Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Getting Copies of Books and publicity

From looking at others blogs, some blog writers say things like 'oh I can't request ARC's because my mailbox runnith over with books I didn't even request and I don't have time to read them all'

Say WHAATTT???

How is this happening?!! I have read to request ARC's from publishers. I don't exactly know what that means. Say a book is published by Penquin, am I supposed to contact Penquins marketing department and tell them the book name? And repeat each time? 

Also, I have tried repeatedly to get on the YA book blog directory in hopes of increasing my followers with the idea that more followers = more free books, however I can't seem to get on the list?! If anyone has an 'in' with the blogger over there please let her know that I am a unique blog. Unique meaning, last time I checked for my blog I was VERY excited to see I had been added. Kind of. Instead of 'Hey read this book' there was a blog titled 'Read this Book'. After following the link I realized that this is not my blog and I am thinking when she receives my requests she thinks I am already on the list.

How do you receive ARC's? I don't even care if they are ARC's or just new releases, or books in my YA genre that aren't receiving a lot of press etc.

You know you love me

WG (writer girl)

(I'm currently reading GG novels and HAD to do it. I won't do it again though, promise)

The Eternal ones - Kirsten Miller

The Eternal Ones

Wow. So this was an amazing book! I wasn't sure if it was up my alley as far as the genre. The description makes it seem kind of supernatural but not really, but it turned out far greater than my expectations. As an added bonus, it is thick! So I got the enjoyment for longer.

There are some people who keep coming back in life, whether it be love, or hate, or desire. Haven is one of those people. She doesn't understand her visions and try's to squelch them for as long as she can since everyone in her hometown thinks she is a freak and her grandma believes she is possessed by the devil himself. After a few events, she starts to believe she is seeing a past life and escapes her small town in search of the boy she has dreamed about her whole life in order to find out the truth once and for all.

She isn't the only one who keeps coming back and not everyone is coming back for pure love. Or rather, those that do, may not be as pure of heart as she is.


This one flaw or thing I found in this book that I didn't like was that it kept saying that only a few people come back for more rounds, however, the requirements to come back aren't much (love??) so why wouldn't everyone keep coming back? It kept being brought up and each time it just jelled weirdly in my mind. but hey, great book regardless.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Visit to the bookstore tonight! New Books *Wishlist*

                                  The Eternal Ones - Kirsten Miller
The Eternal OnesI actually am about to start reading this book when I finish blogging. I am kind of nervous because it doesn't seem exactly up my alley, but it keeps popping up everywhere I look so I am going to give it a try.






      Unraveled - Gena Showalter (sequel to Intertwined)
Unraveled
Am I a bad blogger for not knowing about this book before today? I really enjoyed the first one, so I am super excited to get this book and read it.

In intertwined the first novel in this series, Aden has more problems than your run of the mill boy, in that he has 4 souls, stuck in his mind, listening to, reacting to, and discussing with him every little thing he does. He also attracts the dead,... that is, being near them wakes them and they try to kill him. Thne he meets Mary Anne, and she neutralizes whatever it is going on in his brain and they become connected. That itsself is not without problems. It has been a long time since I read this book and for that I apologize for not being able to give a stellar recap, (thus the reason I started the blog!) HOWEVER, I do remember this being a great book and I can't wait to get my hands on Unraveled and see how this story continues.


Nevermore
Nevermore - Kelly Creagh

Is this just the sexiest cover you've ever seen in the young adult section or what?
The back of the novel reads like so, and I will be sure to review it once I get a copy.

Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project, which is due—so unfair—on the day of the rival game. Cold and aloof, sardonic and sharp-tongued, Varen makes it clear he’d rather not have anything to do with her either. But when Isobel discovers strange writing in his journal, she can’t help but give this enigmatic boy with the piercing eyes another look.

Soon, Isobel finds herself making excuses to be with Varen. Steadily pulled away from her friends and her possessive boyfriend, Isobel ventures deeper and deeper into the dream world Varen has created through the pages of his notebook, a realm where the terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life.
As her world begins to unravel around her, Isobel discovers that dreams, like words, hold more power than she ever imagined, and that the most frightening realities are those of the mind. Now she must find a way to reach Varen before he is consumed by the shadows of his own nightmares.

His life depends on it.


Paranormalcy
Paranormalcy- Kiersten White

This book I have actually been reading about for a while in an email newsletter I get. Seems they are promoting it hard. I don't know much else about the book except what I read on the inside cover which is as follows...

Evie's always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, and she's the only person who can see paranormals for what they really are.


