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Name's Jessi...but you can call me Geo. I'm a stubborn and independent 24-year-old and have no idea what to do with my life, but that's okay. Cat lover. Music lover. Fluent in sarcasm. I love to read because it's how I escape reality. I could recommend books til I'm blue in the face.
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- Review: Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
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- Review: Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
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- Review: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Review: Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
- 2012 ABC Challenge
- Review: Taste by Kate Evangelista
- Review: Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen
- Undersea Spoils (1): Book Spree!
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- April 2012 Monthly Recap
- Review: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Review: Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Paperback, 485 pages
Published by McElderry Books (3.27.2007)
Series: The Mortal Instruments (#1)
Source: I own it
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare’s ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2)
Release date: November 6th, 2012
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(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2)
Release date: November 6th, 2012
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In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed "Daughter of Smoke and Bone," Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, Days of Blood and Starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone was declared a "must read" by Entertainment Weekly, was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com, and The New York Times called it "a breath-catching romantic fantasy."
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My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking
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Teenager Alice Bonham's life feels crazy after she meets Jack. With his fondness for pink Chuck Taylors and New Wave, he's unlike anyone she knows. Then she meets his brother, Peter. Even though he can't stand the sight of her, she's drawn to him. Falling for two guys isn't even the worst of her problems. Jack and Peter are vampires, and Alice finds herself caught between love and her own blood.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Paperback, 408 pages
Published by St. Martin's (6.27.2006)
Series: Dark-Hunter (#2)
Source: I own it
Dear Reader,
Life is great for me. I have my chicory coffee, my warm beignets, and my best friend on the cell phone. Once the sun goes down, I am the baddest thing prowling the night: I command the elements, and I know no fear. For centuries, I've protected the innocent and watched over the mankind, making sure they are safe in a world where nothing is ever certain. All I want in return is a hot babe in a red dress, who wants nothing more from me then one night.
Instead, I get a runaway Mardi Gras float that tries to turn me into roadkill and a beautiful woman who saves my life but can't remember where she put my pants. Flamboyant and extravagant, Sunshine Runningwolf should be the perfect woman for me. She wants nothing past tonight, no ties, no long-term commitments.
But every time I look at her, I start yearning for dreams that I buried centuries ago. With her unconventional ways and ability to baffle me, Sunshine is the one person I find myself needing. But for me to love her would mean her death. I am cursed never to know peace or happiness-not so long as my enemy waits in the night to destroy us both.
--Talon of the Morrigantes
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Advance ebook (336 pages)
Published by Egmont USA (6.12.2012)
Series: Hourglass (#2)
Source: NetGalley
A threat from the past could destroy the future. And the clock is ticking...
Kaleb Ballard's relentless flirting is interrupted when Jack Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, timeslips in and attacks before disappearing just as quickly. But Kaleb has never before been able to see time travelers, unlike many of his friends associated with the mysterious Hourglass organization. Are Kaleb's powers expanding, or is something very wrong?
Then the Hourglass is issued an ultimatum. Either they find Jack and the research he's stolen on the time gene, or time will be altered with devastating results.
Now Kaleb, Emerson, Michael, and the other Hourglass recruits have no choice but to use their unusual powers to find Jack. But where do they even start? And when? And even if they succeed, it may not be enough...
The follow-up to Hourglass, Timepiece blends the paranormal, science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres into a nonstop thrill ride where every second counts.
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published by Katherine Tegen Books (5.8.2012)
Series: Hemlock (#1)
Source: I own it
Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered.
Since then, Mac’s life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac’s hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy’s killer: A white werewolf.
Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control.
Wanting desperately to put an end to her nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy’s murder herself. She discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy’s boyfriend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her life at risk.
Kathleen Peacock’s thrilling novel is the first in the Hemlock trilogy, a spellbinding urban fantasy series filled with provocative questions about prejudice, trust, lies, and love.
Monday, May 21, 2012
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Paperback, 464 pages
Published by HarperTeen (5.1.2012)
Series: The Sweet Trilogy (#1)
Source: I own it
What if there were teens whose lives depended on being bad influences?
This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels in Sweet Evil.
Tenderhearted Southern girl, Anna Whitt, was born with the sixth sense to see and feel emotions of other people. She’s aware of a struggle within herself, an inexplicable pull toward danger, but it isn’t until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring Kaidan Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage, and her will-power is put to the test. He’s the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had warned Anna.
Forced to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?
I am happy to announce that I now officially host my own domain! I switched to custom domain from blogspot a couple days ago.
The blogspot.com address should forward you to auntiespinellireads.com eventually, but right now it is still in the process of switching. This is why you can't see my GFC widget. It can only be seen from auntiespinellireads.com from now on.
Also, after many grueling hours and a little bit too much money spent, I have finally finished re-designing! YAY! I am very pleased with it (for now) and I hope you all like it too! I had some issues with my fonts not showing up - it looks fine on my laptop but not my dino-desktop. I'm thinking it's like that because they were special fonts I downloaded on my laptop and only computers with the fonts installed will see it them? Unless my poor stone age computer just can't handle it. Can you all see the pretty fonts, or is it just plain Times New Roman? (widget headers, menu bar, post titles)
I'd really appreciate the input to help me figure it out! Also, I'd love feedback on the design...anything you would change? Any ideas to make it better?
*Update: I changed the fonts to ones that should be universal on other computers. The only one I kept was the post title font...it's just too pretty and I didn't want to get rid of it :p
The blogspot.com address should forward you to auntiespinellireads.com eventually, but right now it is still in the process of switching. This is why you can't see my GFC widget. It can only be seen from auntiespinellireads.com from now on.
