Showing posts with label Eve Silver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eve Silver. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

June Wrap Up

    June was a 'what the heck' month, I went from having a bunch of reviews to post to absolutely nothing. Like I went on a Hiatus without even knowing it. Exams where this month, so I guess once we ended I just got super lazy. July should be different, considering I'm going to be apart of the Summer Blogger Promo Tour hosted by The Book Bratz! So that'll start up on July 5th!
   I will be gone for about 9 days in July, I should have posts ready to go but otherwise don't expect me online much from July 9th -18th.
   I finally got my NAS bookmarks that I designed! I honestly can't wait to run around sneaking them into Never Always Sometimes when it releases in August!
    Otherwise I have no other things to really say about this month! Lets hope July's a good one! 

   Now for the Bookish stats!
  

Books Read:




Book Haul:

Books Reviewed:




July Books I'm Excited For:

   Onward to summer! July is going to be the best!

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Book Review: Crash by Eve Silver

Release Date: June 9th, 2015
Read: June 2nd-3rd, 2015
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Series: The Game, #3
Format: ARC, 368 pages
Source: From McNally Robinson in exchange for an honest review for their Two Thumbs Up program



Description from GoodReads:


   Miki’s life is falling apart around her. Her dad and best friend are lying in the hospital. The Game is glitching, making missions more frequent and more deadly. And someone close to her is waiting for the right moment to betray her. 

   Miki feels like she’s hanging on by a thread and the only thing keeping her tethered is Jackson’s hand in hers. Yet telling him how much she needs him, how much she loves him, feels like the biggest challenge of all. And if Miki really wants the missions to end for everyone, she’ll have to let go and be ready to fight when the walls between the Game and reality come crashing down. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned, it’s that she’s got a whole lot left to lose.


Review:


    You always have a choice.
   I had won Rush, the first book in the series, in spring 2014. I didn't have a chance to read it until the September after, and I couldn't put it down. Immediately after, I RUShed (Pun intended), to the library to pick up Push, the second book in the series. Though I didn't enjoy Push as much as I did Rush, I was still looking forward to Crash.
   Crash was a slow read for me, while I went through it like a breeze the story itself was going nowhere. The book constantly felt like I was being pulled back and fourth between "The Game" and a major occurrence that happened at the end of Push. That was basically the book for me, because Silver didn't even do anything with the two events so the storyline went no where.
   The book introduced a bunch of new things that I felt were unnecessary to the plot, sort of like Silver didn't have an idea of where the storyline should go so she just threw something together. Not to mention how the series ending didn't end up making sense at all and could be seen as confusing.
   The storyline may have not been for me, but Silver sure does have a nice writing style. I'm not sure if I would have finished the book if it was otherwise.
   Rush had great potential for me, even when the rest of the series didn't, even though I didn't enjoy the series overall I'm still glad I read Rush. 

   You can find my review on McNally Robinson's Two Thumbs Up review page here.

Rating:



Favourite Quotes:


   "Depression is something I fight off. Happiness is something I fight for.

Recommend to People Who Enjoy:


Young Adult, Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Fantasy, Aliens, Video Games, Survival




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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: (42)

Crash

Eve Silver
The Game, #3
Katherine Tegen Books
Expected: June 9th, 2015


Description from GoodReads:


   Miki’s life is falling apart around her. Her dad and best friend are lying in the hospital. The Game is glitching, making missions more frequent and more deadly. And someone close to her is waiting for the right moment to betray her. 

   Miki feels like she’s hanging on by a thread and the only thing keeping her tethered is Jackson’s hand in hers. Yet telling him how much she needs him, how much she loves him, feels like the biggest challenge of all. And if Miki really wants the missions to end for everyone, she’ll have to let go and be ready to fight when the walls between the Game and reality come crashing down. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned, it’s that she’s got a whole lot left to lose.


Why I Want It:


   I've been dying to read Crash since I finished Push last October, it left us with a bunch of cliff hangers, I just need to know how everything plans out!
   Real life 'video games', aliens, and so much more. I can't wait to see what Silver has in store for us now!



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Sunday, May 31, 2015

May Wrap Up!


   Hey Y'all!

   So this month was once again a busy one, and I count on the first half of June being the same. For July and August everything should be back to normal again. Either way I had a bunch of exciting stuff happen this month! 
   This month I died in Ikea. Yup you read that right, I died in a Ikea. Adi Alsaid participated this month in Twitter Fiction Fest and used me in his story by killing me off! Let me tell you, when you forget that you signed up to die and start getting interesting tweets on Twitter, you become a little panicked LOL. Overall it was a fun time! You can read Adi's story here!
  BEA was this month! Unfortunately I was not there this year but I will be heading to Chicago for next year! I will finally get to meet some of my close friends from online. Seeing everything that went on this month just made me all that more excited for next year! You know how I designed Adi Alsaids bookmarks? Well a bunch of those were handed out at BEA too! So it was exciting to see them in pictures!
   And finally A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Heir released this month! I'd already read ACOTAR in January and ADORED it but It was fantastic to see everyone else love it as well.
  
   That was it for this month! I hope your month went as well as mine did!

