On My Wishlist (5)

"On My Wishlist" is a weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City!  If you would like to participate in this weekly meme just click on the link above.  She has a "Mr.Linky" available so we can check out everyone's wishlists!  My wishlist is loaded with books that are upcoming releases.
Here are just a few:


The Thirteen Treasures
Written by Michelle Harrison
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Published by Little Brown and Company

Summary from Goodreads:

"While visiting her grandmother's house, an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods nearby - a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of. Fabian, the caretaker's son, is tormented by the girl's disappearance. His grandfather was the last person to see her alive, and has lived under suspicion ever since. Together, Tanya and Fabian decide to find the truth. But Tanya has her own secret: the ability to see fairies. And, after disturbing an intruder in the night, it emerges that someone else shares her ability ...The manor's sinister history is about to repeat itself ..."






Dark Life
Written by Kat Falls
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Published by Scholastic Press

Summary from Goodreads:

"Set in an apocalyptic future where rising oceans have swallowed up entire regions and people live packed like sardines on the dry land left, DARK LIFE is the harrowing tale of underwater pioneers who have carved out a life for themselves in the harsh deep-sea environment, farming the seafloor in exchange for the land deed.

The story follows Ty, who has lived his whole life on his family's homestead and has dreams of claiming his own stake when he turns eighteen. But when outlaws' attacks on government supply ships and settlements...
... threaten to destroy the underwater territory, Ty finds himself in a fight to stop the outlaws and save the only home he has ever known.

Joined by a girl from the Topside who has come subsea to look for her prospector brother, Ty ventures into the frontier's rough underworld and begins to discover some dark secrets to Dark Life.

As Ty gets closer to the truth, he discovers that the outlaws may not be the bloodthirsty criminals the government has portrayed them as. And that the government abandoning the territory might be the best thing for everyone, especially for someone like Ty, someone with a Dark Gift."

 
Both of these books sound amazing! Waiting is SO hard!!!

What I Read In 2009!

With all the craziness going on around me lately, I realized that I failed to post what I read in 2009!  Unfortunately, before I started blogging at the end of August, I didn't write down the books I read.  This means a couple of things:

• I will probably forget a lot of the books I read!
• I cannot put them in the order they were read, so I am just going to list them in no specific order.
• They are not all YA- I love to read paranormal romance too!
  

So here goes:

1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
2. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
3. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
4. Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz
5. Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz
6. Revelations by Melissa De La Cruz
7. The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa De La Cruz
8. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
9. Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater
10. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
11. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
12. Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
13. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
14. Night World No.1 by L.J. Smith
15. Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
16. Destined For An Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
17. The Black Jewels Triology by Anne Bishop
18. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
19. The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
20. The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
21. Evernight by Claudia Gray
22. Stargazer by Claudia Gray
23. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
24. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
25. Specials by Scott Westerfeld
26. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
27. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
28. The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
29. Meridian by Amber Kizer
30. Evermore by Alyson Noel
31. Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
32. Deadly Little Secrets by Laurie Faria Stolarz
33. Far From You by Lisa Schroeder
34. Night Runner by Max Turner
35. Frozen Fire by TIm Bowler
36. Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
37. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
38. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
39. Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
40. Wonderous Strange by Leslie Livingston
41. Wings by Aprilynne Pike
42. Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman
43. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
44. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
45. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
46. Girl In The Arena by Lise Haines
47. Need by Carrie Jones
48. Thirst No.1 by Christopher Pike
49. Covet by JR Ward
50. The entire Kresley Cole "Immortals After Dark" Series
51. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
52. Skellig by David Almond
    
53. Vampire Kisses Book One by Ellen Schreiber
54. The Seven Rays by Jessica Bendinger
55. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
56. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
57. Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
58. Dream Warrior by Sherrilyn Kenyon
59. Lover Avenged by JR Ward
60. Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
61. Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
62. The Eternal Kiss by Nancy Holder
63. Noah by Jaquelyn Frank
64. and probably a few more I can't remember!

The picture at the top is just one of my bookcases.  Half of the books on that shelf still need to be read!  Thanks for checking out my list!

Cover Love!!!

I have been waiting to see what the cover of this book would look like!!  I found it posted on Goodreads, and I think it looks beautiful.  I have this book on my "to read" list for 2010!

Siren by Tricia Rayburn
Release Date: June 8th, 2010
Published by Egmont USA
 

 Summary from Goodreads:
"Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Sands is afraid of everything—the dark, heights, the ocean—but her fearless older sister, Justine, has always been there to coach her through every challenge. That is, until Justine goes cliff-diving one night near the family’s vacation house in Maine, and her lifeless body washes up on shore the next day.

Though her parents hope that they’ll be able to find closure back in Boston, Vanessa can’t help feeling that her sister’s death wasn’t an accident. After discovering that Justine was keeping a lot of secrets, Vanessa returns to Winter Harbor, hoping that Justine’s boyfriend might know more. But Caleb has been missing since Justine’s death.

Soon, it’s not just Vanessa who’s afraid. All of Winter Harbor is abuzz with anxiety when another body washes ashore, and panic sets in when the small town becomes host to a string of fatal, water-related accidents in which all the victims are found, horrifically, grinning from ear to ear.

Vanessa turns to Caleb’s brother, Simon, for help, and begins to find herself drawn to him. As the pair try to understand the sudden rash of creepy drownings, Vanessa uncovers a secret that threatens her new romance—and will change her life forever.

A seductive paranormal romance full of unexpected twists, Siren is certain to make a big summer splash."

