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Thursday, January 29, 2015
The YMAs are coming!!!!
Groundhog Day 2015. Not because of Punxsutawney Phil, but because it's the day the Youth Media Awards will be announced.
What are the Youth Media Awards, or YMAs? You might know them better by their individual names: the Newbery, the Caldecott, the Printz, the Morris, plus a whole slew of others that honor stories and authors of books for young people.
I have no idea who will take this year's prizes, though we do have a short list for the Morris Award and the Nonfiction for Young Adults award.
My only prediction is the The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin will win some kind of recognition, but that's all I got. I can hardly wait!
Do you have any predictions?
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Julia Reviews It Takes Two to Tangle by Theresa Romain
How I got this book: Library ebook
Why I read this book: The third book in the series sounded interesting and I very, very rarely read books out of order. This is book one!
Rating: 4.5 stars
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Top Ten Books Jamie Would Want To Read If Her Book Club Read Adult Fiction
I have an amaaaazing YA book club made up of adult ladies (you can read my books I want to read with them) but sometimes I ponder what books I'd like to read/would pick if I had a book club that read adult fiction/non-fiction. I already did a post like this before on my own blog so this is basically part 2 of books I want to read with a book club!
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid (just snatched this up for $1.99 on kindle)
Have you guys read any of these?? Would they make a good book club pick??
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday FREEBIE: Bridget’s Top Ten Book Boyfriends
Just ‘cause I’m married doesn’t mean I can’t have book boyfriends! And since I wrote Top Ten Jerks in Literature for this week’s TTT over on my own blog, I thought I’d do a positive post over here at The Broke and the Bookish! So without further ado, here are my top ten book boyfriends:
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
Broke and Bookish Book Haul for 1/4 - 1/17
Daisy's Book Haul
Bought:
-Ensnared by A.G. Howard: YET IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! I will so read this as soon as I'm done typing up this post! MOOOORRRRPPPHEUS!!!
-Going Rogue by Robin Benway: I haven't read Also Known As yet, but I've heard REALLY good things about this series and I have book hoarder tendencies.
-The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan: I feel so guilty for not having started this series yet, but now I can just BINGE IT!
-Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay: my pre-order finally got here and I am so excited for a story about Sleeping Beauty's daughter who is a warrior princess!
-Suspicion by Alexandra Monir: it's a modern-day twist on Rebecca and I LOVE Rebecca, that book is amazing! So I hope this will be great!
-Talon by Julie Kagawa: it's about dragons. By Julie Kagawa. Do I need another reason?
-Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan: so the mail lost my copy and then I got this one as a replacement and I should really get to getting caught up with this series, cause the first book was awesome!
-This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner: I LOVED These Broken Stars, hopefully this one will be just as good.
-No Life But This by Anna Sheehan: I adored A Long, Long Sleep, it was amazing and I'm unsure why there hasn't been more buzz about it. This is the sequel and I will read the crap out of it, cause I need to know what happens next!!
-The Young Elites by Marie Lu: so I've never read any of Marie Lu's work, but this sounds like it could be amazing, so I'm in :)
Egalleys for review:
-A Million Times Goodnight by Kristina McBride: I'm one of those people always wondering 'what if', so two alternate timelines sound pretty good to me :)
-Nimona by Noelle Stevenson: I've been meaning to read more graphic novels and this one from the viewpoint of a villain sounds really good!
-The Novice by Taran Matharu: OMG SO MUCH EXCITEMENT!!! I'm dying to read this!
-The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale: Princess Academy #3 YES!
-A Ring Through Time by Felicity Pulman: this just sounds so intriguing! I love books in which the character discovers his or her family history!
-The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen: I AM EXCITE!! I loved The Queen of the Tearling and am VERY excited for this sequel!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Julia Reviews Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean
How I got this book: Library
Why I read this book: It's the final book in a series
Rating: 3 stars
A queen of the London Underworld ...
But no one can ever know.
He is the only man smart enough to uncover the truth,
Putting all she has at risk . . .
Including her heart.
The fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean’s incredible Rule of Scoundrels/Fallen Angels series. These four dark heroes will steal the hearts of their heroines and the readers alike! This is the last in the Rules of Scoundrels series—Chase’s story
By day, she is Lady Georgiana, sister to a Duke, ruined before her first season in the worst kind of scandal. But the truth is far more shocking—in London’s darkest corners, she is Chase, the mysterious, unknown founder of the city’s most legendary gaming hell. For years, her double identity has gone undiscovered . . . until now.
