Gian's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:22:11 -0700 60 Gian's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1)]]> 26232292
Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air.

They are enchanters the only two in Russia and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.

And so he initiates the Crown s Game, a duel of magical skill. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the tsar s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned with beautiful, whip-smart, imaginative and he can t stop thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai s best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.

As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear the Crown s Game is not one to lose."]]> 402 Evelyn Skye 006242260X Gian 4 3.92 2016 The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1)
author: Evelyn Skye
name: Gian
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2017/07/10
date added: 2024/09/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)]]> 17453983
Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her affection. So she's less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year.

But despite not speaking a word of French, Anna meets some cool new people, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. Unfortunately, he's taken —and Anna might be, too. Will a year of romantic near misses end with the French kiss she's waiting for?

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780142419403.]]> 372 Stephanie Perkins Gian 5 4.01 2010 Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
author: Stephanie Perkins
name: Gian
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2014/09/14
date added: 2021/05/23
shelves: must-read-haves, the-feels-train-book
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)]]> 29283884
But as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy.

Still it isn’t in Monty’s nature to give up. Even with his younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt that spans across Europe, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.]]> 528 Mackenzi Lee 0062382802 Gian 0 to-read 4.03 2017 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
author: Mackenzi Lee
name: Gian
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2018/09/16
shelves: to-read
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]]> A Very Large Expanse of Sea 38720939 From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice.

It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.

Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She’s tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments—even the physical violence—she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So she’s built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother.

But then she meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her—they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds—and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down.]]> 310 Tahereh Mafi 0062866567 Gian 0 to-read 4.13 2018 A Very Large Expanse of Sea
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Gian
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2018/09/12
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2)]]> 39338454 Continuação de Os números do amor, O teste do casamento é uma história apaixonante sobre um romance que cruza fronteiras entre os países e os limites do coração.

Khai Diep não tem sentimentos. Bom, ele fica irritado quando mexem nas suas coisas e satisfeito quando os centavos são incluídos nos livros contábeis, mas não consegue vivenciar nenhum sentimento profundo, como luto ou amor. Ele acha que tem algum problema, mas sua família sabe que, por ser autista, ele processa as coisas de um jeito diferente e tem dificuldade com as emoções. Como Khai se recusa a arrumar uma namorada, sua mãe resolve viajar ao Vietnã para encontrar a noiva perfeita para ele.

Sendo birracial em H� Chí Minh, Esme Tran sempre se sentiu deslocada. Quando surge a oportunidade de ir para os EUA e conhecer um possível marido, ela sabe que não pode recusar, pois é a chance de mudar a realidade de sua família. Mas seduzir Khai não sai como o planejado. E assim ela se apaixona por um homem que está convencido de que não pode retribuir seu afeto.

O tempo de Esme nos EUA está se esgotando. Será que Khai vai admitir que estava errado, e que pode haver mais de uma maneira de amar, antes que seja tarde demais?]]> 320 Helen Hoang 0451490827 Gian 0 to-read 3.80 2019 The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2)
author: Helen Hoang
name: Gian
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/09/10
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]]> The Shadow and the Rose 16114429
When ordinary high-school junior Joy Sumner visits a graveyard at midnight on a dare, she doesn’t expect to end up sharing a kiss with brooding teen model Tanner Lindsey. And she definitely doesn’t expect to make an enemy of Tanner’s seductive, sinister mentor, the ageless supermodel Melisande—who may not be entirely human—or to find that her sleepy little corner of North Carolina is buzzing with supernatural energy.

While Joy fights to free Tanner from Melisande’s grasp—and from his own self-doubt—she finds that she’s pregnant. And when Tanner’s love for her puts his life in danger, will she be able to rescue him and save their future together?]]> Amanda DeWees Gian 0 on-hold-books, to-read 4.22 2012 The Shadow and the Rose
author: Amanda DeWees
name: Gian
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/07/16
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]]> <![CDATA[To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)]]> 18051352
Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.]]> 355 Jenny Han 1442426705 Gian 4
I know, I should have given it 5 stars but it's fair right? even though I don't have anything I don't like about it besides Lara Jean being her stubborn self.

This book is an easy read but it's the most cutest and my emotions, the feels trains is just off the roof. When I'm reading this book, I feel like I'm reading Lara Jean's diary. We get to know her thoughts, the background of her family and actually getting to know how they are. From there attitude, her expression and their daily routine. I have ever page of the Song girls. It almost reminded me of my sisters. I have two sisters and I'm the oldest but it's funny that I'm a lot like Lara Jean. I can relate to her. ANYWAYS, the writing is simple but the emotions is there, which is really important. I connected with the book right away. The days, I think wasn't confusing. It's really descriptive how they get to one place after the other, which is good.

I have a lot more to say but here's the full review!


My reaction half through the book
]]> 4.10 2014 To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
author: Jenny Han
name: Gian
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/11/20
date added: 2018/07/14
shelves: must-read-haves, the-feels-train-book
review:
4.5/ stars

I know, I should have given it 5 stars but it's fair right? even though I don't have anything I don't like about it besides Lara Jean being her stubborn self.

This book is an easy read but it's the most cutest and my emotions, the feels trains is just off the roof. When I'm reading this book, I feel like I'm reading Lara Jean's diary. We get to know her thoughts, the background of her family and actually getting to know how they are. From there attitude, her expression and their daily routine. I have ever page of the Song girls. It almost reminded me of my sisters. I have two sisters and I'm the oldest but it's funny that I'm a lot like Lara Jean. I can relate to her. ANYWAYS, the writing is simple but the emotions is there, which is really important. I connected with the book right away. The days, I think wasn't confusing. It's really descriptive how they get to one place after the other, which is good.

I have a lot more to say but here's the full review!


My reaction half through the book

]]> <![CDATA[The Goddess Inheritance (Goddess Test, #3)]]> 10838776 Love or life.
Henry or their child.
The end of her family or the end of the world.
Kate must choose.

During nine months of captivity, Kate Winters has survived a jealous goddess, a vengeful Titan and a pregnancy she never asked for. Now the Queen of the Gods wants her unborn child, and Kate can't stop her--until Cronus offers a deal.

In exchange for her loyalty and devotion, the King of the Titans will spare humanity and let Kate keep her child. Yet even if Kate agrees, he'll destroy Henry, her mother and the rest of the council. And if she refuses, Cronus will tear the world apart until every last god and mortal is dead.

With the fate of everyone she loves resting on her shoulders, Kate must do the impossible: find a way to defeat the most powerful being in existence, even if it costs her everything.

Even if it costs her eternity.]]> 304 Aimee Carter 0373210671 Gian 0 to-read 3.94 2013 The Goddess Inheritance (Goddess Test, #3)
author: Aimee Carter
name: Gian
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/08/03
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)]]> 25756328 “I made the wrong choice.�

Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is go back home.

But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires her, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.

People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.]]> 386 Jenna Evans Welch 1481432540 Gian 0 to-read 4.03 2016 Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)
author: Jenna Evans Welch
name: Gian
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/08/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1)]]> 25732150
Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, the friends are forced to flee their home.

Safi must avoid capture at all costs as she's a rare Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lies. Many would kill for her magic, so Safi must keep it hidden - lest she be used in the struggle between empires. And Iseult's true powers are hidden even from herself.

In a chance encounter at Court, Safi meets Prince Merik and makes him a reluctant ally. However, his help may not slow down the Bloodwitch now hot on the girls' heels. All Safi and Iseult want is their freedom, but danger lies ahead. With war coming, treaties breaking and a magical contagion sweeping the land, the friends will have to fight emperors and mercenaries alike. For some will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.]]> 359 Susan Dennard Gian 0 currently-reading 3.54 2016 Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1)
author: Susan Dennard
name: Gian
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/08/02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Crown's Fate (The Crown's Game, #2)]]> 27211901
Pasha is grappling with his own problems—his legitimacy is in doubt, the girl he loves loathes him, and he believes his best friend is dead. When a challenger to the throne emerges—and with the magic in Russia growing rapidly—Pasha must do whatever it takes to keep his position and protect his kingdom.

For Nikolai, the ending of the Crown’s Game stung deeply. Although he just managed to escape death, Nikolai remains alone, a shadow hidden in a not-quite-real world of his own creation. But when he’s given a second chance at life—tied to a dark price—Nikolai must decide just how far he’s willing to go to return to the world.

With revolution on the rise, dangerous new magic rearing up, and a tsardom up for the taking, Vika, Nikolai, and Pasha must fight—or face the destruction of not only their world but also themselves.]]> 425 Evelyn Skye 0062422618 Gian 3 3.66 2017 The Crown's Fate (The Crown's Game, #2)
author: Evelyn Skye
name: Gian
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2017/07/16
date added: 2017/08/02
shelves:
review:
Will be putting in review shortly...
]]> Heartless 18584855 Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.

Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen.

Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.

In her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.]]> 453 Marissa Meyer 1250044650 Gian 4 4.10 2016 Heartless
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Gian
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2017/07/12
date added: 2017/08/02
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review:
Will be putting review shortly...
]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire, #1)]]> 25742683 A Court of Thorns and Roses and Cinder.

Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She'll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen.

In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol's father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic of his own—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman—and bring her Lorelai's heart.

But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn't going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose.]]> 400 C.J. Redwine 0062360264 Gian 3 3.34 2016 The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire, #1)
author: C.J. Redwine
name: Gian
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2017/07/07
date added: 2017/08/02
shelves:
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will be reviewing shortly,.....
]]> <![CDATA[Paper Princess (The Royals, #1)]]> 28678119 This a previously published edition of ASIN B01DT9ZWNI.

From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself.

These Royals will ruin you�

Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone.Ěý

Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.

Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals.

He might be right.

Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she’s going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she’ll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.Ěý]]> 370 Erin Watt Gian 4 will be reviewing shortly... 3.91 2016 Paper Princess (The Royals, #1)
author: Erin Watt
name: Gian
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/08/02
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will be reviewing shortly...
]]> Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) 34992929 448 Tahereh Mafi 0062676369 Gian 4 to-read, must-read-haves 4.14 2018 Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Gian
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/08/02
shelves: to-read, must-read-haves
review:
Seriously some mind blown going on here. A part of me is saying.. you're going to love this, you should give your money to Tahereh right now. I love some Warner and Juliet especially Warner cause I'm in love with him from the beginning but I'll try not to get too to excited but who are we kidding... I can't wait for the book cover!
]]> Underworld (Abandon, #2) 10799881
Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead.

Not this time.

But she is being held against her will in the dim, twilit world between heaven and hell, where the spirits of the deceased wait before embarking upon their final journey.

Her captor, John Hayden, claims it’s for her own safety. Because not all the departed are dear. Some are so unhappy with where they ended up after leaving the Underworld, they’ve come back as Furies, intent on vengeance…on the one who sent them there and on the one whom he loves.

But while Pierce might be safe from the Furies in the Underworld, far worse dangers could be lurking for her there…and they might have more to do with its ruler than with his enemies.

And unless Pierce is careful, this time there’ll be no escape.]]> 336 Meg Cabot 0545415071 Gian 3 3.88 2012 Underworld (Abandon, #2)
author: Meg Cabot
name: Gian
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2016/12/09
date added: 2016/12/09
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]]> The Heir (The Selection, #4) 23019291 342 Kiera Cass 0062349856 Gian 5 10.23.14 Update thought

AND NOW IT'S ABOUT THEIR DAUGHTER! I'M FANGIRLING RIGHT NOW AND THE COVER IS SO BEAUTIFUL! I'm so glad.

PLOT TWIST: What if Aspen had a son and he fall in love with Eadlyn and he's in the selection to win her heart! I think that's an awesome plot or plot twist to it. Also, I'm not surprise if she's best friend with Aspen's son or daughter.


Cheers!

10.08.14 UPDATE REACTION

SAYYYYY WHAT?!

