tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970038786215988842024-03-16T03:08:06.160-04:00The Book GuruReading, reviewing, and recommending good booksThe Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-79197058262408572022013-01-04T16:58:00.001-05:002013-01-04T16:58:17.765-05:00100 Books In A Year 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am participating in a 100 Book Reading Challenge for 2013 hosted by <a href="http://www.bookchickcity.com/2012/12/details-sign-up-bccs-100-books-in-a-year-reading-challenge-2013.html">Book Chick City</a>! Am I crazy? Do I really think I can read 100 books in a year when I have a job and a toddler at home? Only time will tell if this can be accomplished! If you would like to participate in this challenge please click <a href="http://www.bookchickcity.com/2012/12/details-sign-up-bccs-100-books-in-a-year-reading-challenge-2013.html">here</a> to be directed to Book Chick City's blog. Happy reading!<br />
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January 2013<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Forever-Maggie-Stiefvater/dp/0545259088/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357336341&sr=8-1">Forever</a> by Maggie Stiefvater </li>
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The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-77244555701857399432013-01-04T16:42:00.000-05:002013-01-04T16:42:05.193-05:00YA New Releases: January 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Shades-Earth-Across-Universe-Novel/dp/1595143998/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357327960&sr=1-1">Shades of Earth: An Across The Universe Novel</a></div>
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Author: Beth Revis</div>
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Release Date: January 15, 2013</div>
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Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship<i>
Godspeed</i> behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on
Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the
universe to experience.<br /><br />But this new Earth isn't the paradise Amy had
been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like birds, purple flowers with
mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious, unexplained ruins that hold more secrets
than their stone walls first let on. The biggest secret of all?
<i>Godspeed</i>'s former passengers aren't alone on this planet. And if they're
going to stay, they'll have to fight.<br /><br />Amy and Elder must race to discover
who--or what--else is out there if they are to have any hope of saving their
struggling colony and building a future together. They will have to look inward
to the very core of what makes them human on this, their most harrowing journey
yet. Because if the colony collapses? Then everything they have
sacrificed--friends, family, life on Earth--will have been for
nothing.<br /><br />FUELED BY LIES.<br />RULED BY CHAOS.<br />ALMOST HOME.</div>
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Release Date: January 22, 2013</div>
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The past few years held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner ever
could have anticipated. Yet through the dizzying high of first love to the
agonizing low of losing someone close to her, the one thing she could no longer
deny was that she was never meant to have a normal life. <br />
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Since discovering the special role she plays among the other angel-bloods,
Clara has been determined to protect Tucker Avery from the evil that follows her
. . . even if it means breaking both their hearts. Leaving town seemed like the
best option, so she's headed back to California—and so is Christian Prescott,
the irresistible boy from the vision that started her on this journey in the
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As Clara makes her way in a world that is frighteningly new, she discovers
that the fallen angel who attacked her is watching her every move. And he's not
the only one. . . . With the battle against the Black Wings looming, Clara knows
she must finally fulfill her destiny. But it won't come without sacrifices and
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In the riveting finale of the Unearthly series, Clara must choose her fate
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Author: Elizabeth Leban</div>
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Release Date: January 8, 2013</div>
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Perfect for fans of <i>Thirteen Reasons Why</i> and <i>Looking for Alaska</i>,
Jennifer Weiner, #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author, calls Elizabeth
LaBan’s<i> <i>The Tragedy Paper</i> </i>“a beguiling and beautifully written
tale of first love and heartbreak.” <br /><br />It follows the story of Tim Macbeth,
a seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer to the prestigious Irving
School, where the motto is “Enter here to be and find a friend.” A friend is the
last thing Tim expects or wants—he just hopes to get through his senior year
unnoticed. Yet, despite his efforts to blend into the background, he finds
himself falling for the quintessential “It” girl, Vanessa Sheller, girlfriend of
Irving’s most popular boy. To Tim's surprise, Vanessa is into him, too, but she
can kiss her social status goodbye if anyone ever finds out. Tim and Vanessa
begin a clandestine romance, but looming over them is the Tragedy Paper,
Irving’s version of a senior year thesis, assigned by the school’s least
forgiving teacher.<br /> <br />Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck Tim and
Duncan, a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa, <i>The
Tragedy Paper</i> is a compelling tale of forbidden love and the lengths people
will go to keep their secrets.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Through-Ever-Night-Veronica-Rossi/dp/0062072064/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357326911&sr=1-1">Through the Ever Night</a></div>
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Release Date: January 15, 2013</div>
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It's been months since Aria learned of her mother's death. <br />
Months since Perry became Blood Lord of the Tides, and months since Aria last
saw him. <br />
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Now Aria and Perry are about to be reunited. It's a moment they've been
longing for with countless expectations. And it's a moment that lives up to all
of them. At least, at fi rst. Then it slips away. The Tides don't take kindly to
former Dwellers like Aria. And the tribe is swirling out of Perry's control.