Brilliant, driven, handsome-as-sin Duncan West is intrigued by the beautiful, ruined woman who is somehow connected to a world of darkness and sin. He knows she is more than she seems and he vows to uncover all of Georgiana’s secrets, laying bare her past, threatening her present, and risking all she holds dear . . . including her heart.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Top Ten 2014 Releases Daisy Meant To Read But Didn't Get To
I'm basically notoriously bad at actually reading the new releases that I'm excited about and pre-ordered, so this list is way easy to make. And because I had all these extra books, I have another Top Ten Tuesday on my personal blog!
The Books in Series I've Started Before
This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner: I LOVED These Broken Stars and I actually own this pretty, so it should be read soon!
Never Judge a Lady by her Cover by Sarah MacLean: I adore Sarah MacLean's writing, but for some reason, I've yet to read this one and the book before it, but I SO want to read Chase's story!
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss: I own this. Signed. There is no excuse, cause I just need more from this author and I'll take whatever I can while waiting for the next installment in the Kingkiller Chronicles...
Maid of Deception by Jennifer McGowan: Maid of Honor was so, SO good and just my kind of book and for some reason I haven't gotten my hand on a copy of Maid of Deception yet... This should be remedied soon.
Brazen by Katherine Longshore: I love Katherine Longshore's take on the Tudors and I just really don't know why I haven't read Brazen yet. It's staring at me accusingly from my shelf with its gorgeous cover...
Split Second by Kasie West: KASIE WEST IS AWESOME! And Pivot Point was just amazing and swoonworthy and just plain fantastic writing. AND THAT ENDING! Just no words. So obviously I failed to read this, even though I own it...
My Fantasy Fix
Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier: the start of her new series and I am EXCITED! I got this from Mel for our book club's Secret Santa, so I hope I'll be reading it soon :)
Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson: it has a magical school in it. I cannot for the life of me imagine why this hasn't been read yet.
Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell: this sounds AMAZING, it hasn't gotten a lot of buzz, but I think I'll love it.
Moth and Spark by Anne Leonard: DRAGONS! This needed reading YESTERDAY.
So tell if there are books on the list that you've also failed to read! Or other releases that should have been on the list, I'm always happy with book recs!
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Friday, January 9, 2015
Daisy Does an Early Spotlight on The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
Title/Author: The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) by Samantha Shannon
Publisher/Date published: Bloomsbury, January 27th 2015
How I got this book: borrowed it from my friend Debby, as she was lucky enough to get an ARC!
Goodreads summary: Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal penal colony of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the fugitives are still missing and she is the most wanted person in London.
As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on Paige, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city’s gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly. Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals prepare to take center stage, but there are bitter fault lines running through the clairvoyant community and dark secrets around every corner.
Then the Rephaim begin crawling out from the shadows. But where is Warden? Paige must keep moving, from Seven Dials to Grub Street to the secret catacombs of Camden, until the fate of the underworld can be decided. Will Paige know who to trust? The hunt for the dreamwalker is on.
Ok, first off: have you read The Bone Season? If not, why not? Cause you should. You should probably stop what you're doing right now, including reading this post and go read it. Just go. Go and be blown away by the awesomeness of Samantha Shannon's writing.
So now that we've got that established. Let's move onto me telling you exactly why you should be hovering around your mailbox on January 27th or stalking your bookstore or whatever method you decide on to get your hands on The Mime Order:
-While The Bone Season had a whole lot of info-dump in it (which I was ok with, because hello amazing worldbuilding!), The Mime Order doesn't and it just builds and expands on this knowledge we've gathered in The Bone Season and it was AWESOME. I love re-immersing myself in this world and the characters and just gloriously revelling in Samantha Shannon's beautiful words.
-Paige grows and grows as a character and she's just this strong, badass person who isn't afraid to make hard choices and fights for what she believes in and actually has a LOT of common sense and just, I love her ok?
-WARDEN! I can go all caps on him because he's AMAZING and just LOVE! We read The Bone Season with our book club and all three of us who were there to discuss the book just went *sigh* after someone mentioned him. He's very swoonworthy and he becomes even more so in The Mime Order. Also, the chemistry he and Paige have is just wow. It is SO good.
-THAT ENDING!!! Basically I have ALL THE FEELS and I had some serious book hangover after finishing this and even though I slightly saw it coming I was still like WHATTTT??
So go forth and covet this book. I'm DYING for the next one!
