Ohana Reads: Kady Cross

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

April Wrap Up!

This month was absolutely fantastic, book wise and in my personal life. The weather has finally gotten to the point where I can wear skirts and shorts, it's rains enough that all the dirt and mold has been washed away from the winer. It finally feels like Spring.

This month book wise I've gone on a Lets Get Lost Adventure (Sorry if that sounds a little corny;), I reviewed a ton of books, received a bunch of books, and lastly I will be reviewing for a local Indie!

Recently I visited my local Indie, McNally Robinson, and discovered they have a reviewing program for ARCs they receive! So I've officially signed up and will be sending my reviews to them every once in a while, my first ARC I'll be reviewing is The Cage by Megan Shepherd! If you'd like to see my reviews for them then check out Two Thumbs Reviews!

Okay and I know it's a small little thing but Cassandra Clare answered one of my questions on Twitter this month, if you know her then you know this isn't a small thing. So it made me feel special, even if it was a basic question.

Personal wise, I've been working every weekend as well as hanging out with my friends. It's been one of my busiest months ever, and I loved it.

Besides that, I haven't really done anything worth mentioning. Hmph maybe I'll be able to say more next month, either way it's time for the books stats!

Friday, April 24, 2015

Book Review: Sisters of Blood and Spirit by Kady Cross

Sisters of Blood and Spirit by Kady Cross

Release Date: March 31st, 2015

Read: March 14-15th, 2015

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Series: Sisters of Blood and Spirit, #1

Format: ARC, 288 pages

Source: Author in exchange for an honest review/ book pendants

Description from GoodReads:

Wren Noble is dead—she was born that way. Vibrant, unlike other dead things, she craves those rare moments when her twin sister allows her to step inside her body and experience the world of the living.

Lark Noble is alive but often feels she belongs in the muted Shadow Lands—the realm of the dead. Known as the crazy girl who talks to her dead sister, she doesn't exactly fit in with the living, though a recent suicide attempt and time in a psych ward have proved to her she's not ready to join her sister in the afterlife.

Now the guy who saved Lark's life needs her to repay the favor. He and his friends have been marked for death by the malevolent spirit of a vicious and long-dead serial killer, and the twins—who should know better than to mess with the dead—may be their only hope of staying alive.

Review:

Don't look. Don't Look.
I saw the cover for Sisters of Blood and Spirit and just knew I had to read it. It immediately became one of my most anticipated books of the year. I requested it, and asked everyone I knew if they had a copy, then finally Kady Cross offered to trade me for pendants. I was ecstatic!
I had originally wanted SoBaS for its beautiful cover but boy was the book itself fabulous too. I loved both sisters, Wren the dead girl with life, and Lark the sister alive but not wanting to live.
The ghost Cross created creeped me the heck out, it had the perfect balance of eerie and disturbing. Along with the cuts and scratches you couldn't see, I had the chills. It was glorious.
The only thing I was a little disappointed in was the fact the book was supposed to have a shadowlands where the dead people live, but the only thing we saw there was the library. We didn't really learn anything about it either. So I hope the sequel will teach us a lot more about it.
Overall Sisters of Blood and Spirit was a stupendous read, and I can't wait to learn more about the shadowlands in the sequel!

Rating:

Favourite Quote:

"Can I kiss you again later?" ~ Ben

Recommend to People Who Enjoy:

Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Supernatural, Ghosts, Spirits

Monday, March 30, 2015

March Wrap Up!

March was a once again a slow month, nothing really exciting happened in the bookish world for me. March was mostly about hanging out with my really close group of friends, which is always a blast by the way. My family took a weekend off from everything to go skiing, I finally had my birthday party, and oh, I forgot! I actually designed the Never Always Sometimes bookmarks for Adi Alsaid, so I'm actually so excited to see how they turn out! The last thing that stood out otherwise was that the last few days of March for

We're a bunch of nerds

Spring Break my family and I head down for Minnesota to pick a a new camper trailer but y'all hear all about that in a post I have coming up!

Now for the bookish stats of the month!

Books Read:

Sisters of Blood and Spirit by Kady Cross
Shutter by Courtney Alameda
The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead
The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Book Haul:

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead
The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig
Sisters of Blood and Spirit by Kady Cross (Signed ARC)
Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout (UK Edition)
Shutter by Courtney Alameda
Cress by Marissa Meyer (Paperback)
Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
The Sweet Fair Thing by Libba Bray
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows (Signed)
Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto (ARC)

Books Reviewed:

Burning Kingdoms by Lauren DeStefano

April Releases I'm Excited For:

Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier (14th)
The Death Code by Lindsay Cummings ( 21st)
The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey (28th)

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (28th)

Rogue by Julie Kagawa (28th)
Rook by Sharon Cameron (28th)

That's it for this month! I feel like April is going to be another slow one, but we'll see!

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday (33)

Sisters of Blood and Spirit

Author: Kady Cross

Sisters of Blood and Spirit #1

Harlequin Teen

Expected: March 31st, 2015

Description from GoodReads:

Why I Want It:

Have you read the summary? Why wouldn't you want it?

Why You Should Want It:

Undead siblings, ghosts, everything that goes with a perfect high school experience.

That's my Waiting on Wednesday for today! Will you be picking up Sisters of Blood and Spirit? What are you waiting on this week? Let me know in the comments!

Friday, January 9, 2015

Ohana Reads Most Anticipated Books of Early 2015

Just like everyone else, I have a huge list of books that I'm excited for in 2015. So today I have for you 15 of my top anticipated books releasing from January to June. Most books after July don't have covers yet! So I'll do another anticipated post in June or July. I currently have ARCs of two of these books, and have yet to read one of them but I am going to read the next one very soon! Out of the two ARCs I have the one I read, A Court of Thorns and Roses is to die for!