I honestly didn't know about this until I have to check the list for 2015 YA releases and I'm so surprise that she'll be writing a 4th one! I think everybody didn't expect this one cause I swear the ending for The One is actually pretty good. I mean it kind leave things hanging and it feels rushed but I didn't didn't hate it. I always have the love for the this series since the first book and I even support the novella's and I seriously can't wait!! I'm freaking out right now ( Like everyone else in this website or even the whole world! )


My first reaction when I saw the cover


When I click on the link and checking if this a dream or not... and then it's for real


When my boyfriend ask me if I'm okay


May 15 2015?!
Whatever I can wait because I'm happy anyway
]]> 3.75 2015 The Heir (The Selection, #4)
author: Kiera Cass
name: Gian
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2016/11/27
shelves: must-read-haves, the-feels-train-book, to-read
review:
10.23.14 Update thought

AND NOW IT'S ABOUT THEIR DAUGHTER! I'M FANGIRLING RIGHT NOW AND THE COVER IS SO BEAUTIFUL! I'm so glad.

PLOT TWIST: What if Aspen had a son and he fall in love with Eadlyn and he's in the selection to win her heart! I think that's an awesome plot or plot twist to it. Also, I'm not surprise if she's best friend with Aspen's son or daughter.


Cheers!

10.08.14 UPDATE REACTION

SAYYYYY WHAT?!

I honestly didn't know about this until I have to check the list for 2015 YA releases and I'm so surprise that she'll be writing a 4th one! I think everybody didn't expect this one cause I swear the ending for The One is actually pretty good. I mean it kind leave things hanging and it feels rushed but I didn't didn't hate it. I always have the love for the this series since the first book and I even support the novella's and I seriously can't wait!! I'm freaking out right now ( Like everyone else in this website or even the whole world! )


My first reaction when I saw the cover


When I click on the link and checking if this a dream or not... and then it's for real


When my boyfriend ask me if I'm okay


May 15 2015?!
Whatever I can wait because I'm happy anyway

]]> <![CDATA[Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter, #2)]]> 16182304 To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it.

Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau’s horrific legacy—though someone, or something, hasn’t forgotten her.

As people close to Juliet fall victim one by one to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes, Juliet fears one of her father’s creations may have also escaped the island. She is determined to find the killer before Scotland Yard does, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again.

As Juliet strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in the midst of a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, past bubbling to the surface, life threatened by an obsessive killer—Juliet will be lucky to escape alive.

With inspiration from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this is a tantalizing mystery about the hidden natures of those we love and how far we’ll go to save them from themselves.]]> 422 Megan Shepherd 0062128051 Gian 0 to-read 3.93 2014 Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter, #2)
author: Megan Shepherd
name: Gian
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/11/27
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]]> Seeker (Riders, #2) 31702811
She wasn’t losing her mind; she was gaining the Sight—the ability to see the future. Daryn embraced her role as a Seeker. The work she did was important. She saved lives.

Until Sebastian.

Sebastian was her first—and worst—mistake.

Since the moment she inadvertently sealed him in a dark dimension with Samrael, the last surviving demon of the Kindred, guilt has plagued her. Daryn knows Sebastian is alive and waiting for help. It’s up to her to rescue him. But now that she needs the Sight more than ever to guide her, the visions have stopped.

Daryn must rely on instincts, intelligence, and blind faith to lead the riders who are counting on her in search of Sebastian. As they delve into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems and where Samrael is steadily amassing power, Daryn faces the ultimate test. Will she have to become evil to destroy evil?

The very fate of humankind may rest in the answer.]]> 352 Veronica Rossi 0765382563 Gian 0 to-read 3.75 2017 Seeker (Riders, #2)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Gian
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2016/11/10
shelves: to-read
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]]> Anne & Henry 24885809
Henry Tudor’s life has been mapped out since the day he was born: student body president, valedictorian, Harvard Law School, and a stunning political career just like his father’s. But ever since the death of his brother, the pressure for Henry to be perfect has doubled. And now he’s trapped: forbidden from pursuing a life as an artist or dating any girl who isn’t Tudor-approved.

Then Anne Boleyn crashes into his life.

Wild, brash, and outspoken, Anne is everything Henry isn’t allowed to be—or want. But soon Anne is all he can think about. His mother, his friends, and even his girlfriend warn him away, but his desire for Anne consumes him.

Henry is willing to do anything to be with her, but once they’re together, will their romance destroy them both?

Inspired by the true story of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, Anne & Henry beautifully reimagines the intensity, love, and betrayal between one of the most infamous couples of all time.]]> 304 Dawn Ius 1481439413 Gian 0 to-read 3.01 2015 Anne & Henry
author: Dawn Ius
name: Gian
average rating: 3.01
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2016/06/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5)]]> 25689074
CONTENTS
The Keeper: A prequel to the Lunar Chronicles, showing a young Scarlet and how Princess Selene came into the care of Michelle Benoit.
Glitches: In this prequel to Cinder, we see the results of the plague play out, and the emotional toll it takes on Cinder. Something that may, or may not, be a glitch�.
The Queen’s Army: In this prequel to Scarlet, we’re introduced to the army Queen Levana is building, and one soldier in particular who will do anything to keep from becoming the monster they want him to be.
Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky: Thirteen-year-old Carswell Thorne has big plans involving a Rampion spaceship and a no-return trip out of Los Angeles.
After Sunshine Passes By: In this prequel to Cress, we see how a nine-year-old Cress ended up alone on a satellite, spying on Earth for Luna.
The Princess and the Guard: In this prequel to Winter, we see a young Winter and Jacin playing a game called the Princess and the Guard�
The Little Android: A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid,� set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles.
The Mechanic: In this prequel to Cinder, we see Kai and Cinder’s first meeting from Kai’s perspective.
Something Old, Something New: In this epilogue to Winter, friends gather for the wedding of the century…]]> 400 Marissa Meyer 1250091845 Gian 0 to-read 4.16 2016 Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Gian
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2016/02/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Bright Smoke, Cold Fire (Bright Smoke, Cold Fire, #1)]]> 28448239
The heirs of the city’s most powerful—and warring—families, Mahyanai Romeo and Juliet Catresou share a love deeper than duty, honor, even life itself. But the magic laid on Juliet at birth compels her to punish the enemies of her clan—and Romeo has just killed her cousin Tybalt. Which means he must die.

Paris Catresou has always wanted to serve his family by guarding Juliet. But when his ward tries to escape her fate, magic goes terribly wrong—killing her and leaving Paris bound to Romeo. If he wants to discover the truth of what happened, Paris must delve deep into the city, ally with his worst enemy . . . and perhaps turn against his own clan.

Mahyanai Runajo just wants to protect her city—but she’s the only one who believes it’s in peril. In her desperate hunt for information, she accidentally pulls Juliet from the mouth of death—and finds herself bound to the bitter, angry girl. Runajo quickly discovers Juliet might be the one person who can help her recover the secret to saving Viyara.

Both pairs will find friendship where they least expect it. Both will find that Viyara holds more secrets and dangers than anyone ever expected. And outside the walls, death is waiting. . . .]]> 437 Rosamund Hodge 0062369415 Gian 0 to-read 3.27 2016 Bright Smoke, Cold Fire (Bright Smoke, Cold Fire, #1)
author: Rosamund Hodge
name: Gian
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/01/25
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)]]> 28260587 Kingdoms will collide.

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.

With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect those she loves. But as monsters emerge from the horrors of the past, and dark forces become poised to claim her world, the only chance for salvation will lie in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear.

In this breathtaking fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, Aelin will have to choose what—and who—to sacrifice if she's to keep the world of Erilea from breaking apart.]]> 689 Sarah J. Maas Gian 0 to-read 4.57 2016 Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Gian
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/12/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Furthermore (Furthermore, #1) 28110143
But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. It will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself—and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.]]> 406 Tahereh Mafi 1101994762 Gian 5 to-read, must-read-haves
Another author yet again drops a big news on the world. When I saw this on the News feed. I thought I'd do a double take and then BAM! Writing another book and I cannot wait! I seriously love the shatter me trilogy and the fact that she'll be writing a new book. OH MY GOODNESS! I can't contain the feels and excite for this.

We'll be waiting Tahereh Mafi!

Cheers! ]]> 3.90 2016 Furthermore (Furthermore, #1)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Gian
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2015/12/21
shelves: to-read, must-read-haves
review:
BOOK REACTION 10.18.14

Another author yet again drops a big news on the world. When I saw this on the News feed. I thought I'd do a double take and then BAM! Writing another book and I cannot wait! I seriously love the shatter me trilogy and the fact that she'll be writing a new book. OH MY GOODNESS! I can't contain the feels and excite for this.

We'll be waiting Tahereh Mafi!

Cheers!
]]> As I Descended 28218948 “Something wicked this way comes.�

Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them.

Only one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey.

Golden child Delilah is a legend at the exclusive Acheron Academy, and the presumptive winner of the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. She runs the school, and if she chose, she could blow up Maria and Lily’s whole world with a pointed look, or a carefully placed word.

But what Delilah doesn’t know is that Lily and Maria are willing to do anything—absolutely anything—to make their dreams come true. And the first step is unseating Delilah for the Kingsley Prize. The full scholarship, awarded to Maria, will lock in her attendance at Stanford―and four more years in a shared dorm room with Lily.

Maria and Lily will stop at nothing to ensure their victory—including harnessing the dark power long rumored to be present on the former plantation that houses their school.

But when feuds turn to fatalities, and madness begins to blur the distinction between what’s real and what is imagined, the girls must decide where they draw the line.]]> 370 Robin Talley 0062409239 Gian 0 to-read 3.48 2016 As I Descended
author: Robin Talley
name: Gian
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/12/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Crown (The Selection, #5) 26074181
Eadlyn still isn’t sure she’ll find the fairytale ending her parents did twenty years ago. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you…and soon Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more impossible—and more important—than she ever imagined.]]> 278 Kiera Cass 0062392174 Gian 0
I'm looking forward for this book but with mixed emotions. Only because The selection trilogy is a well done series and it's one of my favorites. But, I'm really hoping that this wouldn't drag on, you know? Like when a movie series becomes over done. I don't want this to happen to this book.

BUT REGARDLESS! I love Keira Cass work and I'm definitely will stay tuned for this book as well.

TTFN, ta ta for now! ]]> 3.61 2016 The Crown (The Selection, #5)
author: Kiera Cass
name: Gian
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/11/27
shelves: to-read, just-to-read-it, so-read-me-maybe
review:
So I just bought the Heir like a few hours ago. Like, I sneak out of work and cross the street to go to Coles (which is a dangerous store to have across your work place) I stared at the Heir for a good five minutes and thought I'd buy it and see where it takes me. So assuming that this series would end at book #4 but hey! of course it wouldn't!

I'm looking forward for this book but with mixed emotions. Only because The selection trilogy is a well done series and it's one of my favorites. But, I'm really hoping that this wouldn't drag on, you know? Like when a movie series becomes over done. I don't want this to happen to this book.

BUT REGARDLESS! I love Keira Cass work and I'm definitely will stay tuned for this book as well.

TTFN, ta ta for now!
]]> The Wrong Side of Right 17235448 400 Jennifer Marie Thorne Gian 0 3.94 2015 The Wrong Side of Right
author: Jennifer Marie Thorne
name: Gian
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/10
shelves: to-read, the-feels-train-book, must-read-haves
review:

]]> The Wedding (Lux, #5.5) 25397349
Found on Wattpad .]]> 6 Jennifer L. Armentrout Gian 0 to-read 4.41 2016 The Wedding (Lux, #5.5)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Gian
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/10
shelves: to-read
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]]> P.S. I Like You 25486998 Signed, sealed, delivered�

While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk and added a message to her. Intrigue!

Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters—sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she’s kind of falling for this letter writer. Only, who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mystery and juggle school, friends, crushes, and her crazy family, she discovers that matters of the heart can’t always be spelled out…]]> 329 Kasie West 0545850975 Gian 0 to-read 4.04 2016 P.S. I Like You
author: Kasie West
name: Gian
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/10
shelves: to-read
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]]> When We Collided 25663637 We are seventeen and shattered and still dancing. We have messy, throbbing hearts, and we are stronger than anyone could ever know�

Jonah never thought a girl like Vivi would come along.

Vivi didn’t know Jonah would light up her world.

Neither of them expected a summer like this…a summer that would rewrite their futures.

In an unflinching story about new love, old wounds, and forces beyond our control, two teens find that when you collide with the right person at just the right time, it will change you forever.]]> 352 Emery Lord 1619638452 Gian 0 to-read 3.80 2016 When We Collided
author: Emery Lord
name: Gian
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer, #2)]]> 25446343 Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old.

