseit from her self name blog Ulleseit on Wordpress and she is from San Jose in California

1. When did you start blogging and why?
I started blogging in January of 2010 because I had just finished my first novel and was starting to show it to publishers. Having a blog is a good way to build a potential audience, and I love to read, so a book review blog was a natural.
ME: i believe thats one way of showing off to the public for authors like you. you probably want to join goodreads and shelfari where people can tell you how good your book is and if you become friends with some huge author it can potentially draw attention to your books.
2.What is your favourite thing about book blogging?
I get to read a lot of books and share them with my students.
Me: wow teacher and writer and blogger wow! amazing! i've never actually had a teacher that is interested in books but other teachers have asked for recommendations 
3.What is your favourite book?
Oh, that's hard. My most recent favorite is Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
ME: Yes!!!! another Cinder fan!!!! *Does Happy Dance*
4.what has been the best experience because of book blogging?
When you blog, it's like you're throwing your words out into cyberspace. The first time someone who was not in my class submitted a piece to be posted, I was excited! Having a successful blog helped a publisher decide to accept my book, On a Wing and a Dare, because they knew I could help market it.
ME: Cool and i know the feeling the second i saw that there was someone over seas veiwing my blog i couldn't believe it and the minute someone posted on my blog and said they liked i screamed up in down with joy
5.what makes your blog special?
I am a sixth grade teacher, so I try to include work by my students, both book reviews and other writing.
ME: that sounds like the best bit about it that your a teacher. you obviously creating some fans and you are creating book lovers in the one shot. thats just amazing
6. What is the main idea/ concept of your blog?
I want to share my passion for reading and writing with my students and their families. If someone else happens along, they are welcome!
Me: i understand your teacher view completely and it nice to think that you want people to be invovled in this world


Okay well thats all for me today most likely in my next post some exciting news about scarlet by marissa meyer.




Now if you would like to be apart of this fabulous segment i have made please leave a comment below and i will get back to you!

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Feature and Follow Friday

okay so its Friday again and i have read so many books that i haven't kept up with blogging and i am sorry. so Feature and Follow Friday is all about having some fun getting new followers and getting to know other bloggers so that maybe you can become friends. this meme is hosted by parajunkee and alison can read. 
this weeks question was....
have you ever picked up a book from a genre you didn't like and loved it? tell us what it is and why??
A: okay that's actually quite hard because there are a lot of books that have done that to me. i guess i picked up sisterhood of the travelling pants not into all that girly, lovey dovey stuff - and more into the romantic comedies where the guy stuffs up- hoping to prove my parents wrong because they kept raving and telling me to read it so i picked it up and i guess it must have been the first line because i didn't stop reading it and i finished it 5 hours into a ten hour flight from hawaii. when i got home it was almost like i had to have the rest of the series now and i read it. my friends found me extremely weird until i made them read it aswell and now they all agree although i am the only one who has read the 5th book which i suggest you don't read unless you want yourself in tears with a broken heart, because a massive event happens in that book that not many people will like.
so i picked up a lovey dovey sistery book that i was positive i was going to hate and loved it and the rest of the series.

so what book did you pick up expecting not to like it and loved it??

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Charmfall

so i promised yo guys a review on charmfall and here it is. charmfall is the third book in the dark elite series by  chloe neill. now this book/series has held me on the edge for the last year or so and now it finally sounds like it ended. i was kind of disappointed with the storyline because there wan't a lot of rivalry action like in the other two books. actually it was more girlfriend/boyfriend fights and then it was like sebastion and lily were friends and could trust eachother to no end. jason didn't appear much in the book and scout and lily actually tried to help the brat pack leader vanessa. so for me this one was a bit of a let down. i really dont have much to say on it.

Book: Charmfall
Author: Chloe Neill
Rating: 1 silver stars

Hugs and Wishes

Candi