Stacking the Shelves #20

A meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where all the book nerds can post about the lovely (or not so lovely) books that they've 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 in the Last TWO WEEKS!

            

            

               

                

               

          

Solstice by P.J. Hoover

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer

Hare Moon by Carrie Ryan

Blood-Kissed Sky by J.A. London

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Midnight Frost by Jennifer Estep

Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs

Fable by Chanda Hahn

Wake by Amanda Hocking

Unwholly by Neal Shusterman

Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton

Infinityglass by Myra McEntire

Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis

Fearless by Brigid Kemmerer

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

After Daybreak by J.A. London

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

Checked Out From The Library!

Physical Copies:

            

            

              

Born of Illusion by Teri Brown

Sweet Legacy by Tera Lynn Childs

The Ward by Jordanna Frankel

Fire With Fire by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

Parallel by Lauren Miller

Starglass by Phoebe North

Gated by Amy Christine Parker

Deception by C.J. Redwine

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

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

After Daybreak by J.A. London

This Strange and Familiar Place by Rachel Carter

Ebook Copies:

          

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 

Fearless by Brigid Kemmerer

Hare Moon by Carrie Ryan

Books Bought

        

    

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

Along For the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass

I got these for only $3 (all together) at a library sale.

    

   

Hover by Melissa West

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

I've already read Throne of Glass, but I really needed my own copy!!!!

So, what books did you get/read?

Cover vs. Cover: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

I've been seeing this every so often on blogs and decided to do one of my own!
Basically, I take two different covers of the same book (whether they be from different countries or just cover changes) and  pick which is is the best!
For my first pick I am doing...

       VS.    

Original                                                           Redesign

The first one is an okay cover, but the annoying thing about it is that it's just a girl in a runway dress.

Sure, the background and the title art make you of shattered glass (which is somewhat relevant to the book) but the dress just doesn't work...

The redesign is obviously beautiful! While an eyeball doesn't really have anything to do with the book, it is still an amazing cover!

Final Verdict: REDESIGN

Waiting on Wednesday: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

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:
"You have to kill him." Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.

Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present—imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside. 

Marina has loved her best friend James since the day he moved next door when they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America’s most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James’s life crumbles apart, and with it, Marina’s hopes for their future. Now someone is trying to kill him. Marina will protect James, no matter what. Even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it. At least not as the girl she once was. 

Goodreads Link

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This book sounds so good and i've been hearing so many great things about it!!

What books are you waiting for?

REVIEW: A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young

We all want to be remembered. Charlotte's destiny is to be forgotten.

Charlotte's best friend thinks Charlotte might be psychic. Her boyfriend thinks she's cheating on him. But Charlotte knows what's really wrong: She is one of the Forgotten, a kind of angel on earth who feels the Need - a powerful, uncontrollable draw to help someone, usually a stranger.

But Charlotte never wanted this responsibility. What she wants is to help her best friend, whose life is spiraling out of control. She wants to lie in her boyfriend's arms forever. But as the Need grows stronger, it begins to take a dangerous toll on Charlotte. And who she was, is, and will become - her mark on this earth, her very existence - is in jeopardy of disappearing completely.

Charlotte will be forced to choose: Should she embrace her fate as a Forgotten, a fate that promises to rip her from the lives of those she loves forever? Or is she willing to fight against her destiny - no matter how dark the consequences?

Charlotte is one of the forgotten.
A kind of angel that this "Need" to help people.
Whether it's someone whose about to commit suicide or someone whose guilty of a crime.
Charlotte's job is to get them do the right thing.
Cool right?
But it's not that easy.
Eventually you will start to fade.
At first people will only forget things like something you said or a memory about you from years ago.
Until no one even remembers you.
Not your friends, family, anyone.
You will cease to have ever existed.
It's easy to see why Charlotte doesn't want this to happen.

I really did like the idea behind this book!
It was such a new an original concept on angels!
So why did I only give this book 2 stars?
Well... Charlotte had a boyfriend.
It was one of those relationships where they were like "we are going to be together forever!"

I'm sorry ,children, but you do realize that YOU'RE STILL IN HIGHSCHOOL!!!
It's relationships like this that always make me wanna yell "IT ISN'T GONNA LAST!!"
Thankfully, this was a cute/sappy/annoying relationship unlike those creepy/stalker/pedophile relationships that are oh so popular in YA fiction.
So thumbs up for them!

I hereby give this book:

2.5 Wheels

Meaning: It was okay, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to.

