Saturday, 14 December 2013

Read-a-Thon: Teaser Challenge!

December 10th 2013
First, let's start with updates:
I am currently reading: The Almost Truth by Eileen Cook
But being as I am doing this late (December 14th 2013), I am actually reading Stolen by Lucy Christopher and Six Months Later by Natalie D. Richards. I have been reading Eleanor and Park for a while as well, so I will add that.
6408862Stolen
Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? 
The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist - almost.




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Six Months Later
Chloe didn't think about it much when she nodded off in study hall on that sleepy summer day. But when she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life. Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her.
What happened to her? 
And why can't she remember?






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Eleanor and Park
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under.












So I will be doing Teasers from Eleanor and Park, Six Months Later and Stolen.
Let's start with Stolen:

pg 100: "Day Eighteen. You weren't waiting when I got up. I opened the kitchen door and sat on the makeshift step. I looked out at the sand and the sand and the sand. I waited; for what I don't know. The day got hotter around me. The flies whined and buzzed about my ears. A heat haze blurred the sky."

pg 146: "You laughed, 'But what did you say? You were the one I was watching.' / I could feel the heat in my cheeks. I hate the way I always blush so easily. I unstuck the back of my knees from the couch again and bent them. I rested my head down so you couldn't see my face."

Second, Six Months Later:

pg 8 "Dreaming. I must still be dreaming./ Outside the window everything is dark. Wait, that can' be right. It can' be that late./ Can it? A slate-gray sky stretches beyond the glass. I see bits of white trailing through it, drifting down like glitter against velvet./ What is that? Flowers? Dust? No, it's just snow./ Snow?"

pg 13 "'Why are you here?' I asked instead./ 'Because you called me,' he says, laughing again. Then he nods down at my hands, smirking. 'Have you been making mud pies while you waited for me to get here?'"

Lastly, but not least, Eleanor and Park (Kindle Edition):

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.

“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.” 

Unknown page numbers for this book because it is from a Kindle Edition.

UPDATES:
Number of Books Read: 0
Number of Pages Read: 123

Next I'll be doing the SPINE poetry!
Thanks for reading, and comment below!

Read-a-Thon - To Be Read Challenge

December 9th 2013
I am going to be making my list of what books I want to have completed by December 22nd. This list may change, but I will try to stick to it. Here they are:
13505666The Almost Truth
Eileen Cook
Teen con artist Sadie might be over her head. To escape her backwards small town, delusional mom, jailbird dad, and the tiny trailer where she was raised, she also must leave Brendan. Sadie wants a better life, and she has been working steadily toward it, one con at a time, until her mother wipes out her savings. 
Brendan helps devise ultimate con. But the more lies Sadie spins, the more she starts falling for her own hoax, and perhaps for the wrong boy. Sadie wanted to change her life, but she wasn't prepared to have it flipped upside down by her own deception. With her future at stake and her heart on the line, she suddenly has more than just money to lose.
Resource: Library
Edition: Hardcover


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Stolen
Lucy Christopher
Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? 
The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist - almost.
Resource: Library
Edition: Paperback
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Six Months Later
Natalie D. Richards
Chloe didn't think about it much when she nodded off in study hall on that sleepy summer day. But when she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life. Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her.
What happened to her? 
And why can't she remember?

Resource: Owned
Edition: Paperback



13414446Prodigy
Marie Lu
Second to Legend (Below is Legend synopsis)
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. 
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets. 
Resource: Owned
Envy (Empty Coffin, #1)Edition: Hardcover

Envy

Gregg Olsen
Crime lives--and dies--in the deceptively picture-perfect town of Port Gamble (aka “Empty Coffin”), Washington. Evil lurks and strange things happen--and 15-year-olds Hayley and Taylor Ryan secretly use their wits and their telepathic “twin-sense” to uncover the truth about the town's victims and culprits. 
Envy, the series debut, involves the mysterious death of the twins' old friend, Katelyn. Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? Hayley and Taylor are determined to find out--and as they investigate, they stumble upon a dark truth that is far more disturbing than they ever could have imagined.
Resource: Owned
Edition: Hardcover



