Dying To Read (138)- THIS SAVAGE SONG by Victoria Schwab

Hey y’all thanks for stopping by to see my Dying to Read post and of course as always I have to give credit to the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine for the Waiting on Wednesday Meme!

I love Victoria and her books!!!!!!!!!! I'm super excited for this!

Title: THIS SAVAGE SONG (Monsters of Verity #1)

Author: Victoria Schwab

Release Date: July 5, 2016

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Pages: 464
Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N

The city of Verity has been overrun with monsters, born from the worst of human evil. In North Verity, the Corsai and the Malchai run free. Under the rule of Callum Harker, the monsters kill any human who has not paid for protection. In the South, Henry Flynn hunts the monsters who cross the border into his territory, aided by the most dangerous and darkest monsters of them all—the Sunai, dark creatures who use music to steal their victim’s souls.

As one of only three Sunai in existence, August Flynn has always wanted to play a bigger role in the war between the north and the south. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate Harker, daughter of the leader of North Verity, August jumps on it.
When Kate discovers August’s secret, the pair find themselves running for their lives and battling monsters from both sides of the wall. As the city dissolves into chaos, it’s up to them to foster a peace between monsters and humans.

A unique, fast-paced adventure that looks at the monsters we face every day—including the monster within.

So what do you think? Will you be adding this to your pile? What are you dying to read this week?

Top Ten Tuesday (33)- Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read

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.

July 7: Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read

These aren't in any particular order but all of these have been fantastic books! Click on the book cover to be taken to the book's goodreads page


1. 50 Shades of Grey. Never wanted to read it and never willl.

2. The Fault in Our Stars (or any other John Green book) lets be honest contemporary isn't my favorite genre and I was just never excited about this book.

3. The last 3 Mortal Instruments books. I was done after the first 3 I never saw the need for 3 more. And now there's more Shadowhunter books coming?? Sorry I'm out.

4. The last Lux book by Jennifer Armentrout. I just never got around to it plus I hate the redesigned covers I like books that match.

5. The Dream Thieves and Blue Lily, Lily Blue. I have them but never got around to reading them. I probably will when the series is finished.

6. A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab. I love V and have the book just never got around to reading it.

7. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey. I liked the first book but just didn't have the desire to read the second.

8. The Dust Lands series by Moira Young. Another that I have but just never read.

9. The Queen of Tearling. Never had the desire to read it. I don't care if it's turning into a movie.

10. Any hyped eBook novellas that fit in between stories. I get the publishers like to collect that extra $$$ but I just don't see the need for them and I don't like to read eBooks. Put them in paper format and I might read them.

So this is my list. What about you? What have been your favorite books of 2015 so far?

And come back next week for my Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession (bought, library, review copies)!

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (12)- Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To!

Hi and welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! I took a couple weeks off because of our annual Top 10 event but I'm back and ready to share my lists!

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

Here's this week's topic.

January 13: Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To!

I'm always sad when books I meant to read get left behind but there's only so much I can read so all of these on my list were (and still are) on my TBR. I will read them at some point they just missed making the 2014 cut.

1. STOLEN SONGBIRD by Danielle L. Jensen

2. PRINCE OF SHADOWS by Rachel Caine

3. THE UNBOUND by Victoria Schwab

4. A BREATH OF FROST by Alyxandra Harvey

5. FATES by Lanie Bross

6. QUEEN OF HEARTS by Colleen Oakes

7. STEADFAST by Claudia Gray

8. THE HUNT (Project Paper Doll #2) by Stacey Kade

9. STONE COLD TOUCH by Jennifer L. Armentrout

10. LOOP by Karen Akins

So this is my list. What about you? What 2014 releases didn't you get a chance to read?

And come back next week for a freebie category! I'm not sure what I'll do but it should be fun!

Hugs,
Jaime

Special Announcement! Bring YA2U to Northern California and a Giveaway!!!

Have you ever wished that a big YA book tour would make a stop in your hometown? Well, here's your chance for that wish to come true! YA2U is a program that features five award-winning and best-selling authors who are holding a contest to see what city they should visit in an exclusive tour stop!

The authors are collecting votes from January 1 to February 15, and any city in the continental US or any Canadian city that has an international airport can win an exclusive visit from all five authors, including an author panel and book signing! Entering is super easy--and if you help spread the word about the contest, you can also enter win a signed copy of all of their books (TEN signed books in total!)--and the book contest is open internationally!