With the Aether storms worsening every day, the only remaining hope for peace
and safety is the Still Blue. But does this haven truly exist? <br />
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Threatened by false friends and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder,
Can their love survive through the ever night? In this second book in her
spellbinding Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi combines fantasy and
sci-fi elements to create a captivating adventure—and a love story as perilous
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By: Lenore Appelhans</div>
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<strong></strong> <strong>Synopsis:</strong><strong></strong> <strong></strong> <strong>In this gripping exploration of a futuristic afterlife, a teen discovers that death is just the beginning.</strong> Since her untimely death the day before her eighteenth birthday, Felicia Ward
has been trapped in Level 2, a stark white afterlife located between our world
and the next. Along with her fellow drones, Felicia passes the endless hours
reliving memories of her time on Earth and mourning what she’s lost—family,
friends, and Neil, the boy she loved.
Then a girl in a neighboring chamber is found dead, and nobody but Felicia
recalls that she existed in the first place. When Julian—a dangerously charming
guy Felicia knew in life—comes to offer Felicia a way out, Felicia learns the
truth: If she joins the rebellion to overthrow the Morati, the angel guardians
of Level 2, she can be with Neil again.
Suspended between Heaven and Earth, Felicia finds herself at the center of an
age-old struggle between good and evil. As memories from her life come back to
haunt her, and as the Morati hunt her down, Felicia will discover it’s not just
her own redemption at stake… but the salvation of all mankind.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/The-Archived-Victoria-Schwab/dp/1423157311/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357328128&sr=1-1">The Archived</a> </div>
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By: Victoria Schwab</div>
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Release Date: January 22, 2013</div>
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<strong>Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.</strong>
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Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only
Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which
they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago,
when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now
Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked
with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of
her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a
useful tool for staying alive.<br /><br />Being a Keeper isn’t just dangerous—it’s a
constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da’s death was hard enough, but now
that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary
between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must
never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing
essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Everbound-Brodi-Ashton/dp/0062071165/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357328626&sr=1-1">Everbound: Everneath Sequil</a></div>
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Author: Brodi Ashton</div>
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Release Date: January 22, 2013</div>
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Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to
save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity—a debt
that should've been hers. Now she is living a borrowed life, and she doesn't
know what to do with the guilt. And every night, Jack appears in her dreams,
lost and confused and wasting away. No matter how she tries to reach for his
hand, she can never find it. <br />
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Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to
make her his queen—and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has
been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to help in the only way he
can: by taking her to the Everneath himself. <br />
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Nikki and Cole, along with Cole's bandmate Max, descend into the Everneath,
only to discover that their journey will be more difficult than they'd
anticipated—and more deadly. From a Lake of Blood and Guilt to Sirens' alluring
tricks to insurmountable walls of rock and flame, the trio is given every reason
to turn back and give up. But Nikki vows to stop at nothing to save Jack—even if
it means making an incredible sacrifice of her own. <br />
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In this breathtaking sequel to <em>Everneath</em>, Brodi Ashton tests the
bonds of destiny and explores the lengths we'll go to for the ones we love.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Prodigy-Legend-Novel-Marie-Lu/dp/0399256768/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357326566&sr=8-1">Prodigy: A Legend Novel</a> </div>
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Author: Mary Lu</div>
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Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since
June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day
is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought
they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor.
Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to
bring down the Republic. But can they trust them or have they unwittingly become
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Asunder-Jodi-Meadows/dp/0062060783/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357327846&sr=1-1"> Asunder</a>: </div>
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Author: Jodi Meadows</div>
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Release Date: January 29, 2014</div>
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Darksouls<br />Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after
Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana
responsible for the darksouls—and the newsouls who may be born in their place.
