Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things That Instantly Make Me Pick Up A Book

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

This is a difficult one for me to come up with...

It's usually the whole synopsis that makes me want to read a book, not certain words or topics.
But there are a few...

1. ALIENS!!!!!
I have an OBSESSION with aliens!! But I am sad to say that there are just not enough alien books.
Some awesome alien books: 
             

2. Time Travel
I also LOVE time travel! I'm a big Doctor Who fan and have dreams of inventing the time machine! So books about time travel? HECK YES!
Some awesome time travel books: 
           


3. Pretty Covers
This is kind of self-explanatory. You see a book with a pretty cover, you wanna pick it up.
Some pretty covers:  (I can go on and on and on with this one)
                       

4. Blue Covers
I have an unusual attraction to blue covers. Maybe there's just a lot of blue covers, I don't know. But I seem to read A LOT of books with blue covers.
As proof of how many blue books I read, here are the blue books I read this month: 
                               

6. Dystopian Settings
Dystopian is my favorite genre, so if a synopsis mentions a dystopian world, I add it to my To-Read list.
Some awesome dystopian books:  (I could honestly go on and on about dystopian books)
                           
7. Post-Apocalyptic
Same thing as Dystopian books. If it mentions the Apocalypse, I want to read it.
(Favorites very similar to the dystopians, since Goodreads can't tell the difference between dystopians and apocalyptic books...)

8. Ghosts
I get scared easily, but for some odd reason, I love ghost stories.
Some awesome books with ghosties in it: 
                  

9. Zombies
I don't know why I like zombie books... maybe because they are usually apocalyptic?
Some awesome zombie books: 
          

10. Superpowers
I haven't big a big fan of this lately. I have always wanted superpowers, which is why I used to like this topic, but now this is getting overplayed in books.
Some awesome books with superpowers in it: 
                     
Probably the only books series I've read that has non-paranormal related superpowers...

So, what makes you pick up a book?

Waiting on Wednesday: Icons by Margaret Stohl

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...

Goodreads Description:

Your heart beats only with their permission.

Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol's family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting.

Since then, Dol has lived a simple life in the countryside -- safe from the shadow of the Icon and its terrifying power. Hiding from the one truth she can't avoid.

She's different. She survived. Why?

When Dol and her best friend, Ro, are captured and taken to the Embassy, off the coast of the sprawling metropolis once known as the City of Angels, they find only more questions. While Ro and fellow hostage Tima rage against their captors, Dol finds herself drawn to Lucas, the Ambassador's privileged son. But the four teens are more alike than they might think, and the timing of their meeting isn't a coincidence. It's a conspiracy.

Within the Icon's reach, Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas discover that their uncontrollable emotions -- which they've always thought to be their greatest weaknesses -- may actually be their greatest strengths.

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Why am I waiting? 
One word: ALIENS!!!!!

Stacking the Shelves #12

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.

Books I've Read The Last Two Weeks!

               

               

                

           

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Old Magic by Marianne Curley

The Roar by Emma Clayton

The Whisper by Emma Clayton

Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger

Boys that Bite by Mari Mancusi

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Light by Michael Grant

Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston

Emotionally Charged by Selina Fenech

Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Undead Much? by Stacey Jay

XVI by Julia Karr

Checked Out From The Library!

                  

                   

Slated by Teri Terry

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers

Wasteland by Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan

Impostor by Jill Hathaway

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Yeah... I ignored the voice in my head telling me to not check out any books!

Books Bought! 

                 

Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

The Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa

My Love Lies Bleeding (Hearts at Stake) by Alyxandra Harvey

Blood Coven Vampires: Volume 1 by Mari Mancusi

I took a trip to the lovely used bookstore!

BOOKS WON!

Conjure by Lea Nolan

Thanks to YA Scavenger Hunt!!!

What books did you haul in this week(s)?

Waiting on Wednesday: The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

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...

                                                             Goodreads Description:

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop.

So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she's beginning to enjoy his company.

She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.

I usually don't read contemporary books but I LOVED Pivot Point (which is by the same author) so I am very curious about this book!

RECENT COVER REVEALS!! (April 9th 2013)

There has been a lack of cover reveals lately, so this is my first cover reveals post in weeks!

Daylighters (Morganville Vampires #15)

Doesn't really scream "VAMPIRES!" (unless you read the text), but it does scream "Daylight"...

(I usually post links for all books in the series, but as you might have noticed, this is a pretty long series.)

Link to Daylighters

Angel Fever (Angel #3)

I showed the cover reveal for the UK cover earlier here, and in all honesty, I like this cover much much much better!

Link to Angel (book 1)

Link to Angel Fire (book 2)

Link to Angel Fever

The Iron Traitor (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #2)

To me this says "Iron Fey" more than "Call of the Forgotten" but it is a spin-off series...

Link to The Lost Prince (book 1)

Link to The Iron Traitor

Unsouled (Unwind #3)

I have yet to read UnWholly, I really want to, but it might be a better idea for me to wait until this book comes out. Since I haven't read UnWholly, it's hard to judge this cover, but it is creepy...

Link to Unwind (book 1)

Link to UnWholly (book 2)

Link to UnSouled

Scorched 

And that, my friends, is a kick-butt cover!

Link to Scorched

Elegy (Watersong #4)

I have yet to read this series, but these books have pretty covers!

Link to Wake (book 1)

Link to Lullaby (book 2)

Link to Tidal (book 3)

Link to Elegy