Waiting on Wednesday: Requiem by Lauren Oliver

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, where you talk about whatever book you are IMPATIENTLY WAITING for!

This is my FIRST Waiting on Wednesday!
And i'm very very VERY impatiently waiting for....
REQUIEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodreads Description:
Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has been transformed. The nascent rebellion that was under way in Pandemonium has ignited into an all-out revolution in Requiem, and Lena is at the center of the fight.

After rescuing Julian from a death sentence, Lena and her friends fled to the Wilds. But the Wilds are no longer a safe haven—pockets of rebellion have opened throughout the country, and the government cannot deny the existence of Invalids. Regulators now infiltrate the borderlands to stamp out the rebels, and as Lena navigates the increasingly dangerous terrain, her best friend, Hana, lives a safe, loveless life in Portland as the fiancée of the young mayor. Requiem is told from both Lena’s and Hana’s points of view. The two girls live side by side in a world that divides them until, at last, their stories converge.







Okay, okay... First let me start out by saying this: IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE DELIRIUM SERIES, PICK IT UP PRONTO!!!
Anyway, I LOVE THE DELIRIUM SERIES!
And the last book? Pandemonium? IT ENDED IN SUCH A HORRIBLE WAY!! (CLIFFHANGER!!!)
IT'S ABSOLUTE TORURE!!!!!!!!!!!
If only I could read  a sneak peek...

2013 TBR PILE Reading Challenge

(Click the little picture to learn about the challenge! XD)
I love challenges! I don't know why but challenges always make me feel so... accomplished! And a reading challenge? HECK YES! There's only one teeny-tiny problem... I have to write reviews.
You may not know this, but my reviews suck! I'm trying, I AM HONESTLY TRYING! But my reviews still suck!  That may be, but I will not let this opportunity pass! So here I am, actually signing up for this challenge!
1-10: A Firm Handshake
That's how many books I am aiming for. I know that I can definitely read more but, again, I do not write a review for every book I read. What I tend to do is: if I feel like writing a review for a book I just read, I do. If I don't feel like writing a review, I don't. So I don't exactly plan which books I write reviews to.  That being said, i'm not going to post the books i'm reading... yet
Notice: I'm probably going to change my goal as I go along...
Have a great day!!

What Happens When I Get Bored #2

I always seem to finish my art projects early in art class.
The problem with this is that my teacher wants me to do something art related while waiting for the next project.
MEANING: I CANNOT READ A BOOK!!!
So I generally have to start my own "independent project" but sometimes i'm too lazy to start my own project so I just doodle.
Yesterday was one of those days...
I decided to conduct an experiment!
I wanted to see if I could create value using only sharpies.
Here's what I turned up with:

Yes, that is drawn in a student planner/agenda thing... but I didn't want to waste paper, okay!
It's supposed to be a hat with a rainbow coming out of it... (I know, i'm not very creative)

Anyway!
That's what happens when I get bored!
Have a great day! :)

Stacking the Shelves #3

A meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where all the book nerds can post about the lovely (or not so lovely) books that got this week.
Apparently, I'm a lazy bum and KEEP FORGETTING TO DO THIS!!!! So i'm now going to do this every 2 weeks!
(Hopefully I'll remember this time!)
Now let's see what I got these past few weeks shall we!
P.S. If you click the book's link, it will take you to the GoodReads page.

Books I've Read The Last Two Weeks!

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel (re-read)

Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

Crimson Frost by Jennifer Estep

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (re-read)

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

Beta by Rachel Cohn

The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler

I really think that I should warn people that...

THE MADNESS UNDERNEATH ENDS IN A CLIFFHANGER!!!!!!

You have been warned.

Checked Out From The Library!

Reached by Ally Condie

Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

Middle Ground by Katie Kacvinsky

Glitch by Heather Anastasiu

Yeah... I'm not doing a very good job with my "library ban"...

Netgalley!

Yes, I mentioned this twice.

BOOKS I WON!!!!

This was yet another happy week (weeks?) in book winning!

And yes, you will see some more crappy photos (I don't have the best camera...).