She believed she knew every horror and was beyond surprise.

She was wrong.

In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep.

Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice—save the woman he loves, or everyone else?—while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the Muse of Nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of.

As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead?

Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this astonishing and heart-stopping sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer.]]> 514 Laini Taylor 0316341711 Gian 0 to-read 4.41 2018 Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer, #2)
author: Laini Taylor
name: Gian
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)]]> 17927395
Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.]]> 626 Sarah J. Maas Gian 0 to-read 4.60 2016 A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Gian
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Inception (The Marked, #1) 26793013
My name is Jemma Blackburn, and I have a secret. I know vampires are real. I watched one murder my father eight months ago, and even though they tried to convince me it didn’t happen—that I’d lost touch with reality due to the trauma, I know what I saw was real.

Hollow Hills is now the place I call home. It was supposed to be my chance at a normal life. My chance to bury my secret and start over. But everyone around me is keeping their own secrets, whispering lies into my ears like promises, and one of them is about to turn my entire world upside down.

I thought I had it all figured out. I thought I had the answers. I thought I knew who I was. The truth is, I didn’t even know the half of it. There's a reason these vampires are still after me. There's a reason they will always hunt me. Because I'm not human.

I'm the devil they fear and the angel they crave.
Only problem is, I don't know it yet.

INCEPTION is the enthralling first installment in The Marked series. A YA paranormal romance full of atmosphere, supernatural adventure, and jaw-dropping twists that will keep you guessing until the very last page.]]> 394 Bianca Scardoni 0994865104 Gian 0 to-read 3.88 2015 Inception (The Marked, #1)
author: Bianca Scardoni
name: Gian
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1)]]> 18732883 Beautiful Creatures meets The Body Finder in this spellbinding new trilogy.

Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse.

All her life, Barrie Watson had been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lived with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.

Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.]]> 320 Martina Boone Gian 0 to-read 3.98 2014 Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1)
author: Martina Boone
name: Gian
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/05/24
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) 23174274 Urodziłam się, żeby zabić króla i zakończyć rządy terroru, zanim naprawdę się zaczną.

Jednej rzeczy Mare Barrow jest pewna: ĹĽe jest inna.

Jej krew jest czerwona � to kolor pospólstwa � ale jej Srebrna zdolność, moc kontrolowania błyskawic, zmieniła ją w broń, nad którą dwór królewski chce przejąć kontrolę.

Ścigana przez Mavena, mściwego Srebrnego króla, Mare postanawia odnaleźć i zwerbować innych Czerwono-Srebrnych wojowników, żeby dołączyli do rebelii. Sama jednak ląduje na zabójczej ścieżce i ryzykuje, że stanie się dokładnie takim potworem, jakiego próbuje pokonać.

W elektryzującym drugim tomie cyklu „Czerwona Królowa" nasila się walka między rosnącą armią rebeliantów i podzielonym według koloru krwi światem, który znają od zawsze, a Mare musi też walczyć z mrokiem, jaki rozrasta się w jej duszy.]]> 444 Victoria Aveyard 0062310666 Gian 0 to-read 3.79 2016 Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2)
author: Victoria Aveyard
name: Gian
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/04/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> We All Looked Up 18392459 The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever.

But then we all looked up and everything changed.

They said it would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we'd been, something that would last even after the end.

Two months to really live.]]> 370 Tommy Wallach 1481418777 Gian 0 to-read 3.52 2015 We All Looked Up
author: Tommy Wallach
name: Gian
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/03/15
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Start of Me and You (The Start of Me and You, #1)]]> 22429350 376 Emery Lord 1619633590 Gian 0 to-read 4.07 2015 The Start of Me and You (The Start of Me and You, #1)
author: Emery Lord
name: Gian
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/03/15
shelves: to-read
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]]> Written in the Stars 22521951
Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up—but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating—even friendship with a boy—is forbidden.

When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with Saif, her parents are livid. Convinced she has forgotten who she truly is, they travel to Pakistan to visit relatives and explore their roots. But Naila’s vacation turns into a nightmare when she learns that plans have changed—her parents have found her a husband and they want her to marry him, now! Despite her greatest efforts, Naila is aghast to find herself cut off from everything and everyone she once knew. Her only hope of escape is SaifĚý.Ěý.Ěý. if he can find her before it’s too late.]]> 277 Aisha Saeed 0399171703 Gian 0 to-read 3.94 2015 Written in the Stars
author: Aisha Saeed
name: Gian
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/03/15
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]]> The Sky Is Everywhere 23168945
Join Lennie on this heartbreaking and hilarious journey of profound sorrow and mad love, as she makes colossal mistakes and colossal discoveries, as she traipses through band rooms and forest bedrooms and ultimately right into your heart.

As much a celebration of love as a poignant portrait of loss, Lennie's struggle to sort her own melody out of the noise around her is always honest, often uproarious, and absolutely unforgettable.]]> 292 Jandy Nelson 0142417807 Gian 0 on-hold-books, to-read 3.93 2010 The Sky Is Everywhere
author: Jandy Nelson
name: Gian
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/03/04
shelves: on-hold-books, to-read
review:

]]> Better Off Friends 17228280
Eventually they realize they’re best friends—which wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t keep getting in each other’s way. Guys won’t ask Macallan out because they think she’s with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can’t help but wonder . . . are they more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated?]]> 288 Elizabeth Eulberg 0545551463 Gian 0 to-read 3.92 2014 Better Off Friends
author: Elizabeth Eulberg
name: Gian
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/03/04
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall]]> 24612533 In this asylum, your mind plays tricks on you all the time�

Delia’s new house isn’t just a house. Long ago, it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females—an insane asylum nicknamed “Hysteria Hall.� However, many of the inmates were not insane, just defiant and strong willed. Kind of like Delia herself.

But the house still wants to keep “troubled� girls locked away. So, in the most horrifying way, Delia gets trapped.

And that’s when she learns that the house is also haunted.

Ghost girls wander the halls in their old-fashioned nightgowns. A handsome ghost boy named Theo roams the grounds. Delia finds that all the spirits are unsettled and full of dark secrets. The house, as well, harbors shocking truths within its walls—truths that only Delia can uncover, and that may set her free.

But she’ll need to act quickly, before the house’s power overtakes everything she loves.

From master of suspense Katie Alender comes a riveting tale of twisted memories and betrayals, and the meaning of madness.]]> 329 Katie Alender 0545639999 Gian 0 to-read 3.98 2015 The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall
author: Katie Alender
name: Gian
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/20
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)]]> 13138635
Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it.

The Starbound Trilogy: Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy.]]> 389 Amie Kaufman 1423171020 Gian 5 5/5 stars

Mood and plot insight:
We follow Lilac and Tarver's adventure through unknown planet that might be telling them secrets about Lilac's father and what he's actually capable of. This book take us through there struggles, testing their survival and love for each other. The mood of this book is really well set... From the setting of the Icarus, from arriving from the planet and the coldness of the mountain that they have to experience together. The mood really draws you that really help with the plot as well.

To be honest, I never read such a story before! I'm usually very picky when it comes to anything space related for sci-fi romance, usually it takes time find the right one and now I read this book and I fell in love with the story. I also enjoy the dual point of view. Usually dual point of view is hard to get into but this book did it very well (besides, under the never sky) it is written beautifully. I really enjoy Lilac and Tarver's character development and relationship to towards each other. Even though, it's expected they will fall in love with each other- there relationship is this beautiful to me. It literally made my soul cry. I know it might be simple but there relationship hold so much passion and love for each other- I can't .... They are my OTP!

The challenges and struggles they went though is really interesting to me as well. It was really well describe and that it feel like you actually feel the pain and trauma that they go through. It almost felt real, you really they to know the thoughts and what they are actually feeling at the time of distress, sadness and how cruel this unknown planet might be. Overall, it was a job well done. I'm always infested when it comes to survival stuff. The plot pace is a good pace and the character progression is well done and just. I LOVE it!

Characters insight:
Lilac LaRoux: I never dislike Lilac which I find really surprising because usually I would find a love and hate relationship with the main character but not her. I don't think she was perfect because she sure has flaws but I guess it's not as obvious like other female protagonist, maybe it's just me... Anyways she's a stubborn, rich daddy's girl but I think all she wanted is to be herself and to be loved and love a boy that her father won't kill in the end. I like Lilac character progression in the story because she slowly learn how to be brave and how to put someone else before her needs. She learns to be the girl that she always has in her and I like it. In the end, she got Tarver'and she finally stood up from her father and hope to leave her and Tarver alone. She's a LaRoux after all but less... Crazy like her father.

Tarver Merendsen Tarver... I'm very neutral with Tarver what I really admire about him is his love for Lilac. From being the strong one and being able to carry and put up with the survival for two people. He almost start to regress as the story goes on, I'm not saying it's bad but it just seems from all the military service he put up and the death of his brother, Alec. I think it's just right for him to show weakness and how slowly that his mind might be losing it (but he didn't). Good for Tarver for keeping it together no matter what pain and sickness he goes through... Thank goodness he doesn't have that bad ass kind of attitude. Well a little bit but I think he's a gentleman... A very passionate one *winks*

Likes & Dislike
Likes: I love everything about it. The plot, the right pace of relationship between Lilac and Tarver. I just love it .

Dislikes: No dislike here! But I am curious... If Lilac share her story about Simon then what's the story behind Sarah? When Tarver thought that Lilac was Sarah was he was injured. I know she's a girlfriend for a moment kind of thing but still. I think Lilac should have ask anyway or Tarver could have explain it while talking to Alec.

Final Deduction
Love it! They are my OTP!

I don't know why it took me so long to read this! I couldn't get into it first but maybe I'm the crazy one!

CHEERS!

]]> 3.89 2013 These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
author: Amie Kaufman
name: Gian
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/18
date added: 2015/02/18
shelves: just-to-read-it, the-feels-train-book
review:
5/5 stars

Mood and plot insight:
We follow Lilac and Tarver's adventure through unknown planet that might be telling them secrets about Lilac's father and what he's actually capable of. This book take us through there struggles, testing their survival and love for each other. The mood of this book is really well set... From the setting of the Icarus, from arriving from the planet and the coldness of the mountain that they have to experience together. The mood really draws you that really help with the plot as well.

To be honest, I never read such a story before! I'm usually very picky when it comes to anything space related for sci-fi romance, usually it takes time find the right one and now I read this book and I fell in love with the story. I also enjoy the dual point of view. Usually dual point of view is hard to get into but this book did it very well (besides, under the never sky) it is written beautifully. I really enjoy Lilac and Tarver's character development and relationship to towards each other. Even though, it's expected they will fall in love with each other- there relationship is this beautiful to me. It literally made my soul cry. I know it might be simple but there relationship hold so much passion and love for each other- I can't .... They are my OTP!

The challenges and struggles they went though is really interesting to me as well. It was really well describe and that it feel like you actually feel the pain and trauma that they go through. It almost felt real, you really they to know the thoughts and what they are actually feeling at the time of distress, sadness and how cruel this unknown planet might be. Overall, it was a job well done. I'm always infested when it comes to survival stuff. The plot pace is a good pace and the character progression is well done and just. I LOVE it!

Characters insight:
Lilac LaRoux: I never dislike Lilac which I find really surprising because usually I would find a love and hate relationship with the main character but not her. I don't think she was perfect because she sure has flaws but I guess it's not as obvious like other female protagonist, maybe it's just me... Anyways she's a stubborn, rich daddy's girl but I think all she wanted is to be herself and to be loved and love a boy that her father won't kill in the end. I like Lilac character progression in the story because she slowly learn how to be brave and how to put someone else before her needs. She learns to be the girl that she always has in her and I like it. In the end, she got Tarver'and she finally stood up from her father and hope to leave her and Tarver alone. She's a LaRoux after all but less... Crazy like her father.

Tarver Merendsen Tarver... I'm very neutral with Tarver what I really admire about him is his love for Lilac. From being the strong one and being able to carry and put up with the survival for two people. He almost start to regress as the story goes on, I'm not saying it's bad but it just seems from all the military service he put up and the death of his brother, Alec. I think it's just right for him to show weakness and how slowly that his mind might be losing it (but he didn't). Good for Tarver for keeping it together no matter what pain and sickness he goes through... Thank goodness he doesn't have that bad ass kind of attitude. Well a little bit but I think he's a gentleman... A very passionate one *winks*

Likes & Dislike
Likes: I love everything about it. The plot, the right pace of relationship between Lilac and Tarver. I just love it .

