Review 170. Laini Taylor – Daughter of smoke and bone.

Title: Daughter of smoke and bone.

Author: Laini Taylor.
Pages: 418.
Published: September 27th 2011.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Sort: Part one of' ‘Daughter of smoke and bone.’

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that colour. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

                                                                         Rating: 

The only reason this is not a 5 stars book is the rough start. Around page 50 I was afraid this was one of those “hyped-book-everybody-loves-except-me” like Anna and the French kiss. This changed when I reached pages 124 and boy, I was so wrong! I was hooked by the mystery surrounding Karou’s true identity and all the secrets. This book was rich and detailed.

Debut-a-Thon.

Debut A Thon is hosted by Amber @ Books of Amber. 

My Goal: I'm just going to keep it low, so at least 2 books. You can find my sign up post over here: Read-a-thon page, where I show you some titles I might be reading this read-a-thon. 

Updates:
Thursday
Books Read: I've already started in Megan Shephard - The madman's daughter, but I've only read a couple of pages so I'm going to include it.
Thoughts: It's good!
# of books read: 0, I'm now on page 78.

Friday
Books Read: Finished Megan Shephard - The madman's daughter, Started Jane Nickerson - Strands of bronze and gold. 
Thoughts: The madman's daughter was good!
# of books read: 1.

Saturday
Books Read: I'm now reading Jane Nickerson - Strands of bronze and gold.
Thoughts: I like it so far!
# of books read: 1.

Sunday
Books Read: Finished Jane Nickerson - Strands of bronze and gold.
Thoughts: It was good!
# of books read: 2

Review 169. Amy Tintera – Reboot.

Title: Reboot.
Author: Amy Tintera.
Pages: 365.
Published: May 7th 2013.
Publisher: HarperTeen.
Sort: Part one of ‘Reboot’
Source: I received a review copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return. Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation). Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum. The perfect soldier is done taking orders.

Rating: 

I didn’t requested this book when I emailed Sarah from HarperCollins, but she was kind enough to provide a review copy from Reboot with the other books. And I’m happy she did, because it was exactly what I was looking for. A virus, action, kick ass characters and some romance: that’s how I like it!

It has been a great year when it comes to Dystopian books, so far. I’ve had some disappointing books (Mila  2.0 and Fragments) but Reboot can claim a spot among What’s left of me, Partials and Legend.

Showcase Sunday 32. HarperCollins.

I'm back! I still have some things to do, but I have more than enough time to come back to blogging and commenting :) My normal amount of reviews will be up from this Monday, but I want to end this week with a great haul - if I may say so myself.

Hosted by: Books, biscuits and tea.

Clicking on the covers will take you to Goodreads:

Feature & Follow 22.

I haven't done a FF post in a while and this seems the best opportunity for you guys to subscribe through RSS (which directs to Feedly) or Bloglovin'. I don't trust GFC anymore and like I said earlier, I'm thinking about deleting it completely. So if you want to keep following my blog, I would love it if you subscribe on the other platforms.

Hosted by: Allison can read.

Q: Activity: Favorite Literary Quote.

This is hard to pick. Being a booklover also means "having a lot of favorite quotes" to me. I will show you three random quotes from two books I love dearly: (I'm going to resist quoting Harry Potter)

Jodi Lynn Anderson - Tiger Lily.

“Sometimes I think that maybe we are just stories. Like we may as well just be words on a page, because we're only what we've done and what we are going to do.” 

" I like to think that nothing's final, and that everyone gets to be together even when it looks like they don't, that it all works out even when all the evidence seems to say something else, that you and I are always young in the woods, and that I'll see you sometime again, even if it's not with any kind of eyes I know of or understand. I wouldn't be surprised if that is the way things go after all - that all things end happy."

Markus Zusak - The book thief.

“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.” 

Review 168. E.D Baker – The wide-awake princess.

Title: The wide-awake princess.
Author: E.D Baker.
Pages: 216.
Published: May 11th 2010.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's.
Sort: Part one of ‘Wide-awake princess’

In this new stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty. When Gwennie pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only Annie is awake, and only Annie—blessed (or cursed?) with being impervious to magic—can venture out beyond the rose-covered hedge for help. She must find Gwen's true love to kiss her awake. But who is her true love? The irritating Digby? The happy-go-lucky Prince Andreas, who is holding a contest to find his bride? The conniving Clarence, whose sinister motives couldn't possibly spell true love? Joined by one of her father's guards, Liam, who happened to be out of the castle when the sleeping spell struck, Annie travels through a fairy tale land populated with characters both familiar and new as she tries to fix her sister and her family.. and perhaps even find a true love of her own.

Rating:

If I need to describe this book in one word it would be: CUTE. This book is adorable! With a fun twist to the original Sleeping beauty story, Baker creates a fun story about friendship and finding yourself.