Teaser Tuesdays #21

By Should Be Reading!

• Grab your current read
  
• Open to a random page
  
• Share two (or, like I prefer, suitable amount!) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
  
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I strode through the living room into the dining room.
Sure enough, he was there.

Feet on my table, the same romance novel he had been perusing before in his hand, cup of coffee steaming on the table in front of him.

How did he find where I hid the pile of books? Did he go through my coat closet?

Banshee Charmer by Tiffany Allee

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

The Goddess Test by
Aimee Carter

Published: April 19th 2011
Publisher: Harlequin
Format : Paperback
Pages: 293
Series: The Goddess Test #1
Source : Borrowed
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It's always been just Kate and her mom — and her mother is dying.

Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home.

So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear her mother won't live past the fall.
Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing.
He claims to be Hades, god of the Underworld — and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive while Kate tries to pass seven tests.

Kate is sure he's crazy — until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead.
Now saving her mother seems crazily possible.

If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride, and a goddess.

*MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS*
As the synopsis tells us, Kate's mum is dying of cancer, and wants to move her hometown, Eden. While waiting for her to die, Kate attends school and actually manages to find a friend, a boy called James with big ears.
And of course, there's the queen bee Ava, who just wants to trick Kate, not actually be her friend. What a surprise!
Well, that doesn't end up so well, but luckily Henry comes to rescue. And eventually Kate will be trying to pass the seven tests to become the queen of the Underworld.

I know, another book about Greek mythology! I've read few of those now, but I'm so happy that this also managed to have it's own voice, and wasn't just a copy of a copy of a copy. Phew.

I must warn you, if you wish to read a book about Greek mythology with 100% accuracy, I suggest you pass this one. This is more like Greek gods go carebear and Hades goes emo, but if you like good fiction with huge amounts of romance, you are in for a treat.

As a character, Kate's kind of annoying. She's the sweet little mother Theresa, so no wonder she bugs me sometimes! If asked, she would probably sacrifice herself for a butterfly, cause, you know, that butterfly is like so amazing and precious and deserves to live so much more than she does!
But, she'll grow on you. Damn. Be warned.
So in the end, I didn't hate her, just wanted things to go okay.

Before Goddess tests, Hades was married to Persephone, but that marriage hit the rocks. And that is how Hades became the moping emo.
And that's what he does most of the time, mopes. And is being all stoic and stiff. So as a character, he's not the most likable. Hot, but not really raising any strong feelings.
Except of course there's that little cavewoman screaming inside you "Oh, alfa male, ravish me!", but let's just forget about that..

And then the guy with the big ears! I think I fell in love with him! And I mean the second his big ears were mentioned. So, now I of course wish that he and Kate would have their happily ever after with some juicy triangle drama. ♥ Shame on me.
He was just more alive and a little evil and he has some big ears. Gosh.

I'm fine with some carebear gods and moping Hades, I just want more of this!

Lunch break!

This week, I'll be stuck with some employment project, so not so much time for reading :P Aargh!

At least I was able to finish Goddess Interrupted before leaving this morning.
But memes have to wait till I get home this afternoon, I'm just having a lunch break right now. And what do I do, of course write to my blog..! Maybe I should start using Twitter, it would be so much more convenient!

Well, now back to the project "love-yourself-as-an-employee/let's-write-another-cv-because-after-21-years-of-school-you-just-can't-do-it"!

Monthly Recap: March

This was one of those months when I felt I didn't do any reading, but after listing all the books here, I have to admit I may have been wrong :)

I read

Best Reads


Again, some grrrrreat books! :)

The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

Published: June 29th 2010
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Format : Paperback
Pages: 304
Series: #1
Source : Bought from Book Depository
Amazon | Book Depository

Alona Dare – Senior in high school, co-captain of the cheerleading squad, Homecoming Queen three years in a row, voted most likely to marry a movie star…and newly dead.

I’m the girl you hated in high school. Is it my fault I was born with it all-good looks, silky blond hair, a hot bod, and a keen sense of what everyone else should not be wearing? But my life isn’t perfect, especially since I died. Run over by a bus of band geeks—is there anything more humiliating? As it turns out, yes—watching your boyfriend and friends move on with life, only days after your funeral. And you wouldn’t believe what they’re saying about me now that they think I can’t hear them. To top it off, I’m starting to disappear, flickering in and out of existence. I don’t know where I go when I’m gone, but it’s not good. Where is that freaking white light already?


Will Killian – Senior in high school, outcast, dubbed “Will Kill” by the popular crowd for the unearthly aura around him, voted most likely to rob a bank…and a ghost-talker.

