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The Midnight Spell Blog Tour was organized by Giselle @  Xpresso Tours. Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the The Midnight Spell Blog Tour! As part of my tour stop, I have an interview with Kody and Rhiannon. There's also a great giveaway if you scroll down the page! Enjoy! Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Midnight Spell Authors : Rhiannon Frater and Kody Boye Publisher : Self-Published Publication Date : February 28th 2013 Goodreads - Amazon Adam and Christy have been best friends since kindergarten. Always the perpetual outsiders in their small town in Texas, they’ve always had to deal with nasty comments from their classmates. Adam is called “gay” while Christy is called “witch.” On both counts the bullies are right. Their junior year in high school seems destined to be the same old same old until Christy decides to cast a love spell for Adam at the midnight hour. The next day an alluring and mysterious new boy enrolls at school and sets hearts a flutter, includi...

The None of the Regular Rules Blog Tour was organized by Giselle @  Xpresso Tours. Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the None of the Regular Rules Blog Tour organized by Giselle at Xpresso Reads. As part of my tour stop, I will be sharing with you all my review of the book. You can also scroll down for a giveaway! Enjoy! Summary (from Goodreads) Title : None of the Regular Rules Author : Erin Downing Publisher : Self-Published Publication Date : November 20th 2012 Goodreads - Amazon Sometimes, a few dares can change lives… The weekend before the start of senior year, Sophie Erickson and her best friends, Ella and Grace, discover a handwritten list of dares tucked away in the glove compartment of Sophie’s beat-up old Toyota. But this isn’t just any list; it’s a dead girl's bucket list. Sophie's beloved aunt Suzy died as a teenager in a fatal fall, leaving Sophie with an overly cautious family, a few fading photographs, and a bucket of bolts that barely passes for a ca...

  Book Haul is weekly feature here at Nick's Book Blog inspired by Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Review and The Sunday Post by Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Book Haul In the After by Demitria Lunetta Arclight by Josin L. McQuein Undercurrent by Paul E. Blackwell Rush by Eve Silver How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise Right of Way by Lauren Barnholdt Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead Dear Cassie by Lisa Burstein Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead Hi guys! I hope you all had a lovely week in books. I got some pretty awesome books this past month. I couldn't control myself on Edelweiss and NetGalley and downloaded a bunch of their review copies. I also bought a couple of books. As you can see, Harper Teen is spoiling me by releasing so many pretties on Edelweiss. I'm excited to read their titles because all those covers are just so gorgeous. I ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Altered (Altered #1) Author : Jennifer Rush Publisher : Little Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date : January 1st 2013 Goodreads - The Book Depository When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe? Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them. Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities. Now on the run, Anna soon...

The Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four Blog Tour was organized by Giselle @  Xpresso Tours. Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four Blog Tour. As part of my tour stop, I'll be sharing with you all my interview. Also, Nya is here on the blog for an interview. You can also scroll down for an awesome giveaway! Hope you guys enjoy it! Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four Author : Nya Jade Publisher : Dreamwell Publishing Publication Date : October 30th 2012 Goodreads - Amazon The students of Green Lane Academy roam their halls unaware that below their manicured campus exists a prestigious school of an entirely different kind . . . Sixteen-year-old Phoebe Pope has enrolled at the Campus Below: a spy academy for shape-shifters hidden deep beneath the grounds of a boarding school whose humans unknowingly protect it. There, thanks to a carefully planned schedule, she leads a double life: spy trainee Below and normal teen...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Mind Games (Mind Games #1) Author : Kiersten White Publisher : HarperTeen Publication Date : February 19th 2013 Goodreads - The Book Depository 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. Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and Fia are forced to choose over and over between using their abilities in twisted, unthinkable ways… or risking each other’s lives by refusing to obey. In a stunning departure from her New York Times bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, Kiersten White delivers a slick, edgy, heartstoppingly intense psychological thriller about two sisters determined to protect each other—no matter the cost. Personal Thoughts Oh Mind Games! Why did your gorgeous cover and exciting synopsis force me to read ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : What Happens Next Author : Colleen Clayton Publisher : Little Brown Books Publication Date : October 9th 2012 Goodreads - The Book Depository How can you talk about something you can’t remember? Before the ski trip, sixteen-year-old Cassidy “Sid” Murphy was a cheerleader (at the bottom of the pyramid, but still...), a straight-A student, and a member of a solid trio of best friends. When she ends up on a ski lift next to handsome local college boy, Dax Windsor, she’s thrilled; but Dax takes everything from Sid—including a lock of her perfect red curls—and she can’t remember any of it. Back home and unable to relate to her old friends, Sid drops her college prep classes and takes up residence in the A/V room with only Corey “The Living Stoner” Livingston for company. But as she gets to know Corey (slacker, baker, total dreamboat), Sid finds someone who truly makes her happy. Now, if she can just shake the nightmares and those few extra pounds,...

