The Psychotic Nerd

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far in 2013

Hosted each week by The Broke and the Bookish, it's a meme for listing the top ten for everything bookish.

I've read over 100 books so far this year, which means that i'm defininetly going over ten with this list!

Instead of one list, it's now two. One for new books/series new to me and one for the continuations.

*In no certain order*

Books/ Series that are brand new to me!

1.Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

2.Pivot Point by Kasie West

3.Splintered by A.G. Howard

4.The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd

The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

5.The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

6.Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

7.The Program by Suzanne Young

8. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

9. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

10.The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

Continuations of Series

1.Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

2.Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

3.Boundless by Cynthia Hand

4.Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)

5.Prodigy by Marie Lu

6.Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2)

7.The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa

8.Everbound by Brodi Ashton

9.Asunder by Jodi Meadows

10.Shades of Earth by Beth Revis

Shades of Earth (Across the Universe, #3)

So, what awesome books did you read?

REVIEW: Night School by C.J. Daughterty

Allie Sheridan’s world is falling apart. Her brother’s run away from home. Her parents ignore her. And she’s just been arrested.

Again.

This time her parents have had enough. They cut her off from her friends and send her away to boarding school, far from her London friends.

But at Cimmeria Academy, Allie is soon caught up in the strange activities of a secret group of elite students.

When she’s attacked late one night the incident sets off a chain of increasingly violent events. As the school begins to seem like a very dangerous place, she finds out that nothing at Cimmeria is what it seems to be.

And that she is not who she thought she was.

THE RUN-DOWN

Ever since Allies's brother disappeared she's been getting into trouble all over the place. When she gets arrested for the third time, her parents send her away to boarding school. Instead of hating it, she finds new friends, and loves it there. But the school has it's secrets and Allie intends to find them out...

MY THOUGHTS
Look at these covers:

What do they make you think of? What do you think the book is about?
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I don't know about you, but both of them make me think of paranormal beings. The first one: Aliens. The second one: Vampires or Werewolves.
And then you have the title, which screams out "vampires!".

But THIS IS NOT A PARANORMAL BOOK!!!
This is a thriller! I don't have a problem with this fact, but both the title and the cover are misleading.

Neither-the-less, I did find this book interesting. In fact, I enjoyed the story. I kept turning page after page to find out what will happen next! The problem that I had with this book is that when I finally found out the "secrets", I was disappointed. The book brings up interesting page after interesting page until that FINAL MOMENT and it's not as great as a moment as I expected. I guess the book can get a prize for catching me by surprise, but I was hoping for something grander.
While I was disappointed by the "grand reveal", I did like this book.
If you are hoping for a paranormal read, though, turn around!

I hereby give this book...

3 Wheels!

Meaning: I liked it, but It wasn't amazing.

Goodreads

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday: A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard

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 week I am waiting for...

A Darkness Strange and Lovely (Something Strange and Deadly, #2)

Goodreads Description:

Following an all-out battle with the walking Dead, the Spirit Hunters have fled Philadelphia, leaving Eleanor alone to cope with the devastating aftermath. But there’s more trouble ahead—the evil necromancer Marcus has returned, and his diabolical advances have Eleanor escaping to Paris to seek the help of Joseph, Jie, and the infuriatingly handsome Daniel once again. When she arrives, however, she finds a whole new darkness lurking in this City of Light. As harrowing events unfold, Eleanor is forced to make a deadly decision that will mean life or death for everyone.

What are you waiting for?

Monday, June 17, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books At The Top Of My Summer TBR List

Hosted each week by The Broke and the Bookish, it's a meme for listing the top ten for everything bookish.

Finally! A Top Ten that I can do!

For this list I will only use books that either come out later this month, come out in July, or August!

*In no certain order*

1.The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

Release Date: July 2nd

2.Vortex by S.J. Kincaid

Release Date: July 2nd

3.A Darkness Strange and Lovely

Release Date: July 23rd

4.Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Release Date: August 27th

5.Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Between, #1)

Release Date: August 15th

6.Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Release Date: August 27th

7.In the After by Demitria Lunetta

Release Date: June 25th

8.Belladonna by Fiona Paul

Belladonna (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #2)

Release Date: July 16th

9.Deception by C.J. Redwine

Release Date: August 27th

10.Hover by Melissa West

Release Date: August 6th

Those are the books that i'm really looking forward to this summer!

What about you?

Saturday, June 15, 2013

REVIEW: Eve by Anna Carey

Where do you go when nowhere is safe?

Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns the shocking truth about her school's real purpose and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she's ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Arden, her former rival from school, and Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust... and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.

In this epic new series, Anna Carey imagines a future that is both beautiful and terrifying.

Goodreads

THE RUN-DOWN

Many children have been left orphaned after a deadly virus, Eve included. She, only many other girls, go to a special school. They learn things that most schools would learn, but they also learn things like "The Dangers of Men". Eve is the most intelligent, most obedient, and the most beautiful girl at the school, but when graduation comes close, she realizes what the school is really about, and what being the best really means.

MY THOUGHTS

There was only one major problem that I had with this book: Eve.
Eve is a very ignorant girl. She's intelligent, as mentioned above, but that's in a school that lied to her, she's very ignorant to the world. I can understand why she was written as an ignorant girl, though. Her school lied to her almost her whole life and she never really went outside the school grounds. She didn't know the truth of the world. It's this fact that I an able to deal with her ignorance. Although, her ignorance does lead her to say embarrassing things and make stupid decisions. I get the feeling that she will be smarter in the next book.

That's really the only thing that bugged me. Sure, some things didn't quite make sense

But, overall, I did like this book. The idea was very interesting and I look forward to the next book.

I hereby give this book

3 Wheels

Meaning: I liked it but it's one wheel away from being amazing.

Stacking the Shelves #15

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 (or weeks in my case).

P.S. If you click the book's link, it will take you to the GoodReads page.

I was supposed to do this last week but was too busy, so here are THREE WEEKS WORTH OF BOOKS!

Books I've Read The Last THREE Weeks!