Wednesday 31 October 2012

Waiting in Wednesday #23

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
You all know what’s going on, so let’s get going....
 

[yet to be releashed]

Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
 (Monument 14 #2)
Expected publication 28th of May 2013 by Feiwel & Friends
YA

Series includes
Monument 14

Tuesday 30 October 2012

Stuck in Your Head # 20

I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like coke.
 

“His eyes did not track when they were talking, and when he blinked, which wasn't often, she could count to three before his eyelids touched.”
paperback

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
(generation dead #1)
First Published in 2008 by Hyperion
YA Fiction (Zombies)

Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush. He’s strong and silent…and dead.

All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to blend into a society that doesn’t want them.
The administration at Oakvale High attempts to be more welcoming of the “differently biotic." But the students don’t want to take classes or eat in the cafeteria next to someone who isn’t breathing. And there are no laws that exist to protect the “living impaired” from the people who want them to disappear—for good.
When Phoebe falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids, no one can believe it; not her best friend, Margi, and especially not her neighbor, Adam, the star of the football team. Adam has feelings for Phoebe that run much deeper than just friendship; he would do anything for her. But what if protecting Tommy is the one thing that would make her happy

Series includes
Kiss of Life & Passing Strange

Monday 29 October 2012

REVIEW, Let it Go by Mercy Celeste

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Let it Go
Series: --
Pub:  2012 by Liquid Silver Books
Author: Mercy Celeste
Genre: LGBT Contemporary Romance
Format: iBook; 336p w/22 chapters
Whose: Eli & Creed
Age Range: adult

                        Synopsis
Eli had a temper. Creed seemed to be the main focus of that temper. For ten years the two of them left a trail of destruction in their wake. Rodeo, beer, and fists was all they had in common. Until the judge in Eli’s hometown had enough and sentenced them to house arrest. In the same house. They’d learn to get along or they’d kill each other. Either way it was a win for the tax payers.

Trapped alone on Eli’s rundown Florida ranch, Creed discovered Eli’s secret, one that he shared. But he didn’t count on Eli learning all of his secrets, especially the one that would shatter their newfound truce.

Scarred to his bones, Eli avoided relationships like the plague. But there was always something about the quiet Creed that pushed his buttons. Falling in love with him was never part of Eli’s plan. When it happens he’s unprepared and out of his league.

But when a shared enemy comes calling Eli can only think of keeping Creed safe. He never dreamed that their lives were linked or that Creed’s former life could destroy them both. Will love be enough to save them both or will they return to their bitter rivalry.

Sunday 28 October 2012

Read by Wont Review #13

These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
(not because they weren’t good, just because)
Mostly they are shorter novels or short stories.

Saturday 27 October 2012

Memoirs of this Delusional Writer #9

Starting paragraph
He couldn’t stand those images in his head and no matter what they were always there. Circling around him like vaulters, waiting for him to slip and think about the man he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.
Forever with my Werewolf (Moonlit Wolves #2) page 12

Friday 26 October 2012

Fuck the apocolipse, what are we meant to do without power?

Wachin the start of Grown Ups i realised that we are, and are raising a generation of people how would be fucked sideways if we didnt have electricity.
Hell, its already a bitch when you lose it for a few hours, right before bed time. But gone forever....?

The man (played by Adam Sandler) was trying to get his kids to play a game of Snakes and Ladders when the kids held controllers in there hands as the screen showed a game where they cut off peoples heads on a cruse ship-- and you could drown them.
Im more then sure we can handle an apocolipse, zombie invasion--seriously, im imune to a lot of everyday violence, imagine what the next set of kids are gonna be like?

My question, seriously, what are you gonna do if you lost electricity?
And for fun, for those out there whose first thought is 'generator' we lose petral (gas, fuel) too.
What the hell is there to do?

REVIEW, the Crowded Shadows by Celine Kiernan

New friends. old enemies. Who can you trust?

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The Crowded Shadow
Series: Moorehawke, # 2
Pub: 2009, O’Brien Press Ltd.
Author: Celine Kiernan
Cat: fantasy fiction (historical)
Format: paperback (mid); 517pp
Age Range: YA

            Synopsis
Set in a fantastical medieval Europe, this is the second book in a compelling trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance. Now, Wynter Moorehawke finds herself alone for the first time in her life, caught up in confusing formalities and politics very different to life back at court.

It seems that every tyrant or bully who has ever threatened the kingdom is sending delegates to meet with the Rebel Prince, and Wynter is increasingly nervous of Alberon's intentions.

