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The Liberator Blog Tour is organized by YA Bound .   Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for The Liberator! I'm really excited to share my review with this sequel for The Collector with you all! You can also win some great prizes in the giveaway below. Also, check out some of the other tour stops here . Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Liberator (Dante Walker #2) Author : Victoria Scott Publication Date : August 27th 2013 Publisher : Entangled Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Bad boy, meet bad girl. Dante has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn't like that mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance. When Dante is given his first mission as a liberator to save the soul of seventeen-year-old Aspen, he knows he’s got this. But Aspen reminds him of the rebellious life he used to live a...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine to show the  upcoming titles that we're mostly eager for. Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Burn  Out Author : Kristi Helvig Publication Date : April 8th 2014 Publisher : Egmont USA Goodreads - Amazon Most people want to save the world; seventeen-year-old Tora Reynolds just wants to get the hell off of it. One of the last survivors in Earth's final years, Tora yearns to escape the wasteland her planet has become after the sun turns "red giant," but discovers her fellow survivors are even deadlier than the hostile environment. Holed up in an underground shelter, Tora is alone--her brilliant scientist father murdered, her mother and sister burned to death. She dreams of living on a planet with oceans, plants, and animals. Unfortunately, the oceans dried out ages ago, the only plants are giant cacti with deadly spines, and her pet, Trigger, is a gun--one of the bio-energ...

The Near & Far Blog Tour was organized by AToMR Blog Tours . Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the Near and Far Blog Tour. I'm really excited to share with you all my review for the book! You can also scroll down for a chance to win some great prizes in a giveaway! Be sure to enter! Also, don't forget to check out the other tour stops here . Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Near & Far (Lost & Found #2) Author : Nicole Williams Publication Date : July 30th 2013 Publisher : Self-Published Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble There’s optimistic. And there’s Jesse Walker. If he wasn’t so charming, his sunny disposition and incessant grin would get old. Fast. Falling in love with the broken girl who had at first seemed immune to anything resembling love was the best thing to happen to Jesse since the Walkers adopted him when he was five. As Jesse’s life continues at the ranch and Rowen begins making her mark in the Seattle art community, they wonder where t...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Facade (Games #2) Author : Nyrae Dawn Publication Date : July 2nd 2013 Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Can love save them? After her father commits a crime that shatters her family, eighteen-year-old Delaney Cross is tired of pretending everything is all right. Packing up her car, she sets out to find the people her father hurt. Her search leads her to places she’s never been—and into the arms of Adrian Westfall. To the outside world, Adrian is a sexy, charming ladies’ man. But his playboy persona is just an act. Secretly his soul is tortured by a memory too painful to share. Only Delaney seems to see through his façade to the real man underneath. And for the first time in his life, Adrian feels he can begin to open up about his past. Together, Adrian and Delaney share a passionate love they never expected to find. Yet both still harbor their own secrets. When the dark truth is finally re...

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 Facade by Nyrae Dawn If You Leave by Courtney Cole Near and Far by Nicole Williams Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland The Shadow Prince by Bree Despain White Space by Ilsa J. Bick These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard Undeclared by Jen Frederick The Program by Suzanne Young Hi guys! Hope you all had a good week and are enjoying your summer!  I had a good week myself. I got to meet some old friends and I participated in the High Summer Read-a-Thon, which was a blast. My goal was to complete 6 books and I did read 6 books. This week I got some lovely ARCs that I've been intrigued by. I got Facade because of Nereyda at Mostly YA Obsessed Books . She enjoyed it and I knew I would to, so I got a copy off NetGalley and I read it the same day! ...

The Beat the Heat Read-a-thon is hosted by Auntie Spinelli Reads & Phantasmic Reads ! Hello lovely people! Once again I've decided to join a read-a-thon. This is my 3rd this summer! There's only a few weeks left until the summer ends and I have to go back to school, so I wanted to get as much reading done as possible before it's back to all those Biology and Chemistry books!  This is where I'll be posting my updates on a daily basis from July 29th - August 11th! Rules The Beat the Heat Readathon runs from July 29th through August 11th . What does this readathon entail, you ask? Well, read as much or as little as you want – the main point is to READ! You set your own goal, and for two weeks you read as many books as you can/want to reach your goal! There will be mini-challenges throughout the Readathon for participants, along with a grand prize giveaway at the end! Sign up at Auntie Spinelli Reads or Phantasmic Reads . You may join whenever you like, but to be ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Sealed with a Curse (Weird Girls #1) Author : Cecy Robson Publication Date : December 31st 2012 Publisher : Signet Eclipse Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Celia Wird and her three sisters are just like other twenty-something girls—with one tiny exception: They're the products of a curse that backfired and gave each of them unique powers that make them, well, a little weird… The Wird sisters are content to avoid the local vampires, werebeasts, and witches of the Lake Tahoe region—until one of them blows up a vampire in self-defense. Everyone knows vampires aren't aggressive, and killing one is punishable by death. But soon more bloodlust-fueled attacks occur, and the community wonders if the vampires of Tahoe are plague-ridden. Celia reluctantly agrees to help Misha, the handsome leader of an infected vampire family. But Aric, the head of the werewolf pack determined to destroy Misha's family to keep the area safe, warns...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) Author : Alexandra Bracken Publication Date : December 18th 2013 Publisher : Disney Hyperion Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control. Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones. When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how...

The SYLO Blog Tour was organized by Book Nerd Tours . Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the SYLO Blog Tour! Today on the blog, I'm excited to have the author to answer a few questions. You can also scroll down for a fantastic giveaway! Also, be sure to check out the other tour stops for more fun stuff here . Enjoy! Summary (from Goodreads) Title : SYLO (The SYLO Chronicles #1) Author : D.J. MacHale Publication Date : July 2nd 2013 Publisher : Razorbill Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Does Tucker Pierce have what it takes to be a hero when the U.S. military quarantines his island? Fourteen-year-old Tucker Pierce prefers to fly under the radar. He’s used to navigating around summer tourists in his hometown on idyllic Pemberwick Island, Maine. He’s content to sit on the sidelines as a backup player on the high school football team. And though his best friend Quinn tells him to “go for it,” he’s too chicken to ask Tori Sleeper on a date. There’s always tomorrow, he f...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Gated Author : Amy Christine Parker Publication Date : August 6th 2013 Publisher : Random House Childrens Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes and Noble Do the gates keep the unchosen out or the chosen in? In Mandrodage Meadows, life seems perfect. The members of this isolated suburban community have thrived under Pioneer, the charismatic leader who saved them from their sad, damaged lives. Lyla Hamilton and her parents are original members of the flock. They moved here following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, looking to escape the evil in the world. Now seventeen, Lyla knows certain facts are not to be questioned: Pioneer is her leader. Will is her Intended. The end of the world is near. Like Noah before him, Pioneer has been told of the imminent destruction of humanity. He says his chosen must arm themselves to fight off the unchosen people, who will surely seek refuge in the compound's underground fortress--the Silo. Lyla loves her family and ...