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Shadows<br />Many are afraid of Ana's presence, a constant reminder of
unstoppable changes. When sylph begin behaving differently toward her and people
turn violent, Ana must learn to stand up not only for herself but for those who
cannot stand up for themselves. <br />
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Love<br />Ana was told that nosouls can't love. But newsouls? More than
anything, she wants to live and love as an equal among the citizens of Heart,
but even when Sam professes his deepest feelings, it seems impossible to
overcome a lifetime of rejection. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Shimmer-Angels-Lisa-M-Basso/dp/0985029439/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357329894&sr=1-1-spell">A Shimmer of Angels</a> </div>
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Author: Lisa M Basso</div>
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In this compelling and spirited debut novel, 16-year-old Rayna Evans has spent
the last three years in a mental institution for seeing angels—intent on
remaining free, she ignores signs that she may be slipping into a world she has
tried to climb out of. When her hallucinations begin showing up at school, can
she keep her sanity and prevent students from dying at the hands of angels she
cannot admit to seeing? Psychiatry, fantasy, and realism come together here in a
story of a young girl struggling with identity, secrets, and confronting her
greatest fears. </div>
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The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-2749062887640177662012-12-27T19:52:00.000-05:002012-12-27T19:52:44.096-05:0013 Most Anticipated Releases of 20132013 is going to be an epic year of reading excellent new releases for both existing series and new ones AND watching some of our favorite books make it to the big screen. Below you will find a list of what I am most excited to read or watch this year.<br />
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Title: Written In Red: A Novel of the Others<br />
Author: Anne Bishop<br />
Release Date: March 5, 2013<br />
Publisher: New American Library<br />
Format: Hardcover<br />
Cost: $18.81 CDN<br />
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As a <em>cassandra sangue</em>, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut-a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg's Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard-a business district operated by the Others.<br />
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Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she's keeping a secret, and second, she doesn't smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she's wanted by the government, he'll have to decide if she's worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.<br />
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Note: Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy are among the best books I have ever read. The author creates new worlds with just vivid description that when I am reading them I desperatly want to be a part of that world. <br />
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Title: Ever After<br />
Author: Kim Harrison<br />
Release Date: January 22, 2013<br />
Publisher: Harpercollins<br />
Format: Hardcover<br />
Cost: January 22, 2013<br />
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The ever-after, the demonic realm that parallels our own, is shrinking, and if it disappears, so does all magic. It''s up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to fix the ever-after before the fragile balance between magic users and humans falls apart.<br />
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Of course, there''s also the small fact that Rachel is the one who caused the ley line to rip in the first place, and her life is forfeit unless she can fix it. Not to mention the most powerful demon in the ever-after-the soul-eater Ku''Sox Sha-Ku''ru-has vowed to destroy her, and has kidnapped her friend and her goddaughter as leverage. If Rachel doesn''t give herself up, they will die.<br />
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Forced by circumstance, Rachel teams up with elven tycoon Trent Kalamack-a partnership fraught with dangers of the heart as well as betrayal of the soul-to return to the ever-after and rescue those she loves. One world teeters on the brink of interspecies war, the other on the brink of its very demise and it's up to Rachel to keep them both from being destroyed.<br />
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Title: Dead Ever After<br />
Author: Charlaine Harris<br />
Release Date: May 7, 2013<br />
Publisher: Berkley Trade<br />
Format: Hardcover<br />
Cost: $19.47 CDN<br />
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<strong><em>There are secrets in the town of Bon Temps, ones that threaten those closest to Sookie-and could destroy her heart....</em></strong><br />
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Sookie Stackhouse finds it easy to turn down the request of former barmaid Arlene when she wants her job back at Merlotte's. After all, Arlene tried to have Sookie killed. But her relationship with Eric Northman is not so clearcut. He and his vampires are keeping their distance…and a cold silence. And when Sookie learns the reason why, she is devastated.<br />
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Then a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, and Sookie is arrested for the crime.</div>
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But the evidence against Sookie is weak, and she makes bail. Investigating the killing, she'll learn that what passes for truth in Bon Temps is only a convenient lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And what passes for love is never enough…</div>
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Note: WHAT!!!!! This is the last Sookie Book? Not possible I didn't see this coming :( Now I am both excited and aprehensive. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">4.</span></div>
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Title: Divergent # 3</div>
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Author: Veronica Roth</div>
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Release Date: Unknown (Good Reads suggested September 26, 2013)</div>
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Publisher: Harpercollins</div>
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Format: Hardcover (I am assuming)</div>
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Cost: Unknown</div>
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Synopsis: None</div>
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Title: Shades of Earth (Across The Universe # 3)</div>
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Author: Beth Revis</div>
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Release Date: January 15, 2013</div>
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Publisher: Razorbill</div>
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Format: HArdcover</div>
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Cost: $15.20 CDN</div>
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Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship <em>Godspeed</em> behind. They''re ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience.<br />
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But this new Earth isn''t the paradise Amy had been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like birds, purple flowers with mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious, unexplained ruins that hold more secrets than their stone walls first let on. The biggest secret of all? <em>Godspeed</em>''s former passengers aren''t alone on this planet. And if they''re going to stay, they''ll have to fight.<br />
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Amy and Elder must race to discover who--or what--else is out there if they are to have any hope of saving their struggling colony and building a future together. They will have to look inward to the very core of what makes them human on this, their most harrowing journey yet. Because if the colony collapses? Then everything they have sacrificed--friends, family, life on Earth--will have been for nothing.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">6.</span></div>
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Title: Spellcaster</div>
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Author: Claudia Gray</div>
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Release Date: March 5, 2013</div>
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Publisher: Harpercollins</div>
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Format: Hardcover</div>
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Cost: $15.19 CDN</div>
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"Descended from witches, high school senior Nadia can tell as soon as her family moves to Captive's Sound that the town is under a dark and powerful spell. Then she meets Mateo, the teenage local whose cursed dreams predict the future, and they must work together to prevent an impending disaster that threatens the entire town"</div>
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Title: The Rising</div>
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Author: Kelley Armstrong</div>
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Release Date: April 9, 2013</div>
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Publisher: Doubleday Canada</div>
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Format: Hardcover</div>
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Cost: $15.19 CDN</div>
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Things are getting desperate for Maya and her friends. Hunted by two powerful Cabals, they're quickly running out of places to hide. And with the whole world thinking they died in a helicopter crash, they can''t simply go to the authorities for help. All they have is the name and number of someone who might be able to give them a few answers. Answers to why they're so valuable to the Cabals, and why their supernatural powers are getting more out of control. Maya is unprepared for the truths that await her, but she'll have to face them if she ever hopes to move on with her life. Because she can't keep running forever.</div>
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With all the twists, thrills, and romance that have made Kelley Armstrong an international bestseller--plus the surprising return of some favourite characters<em>--The Rising</em> will keep you under its spell long after the last page is turned.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">8.</span></div>
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Title: Gameboard of the Gods</div>
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Author: Richelle Mead</div>
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Release Date: June 4, 2013</div>
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Publisher: Dutton Adult (So maybe not a YA novel?)</div>
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Format: Hardcover</div>
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Cost: $17.96 CDN</div>
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In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March
lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups
and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen
comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). Raised
in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military’s most elite and
terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills.<br />
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When Justin
and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders,
they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger.
