Review: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Release Date: October 1st 2012
Series: White Rabbit Chronicles #1
Publisher: HarlequinTEEN
Source: received from publisher for review purposes
Format: Paperback
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My Rating: 

Alice Bell has lived her entire life with her father telling her and her sister about the monsters that roam the night time. Her father has always obsessed about the monsters, never letting his daughters out at night from pure fear of them. Everyone thinks that he has lost the plot.

Ali's sister desperately wants to perform in a dance recital. The only problem? It's at night, and her father would never go for it. This is where Ali steps in. For her sister she would do anything. Ali's birthday is coming up and her parents constantly forget, not much changes this year. Ali convinces her mum that it's ok, if they go to the recital. Somehow her parents are convinced and they go. The recital is a great success but now it's night time, and the Bell's are out in the open. 

Waiting on Wednesday #14

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Waiting on Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. For more information please visit her blog!

Mind Games by Kiersten White

Release Date: February 19 2013

Publisher: HarperTeen

Series: Mind Games #1

From Goodreads: "Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future. 

Teaser Tuesday #20

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB @ Should be Reading to give our readers a little preview of the book we are currently reading.

 The Boy Who Fell to Earth by Kathy Lette
Release Date: March 1st 2012
Publisher: Bantam Press
Pages: 320
Find it on Goodreads

"I tried hard to redeem the situation, but when Adam kissed me goodbye at Paddington station the next day it was with all the zeal of a tree sloth searching for a bit of wilted algae." - 117

"It was then I found myself looking at my ex-husband with new, warmer eyes, as though I had borrowed Merlin's vision. Listening to his Mellifluous tones, licentious feelings crept up on me, like fish twining through seaweed. I felt myself moving towrads my ex, as if drawn by the inexorable pull of a thread." - 263

What are you currently reading? Feel like giving me a little teaser?

Happy reading!

Blogspiration #12

Hi everyone!

Blogspiration is a weekly book meme hosted by Kristin @ Growing Up YA and Sarah @Saz101. This meme was created to share with our fellow readers a quote/picture/video to do with bookish or bloggy or inspiring things.

Even the smallest things in life can make a difference. Never underestimate the power you have. You could turn someones whole day around with just a smile. I know that there are days I have when I just feel meh at work and lovely chatty customer comes in to the bookstore and completely changes how I see the day.

What has been inspiring you of late?

Happy reading!



Review: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Release Date: October 2012 (first published 2001)
Pages:336
Publisher: Canongate
Format: Movie tie-in paperback
Source: Borrowed from a friend
Find it: Goodreads | Collins (AU)| Dymocks (AU) |Book Depository (INT) | Amazon (INT)

My Rating: 

From Goodreads: "Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.

The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true?

Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction. It's a story, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God."


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Waiting on Wednesday #13

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Waiting on Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. For more information please visit her blog!

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi 
Release Date: February 2013
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Series: Shatter Me #2

From Goodreads: "Juliette's world is beginning to unravel.
Everything is falling apart changing.

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point-the headquarters of the rebel resistance. There she discovers other people with abilities. Abilities they have learned to control. And for the first time in her life, Juliette has hope. Hope that she can have a life with Adam. Hope that her touch can be used to save instead of destroy.

Teaser Tuesday #19

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB @ Should be Reading  to give our readers a little preview of the book we are currently reading.

Warrior Princess by Frewin Jones
Release Date: February 1st 2009
Publisher: Eos
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"Watch my sword, not my face!" he said. 'I'm going to stab you, not bite you!"

Guest Review: Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella

Hi everyone! 

I have something very special in store for you today! A guest review!! My lovely friend, Sophie is here today to review one of her (and my) favourite books! Now here is a bit of background! Sophie and I met through a mutual friend and have since become really good friends! We convinced each other to start blogs. Mine a book blog and hers a beauty blog. Well here we both are now! So please make her feel welcome (though I know you will!).