15793231If You Find Me
Emily Murdoch
A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey’s younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive. Suddenly, the girls are taken from the woods and thrust into a bright and perplexing new world of high school, clothes and boys.
Now, Carey must face the truth of why her mother abducted her ten years ago, while haunted by a past that won’t let her go… a dark past that hides many a secret, including the reason Jenessa hasn't spoken a word in over a year. Carey knows she must keep her sister close, and her secrets even closer, or risk watching her new life come crashing down.
Resource: Owned
Edition: Hardcover

137969Execution of Innocence
Christopher Pike
Charlie loved Mary. But them Mary made a small mistake--with another guy. And Charlie lost it, and someone died. Now Charlie is a hunted man. But what really happened that dark night? Only God knows, and maybe Charlie.
Resource: Owned
Edition: Mass Market Paperback










17332969The 100
Kass Morgan
In the future, humans live in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth's toxic atmosphere. No one knows when, or even if, the long-abandoned planet will be habitable again. But faced with dwindling resources and a growing populace, government leaders know they must reclaim their homeland... before it's too late.
Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents are being sent on a high-stakes mission to recolonize Earth. After a brutal crash landing, the teens arrive on a savagely beautiful planet they've only seen from space. Confronting the dangers of this rugged new world, they struggle to form a tentative community. But they're haunted by their past and uncertain about the future. To survive, they must learn to trust - and even love - again.
Resource: Owned
Edition: Hardcover


Possibly:
15745753Eleanor and Park
Rainbow Rowell
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under.
Resource: Kindle
Edition: Kindle







So those are my TBR for the Book-a-Thon! I may add or change one book. I was considering reading 'Game of Thrones' by George R.R. Martin or Crewel by Gennifer Albin, but I wouldn't be able to read all of those from now to December 22nd 2013 because I added a late entry (December 14th 2013).

Top 10 Embarrassing Characters

This is a list of characters that embarrassed themselves, big timer. Makes you either be embarrassed for them or are extremely glad you're not in their position. It may bring back hilarious memories. This list compiles the movies that I have seen thus far and embarrassing moments.


10. Kick-Ass
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Actors/Actresses: Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Grace Moretz
Embarrassing Character(s): Dave (Kick-Ass)
Most embarrassing is probably when Kick-Ass gets his ass kicked. Right in the beginning when he is attempting to be a good superhero.
Rating: 18A



9. What to Expect When You're Expecting
A look at love through the eyes of five interconnected couples experiencing the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and ultimately coming to understand the universal truth that no matter what you plan for, life doesn't always deliver what's expected.
Actors/Actresses: Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, J. Todd Smith
There isn't one embarrassing part. It is a character: Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) 
Rating: 14A





8. Can't Hardly Wait
Multicharacter teenage comedy about high school graduates with different agenda of life on graduation night.
Actors/Actresses: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo
Seth Green plays the most embarrasing character while he goes around with his backpack all ready for 'love'.
Rating: PG





7. Fired Up!
The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
Actors/Actresses: Eric Christian OlsenNicholas D'AgostoSarah Roemer
This isn't even the half of it:
They went skinny dipping, and a raccoon stole their clothes. They ran around campus naked trying to get to their dorm and when the leader of this group found them, he asked them what they were doing. They explained that practicing naked helps them remember. He told them to show him and it was embarrassing to watch, but in the end one guy jumped on the others back. 
Rating: 14A


6. Your Highness
When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.
Actors/Actresses: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman
Fabious (James Franco) is embarrassing. They way he is and acts embarrass anyone who watches. Especially with the whole weird Great Wise Wizard.
Rating: 14A





5. Just Friends
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with -- a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Actors/Actresses: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein
Everything in this movie is embarrassing, but funny. Chris (Ryan Reynolds) and Samantha (Anna Faris) and very embarrasing throughout the movie.
Rating: 14A