As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than
they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in
which humans are merely game pieces on their board.<br />
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<i>Gameboard of the
Gods</i>, the first installment of Richelle Mead’s Age of X series, will have
all the elements that have made her YA Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series
such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters; romantic and mythological
intrigue; and relentless action and suspense.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">9.</span></div>
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Title: The Gates of Paradise: A Bluebloods Novel</div>
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Author: Melissa De La Cruiz</div>
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Release Date: January 15, 2013</div>
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Publisher: Disney Book Group</div>
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Format: Hardcover</div>
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Cost: $13.76 CDN</div>
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Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side, Abbadon and Azrael--Jack and Mimi Force, as they are known in the Coven. </div>
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Or so he thinks. Even as Lucifer assigns Jack and Mimi the tasks of killing their true loves, the Force twins secretly vow to defeat the Dark Prince once and for all. But how far will Mimi and Jack go to conceal their real loyalties? </div>
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Meanwhile, former vampire Bliss Llewellyn has joined forces with Lawson, the greatest wolf of the underworld, to free his people from their imprisonment in Hell. As they struggle against impossible odds, an ancient message, woven into the very fabric of time, reveals just how much depends on the success of their mission. </div>
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Lucifer seeks the key to the Gate of Promise, and when Schuyler is taken captive and delivered straight to Hell, she must make an unthinkable choice--the same one the archangel Michael was forced to make during the Crisis in Rome. Will Schuyler find the strength to do what he could not? </div>
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The epic, heartbreaking Blue Bloods series comes to a close with this final novel about staggering courage, unbearable sacrifice, and the immortality of true love.</div>
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Note: Another series ending! </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">10.</span></div>
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Title: The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel</div>
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Author: Richelle Mead</div>
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Release Date: February 12, 2013</div>
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Publisher: Razorbill</div>
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Format: Hardcover</div>
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Cost: $15.20</div>
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<em>Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets-and human lives.</em> In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood--or else she might be next.</div>
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Title: Beautiful Creatures<br />
Release Date: February 13, 2013</div>
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Title: Mortal Instruments<br />
Release Date: August 23, 2013<br />
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Title: Game of Thrones Season 3<br />
Release Date: March 31, 2013<br />
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Release Date: Jan 1, 2013</div>
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This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as
well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the
whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in
a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor
Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s <i>Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland</i>. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it
together. For now.<br />
When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the
worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying
reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis
Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including
draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and
subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family.
She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret
crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who
may have dark motives of his own.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Essence-Kimberly-Derting/dp/1442445599/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356125883&sr=1-1">The Essence (Pledge book #2)</a></span></div>
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Release Date: Jan 1, 2013</div>
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At the luminous conclusion of<i> The Pledge</i>, Charlaina defeated the
tyrant Sabara and took her place as Queen of Ludania. But Charlie knows that
Sabara has not disappeared: The evil queen’s Essence is fused to Charlie’s
psyche, ready to arise at the first sign of weakness.
Charlie is not weak, but she’s being pushed to the brink. In addition to
suppressing the ever-present influence of Sabara, she’s busy being queen—and
battling a growing resistance determined to return Ludania to its discriminatory
caste system. Charlie wants to be the same girl Max loves, who Brook trusts, but
she’s Your Majesty now, and she feels torn in two.
