New To Shelves (#40) - The Birthday Haul!

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:

 

This week was amazing! It was my birthday week and I did a birthday party with friends and it was great :) And in the blogging world it was amazing, with all the books I got this week! BIG THANKS to Jen @ YA Romantics & Target for these amazing books!

 

 

The Haul:

 

 

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (BIG THANKS to Jen again! Cannot wait for this one!)

Paper Towns by John Green (Target)



 

I really cannot wait to pick up Clockwork Princess! But I do have to pick up the second one first since I still need to remember all that stuff that happened in the book. As for Paper Towns, I'm currently reading it and I love it a lot! John Green truly knows how to tell a riveting story and it's not all formulas in this book!

 

And be on the lookout for my blogaversary bash coming soon!

 

This Week on The Blog:

Review of Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne

Fresh Off The Press #11 (Feb 10 - Feb 16)

Waiting on Wednesday (#54) - The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

 

Coming Up This Week:

Review of Paper Towns, Frozen, and more

Discussion Post

WoW and Follow Friday

 

What's New On Your Shelves? :)

 

Waiting on Wednesday (#54) - The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Waiting on Wednesday is Hosted by Jill @ Breaking The Spine

 

 

Goodreads Summary: Winning what you want may cost you everything you love

As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.

One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.

But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.

Why I'm Waiting For It: I LOVE Marie Rutkoski ever since her amazing Cabinet of Wonder's series which I grew up on! And seeing her brank out into YA and more serious novel I WANT THIS! The plot line sounds wickedly amazing and the cover is too die for! Ahh! She is one of my favorite authors and I cannot wait to get my hands on this!


Cannot express this enough!

The Winner's Curse is hitting shelves on March 4, 2014!

Find The Winner's Curse On:
Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Goodreads
 

Fresh Off The Press #11 (Feb 10 - Feb 16)

Welcome to Fresh Off The Press! It’s where I'll showcase all the great books hitting shelves in a week. These are all YA titles and hope you get to pick them up soon! These books are releasing from (Feb 10 - Feb 16)

 

Hardcover:

 

 

 

 

 

Paperback:

Those are the amazing book releasing this week! I really want to pick up The Gathering Dark and The Glass Casket! They book look great :D

 

Racing & Pounding: Truly, Madly, Deadly - Hannah Jayne

Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne
Date Released: July 2, 2013
Publisher: Sourcefire Books
Pages: 272 Pages
Format: Ebook
Source: Wattpad
Rating: Really Liked
Series: Standalone!

Goodreads Synopsis: They Said It Was An Accident...

Sawyer Dodd is a star athlete, a straight-A student, and the envy of every other girl who wants to date Kevin Anderson. When Kevin dies in a tragic car crash, Sawyer is stunned. Then she opens her locker to find a note:

You're welcome.

Someone saw what he did to her. Someone knows that Sawyer and Kevin weren't the perfect couple they seemed to be. And that someone—a killer—is now shadowing Sawyer's every move...

From Goodreads

 

*First, let me say sorry for the sudden stop of post of Thursday and until today! I was so busy with the CAHSEE and I catched a cold on Thursday I've been struggling finding the time to blog! But I am back and get ready for February!*

 

 

 

Truly, Madly, Deadly is one of those book that hooks you from the beginning and keeps you up all night because of the suspense. I was that perfect book that keeps you at the end of your seat and leaves you desperate for the end! I liked this one a lot!

 

Sawyer Dodd is what everyone would see as the perfect girl with the perfect boyfriend, Kevin Anderson. She was realistic and I think she was really relable and you could feel the things she experienced as I read. But after her boyfriend's fatal death, a note is left for Sawyer and soon she starts noticing the killer nearby. But as the clues slowly start to make sense Sawyer notices that the killer is right under her nose.

 

I love the simple and clean plot and that kept me captivated in Sawyer's story. The one thing everyone looks forward to in a suspense, mystery novel is: pacing. I think Truly, Madly, Deadly captured this perfectly! And the book had a lot of those "Yes! I knew it, but then no!" moments which I think was great and I really felt myself in Sawyer's shoes! She goes through a lot and the reader truly connects with her.

 

The faces I made as I read the book

 

In YA there is a lot of phycologyical thrillers and suspense novels and I think Truly, Madly, Deadly deserves to be on that list! Reaching the end as I pieced together the clues it got creepy! REALLY CREEPY! But it was wickedly smart ending. Jayne managed to make sense of all the little details Sawyer discovers and uses it to her advantage. It was a great ending and another aspect I liked a lot was that there wasn't a full on romance!

 

The book was a clash of Criminal Minds with Revenge! Truly, Madly, Deadly was one of the best murder/YA suspense novels I read this year and I cannot wait to see what else Hannah Jayne has in store! Pick this one up soon!

 

Check Out:

 

Especially if you loved Truly, Madly, Deadly!

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