Dislikes: No dislike here! But I am curious... If Lilac share her story about Simon then what's the story behind Sarah? When Tarver thought that Lilac was Sarah was he was injured. I know she's a girlfriend for a moment kind of thing but still. I think Lilac should have ask anyway or Tarver could have explain it while talking to Alec.

Final Deduction
Love it! They are my OTP!

I don't know why it took me so long to read this! I couldn't get into it first but maybe I'm the crazy one!

CHEERS!


]]> Gone Girl 15704174 What have we done to each other?

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.

So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]> 466 Gillian Flynn Gian 0 to-read 3.95 2012 Gone Girl
author: Gillian Flynn
name: Gian
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)]]> 18798983 One Life to One Dawn.

In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all.

Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?]]> 416 Renée Ahdieh 0399171614 Gian 0 to-read 4.05 2015 The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
author: Renée Ahdieh
name: Gian
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/16
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Twilight of the Gods 24915310 Sarah J. Maas Gian 0 to-read 4.28 Twilight of the Gods
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Gian
average rating: 4.28
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/02/16
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]]> <![CDATA[Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)]]> 20613470 565 Sarah J. Maas 1619630656 Gian 0 to-read 4.47 2014 Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Gian
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/16
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)]]> 17167166 "A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached.
It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend."

From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil.

Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer. It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.

Then one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie... and whom she is ultimately willing to fight for.]]> 420 Sarah J. Maas 1619630621 Gian 0 to-read 4.35 2013 Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Gian
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/16
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review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Distance Between Us (Old Town Shops, #1)]]> 15283043 Money can't buy a good first impression.

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers learned early that the rich are not to be trusted. And after years of studying them from behind the cash register of her mom's porcelain-doll shop, she has seen nothing to prove otherwise. Enter Xander Spence—he's tall, handsome, and oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and the fact that he seems to be one of the first people who actually gets her, she's smart enough to know his interest won't last. Because if there's one thing she's learned from her mother's warnings, it's that the rich have a short attention span. But just when Xander's loyalty and attentiveness are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn't a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she'd ever realized. With so many obstacles standing in their way, can she close the distance between them?]]> 312 Kasie West 0062235656 Gian 0 so-read-me-maybe, to-read 3.92 2013 The Distance Between Us (Old Town Shops, #1)
author: Kasie West
name: Gian
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/14
shelves: so-read-me-maybe, to-read
review:

]]> Lock & Mori (Lock & Mori, #1) 24885790
Before they were mortal enemies, they were much more�

FACT: Someone has been murdered in London’s Regent’s Park. The police have no leads.

FACT: Miss James “Mori� Moriarty and Sherlock “Lock� Holmes should be hitting the books on a school night. Instead, they are out crashing a crime scene.

FACT: Lock has challenged Mori to solve the case before he does. Challenge accepted.

FACT: Despite agreeing to Lock’s one rule—they must share every clue with each other—Mori is keeping secrets.

OBSERVATION: Sometimes you can’t trust the people closest to you with matters of the heart. And after this case, Mori may never trust Lock again.]]> 256 Heather W. Petty 1481423037 Gian 4 I'm a big Sherlock Holmes fan from books, TV show Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and the film with Robert Downey Jr. I cannot wait what this book is going to be with a female Moriarty. What trouble (in a good way as well) does this character brings!

I guess Sherlock, Male Moriarty and I will have tea until this book comes out






Cheers! ]]> 3.55 2015 Lock & Mori (Lock & Mori, #1)
author: Heather W. Petty
name: Gian
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2015/02/12
shelves: to-read, can-t-wait-books-2015
review:
UPDATE REACTION 11.02.14
I'm a big Sherlock Holmes fan from books, TV show Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and the film with Robert Downey Jr. I cannot wait what this book is going to be with a female Moriarty. What trouble (in a good way as well) does this character brings!

I guess Sherlock, Male Moriarty and I will have tea until this book comes out






Cheers!
]]> <![CDATA[Bridge of Snow (The Winner's Trilogy, #0.5)]]> 20345368 64 Marie Rutkoski 1466861657 Gian 0 to-read 4.02 2014 Bridge of Snow (The Winner's Trilogy, #0.5)
author: Marie Rutkoski
name: Gian
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> A Whole New World 24397040 What if Jafar was the first one to summon the Genie?

When Jafar steals the Genie’s lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.

To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed Princess Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. But soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war.

What happens next? A Street Rat becomes a leader. A princess becomes a revolutionary. And readers will never look at the story of Aladdin in the same way again.]]> 376 Liz Braswell 148470729X Gian 0
SAY WHAT?! You can just take my money I don't care ]]> 3.46 2015 A Whole New World
author: Liz Braswell
name: Gian
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/09
shelves: to-read, can-t-wait-books-2015
review:
UHHHhHh

SAY WHAT?! You can just take my money I don't care
]]> Stray (Four Sisters, #1) 17617617 I am grateful for my father, who keeps me good and sweet. I am grateful for my mother, who keeps her own heart guarded and safe. I am grateful for my adviser, who keeps me protected. I am grateful for the Path, which keeps me pure. Ever after.

Princess Aislynn has long dreamed about attending her Introduction Ball, about dancing with the handsome suitors her adviser has chosen for her, about meeting her true love and starting her happily ever after.

When the night of the ball finally arrives and Nerine Academy is awash with roses and royalty, Aislynn wants nothing more than to dance the night away, dutifully following the Path that has been laid out for her. She does not intend to stray.

But try as she might, Aislynn has never quite managed to control the magic that burns within her-magic brought on by wicked, terrible desires that threaten the Path she has vowed to take.

After all, it is wrong to want what you do not need. Isn’t it?]]> 384 Elissa Sussman 0062274554 Gian 3 3.5/5 stars

Plot and mood insight:
You really have to be invested to finish this book. It took me a while to understand what is really going on. But in the end, it somewhat ties in together. I like how the plot has different elements to it. You have your classic fairytale, princess and fairy godmother and how dark twisted the environment could be. That it's not just a happy ending right away. With the plot, I have some difficulty trying to get my head wrapped around the scenes that I'm reading and what the initial plot is. I didn't know what is happening to Aislynn why she just became a princess to fairy godmother... because she cannot control her powers and how its a forbidden thing for a princess to even have it? I feel like the details of this is very vague. What exactly is the Path? how did that started? some history on that would be nice. As the story progress, it does get really interesting... not just because we see Aislynn character progress into a an innocent shielded princess into a person who finally follow her instincts. That's what I really like about her. The mood really set the story, I like how dark and gloomy the environment is even though that the place look really bright and glamorous. There's still air of tension and uncertainty towards the people that Aislynn see everyday and people that she trusts. I believe that the mood really capture me and I really understand how Aislynn is really feeling.

Character Insight
Aisylnn: I really Aisylnn character progress, I have to admit. At first she would strike me as a weak and maybe even slightly annoying person but I understand what she's going through. She's a princess who doesn't know how the world is really like and what horrible things that people will do and I'm happy where is character is now and I can't wait for more. I just hope that when she does finally learn things, the truth, how to defend herself better, she wouldn't turn into a annoying character.

Brigid: I'm interested on getting to know her and what her relationship with Linnea is.

Thackery: I really Thackery but like Brigid, they are very vague to me. I wish I get to know him better more than just the gardener.

Likes & Dislikes:
Likes: its a different kind of fairytale story to me and I also where Aisylnn character progress is going. I hope it continues on the right path ( no pun indeed ). The concept of princesses having powers makes me think of frozen, I am whoever thought of this? I think it's unique and different.

Dislike: Like Aisylnn, I feel confused and I feel like doesn't make sense right now. Sure, we have a initial idea where might this story is going but everything seems so vague and its not enough explanation. I know it doesn't have to tie in right away but a little light on the note would be nice.

Final Deduction:
It's intriguing.

Like I mention before you really have to be invested in this story to get finish or even like it. It like be so-so to some people but it's actually not that bad of a book. I certainly like it. I would give it a try. ]]> 3.64 2014 Stray (Four Sisters, #1)
author: Elissa Sussman
name: Gian
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2015/02/06
date added: 2015/02/09
shelves:
review:
3.5/5 stars

Plot and mood insight:
You really have to be invested to finish this book. It took me a while to understand what is really going on. But in the end, it somewhat ties in together. I like how the plot has different elements to it. You have your classic fairytale, princess and fairy godmother and how dark twisted the environment could be. That it's not just a happy ending right away. With the plot, I have some difficulty trying to get my head wrapped around the scenes that I'm reading and what the initial plot is. I didn't know what is happening to Aislynn why she just became a princess to fairy godmother... because she cannot control her powers and how its a forbidden thing for a princess to even have it? I feel like the details of this is very vague. What exactly is the Path? how did that started? some history on that would be nice. As the story progress, it does get really interesting... not just because we see Aislynn character progress into a an innocent shielded princess into a person who finally follow her instincts. That's what I really like about her. The mood really set the story, I like how dark and gloomy the environment is even though that the place look really bright and glamorous. There's still air of tension and uncertainty towards the people that Aislynn see everyday and people that she trusts. I believe that the mood really capture me and I really understand how Aislynn is really feeling.

Character Insight
Aisylnn: I really Aisylnn character progress, I have to admit. At first she would strike me as a weak and maybe even slightly annoying person but I understand what she's going through. She's a princess who doesn't know how the world is really like and what horrible things that people will do and I'm happy where is character is now and I can't wait for more. I just hope that when she does finally learn things, the truth, how to defend herself better, she wouldn't turn into a annoying character.

Brigid: I'm interested on getting to know her and what her relationship with Linnea is.

Thackery: I really Thackery but like Brigid, they are very vague to me. I wish I get to know him better more than just the gardener.

Likes & Dislikes:
Likes: its a different kind of fairytale story to me and I also where Aisylnn character progress is going. I hope it continues on the right path ( no pun indeed ). The concept of princesses having powers makes me think of frozen, I am whoever thought of this? I think it's unique and different.

Dislike: Like Aisylnn, I feel confused and I feel like doesn't make sense right now. Sure, we have a initial idea where might this story is going but everything seems so vague and its not enough explanation. I know it doesn't have to tie in right away but a little light on the note would be nice.

Final Deduction:
It's intriguing.

Like I mention before you really have to be invested in this story to get finish or even like it. It like be so-so to some people but it's actually not that bad of a book. I certainly like it. I would give it a try.
]]> Fangirl 16068905 A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.... But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she's really good at it. She and her twin, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fanfiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.

Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend; a fiction-writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world; a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... and she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?]]> 483 Rainbow Rowell Gian 2 2/5 stars

Plot & mood insight: I try to like this book so much. I really do, I tried so hard because everybody seems to love it but I justcouldn't get into it. First of all it's cool that there's fanfiction in the story for every new chapter and its a reference from Harry Potter. So I'm like sure! I would love this book but I just can't. What do I think about the plot? I really enjoy Cath and Levi's relationship and the challenges that she has to through with her family and adjusting life at school. But other than that I don't have anything to say really, I'm drawing blank from this book. I feel like there's wasn't anything different about it. I really like Eleanor and Park so I'm wondering to myself why I didn't like this one. Really... I feel like there wasn't any plan at all.

Character insight:
Cath: the first sentence I read about her, we just didn't click at all. I know, she's getting to the point that she needs to be out of her comfort zone but her some reason she kind of got annoying into certain extent. She's a worry wort but still didn't like her.

Levi: I like him. He's really entertaining when he's trying to flirt with Cath. He's only the reason for me to keep reading.

Wren: She strikes me as an independent but also seems to be bratty.

Final Deduction
It's okay.

Personally, I didn't like the book and I know everybody really like it but I couldn't finish it. But please don't hurt, I'm just being honest. I don't know what else to say so I'm signing off.