As Charlie journeys to an annual summit to meet with leaders of nearby
Queendoms—an event where her ability to understand all languages will be the
utmost asset—she is faced with the ultimate betrayal. And the only person she
can turn to for help is the evil soul residing within.<br />
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Release Date: Jan 1, 2013</div>
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Doctor Victor Frankenstein's previously unacknowledged beautiful, intelligent
twin daughters (from an early marriage when he was a student) have come to
Frankenstein's Castle to claim it as their inheritance.
Shortly thereafter they learn that a serial killer is on the loose. They try
to ignore this — Gretchen takes up her father's work, while Ingrid throws lavish
parties. Gretchen and Ingrid form a love triangle with a young naval officer
with a debilitating disease. Though he loves Ingrid, he agrees to work with
Gretchen on a series of body transplants that improve his condition. Before long
he is even walking without his cane. He does not know that the science that is
helping him is the science of death itself . . .
A twisted, macabre journey of romance and horror.</div>
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by: Lisa McMann</div>
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Release Date: Jan 8, 2013</div>
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<b>If what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The
suspenseful first of four books from the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling
author of the Wake trilogy.</b>
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Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells
like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck
to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that.
What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over,
Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in
the snow.
The vision is everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s
the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she <i>sees</i>.
The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do. Because
now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s someone she knows.
Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember.
In this riveting start to a gripping series from <i>New York Times
</i>bestselling author Lisa McMann, Jules has to act—and act fast—to keep her
vision from becoming reality.<br />
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Release Date: Jan 8, 2012</div>
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A breathtaking journey toward self-discovery and true love, from the author
of <i>If I Stay</i><br />
When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu"
Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground
performance of <i>Twelfth Night </i>in England, there’s an undeniable spark.
After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it seems to
Allyson, until the following morning, when she wakes up after a whirlwind day in
Paris to discover that Willem has left. Over the next year, Allyson embarks on a
journey to come to terms with the narrow confines of her life, and through
Shakespeare, travel, and a quest for her almost-true-love, to break free of
those confines.</div>
<i>Just One Day</i> is the first in a sweepingly
romantic duet of novels. Willem’s story—<i>Just One Year</i>—is coming soon!<br />
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by: Alyxandra Harvey</div>
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Release Date: Jan 8, 2013</div>
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Solange Drake has been officially crowned Queen of the Vampires, fulfilling
the centuries old prophecy that foretold the rise to power of a daughter born to
an ancient vampire line. Except Solange's thoughts and actions are no longer her
own-she's been slowly being possessed by the spirit of Viola, the first daughter
born into the Drake line, since her bloodchange. And instead of uniting the
vampire tribes under the rule of an ancient daughter as the prophecy predicted,
Viola would rather destroy them all and enslave humans in a personal vendetta
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I plan to spend my busy holidays doing as much reading as possible. I plan to travel across the galaxy learning the truth about life of Godspeed with Amy and Elder, trying to survive the Vancouver wilderness with Maya and her friends, watching Daimons fight to the death at The Carnival of Souls and joining Wendy as she discovers that she is a changeling who was switched at birth. </div>
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GODSPEED WAS FUELED BY LIES. NOW IT IS RULED BY CHAOS.<br /><br />It's been three
months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she
looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship <i>Godspeed</i>.<br /><br />But there may
just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to act
on his vision--no more Phydus, no more lies.<br /><br />When Elder learns shocking
news about the ship, he and Amy must race to discover the truth behind life on
<i>Godspeed</i>. They must work together to unlock a mystery that was set in
motion hundreds of years earlier. Their success--or failure--will determine the
fate of the 2,298 passengers who remain aboard <i>Godspeed</i>. But with each
step, the journey becomes more perilous, the ship more chaotic, and love between
them more impossible to fight.<br /><br />Beth Revis catapulted readers into the far
reaches of space with her <i>New York Times </i>bestselling debut, <i>Across the
Universe</i>. In <i>A Million Suns,</i> Beth deepens the mystery with action,
suspense, romance, and deep philosophical questions. And this time it all builds
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Kelley Armstrong.<br /><b> </b><br />Maya Delaney's paw-print birthmark is the mark
of what she truly is--a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see
better than nearly everyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the
animals that roam the woods outside her home, Maya knows it's only a matter of
time before she's able to Shift and become one of them. And she believes there
may be others in her small town with surprising talents.<br /> <br />Now, Maya and
her friends have been forced to flee from their homes during a forest fire they
suspect was deliberately set. Then they're kidnapped, and after a chilling
helicopter crash, they find themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness with
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In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the
power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both
murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival
hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the ruling
elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would both face bleak futures—if
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All Mallory knows of The City is that her father—and every other witch
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teenage life full of friends and maybe even a little romance, Mallory scans
quiet streets for threats, hides herself away, and trains to be lethal. She
knows it's only a matter of time until a daimon finds her and her father, so she
readies herself for the inevitable. While Mallory possesses little knowledge of
The City, every inhabitant of The City knows of her. There are plans for
Mallory, and soon she, too, will be drawn into the decadence and danger that is
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When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a
monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother
might have been right. She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to
