lunes, 10 de marzo de 2014

The Arrival by C. M. Book Blitz+ Giveaway

Publicado por Lina Jiménez en 11:03 0 comentarios

Can Miranda save the human race? 

An elegant, sophisticated alien species on the verge of extinction has invaded Earth and confined an entire generation of young women, after negotiating a treaty with the world’s governments. Eager to help the aliens reproduce, but frightened by her imprisonment at Nidus, the Eslite medical compound, sixteen-year-old Miranda Mays endures callous scientific experiments in the Eslite’s quest for survival. 

When Miranda discovers the ultimate consequences of her egg donations, she organizes a rebellion, enlisting fellow donors in her cause. But soon she realizes the mysterious headmaster, Dimas, knows of her plot. And there’s something about him that bothers Miranda, though she can’t describe it. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance, so she can’t back down. But will Dimas expose her defiance


Genre: Young Adult Sci-Fi/Dystopian (ages 12 and up)

ISBN: 978-0-9888299-6-1
Number of pages: 203pages
Word Count: 55,966
Cover Artist: Cora Graphics


 


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“Then allow me to do the honors,” Dimas said, easing my backpack from my grip.
What? Was he going to search me? My pulse quickened, and I managed to speak regardless of the tightness in my throat. “Sure.” I closed my mouth after I realized that I had just agreed to allow him to touch me. What the hell was wrong with me? He’d find the tracker. There was no way I could hide it.
“Yes, sir,” Karpos said, returning to the command station
My legs tensed as I extended my arms, assuming the search position.
“Relax,” Dimas spoke softly into my ear. “I am not going to hurt you.”
Every muscle weakened, turning me into bowl of Jell-O. It would take all of my inner strength to keep me upright for his interrogation. “You promise?”
He didn’t speak but chuckled deep in his throat. His laughter made me cringe, but it was his touch that had me flinching when he rested his palms on my back. In a slow, gentle movement, he glided his hands along my curves, kneading my muscles with a surprisingly tender touch. I hated that it felt so good, because I wasn’t supposed to enjoy it.

He moved his hands in front of me, drawing me closer to his body. For a moment, I wanted to flee, but something kept me frozen in place. In a fast movement, he swept his fingers above my breasts, over my shoulders, and then down my arms. He rested his palms on my stomach, and the sheer warmth of his skin seeped through my thin scrubs, searing my frigid flesh to a sizzling one hundred and ten degrees.

His fingers spread across my abdomen and along my sides, stopping at my waist. My heart beat wildly, and I had trouble determining if it was from the fear of being caught with the tracker or from the body search. He lingered inches from my pocket, where I secretly hid the device.
“Turn around,” he ordered, as he pivoted my body between his stout arms.
“Yes, sir.” I rotated like a ballerina in a jewelry box, twirling at her master’s command. Our eyes met once again, igniting a spark that I knew spelled trouble. Anticipation mixed with fear, reducing my mind to a poisonous cocktail. And then I recognized it. That same mind-numbing sensation I experienced when I visited in his quarters. I wanted to stop it, but it was too late. I had already tasted our strange but exciting connection, and now I wanted more.
Because he made me feel alive.

The proximity of his body to mine was overwhelming, and my heart raced as I longed for him to finish. With his gaze fixed on mine, his hands glided over my scrubs, tracing the outline of my curves. I nearly collapsed when his fingers worked their way up my inner calves to my thighs, and I recoiled when he paused briefly on the tracker in my pocket. I braced myself, preparing for the worst, but relaxed when a smile played at the edge of his lips. Instead of demanding that I remove the device, he simply did nothing.

“You can lower your arms,” Dimas said, handing me my backpack.
“Oh, okay.” I stammered, still shocked that he ignored the tracker. He had me totally confused. Did he want me to have it? Maybe he didn’t feel it. No, he did. I know he did. Or did he want me out of there so bad that he was willing to overlook what I had taken? Thoughts ran rampant, making me a hot mess, once again.

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Can Miranda save the Eslites?


When an advanced alien species invades Earth, it negotiates an agreement with the world's leaders to provide cures for various human diseases in exchange for a generation of young women. Detained in an otherworldly facility named Nidus, sixteen-year-old Miranda Mays is designated a superior donor and must submit to risky egg extractions, which the Eslites fertilize in a last-ditch, desperate attempt to reproduce. While Miranda is more than willing to help the aliens survive, she soon wonders if there is more to their story.

Age: 12 and up

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CM Doporto lives in the great state of Texas with her husband and son enjoying life with their extensive family along with their Chihuahua, Mexican Redhead Parrot and several fish.

She writes Young Adult and New Adult Sci-Fi/Urban Fantasy stories about ordinary women who do extraordinary things, become a heroine, and find love along the way.



