Nick's Book Blog Backup

Hi guys I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about me not blogging in the next few weeks. I have my final exams next week and I also have to move out of my dorm and go put things in a storage place, which is already stressing me out. I'm also flying back home. And I honestly don't think I'm going to have time to blog and be social on everyone's blogs and deal with everything else on my blog. As many of you know, I like taking breaks every few months or so, and I've decided that now is the perfect time.  In the mean time, I'll be doing plenty of reading and I hope to be back by June 9th! Take care everyone and thanks for understanding! Nick

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Tease (The Ivy Chronicles #2) Author : Sophie Jordan Publication Date : May 27th 2014 Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks  Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble   What happens when a girl who always calls the shots meets a guy who's too wild for even her? A born flirt and good-time party girl, Emerson has never had a problem finding a willing guy. She's always chosen her hookups carefully, and she's never broken her three cardinal rules: Never let them see the real you. Never fall in love. Always leave them begging for more. Then Shaw comes along. A hottie from the wrong side of the tracks, he's immune to her flirtatious banter and come-hither smile. After rescuing her from a disastrous night at a biker bar, he doesn't even try to take her to bed—he calls her a tease and sends her home instead. Unable to resist a challenge, or forget the sexy, dark-eyed, bad-boy biker, she vows to bring him to his knees. But instead of...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : The Last Best Kiss Author : Claire LaZebnik Publication Date : April 22nd 2014 Publisher : Harper Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble   Anna Eliot is tired of worrying about what other people think. After all, that was how she lost the only guy she ever really liked, Finn Westbrook. Now, three years after she broke his heart, the one who got away is back in her life. All Anna wants is a chance to relive their last kiss again (and again and again). But Finn obviously hasn’t forgotten how she treated him, and he’s made it clear he has no interest in having anything to do with her. Anna keeps trying to persuade herself that she doesn’t care about Finn either, but even though they’ve both changed since they first met, deep down she knows he’s the guy for her. Now if only she can get him to believe that, too.... With her signature wit and expertly authentic teen voice, Claire LaZebnik (the author of fan favorites Epic Fail an...

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 Winterspell by Claire LeGrand Breathe, Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally  Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson Rules of Survival by Jus Accardo Harder by Robin York Hi guys! How have you all been doing?  This week I got some really awesome review copies that I can't wait to read. First off, I got Winterspell. It's a historical/paranormal story set in New York! How epic does that sound? I also got a copy of Breathe, Annie, Breathe for the blog tour. I can't wait to read this latest installment in the series. Miranda Kennealy never disappoints. I got Rules of Survival from Entangled Embrace. I LOVE Jus Accardo and I was so excited to see this new title from her available. I got Harder from NetGalley. I bought the first book when it came out but didn't read it because I heard about the end...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Make it Count (Bowler University #1) Author : Megan Erickson Publication Date : June 3rd 2014 Publisher : William Morrow Impulse Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble   Kat Caruso wishes her brain had a return policy, or at least a complaint hot-line. The defective organ is constantly distracted, terrible at statistics, and absolutely flooded with inappropriate thoughts about her boyfriend’s gorgeous best friend, Alec…who just so happens to be her brand new math tutor. Who knew nerd was so hot? Kat usually goes through tutors like she does boyfriends—both always seem to bail when they realize how hopeless she is. It’s safer for her heart to keep everyone at arm’s reach. But Alec is always stepping just a little too close. Alec Stone should not be fantasizing about Kat. She’s adorable, unbelievably witty, and completely off limits. He’d never stab his best friend in the back… But when secrets are revealed, the lines of loyalty are blu...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Take Me On (Pushing the Limits #4) Author : Katie McGarry Publication Date : May 27th 2014 Publisher : Harlequin Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble  Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help. West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the past, but maybe he can change Haley's future. Hayley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks thei...

