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The #YAMM March Madness tournament is almost to its finale! The final
two have been chosen did your favorite make it through to the championship
round?
The champion will be crowned after this final vote, so make sure you
vote and spread the word for your favorite! *Ahem The Golden Lily* ;) You may
vote once a day at any of the four blogs below but, remember the same poll is
on all of our sites so your vote will only count once per site per day.
The championship round will run until Wednesday at 8 PM EST (5 PM
PST)!
Final Four voting opens today! And now it’s between the genres so I
have Sci-Fi/Dystopian Insurgent by Veronica Roth going up against The Golden
Lily by Richelle Mead hosted by the Paranormal Category over at Katie’sBookBlog! Decisions, decisions lol
Make sure to pick your
favorite!! Winner The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead.
And make sure to go to either of these sites to cast you votes for
the Fantasy/Contemporary battle! (Ahem go Shadow and Bone!!!!! Hehehe)
The votes have been tallied and the brackets are set! Did your
favorite make the cut? Check out all the brackets below and the schedule.
Voting starts tomorrow so make sure to come back to vote for your favorite!
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All the dates for voting are at the top of the bracket. So make sure
to come back on those dates and vote!
The event runs for five consecutive days, the last week of the year. Five days of some of our favorite lists and we invite ALL of YOU to join in on the fun and share your lists with everyone too!
Each day of the event we hope you'll visit one of the hosting blogs and share your list with the Linky that will be provided. Just be sure you follow which lists goes on which day. Speaking of... here's what we're doing for this years event -
Monday, December 24th - Best Books I've Read in 2012 (Doesn't have to be released in 2012, just a book you've read in 2012) Tuesday, December 25th - Best Book Covers of 2012 (MUST be a book released in 2012. Would be best if it's a book you've READ in 2012, but it's not required) Wednesday, December 26th - Best ________ Of 2012 (Readers/Bloggers choice. Please fill in the blank with ONE of these topics - Villains, Contemporaries, Dual POV's, Novellas, Adult titles, New Adult titles, Love Triangles, Couples, Bad Boys or Debuts. REMEMBER - this list MUST be from books you've READ in 2012) Thursday, December 27th - Best Book Boyfriends of 2012 (MUST be from a book released in 2012 and from a book you've READ in 2012) Friday, December 28th - Top 10 Books I'm looking forward to in 2013. (This list should be comprised of books released ONLY in 2013)
How you do these posts/lists is totally up to you. What books, covers and characters you pick are all your own.
The only rules to follow are posting the topics on the dates we've provided.
Now, I know what you're all thinking. That this will be hard to keep to 10. Some of you might like to break the lists up a bit. Working with a Top 10 for YA books and then a Top 10 for Adult titles. Feel free to add honorable mentions if you're also having a hard time sticking to 10. However, with the honorable mentions, please try to keep it to a minimum or it kind of defeats the whole purpose of things.
Our main focus of this event is for YOU to join in and share your lists with us all and for everyone to visit each others blogs' and see what books have made it on THEIR lists.
The event is simple. Follow the dates and list topics as provided and fill out the linky below. This gives us an idea who will be joining us for the Top 10 week. THEN, be sure to come back to one of our blogs on each of the five days and link up your post for that specific day! Just remember, each day will have a linky for THAT Top 10 topic.
Also, you don't want to miss a day during the event. We just might have some giveaways up our sleeves and joining in the event, keeping up with our and everyone lists just might help you enter to win! Additional giveaway details to follow, so keep checking back to find out what we're giving away and when!
And don't forget to snag our button and to help spread the word for the event. We'd love to have anyone and everyone join us this year. The more the merrier!
NOTE: this is the SAME Linky on each of the Co-Hosts Blogs, so please only enter your Name, Blog Name and URL on one blog. Thanks!
Be sure to take the button provided for the event and display it on your blog and link it back to this post so anyone who wants to find out more info about the event easily knows how to find us.
We hope everyone who reads this will be as excited for this event as we are and we can't wait to check out all of your lists!
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Her opponents are men—thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the kings council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.
Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
Ok so y’all are probably sick of me saying how much I love High
Fantasy. Well too bad…. I LOVE HIGH FANTASY!!!!! Lol and Throne of Glass is no exception! It’s freaking fantastic!!!