4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex ... and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.
Actors/Actresses: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Paul Rudd, Mila Kunis
What Peter (Jason Segel) does is embarrassing. Sarah (Kritsen Bell) is embarrassing, especially her new boyfriend, Aldous (Russell Brand). I can't pinpoint anything.
Rating: 18A




3. She's the Man
When her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks in London, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguises herself as him, and proceeds to fall for one of her soccer teammates. Little does she realize she's not the only one with romantic troubles, as she, as he, gets in the middle of a series of intermingled love affairs.
Actors/Actresses: Amanda Bynes, Laura Ramsey, Channing Tatum
To many embarrassing things to count. But let's just start with Viola trying to be Sebastian. Duke getting a nose bleed... If you have seen it, you know what I'm talking about.
Rating: PG






2. The 40-Year old Virgin
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
Actors/Actresses: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
You know it is going to be embarrassing just because of his face. So many times where you just cringe because you know that is embarrassing. I can't even pinpoint.
Rating: 14A




1. There's Something About Mary
A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.
Actors/Actresses: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillion, Ben Stiller
Every single man that falls for Mary (Cameron Diaz) is embarrassing. Start with the lengths they go to what they do to each other. Two of the most embarrassing scenes include: 1. Bathroom, pants, zipper; and 2. Bathroom, Ear, Hair. I won't ruin it...
Rating: 14A







Friday, 13 December 2013

Birthday Haul - Haul #1 Part 2

This includes TV Shows, CD's, Shirts and chips. Hope you like! Comment below! TV Shows:

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) Poster

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau
Set after the events in 'Terminator 2' Sarah Connor and her son John, trying to stay under-the-radar from the government as they plot to destroy the computer network Skynet in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Season: 1 of 2
Rating IMDb: 7.5/10
Parental Rating: 14A
This TV Show is: Thrilling, Dramatic
 


Saved by the Bell
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond
A TV show centered on six students and their years at Bayside High School in Palisades, California.
Season: 1, 2 of 6
Rating IMDb: 6.7/10
Parental Rating: PG
This TV Show is: Comedic


Dawson's Creek (1998)

Dawson's Creek
James Van Deer Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Michelle Williams
Four friends in a small coastal town help each other cope with adolescence.
Season: 3 of 6 I own 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Rating IMDb: 6.2/10
Parental Rating: 14A
This TV Show is: Dramatic, Romantic




That '70's Show
Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis, Danny Masterman, Wilmer Valderrama, Ashton Kutcher
A comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.
Season: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 of 8
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Parental Rating: PG
This TV Show is: Comedic, Romantic




Nikita
Maggie Q, Lyndsy  Fonseca, Shane West
A rouge assassin returns to take down the secret organization that trained her.
Season: 1 of 4 (Still Airing)
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Parental Rating: 14A
This TV Show is: Crime, Dramatic, Thrilling




Breaking Bad
Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul
To provide for his family's future after he is diagnosed with lung cancer, a chemistry genius turned high school teacher teams up with an ex-student to cook and sell the world's purest crystal meth.
Season: 1 of 5
IMDb Rating: 9.5/10
Parental Rating: TV-MA or PG (DVD Rating)
This TV Show is: Crime, Dramatic, Thrilling









Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan
Buffy Summers and her mother move to Sunnydale, only to discover that L.A. was just a walk in the park.
Season: 2 and 3 of 6 I own 1, 2 and 3
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Parental Rating: TV-14 or 14A
This TV Show is: Fantasy, Action, Dramatic and Romantic










Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros.
Season: 1 of 4 (Still airing)
IMDb Rating: 9.4/10
Parental Rating: TV-MA or 18A
This Show is: Dramatic, Adventure, Fantasy













Heroes
Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman
They thought they were like everyone else... Until they woke up with amazing abilities.
Season: 4 of 4 I own 1, 2 and 4
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Parental Rating: TV-14 or 14A
This Show is: Exciting, Sci-Fi, Thrilling, Dramatic