Goodreads Link

RECENT COVER REVEALS: August 2013 Edition

August was a very slow cover reveal month, but here's the few covers that were revealed.

Altered (Crewel World #2)

While this is a cool cover, i'm upset that it doesn't match the original cover of the first book!
I just got a copy of that book and now my covers won't match!!!
Link to Crewel (book 1)
Link to Altered

Reborn (Shadow Falls After Dark #1)

Meh, It's an okay cover but it's very generic.
And I expected the spin-off series to look more like it is a spin-off series (by the covers matching at least a little bit)
Link to Reborn

Til Death (Fractured Souls #1)

This cover doesn't WOW me, but I don't hate it either so...

Link to Til Death

Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3)

This series have nothing whatsoever to do with eyes, but the covers are GORGEOUS!!!
Link to Shatter Me (book 1)
Link to Unravel Me (book 2)
Link to Ignite Me

The Transfer: A Divergent Story

It's a cool cover, but the train actually had to be pointed out for me.
Link to The Transfer
Link to Divergent (book 1)
Link to Insurgent (book 2)
Link to Allegiant (book 3)

The Geography of You and Me

I absolutely love the font in these covers!!!
Link to The Geography of You and Me

Chantress Alchemy (Chantress #2)

Something bugs me about this cover, but i'm not quite sure what...
The girl? The random boy?
Link to Chantress (book 1)
Link to Chantress Alchemy

Arcadia Falls (Arcadia #3)

I don't really have an opinion on this cover, but it does much the others in the series...
Arcadia Awakens (book 1)
Arcadia Burns
Link to Arcadia Falls

The Winner's Curse

When I first saw this book, it took me awhile to figure out what the text was saying.
But other than that, this is a really pretty cover...
(Did anyone else notice that she's grasping the R?)

Link to The Winner's Curse

Unravel (Linked #2)

I really love the whole reflection and the shatter effect on the girl! (And it matches the first book!)
Link to Linked (book 1)

Link to Unravel

World After (Penryn & the End of Days #2)

I was so happy when this cover was finally revealed!!
I LOVED the first book and I really wanted to pre-order this book, but I didn't want to pre-order it until the cover was released.
It is a really nice cover!
Link to Angelfall (book 1)
Link to World After

Chasing Before (The Memory Chronicles #2)

I'm not a big fan of this cover,
What is up with her eyes? And her hand?
Link to The Memory of After (Previously known as Level 2)(book 1)
Link to Chasing Before

So, which cover is your favorite?

Waiting on Wednesday: Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

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:

Juliette now knows she may be the only one who can stop the Reestablishment. But to take them down, she'll need the help of the one person she never thought she could trust: Warner. And as they work together, Juliette will discover that everything she thought she knew-about Warner, her abilities, and even Adam-was wrong.

Goodreads link

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What books are you waiting on?

REVIEW: In the After by Demitria Lunetta

They hear the most silent of footsteps.

They are faster than anything you've ever seen.

And They won't stop chasing you...until you are dead.

Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy’s house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs.

After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy soon realizes that unless things change, she’ll lose Baby—and much more.

Rebellious, courageous, and tender, this unforgettable duo will have you on the edge of your seat as you tear through the pulse-pounding narrow escapes and horrifying twists of fate in this thrilling debut from author Demitria Lunetta.

Goodreads

I feel left out in the way that everyone else seems to love this book.
Did I like this book? Yes. Did I love it? No.
I see this book as being separated into two parts:
PART ONE:
Shows how Amy survived "the After" so far and how she discovered Baby (A little girl). I enjoyed this part. I liked hearing about how Amy survived this new world and how she and Baby became sisters to each other.
While reading the first part, I thought I just discovered a new favorite.

PART TWO:
Part two is much larger than part one.
This part takes place after the rescue and it shows how life is in the utopia of New Hope.
This part also switches in a way that it shows what is happening "presently", after the rescue, and what will happen in the future.
I found this really interesting. I kept flipping the pages because I had to know howAmy got to that point! 

What made me not enjoy the 2nd part is hard to tell. Was it the predictability? The dragging on? Maybe a little bit of both.

Another thing that I would like to mention is that there is a "romance". I put that in quotations because I was never quite sure if the feelings were of the romantic type. There was one kiss and then there's absolutely no mention of it again and no hint of anymore romance. I just think that it might have been better if there was no "romance".

Conclusion:
I actually did enjoy most of the book but I just couldn't put myself to like the 2nd part. 
I will be continuing this series!

I hereby give this book...

3 Wheels!

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