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Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her. Every
encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce
attraction to him than she’d ever admit. But it isn’t long before he reveals
the truth: Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth—and he’s come to
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Now Wendy’s about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one
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Below you will find my top 10 list of favorite Adult Urban Fantasy series! These are the series that when a new book comes out I do a little happy dance before rushing home to read well into (and usually beyond) the witching hour. Do you have a top 10 list to share? If you do comment with a link or feel free to list them all in the comments section! I am always looking for suggestions for new books/series to read. </div>
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Rachel Morgan is a runner with the Inderland Runner Services, apprehending law-breakers throughout Cincinnati. She's also a witch, one of the many Inderlanders who revealed themselves after a genetically engineered virus wiped out 50 percent of humanity. Witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves-the creatures of dreams and nightmares have lived beside humans for centuries, hiding their powers. But now they've stopped hiding, and nothing will be the same.On the run with a contract on her head, Rachel reluctantly teams up with Ivy, Inderland's best runner…and a living vampire. But this witch is way out of her league, and to clear her name, Rachel must evade shape-changing assassins, outwit a powerful businessman/crimelord, and survive a vicious underground fight-to-the-death…not to mention her own roommate!Fun, sassy, filled with action, humor, and romance, Dead Witch Walking is the perfect summer listen for anyone who likes vampires, paranormal fantasy, romance, or just a great beach book.</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">2. The Fever Series by </span><a href="http://www.karenmoning.com/kmm/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Karen Marie Moning</span></span></a></div>
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MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car
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perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something
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When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue
to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in
search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a
shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same
treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge:
staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she
possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the
dangerous realm of the Fae….<br />
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As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her
sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a
man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the
truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human
women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble,
Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone
else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds
nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their
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In a sparkling debut, <i>A Discovery of Witches</i> became the "it" book of
early 2011, bringing Deborah Harkness into the spotlight and galvanizing fans
around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young
scholar and the descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted
alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance
summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man,
vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Harkness has created a universe to rival
those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a
scholar's depth to this riveting story of magic and suspense. And the story
continues in Book Two, <i>Shadow of Night</i>.<br />
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An erotically charged, addictive thriller from the future queen of
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Living in Toronto for a year, Elena is leading the normal life
she has always dreamed of, including a stable job as a journalist and a nice
apartment shared with her boyfriend. As the lone female werewolf in existence,
only her secret midnight prowls and her occasional inhuman cravings set her
apart. Just one year ago, life was very different. Adopted by the Pack when
bitten, Elena had spent years struggling with her resentment at having her life
stolen away. Torn between two worlds, and overwhelmed by the new passions
coursing through her body, her only option for control was to deny her awakening
needs and escape.<br />
<br />
But now the Pack has called Elena home to help them
fight an alliance of renegade werewolves who are bent on exposing and
annihilating the Pack. And although Elena is obliged to rejoin her "family," she
vows not to be swept up in Pack life again, no matter how natural it might feel.
She has made her choice. Trouble is, she's increasingly uncertain if it's the
right one.<br />
<br />
An erotically charged thriller, <b>Bitten</b> will awaken the
voracious appetite of every reader, as the age-old battle between man and beast,
between human and inhuman forces, comes to a head in one small town and within
one woman's body.</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">6. Meredith Gentry Series by </span><a href="http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Laurell K Hamilton</span></span></a></div>
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A Kiss of Shadows
(Meredith Gentry, book 1)
by
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Book 1 synopsis (<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Kiss-Shadows-Laurell-K-Hamilton/dp/0345423402/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355184596&sr=1-1">A Kiss of Shadows</a>):</div>
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<strong><em>“My name is Meredith Gentry, but of course it’s not my real name. I dare
not even whisper my true name after dark for fear that one hushed word will
travel over the night winds to the soft ear of my aunt, the Queen of the Air and
Darkness. She wants me dead. I don’t even know why.”</em></strong>Meredith
Gentry, Princess of the high court of Faerie, is posing as a human in Los
Angeles, living as a P.I. specializing in supernatural crime. But now the
Queen’s assassin has been dispatched to fetch her back–whether she likes it or
not. Suddenly Meredith finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt’s plans. The job
that awaits her: enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful immortal men
in the world. The reward: the crown–and the opportunity to continue to live. The
penalty for failure: death.</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">7. Sookie Stackhouse Series by</span><a href="http://www.charlaineharris.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"> Charlaine Harris</span></span></a></div>
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Dead Until Dark
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Book 1 synopsis (<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Dead-Until-Dark-Sookie-Stackhouse/dp/0441008534/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355184703&sr=1-1">Dead Until Dark</a>):</div>
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Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town
Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her
coworkers checks out....
