Nick's Book Blog Backup

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine  and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   The Best Night Of Your (Pathetic) Life by Tara Altebrando Publication Date :July 5th 2012 Summary (from Goodreads)  An all-day scavenger hunt in the name of eternal small-town glory   With only a week until graduation, there’s one last thing Mary and her friends must do together: participate in the Oyster Point High Official Unofficial Senior Week Scavenger Hunt. And Mary is determined to win. Mary lost her spot at Georgetown to self-professed “it” bully Pete Lembo, and she’s not about to lose again.  But everyone is racing for the finish line with complicated motives, and the team’s all-night adventure becomes all-night drama as shifting alliances, flared tempers, and crushing crushes take over.  As the items and points pile up, Mary and her team must reinvent their strategy—and themselves—...

Summary (from Goodreads) A forbidden romance. A deadly plague. Earth's fate hinges on one girl... Cinder, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness.  But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation. Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal.  Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future. Personal Thoughts When I first saw the cover of Cinder, I thought it was gorgeous, but when I read the summary, I was pretty much put off. The idea of cyborgs did not appeal to me for some reason, so I didn't read it until a couple of days ago. I seriously wanted to hit myself for having read this book so late! Next time, I'm just going to listen to the positive reviews when they...

Summary (from Goodreads) Addisyn White thought she had her new life, her after life, all figured out. Granted death had not brought her to the pearly white gates, she hadn’t even left Earth.  But death had its perks; she got to live forever with her best friend and her assigned Link of Angels, in a beautiful beach house. Even with the changes she was going through to turn her human body into an angelic one, everything seemed pretty easy.  Until a gray winged angel comes into her life, then all the secrets and lies her Link had been keeping start crumbling away, exposing a whole new world of dangers she didn’t even know about. Now Addisyn must fill in the blanks before things escalate too far. Will she save her Link? Or will she be buried in their secrets forever? Personal Thoughts First of all, I'd like to thank the author for having sent me a copy of her book for review. When I first got the book, I had no idea of what to expect. Angels and I have not gotten alon...

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren . Don't You Wish (Obtained From Net Galley - Big Thanks To Random House Children's Books for the ARC) by Roxanne St Claire Summary (from Goodreads) When plain and unpopular Annie Nutter gets zapped by one of her dad's whacked-out inventions, she lands in a parallel universe where her life becomes picture-perfect. Now she's Ayla Monroe, daughter of the same mother but a different father—and she's the gorgeous, rich queen bee of her high school.  In this universe, Ayla lives in glitzy Miami instead of dreary Pittsburgh and has beaucoup bucks, courtesy of her billionaire—if usually absent—father. Her friends hit the clubs, party backstage at concerts, and take risks that are exhilirating . . . and illegal. Here she's got a date to lose her V-card with the hottest guy she's ever seen. But on the insde, Ayla is still Annie. So when she's offered the chance to leave the dream life a...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever. BRIE'S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally. But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after. With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces? Personal Thoughts The Catastrophic History Of You And Me is a contemporary novel with a streak of paranormal to it. When I first saw...

  Feature and Follow is a weekly event hosted by AllisonCanRead and Parajunkee. It is a way to meet new bloggers and increase your number of followers.  Q: What is the longest book you’ve read? What are your favorite 600+ page reads? I don't really remember, but I think Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead was one book more than 600 pages. If only I could remember ... What's the longest book you've read ? Let me know in the comments section!

Summary (from Goodreads) Elizabeth Margaret—better known as Em—has always known what life would contain: an internship at her father’s firm, a degree from Harvard and a career as a lawyer. The only problem is that it’s not what she wants.  When she gets the opportunity to get away from it all and spend a month with the aunt she never knew, she jumps at the chance.  While there, Em pursues her secret dream of being a chef, and she also learns that her family has kept some significant secrets from her, too.  And then there’s Cade, the laid-back local surfer boy who seems to be everything Em isn't. Naturally, she can’t resist him, and as their romance blossoms, Em feels she is living on her own terms for the first time. Personal Thoughts When I got The Summer My Life Began, I thought I would be reading a fun, light and fluffy book about a summer romance. However, this book fell pretty flat for me and it left me feeling nothing at all. The main charac...