]]> 3.93 2013 Fangirl
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Gian
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2013
rating: 2
read at: 2015/01/28
date added: 2015/02/09
shelves: couldn-t-finish-it, so-read-me-maybe
review:
2/5 stars

Plot & mood insight: I try to like this book so much. I really do, I tried so hard because everybody seems to love it but I justcouldn't get into it. First of all it's cool that there's fanfiction in the story for every new chapter and its a reference from Harry Potter. So I'm like sure! I would love this book but I just can't. What do I think about the plot? I really enjoy Cath and Levi's relationship and the challenges that she has to through with her family and adjusting life at school. But other than that I don't have anything to say really, I'm drawing blank from this book. I feel like there's wasn't anything different about it. I really like Eleanor and Park so I'm wondering to myself why I didn't like this one. Really... I feel like there wasn't any plan at all.

Character insight:
Cath: the first sentence I read about her, we just didn't click at all. I know, she's getting to the point that she needs to be out of her comfort zone but her some reason she kind of got annoying into certain extent. She's a worry wort but still didn't like her.

Levi: I like him. He's really entertaining when he's trying to flirt with Cath. He's only the reason for me to keep reading.

Wren: She strikes me as an independent but also seems to be bratty.

Final Deduction
It's okay.

Personally, I didn't like the book and I know everybody really like it but I couldn't finish it. But please don't hurt, I'm just being honest. I don't know what else to say so I'm signing off.




]]> Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) 23734628
That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story—but far, far more monsters.]]> 522 Rainbow Rowell 1250049555 Gian 0 to-read, so-read-me-maybe 4.14 2015 Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Gian
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/09
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review:

]]> Seven Days 18679049
Beautiful and popular, Kez is a bully who doesn't care who she hurts.

Overweight and awkward, Jess is an easy target.

But then Jess discovers someone who will stand up for her.

The problem?

He's Kez's boyfriend.

Things are about to get nasty.]]> 246 Eve Ainsworth 1407146912 Gian 0 to-read 3.51 2015 Seven Days
author: Eve Ainsworth
name: Gian
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Things We Know by Heart 17571215
After Quinn loses her boyfriend, Trent, in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs in hopes of picking up the pieces of her now-unrecognizable life. She hears back from some of them, but the person who received Trent’s heart has remained silent. The essence of a person, she has always believed, is in the heart. If she finds Trent’s, then maybe she can have peace once and for all.

Risking everything in order to finally lay her memories to rest, Quinn goes outside the system to track down nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas—a guy whose life has been forever changed by this priceless gift. But what starts as an accidental run-in quickly develops into more, sparking an undeniable attraction. She doesn't want to give in to it—especially since he has no idea how they're connected—but their time together has made Quinn feel alive again. No matter how hard she’s falling for Colton, each beat of his heart reminds her of all she’s lost…and all that remains at stake.]]> 291 Jessi Kirby 0062299433 Gian 0 to-read 3.94 2015 Things We Know by Heart
author: Jessi Kirby
name: Gian
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Dearest (Woodcutter Sisters, #3; Books of Arilland, #4)]]> 17155793 In her third book about the delightful Woodcutter sisters, Alethea Kontis masterfully weaves "The Wild Swans," "The Goose Girl," and a few other fine-feathered fairy tales into a magical, romantic companion novel to Enchanted and Hero.

Readers met the Woodcutter sisters (named after the days of the week) in Enchanted and Hero. In this delightful third book, Alethea Kontis weaves together some fine-feathered fairy tales to focus on Friday Woodcutter, the kind and loving seamstress. When Friday stumbles upon seven sleeping brothers in her sister Sunday's palace, she takes one look at Tristan and knows he's her future. But the brothers are cursed to be swans by day. Can Friday's unique magic somehow break the spell?]]> 320 Alethea Kontis Gian 0 to-read 3.86 2015 Dearest (Woodcutter Sisters, #3; Books of Arilland, #4)
author: Alethea Kontis
name: Gian
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Shadow Study (Soulfinders, #1; Poison Study, #4)]]> 22929080
When Yelena was a poison taster, her life was simpler. But She'd survived to become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia. Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands—and protect her relationship with Valek.

Suddenly, though, they are beset on all sides by those vying for power through politics and intrigue. Valek’s job and his life are in danger. As Yelena tries to uncover the scope of these plots, she faces a new challenge: her magic is blocked. She must keep that a secret—or her enemies will discover just how vulnerable she really is—while searching for who or what is responsible for neutralizing her powers.

Yes, the days of tasting poisons were much simpler. And certainly not as dangerous…]]> 410 Maria V. Snyder 0778317404 Gian 0 to-read 4.10 2015 Shadow Study (Soulfinders, #1; Poison Study, #4)
author: Maria V. Snyder
name: Gian
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Ignite (Ignite, #1) 22845021
Lauren's first instinct is to run, until she meets their striking, mysterious neighbor Dean Powell. Their immediate chemistry and his connection with her late father just might be enough to keep her in town long enough to uncover pieces of her past that she never had answers to. Dean’s shady past and her reluctance to trust him could cost her the life she's always been searching for, but will she run back to her old life?

Or will she choose to stay and live the life her father always imagined for her?]]> 326 Lily Paradis 0990716007 Gian 0 to-read 3.63 2014 Ignite (Ignite, #1)
author: Lily Paradis
name: Gian
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)]]> 18601430
The DokimĂ­ proceeds, a dazzling display of majesty and might, until a shocking turn of events interrupts it: an assassin's arrow wounds Isabella. The realm falls into chaos, and Serafina's darkest premonitions are confirmed. Now she and Neela must embark on a quest to find the assassin's master and prevent a war between the mer nations. Their search will lead them to other mermaid heriones scattered across the six seas. Together they will form an unbreakable bond of sisterhood as they uncover a conspiracy that threatens their world's very existence.]]> 340 Jennifer Donnelly 1423133161 Gian 0 to-read, so-read-me-maybe 3.84 2014 Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)
author: Jennifer Donnelly
name: Gian
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/03
shelves: to-read, so-read-me-maybe
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga, #2)]]> 20646683
Serafina believes her talisman was buried with an old shipwreck. While researching its location, she is almost discovered by a death rider patrol led by someone familiar. . . . The pain of seeing him turned traitor is devastating.

Neela travels to Matali to warn her parents of the grave threat facing their world. But they find her story outlandish; a sign that she needs to be confined to her chamber for rest and recovery. She escapes and travels to Kandina, where her talisman is in the possession of fearsome razormouth dragons.

As they hunt for their talismans, both Serafina and Neela find reserves of courage and cunning they didn't know they possessed. They face down danger and death, only to endure a game-changing betrayal, as shocking as a rogue wave.]]> 313 Jennifer Donnelly 1423182006 Gian 0 4.18 2015 Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga, #2)
author: Jennifer Donnelly
name: Gian
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/03
shelves: to-read, can-t-wait-books-2015
review:

]]> Poison Study (Study, #1) 60510 Choose: A quick death� or slow poison...

About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.

And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.

As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear...]]> 427 Maria V. Snyder 0778324338 Gian 0 to-read 4.09 2005 Poison Study (Study, #1)
author: Maria V. Snyder
name: Gian
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/25
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)]]> 12291438
Accompanied by her father’s handsome young assistant, Montgomery, and an enigmatic castaway, Edward � both of whom she is deeply drawn to—Juliet travels to the island, only to discover the depths of her father’s madness: He has experimented on animals so that they resemble, speak, and behave as humans. And worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island’s inhabitants. Torn between horror and scientific curiosity, Juliet knows she must end her father's dangerous experiments and escape her jungle prison before it's too late. Yet as the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father’s genius—and madness—in her own blood.

Inspired by H. G. Wells’s classic The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Madman’s Daughter is a dark and breathless Gothic thriller about the secrets we’ll do anything to know and the truths we’ll go to any lengths to protect.
]]> 420 Megan Shepherd 0062128027 Gian 4 4/5 stars

Plot & mood insight: SO THIS TURNED OUT UNEXPECTED. First of all, I want to mention that Ms. Shepard did a really good job setting the mood and how dark London is. It almost felt like I was in the book and I was following the characters through their journey which is a really nice experience. I also notice how the setting is well explained through the eyes of Juliet, thinking how dark she is being the madman's daughter. The setting is almost dark, gloomy, sad and eerie. I LOVE IT!

So actually going to the plot, I didn't want to expect while reading this book, i just thought its some kind of Frankstein story with side of love triangle with it BUT boy was I wrong. Ever page, I didn't know what to expect at all. Sure, it was given that Juliet's father is creating "monsters" that can talk and be almost human but half way through the book, we still don't know what is going and who is this potential killer that is lurking in the jungle. I kind of got the hint that it might be Edward since that his not always around Juliet. It does say that there are other monsters but Edward alway seem to disappear at the odd times so I put him on my suspicious list.

The plot is well maintain and it was a natural progression that keeps everybody at the edge of the seat. It explains how mad the father could be, the potential dark side of Juliet, the sad, confused and passionate side of Montgomery, and the creature, loyal and instant love from Edward. In the end they all tied in with the plot and how the environment of the jungle has a connection with the characters.

So in the end, we did not know if Juliet's father indeed got the justice he deserves. Which, could only mean one thing. HE COULD BE IN THE SECOND BOOK, which he could also be a potential creature. Who knows? He's crazy enough to do that. Or what happens to Montgomery? could he also be a creature or a dark side to him besides being the father of these 'creatures' that he takes care so much. Edward? is he also alive or died?

Characters insights:
Juliet Moreau: I'm not sure what to think of Juliet. I've been wrecking my brain for what to say about Juliet and nothing. I just don't think I clicked with this character. Down the live or die situation she managed to get Montgomery get attack by the transforming and dangerous Edward. I feel like her character progression is slow. She obviously made some big decisions but I think it's nothing too major.

Edward Prince: Even though, I didn't like his insta love for Juliet. I like him, he is sweet, loyal and protective but there's something about it that almost felt like he was too clingy. That's the only thing that seem to bother me.

Montgomery James: I love Montgomery. I know it seems biased because he's Juliet childhood friend but I like him because he's character from being the servant to man that needs to get done is a wonderful character progression. It also might not be a lot but it's better than Juliet ( in my opinion ) I also feel attach to him with every feeling that he feels with every situation he has to faced. Or maybe he's just my overall favourite.

Likes and Dislikes:
Likes: Montgomery and he's love for Juliet. If he's real, I would kiss him. I obviously love the plot and how different it is. I think Balthazar is cute, he is very hopeful and loyal to the people around him. Getting to know that Edward is actually one of the experiments.

Dislike: Juliet's character progression and her decisions. Edward's insta love. The ending! Because Juliet left without the people she cares about and it just breaks my heart.

Final Deduction:
It's unique! Give it a read.

As my final deduction, I would recommend this to other reads because the story is different from other YA books. It touch base with the fact it could be mistaken as a frankstein kind of setting and could surpass as sleepy hollow.

]]> 3.69 2013 The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)
author: Megan Shepherd
name: Gian
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2015/01/21
date added: 2015/01/21
shelves: the-feels-train-book, must-read-haves
review:
4/5 stars

Plot & mood insight: SO THIS TURNED OUT UNEXPECTED. First of all, I want to mention that Ms. Shepard did a really good job setting the mood and how dark London is. It almost felt like I was in the book and I was following the characters through their journey which is a really nice experience. I also notice how the setting is well explained through the eyes of Juliet, thinking how dark she is being the madman's daughter. The setting is almost dark, gloomy, sad and eerie. I LOVE IT!

So actually going to the plot, I didn't want to expect while reading this book, i just thought its some kind of Frankstein story with side of love triangle with it BUT boy was I wrong. Ever page, I didn't know what to expect at all. Sure, it was given that Juliet's father is creating "monsters" that can talk and be almost human but half way through the book, we still don't know what is going and who is this potential killer that is lurking in the jungle. I kind of got the hint that it might be Edward since that his not always around Juliet. It does say that there are other monsters but Edward alway seem to disappear at the odd times so I put him on my suspicious list.

The plot is well maintain and it was a natural progression that keeps everybody at the edge of the seat. It explains how mad the father could be, the potential dark side of Juliet, the sad, confused and passionate side of Montgomery, and the creature, loyal and instant love from Edward. In the end they all tied in with the plot and how the environment of the jungle has a connection with the characters.