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Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea. <br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">8. Werecats Series by </span><a href="http://rachelvincent.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Rachel Vincent</span></span></a></div>
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Stray
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Book 1 synopsis (<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Stray-Rachel-Vincent/dp/0778329070/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355184920&sr=1-1">Stray</a>):</div>
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I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a
shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds.
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Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to
continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a
Stray attacked.
I'd been warned about Strays—werecats without a Pride—constantly on the
lookout for someone like me: attractive, female and fertile. I fought him off,
but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.
This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back…for my own
protection. Yeah, right. But I'm no meek kitty. I'll take on whatever—and
whoever—I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays—'cause I got
claws, and I'm not afraid to use them….<br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">9. Riley Jenson Guardian Series by </span><a href="http://www.keriarthur.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Keri Arthur</span></span></a></div>
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Book 1 synopsis (<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Full-Moon-Rising-Keri-Arthur/dp/0553588451/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355185075&sr=1-1">Full Moon Rising</a>):</div>
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In this exciting debut, author Keri Arthur explodes onto the supernatural scene
with a sexy, sensuous tale of intrigue and suspense set in a world where legends
walk and the shady paths of the underworld are far more sinister than anyone
envisioned.<br />
<br />
A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her
twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, an
organization created to police the supernatural races–and protect humans from
their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley
is merely an office worker–until her brother goes missing on one of his
missions. The timing couldn’t be worse. More werewolf than vampire, Riley is
vulnerable to the moon heat, the weeklong period before the full moon, when her
need to mate becomes all-consuming.…<br />
<br />
Luckily Riley has two willing
partners to satisfy her every need. But she will have to control her urges if
she’s going to find her brother….Easier said than done as the city pulses with
frenzied desire, and Riley is confronted with a very powerful–and delectably
naked–vamp who raises her temperature like never before.<br />
<br />
In matters
carnal, Riley has met her match. But in matters criminal, she must follow her
instincts not only to find her brother but to stop an unholy harvest. For
someone is doing some shifty cloning in an attempt to produce the ultimate
warrior–by tapping into the genome of nonhumans like Rhoan. Now Riley knows just
how dangerous the world is for her kind–and just how much it needs
her.</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">10. Vampire Huntress Legend by </span><a href="http://www.leslieesdailebanks.com/labanks.php"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">L.A. Banks</span></span></a></div>
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Book 1 synopsis (<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Minion-L-Banks/dp/0312987013/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355185169&sr=1-1">Minion</a>):</div>
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All Damali Richards ever wanted to do was create music and bring it to the
people. Now she is a Spoken Word artist and the top act for Warriors of Light
Records. But come nightfall, she hunts vampires and demons-predators that people
tend to dismiss as myth or fantasy. Damali and her Guardian team cannot afford
such delusions, especially now, when a group of rogue vampires has been killing
the artists of Warriors of Light and their rival, Blood Music. <br />
<br />
When
strange attacks erupt within the club drug-trafficking network and draw the
attention of the police, Damali realizes these killings are a bit out of the
ordinary, even for vampires. Instead of neat puncture marks in the neck showing
where the blood has been drained from the body, these corpses are mutilated
beyond recognition, indicating a blood lust and thirst for destruction that
surpasses any Damali has encountered before. Soon she discovers that behind
these brutal murders is the most powerful vampire Damali has ever met-a
seductive beast who is coming for her next...<br />
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Title: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Discovery-Witches-Novel-Deborah-Harkness/dp/0143119680/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354381882&sr=8-1">A Discovery of Witches</a><br />
Author: <a href="http://deborahharkness.com/">Deborah Harkness</a><br />
Series: A Souls Trilogy<br />
Publisher: Penguin Books<br />
Published: December 27, 2011<br />
Format: Hardcover $21.00 CDN or $12.27 Paperback<br />
Age Group: Adult<br />
My Copy: Library<br />
Extras: <a href="http://deborahharkness.com/all-souls-trilogy/all-souls-trilogy-movie/">Movie Adaptation!!</a><br />
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<strong>Synopsis:</strong> <br />
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It all begins with a lost manuscript, a reluctant witch, and 1,500-year-old
vampire. Dr. Diana Bishop has a really good reason for refusing to do magic: she
is a direct descendant of the first woman executed in the Salem Witch Trials,
and her parents cautioned her be discreet about her talents before they were
murdered, presumably for having "too much power." So it is purely by accident
that Diana unlocks an enchanted long-lost manuscript (a book that all manner of
supernatural creatures believe to hold the story of all origins and the secret
of immortality) at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and finds herself in a race
to prevent an interspecies war. <br />
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A sparkling debut written by a historian and
self-proclaimed oenophile, <i>A Discovery of Witches</i> is heady mix of history
and magic, mythology and love (cue the aforementioned vampire!), making for a
luxurious, intoxicating, one-sitting read.<br />
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<strong>My Review:</strong><br />
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A Discovery of Witches is Diana Gabaldons Outlander series but with Vampires, Witches and Demons! (Side note: I just read the Amazon synopsis where this novel is compared to the writings of Diana Gabaldon....apparently there are no original thoughts anymore!) This is the by far in my top five favorite books of 2012. <br />