CDs:
Moulin Rouge Soundtrack:
1. Nature Boy - David Bowie
2. Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera
3. Because We Can - Fatboy Slim
4. Sparkling Diamonds - Nicole Kidman, Caroline O'Connor
5. Rhythm of the Night - Valeria
6. Your Song - Ewan McGregor
7. Children of the Revolution - Bono
8. One Day I'll Fly Away - Nicole Kidman
9. Diamond Dogs - Beck
10.Elephant Love Medley - Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman
11. Come What May - Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman
12. El Tango De Roxanne - Ewan McGregor, Jose Feliciano, Jacek Koman
13. Complainte de la Brutte - Rufus Wainwright
14. Hindi Sad Diamonds - Alka Yagnik
15. Nature Boy - David Bowie and Massive Attack


Cruel Intentions Soundtrack:
1. Every You, Every Me (Single Mix) - Placebo
2. Praise You (Radio Edit) - Fatboy Slim
3. Coffee and TV - Blur
4. Bedroom Dancing (First Recording) - Day One
5. Colourblind - Counting Crows
6. Ordinary Life - Kristen Barry
7. Comin' Up From Behind - Marcy Playground
8. Secretly - Skunk Anansie
9. This Love - Craig Armstrong ft. Elizabeth Fraiser
10. You Could Make a Killing - Aimee Mann
11. Addictive - Faithless
12. Trip on Love - Abra Moore
13. You Blew Me Off - Bare Jr.
14. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Shirt:
My friend got me this shirt. I always hated this motto: Keep Calm and ....
Eventually you saw them everywhere. So my friend got me this!
      Chips:


CHIPS X2


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Thursday, 12 December 2013

Read-a-Thon #ReadingCram

I am going to be joining a Read-a-Thon challenge. It is hosted by Danasquare and Juliababyjen's Reading Room.
It is from December 9th - December 22nd 2013.



There are going to be challenges each day, as well. I will complete the challenges I missed, although I know it won't count. Here is a list of each challenge:
Dec. 9 - TBR Challenge (Hosted by Jen)

Dec 10 - Teaser Challenge (Hosted by Tanya @BookLovingHippo)


Dec 11 - Top Ten Books You Read in 2013 (Hosted by Jessica @Let Me Tell You a Story)


Dec 12 - Spine Poetry


Dec 13 - Favorite Book-to-Movie Release in 2013

Dec 14 - Seasonal Challenge


Dec 15 - Twitter Synopsis Challenge


Dec 16 - Movie cast challenge (Hosted by ME)


Dec 17 - Song Challenge


Dec 18 - Post a Review Challenge


Dec 19 - Spine Poetry


Dec 20 - Spell it out challenge


Dec 21 - Most Anticipated 2014 Releases (Hosted by ME)


Dec 22 - Wrap Up Post (Hosted By Dana Square)


I am entering because I am behind in my reading goal. I will try to update everyday.
Here are details if you want to enter:
So why should you participate?
1. To read more books you've been trying to read all year
2. Do fun challenges and and win prizes
3. Encourage other people to read with you

Requirements
You must post a Sign Up Post (Must be linked down below in the linky, this is to spread the word)
Must have our graphic
Links to our blogsName, dates of the read-a-thon
Any personal goals (optional)
They may put up their posts on their blog, Tumblr, or Youtube (if they don't have a blog) (Taken from Book Chick 2013)

Keep updates for anything else I might post, and movie posts are coming, they are just slow! Sorry about that movie lovers!

Monday, 2 December 2013

Birthday Haul - Haul #1 (Part 1)

Okay, I know hauls are normally done with books, but I have acquired over 30 movies and TV shows in the last week and a half. So I figured I would show them here and from a now on expect hauls. I love doing haul posts and talking about what I just purchased or hearing from other people.

