Top Ten Most Intimidating Books

 

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  If your curious about this meme, visit Top Ten Tuesday where they have previous topics and upcoming topics listed as well.

Today's topic is Top Ten Most Intimidating Books.  I have to admit, it's the classics that intimidate me.  But, I also have a hard time with award winners (because I feel like I should love them) and nonfiction.  So here are some in no particular order!

1. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
3. A Game of Thrones by George Martin
4. Katherine by Anya Seton
5. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
6. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
7. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
8. World Without End by Ken Follett
9. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
10. The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Top Ten Books I'm Excited To Read in 2012

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  If your curious about this meme, visit Top Ten Tuesday where they have previous topics and upcoming topics listed as well.

Our topic today is 10 Book I'm Excited to read in 2012!

In no particular order here are my the books I'm looking forward to that come out in 2012

The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

A Million Suns by Beth Revis

Spellbound by Rachel Hawkins

This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

 

The Second Empress by Michelle Moran

The Queen's Vow by C.W. Gortner

Four Sister, All Queens by Sherry Jones

The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas

A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean

Waiting On Wednesday! Captive Queen by Alison Weir

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

 

 

 

Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

by Alison Weir

It is the year 1152 and a beautiful woman of thirty, attended by only a small armed escort, is riding like the wind southwards through what is now France, leaving behind her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage to Louis of France, who had been more like a monk than a king, and certainly not much of a lover. This woman is Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and her sole purpose now is to return to her vast duchy and marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet, a man destined for greatness as King of England. Theirs is a union founded on lust which will create a great empire stretching from the wilds of Scotland to the Pyrenees. It will also create the devil's brood of Plantagenets - including Richard C ur de Lion and King John - and the most notoriously vicious marriage in history. "The Eagle and the Lion" is a novel on the grand scale, an epic subject for Alison Weir. It tells of the making of nations, and of passionate conflicts: between Henry II and Thomas Becket, his closest friend who is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral on his orders; between Eleanor and Henry's formidable mother Matilda; between father and sons, as Henry's children take up arms against him; and finally between Henry and Eleanor herself.

In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi and she was inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie!

For Review:

    

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  Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia (Around the World Tours)
  
• Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey (Around the World Tours)

Bought/Borrowed/Traded:

• Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
  
• Fallen by Lauren Kate
  
• Rampant by Diane Peterfeund
  
• Cross My Heart and Hope To Spy by Ally Carter

Teaser Tuesday!

 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!

My Teaser:
     And then, of course, Brigan appeared in the doorway to say hello to his mother and to bring Fire back to her horse, and immediately Fire felt herself revert to a child.  Some part of her brain went missing whenever this soldier came near.  It froze from his coldness.

~ Fire by Kristin Cashore

In My Mailbox!

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi and she was inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie!

It wasn't my intent to have this many books this week!

For Review:

• Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
• Read, Remember, Recommend for Teens (A Reading Journal for Teens) by Rachel Rogers Knight

Bought/Borrowed/Traded:

• The Crown Conspiracy by Michael Sullivan


• The Everafter by Amy Huntley


• Why I Let My Hair Grow Out by Maryrose Wood

From The Library:

• Fire by Kristin Cashore


• The Iron King by Julie Kagawa


• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher


• Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

Teaser Tuesday!

 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!

My Teaser:
     "Many men," said Mr. Tippen, taking a large pinch of snuff, which immediately brought on a bout of sneezing, "spend their lives living in the wrong corner of their souls, mainly out of fear of what they might find on the other side."

~ The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is now brought to you by Sheila from One Person’s Journey Through A World of Books!

I'm amazed that I managed to get 3 books in last week.  Granted it didn't hurt that my last book was a fast read and I couldn't sleep last night.

I started the week with a book from Around the World Tours that I've been dieing to read!   It was Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves.   Let's just say that this book was crazy.   I enjoyed it, but it's not for everybody.

I decided to chug along with Voyager by Diana Gabaldon next.  I'm so glad that I did.  I'm debating if I may have liked it more than Outlander.  Probably not, but it's a close second!