My rating: 5 stars
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Jana's Top Ten Most Anticipated 2015 Debuts
Hi all! Jana here. I've kind of taken over today's TTT because I could not narrow my list to just 10 books! As many of you know, I'm the host of the 2015 Debut Author Challenge (read about it and sign up here!), and I've spent the last few months talking with a ton of authors about their upcoming books and I'm so excited about so many of them! So here are 10 debuts I'm really excited about. Head over to my personal blog for 10 more!
1. Ruthless by Carolyn Lee Adams (July 14, 2015)
Girl wakes up in the truck bed of a moving truck, ends up in a secluded mountain cabin with a serial killer, and escapes with her hunter at her heels. HELLO. Sign me up!
2. The Edge of Forever by Melissa E. Hurst (June 2, 2015)
Time travel! And the main girl has a stalker! Sounds interesting.
3. Hello, I Love You by Katie M. Stout (June 9, 2015)
"A teen escapes to a boarding school abroad and falls for a Korean pop star in this fun and fresh romantic novel in the vein of Anna and the French Kiss.
4. Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca (June 9, 2015)
Told in alternating sections, LAST YEAR'S MISTAKE is a charming and romantic debut about loving, leaving, and letting go." Sounds like a fun romantic contemporary, perfect for beach time!
5. The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi (June 16, 2015)
"A fun, romantic read, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Susane Colasanti!
6. Pretending to be Erica by Michelle Painchaud (July 21, 2015)
"Walking a razor’s edge, calculating every decision, not sure sometimes who she is or what she is doing it for, Violet is an unforgettable heroine, and Pretending to be Erica is a killer debut."
7. The Creeping by Alexander Sirowy (August 18, 2015)
"Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again."
8. For the Record by Charlotte Huang (TBA 2015)
"Chelsea thought she knew what being a rock star was like . . . until she became one. After losing a TV talent show, she slid back into small-town anonymity. But one phone call changed everything."
9. Lock and Mori by Heather Petty (September 15, 2015)
"...a female Moriarty teams up with her classmate Sherlock Holmes to solve a mystery in modern-day London, until the answers lead him too close to all that she's been hiding."
10. Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandiera (December 2015)
"In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins’ life would be a book. Preferably a YA novel with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn’t even qualify for a quiet contemporary. But when Phoebe finds out that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her, she turns to her favorite books for advice. Phoebe overhauls her personality to become as awesome as her favorite heroines and win Dev’s heart. But if her plan fails, can she go back to her happy world of fictional boys after falling for the real thing?" I had to post the whole book synopsis because YAY!
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Sunday, January 4, 2015
Broke and Bookish Book Haul for 12/21 - 1/3
Daisy's Book Haul
Bought:
-The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen: I've already read this and really liked it, so I wanted my own copy.
-Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes: which adds another series to the list of ones I have complete and have not started yet... But it sounds so good!
-The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker: this was an impulse buy when I was shopping for Christmas presents, I don't really know much about it except that it sounds fun.
-City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster: I wasn't sure about this at first, but so many people have been raving about it that I want to check it out myself.
Gifted:
We had a Secret Santa gift exchange with our book club and my sweet friend Mel gave me:
-Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George: I'm SO excited about this one! I've been meaning to read it forever!
-Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier: this is the start of her new series and it's so pretty and I really need to read more by Juliet Marillier!
Along with the pretty books, Mel gave me this:
Which I'd been dying for ever since I first saw someone had one and just I LOVE IT OK?? I have awesome friends.
Egalleys for review:
-One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin: this sounds like a super cute contemporary and I hope to love this one very much!
-The Cage by Megan Shepherd: new series by Megan Shepherd about teens being held captive in a human zoo. Count me in!
-Stolen Magic by Gail Carson Levine: I really liked A Tale of Two Castles, so I'm excited for this sequel!
-Halfway Perfect by Julie Cross and Mark Perini: what could be more perfect for a girl who loves America's Next Top Model?
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Jamie Plans To Embark On The Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge
Is anyone else doing this?? Here are my picks so far and I'm looking for suggestions for some of these!
1. A book with more than 500 pages: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
2. A classic romance: Sense & Sensibility -- but okay I really didn't know what they meant by a classic romance. Like how classic are we talking? Could a Danielle Steele novel work? IDK. Would love other suggestions on this one!!
