Waiting On Wednesday

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The book I'm excited about and waiting for is the third book in the Infernal Devices series; Clockwork Princess, by Cassandra Clare! I haven't yet started this series, but I hope to, once I'm finished with the Mortal Instrument series.

Title: Clockwork Princess.
Author: Cassandra Clare.
Summary:

"In Clockwork Princess, Tessa and her companions travel all over the world as they race to stop the clockwork army before it’s too late. As Jem’s health worsens alarmingly and his friends search desperately for a cure, can Tessa choose between the two boys she loves—even if it means never seeing the other one again?"

Release Date: March 13, 2013.

Book Haul

Welcome to Turning Pages!

And to another book haul! Costco is one of those most dangerous locations, not necessarily for me, but that big old table of books, is for either my or my mom's wallet. Because we all know, that if we go to Costco, there is NO WAY we're leaving without even quickly skimming the books that lay upon that glorious table of  heavenly bookish goodness!

And what's this Costco even more toxic, is that one of my favorite book stores is only down the street from it, so yes, I HAVE to go there either before or after I shop at Costco!

I wasn't really looking for any specifics, this haul is just random books that either are parts of series I'm trying to complete, or just books I heard were pretty good! So here we go...

One Day by David Nicholls.


"It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself."

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin.



""Something Borrowed" tells the story of Rachel, a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl---until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend, Darcy, throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's fiance. Although she wakes up determined to put the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to discover that she has genuine feelings for the one guy she should run from. As the September wedding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness. "Something Borrowed" is a phenomenal debut novel that will have you laughing, crying, and calling your best friend."



The Calling by Kelley Armstrong.


"Maya and her friends--all of whom have supernatural powers--have been kidnapped after fleeing from a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set, and after a terrifying helicopter crash they find themselves pursued by evildoers in the Vancouver Island wilderness."

Article 5, by Kristen Simmons.



"New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it's hard for her to forget that people weren't always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. It's hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different. Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings—the only boy Ember has ever loved."

City of Lost Souls, by Cassandra Clare.



"Can the lost be reclaimed? What price is too high to pay for love? Who can be trusted when sin and salvation collide? Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series."


I'm excited to jump into these books! I haven't heard any bad things about any of these books, so I can't wait to see what I think of them! Have you read any of the titles above? Let me know what you think, by commenting down below with your thoughts or a link to your review!

What's Coming This Week!

Welcome to Turning Pages, and happy Saturday!

Paperback:

Size 12 and Ready to Rock : A Heather Wells Mystery, by Meg Cabot.

The Prisoner of Cell 25 (Michael Vey Series #1), by Richard Paul Evans.

Downriver, by Will Hobbs.

Gift, by Andrea J. Buchanan.

User Unfriendly, by Vivian Vande Velde.

Blueprints for Building Better Girls : Fiction, by Elissa Schappell.

All the Things You Are, by Courtney Sheinmel.

The Marked Son, by Shea Berkley.

Wildcat Fireflies : A Meridian Novel, by Amber Kizer.

Hardback:

Artemis Fowl : The Last Guardian, by Eoin Colfer.

Such a Rush, by Jennifer Echols.

Dark Water (Siren Trilogy Series #3), by Tricia Rayburn.

Diva (Flappers Series #3), by Jillian Larkin.

Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman.

Insignia, by S. J. Kincaid.

The Thing about the Truth, by Lauren Barnholdt.

< href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12924153-poison-tree">Poison Tree, by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.

Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses, by Ron Koertge.

Don't You Wish, by Roxanne St. Claire.

So Close to You, by Rachel Carter.

Waiting on Wednesday!

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The book I'm waiting for this week is, Neferet's Curse; A House of Night Novella, by P.C. and Kristin Cast! The House of Night series, is another series I hope to read and review before the summer is over and I go back to school! Even though this isn't actually "part" or the series, but I also really want to read all of the novellas that go along with the series!

Neferet's Curse, by P.C. and Kristin Cast.

"In the third House of Night novella, the secret history we've all been waiting for is finally revealed... Neferet, the Tulsa House of Night's darkly seductive High Priestess, wasn't always a powerful vampyre, but she has always been beautiful. Raised in turn-of-the-century Chicago in a motherless home, her beauty makes her the prey of unwanted attention and abuse, leaving her with scars that will never heal – and a Darkness that will eventually need to find its way out. But when she is Marked and gains strength, both physical and magickal, she turns her anger into power and looks for a way to regain what was stolen from her. From victim to High Priestess, beautiful young woman to powerful seductress, Neferet's journey begins..."

WWW Wednesday!

