Saturday, 4 September 2010

In My Mailbox (4)

In my Mailbox is hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren.

Some of these books are from weeks before but i have not yet shown, so some ive read.

Fanged and Fabulous by Michelle Rowen
Book 2 in the Immortalilty Bites
If you ask Sarah Dearly, there are perks to being a vampire. Namely the ability to stay thin forever and her handsome, 600-year-old boyfriend, Thierry de Bennicoeur. But lately Thierry's been reverting to his moody normal self. And there's that little matter of Sarah's being made enemy no. 1 of the Vampire Hunters. Turns out, when she killed several hunters to save herself and her new brethren (who are harmless, really!) she became the target of every two-bit vampire hunter in the world. And Sarah's not good at things like hand-to-hand combat. Enter Quinn, the vampire hunter-turned hunted, who has declared his love for her on more than one occasion. Soon Sarah finds herself the focal point of a love triangle once again. But it's hard to choose between your brooding, handsome lover and the man whose training sessions get your blood, uh, boiling. That is if Sarah can stay alive long enough to make a decision.


Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Book 2 in the Hunger Games Trilogy

After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen returns to her district, hoping for a peaceful future. But Katniss starts to hear rumours of a deadly rebellion against the Capitol. A rebellion that she and Peeta have helped to create. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless Katniss and Peeta can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

Check out my review here!
 
 
 
 
 
MockingJay by Suzanne Collins
Book 3 in the Hunger Games Trilogy
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...This thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
For eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty. Parents and children alike are best friends - so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. They've been soul mates since they were born. When the midnight calls come in from the hospital, no one is prepared for the appalling truth: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head as part of an apparent suicide pact. The gun holds a single unspent bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself, but a local detective has doubts. And the Hartes and Golds, in a single terrifying moment, must face every parent's worst fear: do we ever really know our children at all?


By Midnight by Mia James
Book 1 in the Ravenwood Mysteries

April Dunne is not impressed. She's had to move from Edinburgh to Highgate, London, with her parents. She's left her friends - and her entire life - behind. She has to start at a new school and, worst of all, now she's stuck in a creepy old dump of a house which doesn't even have proper mobile phone reception. Ravenwood, her new school, is a prestigious academy for gifted (financially or academically) students - and the only place her parents could find her a place, in the middle of term, in the middle of London, on incredibly short notice. So she's stuck with the super-rich, and the super-smart ...and trying to fit in is when the rest of the students seem to be more glamorous, smarter, or more talented than she is, is more than tough. It's intimidating and isolating, even when she finds a friend in the conspiracy-theorist Caro Jackson - and perhaps finds something more than friendship in the gorgeous, mysterious Gabriel Swift. But there's more going on at Ravenwood than meets the eye. Practical jokes on new students are normal, but when Gabriel saves her from ...something ...in the Highgate Cemetery, and then she discovers that a murder took place, just yards away from where she had been standing, April has to wonder if something more sinister is going on. ..and whether or not she's going to live through it .


Princess at the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn.

Galen is a young soldier returning from war; Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls. All they need is one invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with enchanted silver needles, and that most critical ingredient of all - true love - to conquer their foes in the dark halls below. But malevolent forces are working against them above ground as well, and as cruel as the King Under Stone has seemed, his wrath is mere irritation compared to the evil that awaits Galen and Rose in the brighter world above.


Beastly by Alex Flinn

I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog, but a horrible new creature who walks upright – a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I’m talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It’s no deformity, no disease. And I’ll stay this way forever – ruined – unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and a perfect life. And then, I’ll tell you how I became perfectly beastly.


I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
Girl meets boy.
Girl loses boy.
Girl gets boy back...
...sort of.
Ava can't see him or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear his voice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she's crazy, but she knows he's here.
Jackson. The boy Ava thought she'd spend the rest of her life with. He's back from the dead, as proof that love truly knows no bounds.





Inheritance Cycle Boxset by Christopher Paolini
The Complete Series:

Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr

6 comments:

  1. Great books! Happy reading. :) I saw a copy of Beastly in the local bookshop- I was surprised how thin it was! (I want a copy without that "read it before the movie!" circle on it) The Hunger Games is always a good choice. Also, Lisa Schroeder should be awesome. Lastly, enjoy Princess at the Midnight Ball; I have Princess of Glass and all I can say is the covers are really pretty (haven't read it yet)!

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  2. wow.. new fairy tales rendition. I need to read those. I think you want to know your synopsis of Beastly and I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder are the same ones.

    Here's Mine

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  3. WhoO hoOO- Awesome line up you got here!=) The Hunger Games rock!!=)


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  4. Great books. I hope you enjoy Mockingjay. I read The Pact by Jodi and thought it was really good. Happy reading :)

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  5. Love the cover of Princess of the Midnight Ball. That dress is beautiful!

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