Razi and her beloved Christopher soon make an appearance, but where friends go old enemies soon follow, and Wynter finds herself confronted with the infamous Loups-Garous. It is to Christopher's adopted people, the nomadic Merron, who she must now turn for sanctuary. But the Merron have sided with Shirken, the woman who has made it her life's work to wipe their race from the face of the earth.

What is behind the conspiracy, and is Alberon at the centre of it all?

Thursday 25 October 2012

Hadn’t the Pleasure # 22

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it


Lady Elyssa Yamato Amaterasu Wentworth is a centuries-old vampire who's been given a new servant-Jacob, a total alpha male unaccustomed to submitting to any woman's wishes. What really binds Jacob to her are not her sensual midnight hungers, but something far more provocative. It stirs her blood, renews her life, and awakens her soul like only true love can. The passion between Elyssa and Jacob yields something else unexpected-a shared history that reaches back through the centuries and is fated to challenge their destiny like nothing ever will again


The Vampire Queen’s Servant by Joey W. Hill
(Vampire Queen, #1)
 First published: July 2007 by Barkley Trade
Adult Paranormal romance
Series also includes
The Mark of The Vampire Queen, A Vampire’s Claim, Beloved Vampire, Vampire Mistress, Vampire Trinity, Vampire Instinct, Bound by the Vampire Queen

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Blog Surfing #3

While I was doing a little research I came across a site Coming Out Australia, (you can guess, right) anyway, they had this posted (below) which the person writing the post said, and I quote:
 
“I came across this little story on GLWA’s facebook page which was sourced from craigslist.
It was well written and it prompted me to post it here and to mention the great timing of it for the launch of the amazing campaign “No To Homophobia”"
And I found that it was funny, and unfortunately to true. It’s a little quip that shows a funny side of homophobia and I always find it’s that side that makes people talk and tell and what helps spread the word, so I’m reposting it here, for you, hope it sinks in and that you enjoy....
~~*~~

A Few Tips for the Straight Guy
A mutual friend of ours threw a big party for her 30th birthday, tons of people were there and it was a lot of fun. Somewhere along the line you and I ended up on the balcony for some fresh air at the same time. We started chatting; we talked about sports, books, tv — discovered we both are about to start our masters degrees and spent
some time debating the pro’s and con’s of the educational system. We talked about hanging out sometime, and you wanted to meet my girlfriend.

Waiting in Wednesday #22

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
You all know what’s going on, so let’s get going....

Twenty years ago, the robots designed to fight our wars abandoned the battlefields. Then they turned their weapons on us.

Only a few escaped the robot revolution of 2071. Kevin, Nick, and Cass are lucky —they live with their parents in a secret human community in the woods. Then their village is detected and wiped out. Hopeful that other survivors have been captured by bots, the teens risk everything to save the only people they have left in the world—by infiltrating a city controlled by their greatest enemies.

Revolution 19 is a cinematic thriller unlike anything else. With a dynamic cast of characters, this surefire blockbuster has everything teen readers want—action, drama, mystery, and romance. Written by debut novelist Gregg Rosenblum, this gripping story shouldn’t be missed
Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
Expected publication 8th of January 2013 by Harper Teen
YA

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Stuck in Your Head # 19

I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like coke.


“It’s better to die free than live a life in a cage.”
Paperback,

In the Arms of Stone Angels by Jordan Dane
First Published March 2011 by Harlequin Teen
YA fiction

Two years ago Brenna did the unthinkable. She witnessed the aftermath of a murder and accused her only true friend – the first boy she ever loved – of being a killer.

Now sixteen, Brenna returns to Oklahoma only to discover that Issac ‘White Bird’ Henry isn’t in juvie. The half-breed outcast is in a mental hospital, frozen in time, locked in his mind at the worst moment of his life. When Brenna touches him, she’s pulled into his hellish vision quest, seeing terrifying demons and illusions she doesn’t understand.           

Feeling isolated and alone, Brenna’s up against the whole town: targeted by bullying former classmates, a bigoted small town sheriff and a tribe who refuses to help one of their own.           

But when Brenna realises she’s as trapped by the past as White Bird is, this time she won’t turn her back on him. She’s the only one who can free them both. Even if she has to expose her secret—a ‘gift’ she’s kept hidden her whole life.

Monday 22 October 2012

REVIEW, The Dark Tide by Josh Lanyon

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The Dark Tide
Series: Adrien English Mysteries #5
Pub:  2009
Author: Josh Lanyon
Genre: contemporary mystery
Format: ibook; 263p w/ 18 chapters
Age Range: adult

                        Synopsis
As if recovering from heart surgery beneath the gaze of his over-protective family wasn’t exasperating enough, someone keeps trying to break into Adrien English’s bookstore. What is this determined midnight intruder searching for?