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 : Can't Look Away Author : Donna Cooner Publication Date : August 26th 2014 Publisher : Point Goodreads   Donna Cooner establishes herself as our own Jodi Picoult in this timely tale of sisters, loss, and redemption. Torrey Grey is famous. At least, on the internet. Thousands of people watch her popular videos on fashion and beauty. But when Torrey's sister is killed in an accident -- maybe because of Torrey and her videos -- Torrey's perfect world implodes. Now, strangers online are bashing Torrey. And at her new school, she doesn't know who to trust. Is queen bee Blair only being sweet because of Torrey's internet infamy? What about Raylene, who is decidedly unpopular, but seems accepts Torrey for who she is? And then there's Luis, with his brooding dark eyes, whose famil...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Art of Lainey Author : Paula Stokes Publication Date : May 20th 2014 Publisher : Harper Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Soccer star Lainey Mitchell is gearing up to spend an epic summer with her amazing boyfriend, Jason, when he suddenly breaks up with her—no reasons, no warning, and in public no less! Lainey is more than crushed, but with help from her friend Bianca, she resolves to do whatever it takes to get Jason back. And that’s when the girls stumble across a copy of The Art of War. With just one glance, they're sure they can use the book to lure Jason back into Lainey’s arms. So Lainey channels her inner warlord, recruiting spies to gather intel and persuading her coworker Micah to pose as her new boyfriend to make Jason jealous. After a few "dates", it looks like her plan is going to work! But now her relationship with Micah is starting to feel like more than just a game. What's a girl to do whe...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Biggest Flirts (Superlatives #1) Author : Jennifer Echols Publication Date : May 20th 2014 Publisher : Simon Pulse  Goodreads - Amazon   Tia and Will’s lives get flipped upside down when they’re voted Yearbook’s Biggest Flirts in this sassy novel from the author of Endless Summer and The One That I Want. Tia just wants to have fun. She’s worked hard to earn her reputation as the life of the party, and she’s ready for a carefree senior year of hanging out with friends and hooking up with cute boys. And her first order of business? New guy Will. She can’t get enough of his Midwestern accent and laidback swagger. As the sparks start to fly, Will wants to get serious. Tia’s seen how caring too much has left her sisters heartbroken, and she isn’t interested in commitment. But pushing Will away drives him into the arms of another girl. Tia tells herself it’s no big deal…until the yearbook elections are announced. Getting voted Big...

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 Awkwardly Ever After by Marni Bates Notable by Marni Bates The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik Scan by Sarah Fine and Walter Jury Burn Out by Kristi Helvig Hi guys! I have 3 more weeks of school to go. Some lucky semester school kids are already on summer. I had a decent week in terms of books this week. I saw Awkwardly Ever After on NetGalley and requested a copy. I loved this series so much. It's fun and fluffy and so entertaining. I also remembered that I hadn't read Notable, the third book in the series, yet, so I bought a copy. I've been hearing some good things about The Last Best Kiss and I've been craving fun YA contemporaries lately to deal with the stress of school, so I also purchased a copy of that. I found Scan and Burn Out at the library and I'm excited to read them.  Thank y...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Notable (Smith High #3) Author : Marni Bates Publication Date : October 29th 2013 Publisher : K-Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble I take no prisoners… I'm Chelsea Halloway and I will happily destroy your social life if you mess with me. Just ask anyone. There is no situation I can't handle. Divorcing parents? No problem. An ex-boyfriend who wants to date Smith High School's biggest geek instead of me? Just a matter of time before I can make him see reason. At least, until my parents decide to ship me off on a study abroad trip to Cambodia… Now instead of being admired as the queen of the Notables, I'm stuck with a bunch of college students who don't take me seriously, and a professor who accidentally landed himself on the wrong side of a drug lord. And it's up to me to get us all out of the country alive--even the annoying jerk with the green eyes who won't stop calling me "princess." Oh yeah...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Life by Committee Author : Corey Ann Haydu Publication Date : May 13th 2014 Publisher : Katherine Tegen Books Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Some secrets are too good to keep. Tabitha might be the only girl in the history of the world who actually gets less popular when she gets hot. But her so-called friends say she’s changed, and they’ve dropped her flat. Now Tab has no one to tell about the best and worst thing that has ever happened to her: Joe, who spills his most intimate secrets to her in their nightly online chats. Joe, whose touch is so electric, it makes Tab wonder if she could survive an actual kiss. Joe, who has Tabitha brimming with the restless energy of falling in love. Joe, who is someone else’s boyfriend. Just when Tab is afraid she’ll burst from keeping the secret of Joe inside, she finds Life by Committee. The rules of LBC are simple: tell a secret, receive an assignment. Complete the assignment to keep your s...