   Now for the bookish stats!

Books Read:



Book Haul:


Books Reviewed:


Movies Reviewed:


June Books I'm Excited For:



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Friday, October 31, 2014

October Wrap Up

Friend Pam on the left
Me the right.
      The end of October has come! The end of the month obviously bringing Halloween! I was a Zombie Hunter with my neighbours and sisters, I sort of look like a female version of Daryl Dixon. What were you all for Halloween? Any bookish costumes?
   While on the topic of Halloween, I'm sorry about not having a Halloween post this year, I've been very busy school wise and packing for YALLFest! School has been mentally draining lately.
   YALLFest is next week and I am dying of excitement, I almost have all the books I need ready to go. (*cough* 16) Now all I need to do is pack my clothes and finalize my schedule. If you're going to YALLFest send me your schedule and I'll get back to you with mine! I will also be at the blogger meet up on the 7th, let me know if you are too!
   Funny story, when I first told my Spanish teacher about not being at school for YALLFest most of my class overheard. So now I swear they are more excited about me going to YALLFest then I am, and believe me I'm excited! They also call me YALLFest now, along with asking me daily how much longer till YALLFest. Suffice to say my Spanish class is crazy.
   With YALLFest so close I finally pushed myself to read the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. My goodness, I just don't have any words to describe that series. A review will definitely be up soon for Lux Beginnings.
   Finally I got my second book request in the mail the other day, I got Eternal by C.C Hunter from St. Martin's Press. So expect a review for that up soon as well!

   That's all for this month! Now for my bookish stats!

(P.S If I owe you a review for your book, or a review in general I will have those done soon! I was just trying to get as many books read for YALLFest that I could. Sorry about that!) 


Books Read in October:



November Releases I'm Excited For:


Book Haul for October:



Library Book Haul:


Book Reviewed:


Movies Reviewed:




   That's it for this month! Expect a long list of awesomeness in next months post, It'll probably be all about YALLFest(;





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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

September Wrap Up!

   This month many things happened for me! First of all school had started up again, and I couldn't be happier to see my friends again. On the down side my Math class is a totally pain in my butt, but oh well that's life for you. 
   Bookish wise, YALLFest is little over a month away and I am working my book off to collect enough money and books for the trip. You could say I'm a little bit excited. 
   Diamonds in the Rough comes out this month! Soon enough everyone will be able to own a book with my name in it, just the thought makes me giddy. 
   Lastly for this bookish month, I finally sent out my first ARC requests. Guess what?! I already got my first request in the mail, I got Burning Kingdoms by Lauren DeStefano.
When I first started blogging I had heard multiple times that publishing's don't consider you a serious blogger until 3 things happened. One, you post multiple times a week. Two, you have over 100 blog followers or a good amount of page views each month. Three, your blog must be over 6 months old. So having Simon and Schuster accept my request makes me feel like I'm serious blogger now, and that's all I really wanted.
   Something that I'm also very excited about that's not really bookish but exciting, is Halloween! I have nothing official yet about what I want to be, but I have a few ideas. What about you guys? What are you guys planning? Let me know here or on Twitter!

  Now for the bookish stats! 


Books Read in September:




October Releases I'm Excited For:



Book Haul for September: 




Library Book Haul:




Books Reviewed:


Diamonds in the Rough by Michelle Madow
Made for You by Melissa Marr

Movies Reviewed:





That's it for this month! I hope your guy's month was as bookish filled as mine!




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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Book Blitz: Rush by Eve Silver

  Hello!

 Welcome to the Rush Book Blitz hosted by Bound Book Tours! I've personally enjoyed Rush by Eve Silver, so I hope you do too!


Rush by Eve Silver


Release Date: June 11th, 2013
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Series: The Game #1


Description from GoodReads:


   So what’s the game now? This, or the life I used to know?

   When Miki Jones is pulled from her life, pulled through time and space into some kind of game—her carefully controlled life spirals into chaos. In the game, she and a team of other teens are sent on missions to eliminate the Drau, terrifying and beautiful alien creatures. There are no practice runs, no training, and no way out. Miki has only the guidance of secretive but maddeningly attractive team leader Jackson Tate, who says the game isn’t really a game, that what Miki and her new teammates do now determines their survival, and the survival of every other person on this planet. She laughs. He doesn’t. And then the game takes a deadly and terrifying turn.



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Color and sound explode, too bright, too loud. Even the air on my skin feels like it’s too much. My fingers go lax. The bag’s handle slides down my palm, then along my fingers to the tips, impossibly slow. The world tips and tilts and I flail for balance. 
Luka grabs my hand and holds tight.
I blink. My house, my open front door, Dad, they’re all gone. My breath comes in short gasps and every muscle in my body feels like it’s knotted up tight.
I’m standing in a grassy clearing bounded by trees.
The lobby.
We’ve been pulled.


Eve Silver lives with her gamer husband and sons, sometimes in Canada, but often in worlds she dreams up. She loves kayaking and sunshine, dogs and desserts, and books, lots and lots of books. Watch for the first book in Eve’s new teen series, THE GAME: RUSH, coming from Katherine Tegen Books, June 2013. She also writes books for adults.



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