For the Love of Swoon Giveaway Hop was organized by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer . Happy Valentines Day to all my lovely readers! Today, I'll be giving away a book, from a choice of books below, that never fails to give me the butterflies when I read it! When you're done entering the Rafflecopter, be sure to check out the awesome prizes for this Giveaway Hop ! :) Prize : You can choose any upcoming from this Goodreads list . It must be a YA contemporary book. Rules : My only mandatory entry is that you follow my blog . (This will be verified) You can increase your chance of winning my completing the additional entries in the rafflecopter. The prize is for a book from the above list. The giveaway is opened internationally as long as The Book Depository ships to you. No cheating allowed! Simply enter the rafflecopter below. a Rafflecopter giveaway Good luck to all of you! I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day with all your loved ones!  

The Wings of Tavea Blog Tour was organized by Giselle @  Xpresso Tours. Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the Wings of Tavea blog tour. Today as part of my tour post, I will be sharing with you all my mini reviews for Wings of Arian and Wings of Tavea with you. Also, there's a mega giveaway you can enter by scrolling below. Be sure to check out the rest of the tour stops here . Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Wings of Arian (The Solus Trilogy #1) Author : Devri Walls Publisher : Stonehouse Ink Publication Date : April 24th 2012 Goodreads - Amazon Kiora thought she had never heard a lie until she was sixteen. But she was wrong. Her entire existence was based on nothing but. She thought that evil did not exist. Lie. That magic was not real. Lie. And that the land of Meros was all there was. One more lie. With Aleric telling her that evil is knocking on the door and that she is the only one who can stop them she has a choice to make. Refuse, or start the wildest most painf...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Pivot Point (Pivot Point #1) Author : Kasie West Publisher : HarperTeen Publication Date : February 13th 2012 Goodreads - The Book Depository Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . . Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought. When Addie’s parents ambush her with the news of their divorce, she has to pick who she wants to live with—her father, who is leaving the paranormal compound to live among the “Norms,” or her mother, who is staying in the life Addie has always known. Addie loves her life just as it is, so her answer should be easy. One Search six weeks into the future proves it’s not. In one potential future, Addie is adjusting to life outside the Compound as the new girl in a Norm high school where she meets Trevor, a cute, sensitive artist...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Nobody But Us Author : Kristin Halbrook Publisher : HarperTeen Publication Date : January 29th 2013 Goodreads - The Book Depository Bonnie and Clyde meets IF I STAY in this addictively heart-wrenching story of two desperate teenagers on the run from their pasts. They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run. Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will wants to save Zoe. When Will turns eighteen, they decide to run away together. But they never expected their escape to be so fraught with danger.... When the whole world is after you, sometimes it seems like you can’t run fast enough. Nobody But Us, told in alternating perspectives from Will and Zoe, is an unflinching novel, in turns heartbreaking and hopeful, about survival, choices, and love...and how having love doesn’t always mean that you get a happy ending. Described as “beautiful, heartbreaking, and exhilarating” by Kody Keplinger, author of The DUFF, Nobody But Us will prove irresistibl...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Crewel (Crewel World #1) Author : Gennifer Albin Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publication Date : October 16th 2012 Goodreads - The Book Depository Enter a tangled world of secrets and intrigue where a girl is in charge of other’s destinies, but not her own. Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has always been special. When her parents discover her gift—the ability to weave the very fabric of reality—they train her to hide it. For good reason, they don’t want her to become a Spinster — one of the elite, beautiful, and deadly women who determine what people eat, where they live, how many children they have, and even when they die. Thrust into the opulent Western Coventry, Adelice will be tried, tested and tempted as she navigates the deadly politics at play behind its walls.  Now caught in a web of lies and forbidden romance, she must unravel the sinister truth behind her own unspeakable power.  Her world is hanging by a thread, a...