The authors in the program are:

• Marie Lu, the New York Times best-selling author of Legend and the upcoming Prodigy
• Marissa Meyer, the New York Times best-selling author of Cinder and the upcoming Scarlet
• Beth Revis, the New York Times best-selling author of Across the Universe, A Million Suns, and the upcoming Shades of Earth
• Victoria Schwab, author of The Near Witch and the highly-anticipated upcoming The Archived
• Megan Shepherd, author of the debut novel The Madman's Daughter

And they want to have an event in your home town! To participate, just got to the YA2U website and let them know what city you want them to come to. And while you're there, help spread the word about the contest and you can be entered to win all of their books--TEN signed books in total! 

Here's why the YA2U Team should come to MY hometown! 

Ok well San Francisco isn't my home town but since no one comes to Sacramento (except for Victoria when she's visiting family lol) San Francisco is out best bet. And why should they come here? We have tons of Northern California book bloggers who love to go to signings and then host giveaways after! So if these ladies come here you're guaranteed giveaways on at least 5 to 10 blogs!!!! And also we have a huge group of book lovers here! Some of these authors have never been to San Francisco and they have been to other cities so please help us bring them here!!!!!!

Why should the YA2U Team come to your hometown? Why not join in the fun today and share with others about this program and your hometown. The more votes your town gets, the closer you are to having your very own personal tour stop! Vote for YOUR town here!

And if you help spread the word, you can also participate in the book giveaway. Tell them that you learned about YA2U from me and we both get extra entries in the contest! 

Click on the Rafflecopter link to go and enter!!!!!!

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Review- The Archived by Victoria Schwab

The Archived

Victoria Schwab

Release Date: January 22, 2013

Hardcover: 336 pages

Publisher: Hyperion Books

ISBN:  1423157311

Source: ARC from the publisher

Rating: Loved!!!!!!!!!

Goodreads/Amazon/Barnes&Noble/The Book Depository 

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.

Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.

Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.

In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.

OMG, OMG I freaking loved this book! I loved everything about it! Victoria’s writing style just sucks you in; she’s such a beautiful writer!

This isn’t your typical romance although there are definitely good kissing scenes. I loved the idea of the Archive where people’s Histories were saved on shelves like books in a library and I loved reading about the keepers and how they kept these Histories from escaping the Archive and the Narrows. I loved the mysteries that Victoria gave us to unlock just like a key in the doors of the Narrows. And I love three boys in this book! Each for very different reasons. I loved Wesley the most tough (name always reminds me of the Princess Bride lol) with his black spiky hair and guyliner. He was let’s just say… smoking hawt! And I loved Roland one of the librarians with his red Chuck Taylors and his love for rule breaking. I also loved Owen. Just going to leave that one as is you all will have to figure Owen out on your own.

I think one of the things I loved the most about this story was Mac’s flashbacks. The scenes with her Da (grandpa) he totally reminded me of my own grandfather even the smoking part. J

So I chose one of the scenes between Mac and Wesley because I just loved the two of them together.

Wesley’s face is utterly unreadable as my hands loosen and slide away from his throat. He brings up his fingers to his neck but never takes his eyes from mine. We are, both of us, coiled.

And then he smiles.

“I thought you hated touching.”

I groan and shove him, slumping back into my corner of the bench.

“I’m sorry,” I say. The words seem to echo through the garden.

“One things for certain,” he says. “You keep me on my toes.”

“I shouldn't have---“

“It wasn't my place to judge,” he says. “Your grandfather obviously did something right.”

Go get this book when it comes out!!!!!!!

Announcing the Authors Are Rockstars Tour

We are so super excited to finally be able to announce some of the details for the AUTHORS ARE ROCKSTARS Tour that we’re bringing to you this August.

We’ve been keeping it just a little bit quiet until we were sure we had enough rockstars signed on for this month-long event. But now that we do, we can finally tell you what it’s all about.

For many of us readers and book lovers, the authors who pen these books take on an idol-like status. Much like that of those musicians who fill stadiums with their fans. Well, musicians are great, but to us our favorite authors are the true rockstars. And so we wanted a chance to put them in the spotlight and what better way to do that than to send them out on tour for the month of August.

So, for the entire month of August we will be matching up the rockstar authors who have agreed to be on tour with the bloggers who idolize them.

On each day of the tour there will be one, two or possibly three authors being spotlighted for their rockstar status around the blogosphere. Each stop on the tour will be in the form of interviews or guest posts. Some tour stops will have giveaways. But all tour stops will be at blogs who think their authors rock.

Just to give you a tease at some of the amazing rockstars on the tour, we bring to you a lineup which includes Julie Kagawa, Rachel Vincent, Jeri Smith-Ready, Chloe Neill, Tahereh Mafi, Scott Tracey, Wendy Higgins, Maria V. Snyder, Victoria Schwab, Lisa Desrochers, Lesley Livingston, Jennifer Armentrout, Courtney Summers, Alyxandra Harvey, Bethany Griffin, Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand and more…We said it was just a teaser. The full lineup will be announced in the sign-up post next week.

