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All About That Cover {Twilight}

" All About That Cover " is a weekly event hosted here that focuses on the differences between various book covers of the same book, such as cover changes, covers from different countries as well as special editions.  All the covers worldwide Original US Edition Movie tie-in #1 Movie tie-in #2 Orig. UK Edition German  Indonesian Czech Russian Thai Korean I must say, the Russian cover kind of irks me. I mean Bella is supposed to have brown eyes, and it looks more like an R.L. Stine book rather than Twilight. What do you think?

Review: Starflight by Melissa Landers

Source: purchased @ Joseph-Beth book signing Format: hardcover Pages: 358 Genre: YA sci-fi Rating: 5 Stars Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release: February 2nd 2016 Author's Website Goodreads Amazon | B&N | Kobo Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. She's so desperate to reach the realm that she's willing to indenture herself to Doran Spaulding, the rich and popular quarterback who made her life miserable all through high school, in exchange for passage aboard the spaceliner Zenith. When a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to clearing his name, he and So

All About That Cover {The Duke and I}

" All About That Cover " is a weekly event hosted here that focuses on the differences between various book covers of the same book, such as cover changes, covers from different countries as well as special editions.  All the Covers all around the World U.S. Edition UK Edition Portuguese Edition Indonesian Edition Turkish Edition German Edition French Edition Spanish Edition Italian Edition Hungarian Edition Croatian Edition Czech Edition Slovenian Edition Vietnamese Ed. Polish Edition Chinese Edition Japanese Edition What do you all think? There are some really pretty covers here! I really like the UK and German editions! 

Review: Lightning Kissed by Lila Felix

Source: gifted by the author Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing Format: ebook Pages: 275 Genre: NA fantasy (clean) Rating: 3 Stars Release: January 14th 2016 Author's Website Goodreads Amazon | B&N | Kobo Colby Evans can leap from one country to the next in a heartbeat. She can see every sunset in every time zone in the same day. She can travel across the world in a flash. She defies gravity and physics with every breath she takes. She's tested her abilities and found them limitless. She is the lightning. She is Lucent. And nothing can stop her. Except him. Theodore Ramsey isn't supposed to be able to flash like Colby. The power of travel is passed on from mother to daughter in their people. Except once in every hundred generations. Theo is the one. He can flash like Colby. And it makes him a target to their enemies and to himself. His abilities change everything he knows about life and throws his future into an uncertain tangent. In fact,

Waiting on Wednesday - Nemesis by Anna Banks

" Waiting On " Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Check them out for links to more blogs! :) This week's pre-publication "can't wait to read" selection is... About the book ... The princess didn't expect to fall in love--with her nemesis. Princess Sepora of Serubel is the last Forger in all the five kingdoms. The spectorium she creates provides energy for all, but now her father has found a way to weaponize it, and his intentions to incite war force her to flee from his grasp. She escapes across enemy lines into the kingdom of Theoria, but her plans to hide are thwarted when she is captured and placed in the young king's servitude. Tarik has just taken over rulership of Theoria, and must now face a new plague sweeping through his kingdom and killing his citizens. The last thing he needs is a troublesome servant vying for his attenti

All About That Cover {The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman}

U.S vs UK vs Australian Editions U.S. Edition UK Edition Australian Edition Notice the title different in the Australian edition? Goodreads Page

Waiting on Wednesday - Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun

" Waiting On " Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Check them out for links to more blogs! :) This week's pre-publication "can't wait to read" selection is... About the book ... As heir to a kingdom of floating continents, Kali has spent her life bound by limits—by her duties as a member of the royal family; by a forced betrothal to the son of a nobleman; and by the edge of the only world she’s ever known—a small island hovering above a monster-ridden earth, long since uninhabited by humans. She is the Eternal Flame of Hope for what’s left of mankind, the wick and the wax burning in service for her people, and for their revered Phoenix, whose magic keeps them aloft. When Kali falls off the edge of her kingdom and miraculously survives, she is shocked to discover there are still humans on the earth. Determined to get home, Kali entrusts a rug

ARC Review: Dreamology by Lucy Keating

Source: sent by Harper Collins in exchange so an honest review Publisher: Harper Teen Format: ARC paperback Pages: 336 Genre: YA Contemporary/Sci-fi Romance Rating: 6 OMG Stars!! Release: April 12th 2016 Website: http://www.lucykeating.com/ Goodreads Amazon | B&N | kobo For as long as Alice can remember, she has dreamed of Max. Together they have traveled the world and fallen deliriously, hopelessly in love. Max is the boy of her dreams—and only her dreams. Because he doesn’t exist. But when Alice walks into class on her first day at a new school, there he is. It turns out, though, that Real Max is nothing like Dream Max, and getting to know each other in reality isn’t as perfect as Alice always hoped. When their dreams start to bleed dangerously into their waking hours, the pair realize that they might have to put an end to a lifetime of dreaming about each other. But when you fall in love in your dreams, can reality ever be enough? Whimsical, romantic an

{Book Promo} The Bound Series Boxed Set!

There’s a good chance you’ve seen posts about the Bound series before. It’s clean, new adult fantasy and series that’s been downloaded more than 100,000 times since the first book came out in July of 2014! For the first time, Stormy Smith is offering the Bound series in a boxed set! You can get three full-length novels plus her bonus holiday novella for just $6.99! That’s a STEAL! “ These books are chock full of fabulous, complex characters and a beautifully-detailed world of magic like you've never read before. ” – Reviewer Bound by Duty, book one in the Bound series: Amelia grew up in a world of half-truths. She knows she's an Elder, but has no idea what that means. Her father reminds her daily that she must maintain control, but he refuses to explain why. Even worse, she's betrothed to the prince of the Immortals and doesn't even know his name.  Finally breaking free to live a few normal years at a community college, the last thing Amelia expects i

Waiting On Wednesday - Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn

" Waiting On " Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Check them out for links to more blogs! :) This week's pre-publication "can't wait to read" selection is... About the book ... There's a reason they say "be careful what you wish for." Just ask the girl who wished to be thinner and ended up smaller than Thumbelina, or the boy who asked for "balls of steel" and got them-literally. And never wish for your party to go on forever. Not unless you want your guests to be struck down by debilitating pain if they try to leave. These are things Lennie only learns when it's too late-after she brings some of her uncles' moonshine to a party and toasts to dozens of wishes, including a big wish of her own: to bring back her best friend, Dylan, who was abducted and murdered six months ago. Lennie didn't mean to cause so

Elementals: The Prophecy of Shadows virtual blog tour + Review + Fantastic Giveaway!!

Series: Elementals Source: Netgalley/Barclay Publicity in exchange for an honest review Format: ebook Pages: 309 Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: 5 oh so magical stars !! Published by: Dreamscape Publishing Author's Website  Goodreads Filled with magic, thrilling adventure, and sweet romance, Elementals is the first in a new series that fans of Percy Jackson and The Secret Circle will love! When Nicole Cassidy moves from sunny Georgia to gloomy New England, the last thing she expects is to learn that her homeroom is a cover for a secret coven of witches. Even more surprisingly … she’s apparently a witch herself. Despite doubts about her newfound abilities, Nicole is welcomed into this ancient circle of witches and is bedazzled by their powers—and, to her dismay, by Blake—the school’s notorious bad-boy. Girls who get close to Blake wind up hurt. His girlfriend Danielle will do anything to keep them away, even if she must resort to using dark magic. But the