Sarah J. Maas is an amazing writer! Her world building is very
descriptive and beautiful and her characters? Oh my don’t get me started on her
characters! I loved Chaol and am Team Chaol all the way! He is gorgeous, brave,
smart, and sarcastic some of my favorite qualities in a man. But there’s
another one or two characters that I loved too! Dorian which sucks by the way;
I wanted to hate him! I wanted him to be an ass so I could hate him but, I
couldn’t not one bit. He was so sweet and loving and gorgeous as well and damn it
he made loving Chaol and only Chaol hard. Also there is a thief named Nox that
stole a tiny piece of my heart but thank goodness not Celaena’s because if that
would have happened we would have had a very awkward love square lol.
Speaking
of Celaena she’s one of the most kick ass heroines I’ve encountered in a long
time! I mean she’s an assassin so she’s badass but, what I loved about her was
that not only was she tough but, she had morals and cared about people and
things like animals and social issues too!
Ooh and the story itself? It’s absolutely wonderful!!!!! There’s
romance, court intrigue, danger, magic, and crazy plot twists! It’s one of the
best stories I’ve read in 2012! I seriously can’t wait for book 2 and psst here’s
a tip too Sarah wrote 3 prequel novellas and they’re only 99cents! So go get
those too!
I chose one of my most favorite scenes from the book to share with y’all
and it’s where I really think I started to fall for Chaol!
He stared her
down, quiet for a moment. “Are you that arrogant?” She bristled, but he went
on. “It was foolish to spar with you just now. I’ll admit that I hadn’t
realized you’d be that good. Thankfully, no one noticed. And do you know why
Lillian?” He took a step closer, jis voice lowering. “Because you’re a pretty
little girl. Because you’re a nobody jewel thief from a small city in Fenharow.
Look around.” He half-turned to the other champions. “Is anyone staring at you?
Are any of them sizing you up? No. Because you’re not real competition. Because
you don’t stand between them and whatever freedom or wealth they’re looking
for.”
“Exactly! It’s
insulting!”
“It’s smart
that’s what it is. And you’re going to keep a low profile throughout this
entire competition. You’re not going to excel, and you’re not going to trounce
those thieves and soldiers and unknown assassins. You’re going to stay in the
middle, where no one will look your way, because you’re not a threat, because
they’ll think that you’ll be eliminated sooner or later, and they should focus
their attention on getting rid of bigger, stronger, faster champions like Cain.
“But you’re going to outlast them,” Chaol
continued. “And when they wake up on the morning of the final duel and find
that you are their opponent, and that you have beaten them, the look on their
faces will make all the insults and lack of attention worthwhile.” He extended
his hand to lead her outside. “So what do you have to say about that, Lillian
Gordaina?”
“I can look out
for myself,” she said lightly, taking his hand. “But I have to say that you’re
rather brilliant, Captain. So brilliant, actually, that I might give you one of
the jewels I plan to steal from the queen tonight.”
Chaol chuckled,
and they strode outside to where the running contest awaited.
And if this isn’t
enough for you there’s an awesome trailer check it out!
Hello!! Today we are a
tour stop in debut author Shannon Dittemore’s Angel Eyes. Our stop today includes a review (Patricia’s)
as well as an e-book giveaway thanks to YA Bound via Thomas Nelson Publishing.
Once you’ve seen, you can’t unsee. Everything changes when you’ve looked at the world through . . .
ANGEL EYES
Brielle’s a ballerina who went to the city to chase her dreams and found tragedy instead. She’s come home to shabby little Stratus, Oregon, to live with her grief and her guilt . . . and the incredible, numbing cold she can’t seem to shake.
Jake’s the new guy at school. The boy next door with burning hands and an unbelievable gift that targets him for corruption.
Something more than fate has brought them together. An evil bigger than both of them lurks in the shadows nearby, hiding in plain sight. Two angels stand guard, unsure what’s going to happen. And a beauty brighter than Jake or Brielle has ever seen is calling them to join the battle in a realm where all human choices start.
A realm that only angels and demons—and Brielle—can perceive.
Over the last couple of weeks, you've heard us talking about the upcoming #daemoninvasion and we're so excited to finally share with you what is going on.
REALLY EXCITED!
