January 21, 2012

TBR Intervention Challenge [#15]

TBR Intervention is a weekly challenge hosted by Dani@RefractedLight, Anayami@Whatever You Can Still Betray & April@Books4Juliet. 

The goal of this challenge is to help each other (fellow readers and bloggers) manage our enormous and constantly growing TBR (To-Be-Read) List. The rules are simple and everyone is encouraged to participate. It does not force you to commit to more than what you can manage to read in a week or so, but participants are encouraged to read at least one book within a week. You are free to choose the book you want to read and commit to this challenge. You may post your entry every Saturday, at the frequency of your choice--EVERY WEEK or EVERY TWO WEEKS. However, we will sponsor this event regularly every Saturday.

Here are the rules:  

1. Post the book(s) you committed to read in your last TBR Intervention post and tell us something about it. Did you finish it? Did you enjoy it or not? Post the link to your review (if you have one).

2. Post a book that you want to read and already own. Pick something that has been sitting on your shelf for too long now (6 months or longer). Commit to read the book in the next couple of days or week.

3. Grab the TBR Intervention Button and post it on your blog sidebar so you will be constantly reminded of the challenge, making it easier for you to commit. This will also encourage other readers/bloggers/visitors to join the challenge.

4. Add the link to your post in the Linky below and make sure to visit the other blogs. Comment, encourage, and spread the love to our fellow readers.

Last weeks TBR books: 

Dark Flame

Author: Alyson Noel

Ok, so I'm not gonna post all three pics. Lol. So I finished both Halflings (which I enjoyed more than I thought I would), and Dark Flame. I liked Dark Flame a little more than Shadowland. It picked up just a little bit in Dark Flame. Not a lot, but enough to make me like it more than Shadowland. Lol. I'm currently reading Goddess Interrupted and right now I'm kind of enjoying it but I still feel like its in the same area I felt The Goddess Test was at. I'm hoping it gets better though since I'm not even halfway through the book yet. But you'll have to wait for my review of it until the end of February or early March. 

Review: Halflings by Heather Burch

Review: Dark Flame by Alyson Noel

This week I'm committing to read:

Vampire Academy

Author: Richelle Mead

Summary from Goodreads:

Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . .
Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever...

Ok, I've had this on my shelf for probably at least a year now. I know a lot of people like this series, which is why I picked it up. It's just soon after I picked it up I got bored of Vampire books. It's been a while since I really read a vampire book so I'm definitely up for reading this now! And plus I keep hear awesome things about this series so I really wanna get started on it. Lol.  

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January 21, 2012

Review: Dark Flame by Alyson Noel

Dark Flame (The Immortals #4)
Author: Alyson Noel
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: June 22, 2010
Pages: 320
Source: Hardcover/Own 

In Alyson Noel’s most darkly seductive Immortals novel yet, Ever fights for control of her body, her soul—and the timeless true love she’s been chasing for centuries. 

Ever is trying to help Haven transition into life as an immortal.  But with Haven drunk on her new powers and acting recklessly, she poses the ultimate threat—exposing their secret world to the outside.  As Ever struggles to keep the Immortals hidden, it only propels Haven closer to the enemy—Roman and his evil companions.

At the same time, Ever delves deeper into dark magick to free Damen from Roman’s power. But when her spell backfires, it binds her to the one guy who’s hell-bent on her destruction. Now there’s a strange, foreign pulse coursing through her, and no matter what she does, she can’t stop thinking about Roman—and longing for his touch.  As she struggles to resist the fiery attraction threatening to consume her, Roman is more than willing to take advantage of her weakened state…and Ever edges closer and closer to surrender.

Frantic to break the spell before its too late, Ever turns to Jude for help, risking everything she knows and loves to save herself—and her future with Damen …

Review: I did enjoy this one a little more than I enjoyed Shadowland. Dark Flame seemed to pick up the pace a little, not much, but enough for me to enjoy it more. So this review is probably gonna be shorter than my other reviews because I dont have as much to say about this book. Ok, so first of all. With Haven becoming an Immortal she turned into a serious jerk (because I'm not going to cuss in this review, so I cant say a certain other word). She acted like everything was about her. Ever and Damen were only trying to help her and protect her and she just completely blew them off. So much for "Best Friends". I found it really disturbing that due to the spell Ever had tried in Shadowland, that the dark magic kept attracting her to Roman. It seriously creeped me out.  I was glad when she found a way to get rid of the dark magic that was causing it. It made this much less weird. Lol. I was also happy that thanks to Ever getting rid of the dark magic and the things that were bringing her down and to the dark side she was able to find her way back into the Great Hall of Learning. And omg! This shocked me when I found out about it. Ava is apparently the twins aunt! Rayne & Romy's aunt came back as Ava! I found that so cool. (And Ava was the person who helped Ever get rid of the dark magic, so I kind of like Ava again). OMG! I was so mad at the end!!!!! Ever was finally getting through to Roman, and was so close to getting the antidote and then Jude just had to barge in there and kill Roman!!!! UGH!!!!!!! I kind of liked Jude up until that point. And what's worse is that when Haven found them, Ever got blamed for Romans death! I mean seriously, that was a WTF moment. I was seriously like are you kidding me??? That is so not fair! GRRR!!!!