Also, after many grueling hours and a little bit too much money spent, I have finally finished re-designing! YAY! I am very pleased with it (for now) and I hope you all like it too! I had some issues with my fonts not showing up - it looks fine on my laptop but not my dino-desktop. I'm thinking it's like that because they were special fonts I downloaded on my laptop and only computers with the fonts installed will see it them? Unless my poor stone age computer just can't handle it. Can you all see the pretty fonts, or is it just plain Times New Roman? (widget headers, menu bar, post titles)
I'd really appreciate the input to help me figure it out! Also, I'd love feedback on the design...anything you would change? Any ideas to make it better?
*Update: I changed the fonts to ones that should be universal on other computers. The only one I kept was the post title font...it's just too pretty and I didn't want to get rid of it :p
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Friday, May 18, 2012
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Paperback, 336 pages
Published by St. Martin's (3.14.2004)
Series: Dark-Hunter (#1)
Source: I own it
Dear Reader,
Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to be immortal? To journey through the night stalking the evil that preys on humans? To have unlimited wealth, unlimited power? That is my existence, and it is dark and dangerous. I play hero to thousands, but am known to none. And I love every minute of it.
Or so I thought until one night when I woke up handcuffed to my worst nightmare: a conservative woman in a button-down shirt. Or in Amanda's case, buttoned all the way up to her chin. She's smart, sexy, witty, and wants nothing to do with the paranormal-in other words, me.
My attraction to Amanda Devereaux goes against everything I stand for. Not to mention the last time I fell in love it cost me not only my human life, but also my very soul. Yet every time I look at her, I find myself wanting to try again. Wanting to believe that love and loyalty do exist.
Even more disturbing, I find myself wondering if there's any way a woman like Amanda can love a man whose battle scars run deep, and whose heart was damaged by a betrayal so savage that he's not sure it will ever beat again.
Kyrian of Thrace
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published by Balzer + Bray (4.17.2012)
Series: no
Source: Library
What if you forgot your identity and had to rely on other people to tell you who you were?
And what if to discover your true self, you first had to unravel a mystery so big and terrifying you were not sure you’d survive solving it?
When Marshall and Elyse wake up in each other’s arms with zero memory of how they got there or who they are, it’s the start of a long journey through their separate pasts and shared future.
Terrified by their amnesia, the two make a pact to work together to find the answers that could jog their missing memories. As they piece together clues, they discover they’re in the idyllic mountain resort town of Summer Falls, where everyone seems mysteriously happy, but as Marshall and Elyse quickly learn, darkness lurks beneath the town’s perfect facade. Not only is the town haunted by sinister ghosts, but none of its living inhabitants retain bad memories of anything—not the death of Marshall’s mom, not the hidden shame in Elyse’s family, not even the day-to-day anguish of high school.
Lonely in this world of happy zombies, Marsh and Elyse fall into an intense relationship...but the secrets they uncover could be the death of this growing love—and the death of everyone, and everything, they love in Summer Falls.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Friday, May 11, 2012
ebook (259 pages)
Published by Crescent Moon Press (4.30.2012)
Series: no
Source: From the lovely author!
At Barinkoff Academy, there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans.
When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy. Phoenix doesn’t realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud.
Advance ebook (348 pages)
Published by Harlequin Teen (5.22.2012)
Series: Nightwatchers (#1)
Source: NetGalley
I don't do dangerous. Smart, über-careful, ordinary Samantha-that's me. But I just couldn't pass up a surprise kiss from my number-one unattainable crush. A kiss that did something to me...something strange. Now I feel hungry all the time, but not for food. It's like part of me is missing-and I don't know if I can get it back. Then there's Bishop. At first I thought he was just a street kid, but the secrets he's keeping are as intense as his unearthly blue eyes. If he's what I think he is, he may be the only one who can help me. But something terrifying is closing in, and the one chance Bishop and I have to stop it means losing everything I ever wanted and embracing the darkness inside me.... NIGHTWATCHERS When angels and demons must work together, something beyond evil is rising...
This my own feature I'm going to be doing as a replacement for In My Mailbox.
I admit this week I went a little crazy buying books...there were just so many fantastic new releases in the past 2 weeks that I just couldn't help myself!!
I admit this week I went a little crazy buying books...there were just so many fantastic new releases in the past 2 weeks that I just couldn't help myself!!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Monday, May 7, 2012
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Paperback, 352 pages
Published by St. Martin's Press (2.2.2002)
Series: Dark-Hunter (#0)
Source: I own it
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Dear Reader,
Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day.
As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, I found the first woman in history who saw me as a man with a tormented past. She alone bothered to take me out of the bedroom and onto the world. She taught me to love again.
But I was not born to love. I was cursed to walk eternity alone. As a general, I had long ago accepted my sentence. Yet now I have found Grace--the one thing my wounded heart cannot survive without. Sure, love can heal all wounds, but can it break a two-thousand-year-old curse?
Paperback, 339 pages
Published by Del Rey (5.25.2010)
Series: Downside Ghosts (#1)
Source: Library
THE DEPARTED HAVE ARRIVED.
The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen, and the living are under attack. The powerful Church of Real Truth, in charge since the government fell, has sworn to reimburse citizens being harassed by the deceased. Enter Chess Putnam, a fully tattooed witch and freewheeling ghost hunter. She’s got a real talent for banishing the wicked dead. But Chess is keeping a dark secret: She owes a lot of money to a murderous drug lord named Bump, who wants immediate payback in the form of a dangerous job that involves black magic, human sacrifice, a nefarious demonic creature, and enough wicked energy to wipe out a city of souls. Toss in lust for a rival gang leader and a dangerous attraction to Bump’s ruthless enforcer, and Chess begins to wonder if the rush is really worth it. Hell, yeah.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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