Lets start with books:
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Starters (Starters #1)
Lisa Price
You can’t get them out of your head. . . .
Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the age of twenty and sixty. She and her younger brother, Tyler, are now on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and they fight off renegades. Now, Callie's only hope is Prime Destinations, a place in Beverly Hills which donates your body to Enders - seniors who want to be young again. Callie agrees to be a donor because they need money. But the neurochip they place in Callie's mind malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter. She realizes that her renter isn't just going to party - and that Prime Destinations' plans more evil than anyone ever though.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer vol. 1 (Tales of the Slayer #1)
Doranna Durgin, Christie Golden, Yvonne Navarro, Nancy Holder, Mel Odom, Greg Rucka and Joss Whedon
This book collects short stories of Slayers before Buffy. Some being the Primal Slayer, who stalked the earth and the forces of darkness in fierce solitude; Nikki, the funky hipster whose demise at Spike's hands lent an urban edge to his wardrobe and a bigger bounce to his swagger. Slayers by nature have a limited life expectancy; for each one who falls, another rises to take her place.
 
 
 
 
14290364Champion (Legend #3)
Marie Lu
I have yet to read Prodigy, so I will not post about this book yet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6752378City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments #4)
Cassandra Clare
I have yet to read City of Glass, so I will not post about this book yet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
George R.R. Martin
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes of 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. 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. 
 
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Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1)
Veronica Rossi
Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland — known as The Death Shop — are slim. If the cannibals don't get her, the violent energy storms will. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild — a savage — and her only hope of staying alive.
A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile—everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must come together to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky.
 
17343998Six Months Later
Natalie D. Richards
Chloe didn't think about it much when she nodded off in study hall on that sleepy summer day. But when she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life. Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, Maggie's best friend and herself were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her.
What happened to her?
And why can't she remember?
 
13642246BZRK (BZRK #1)
Michael Grant
13722208Set in the near future, BZRK is the story of a war for control of the human mind.  Charles and Benjamin Armstrong, conjoined twins and owners of the Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation, have a goal:  to turn the world into their vision of utopia.  No wars, no conflict, no hunger.  And no free will.  Opposing them is a guerrilla group of teens, code name BZRK, who are fighting to protect the right to be messed up, to be human.  This is no ordinary war, though.  Weapons are deployed on the nano-level. The battleground is the human brain.  And there are no stalemates here:  It’s victory . . . or madness.
 
Crewel (Crewel World #1)
Gennifer Albin
Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality. But if controlling what people eat, where they live, and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and used her hidden talent for a moment. Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her dad’s jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.

15793231If You Find Me
Emily Murdoch
A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey’s younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive. Suddenly, the girls are taken from the woods and thrust into a bright and perplexing new world of high school, clothes and boys.
Now, Carey must face the truth of why her mother abducted her ten years ago, while haunted by a past that won’t let her go… a dark past that hides many a secret, including the reason Jenessa hasn’t spoken a word in over a year. Carey knows she must keep her sister close, and her secrets even closer, or risk watching her new life come crashing down.

5623269The Friday Society
Adrienne Kress
17332969 Set in turn-of-the-century London, The Friday Society follows the stories of three very intelligent and talented young women, all of whom are assistants to powerful men: Cora, lab assistant; Michiko, Japanese fight assistant; and Nellie, magician's assistant. The three young women's lives become inexorably intertwined after a chance meeting at a ball that ends with the discovery of a murdered mystery man. It's up to these three, in their own charming but bold way, to solve the murder–and the crimes they believe may be connected to it–without calling too much attention to themselves.