The beautiful and uber cool models, Pepe Toth and Sztella Tziotziosz, who grace the Lux covers, will be joining us in the United States! You heard right. They are flying here, from Hungary to spend a few days as Daemon and Katy! While they are here, they will be working with Vania, from VLC Productions (the team behind Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments, Melissa de la Cruz, Kimberly Derting, Moira Young, Kami Garcia and Margret Stohl, Hillary Duff, Lauren Destefano, and many, many more authors' book trailers), to film book trailers for the Lux Series.
During the filming in Atlanta, they will be accompanying us on tour! What does that mean? You get to meet them. In the flesh. They will be participating in the signings and events. At those signings, we'll be giving away signed posters, photos, and other swag. There will also be meet and greet events you can join in on.
At each signing, there will be advanced copies of Onyx given away!
And to top thing off (as if this isn't enough, be we don't do anything small), there's something very, very exciting in the works! It involves advanced copies of Opal, water, and a little destination known as the Bahahmas.
We are not kidding.
This will be epic.
Are you excited? We are. This tour is going to be so, so much fun, and we're so thrilled that Pepe and Sztella are a part of it. We owe them a huge thank you and a giant welcome for making the 16 hour flight to meet the readers of the Lux Series. YOU!!
Daemon Invasion
Signing and Event Schedule
June
8th
FoxTale Book Shoppe
Woodstock, GA
3:00pm
June
10th
Barnes and Noble
St Johns Town Center
Jacksonville, FL
3:00pm
June
13th
Barnes and Noble
Waterford Lakes Town Center
Orlando, FL
3:00pm
June 14th
Barnes and Noble
The Palladium at City Place
West Palm Beach, FL
4:00pm
There are several
#daemoninvasion street teamers out there and if you want to join a team to win
exclusive prizes, search down the #daemoninvasion hashtag onTwitter to join one of the
teams! We at Two Chicks on Books are FULL. We'll let you know soon who our team members are.
Don’t
forget to visit Jennifer L. Armentrout’s blog to win a signed set of Half-Blood
and Pure (HERE) in celebration of her adult romance release,
Tempting the Best Man, under pen name J. Lynn.
It can be purchased HERE.
So as you may all know, both us absolutely loved, just loved Julie Kagawa's new book, The Immortal Rules, which is part of The Blood of Eden series. You can check out Patricia's Review HERE and Jaime's Review HERE.
The Immortal Rules will be released April 24th and we can hardly wait to get our hands on shiny new books! You can pre-order your copy HERE, you know we have!
In order to ease our wait we have a special sneak peek still from the trailer...
Pay close attention to The Immortal Rules Trailer! It contains the code you will need to unlock exclusive content on http://www.bloodofeden.com/
Get ready to count the number of Blood of Eden symbols…
There
will also be an awesome Immortal Rules Twitter Contest starting at 11am
on Monday April 16th to celebrate the cool new website and trailer!
Follow @harlequinteen for details!
The Immortal Rules Synopsis:
In a future world, Vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity.
Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.
Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die… or become one of the monsters.
Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.
Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.
But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.
We are very excited to bring you a trailer reveal today for Of Poseidon as well as an arc giveaway, thanks to MacMillan Books! First here's a synopsis of Of Poseidon:
Synopsis: Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma’s gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom . . .
Told from both Emma and Galen’s points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.
Sounds awesome, right?! Look for Jaime's review soon :) Now on to the trailer...
Now I'm sure you're really excited about this book and asking yourself well how can I get a copy? Well as we mentioned above Macmillan is giving away an ARC of Of Poseidon and all you have to do is enter below:
From Goodreads.
Eden won the battle-she saved her true love from the darkest evil. But the war has only just begun. With secrets swirling around her, powerful allies unraveling, and life-and death-as she knows it eroding, Eden and those she loves tread dangerous ground. Can she trust anyone? Will her unearthly powers be her salvation or her downfall? A sweeping, dark, and sexy paranormal romance that will haunt readers with an inventive mythology and a cinematic New York City filled with shadows and longing.
Jaime’s review….
You all have no idea how hard this book is going to be to review. Everything about it could be viewed as spoilery. But I’m going to try my hardest.
A Touch Morbid was AWESOME!!!!!! One thing I think you all should know is this book is not Eden and Az centric there are multiple POV’s and most of my favorites were parts that had Luke in them. Yeah I know he’s the bad guy but I can’t help it he has completely captured my heart. Other parts of the book that I really liked were from Jarrod’s POV he’s really growing on me and I’m starting to love him too!
