New To Shelves (#22) - The One where I Just Don't Have Time..

New To Shelves is a way to share all the great books I got this whole week and to add to my TBR Pile! It also includes a roundup of what's going to happen next week on the blog. It's a new name but similar meme.

I'll be linking up to:

I'm so excited for this week! Since..IT'S MY BLOGAVERSARY! Yes! The Bookshelves is turning 2 years old! I'm going to be doing a giveaway and a whole big post on Monday, that's when it's offical :) Hopefully, April turns out to be a good month and I get a lot of posts and have fun too. And CST here in California is at the end of the month so I'm basically going to be looking at textbooks the whole time. :D

Edelweiss: 

Starglass by Phoebe North

I'm on the blog tour for this one and I'm dying to pick it up! It looks so good and sounds good, I can't wait for my stop to share it with you!

Song On The Week:

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

That's all for me this week and hope you had a great week in blogging and reading! I'm loving the song above! I love Imagine Dragons and this one is a must listen! I also believe it's on The Host trailer so I got to see it soon!

This Week At The Blog:

Review of Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell - A heart warming romance

Waiting on Wednesday: Another Little Piece 

Follow Friday: Book Conventions

Coming Up This Week On The Blog:

Reviews of The Shadow Girl (For Blog Tour) 

Blogaversary Post + Giveaway on Monday! (Excited!)

Waiting on Wednesday, Follow Friday, and Teaser Tuesday 

Hope you had a great week! What's New To YOUR Shelves? :)

A Wondrous Debut: Cinder - Marissa Meyer

Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Date Released: January 3, 2013
Publisher: Feiwel and James
Pages: 387 Pages
Format: Hardcover
Source: Bought at Barnes and Noble
Rating: LOVED
Series: Cinder #1

Goodreads Synopsis:  Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

From Goodreads

Cinder was one of the best debuts I read this year! It was such a great dystopian, that had a mix of a new concept of both cinderella and technology, it was smart. Marissa Meyer is so skilled at creating such a fast paced and well thought out world with an amazing hereoine  Cinder is a debut that will have you seeing the similarities of the fairy tale but also a new side of Marissa Meyer's smart imagination!

One of the best things I loved about Cinder was of course Cinder! She was so easy to relate to and she had a spunk to her that I was enchanted by. I can see where she came from living with her stepmother, Adri and her two sisters, Peony and Pearl. And a fairytale similarity we see is that she has a poor status working as a mechanic in the vast, technological city of New Beijing. I absolutely loved her gut, her wit, and the way she comes to society. She's true, real, and honest and Marissa Meyer does and skillful job of doing that. Plus the other characters, Kai and even Dr. Erland were amazing to read! Kai was surprisingly relatable, the same goes for Dr.Erland too!

Cinder focuses a lot on the plot with a touch of the characters to build the world and suspense. It's a book you have to read to find out how amazing it is! Everything, the writing, characters  and action! It all sizzles together to come up with an amazing book we call Cinder! The 3rd person POV actually worked in this book, we get into see the POV of Cinder, Kai, and others and it was done flawlessly. I loved that it wasn't as focused on the romance than the plotline which was a relief, especially in YA! One problem that I had with Cinder was maybe adding a bit more depth with Cinder's life to make it flow just a touch better. The ending was absolutely heart racing and action packed. Cinder goes through a lot and discovers so much about herself, I SO CAN'T WAIT FOR SCARLET!

Pick up Cinder quickly since you'll want to devour the next one instantly! If you're a fan of Veronica Roth or Suzanne Collins pick this one up! You'll love Kai and Cinder!

Find Cinder On:

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Goodreads

Follow Friday (#22) - BEA, ALA, and RT Time! + Button?

Today's Question: 
We are about to see a lot of posts & tweets about reader conventions, RT, BEA, ALA and many more are starting soon. Which one would you love to attend? Where and why?

My Answer:
I'm so jealous of all the people heading to BEA, ALA, and RT! They get to meet a whole bunch of authors, publishers, and books. ITS AMAZING! But luckily  I get a taste of it but here in California we have LA's Festival of Books at USC. I've been going for 2 year and I love everything about it! All the book tents, author panels, food, and the experience of just walking around it amazing! And it's this month it happens on April 20 and 21. I'm so excited to meet more authors like Cassandra Clare *Dies*, Lemony Snicket, Veronica Roth, Gayle Forman, etc.





Also, since I started a new design blog, would anyone want a button for a meme, giveaway, or blog button? Send me an email at naurto100200(at)hotmail(dot)com I'm excited to work with anyone for a perfect button

Button Me Up Designs

Exactly! This is going on my new to shelves on that week :D


What's Your Follow Friday? :)

Waiting on Wednesday (#27) - Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn

Waiting on Wednesday is Hosted by Jill @ Breaking The Spine

The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut.

On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished.

A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon.

Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape—unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past.

Why I'm Waiting For It: Any book that mentions Stephan King and Sara Shepard is an intsa like for more already! I'm excited to pick this one up because of just the cover alone! It's so eerie and mysterious and the synopsis does the same! Also, I can't wait to share my interview with the author around the time the book comes out. 

Another Little Piece by  Kate Karyus Quinn comes out June 11, 2013 by HarperTeen

Find Another Little Piece On:
Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Goodreads