When a half-century old skeleton tumbles out of the wall in the midst of the renovation of Cloak and Dagger Bookstore renovation, Adrien turns to hot and handsome ex-lover Jake Riordan -- now out-of-the closet and working as a private detective.

Jake is only too happy to have reason to stay in close contact with Adrien, but there are more surprises in Adrien’s past than either one of them expects -- and one of them may prove hazardous to Jake’s own heart

Sunday 21 October 2012

Read by Wont Review #12

These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
(not because they weren’t good, just because)
Mostly they are shorter novels or short stories.

Saturday 20 October 2012

Adults Corner #7

This posting is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY.
It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers.

Friday 19 October 2012

REVIEW, The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan

A friend. A father. A Kingdom. Which would you sacrifice?

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The Poison Throne
Series: Moorehawke, book 1
Pub: 2008, O’Brien Press Ltd.
Author: Celine Kiernan
Cat: fantasy fiction (historical)
Format: paperback (mid); 468 pp
Age Range: YA

            Synopsis
Wynter returns from a five-year exile in the bleak Northlands to find her beloved homeland in turmoil. King Jonathan's civilised, multicultural realm is no more; the gibbets and cages have returned. Days of laughter, friendly ghosts and gossipy cats remain only in Wynter's memory - the present confronts her with power play, dark torture chambers, violent ghosts, and cats (those still alive) too scared to talk to humans. The Inquisition is a real and present danger.

Crown Prince Alberon is missing. There are murmurings of a 'Bloody Machine' of untold destructive power. And as Wynter and her friends, Prince Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron, seek to restore stability to the fragile kingdom, risking death at every turn, Wynter is forced to make a terrible choice.

Set in a fantastical medieval Europe, this is the first book in a compelling trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance. It draws the reader in from the very first sentence and doesn't loosen its grip until the last.

Thursday 18 October 2012

Hadn’t the Pleasure # 21

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it

 
When Aaron gets a job at a funeral home, he surprisingly takes to it. But there are dark secrets hidden in Aaron’s subconscious.
He experiences dangerous bouts of sleepwalking and recurring dreams he can’t explain: a lifeless hand, a lip sticked mouth, a man, a gun... Can he piece the clues together and figure out the truth of his past


The Dead I Know by Scott Gardner
First published May 2011 by Allen & Unwin
14+

Wednesday 17 October 2012

Waiting in Wednesday #21

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
You all know what’s going on, so let’s get going....
 
Anna remembers a time before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now her mom is gone most of the time, chasing the next marriage, brining home the next stepfather. Anna is left on her own—until she discovers that she can make boys her family. From Desmond to Joey, Todd to Sam, Anna learns that if you give boys what they want, you can get what you need. But the price is high—the other kids make fun of her; the girls call her a slut. Anna's new friend, Toy, seems to have found a way around the loneliness, but Toy has her own secrets that even Anna can't know.

Then comes Sam. When Anna actually meets a boy who is more than just useful, whose family eats dinner together, laughs, and tells stories, the truth about love becomes clear. And she finally learns how it feels to have something to lose—and something to offer.
Real, shocking, uplifting, and stunningly lyrical, Uses for Boys is a story of breaking down and growing up.
 
Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Expected publication 15th January 2013 by St Martin’s Press
Debut YA

REVIEW, Death of a Pirate King by Josh Lanyon

Prod dets
Death of a Pirate King
Series: Adrien English Mysteries #4
Pub:  2008, MLR Press
Author: Josh Lanyon
Genre: contemporary mystery
Format: ibook; 236p w/ 25 chapters
Age Range: adult

                        Synopsis
Gay bookseller and reluctant amateur sleuth Adrien English's writing career is suddenly taking off. His first novel, Murder Will Out, has been optioned by notorious Hollywood actor Paul Kane. But when murder makes an appearance at a dinner party, who should be called in but Adrien's former lover, handsome closeted detective Jake Riordan, now a Lieutenant with LAPD -- which may just drive Adrien's new boyfriend, sexy UCLA professor Guy Snowden, to commit a murder of his own

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Stuck in Your Head # 18

I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like coke.

 

“Kiss me.”
“What?” David spluttered, certain he had misheard.
“You heard me. Let’s give these losers something to stare at.”
iBook, page 99

Kamikaze Boys, Jay Bell
First Published march 2012 by Createspace
Contemporary Romance

If the world is against you, don’t give up. Find yourself a kindred spirit. Then you can start fighting back.

