Stacking the Shelves (7)

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course e books! 

This past week I got:

I was sick most of the week so I was unable to buy many books.

External Force by Deborah Rix Review

Title:  External Forces

Author: Deborah Rix

Series: The Laws of Motion#1

Pages: 268

Date Published: September 13 2013

Publisher: Dime Store Books

*I recieved this book in exchange for an hosest Review*

It’s 100 years since the Genetic Integrity Act was passed and America closed its borders to prevent genetic contamination. Now only the enemy, dysgenic Deviants, remain beyond the heavily guarded border. The Department of Evolution carefully guides the creation of each generation and deviations from the divine plan are not permitted.

I love anyhing dystopian but lately I feel that there is nothing new in the genre, hoewver after reading this book my faith in YA/NA authors was restored. At first I was a bit worried about the religion/science premise but Deborah Rix handled it very nicely. 

The Pros:

-The Devotees were very interesting, I wish there had been more of them.

- I loved the world building. Mixing religion with science especially when it's done right, like in this case, makes an interesting background.

-Jess was a great character, smart, funny, caring but not a perfect cookie cutter heroine.

-I liked that Jess's friends and how they were always looking after her as well as telling her when she was doing something wrong.

-Jess's deviation was awesome.

-The love interest wasn't the reason Jess started to rebel, she started doing it before

The Cons:

-Some scenes reminded me of Divergent, this book is awesome on it's own, it didn't need scenes like the one with the knife throwing.

-The book opens with Jess experiencing her deviation for the first time but then it's mentioned only lightly.

-There were times the book lost my attentin. Some parts dragged a little bit

I really enjoyed this book, nice breath of frsh air,it's great for people who enjoy reading about Dystopias.

Rating:

WWW Wednesday (5)

W W W Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sould be Reading. To play along you have to answer three questions:

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finished reading?
• What do you think you will read next?

My answers this week are:

What am I currently reading? After a few days of waiting my copy of Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout arrived. I can't believe this is going to be the last one in the series.

What did I recently finished reading? The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa. The whole book was Amazing but the only bad thing about it was that it ended in a cliffhanger and the next book doesn't come out untill next year.

What do I think I will read next? Never Fade, after realizing that this is already published I ordered it and now it's on my desk waiting to be read.

Waiting on Wednesday (7)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Title: Independent Study
Series: The Testing#2

Author: Joelle Charbonneau

Pages: 310

Date Published: January 7 2014
In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies . . . a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. In Independent Study, Cia is a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas—and though the government has tried to erase her memory of the brutal horrors of The Testing, Cia remembers. Her attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government’s murderous programs put her—and her loved ones—in a world of danger. But the future of the Commonwealth depends on her.

 

   

     

   

 

I loved the first book in the series, it was such a breath of fresh air and Ive been waiting for this book since June.

It's Monday What Are You Reading (6)

This is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey where you share what you just started reading.

This Monday I decided to read:

Title: Earth Star

Author:Janet Edwards

Pages: 296

Series: Earth Girl #2

Published:August 15 2013

Publisher:Harper Voyager 

18-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military’s highest honours for her role in a daring rescue attempt, Jarra finds herself – and her Ape status – in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Derided as an ‘ape’ – a ‘throwback’ – by the rest of the universe, Jarra is on a mission to prove that Earth Girls are just as good as anyone else.

Except now the planet she loves is under threat by what could be humanity’s first ever alien contact. Jarra’s bravery – and specialist knowledge – will once again be at the centre of the maelstrom, but will the rest of the universe consider Earth worth fighting for?

Stacking the Shelves (6)

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course e books! 

This past week I got:

Feature and Follow Friday (5)

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

This weeks Question:

What book are you embarrassed to admit you LOVED? (try to think beyond Twilight).

Not so much this book specifically, more like the entire historical romance genre.