So in the end, we did not know if Juliet's father indeed got the justice he deserves. Which, could only mean one thing. HE COULD BE IN THE SECOND BOOK, which he could also be a potential creature. Who knows? He's crazy enough to do that. Or what happens to Montgomery? could he also be a creature or a dark side to him besides being the father of these 'creatures' that he takes care so much. Edward? is he also alive or died?

Characters insights:
Juliet Moreau: I'm not sure what to think of Juliet. I've been wrecking my brain for what to say about Juliet and nothing. I just don't think I clicked with this character. Down the live or die situation she managed to get Montgomery get attack by the transforming and dangerous Edward. I feel like her character progression is slow. She obviously made some big decisions but I think it's nothing too major.

Edward Prince: Even though, I didn't like his insta love for Juliet. I like him, he is sweet, loyal and protective but there's something about it that almost felt like he was too clingy. That's the only thing that seem to bother me.

Montgomery James: I love Montgomery. I know it seems biased because he's Juliet childhood friend but I like him because he's character from being the servant to man that needs to get done is a wonderful character progression. It also might not be a lot but it's better than Juliet ( in my opinion ) I also feel attach to him with every feeling that he feels with every situation he has to faced. Or maybe he's just my overall favourite.

Likes and Dislikes:
Likes: Montgomery and he's love for Juliet. If he's real, I would kiss him. I obviously love the plot and how different it is. I think Balthazar is cute, he is very hopeful and loyal to the people around him. Getting to know that Edward is actually one of the experiments.

Dislike: Juliet's character progression and her decisions. Edward's insta love. The ending! Because Juliet left without the people she cares about and it just breaks my heart.

Final Deduction:
It's unique! Give it a read.

As my final deduction, I would recommend this to other reads because the story is different from other YA books. It touch base with the fact it could be mistaken as a frankstein kind of setting and could surpass as sleepy hollow.


]]> Dead to Me 18460455 LA Confidential for the YA audience. This alluring noir YA mystery with a Golden Age Hollywood backdrop will keep you guessing until the last page.

"Don't believe anything they say."

Those were the last words that Annie spoke to Alice before turning her back on their family and vanishing without a trace. Alice spent four years waiting and wondering when the impossibly glamorous sister she idolized would return to her--and what their Hollywood-insider parents had done to drive her away.

When Annie does turn up, the blond, broken stranger lying in a coma has no answers for her. But Alice isn't a kid anymore, and this time she won't let anything stand between her and the truth, no matter how ugly. The search for those who beat Annie and left her for dead leads Alice into a treacherous world of tough-talking private eyes, psychopathic movie stars, and troubled starlets--and onto the trail of a young runaway who is the sole witness to an unspeakable crime. What this girl knows could shut down a criminal syndicate and put Annie's attacker behind bars--if Alice can find her first. And she isn't the only one looking

Evoking classic film noir, debut novelist Mary McCoy brings the dangerous glamour of Hollywood's Golden Age to life, where the most decadent parties can be the deadliest, and no drive into the sunset can erase the crimes of past.]]> 304 Mary McCoy 1423187121 Gian 0 to-read 3.71 2015 Dead to Me
author: Mary McCoy
name: Gian
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/20
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Never Never (Never Never, #1) 24378015
Charlie and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why. But the more they learn about the couple they used to be, the more they question why they were ever together to begin with.

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Hopeless joins forces with the New York Times bestselling author of Mud Vein. Together, they have created a gripping, romantic tale unlike any other.]]> 158 Colleen Hoover Gian 0 3.78 2015 Never Never (Never Never, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Gian
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/20
shelves: to-read, can-t-wait-books-2015, so-read-me-maybe
review:

]]> Fangirl 17286849
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fanfiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.

Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath that she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend; a fiction-writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world; a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words...and she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?]]> 448 Rainbow Rowell 1250030951 Gian 0 to-read, on-hold-books 4.19 2013 Fangirl
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Gian
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/16
shelves: to-read, on-hold-books
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1)]]> 9681214 Every girl who had taken the test has died.

Now it's Kate's turn.

It's always been just Kate and her mom—and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear that her mother won't live past the fall.

Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing. He claims to be Hades, god of the Underworld—and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive while Kate tries to pass seven tests.

Kate is sure he's crazy—until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead. Now saving her mother seems crazily possible. If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride and a goddess.

If she fails...]]> 293 Aimee Carter 0373210264 Gian 3 so-read-me-maybe
Well I got to say, I got a good run reading this book and I like it. It's probably just the reading slump that is talking but I like how they Ms. Carter wrote a different way about Hades, Persephone and Kate how she can be the next Queen of the underworld. Sure, there were characters that didn't make sense why they were there but I like the writing style and the plot of the story (at least some part of it). I'm not entirely sure if I would like the second book or if I would continue to this series but I would give this book 3.5 stars.

Since a headache is killing me. Here's the things I like about this book:
1. I like Henry. He might be distant and too scared for this own good but I like how mysterious and caring he is.
2. The plot. I heard some people didn't like the plot or it gets boring but I got through it- I almost feel like the plot is way too simple and the task wasn't as hard to Kate. The things she has to do is simple and straight so it wasn't bad. It could be more but it was interesting enough to me (especially getting out of the slump)
3. I love the cover... does that count?
4. The romance between Henry and Kate is wonderful. It wasn't big... sha-bang for the both of them. The part about Kate doing the first moves on Henry is great! I mean most of the books that I've read is that the boy is usually the one to initiate the first moves. It's good that Kate admits that she likes Henry first.

I did not like about the book:
1. Alright, let me get this straight... how can Calliope like Henry when Calliope is basically Hera? I couldn't imagine her being in love with Hades. I just can't but good for the imagination part of it. It's spicing things up with the Gods.
2. Kate Winters. I was surprise that I didn't hate her but I figure why I didn't... she was almost close to being a perfect character. Sure, she was broken and sad because her mother is ill but I feel like her challenges and problems wasn't a big deal or it felt like it was almost too easy for her. Yes, it did say that she struggle to make that kind of decision but I didn't like it. There wasn't anything special to her going through the problems and tests.
3. If 11 girls are killed already... shouldn't you... I don't know maybe already have an idea who could be killing these girls? If a love confession is confessed to you and it was rejected then shouldn't you... oh I don't have a hint who it might be? Epic fail on the Greek Gods.
4. What kind of person are you that would arrange marriage someone and yet... you know that the person is not happy and then still go with it. That's a big no no already.

I think that's all I have for right now. I hope in a way this helps. Sorry I couldn't do more, this headache is just too painful.

Cheers! ]]> 3.81 2011 The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1)
author: Aimee Carter
name: Gian
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2015/01/14
date added: 2015/01/14
shelves: so-read-me-maybe
review:
3.5/5 stars rating

Well I got to say, I got a good run reading this book and I like it. It's probably just the reading slump that is talking but I like how they Ms. Carter wrote a different way about Hades, Persephone and Kate how she can be the next Queen of the underworld. Sure, there were characters that didn't make sense why they were there but I like the writing style and the plot of the story (at least some part of it). I'm not entirely sure if I would like the second book or if I would continue to this series but I would give this book 3.5 stars.

Since a headache is killing me. Here's the things I like about this book:
1. I like Henry. He might be distant and too scared for this own good but I like how mysterious and caring he is.
2. The plot. I heard some people didn't like the plot or it gets boring but I got through it- I almost feel like the plot is way too simple and the task wasn't as hard to Kate. The things she has to do is simple and straight so it wasn't bad. It could be more but it was interesting enough to me (especially getting out of the slump)
3. I love the cover... does that count?
4. The romance between Henry and Kate is wonderful. It wasn't big... sha-bang for the both of them. The part about Kate doing the first moves on Henry is great! I mean most of the books that I've read is that the boy is usually the one to initiate the first moves. It's good that Kate admits that she likes Henry first.

I did not like about the book:
1. Alright, let me get this straight... how can Calliope like Henry when Calliope is basically Hera? I couldn't imagine her being in love with Hades. I just can't but good for the imagination part of it. It's spicing things up with the Gods.
2. Kate Winters. I was surprise that I didn't hate her but I figure why I didn't... she was almost close to being a perfect character. Sure, she was broken and sad because her mother is ill but I feel like her challenges and problems wasn't a big deal or it felt like it was almost too easy for her. Yes, it did say that she struggle to make that kind of decision but I didn't like it. There wasn't anything special to her going through the problems and tests.
3. If 11 girls are killed already... shouldn't you... I don't know maybe already have an idea who could be killing these girls? If a love confession is confessed to you and it was rejected then shouldn't you... oh I don't have a hint who it might be? Epic fail on the Greek Gods.
4. What kind of person are you that would arrange marriage someone and yet... you know that the person is not happy and then still go with it. That's a big no no already.

I think that's all I have for right now. I hope in a way this helps. Sorry I couldn't do more, this headache is just too painful.

Cheers!
]]> <![CDATA[Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test, #2)]]> 12637490
Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he's becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate's coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.

As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.

Henry's first wife, Persephone.

]]> 304 Aimee Carter 0373210450 Gian 0 to-read 3.99 2012 Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test, #2)
author: Aimee Carter
name: Gian
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/13
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Love Fortunes and Other Disasters (Grimbaud, #1)]]> 22718710 In the tradition of Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic, one girl chooses to change her fortune and her fate by falling in love.

Love is real in the town of Grimbaud, and Fallon Dupree has dreamed of attending high school there for years. After all, generations of Duprees have successfully followed the (100% accurate!) love fortunes from Zita’s famous Love Charms Shop to happily marry their high school sweethearts. It’s a tradition. So she is both stunned and devastated when her fortune states that she will NEVER find love.

Fortunately, Fallon isn’t the only student with a terrible love fortune, and a rebellion is brewing. Fallon is determined to take control of her own fate—even if it means working with a notorious heartbreaker like Sebastian.

Will Fallon and Sebastian be able to overthrow Zita’s tyranny and fall in love?]]> 343 Kimberly Karalius 125004720X Gian 0 to-read 3.54 2015 Love Fortunes and Other Disasters (Grimbaud, #1)
author: Kimberly Karalius
name: Gian
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Where the Staircase Ends 23203174
Instead of going up, the journey plunges her into the past. As she unravels the mystery behind her friend’s betrayal, she must face the truth about life and find the strength to forgive the unforgivable -- unless the staircase breaks her first.]]> 245 Stacy Stokes Gian 0 to-read 3.79 2015 Where the Staircase Ends
author: Stacy Stokes
name: Gian
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)]]> 20560137 This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9781595148032.

Laia is a slave.Ěý

Elias is a soldier.Ěý

Neither is free.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.

It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.

But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.]]> 446 Sabaa Tahir Gian 0 to-read 4.28 2015 An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: Gian
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between]]> 23369370
Charming, bittersweet, and full of wisdom and heart, this irresistible novel from Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, explores the difficult choices that arise when life and love lead in different directions.]]> 246 Jennifer E. Smith 0316334421 Gian 0 to-read 3.55 2015 Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
author: Jennifer E. Smith
name: Gian
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Hello, I Love You 18484807 Anna and the French Kiss.

Grace Wilde is running—from the multi-million dollar mansion her record producer father bought, the famous older brother who’s topped the country music charts five years in a row, and the mother who blames her for her brother’s breakdown. Grace escapes to the farthest place from home she can think of, a boarding school in Korea, hoping for a fresh start.

She wants nothing to do with music, but when her roommate Sophie’s twin brother Jason turns out to be the newest Korean pop music superstar, Grace is thrust back into the world of fame. She can't stand Jason, whose celebrity status is only outmatched by his oversized ego, but they form a tenuous alliance for the sake of her friendship with Sophie. As the months go by and Grace adjusts to her new life in Korea, even she can't deny the sparks flying between her and the KPOP idol.

Soon, Grace realizes that her feelings for Jason threaten her promise to herself that she'll leave behind the music industry that destroyed her family. But can Grace ignore her attraction to Jason and her undeniable pull of the music she was born to write? Sweet, fun, and romantic, this young adult novel explores what it means to experience first love and discover who you really are in the process.]]> 304 Katie M. Stout 1250052599 Gian 0 to-read 3.46 2015 Hello, I Love You
author: Katie M. Stout
name: Gian
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Queen (The Selection, #0.4)]]> 22054340
Don't miss this digital original novella set in the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series. This prequel story takes place before the events of The Selection and is told from the point of view of Prince Maxon's mother, Amberly. Discover a whole new Selection with this inside look at how Maxon's parents met—and how an ordinary girl named Amberly became a beloved queen.]]> 72 Kiera Cass 0062351206 Gian 4 01.12.15 UPDATED REVIEW

4/5 stars

First of all I wanted to say I'm sorry for the longest wait and review for this novella. I have hit the rock bottom over last month and I have to move away from home because of work and ever since they I put everything on hold but I finally decide to put this up.