Welcome to Turning Pages! 

What am I currently reading?

Working on my TBR for this month, I just started re-reading the first book in the Pretty Little Liars series, Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard! I have read this series before, but it was a little bit before I started Turning Pages over a year ago, so I never got the chance to review them. Also I only read up to the seventh book, which was a LONG time ago, and now with all of this new books continuing the series I decided to go back re-read, finish and review the series this summer! 

This is a summer must read series!

What did I just finish reading?

After a long month of reading the Peculiars by Maureen Doyle McQuerry I just finished this morning! Not that this book was slow or boring, it was just bad timing when I started reading this book. Finals in school were going on, I had a lot of homework, and just tons of end of school year stress, which left little time to read. But once I had free time, it wasn't very hard to get into the intense story line!

My review should be up by either Sunday or Monday so stay tuned for that!

What do I plan on reading next?

  

The book I'm currently reading is the first in a series! I hope to finish that series this month, so the second book, Flawless and the third book Perfect, both by Sara Shepard are what I plan on reading next! 

Thank you so much for stopping by, it means a lot! Love you guys!

Book Review: The Space Between

Title: The Space Between.

Author: Brenna Yovanoff.

Format: Hardback.

Pages: 352.

Source: Amazon.

Publisher: Penguin.

Published Date: 11/15/2011

Summary:

"A transcendent novel about a demon girl's search for love, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Replacement Everything burns in Pandemonium, a city in Hell made of chrome and steel, where there is no future and life is an expanse of frozen time. That's where Daphne--the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer--waits, wondering what lies in store for her. Will she become a soulless demon like her sisters? Or follow in the footsteps of her brother Obie, whose life is devoted to saving lost souls on Earth? But when Obie saves a troubled boy named Truman from the brink of death and then goes missing, Daphne is catapulted on a mission to Earth, with Truman as her guide. As Daphne and Truman search for Obie, they discover what it means to love and be human in a world where human is the hardest thing to be."

Cover:

The cover of The Space Between is AMAZING! So much detail was put into it, from the girl, to the castle, all the way to the maroon background. An eye catcher!

My Thoughts:

The beginning of the story introduces it's readers to the main character Daphne, and her sisters and her mom, Lilith (each a demon).

After Daphne's one and only brother, Obie decided to pack his things, and leave for earth to live with his loved one, Lilith starts to have bad visions, and soon cant see him at all. Worried and scared, she sends Daphne to find him, and bring him back.

On her journey Daphne follows her clues, which lead her to someone she's meet before, Truman. Truman has his own problems though, his mother passed away not too long ago, and now he just lives with his step-father. He also cuts his wrists and drinks every night until he blacks out...all just so the dreams would end.

Daphne, a demon, never having felt real emotion, starts to have feelings for Truman. Not wanting to take advantage of human men like her sisters and her mother does, Daphne has no idea how to pursue her feelings, and tries to just push them aside.

The Space Between wasn't on my reading pile, since it isn't exactly a "summer" read, but it's the book you should pick up once your done with all those beach reads. The Space Between wasn't what I expected and the ending is mind blowing!

It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

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Even though this week is a pretty busy one, with a few summer festivals going on in my local city and Fourth of July, I still have tons of free time, and hope to finish at least two books this week; the book I'm reading right now (which I'm a little over halfway through) and another.

But the book I'm currently reading is, The Peculars, by Maureen Doyle McQuerry! I've been at this book for quiet a long, it's taking me quiet a while. Not because it isn't good, but simply because I started reading it in the last few weeks of school, where I didn't have much time.

The Peculiars, by Maureen Doyle McQuerry.

"This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk, fantasy, and romance. On her 18th birthday, Lena Mattacascar decides to search for her father, who disappeared into the northern wilderness of Scree when Lena was young. Scree is inhabited by Peculiars, people whose unusual characteristics make them unacceptable to modern society. Lena wonders if her father is the source of her own extraordinary characteristics and if she, too, is Peculiar. On the train she meets a young librarian, Jimson Quiggley, who is traveling to a town on the edge of Scree to work in the home and library of the inventor Mr. Beasley. The train is stopped by men being chased by the handsome young marshal Thomas Saltre. When Saltre learns who Lena’s father is, he convinces her to spy on Mr. Beasley and the strange folk who disappear into his home, Zephyr House. A daring escape in an aerocopter leads Lena into the wilds of Scree to confront her deepest fears."

I hope to have my review up in the next two or three days, so make sure to stop by and check that out! If you have already read this book, and reviewed it yourself, please comment down below with a link to your review, I would love to see what you think!

Lisa