3. A book that became a movie: Oh tons of possibilities here! Still thinking! Any suggestions?
4. A book published this year: Umm this year being 2014 or 2015? Either way, I have a zillion options.
5. A book with a number in the title: Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood -- really enjoyed her book Wildlife and so I'm itching for this to be published here in the States.
6. A book written by someone under 30: The Duff by Kody Keplinger
7. A book with nonhuman characters: The Bees by Laline Paull
8. A funny book: I'm thinking Is Everybody Hanging Out With Me? by Mindy Kaling
9. A book by a female author: Ummm that's a lot of my TBR list haha. Pretty much anything I want to read.
10. A mystery or thriller: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
11. A book with a one word title: Solitaire by Alice Oseman
12. A book with short stories: Hmmm this is very out of my comfort zone because I don't do short stories. Any recommendations. I've had A Good Man is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Conner on my shelf for forever.
13. A book set in a different country: A Daughter of Smoke & Bones by Laini Taylor or Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwall or Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
14. A non-fiction book: Hmm so many options. Will I go biography or memoir? History? Travelogue? Self help? I DON'T KNOW. For now
15. A popular author's first book: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet: Hmm thinking I'll read a David Levithan book I haven't gotten to yet.
17. A book a friend recommended: Oh jeez. Lots of options here too. Always having books recommended to me by friends in this community.
18. A Pulitzer Prize winning novel: I'm so out of the loop re: awards so I definitely had to look up what has one because i couldn't recall one. I'm thinking Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.
19. A book based on a true story: HMMMM. Help? I mean, does a memoir count?
20. A book at the bottom of your TBR list: Okay what even does this mean? I mean, my TBR list is infinite basically and I don't understand. Like a book I'm not sure I want to read and it is on the bottom? or PHYSICALLY?
21. A book your mom loves: Well, that's awkward because my mom died in 2006 and I really don't know what she loved other than John Grisham? I guess I can go for one of those.
22. A book that scares you: Hmm going to have to think about that more.
23. A book more than a 100 years old: Emma by Jane Austen
24. A book based entirely on its cover: I'll probably go to the library and wander for this one.
25. A book you were supposed to read in school and didn't: Lord of the Flies. WAH PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME.
26. A memoir: Oh I have so many of those! I want to reread Eat, Pray, Love actually so maybe that.
27. A book with antonyms in the title: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
28. A book you can finish in a day: I can finish a lot of novels in a day if I have time? Even decently long books. I'll just pick a short-ish one -- The Summer I Learned To Fly by Dana Reinhardt
29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to go: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick -- TEXAS! Have always wanted to visit Texas!
30. A book published the year you were born: Well, that was 1985! So Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale!
31. A book with bad reviews: SIGH. I don't want to subject myself to bad books but this will also give me the opportunity to read a book I was REALLY excited about but got not so great reviews! September Girls by Bennett Madison!
32. A Trilogy: Definitely the Newsoul Trilogy by Jodi Meadows
33. A book from your childhood: Maybe Harriet The Spy?
34. A book with a love triangle: Apparently The Conspiracy Of Us by Maggie Hall has one!
35. A book set in the future: Cress by Marissa Meyer
36. A book set in high school: UH like all of my YA books basically? Or does it need to take place physically IN school for the most part? I'll figure this one out later as I read.
37. A book with a color in the title: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
38. A book that made you cry: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
39. A book with magic: Second Harry Potter book? YES I KNOW I KNOW I SHOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THE WHOLE SERIES FIT WITHIN THIS CHALLENGE SO I WILL JUST READ IT ALREADY.
40. A graphic novel: Blankets by Craig Thompson
41. A book by an author you've never read before: Oh this is easy. LOTS of choices. The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma is one I really want to read!
42. A book you own but never read: *Stares at the hundreds of books I own but have never read*
43. A book that takes place in your hometown: Hmm Fever 1793 takes place in Philly. I know there are others but I'm BLANKING. Any recommendations??
44. A book that was originally written in another language: The Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Marakami
45. A book set during Christmas: Decked With Holly by Marni Bates
46. A book by an author who had your same initials: I almost started looking for JB authors but then I was like OH WAIT I GOT MARRIED TWO YEARS AGO I AM NOW JM. Thank you Jodi Meadows for having the same initials as me -- The Orphan Queen it is!
47. A play: Hmmm. Not excited about this one. No ideaaaa. Recommendations??
48. A banned book: Forever by Judy Blume -- been dying to reread this!
49. A book based on or turned into a tv show: The first Veronica Mars book!
50. A book you started but never finished: Crime & Punishment here I come!