Eve & Adam by Micheal Grant and Katherine Applegate

Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon

Origin by Jessica Khoury

Won thanks to An Avid Reader's Musings

The Roar by Emma Clayton

The Whisper by Emma Clayton

Won thanks to Libby Blog

Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien

Promised by Caragh M. O'Brien

Won thanks to Little Library Muse

And these books are SIGNED!

(That's only one of the books but you get the point!)

Well, that's it of my stack!

I hope everyone has a really great haul! XD

Giveaway of Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout!

So there's this awesome series called the Lux series (which is about aliens by the way, and I may have a minor obsession with ALIENS!).
Well, the third book in the series, Opal, is coming out this December...
And the author is having a giveaway for 3 SIGNED COPIES!!!!!

(Don't you just LOVE GIFS?)

HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!
You can find the giveaway HERE!
Yes, I know that I WILL NOT win it since I am not that lucky :(
But I am trying to be positive!!!!
OH! Here's a pic of the books!!!

Aren't they just so lovely 0___o    *hand reaches towards books*

Stacking The Shelves #2

A meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where all the book nerds can post about the lovely (or not so lovely) books that got this week.

It has been quite awhile since I've made my FIRST Stacking The Shelves so...
I seem to have gotten A LOT of books!!!! (And that's a good thing, people!)
P.S. If you click the book's link, it will take you to the GoodReads page.

Books I've Read This Week!

Crewel by Gennifer Albin

Feedback by Robinson Wells

Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson

You Are So Undead To Me by Stacey Jay

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Renegade by J.A. Souders

Entangled by Nikki Jefford

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davis (re-read)

A Fractured Light by Jocelyn Davis

See those 3 books that are a little to the left? Those books are irking me! THEY ARE NOT CORRECTLY CENTERED!!!! But am I able to fix it? Noooooooo!!!!

Checked Out From The Library!

Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

Yeah, I know that I said that "I'm on a library ban" but these books were on hold for me! I had to go get them!

Netgalley!

I am fully aware that I listed this twice...

Books I Bought!

Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter

Dark Souls by Paula Morris

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

I know that I also said in the last Stacking the Shelves that "due to the lack of money, i'm not going to buy any books" but...

I donated some books to Book-a-holic (a really really awesome used bookstore in my town!) and I can't just go to the bookstore and not buy any books! So I got these for less than $10!!! That's how awesome Book-a-holic is!

BOOKS I WON!!!!

Yes, I ACTUALLY WON SOME BOOKS!!

Be prepared to see some ULTRA crappy pictures!

For some reason I need to show the actual books...

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

I got this book thanks to Fiona Paul @ fionapaulbooks who just so happens to be the author of the book Venom which came out last month!

It also came with this handy-dandy book mark!

See! That's a bookmark! XD

Possession by Elana Johnson

I got this book thanks to Bookworm Lisa

I've been wanting to read this book for a long time!

And the last book, but certainly not least!!!

DIVERGENT!!!!!!!

Divergent is one of my favorite books of ALL FREXING TIME!!!! Notice the fact that I also have a copy of Insurgent? Well, I've had that book for awhile! But Insurgent has been so lonely without Divergent! BUT NOW THEY'RE TOGETHER AGAIN!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!

Wait a second... that's not the best part!

  IT IS SIGNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See, that is a signature! A real signature! (And no, I am not trying to insult your intelligence)

BUT IT'S A REAL SIGNATURE!!!!!

DO YOU REALIZE HOW HAPPY THAT MAKES ME?!!!

What? Are you saying "Shut up and tell me where you got the book"?

Okay then, I got this book from EpicReads, which is a really cool book site!

But every Wednesday (except for next Wednesday,  due to Thanksgiving) Team EpicReads puts on this type of web show thingy at 3:45 New York time. If you are on Twitter during the show, you are automatically entered into the giveaway mentioned in the show.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/epic-reads

And that's how I got DIVERGENT!!!!

Hopefully, I made sense....

I also got some SWAG for being a Lieutenant in The Army of Ten which is also a pretty cool site!

So I suggest that you... join the army!

Well, that's it for the books I got!

Hopefully, your book list is either as awesome as mine or AWESOMER!!!!

Have a great day!