There were so many twists and turns in this story and so many lies and secrets! No I’m not going to say whom or what you must read the book when it comes out! All I will say is that I said a few curse words while reading A Touch Morbid and my jaw hit the floor multiple times. Leah has brought us new characters that are pretty cool also and the people we know and love have some major issues to work through.
What I love about Leah and her writing is she’s not afraid to pull punches. I’m absolutely dreading and dying to read book 3 of this series because I need to see where this twisted tale leads! She had me guessing some things till the very end and now that those questions have been answered she’s left us with more!
I really had a hard time finding a quote from Morbid that wasn’t too spoilery but I just couldn’t resist this part it’s a scene with Luke and he’s talking to someone I’m not going to say who you’ll just have to guess ;)
He trailed his fingers down her face and then further. They lingered against the swell of her breast, the lace of her bustier. “Because you tempt me. You demand I fight for your affections instead of taking what I please.” He dropped his hand. “You tell me no. You say stop. And I listen.” He said the last words like a curse, anger bleeding through, each word rougher than the last.
Luke tilted his head, his neck tense, cracking with a snap. He rolled his shoulders.
“You’re a silly little dead girl.” He glared at her, his tone harsh. “You should mean nothing to me.” He grabbed her chin, forced her to meet his eyes. “And yet I covet you more than anything else on this Earth.”
See he’s HOT!!!!! Literally ;)
A Touch Morbid comes out February 28th so if you want a book that’s wicked and morbidly awesome pre-order it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the Book Depository!
Also make sure to follow Leah on Twitter she has some really cool blog.tv chats and check out her website!
A huge thank you to Harper Teen for the Advanced Readers Copy!
What do you think of our lists? Thanks again for participating we’ve had so much fun! Remember you have until January 8th to sign up with the linky to add your post and to earn an entry for the Amazon GC. Good luck and we hope to see you next year when we do this all over again!
Also we wanted to wrap up our year with books and pages read. Jaime read 74 books/ 23,254 pages. Patricia read 58 books/17,945 pages. Total for Two Chicks 132 books/41,199 pages! That's a ton of books and pages and we hope to beat that total next year!
Hey everyone today we have a beautiful new book cover to reveal today it’s called Chosen Ones it’s the first in a new YA Dystopian series by author Tiffany Truitt being published by Entangled Publishing. When you read the synopsis we know you'll be as excited as we are to read this 2012 book!
What if you were mankind’s last chance at survival?
Sixteen-year-old Tess lives in a compound in what was once the Western United States, now decimated after a devastating fourth World War. But long before that, life as we knew it had been irrevocably changed, as women mysteriously lost the ability to bring forth life. Faced with the extinction of the human race, the government began the Council of Creators, meant to search out alternative methods of creating life. The resulting artificial human beings, or Chosen Ones, were extraordinarily beautiful, unbelievably strong, and unabashedly deadly.
Life is bleak, but uncomplicated for Tess as she follows the rigid rules of her dystopian society, until the day she begins work at Templeton, the training facility for newly created Chosen Ones. There, she meets James, a Chosen One whose odd love of music and reading rivals only her own. The attraction between the two is immediate in its intensity—and overwhelming in its danger.
But there is more to the goings-on at Templeton than Tess ever knew, and as the veil is lifted from her eyes, she uncovers a dark underground movement bent not on taking down the Chosen Ones, but the Council itself. Will Tess be able to stand up to those who would oppress her, even if it means giving up the only happiness in her life?
Gorgeous right?? The release date is set in April but that is subject to changes but we can’t wait to get out hands on a copy! In the meantime check out Entangled Publishing’s website! There’s tons of great books there to pick up three that we recommend are Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Touch by Jus Accardo, and Radiant Desire by Inara Scott!!
This is the year for challenges here at Two Chicks On Books last year we were so new we were a bit afraid of doing one because we didn’t know what they entailed. Now that our blog is almost a year old and we finally feel settled into our blogging roles we have decided to do 2! First The 2012 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren and now the 2012 Sophomore Reading Challenge hosted by Shanyn at Chick Loves Lit. What’s great about this challenge is we’ve read a lot of the authors first books and are extremely excited to read the sequels!
For this challenge our lists are almost identical so we’ll post out top 10 anticipated sequels for these Sophomore books. Click on the book titles if you want to see the goodreads descriptions for them.