In My Mailbox (13)

**Thanks to The Story Siren for hosting IMM**

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme that spotlights the new books you received for review, swapped, or bought!  This week I received:

For Review:
A House Afire by Emma Kinna

Swapped:
The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb
The Named by Marianne Curley

   

Bought:
Wake by Lisa McMann

 

Now you know what I got!  What did you get?

New Awards!!

Thanks to Ursina at The Farmer's Daughter's Bookshelf for this wonderful award!  It is such an honor!  The "Who Loves you Baby!" award is given to those bloggers whom you love and who have awarded you in the past.  So I am going to pass this on to Jennifer at Reading with Tequila.

Jennifer at Reading with Tequila gave me the Happy 101 Award.  The rules for this award are as follows:

• List 10 things that make you happy.
• Try and do at least one of them today.
• Tag 10 bloggers that brighten your day.
• Link back to the person that tagged you!

10 Things That Make Me Happy: 

1. My son
2. My gorgeous husband
3. Finding a book in my mailbox
4. Finding a book on sale
5. Payday
6. Saturday mornings
7. Shopping with friends
8. My french bulldog Olive
9. Candy Apples
10. A great handbag
    

I am passing this award on to:

1. Ursina at The Farmer's Daughter's Bookshelf 
2. Alyssa at The Shady Glade 
3. Samantha Leanne at Harlequin Twilight's Book Blog 
4. Jenn at Book Crazy
5. Guinevere, Aubrey, and Erin at My Pile Of Books 
6. Kari at A Good Addiction
7. Allison at Read Into This!  
8. Kate at The Neverending Shelf  
9. Kristi at The Story Siren 
10. Jenn at Books At Midnight

Thanks again for the awards!

Friday Finds!

**Thanks to MizB from Should Be Reading for hosting Friday Finds!**

Epitaph Road
Written by David Patneaude
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Published by Egmont USA
Category: Juvenile Fiction- Action and Adventure 

About this Book (taken from Egmont USA website)

2097 is a transformed world. Thirty years earlier, a mysterious plague wiped out 97 percent of the male population, devastating every world system from governments to sports teams, and causing both universal and unimaginable grief. In the face of such massive despair, women were forced to take over control of the planet--and in doing so they eliminated all of Earth's most pressing issues. Poverty, crime, warfare, hunger . . . all gone.

But there's a price to pay for this new "utopia," which fourteen-year-old Kellen is all too familiar with. Every day, he deals with life as part of a tiny minority that is purposefully kept subservient and small in numbers. His career choices and relationship options are severely limited and controlled. He also lives under the threat of scattered recurrences of the plague, which seem to pop up wherever small pockets of men begin to regroup and grow in numbers.

And then one day, his mother's boss, an iconic political figure, shows up at his home. Kellen overhears something he shouldn't--another outbreak seems to be headed for Afterlight, the rural community where his father and a small group of men live separately from the female-dominated society. Along with a few other suspicious events, like the mysterious disappearances of Kellen's progressive teacher and his Aunt Paige, Kellen is starting to wonder whether the plague recurrences are even accidental. No matter what the truth is, Kellen cares only about one thing--he has to save his father.

 White Cat

Written by Holly Black

Release Date: May 2010

Published by Simon and Schuster

About This Book (taken from Simon and Schuster website)

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers -- people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they're all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cassel. He hasn't got the magic touch, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail -- he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.

Ever since, Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts crumbling when he starts sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He's noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him, caught up in a mysterious plot. As Cassel begins to suspect he's part of a huge con game, he also wonders what really happened to Lila. Could she still be alive? To find that out, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.

Holly Black has created a gripping tale of mobsters and dark magic where a single touch can bring love -- or death -- and your dreams might be more real than your memories.

Both of these books sound really interesting!  I just hate that we have to wait so long to get them!!! 

On My Wishlist (4)

"On My Wishlist" is a weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City!  If you would like to participate in this weekly meme, click on the link above.  She has a "Mr.Linky" available so we can check out everyone's wishlists!  My wishlist is loaded with books that are upcoming releases.
Here are just a few:

13 To Life: A Werewolf's Tale
By Shannon Delany
Release date: June 22nd, 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary from Goodreads:
"Something strange is stalking the small town of Junction…

When junior Jess Gillmansen gets called out of class by Guidance, she can only presume it’s for one of two reasons. Either they’ve finally figured out who wrote the scathing anti-jock editorial in the school newspaper or they’re hosting yet another intervention for her about her mom. Although far from expecting it, she’s relieved to discover Guidance just wants her to show a new student around—but he comes with issues of his own including a police escort.

The newest member of Junction High, Pietr Rusakova has secrets to hide--secrets that will bring big trouble to the small town of Junction—secrets including dramatic changes he’s undergoing that will surely end his life early."

  
Glimmerglass (Faeriewalker, #1) 
By  Jenna Black
Release date: May 25, 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin 

Summary from Goodreads:
"Dana Hathaway doesn’t know it yet, but she’s in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, Dana decides she’s had it with being her mother’s keeper, so she packs her bags and heads to stay with her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl—she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.

Soon, she finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone wants something from her, even her newfound friends and family. Suddenly, life with her alcoholic mom doesn't sound half bad, and Dana would do anything to escape Avalon and get back home. Too bad both her friends and her enemies alike are determined not to let her go . . . "

Both of these books look fantastic!  I can't wait to read them.  What books are you wishing for?