I can see, hear, and touch the dead. Unfortunately, they can also see, hear and touch me. Yeah, because surviving high school isn’t hard enough already. I’ve done my best to hide my “gift.” After all, my dad, who shared my ability, killed himself because of it when I was fifteen. But lately, pretending to be normal has gotten a lot harder. A new ghost—an anonymous, seething cloud of negative energy with the capacity to throw me around—is pursuing me with a vengeance. My mom, who knows nothing about what I can do, is worrying about the increase in odd incidents, my shrink is tossing around terms like “temporary confinement for psychiatric evaluation,” and my principal, who thinks I’m a disruption and a faker, is searching for every way possible to get rid of me. How many weeks until graduation?

*MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS*
I don't know what it is with me and the cheerleaders! In general, I can't stand them, but they usually do bring some (quality) action to books, so I find them irresistable. And when cheerleader dies and becomes a ghost, well, that's just the book I have to read!

As mentioned, Alona dies, becomes a ghost and since Will is some sort of "ghost whisperer", for the first time ever they have to actually talk to each other.

Will thinks Alona is the typical cheerleader; perfect on the outside, b*tch in the inside. And Alona thinks just as nice things about Will; some freakish goth lurking in the corners.

But after getting to know each other, they are both proven wrong. I think this was the best part of the book, when they actually get to know each other and learn their deepest and darkest secrets. I'm in love with their relationship, since it progress so naturally.
Well, if you can call a relationship between a living boy and a dead girl natural, of course.

We also have some "bad guys" hanging around, good stories usually have! Just so our main characters can join together in united front and eventually have some makeout sessions.. Me, a fan of makeout sessions, no way! ;)

Overall, if you want some good entertainment, this is right book for you! It's exciting with some humorous moments and romantic scenes between living boy and dead girl (may sound disgusting, but it's quite sweet, actually), and leaves you craving for more :)

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Waiting on Wednesday #21

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

My Heart Be Damned (Damned #1) by Chanelle Gray

Expected publication July 15th 2012


If you're a Hunter, there are only three things you must know about the Damned. The Damned can't lie, can't live without a body, and can't leave you alone.

Amerie Carter has the blood of a Hunter, unfortunately. She is one of a rare line of women who, upon her sixteenth birthday, will come into extraordinary powers used to hunt the Damned; escaped souls from Hell who take up residence in human bodies. It's supposed to be her sweet sixteen, but Amerie has never dreaded a day more, and her worst fears are confirmed as the celebration turns tragic when her mother is killed.

Grief-stricken, Amerie vows to never hunt a day in her life. She's determined to hide behind normalcy, attending school, hanging out with her friends and working an after-school job at The Hut. All Amerie wants is to be left alone. But try telling the Damned that. The harder Amerie tries to ignore her powers, the more the Damned come looking for her.

When an attack leaves one of Amerie's friends in the hospital, and endangers the lives of her fellow students, she knows she has no choice: Hunt or Be Hunted. Thankfully, the gorgeous, secretive, and so-off-limits Marshall offers to train Amerie to take out her supernatural enemies. But training with Marshall means leading lying to her friends, her family, and confronting the mysterious circumstances surrounding her mother’s death.

Amerie soon discovers she’s not the only one with something to hide, Marshall's secrets might kill her before the Damned get the chance.

WWW Wednesday #23

By Should be Reading!

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
  
• What did you recently finish reading?
  
• What do you think you’ll read next?
  

What are you currently reading?

Where It Began by Ann Redisch Stampler

I'm not so happy with this right now, hopefully if I stuck with it, it gets better.

What did you recently finish reading?

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

I had some huge expectations, so maybe that's why I was disappointed with this.

What do you think you'll read next?

The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) by Julie Kagawa

After I finish Grave Mercy, I could start reading this!

Formspring!

I've never heard before about Formspring, just learned about it through Vicky, and love it!

So I had to get my own, too!

You can find me in here: http://www.formspring.me/mindreading, go ahead and ask me anything!

Of course, I don't really like questions like "Are you stupid" or "Why is your a$$ so fat?"
(answers: "no" and "because I like to eat <3"), but you can ask basically about anything else! :)

Here's also the widget, so all you have to do is write a question and hit send!
Or it should be that easy, if the widget works..

Let's hope so!

Teaser Tuesdays #20

By Should Be Reading!

• Grab your current read
  
• Open to a random page
  
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
  
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"The hospital said you weren't there anymore. Thanks god! You're out of your coma. You remember me, right?" She sounds exactly the same.

"Duh. Who said I was in a coma?"

"Your mom. Kind of. And Gabby, people gossip. Everybody knows. Are you all right?"

It is hard to know which aspect of not all right to start with.

"My face looks like it belongs in a body bag, but yeah. And no coma. I just don't remember the crash."

Where It Began by Ann Redisch Stampler