Top Ten Tuesday (53)- Top Ten 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn't

Hi thanks for stopping by!!! And welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! 

Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme!

Here's this week's topic.

January 12: Top Ten 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn't

I truly wanted to read all of these and maybe I will someday but they just didn't make the cut in 2015.

1. THE EMPTY THRONE by Cayla Kluver

2. THE GLASS ARROW by Kristen Simmons

3. KIN by Lili St. Crow

4. BURNING KINGDOMS by Lauren DeStefano

5.  EMPIRE OF NIGHT by Kelley Armstorng

6. THE SHATTERED COURT by M.J Scott

7.  DECEPTION'S PAWN by Esther Friesner

8. THE STARS NEVER RISE by Rachel Vincent

9. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN by Renee Collins

10. THEIR FRACTURED LIGHT by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

So what about you? What book did mean to read in 2015 but didn't? And check back next week for my Top Ten Books I've Recently Added To My TBR!

Hugs,

Jaime

Jaime's Review of The Calling by Kelley Armstrong

From the Harper Teen website. http://www.harperteen.com/
A part of the synopsis I changed as not to spoil anything from book 1 if you haven’t read it.
Maya Delaney's paw-print birthmark is the mark of what she truly is……. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly everyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the animals that roam the woods outside her home, Maya knows it's only a matter of time before she changes even more. And she believes there may be others in her small town with surprising talents.
Now Maya and her friends have been forced to flee from their homes during a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set. Then they're kidnapped, and after a chilling helicopter crash, they find themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness with nothing but their extraordinary abilities to help them get back home.

The Calling by Kelley Armstrong, the second novel in the Darkness Rising trilogy is as action packed and engaging as the first! A must read if you’re a fan of Mrs. Armstrong’s novels.

The Calling picks up immediately after the first novel ended. After Maya and her friends are kidnapped and their helicopter crashes they stop at nothing to get home to their parents and to unravel the mysteries of their powers. I really like the heroine Maya she is strong and funny but she has flaws that make her more relatable. I also love her best friend Daniel normally I fall for the bad boy and while Rafe is definitely hot, mysterious, and definitely gets my blood boiling; I am really drawn to Daniel he’s sweet and caring and gorgeous!

Maya and her group of friends all have to face their own issues and face loss together while trying to evade the groups that are hunting them. What I enjoyed the most about this book was the small hints and clues that related to Armstrong’s trilogy The Darkest Powers series and a sense that maybe in the third book we’d see a bit of some of our favorite characters from that series. The cover art is beautifully done the model on the cover is exactly what I imagined Maya to look like.

And now a passage from the book that had me cracking up!

When I finally stopped talking, she said, “Are you crazy?”

“Hey!” Sam said.

“No, seriously. You think you’re going to change into a cougar? Maybe in thirty years you’ll start thinking college boys are kinda hot, but that’s the only sort of cougar you can turn into, Maya. Anything else is nuts.”

   If you’re a fan of paranormal YA with mystery and romance The Calling is for you! It comes out April 10^th so make sure to pre order your copy!

Add The Calling to your Goodreads shelves. 

Blogaversary Giveaway!!!!!

December 30^th was our one year blogaversary and we wanted to celebrate with you all! Thanks so much for following us and becoming some of our favorite people out there! As a thank you for making our blogging experience amazing we decided to have a giveaway and this one’s bigger than anything we’ve ever done! What’s up for grabs? Well there’s a bunch so here it goes!

There will be 4 winners!

Grand Prize winner will receive their choice of 6 of the books from this list the 2^nd prize winner will get 5, 3rd place will get 3 books and, 4th place will get 2! All winners will also get swag!