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Twitter: @cm_doporto


domingo, 9 de marzo de 2014

Stacking The Shelves (23)

Publicado por Lina Jiménez en 11:05 2 comentarios



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 week after several weeks of not liking any of the books I bought I decided to finish series that I have liked but left incomplete in favor of reading new books but I did get some nes ones. All I can say is that it's a pretty big haul!

The Series I chose to finish was The Cique by Lisi Harrison, I liked the first few books so I went and bought the rest:







After getting the whole main series I also bought The Clique Summer Collection



Now it's time for some new arrivals:





viernes, 7 de marzo de 2014

Feature and Follow (14)

Publicado por Lina Jiménez en 9:21 3 comentarios

The Feature &and and Follow is hosted by TWO hosts,  of Parajunkee's View and 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 Feature:

Recommend some of your favorite back-list books - books that are at least a few years old (I’m thinking 5-10 years old rather than classics)

Lovely topic but it put me between  a rock and a hard place since there are many books I would love to recommend, these are some of my favorites:

1) The Accursed Kings series by Maurice Druon

 It's not young adult but it is one of my favorite historical fiction series. It centers around King Philip IV of France and his sons.









2) The IT Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar



A spin off from the Gossip Girl books that centers around the character Jenny Humphrey. I actually enjoyed this series  more than the original one.
3) Ink Heart by Cornelia Funke

A book that has two characters with ana mazing power any book worm would love to have?? This is mone of my all time favorites.

      

I had a longer list but after some thinkng these were my finalist since they are pretty different from each other.


miércoles, 5 de marzo de 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (19)

Publicado por Lina Jiménez en 8:31 2 comentarios

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

This week the book I'm waiting on is:

Title: Raging Star
Series: Dust Lands #3
Author: Moira Young
Pages: 448
Expected Publication: May 13th 2014
Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books

Saba is ready to seize her destiny and defeat DeMalo and the Tonton...until she meets him and he confounds all her expectations with his seductive vision of a healed earth, a New Eden. DeMalo wants Saba to join him, in life and work, to create and build a healthy, stable, sustainable world…for the chosen few. The few who can pay.

Jack’s choice is clear: to fight DeMalo and try to stop New Eden. Still uncertain, her connection with DeMalo a secret, Saba commits herself to the fight. Joined by her brother, Lugh, anxious for the land in New Eden, Saba leads an inexperienced guerilla band against the powerfully charismatic DeMalo, in command of his settlers and the Tonton militia. What chance do they have? Saba must act. And be willing to pay the price.


 


This is one of my favorite series ever, I read the first two books in one day but when I looked up the third book I was horrified to see that Moira Young pulled a Cassandra Clare and has made me wait nearly two years for the final book in her series.

martes, 4 de marzo de 2014

Top Ten Tuesday (16)

Publicado por Lina Jiménez en 8:29 2 comentarios

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and The Bookish.  Each week a new top ten list is posted, and to participate all you have to do is fill in YOUR top ten for the list.
This week  features a list of all the authors that are quiet popular but I have not read a single book written by them.

1)Laini Taylor

Wrote "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" I have heard many good things about this series but for some reason I'm not intrigued by jher books and I have yet to buy them.

2) J. R. R. Tolkein

I have The Hobbit but I have yet to read it; I haven't even seen any of the movies based on his work.

3) David Levithan

I know he is a very popular contemporary ya author but I have no desire to read books that wil potentially depress me I learned my lesson with John Green.

4)Gayle Forman

Read the author above to know why I haven't read any of her books.

5)Stephanie Perkins

Anna and the French Kiss seems to be her most popular novel but after reading the blurb I didn't feel like reading it.

6) Beth Revis

I finally caved  in and bought Thes Broken Stars but it'd gathering dust inmy room.

These are the authos I can think about right now but I'm sure there are many more.

domingo, 2 de marzo de 2014

TBR Pile Reading Challenge February Wrap-up

Publicado por Lina Jiménez en 11:00 0 comentarios

So another month has gone by and the challenge of finishing my to read pile that only seems to grow larger evry week but progress no matter how small is better than no progress at all so here I am showing off the books that I read in February for this challenge:






Sadly I only read seven books from my to read pile, the thing is february was a month filled with many new releases that I was anxiously expecting so the new books as they usually did were read before the old ones, the same thing happened with the reviews. 

Overall Ive read 22 books out of fifty that I challenged myself to read year so I can say I'm on track, hopefully I will read more in March.



sábado, 1 de marzo de 2014

Stacking the shelves #22

Publicado por Lina Jiménez en 9:41 15 comentarios

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! 

I've been having bad luck with the last few books I've bought but unfortunately I was unable to resist buying more, let's hope this week's books are better.

















 

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