They say Connor, the one with the crazy eyes and creepy scar, tried to kill his old man. Lately he’s been seen hanging out with David, the gay guy who always eats lunch alone. They make an odd pair, the loser and the psychopath, and bad things happen to people who mess with them. Not that Connor and David are looking for trouble. Even when taking on the world, they seem more interested in each other than fighting.

Kamikaze Boys is a story about breaking the chains that bind you and using them to beat down anyone that gets in your way. Better yet, it’s about holding hands with the guy you love while doing so.

Monday 15 October 2012

REVIEW, Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder

The apprenticeship is over—now the real test has begun

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Fire Study
Series: Study Trilogy, # 3
Pub: 2008, (MIRA) harlequin
Author: Maria V. Snyder
Cat: fantasy
Format: paperback (mid); 441 pp w/ 36 chapters
Age Range: YA

                Synopsis
When word that Yelena is a soulfinder – able to capture and release souls - spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena’s unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena’s fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before...

Honour sits Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Her journey is fraught with allies, enemies, lovers and would – be assassins, each of questionable loyalty.

Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself – and save the land she holds dear.

Sunday 14 October 2012

Read by Wont Review #11

These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
(not because they weren’t good, just because)
Mostly they are shorter novels or short stories.
(Oh, yeah, and I hit my 200th book of the year!)
 

Saturday 13 October 2012

Memoirs of this Delusional Writer #8

Starting paragraph
Man, he was pathetic. The worst was he couldn’t seem to care.
 Body of Darkness (WB1) page 32

Friday 12 October 2012

REVIEW, Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

Bound by love, but sworn to kill...
Guardian Rose Hathaway’s life will never be the same.

 
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Blood Promise
Series: Vampire Academy, # 4
Pub: 2009, Razorbill
Author: Richelle Mead
Cat: paranormal fiction
Format: paperback (full); 503 pp w/ 30 chapters
Age Range: YA

            Synopsis
The recent attack on St. Vladimir’s Academy devastated the entire Moroi world.
Many are dead. And for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose’s neck: a mark that says she’s killed far too many Strigoi to count.

But only one victim matters... Dimitri Belikov. Rose must now choose one of two very different paths: honouring her life’s vow to protect Lissa – her best friend and the last surviving Dragomir princess – or dropping out of the Academy to strike out on her own and hunt down the man she loves. She’ll have to go to the ends of the earth to find Dimitri and keep the promise he begged her to make. But the question is, when the time comes, will he want to be saved?

Thursday 11 October 2012

Hadn’t the Pleasure # 21

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it
And today I have a special, 2 books from 1 series
 
Riley Blackthorne. Kicking hell’s ass one demon at a time...
Riley has made a bargain with Heaven, and now they've come to collect.
Lucifer's finest are ruling the streets and it seems that Armageddon might be even closer than Riley imagined. But with her soul and her heart in play it's all she can do to keep herself alive, let alone save the world. Riley's not afraid of kicking some major demon butt, but when it comes to a battle between Heaven and Hell, she might need a little help...

Wednesday 10 October 2012

Waiting in Wednesday #20

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
You all know what’s going on, so let’s get going....
 
What if your life wasn’t your own?

Liv comes out of a coma with no memory of her past and two distinct, warring voices inside her head. Nothing, not even her reflection, seems familiar. As she stumbles through her junior year, the voices get louder, insisting she please the popular group while simultaneously despising them. But when Liv starts hanging around with Spencer, whose own mysterious past also has him on the fringe, life feels complete for the first time in, well, as long as she can remember.

Liv knows the details of the car accident that put her in the coma, but as the voices invade her dreams, and her dreams start feeling like memories, she and Spencer seek out answers. Yet the deeper they dig, the less things make sense. Can Liv rebuild the pieces of her broken past, when it means questioning not just who she is, but what she is?


All the Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen
Expected publication 11th of December 2012 by Entangled Publishing, LLC
YA

Tuesday 9 October 2012

REVIEW, The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon

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The Hell You Say
Series: Adrien English Mysteries #3
Pub:  (2006) 2011, Just Justine
Author: Josh Lanyon
Genre: contemporary mystery
Format: ebook; 262p w/ 27 chapters
Age Range: adult

                        Synopsis
The long anticipated third novel in the Adrien English series finds the "ill-starred and bookish" mystery writer and bookseller battling demons-maybe literally.

After bookstore clerk Angus flees following terrifying death threats, Adrien must contend with a mysterious Satanic cult, a hot and handsome university professor, and his on-again/off-again relationship with closeted LAPD Homicide Detective Jake Riordan.