Blogspiration #11

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Blogspiration is a weekly book meme hosted by Kristin @ Growing Up YA and Sarah @Saz101. This meme was created to share with our fellow readers a quote/picture/video to do with bookish or bloggy or inspiring things.

Review: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
Release Date: July 25th 2012
Pages: 376
Publisher: Harlequin Teen Australia
Source: Borrowed from a friend
Find it: Goodreads | Collins (AU) | Dymocks (AU) | Book Depository (INT) | Amazon (INT)

My Rating:  

From Goodreads: "No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.

Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again."

My first review of the New Year! HELLOOOOO everyone!!! :D I hope that you all had an absolutely fabulous Christmas and New Year. I have not had a whole lot of time for reading the last couple of weeks. I work in a bookstore and my hours for Christmas were a little crazy. But none the less I had a great holiday period. How was yours?

Waiting on Wednesday #12

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Waiting on Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. For more information please visit her blog!

Prodigy by Marie Lu
Release Date: January 2013
Publisher: Penguin
Series: Legend #2

From Goodreads: "June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and Day must assassinate the new Elector.

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Teaser Tuesday #18

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB @ Should be Reading  to give our readers a little preview of the book we are currently reading.

Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
Series: Shade #1
Release Date: May 4th 2010
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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"I sat on the witness stand, resisting the urge to scratch the maddening itch under my knee bandage. I'd looked out at this court room from the adjacent translators' seats countless times over the last few years. 

But this time I was speaking for myself." -271

Weekly Wrap Up

Hi everyone!

I've decided to do weekly wrap up posts, since I have been super good and have most of my posts scheduled for January and some of February already. I know other bloggers do this and I think it's a great idea to put all the posts from the week in one place for easy access!!

See below the bump for linky's!

Blogspiration #10

Hi everyone!

Blogspiration is a weekly book meme hosted by Kristin @ Growing Up YA and Sarah @Saz101. This meme was created to share with our fellow readers a quote/picture/video to do with bookish or bloggy or inspiring things. 

This is something I have always struggled with and this quote spoke to me loud and clear! It might for some of you too.

Happy reading!

(belated) 2012 Wrap Up!

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I know that this is a little late, but better late than never right?! So here it is my 2012 Wrap Up post! Courtesy of Jamie at The Perpetual Page Turner

Best In Books 2012
1. Best Book You Read In 2012?
Storm by Brigid Kemmerer, without a doubt. I am constantly recommending this to everyone. Seriously, the owner of the bookstore I work in has to keep this book in stock because if there is ever a customer wanting a YA recommendation, this is my go to. Click to see my raving review!

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?

Review: The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Diviners by Libba Bray
Release Date: November 2012
Pages: 578 pp
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Source: Received from Publisher
Find it on Goodreads

My Rating: 4/5 Stars

From Goodreads: "1920s New York. A teen clairvoyant. An old evil. It has begun...

Waiting on Wednesday #11

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This is my first WOW post in a while! But I felt that since it is the start of the new year that I should tell you all what I am looking forward to!

Waiting on Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. For more information please visit her blog!

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

Release Date: January 2013

Publisher: HarperCollins

Series: Under the Never Sky #2

From Goodreads: "It's been months since Aria last saw Perry. Months since Perry was named Blood Lord of the Tides, and Aria was charged with an impossible mission. Now, finally, they are about to be reunited. But their reunion is far from perfect. The Tides don't take kindly to Aria, a former Dweller. And with the worsening Aether storms threatening the tribe's precarious existence, Aria begins to fear that leaving Perry behind might be the only way to save them both.

Teaser Tuesday #17

Hi everyone!

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB @ Should be Reading  to give our readers a little preview of the book we are currently reading.

Saltwater Vampires by Kirsty Eagar
Release Date: August 30th 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books
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"They stared at each other for a long time. The rest of the world had gone somewhere else and everything that needed to be said was being said without talking. And Jamie knew how much he'd lost."

This one was hard for me to track down, but once I set my mind to something!! I had to buy this one off Ebay.

What are you currently reading?? And what are you thinking of it so far?

Happy reading!
- Amy