While we’d love to feature every single amazing author that we think are rockstars, there are only thirty-one days in the month and we couldn’t possibly juggle more than three stops a day. So, just because an author is not featured in no way means that we don’t think they’re rockstars.

Our sign-up post will go up next week, so if you want to be considered for the tour, be sure to check back at either Fiktshun or Two Chicks on Books for details. Sign-ups won’t be open for long so that we will have time to make the best matches possible between authors and the bloggers that adore them. So be sure to check back next week if you are interested in signing up and to find out if your favorite author will be on tour.

We already can’t wait until August to share our love for these amazing authors who have created worlds, stories and characters that have blown our minds, torn out our hearts, enchanted and transported us.

But in the meantime, the tour button is below if you’d like to grab it.

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Giveaway Time!!!

So you all know we absolutely love Jeri Smith-Ready! Well Jaime has one signed copy of Shift left to give away to one lucky person plus some really cool swag (can you say a signed Near Witch bookmark and more signed swag??)  Since we missed our 6 month blog birthday oops ;) we’re doing this giveaway now! What do you have to do?? Simple just fill out the entry  here and you’re good to go!

As always we’ll use to old school ball cap method to draw names and remember to use the twitter hashtag #ShiftLoveGiveaway to spread the love! Thanks everyone for making our blogging experience so awesome!!!!  Contest ends next Sunday 9/18 so make sure to get your entries in! Sorry this Giveaway is US only :(


CONTEST IS CLOSED NOW WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH.

Jaime's Review of The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab

The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.

If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company.

And there are no strangers in the town of Near.

These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.

But when an actual stranger—a boy who seems to fade like smoke—appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.

The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them. Something tells her she can trust him.

As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know—about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.

Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab’s debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won’t soon forget. Excerpt from Goodreads.

Jaime’s review…

To start I’m going to say wow this book was one of the most imaginative original stories I have read in a long time! Victoria’s words flow like a song through the entire book and there’s never a dull moment.

I rarely find a story where I have absolutely nothing to compare it to all I can say about this one was it reminded me of a ghost story told around a campfire to scare the children to stay in their tents.

I immediately found myself attached to Lexi’s character and also the stranger’s. I felt the up and down emotions of love and loss, smelled the moss on the moor, felt the wind in my hair, and shared their fear. I also really like some of the secondary characters the sisters Magda and Dreska reminded me of my own two grandmothers minus the magic. The Near Witch is scary as all get out and let me tell you I don’t scare very easy but I felt goose bumps the first time I actually met her.

I wanted to post one of my favorite parts to show how Victoria’s words float off the page.

“The music continues, clearer than ever, and it’s hard to listen with only the edges of my ears, because I never noticed how beautiful it is. It’s still on the wind, made by the wind itself, but its wafting toward us like the scent of my mother’s bread, oddly filling.”

I absolutely loved this book! It made me cry and almost jump out of my seat I could not put it down.  So if you’re looking for something new and exciting to read go buy The Near Witch when it comes out in August I highly recommend it.!

Thank you Disney-Hyperion for a galley from Netgalley and thank you Victoria Schwab for sending Hallie Patterson at Disney my information for an ARC you all are amazing!

Awesome news from an amazing author!!! Victoria Schwab's new book.

I figured since the blog has been quiet for a bit I'd wake it up with some amazing news!! On twitter earlier today miss Victoria Schwab announced her new book deal! Here's her blog info so you can read it and tell her congrats! http://veschwab.wordpress.com/

Also I wanted to let everyone know her book The Near Witch will be released August 2, 2011 by Hyperion Books. So go add it on goodreads and pre-order it. I'll post links under the Cover since I wanted to give it some love.

Here's an excerpt from goodreads...

The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.

If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company.

And there are no strangers in the town of Near.
These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.
But when an actual stranger—a boy who seems to fade like smoke—appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.
The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them. Something tells her she can trust him.
As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know—about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.
Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab’s debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won’t soon forget.

So again Congrats Victoria on the new deal and also The Near Witch coming out in August!!! Also we love comments :)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6931344-the-near-witch
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10929432-the-archived

purchase links...
http://www.amazon.com/Near-Witch-Victoria-Schwab/dp/1423137876/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301523257&sr=8-1

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Near-Witch/Victoria-Schwab/e/9781423137870/?itm=1&USRI=victoria+schwab