3 Stars! 

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January 14, 2012

TBR Intervention Challenge [#14]

TBR Intervention is a weekly challenge hosted by Dani@RefractedLight, Anayami@Whatever You Can Still Betray & April@Books4Juliet. 

The goal of this challenge is to help each other (fellow readers and bloggers) manage our enormous and constantly growing TBR (To-Be-Read) List. The rules are simple and everyone is encouraged to participate. It does not force you to commit to more than what you can manage to read in a week or so, but participants are encouraged to read at least one book within a week. You are free to choose the book you want to read and commit to this challenge. You may post your entry every Saturday, at the frequency of your choice--EVERY WEEK or EVERY TWO WEEKS. However, we will sponsor this event regularly every Saturday.

Here are the rules:  

1. Post the book(s) you committed to read in your last TBR Intervention post and tell us something about it. Did you finish it? Did you enjoy it or not? Post the link to your review (if you have one).

2. Post a book that you want to read and already own. Pick something that has been sitting on your shelf for too long now (6 months or longer). Commit to read the book in the next couple of days or week.

3. Grab the TBR Intervention Button and post it on your blog sidebar so you will be constantly reminded of the challenge, making it easier for you to commit. This will also encourage other readers/bloggers/visitors to join the challenge.

4. Add the link to your post in the Linky below and make sure to visit the other blogs. Comment, encourage, and spread the love to our fellow readers.

Last weeks TBR book:

Halflings 

Author: Heather Burch

I havent finished Halflings yet but I'm pretty sure I will in like the next day so I'm still gonna pick a new book to read this week. So far I am enjoying Halflings. So far its looking like a 3 1/2 to 4 star review but I wont know for sure until I'm done. But like I said, I am enjoying it.








This week I'm committing to read:

Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test #2)
Author: Aimee Carter

Summary from Goodreads:

Kate Winters has won immortality.

But if she wants a life in the Underworld with Henry, she’ll have to fight for it.

Becoming immortal wasn’t supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she’s as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he’s becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate’s coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.

As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.

Henry’s first wife, Persephone.

And also:

Dark Flame
Author: Alyson Noel

Summary from Goodreads:  
In Alyson Noel’s most darkly seductive Immortals novel yet, Ever fights for control of her body, her soul—and the timeless true love she’s been chasing for centuries.

Ever is trying to help Haven transition into life as an immortal.  But with Haven drunk on her new powers and acting recklessly, she poses the ultimate threat—exposing their secret world to the outside.  As Ever struggles to keep the Immortals hidden, it only propels Haven closer to the enemy—Roman and his evil companions.

At the same time, Ever delves deeper into dark magick to free Damen from Roman’s power. But when her spell backfires, it binds her to the one guy who’s hell-bent on her destruction. Now there’s a strange, foreign pulse coursing through her, and no matter what she does, she can’t stop thinking about Roman—and longing for his touch.  As she struggles to resist the fiery attraction threatening to consume her, Roman is more than willing to take advantage of her weakened state…and Ever edges closer and closer to surrender.

Frantic to break the spell before its too late, Ever turns to Jude for help, risking everything she knows and loves to save herself—and her future with Damen …

Ok, so lets start off with Goddess Interrupted. I wasnt the biggest fan of The Goddess Test but I liked it enough to want to read the second and since I'm auto-accepted for Harlequin titles on NetGalley I decided to get it. I'm really hoping I like the second more than the first (because I'm optimistic like that). And seeing as I read The Goddess Test in like 3 or 4 hours I have a feeling I'll get through Goddess Interrupted in the same amount of time. Which is why I also chose Dark Flame. I really wanna finish The Immortals Series even though it fell really flat in Shadowland so I'm pushing on into reading Dark Flame. 

Ok, and just because I know a few of you have been very excited that I finally got to reading Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout I'll post my review of it for you guys! FYI, I REALLY LOVED IT! Lol. Review: Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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