Special Edition of the Hunger Games November 2011!

Big news... We can expect a Special Edition of The Hungers Games by Suzanne Collins come this November. 

How pretty is that? I found the limited information from MTV and  more info from Scholastic Press Release


The Hunger Games Collector's Edition ($30, November 2011, ISBN: 978-0-545-40577-5) will be published in November 2011 and will include a special slipcase featuring exclusive new mockingjay artwork. The three movie tie-in titles include The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition ($12.99, February 2012, ISBN: 978-0-545-42511-7),The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion ($18.99, February 2012, ISBN: 978-0-545-42290-1) and The World of The Hunger Games ($17.99, February 2012; ISBN: 978-0-545-42512-4), all to be published in February 2012 in advance of the much-anticipated March 2012 feature film release.

Waiting On...Wednesday Week 4

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlight upcoming releases that we are breathlessly awaiting. Visit Breaking the Spinee to see more entries and to share your own. :)


I am waiting on....

Shatter Me: by Tahereh Mafi
Pages 352
Publisher HarperCollins
Release Date November 15, 2011


Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old-girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a world as riveting asThe Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men. Full of pulse-pounding romance, intoxicating villainy, and high-stakes choices, Shatter Me is a fresh and original dystopian novel—with a paranormal twist—that will leave readers anxiously awaiting its sequel.( {Goodreads}


I know this book has been popping up all over the blog-sphere and I too am as just as anxious to read this new thrilling book. And of course, I am in lust with cover.

Carrier of the Mark: by Leigh Fallon
Pages 352
Publisher HarperTeen
Release Date October 4, 2011

Their love was meant to be.

When Megan Rosenberg moves to Ireland, everything in her life seems to fall into place. After growing up in America, she's surprised to find herself feeling at home in her new school. She connects with a group of friends, and she is instantly drawn to darkly handsome Adam DeRís.

But Megan is about to discover that her feelings for Adam are tied to a fate that was sealed long ago—and that the passion and power that brought them together could be their ultimate destruction.

I really enjoy stories that are set in other countries. I also love this cover. I  know. I can't help myself. Sucker for the pretty cover. The reviews that I've read from other bloggers have been fantastic and I love reading new authors first books.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON THIS WEEK? Make sure to link back to your blog so I can check out your Waiting on Wednesday :)

Top Ten Tuesday! ( WEEK 2)

I saw this meme on The Story Siren this morning and thought it looked like a hoot so here I am following the book craze. Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, each new week they will post a new top ten list, seems easy, right? It totally is. This weeks top ten is...


This Top Ten Tuesday it's a freebie -- use this week to write a top ten list about ANYTHING in literature. Maybe you have a more specific list you want to do (Top Ten Dystopians, Top Ten Creatures in Paranormal Lit, Top Ten Classics, etc) or something completely your own?

Top Ten  Books on 2012

in no particular order

1. Diva by Jillian Larkin: Take me back the days of flappers, speakeasies and the freedom to be whatever you wanted to be. I have really enjoyed the series so far and I can;t wait to see how Ms. Larkin wraps up her story in Diva due out sometime in 2012.

2. Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins: I am so anxious for book three in the snarky and wild series created by the brilliant Rachel Hawkins. I definitely didn't get enough of an Archer Cross fix in Demonglass.  I want more and I want it NOW.  

3. Timeless by Gail Carriger: I couldn't read Heartless fast enough. The book was flawless and full of such silly descipritons of dandys and the state of Alexia being hugely pregnant, I found this to be the best story the bunch, thus far. I really think all bets are off in Timeless.  

4.City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare: City of Fallen Angels left the reader hanging and I am dying to know what is going to happen. At times (esp with this author) to just wait until all the books are out because her cliff hangers are terrible :) 

5. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead: I have't even read Bloodlines yet but I am such fan of anything RM. And just look at this cover!

6. Endlessly by Kiersten White: I'm hoping book three is better than book two. I enjoyed Supernaturally but I couoldn't stand Evie's lying and I want more Lend.

7. Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden Book 1) by Julie Kagawa: After her famous Iron Fey series I cannot wait to see what Julie has in store for us in her new series. AWESOME

8. Insurgent (Book 2) by Veronica Roth: Divergent rocked my world this summer and Insurgent is probably going to more intense. I just cannot wait!

9. Dreamless (Book 2) by Josephine Angelini: Well, I think this is an obvious choice. I mean Stracrossed was INCREDIBLE. I loved all the crazy and over-the-top drama. 

10. Tiger's Destiny (Book 4) by Colleen Houck: Oh man, I didn't even know this was going to be a saga, I thought after Tiger's Voyage, we'd be done but I am looking forward to this book. I love me some cursed Indian Princes. :)

What about you? What is your TOP TEN FOR TODAY?