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 : Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread and Stone) Author : Lori M. Lee Publication Date : August 5th 2014 Publisher : Skyscape Goodreads   In the Labyrinth, we had a saying: keep silent, keep still, keep safe. In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn’t know where her ability comes from—or where she came from. All that matters is that she and Reev stay together, and maybe one day move out of the freight container they call home, away from the metal walls of the Labyrinth. Kai’s only friend is Avan, the shopkeeper’s so...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Unraveled (Woodlands #3) Author : Jen Frederick Publication Date : January 18th 2014 Publisher : Self-Published Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Twenty-five-year-old Sgt. Gray Phillips is at a crossroads in his life: stay in the Marine Corps or get out and learn to be a civilian? He’s got forty-five days of leave to make up his mind but the people in his life aren’t making the decision any easier. His dad wants him to get out; his grandfather wants him to stay in. And his growing feelings for Sam Anderson are wreaking havoc with his heart…and his mind. He believes relationships get ruined when a Marine goes on deployment. So now he’s got an even harder decision to make: take a chance on Sam or leave love behind and give his all to the Marines. Twenty-two year old Samantha Anderson lost her husband to an IED in Afghanistan just two months after their vows. Two years later, Sam is full of regrets—that she didn’t move with her husband ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Secrets of Lily Graves Author : Sarah Strohmeyer  Publication Date : May 13th 2014 Publisher : Balzer + Bray Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble With the intrigue of Pretty Little Liars and plenty of romance, bestselling author Sarah Strohmeyer weaves a story of secrets and lies—set in a funeral parlor. Growing up in a house of female morticians, Lily Graves knows all about buried secrets. She knows that perfect senior-class president Erin Donohue isn’t what she seems. She knows why Erin’s ex-boyfriend, hot football player Matt Houser, broke up with her. And she also knows that, even though she says she and Matt are just friends, there is something brewing between them—something Erin definitely did not like. But secrets, even ones that are long buried, have a way of returning to haunt their keeper. So when Erin is found dead the day after attacking Lily in a jealous rage, Lily's and Matt’s safe little lives, and the lives of ever...

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 Compulsion by Martina Boone Make it Count by Megan Erickson Take Me On by Katie McGarry Boneseeker by Brynn Chapman Breakable by Tammara Webber Clipped Wings by Helena Hunting Hi guys! I hope you all had a lovely week. My week was mostly good. I had an exam which went well. And then on Thursday my school organized Physics Night at the local theme park, which was a lot of fun although it was rainy and cold. Still, I had a great time! I got some pretty awesome books for review and I also bought a couple of reads. I've been hearing great things about Compulsion and I couldn't resist, so I requested it immediately. Make it Count sounds like so much fun! And of course, as soon as Harlequin Teen uploaded Take Me On, I requested it. I'll be reading it soon hopefully. Boneseeker is for a blog tour. It soun...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Fall With Me Author : Julie Patricka Publication Date : April 28th 2014 Publisher : Entangled Teen  Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble In the game of love… Dumped by her college boyfriend for her best friend, the last thing Jenna Brandt needs to deal with is working beside her backstabbing-BFF's hotter-than-hot brother. But when he offers her a chance to get some revenge on her ex, she can hardly say no--even if spending more time with Sutton puts her heart in jeopardy all over again. Someone's going to get hurt… Sutton Bell has had a thing for Jenna since they were in high school, but after one screwed-up night, she didn’t want anything to do with him. Now, with just the summer before he leaves to begin his new career, Sutton’s determined to convince Jenna he’s not the player he used to be. But saving his sister from making an awful mistake may mean losing Jenna for good. Personal Thoughts I wanted to read Fall With Me becau...

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 : Damsel Distressed Author : Kelsey Macke Publication Date : October 14th 2014 Publisher : Spencer Hill Press Goodreads   Hot girls get the fairy tales. No one cares about the stepsisters' story. Those girls don't get a sweet little ending; they get a lifetime of longing Imogen Keegen has never had a happily ever after–in fact, she doesn’t think they are possible. Ever since her mother’s death seven years ago, Imogen has pulled herself in and out of therapy, struggled with an “emotionally disturbed” special ed. label, and loathed her perma-plus-sized status. When Imogen’s new stepsister, the evil and gorgeous Ella Cinder, moves in down the hall, Imogen begins losing grip on the pieces she’s been trying to hold together. The only things that gave her solace–the theatre, cheese fries...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Wizard's Promise (The Hanna Duology #1) Author : Cassandra Rose Clarke Publication Date : May 6th 2014 Publisher : Strange Chemistry  Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble All Hanna Euli wants is to become a proper witch – but unfortunately, she’s stuck as an apprentice to a grumpy fisherman. When their boat gets caught up in a mysterious storm and blown wildly off course, Hanna finds herself further away from home than she’s ever been before. As she tries to get back, she learns there may be more to her apprentice master than she realized, especially when a mysterious, beautiful, and very non-human boy begins following her through the ocean, claiming that he needs Hanna’s help. Personal Thoughts The Wizard's Promise is a typical Cassandra Rose Clarke book, filled with an imaginative world, an intriguing cast of characters and a lovely writing style. The mixed reviews that the book has received were a little off-putting, but I...