The Haunted (The Hollow, Book 2)

The Haunted - Jessica Verday (The Hollow, Book 2)

Did anyone else notice that The Hollow got a new cover? A few books tonight I noticed at the bookstore actually got new covers. The are already popular books, and new at that, so why the new cover? IDK. Either way, The Hollow, was a great book and to refresh your memory, Abbey's best friend vanishes and everyone assumes she is dead. The two goths spent nearly all their time at the local cemetary and while dealing with Kristens dissapearance, Abbey isn't scared away from their safe hideout and learns things about her best friend that she is hurt to find out.

Betrayal (Immortal)
Beytraval - Gillian Shields ( Sequel to Immortal)

In Immortal, Evie is at an all girls boarding school where she somehow meets Sebastian, a handsome stranger that will only meet her at night. Turns out she is the descendant of someone important to Sebastian and for him to 'live' he must kill her. Considering they have fallen in love this is quite the predicament that hopefully the sequel Betrayal can clear up for us.


Before I Fall
Before I fall - Lauren Oliver
 
We have all heard of this book or at least we should. The thing I am wondering is why? This is not my normal genre but it keeps popping up everywhere I turn. Has anyone read this? Is it worth my time, or is it just another pretty cover?

 
 

Prophecy of the Sisters (Prophecy of the Sisters Trilogy, Book I)

Prophecy of the Sisters - Michelle Zink

Twins, one fated for good, one potentially fated for evil. Nough said.







Fangs for Freaks (Half-Blood Vampire Novels)

Fangs for Freaks - Serena Robar

This new series looks VERY promising, except that it looks almost too easy of a read. Maybe just meant for a little younger audience than me, but I still want to check it out. This is a series about a sorority house for half blood vampires.





Immortal Beloved (Immortal Beloved (Cloth - Trilogy))Immortal Beloved - Cate Tiernan 

After taking a picture of this book on my camera phone and coming home and looking it up, I am really kicking myself for not buying it. Amazon and Barnes and Noble online show it's release date as not being until Sept 7th but my bookstore already had it. Weird. From Amazon, the first paragraph about this book is this "Nastasya has spent the last century living as a spoiled, drugged-out party girl. She feels nothing and cares for no one. But when she witnesses her best friend, a Dark Immortal, torture a human, she realizes something's got to change. She seeks refuge at a rehab for wayward immortals, where she meets the gorgeous, undeniably sexy Reyn, who seems inexplicably linked to her past"

I'm sold. I want this book now.

Infinite Days - Rebecca Maizel ... and a House of Night Series Rant

Uggh!!! Look at this Gorgeous book! It is even more stunning in person, the whole cover glitters, and wow. This cover is amazing artwork. I love how it is so classic looking yet the F in infinite is slightly leaking blood. UGHHH!

Why am I uggghinngg?? I back of the book is amazing too! It reads this .....


"Throughout all my histories, I found no one I loved more than you...no one."

Those were some of Rhode's last words to me. The last time he would pronounce his love. The last time I would see his face.It was the first time in 592 years I could take a breath. Lay in the sun. Taste.
Rhode sacrificed himself so I, Lenah Beaudonte, could be human again. So I could stop the blood lust. I never expected to fall in love with someone else that wasn't Rhode.But Justin was...daring. Exciting. More beautiful than I could dream.
I never expected to be sixteen again...then again, I never expected my past to come back and haunt me...



Also the book says in parentheses online (Vampire Queen). Uber coolness. This book was horrible! I couldn't make myself read it and I really really wanted to. I still want. Has anyone else read it and had a different opinion? Please tell me if so. If you have a copy and you loved the book so much you really want me to read it, if someone donates it I will promise to read it. I had to return my copy to the library because I was tired of the frustration.

It seemed so utterly ... trying too hard. Yes I get it, she hasn't been awake in 100 years. Thats no reason to spend the rest of the book (or as far as I read), explaining why she woke up when her alarm clock went off (because she read the directions on that silly machine) or how she is learning to talk like normal teenagers.

I haven't cringed so hard since the house of night series novel 'Hunted' or 'Tempted'. They are all blurring together. Whichever book it was that finally got to the point where Zoey had so many boys that it no longer became nightbiting and like you actually cared who she ended up with but just pathetic. Horrible writing and I am ashamed at that family churning out books every 5 days. (estimate). Seriously, in the book I gave up reading that series on, she had 4 guys that I can remember. Including the evil but hot whatever his name is that she was bound to or whatever. Then Erick, then her human bf, then the guy with the crossbow that saved her that I think was a dead fledgling. At some point it stops being romantic. Oh and the 'twins', the one white girl and one black. Yeah, your really hip and in with whats going on. Oh, and the gay guy. What is she missing in these novels besides a plot?