Book to the review! When I first got this novella, I was so excited- I always wanted to know what Queen Amberly would be like. My initial thought of her going in the selection is that he has no interest in being in the selection, just like America I thought she would be the quite one that just joined because of family. Boy was my deduction is way of the different. So it happen that Queen (before she was Queen) Amberly is head over heels for Clark! I mean I didn't imagine that she was in love with him. I also like the part when they show the environment that Clark is living in as he was growing up and we also see his side and how he can be firm but charming. I can understand why Amberly would like him.

This is explains why Clark didn't like America as a future. Growing up, Clark grew up when his father and mother were fighting and how there relationship wasn't working out. The Queen, when Clark was young; she was wild and rambunctious. So America is acting stubborn and being herself which wasn't really lady like. It probably reminded him how his mother used to act. The Queen is misbehaving, partying and also being wild. Clark is a fair, caring and firm kind of father and man. With this novella, Keira Cass showed us what he is like before and what events that affected him as growing up and so I guess, we couldn't too hard on the guy.

As for Amberly, we are also showed why she is sick most of the time and showed how she really loves Clark for who he is and that he is a genuinely nice man and father. And so the novella ended into who Clark pick in the end. Thus, the ending of The Queen.

I didn't hate it or love it. I like it for the fact that it was really insightful looking in to what Queen Amberly has gone through during her selection and I was happy with the writing and result. I would recommend reading this book especially if you read all the selection series and the novellas.

Signing out,
Gian



05.23.14 POST REVIEW

SAYYY WHAT?! I honestly can't wait for this novella! I love Maxon's mother and it's really sad to know that she past away during the third book but regardless she's a kind, loving and gracious mother that I know. I'm not surprised if there's a background that she loved someone else before the king. ( evil smirk )

December? Would be an awesome month :) ]]> 3.80 2014 The Queen (The Selection, #0.4)
author: Kiera Cass
name: Gian
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/12/12
date added: 2015/01/12
shelves: must-read-haves, the-feels-train-book
review:
01.12.15 UPDATED REVIEW

4/5 stars

First of all I wanted to say I'm sorry for the longest wait and review for this novella. I have hit the rock bottom over last month and I have to move away from home because of work and ever since they I put everything on hold but I finally decide to put this up.

Book to the review! When I first got this novella, I was so excited- I always wanted to know what Queen Amberly would be like. My initial thought of her going in the selection is that he has no interest in being in the selection, just like America I thought she would be the quite one that just joined because of family. Boy was my deduction is way of the different. So it happen that Queen (before she was Queen) Amberly is head over heels for Clark! I mean I didn't imagine that she was in love with him. I also like the part when they show the environment that Clark is living in as he was growing up and we also see his side and how he can be firm but charming. I can understand why Amberly would like him.

This is explains why Clark didn't like America as a future. Growing up, Clark grew up when his father and mother were fighting and how there relationship wasn't working out. The Queen, when Clark was young; she was wild and rambunctious. So America is acting stubborn and being herself which wasn't really lady like. It probably reminded him how his mother used to act. The Queen is misbehaving, partying and also being wild. Clark is a fair, caring and firm kind of father and man. With this novella, Keira Cass showed us what he is like before and what events that affected him as growing up and so I guess, we couldn't too hard on the guy.

As for Amberly, we are also showed why she is sick most of the time and showed how she really loves Clark for who he is and that he is a genuinely nice man and father. And so the novella ended into who Clark pick in the end. Thus, the ending of The Queen.

I didn't hate it or love it. I like it for the fact that it was really insightful looking in to what Queen Amberly has gone through during her selection and I was happy with the writing and result. I would recommend reading this book especially if you read all the selection series and the novellas.

Signing out,
Gian



05.23.14 POST REVIEW

SAYYY WHAT?! I honestly can't wait for this novella! I love Maxon's mother and it's really sad to know that she past away during the third book but regardless she's a kind, loving and gracious mother that I know. I'm not surprised if there's a background that she loved someone else before the king. ( evil smirk )

December? Would be an awesome month :)
]]> Alex (Delirium, #1.1) 22922929
When Alex sacrificed himself to save Lena, he thought he was committing himself to certain death, but what he got was almost worse. Imprisoned and tortured by the guards, his mind forces him to relive a past he would rather forget. But in the dark he grows stronger. Both hopeful and terrified, he fights to find his way back to her and the love he still clings to.

In this digital story that will appeal to fans of Delirium and welcome new admirers to its world, readers will learn of Alex's time after the events of Delirium, as well as the dark past that he has tried to forget.]]> 37 Lauren Oliver 0062380192 Gian 0 to-read 3.78 2013 Alex (Delirium, #1.1)
author: Lauren Oliver
name: Gian
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1)]]> 16429619
On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her.ĚýDeception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.

The Kiss of DeceptionĚýis the first audiobook inĚýMary E. Pearson's Remnant Chronicles]]> 492 Mary E. Pearson Gian 0 to-read 3.92 2014 The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1)
author: Mary E. Pearson
name: Gian
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/12/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> I'll Give You the Sun 16109340 "We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story."

At first, Jude and her twin brother Noah, are inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them. Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways . . . but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor. The early years are Noah's to tell; the later years are Jude's. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they'll have a chance to remake their world. This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Printz Award Winner Stonewall Honor Book.]]> 384 Jandy Nelson Gian 0 to-read 4.33 2014 I'll Give You the Sun
author: Jandy Nelson
name: Gian
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/12/10
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]]> <![CDATA[Sea of Shadows (Age of Legends, #1)]]> 17236366
Only this year, the souls will not be quieted.

Ambushed and separated by an ancient evil, the sisters� journey to find each other sends them far from the only home they’ve ever known. Accompanied by a stubborn imperial guard and a dashing condemned thief, the girls cross a once-empty wasteland, now filled with reawakened monsters of legend, as they travel to warn the emperor. But a terrible secret awaits them at court—one that will alter the balance of their world forever.]]> 406 Kelley Armstrong Gian 0 to-read 3.76 2014 Sea of Shadows (Age of Legends, #1)
author: Kelley Armstrong
name: Gian
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/12/10
shelves: to-read
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]]> Suspicion 22533415 A modern-day twist on the classic thriller, Rebecca,Ěýwith a dash of the supernatural, a powerful romance, and a deadly family mystery.
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“There’s something hidden in the maze.�
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Seventeen-year-old Imogen Rockford has never forgotten the last words her father said to her, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her family’s English country manor.
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For seven years, images of her parents� death have haunted Imogen’s dreams. In an effort to escape the past, she leaves Rockford Manor and moves to New York City with her new guardians. But some attachments prove impossible to shake—including her love for her handsome neighbor Sebastian Stanhope.
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Then a life-altering letter arrives that forces Imogen to return to the manor in England, where she quickly learns that dark secrets lurk behind Rockford’s aristocratic exterior. At their center is Imogen herself—and Sebastian, the boy she never stopped loving.

Combining spine-tingling mystery, romance, and unforgettable characters, Suspicion is an action-packed thrill ride.]]> 305 Alexandra Monir 0385372507 Gian 0 to-read 3.62 2014 Suspicion
author: Alexandra Monir
name: Gian
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/12/03
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]]> Stitching Snow 20706656
Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish her captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter back—but that’s assuming she wants to return at all.

Essie has grown used to being cold. Temperatures on the planet Thanda are always sub-zero, and she fills her days with coding and repairs for the seven loyal drones that run the local mines.

When a mysterious young man named Dane crash-lands near her home, Essie agrees to help the pilot repair his ship. But soon she realizes that Dane’s arrival was far from accidental, and she’s pulled into the heart of a war she’s risked everything to avoid. With the galaxy’s future—and her own—in jeopardy, Essie must choose who to trust in a fiery fight for survival.]]> 328 R.C. Lewis 1423185072 Gian 3 must-read-haves 3.5 / 5 stars

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I wasn't bad book but it just took me a while to finish it. What are my thought? Well I like that R.C Lewis still took that concept as Snow white and the seven dwarf. Here are some likes and dislike about this book

LIKES:
1. R.C Lewis stick the original concept of having a huntsman or in this case a guard to kill Snow White but in the end he couldn't carry the mission and decide to help her escape her home world. Which means lying to the queen that she's died and we all know she's still alive.
2. The seven dwarfs but in this book they are seven mining drones. It's creative and I like it!
3. Dane is the Snow's prince which also in the outcome is a prince from another planet.
4. When the Queen is trying to kill Snow by using the apple pendant which happens to be a poison. She didn't have to eat but it's creative! It's a different way to show the use of red apple.
5.Snow and Dane's love. It's not rush and not too much that it's overwhelming
6.Dimwit. One of the seven drones, I love him. I wish I can have him.

DISLIKE:
1. I didn't feel like the story as rush but I feel like their was a lot of loop hole to the story. Unless, if there is a sequel to this book then I don't mind reading it. There's wasn't a lot of explanation regarding to why King Matthias killed the Snow's mother and if he indeed love Snow's mother then harm Snow?
2. The evil Queen; I don't hate her but she didn't have much dialogue in the book. If she's the mastermind behind in killing Snow then why? But she did explain why she wanted to kill Canadras and it's because her parents were killed by Canadras. Bad childhood experience, alright... got it
3.King Matthias another character that I feel like should have an explanation to his madness unfortunately, I didn't get that


I believe this is all my thoughts to this book. I would defiantly read it to have that retelling fairytale experience, I mean I know there's a lot of them out there so might as well read this one right?

TTFN, ta ta for now! ]]> 3.84 2014 Stitching Snow
author: R.C. Lewis
name: Gian
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2014/12/02
date added: 2014/12/02
shelves: must-read-haves
review:
3.5 / 5 stars

Full review found on


I wasn't bad book but it just took me a while to finish it. What are my thought? Well I like that R.C Lewis still took that concept as Snow white and the seven dwarf. Here are some likes and dislike about this book

LIKES:
1. R.C Lewis stick the original concept of having a huntsman or in this case a guard to kill Snow White but in the end he couldn't carry the mission and decide to help her escape her home world. Which means lying to the queen that she's died and we all know she's still alive.
2. The seven dwarfs but in this book they are seven mining drones. It's creative and I like it!
3. Dane is the Snow's prince which also in the outcome is a prince from another planet.
4. When the Queen is trying to kill Snow by using the apple pendant which happens to be a poison. She didn't have to eat but it's creative! It's a different way to show the use of red apple.
5.Snow and Dane's love. It's not rush and not too much that it's overwhelming
6.Dimwit. One of the seven drones, I love him. I wish I can have him.

DISLIKE:
1. I didn't feel like the story as rush but I feel like their was a lot of loop hole to the story. Unless, if there is a sequel to this book then I don't mind reading it. There's wasn't a lot of explanation regarding to why King Matthias killed the Snow's mother and if he indeed love Snow's mother then harm Snow?
2. The evil Queen; I don't hate her but she didn't have much dialogue in the book. If she's the mastermind behind in killing Snow then why? But she did explain why she wanted to kill Canadras and it's because her parents were killed by Canadras. Bad childhood experience, alright... got it
3.King Matthias another character that I feel like should have an explanation to his madness unfortunately, I didn't get that


I believe this is all my thoughts to this book. I would defiantly read it to have that retelling fairytale experience, I mean I know there's a lot of them out there so might as well read this one right?

TTFN, ta ta for now!
]]> <![CDATA[The Favorite (The Selection, #2.6)]]> 22917292
Revisit the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series in this digital original novella. Told from Marlee's point of view, this all-new 64-page story returns to the fateful Halloween when Marlee and Carter were discovered, and reveals how that night—and Prince Maxon—changed their lives forever.

The Favorite also features a teaser to The Siren!]]> 58 Kiera Cass Gian 5 BOOK REACTION 12.01.14

WHAATTTT?! I don't even know what to feel right now. My heart is going to explode.