I started and finished The Mark by Jen Nadol yesterday.  It was a really fast read for me.  I really liked it.  Much better than my recent read that had the same sort of idea.

I'm not currently reading anything at the moment.  I will start something today.   I haven't decided yet which order to read them, but my plan is to read The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner, Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke, and The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan this week.

Hope you have a great reading week!

In My Mailbox!

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi and she was inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie!

FOR REVIEW:

    

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  The Mark by Jen Nadol (Other Shelf Tours)


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  Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves (Around The World Tours)

BOUGHT/SWAPED/TRADED:

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  Anastasia's Secret by Suzanne Dunlap

LIBRARY:

    

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  Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke


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  The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Blog Award!

I want to thank Felicia over at Geeky Blogger's Book Blog for this award!

1. Put this on your blog, whether as an entirely new post like I'm doing, or on your sidebar.

2. Choose 15 other bloggers that you love, and award them with this.

3. Send them a message/comment to let them know.

The Book Owl
Eating YA Books
Book Journal
Curling Up By The Fire
I Swim For Oceans
Inside Of A Dog
My Book Retreat
Opening Lines
Polish Outlander
Reading Extensively
Reading on a Rainy Day
Tabitha's Reads
The Many Thoughts of a Reader
Well-Mannered Frivolity
Write Meg!

 

Teaser Tuesday!

 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!

My Teaser:
Whatever he might once have been to Grey, Fraser now was a beaten foe; a prisoner of war, and the charge of the Crown.  He was Grey's  charge, in fact; a responsibility, and his welfare the duty of honor.

~ Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is now brought to you by Sheila from One Person’s Journey Through A World of Books!

I spent the week working on my series challenge. 

I started off the week with Inkspell by Cornelia Funke.  I wasn't sure what I would think of this book because I thought Inkheart was just okay.  I was extremely surprised how much I liked this one.  I will look forward to book three.

My next book was  The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan.  I'm really enjoying this series so far.  I think this one is my favorite so far.  I really enjoy watching the characters grow.

 My last read was The Van Alen Legacy.  I'm not sure what I think of this one.  I found the alternating narratives very distracting. 

I'm currently reading Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, but I will put it aside for Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves when it gets here.   I will also read The Red Necklace  by Sally Gardner.  I haven't decided if I will read anything else, but I may try to finish Voyager instead of my original plan.

In My Mailbox!

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi and she was inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie!

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  Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast

That's all I got this week!  How about you?

In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi and she was inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie!

I was so excited that my hold finally came in at the library.  I think I've had this hold in place since before Christmas!

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  The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa De La Cruz

I've also been reading an online book link that I received in my email inbox this week.  I'm intrigued so far but I have such a hard time reading books on the computer.  It's young adult, but so far seems much "cleaner" than a lot of YA I've read.  If your interested check out
http://amostcuriousdestiny.blogspot.com/

Cover Wars - Thirteen Reasons Why

I'm trying out something new.  I've been trying to post reviews 4 days a week while participating in book meme's the other 3.  The problem is I don't always read 4 books a week.  Eventually I'm going run out of reviews (and I like my reviews to post a week or two after I finish reading them).   I don't  really want to participate in another meme.  But, I'm having trouble coming up with something original for my blog.  So, I'm going to play with a couple ideas for my Saturday posts.  I'm thinking something different each Saturday of the month.

       So, my first Saturday post is going to be different countries covers of my favorite book for February.   If you haven't read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, I highly recommend it.  It was amazing!

                   

I'm not sure how to tell which cover belong to which countries :)   The first one is the one we get in the US.  And, I know the second one is the paperback version in the UK.   The red one reminds me more of the covers for adult suspense novels.  I assume it's suppose to be Clay on the cover of the blue one.   I like the tape one the last one.

I think my favorite in the US version.  I like the setting (the park fits in so well with the story).  And Hannah looks so lonely.   It's very fitting.