It's Monday, what are you reading? (3)

It's Monday! What are you reading is where we share what we read this past week, what we plan to read this week... and anything in between. To find out more, check Book Journey for all the deets.

Read and Reviewed:

Click on title for my review

1. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

2. Sleepers by Megg Jensen

Read, Review to come this week:

1. Ingenue by Jillian Larkin

MY CURRENT GIVEAWAY, Click HERE for more info and entry form. Enter to win a copy of Divergent, Starcrossed and Heartless.

Weekly Memes:

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Waiting on...

Teaser Tuesday...

I plan on reading/currently reading: 

Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (Hearting it so much)

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Reviewing:

Demonglass, Ingenue, Beauty Queens.

So, we've established that's It's Monday because I was 30 minutes late to work, what did you read and all that jazz last week?

IMM Week 8 and Summer Giveaway Check it Out!

In My Mailbox is a great meme from The Story Siren.  If you'd like to take part, visit The Story Siren's IMM page for further details.

BIG WEEK FOR BOOKS. I've now been to Borders closing sale THREE times. I can't help my self. I have an addiction. 

No video this week so let's get to it, shall we?

1. Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (OH MAN, I can't wait to read it, LOVED, LOVED Hex Hall)

2. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray 

3. Glimmerglass by Jenna Black

4. The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift

5. Wicked in Your Arms by Sophie Jordan

6. The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge

I got  a few more but I'm not at home and I cannot remember all the books I bought, is that bad?

For Review:

Antara by Marliena Mexi

And just a reminder, You can still sign up for my FAB giveaway HERE, to win three of my favorite summer reads:

Divergent, Heartless and Starcrossed. This giveaway will end on next Sunday the 21st.

Review: Sleepers by Megg Jensen

Epub: Sleepers(The Swarm #1)

Author: Megg Jensen

Publisher: DarkSide Publishing (July 20, 2011)

Genre: YA/ High Adventure Fantasy

Rating: ♥♥♥♥

From Goodreads:

An adoptee raised in a foreign land, sixteen-year-old Lianne was content with her life as handmaiden to the queen, until a spell cast on her at birth activated. Now she's filled with uncontrollable rage and access to magic she thought had been bled from her people years ago. Even her years of secret training in elite hand-to-hand combat and meditation can’t calm the fires raging inside her. 

Her heart is torn between two boys, the one she’s always loved and the one who always ignored her. But when the kingdom threatens to tear itself apart due to rumors surrounding the queen’s alleged affair, who will Lianne protect and who will she destroy? 

I was really excited to read and review Sleepers. First off, the cover is so striking. I know they say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but in the case of this book, the story is just as fantastic as the gorgeous cover. Lianne won me over very early in the book. I immediately loved her as the best-friend to the Queen who is beautiful as she is kind; her romance with swoon-worthy Kellan and the fact that she can take down any man in hand to hand combat. She is my kind a gal. I was really surprised at the connection I made with these characters in such a short time. The book is under 300 pages and yet it’s plenty of time for you to grow to care about Lianne and the people she loves.

Even though the story is on the shorter side the reader is taken on a journey that does not disappoint. Lianne has always felt a certain amount of safety even thought her adoptive family definitely took lessons from Cinderella’s step-mother and wretched step-sisters on how to treat ones family. She has a best friend and confidant in an unlikely person, Queen Mags. I like that we see an honest and flawed side of Lianne best friend. She isn’t perfect but she and Lianne find a balance in their friendship since they both technically stuck and not able to do what they want in life. Lianne’s real freedom lies with Kellan, her newly acquired boyfriend. She has been training with him and his adoptive father since she was a little girl. The real drama begins on Lianne’s 16^th birthday. Kellan tells her everything will change. Oh boy. It sure does. Lianne wakes up with an anger that is boiling and swirling inside of her. This is where things start to get really interesting, and when Bryden gains my favor. Even though a tragic accident happened to Bryden when he was younger he dismissed the limits of his legs and began honing other skill sets. While Lianne and Kellan fought and trained he read and studied, swam and learned how to be invisible (not physically, though I’d like to see that) Even though the beginning of the story was good, the action and drama doesn’t really set in until the middle of the story. Megg Jensen created a plot with plenty of twist and turns, characters whose loyalty you wouldn’t think to question and once the magic is “unleashed”, watch out. Trouble is coming from all fronts.

Sleepers, was action packed and had just the right amount of romance. The characters are likeable and I really can’t wait to see what happens in book 2.  Thank you Meg for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. It’s one that I will happy recommend to others. I only request that you don’t make me wait too much longer for book two… I need to know where this is going to go. J

Possible pairing: Graceling Kristin Cashore, Brightly Woven by Alexandra Backen

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