The 100 (The Hundred #1)
Kass Morgan
In the future, humans live in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth's toxic atmosphere. No one knows when, or even if, the long-abandoned planet will be habitable again. But faced with dwindling resources and a growing populace, government leaders know they must reclaim their homeland... before it's too late.
Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents are being sent on a high-stakes mission to recolonize Earth. After a brutal crash landing, the teens arrive on a savagely beautiful planet they've only seen from space. Confronting the dangers of this rugged new world, they struggle to form a tentative community. But they're haunted by their past and uncertain about the future. To survive, they must learn to trust - and even love - again. **Soon to be a show on CW**


10637510First Kill (The Slayer Chronicles #1)
Heather Brewer
The summer before ninth grade, when Joss sets off to meet his uncle and hunt down the beast that murdered his younger sister three years earlier, he learns he is destined to join the Slayer Society.




 
 
 
6479259Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy #5)

Richelle Mead
I have yet to read Blood Promise, so I will not post anything about this book yet.
 
 
 
 




17332270Tumble & Fall
Alexandra Coutts
The world is living in the shadow of oncoming disaster. An asteroid is set to strike the earth in just one week’s time; catastrophe is unavoidable. The question isn’t how to save the world—the question is, what to do with the time that's left? Against this stark backdrop, three island teens wrestle with intertwining stories of love, friendship and family—all with the ultimate stakes at hand.



8922184Want to Go Private?
Sarah Darer Littman
Abby is starting high school--it should be exciting, so why doesn't she care? Everyone tells her to "make an effort," but why can't she just be herself? Abby quickly feels like she's losing a grip on her once-happy life. The only thing she cares about anymore is talking to Luke, a guy she met online, who understands. It feels dangerous and yet good to chat with Luke--he is her secret, and she's his. Then Luke asks her to meet him, and she does. But Luke isn't who he says he is. When Abby goes missing, everyone is left to put together the pieces. If they don't, they'll never see Abby again.


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Vampire Academy Graphic Novel (Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel #1)
Richelle Mead
After two years on the run, best friends Rose and Lissa are caught and returned to St. Vladimir’s Academy, a private high school for vampires and half-bloods. It’s filled with intrigue, danger—and even romance.





16059346Slayers (Slayers #1)
C.J. Hill
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Dragons exist. They’re ferocious. And, in this novel from C. J. Hill, they’re smart: before they were killed off by slayer-knights, they rendered a select group of eggs dormant so their offspring would survive. Only a handful of people know about this, let alone believe it—these “Slayers” are descended from the original knights and are now a diverse group of teens that includes Tori, a smart but spoiled senator’s daughter who didn’t sign up to save the world. The dragon eggs have fallen into the wrong hands. The Slayers must work together to stop the eggs from hatching. They will fight; they will fall in love. But will they survive?
Ripple
Mandy Hubbard
Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. The water calls to her, draws her in, forces her to sing her deadly song to unsuspecting victims. If she succumbs, she kills. If she doesn't, the pain is unbearable. To keep herself and those she cares about safe, she shuts herself off, refusing to make friends or fall in love - again. Because the last time she fell in love with a boy, he ended up dead.
Then Lexi finds herself torn. Against her better judgement, she's opening up again, falling in love with someone new when she knows she shouldn't. But when she's offered the chance to finally live a normal life, she learns that the price she must pay to be free of her curse is giving him up.

10586317Envy (Empty Coffin #1)
Gregg Olsen
Envy, the series debut, involves the mysterious death of the twins' old friend, Katelyn. Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? Hayley and Taylor are determined to find out--and as they investigate, they stumble upon a dark truth that is far more disturbing than they ever could have imagined.
 




13584653Betrayal (Empty Coffin #2)
Gregg Olsen
 In this action-packed thriller sequel to Envy, foreign exchange student Olivia Grant is stabbed to death after a party--and the prime suspect is her best friend. As twins Hayley and Taylor Ryan get pulled into the aftermath of this Amanda Knox-like crime, they realize nothing is what it seems. Could it be betrayal of the ultimate kind?
Betrayal features real-life crime-solving techniques, heart-stopping suspense, plenty of red herrings, hard-hitting ethical questions, and information about the Amanda Knox case that inspired the novel. As the crime unravels, so does the twins' past…and they must face off against a family member who may unexpectedly have carried out the worst betrayal of all.