Nick's Book Blog Backup

Hi guys! I've been thinking about this for the past few days and I've decided to take a blogging hiatus. To be honest, blogging isn't as fun as it used to be for some reason for me. Writing reviews seems like a chore to me and I'm honestly just exhausted with it all. I reckon this is just a phase I'm going through but I need the time in order to ignite back that passion I had for blogging. Juggling college, work, blogging and other chores has been physically and emotionally draining for me and I think the time off will help me rejuvenate in a way. This doesn't mean I'm quitting blogging entirely. I will come back to blogging once I'm able to get back into it. In the meantime, I will be reading, spending time with my family who's visiting me for winter break and taking some me-time during the holidays. I've signed up for a couple of blog tours in December, which I will post because I've already read the books and I made a commitment so I will ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Definitely, Maybe in Love Author ; Ophelia London Publication Date : October 28th 2013 Publisher : Entangled Embrace Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Spring Honeycutt wants two things: to ace her sustainable living thesis and to save the environment. Both seem hopelessly unobtainable until her college professor suggests that with a new angle, her paper could be published. Spring swears she’ll do whatever it takes to ensure that happens. “Whatever it takes,” however, means forming a partnership with the very hot, very privileged, very conceited Henry Knightly. Henry is Spring's only hope at publication, but he's also the über-rich son of a land developer and cash-strapped Spring’s polar opposite. Too bad she can't help being attracted to the way he pushes her buttons, both politically and physically. As they work on her thesis, Spring finds there's more to Henry than his old money and argyle sweaters…but can she drop the...

 The Crash Into You Blog Tour was organized by YA Bound Book Tours . Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the Crash Into You Blog Tour. For my tour stop, I'll be sharing with you a review of the book and you can also enter to win a giveaway below. Also, be sure to check out the other tour stops here and don't forget to buy the book today! Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3) Author : Katie McGarry Publication Date : November 26th 2013 Publisher : Harlequin Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble The girl with straight As, designer clothes and the perfect life-that's who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private-school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy parents and overbearing brothers...and she's just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker-a guy she has no business even talking to. But when the foster kid wi...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Champion (Legend #3) Author : Marie Lu  Publication Date : November 5th 2013 Publisher : Putnam Juvenile Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble The explosive finale to Marie Lu’s New York Times bestselling LEGEND trilogy—perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES and DIVERGENT! He is a Legend. She is a Prodigy. Who will be Champion? June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them once again. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic’s border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows th...

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 Revelations by J.A Souders Defy by Sara Larson The Treatment by Suzanne Young Forged by Fate by Reese Monroe Sneaking Candy by Lisa Burstein The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead Unearthly Series by Cynthia Hand Hi guys! Welcome to my Stacking the Shelves. This week I'm officially on winter break, so I'm excited to be spending more time with my books. I got some pretty exciting books this week. I got Revelations from Tor Teen. I'm currently reading that book right now and really enjoying myself. I'm also looking forward to reading Defy but I recently found out after I got the book that there was a love triangle and now I'm not so sure if I'm excited or not. Also, The Treatment is probably the most exciting book on my list. I LOVED the first book and I'm dying to know what happens next. ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Torn (Billionaire Bachelors Club #2) Author : Monica Murphy  Publication Date : November 19th 2013 Publisher : Avon Impulse Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Marina Knight came to this party for one thing only: to slap Gage Emerson in the face. Poised to snatch up her family’s real estate empire, the sexy tycoon is on the verge of making an enemy for life—even if he can make her melt with a single kiss … When Gage discovers that the alluring woman before him is the key to his latest acquisition, claiming her as his suddenly doesn’t seem quite so cut-and-dried. To get what he wants, he must get to know the fierce woman willing to face him down—as she steadily steals his heart. Gage’s persistence and intense passion war with Marina’s determination to protect her family. As they delve deeper into an affair they didn’t see coming, Marina’s torn: Will she lose her heart to Gage—or everything she holds dear? Personal Thoughts I read th...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Altered (Crewel World #2) Author : Gennifer Albin Publication Date : October 29th 2013 Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Life. Possibility. Choice. All taken from Adelice by the Guild—until she took them back. But amid the splendid ruins of Earth, Adelice discovers how dangerous freedom can be. Hunted by soulless Remnants sent by Cormac Patton and the Guild, Adelice finds a world that’s far from deserted. Although allies are easy to find on Earth, knowing who to trust isn’t. Because everyone has secrets, especially those Adelice loves most. Secrets they would kill to protect. Secrets that will redefine each of them. Torn between two brothers and two worlds, Adelice must choose what to fight for. In this thrilling sequel to Crewel , Adelice is about to learn how tangled up her past and future really are. Her parents ran to protect her, but nothing can save her from her destiny, and once she unco...

