Teaser Tuesday-Valentines Edition

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

•Grab your current read

•Open to a random page

•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

•BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

•Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

** I am switching it up a little today. I took some of my favourite lovey dovey lines from some of my favourite books and am sharing them here with you. Cause it's Valentines Day and I wanted to. So enjoy!**

In no particular order... 

'"What did the fish say when it hit a concrete wall?" he asked me. We're sitting on the bank of a stream and he's tying a fly onto my fishing rod, wearing a cowboy hat and red lumberjack-style flannel shirt over a gray tee. So adorable.
"What?" I say, he grins. Unbelievable of how gorgeous he is. And that he's mine. He loves me and I love him.
"Dam!" he says.”'

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand 

"He stops and looks at me. 'I'm here because of you. You're my priority. Your happiness, in some fucked way, is tuned in to mine. Get that through your thick skull. Would I like it any other way? Hell, yes, but I don't think that will be happening in my lifetime.”' 

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

“I love Jere more than anybody. He’s my brother, my family. I hate myself for doing this. But when I see you two together, I hate him too.” His voice broke.
“Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me.”

We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

r

“Dan smiled at me with lips still moist from mine. I have seen clouds part for the sun. I have seen rainbows. I have seen flowers in the morning, covered in dew, and I have seen sunsets so brilliant with fire they have made me want to weep.
And I have seen Dan smile at me, his lips still wet from my kiss, and if I had to choose which sight moved me the most I would say it was that one.”

Dirty by Megan Hart

“Her body and her mouth felt the way Lewis had held her and the way he has kissed her and how hard it was and how gentle. She felt different girl, but the same. She felt cherished.”

The Outcast by Sadie Jones 

I love love! 

~Happy Reading Everyone! 

Book Chat: Negative Reviews

Hello, and welcome to the second Book Chat that I have ever posted. Book Chat is monthly feature hosted by Misty over at The Book Rat- where she give us a topic and we get to talk about it. This month was Negative Reviews/Author Blogger Relations- you can check out Misty's video here. This was a touchy subject, and I am not sure that I really talked about everything. But I tried. 

** This is a little bit of a rant. But watch anyways.**

It was not my intention to offend anyone in this video. If I did I apologize. I just really wanted to share my thoughts on this issue. 

Thanks for watching. 

~Happy Reading! 

My Thoughts: Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Since she'd been on the outside, she'd survived an Aether storm, she'd had a knife held to her throat, and she'd seen men murdered. This was worse.

Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland - known as The Death Shop - are slim. If the cannibals don't get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She's been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild - a savage - and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile - everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky.


**Earc received from NetGalley**


I don't really know how to start this review or where to go with it. When I first received Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi from NetGalley I was SO excited to read it. It was all the rage. Readers were loving this book. Saying it was the best book they had read and how amazing it was. I went into the reading of the novel expecting BIG things. I hate to say I was a little disappointed. I didn't hate this book, but I didn't love it like everyone else. There were a few things that I had issues with.

The story started off really slow. Which for me was not a good sign. If things don't start happening right away in a book, or the world building take to long I get bored and have no desire in finishing it, which is what happened in Under the Never Sky. It was to slow. However, when I figured this out I was already bored and not that excited about the plot. When the story picked up, my desire to read the book was gone and I only kept reading it because I had to.

The concept behind Under the Never Sky was interesting. Regardless of it's poor literary execution. The idea of people living in a virtual reality was fascinating. I also liked that there were two separate societies. Those who lives in pods and those who live outside of the pods. I enjoyed how they were pitted against one another. What I really loved about this novel were the "powers" the outsiders had and how they were used. This was a lot of fun. I enjoyed reading about how they are used and why they are important.

The characters were okay. Some were better than others. Aria was annoying in the beginning, but she grew on me. She was still annoying at the end, but not as much. Perry was whiny and I wanted to scream at him to man up. But, by the end I really liked him. He grew the most as a character. His relationship with Aria was interesting. I think it moved forward a little to quickly for me. They didn't like one another one second, and loved each other the next. It was sweet but a little to quick for me.

Overall, Under the Never Sky presents a good story, however, the way it was presented wasn't something I was horribly excited about. I wonder if future books in this series will be better- I think so. I have every intention of continuing the series. There were many interesting things that happened in Under the Never Sky that I want to try and figure it out.

~Happy Reading Everyone!

In My Mailbox #24 (Vlog #17)

Welcome, welcome (can you tell I've been watching The Hunger Games trailer?). Anywho... It's that time again- In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren and the button is from Laura over at All of Everything. 