ARC’s:

Shatter Me- Tahereh Mafi

Daughter of Smoke and Bone- Laini Taylor

Tempest- Julie Cross

A Million Suns Beth Revis

Away- Terri Hall

Half Blood- Jennifer L. Armentrout
Slide- Jill Hathaway

Finished Copies:

Merlin’s Harp- Anne Eliot Crompton

Bloody Valentine- Melissa de la Cruz

Another Faust- Daniel Nayeri & Dina Nayeri

Claire de Lune- Christine Johnson

My Soul to Steal- Rachel Vincent


****UPDATE*****


The awesome Cyndi Tefft author of Between has donated an ebook to the giveaway as well as Jennifer Sommersby she's donating an ebook of Sleight! The amazing author Tiffany King has also given us a signed copy of Meant To Be and Forgotten Souls

The Grand Prize winner will also receive a poster signed by all the authors that attended the Smart Chicks Tour in Seattle October 2011! The attendees were Melissa Marr, Melissa de la Cruz, Kelley Armstrong, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Rachel Caine, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Sophie Jordan, Stephanie Kuehnert, Richelle Mead, Jeri Smith-Ready, Margaret Stohl, and Rachel Vincent.

Not only that but the grand prize and the second place winner will receive an Epic Reads sling backpack!

The giveaway is closed winners will be notified shortly. (Please see our giveaway policy for rules). Good luck!

Hugs and good luck Jaime and Patricia! 


US only sorry guys sorry but international shipping is too expensive :\

Jaime's Trip to The Smart Chicks Kick It Tour and The Northwest Book Festival

This weekend I got to fly up to Seattle, WA (Kirkland actually) for The Northwest Book Festival who hosted The Smart Chicks Kick it Tour. It was a beautiful cool overcast Washington weekend which was awesome because it has been pretty warm here in Nor-Cal. Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, her friend Tiffany, and my mom who is a huge Jeri Smith-Ready fan flew up from Sacramento as well.

The festival is pretty small and it seemed to be mostly indie and self published authors but I did get to meet one of my favorite indie’s Cyndi Tefft who wrote the amazing book Between if you’d like to know more check out my review HERE. Cyndi signed my very own copy of Between, I sat in on a panel she was on, and we had an awesome time! Then my Saturday wound down so mom and I went to see Moneyball which was AWESOME I’m an Oakland A’s fan so I knew it would be but even if you’re not I suggest seeing that movie Brad Pitt was perfect as Billy Beane!!!

Sunday rolled around and the sun was shining it was a perfect day for the big event! We had breakfast at The Original Pancake House which if you’re ever in Kirkland and want some great grub eat there the food was fantastic! Then we headed over to the Teen Union Building where the Smart Chicks event was to be held; we met up with Kristina from kristina-worldofbooks who is a WA native and fellow blogger that I was really excited to meet! I also got to hang out with Tera Lynn Childs who wasn’t on the panels but drove over to visit. The Smart Chicks arrived shortly after us and my mom went kinda photo happy so most of the pics in the slide show are hers ;) The authors that attended this year were Melissa Marr, Melissa de la Cruz, Kelley Armstrong, Jeri Smith-Ready, Rachel Vincent, Rachel Caine, Richelle Mead, Sophie Jordan, Margaret Stohl, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Nina Kirkiri Hoffman, Sara Zarr, and Stephanie Kuehnert. There were so many of them they actually split up into two panels so we had about an hour and a half with each group to ask questions and hear funny stories. Then the signing started and I thought last year’s Smart Chicks event was crazy but this one topped it. I didn’t even get all my books signed I would have missed my plane but, Mindy and Kristina were more than happy to help out and get the rest of my books signed and will send them to me! Thanks ladies BIG HUGS!!!!! Oh one more thing before the slide show. Last year I went to the Smart Chicks event in Menlo Park, CA and this was before we had the blog. I can honestly say after that event one year ago was when I started to really want to start a blog and a big reason why I did so thank you Smart Chicks you have a loyal follower and friend here and I will always make your events!! Much love –Jaime

Ok and now the slide show I hope you enjoy!!!!!! 

Mom took some video with her new camera so I thought I’d share one of those clips My #TeamKilt girls will like this clip since it's Jeri talking ;) ;)

Thanks for letting me share my weekend with you I’ll have more fun event stuff to post after October 9^th when Patricia and I go to the Becca Fitzpatrizk and Michelle Hodkin signing and then in April when I (and hopefully Patricia) go to the Romantic Times Book Lovers Convention in Chicago!