I always wanted to know what happen to Marlee and how things are with her after what happen that night during the party. I know, I should love America and Maxon more... cards on the table, My true OTP for selection series is Marlee and Carter <3 because they are just the cutest and their love for each other... is just... le sigh* Overall I can't wait for this book and definitely a MUST HAVE in my ebook collection.

]]> 3.93 2015 The Favorite (The Selection, #2.6)
author: Kiera Cass
name: Gian
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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date added: 2014/12/01
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BOOK REACTION 12.01.14

WHAATTTT?! I don't even know what to feel right now. My heart is going to explode.

I always wanted to know what happen to Marlee and how things are with her after what happen that night during the party. I know, I should love America and Maxon more... cards on the table, My true OTP for selection series is Marlee and Carter <3 because they are just the cutest and their love for each other... is just... le sigh* Overall I can't wait for this book and definitely a MUST HAVE in my ebook collection.


]]> <![CDATA[The Little Android (The Lunar Chronicles, #0.6)]]> 19208103 Note: this short story is also available in "Stars Above".

The Little Android is a retelling of The Little Mermaid, set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles by New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer.

When android Mech6.0 saves the life of a handsome hardware engineer, her body is destroyed and her mechanics discover a glitch in her programming. Androids aren’t meant to develop impractical reasoning or near-emotional responses…let alone fall in love.]]> 35 Marissa Meyer Gian 5 the-feels-train-book UPDATE REVIEW: 11.26.14
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Permission to cry?
No?
Too late


I can't believe I read this on the day that I'm emotional! And no, mother nature has already pass so it's just probably the full moon. BUT! I always love the little mermaid, the Disney version and when I found out that the original story of the little mermaid wasn't a happy ending... It breaks my heart and the fact that this is not the happy ending. It makes me cry even more! Mech6.0/ Star's wish is to be love and explore the vast galaxy that she wanted to explore but she knew being an Android is not meant to fall in love but she's different. In hoping of finding love and returning the locket to Dataran, she thought that she can be finally be free until he fall in love with someone else.

In the end... all I can say is that Marissa Meyer did it... yet again. This time, she gave me a bigger hole in my heart that would take weeks to get over. I can't wait to read more of the Lunar chronicles and for her future books.

HOW I FEEL HALF WAY THROUGH THE SMALL NOVELLA:


ONE WEEK LATER:


ANOTHER WEEK PASS:


PLEASE PLEASE MARISSA MEYER... I NEED A HAPPY ENDING. PLEASE!


First reaction
I don't know what I'm signing up for but according to some readers must have a tissue box with me. I love the little mermaid, it's one of my favorite princess stories since I was little. So I'll be reading this tonight. Water works? Here I come!

TTFN! ]]> 3.90 2014 The Little Android (The Lunar Chronicles, #0.6)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Gian
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/11/26
date added: 2014/11/27
shelves: the-feels-train-book
review:
UPDATE REVIEW: 11.26.14
Full review also found in


Permission to cry?
No?
Too late


I can't believe I read this on the day that I'm emotional! And no, mother nature has already pass so it's just probably the full moon. BUT! I always love the little mermaid, the Disney version and when I found out that the original story of the little mermaid wasn't a happy ending... It breaks my heart and the fact that this is not the happy ending. It makes me cry even more! Mech6.0/ Star's wish is to be love and explore the vast galaxy that she wanted to explore but she knew being an Android is not meant to fall in love but she's different. In hoping of finding love and returning the locket to Dataran, she thought that she can be finally be free until he fall in love with someone else.

In the end... all I can say is that Marissa Meyer did it... yet again. This time, she gave me a bigger hole in my heart that would take weeks to get over. I can't wait to read more of the Lunar chronicles and for her future books.

HOW I FEEL HALF WAY THROUGH THE SMALL NOVELLA:


ONE WEEK LATER:


ANOTHER WEEK PASS:


PLEASE PLEASE MARISSA MEYER... I NEED A HAPPY ENDING. PLEASE!


First reaction
I don't know what I'm signing up for but according to some readers must have a tissue box with me. I love the little mermaid, it's one of my favorite princess stories since I was little. So I'll be reading this tonight. Water works? Here I come!

TTFN!
]]> <![CDATA[The Girl at Midnight (The Girl at Midnight, #1)]]> 20345202
The Avicen are the only family Echo has ever known, so when a centuries-old war crests on the borders of her home, she decides it’s time to act. Legend has it that to end the conflict once and for all, Echo must find the firebird, a mythical entity believed to possess power the likes of which the world has never seen. It will be no easy task, though if life as a thief has taught Echo anything, it’s how to hunt down what she wants . . . and how to take it.]]> 357 Melissa Grey 038574465X Gian 0 to-read 3.74 2015 The Girl at Midnight (The Girl at Midnight, #1)
author: Melissa Grey
name: Gian
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Stars Never Rise (The Stars Never Rise, #1)]]> 17788681
When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she'll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. And Mellie's sin has put her in serious trouble.

To keep them both alive, Nina will need to trust Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie?

Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can't survive on her own. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her.]]> 368 Rachel Vincent 038574417X Gian 0 to-read 3.72 2015 The Stars Never Rise (The Stars Never Rise, #1)
author: Rachel Vincent
name: Gian
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/26
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]]> The Novice (Summoner, #1) 22297138
As the pieces on the board maneuver for supremacy, Fletcher must decide where his loyalties lie. The fate of an empire is in his hands. The Novice is the first in a trilogy about Fletcher, his demon Ignatius, and the war against the Orcs.]]> 398 Taran Matharu 1250067138 Gian 0 to-read 4.13 2015 The Novice (Summoner, #1)
author: Taran Matharu
name: Gian
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1)]]> 18070753 The first gripping, Agatha Christie-style mystery starring a brilliant new double act: feisty, funny schoolgirl detectives, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong.

When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't, really.)

But then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. She thinks it must all have been a terrible accident -- but when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared. Now the girls know a murder must have taken place... and there's more than one person at Deepdean with a motive.

Now Hazel and Daisy not only have a murder to solve: they have to prove a murder happened in the first place. Determined to get to the bottom of the crime before the killer strikes again (and before the police can get there first, naturally), Hazel and Daisy must hunt for evidence, spy on their suspects and use all the cunning, scheming and intuition they can muster. But will they succeed? And can their friendship stand the test?]]> 350 Robin Stevens 0552570729 Gian 0 to-read 4.05 2014 Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1)
author: Robin Stevens
name: Gian
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/23
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wicked Thing (A Wicked Thing, #1)]]> 17930904 Sleeping Beauty and what happens after happily ever after.

One hundred years after falling asleep, Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince and a broken kingdom that has been dreaming of her return. All the books say that she should be living happily ever after. But as Aurora understands all too well, the truth is nothing like the fairy tale.

Her family is long dead. Her "true love" is a kind stranger. And her whole life has been planned out by political foes while she slept.

As Aurora struggles to make sense of her new world, she begins to fear that the curse has left its mark on her, a fiery and dangerous thing that might be as wicked as the witch who once ensnared her. With her wedding day drawing near, Aurora must make the ultimate decision on how to save her kingdom: marry the prince or run.

Rhiannon Thomas weaves together vivid scenes of action, romance, and gorgeous gowns to reveal a richly imagined world � and Sleeping Beauty as she’s never been seen before.]]> 352 Rhiannon Thomas 0062303554 Gian 0 3.38 2015 A Wicked Thing (A Wicked Thing, #1)
author: Rhiannon Thomas
name: Gian
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Now That You're Here (Duplexity #1)]]> 18309634 In a parallel universe, the classic bad boy falls for the class science geek. "The perfect blend of sci-fi and swoons."—Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of These Broken Stars
Ěý
One minute Danny was running from the cops, and the next, he jolted awake in an unfamiliar body—his own, but different. Somehow, he’s crossed into a parallel universe. Now his friends are his enemies, his parents are long dead, and studious Eevee is not the mysterious femme fatale he once kissed back home. Then again, this Eevee—a girl who’d rather land an internship at NASA than a date to the prom—may be his only hope of getting home.
Ěý
Eevee tells herself she’s only helping him in the name of quantum physics, but there’s something undeniably fascinating about this boy from another dimension . . . a boy who makes her question who she is, and who she might be in another place and time.
Ěý
And don't miss Duplexity, Part While You Were Gone flips this story on its head and tells the tale of the alternate Danny and the alternate Eevee, living in Danny’s parallel world.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 281 Amy K. Nichols 0385753918 Gian 0 to-read 3.61 2014 Now That You're Here (Duplexity #1)
author: Amy K. Nichols
name: Gian
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/23
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]]> Love Letters to the Dead 18140047 Love Letters to the Dead.]]> 336 Ava Dellaira 0374346674 Gian 0 to-read 3.79 2014 Love Letters to the Dead
author: Ava Dellaira
name: Gian
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/23
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]]> <![CDATA[My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories]]> 20309175 336 Stephanie Perkins 1250059305 Gian 0 to-read 3.67 2014 My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
author: Stephanie Perkins
name: Gian
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)]]> 3950967
Additional notes for each story penned by Professor Albus Dumbledore will be enjoyed by Muggles and wizards alike, as the Professor muses on the morals illuminated by the tales, and reveals snippets of information about life at Hogwarts.

A uniquely magical volume, with illustrations by the author, J. K. Rowling, that will be treasured for years to come.]]> 105 J.K. Rowling 0747599874 Gian 5 the-feels-train-book 4.03 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Gian
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Gian 5 the-feels-train-book 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Gian
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Gian 5 the-feels-train-book 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Gian
average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Gian 5 the-feels-train-book 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Gian
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbound (The Archived, #2)]]> 13638131 Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she’s struggling to get her life back. But moving on isn’t easy, not when her dreams are haunted by what happened. She knows the past is past, knows it cannot hurt her, but it feels so real. When her nightmares begin to creep into her waking hours, she starts to wonder if she’s truly safe.
Meanwhile, people are vanishing without a trace, and the only thing they seem to have in common is Mackenzie. She’s sure the Archive knows more than they are letting on, but before she can prove it, she becomes the prime suspect. Unless Mac can track down the real culprit, she’ll lose everything: not only her role as Keeper, but her memories � and even her life. Can Mackenzie untangle the mystery before she herself unravels?

]]> 360 Victoria Schwab 1423178203 Gian 0 to-read 4.22 2014 The Unbound (The Archived, #2)
author: Victoria Schwab
name: Gian
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/20
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]]> <![CDATA[A Cold Legacy (The Madman's Daughter, #3)]]> 16182308
Then Juliet uncovers the truth about the manor’s long history of scientific experimentation—and her own intended role in it—forcing her to determine where the line falls between right and wrong, life and death, magic and science, and promises and secrets. And she must decide if she’ll follow her father’s dark footsteps or her mother’s tragic ones, or whether she’ll make her own.

With inspiration from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this breathless conclusion to the Madman’s Daughter trilogy is about the things we’ll sacrifice to save those we love—even our own humanity.]]> 390 Megan Shepherd 0062128086 Gian 0 to-read 3.86 2015 A Cold Legacy (The Madman's Daughter, #3)
author: Megan Shepherd
name: Gian
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/11/20
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.]]> 400 V.E. Schwab 0765376458 Gian 0 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: V.E. Schwab
name: Gian
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Archived (The Archived, #1)]]> 10929432 Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.

Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.

Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous—it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost, Da's death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself may crumble and fall.

In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.]]> 327 Victoria Schwab 1423157311 Gian 0 to-read 3.96 2013 The Archived (The Archived, #1)
author: Victoria Schwab
name: Gian
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)]]> 16096824
Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1619634449 Gian 0 4.17 2015 A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Gian
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)]]> 20698530 Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter.

They were just pretending. Until they weren’t. And now Lara Jean has to learn what it's like to be in a real relationship and not just a make-believe one.

But when another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him suddenly return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?

In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean is about to find out that falling in love is the easy part.]]> 337 Jenny Han 144242673X Gian 5 When I saw that there's a second book

]]> 4.01 2015 P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
author: Jenny Han
name: Gian
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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date added: 2014/11/20
shelves: to-read, must-read-haves, the-feels-train-book
review:
When I saw that there's a second book


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