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 : Wild Author : Alex Mallory Publication Date : July 8th 2014 Publisher : HarperTeen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble The forest is full of secrets, and no one understands that better than Cade. Foraging, hunting, surviving— that’s all he knows. Alone for years, Cade believes he’s the sole survivor. At least, until he catches a glimpse of a beautiful stranger… Dara expected to find natural wonders when she set off for a spring break camping trip. Instead, she discovers a primitive boy— he’s stealthy and handsome and he might be following her. Intrigued, Dara seeks him out and sets a catastrophe in motion. Thrust back into society, Cade struggles with the realization that the life he knew was a lie. But he’s not the only one. Trying to explain life in a normal town leaves Dara q...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) Author : Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Publication Date : December 10th 2013 Publisher : Disney Hyperion Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : The Beginning of Everything Author : Robyn Schneider Publication Date : August 27th 2013 Publisher : Katherine Tegen Books Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: in one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic career, and his social life. No longer a front-runner for Homecoming King, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Cassidy is unlike anyone Ezra’s ever met, achingly effortless, fiercely intelligent, and determined to bring Ezra along on her endless adventures. But as Ezra dives into his new studies, new friendships, and new love, he learns that some people, like books, are easy to misread. And now he must consider: if one’s singular tra...

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 Sempre by J.M Darhower Sempre Redemption by J.M Darhower In the Blood by Sara Hantz A Breath of Frost by Alyxandra Harvey Dangerous by Shannon Hale Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman Tease by Amanda Maciel The Taking by Kimberly Derting Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu Witch Finder by Ruth Warbuton Addicted to You by Krista & Becca Ritchie Addicted for Now by Krista & Becca Ritchie Champion by Marie Lu Cracked by Eliza Crewe Hi guys! Welcome to another weekly Stacking the Shelves.  This week I got some pretty fabulous ARCs and I also bought a couple of books. I'm really looking forward to reading them, especially Prisoner of Night and Fog. I died of excitement when I saw it on EW. I've been waiting for the book ever since the cover reveal! Addicted to You and Addicted for No...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : A Little Too Much (A Little Too Far #2) Author : Lisa Desrochers Publication Date : November 12th 2013 Publisher : William Morrow Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble In the follow-up to Lisa Desrochers’ explosive New Adult novel A Little too Far, Alessandro Moretti must face the life he escaped and the girl he loved and left behind. Twenty-two year old Hilary McIntyre would like nothing more than to forget her past. As a teenager abandoned to the system, she faced some pretty dark times. But now that’s all behind her. Hilary has her life on track, and there’s no way she’ll head back down that road again. Until Alessandro Moretti—the one person who can make her remember—shows up on her doorstep. He’s even more devastatingly gorgeous than before, and he’s much too close for comfort. Worse, he sees right through the walls she’s built over these last eight years, right into her heart and the secrets she’s guarding. As Hilary finds herself ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Falconer (The Falconer #1) Author : Elizabeth May Publication Date : September 26th 2013 (UK) Publisher : Gollancz Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Heiress. Debutant. Murderer. A new generation of heroines has arrived. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1844 Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, was destined for a life carefully planned around Edinburgh’s social events – right up until a faery killed her mother. Now it’s the 1844 winter season and Aileana slaughters faeries in secret, in between the endless round of parties, tea and balls. Armed with modified percussion pistols and explosives, she sheds her aristocratic facade every night to go hunting. She’s determined to track down the faery who murdered her mother, and to destroy any who prey on humans in the city’s many dark alleyways. But the balance between high society and her private war is a delicate one, and as the fae infiltrate the ballroom and Aileana...

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 : Banished (The Blackhart Legacy #1) Author : Liz de Jager Publication Date : February 27th 2014 Publisher : Tor UK Goodreads Sworn to protect, honour and slay. Because chaos won’t banish itself… Kit is proud to be a Blackhart, now she’s encountered her unorthodox cousins and their strange lives. And her home-schooling now includes spells, fighting enemy fae and using ancient weapons. But it’s not until she rescues a rather handsome fae prince, fighting for his life on the edge of Blackhart Manor, that her training really kicks in. With her family away on various missions, Kit must protect Prince Thorn, rely on new friends and use her own unfamiliar magic to stay ahead of Thorn’s enemies. As things go from bad to apocalyptic, fae battle fae in a war that threatens to spill into the huma...

The Attempting Elizabeth Blog Tour was organized by Giselle @  Xpresso Tours . Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the Attempting Elizabeth Blog Tour. I'm excited to share with you all my review of this fun book. Also, be sure to check out the other tour stops if you have some time right here . Enjoy! Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Attempting Elizabeth Author : Jessica Grey Publication Date : January 24th 2013 Publisher : Tall House Books Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Kelsey Edmundson is a geek and proud of it. She makes no secret of her love for TV, movies, and, most especially, books. After a bad breakup, she retreats into her favorite novel, Pride and Prejudice, wishing she had some of the wit and spirit of Elizabeth Bennett. One night at a party Kelsey meets handsome Australian bartender Mark Barnes. From then on, she always seems to run into him when she least expects it. No matter how Kelsey tries, she always seems to say the wrong thing. After a partic...