Books Mentioned-All links lead to Goodreads 

For Review: 

Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown

Pieces of Us by Margie Gelbwasser

New Girl by Paige Harbison

Library:

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi 

Bought: 

Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver 

That's all for me! I hope you enjoy. 

~Happy Reading Everyone! 

January Wrap Up

So I had a lot of fun last year sharing all the books that I read. So this year I think I am going to keep doing it. However I'm changing things up a little and add share the books that I reviewed and how I'm doing with my challenges. 

PS- If you're interested in what I am hoping to read for the month of Feb- go to my YouTube channel and check out my video. 

So here goes...

Books Read:

-Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver 

-Cinder by Marissa Meyer

-Hallowed by Cynthia Hand 

-Dead to You by Lisa McMann

-Incarnate by Jodi Meadows 

-Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

-If I Stay by Gayle Forman 

-Where She Went by Gayle Forman 

Books Reviewed:

-Fever by Lauren DeStefano (My Thoughts) 

-Cinder by Marissa Meyer (My Thoughts)

-Hallowed by Cynthia Hand (My Thoughts) 

-Incarnate by Jodi Meadows (My Thoughts) 

Random Stuff: 

-I participated in the Young Adult Giveaway Hop and gave away a copy of A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford and someone won a book of their choice. 

-I also participated in the Book Bully Week hosted by Ruby over at Ruby's Reads, I was bullying readers into reading The Pretty Series by Jenny Han. Check here for my reasons why you should read the series. 

Challenge Overview: 

-Debut Author Challenge- 3/25

-2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge- 0/25

-Completely Contemp Challenge- 2/15

-2012 Reading Challenge- 8/80 

And that is that. 

~Happy Reading Everyone! 

My Thoughts: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

NEWSOUL
Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.
NOSOUL
Even Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she’ll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are suspicious and afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame?
HEART
Sam believes Ana’s new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana’s enemies—human and creature alike—let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else’s life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all?


**EArc received from NetGalley**

Wow- What an amazing book!! That's all that you are going to hear from my mouth right now. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows was one of the most imaginative novels I have ever read. It wasn't just the plot that made me fall in love with this book, it was the way that Meadows went about telling Ana and Sam's story and that way she made me fall in love with Ana and Sam.

Incarnate tells the story of Ana, who was born into a utopian society where no one actually dies- they are reincarnated and retain all the memories from their previous lives. Ana in an anomaly in this world. She is a newsoul; which is basically what it says, someone born with a new soul. She has not been reincarnated and she has no old lives. In fact, she is blamed for stealing the life of another who was expected to be reborn. For this reason Ana is persecuted and essentially shunned from society.

The story that is Incarnate is so imaginative and different, it was SO fun to read and I could barely put it down. But, even with a great idea for a story it would not have been successful had Jodi Meadows been a terrible writer. But she's not, she is a beautiful writer. She has the ability to write a fast pace, intense action scene that has you holding your breath as well as an emotionally intense romantic scene that has you fighting back tears. She did such an amazing job at making readers feel everything that her characters are feeling. It was amazing.

The thing that I loved the most about this novel was the characters. They were truly amazing and complex individuals. Ana was eager and sweet- she wanted to figure out the mystery of her birth. She was smart, really smart, however, she was unfamiliar with just how brilliant she was. I really liked Ana, I never found her annoying or whiny. She was fantastic and it was refreshing. Sam-Dossam- was an interesting individual. I can't imagine him being an easy character to write. Sam was a 5,000 year old man in an eighteen year old's body. He was wounded, and moody, he was also incredibly sweet and caring. The relationship that Sam and Ana have made me happy. Really happy. For those of you who have read Unearthly, Sam and Ana's relationship and how it develops is comparable to Clara and Tucker's. Which is saying a lot. There are a million other amazing characters in this book, but I can't possible talk about all of them, not matter how hard I tried.

Overall, Incarnate was an amazing debut by Jodi Meadows and I can barely wait to read more by this author.

~Happy Reading Everyone!

In My Mailbox #23 (Vlog #16)

Well hello there and welcome to another week of In My Mailbox. As most of you know Imm is a weekly meme that is hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren, and that gorgeous man button comes to you from Laura from All of Everything. 

I have a lot to say/show this week. Just to let you know! 

Books Mentioned

For Review: 

Black Heart by Holly Black

Swapped:

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Bought:

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Virtue and Vice by Megan Hart

All Fall Down by Megan Hart

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins 

A Million Suns by Beth Revis

Bloggers Mentioned:

Ruby at Ruby's Reads

Cat from Cat's Thoughts 

Giveaways:

There are two and they both end this Tuesday

Young Adult Giveaway Hop

The Pretty Series by Jenny Han 

That's it for me, 

~Happy Reading Everyone!