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Described as the "it"book for good reason, A Discovery of Witchess engages the reader in a complex mystery with a scientific bent all while telling the passionate and forbidden love story between a witch and a vampire. For readers who like their heroines to be smart, savvy and passionate and their knights to be bold, protective and sensual you are sure to fall in love with Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont. <br />
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What I loved most about this novel was that Deborah Harkness never revealed to much to soon, she revealed what was necessary to keep you engaged and turning the pages well into the witching hour. <br />
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I hesitate to recommend this book to everyone. I think it is best suited for adult fantasy addicts who are looking for their next epic read. This novel is the first in the All Souls Trilogy and I am about to dive into book 2, Shadow of Night! <br />
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Without hesitation and with great enthusiasm I give this book my highest rating. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Full-Moon-Kisses-Novel/dp/0061986534/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1354222961&sr=8-2">Full Moon Kisses: A Full Moon Novel #3</a></div>
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By: <a href="http://www.ellenschreiber.com/">Ellen Schrieber</a></div>
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Release Date: December 26, 2012</div>
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Online Price: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Full-Moon-Kisses-Novel/dp/0061986534/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1354222961&sr=8-2">$14.59 CDN</a></div>
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Beware of the full moon. <br />
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A werewolf wants to take you into his world. Forever. <br />
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Celeste and Brandon know that Nash in werewolf form is bad news. But a new
prediction from psychic Dr. Meadows has Celeste wondering: Which of them wants
to turn her into a werewolf? <br />
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Still on Celeste's and Brandon's minds is the "cure" from Brandon's father.
Brandon must face one dilemma he hadn't anticipated—if his dad's serum really
does work, is he willing to give up being a werewolf for good? Is Celeste
willing to give up her heroic werewolf boyfriend? And when Nash finds out
there's a cure, will he try to take it from Brandon as they continue to deal
with their rivalry, their competing affections for Celeste, and their struggles
with their werewolf identities? <br />
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Then things grow still more complicated when a gang of sketchy guys from a
neigh-boring town comes to Legend's Run just before the big Werewolf Festival.
What, or whom, are they looking for? <br />
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The third installment in the sumptuous series about werewolves and the
popular girl who loves one is <br />
full of danger, mystery, and undeniably romantic
full moon kisses. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Other Exciting New Releases</span></strong> </div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Farm-Emily-McKay/dp/0425257800/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354223278&sr=1-3">The Farm</a></div>
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By: Emily McKay</div>
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Release Date: December 4, 2012</div>
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Online Price: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Farm-Emily-McKay/dp/0425257800/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354223278&sr=1-3">$9.50 CDN</a></div>
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Tag: Paranormal/Vampire</div>
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Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in
a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and
quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where
human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks.
Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning
on each other…<br />
<br />
And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly
impossible.<br />
<br />
Lily and her twin sister Mel have a plan. Though Mel can
barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else notices—like
the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across
won’t be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face
appears out of nowhere, offering to help…<br />
<br />
Carter was a schoolmate of
Lily’s in the Before. Managing to evade capture until now, he has valuable
knowledge of the outside world. But like everyone on the Farm, Carter has his
own agenda, and he knows that behind the Ticks is an even more dangerous threat
to the human race...</div>
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By: <a href="http://www.sarashepardbooks.com/books.php">Sara Shepard</a></div>
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Release Date: December 4, 2012</div>
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Online Price: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Pretty-Little-Liars-Sara-Shepard/dp/0062081926/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354223587&sr=1-2">$14.43 CDN</a></div>
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Tag: Mystery</div>
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It's spring break, and the pretty little liars are trading in Rosewood for a
cruise vacation. They want nothing more than to sail into the tropical sunset
and leave their troubles behind for one blissful week. <br />
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But where Emily, Aria,
Spencer, and Hanna go, A goes, too. From scuba diving to tanning on the upper
deck, A is there, soaking up all their new secrets. <br />
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Emily is smooching a stowaway. Aria's treasure-hunting partner is a little
too interested in her booty. Spencer's going overboard trying to land a new boy.
And a blast—or rather, a crash—from Hanna's past could mean rough waters ahead
for everyone. <br />
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The liars better tighten their life jackets. A perfect storm is brewing, and
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By: <a href="http://mollycochran.com/bio.html">Molly Cochran</a></div>
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Release Date: December 4, 2012</div>
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Online Price: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Poison-Molly-Cochran/dp/1442450509/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354224458&sr=1-2">$14.43 CDN</a></div>
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Tag: Paranormal/Witchcraft/Boarding School</div>
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Extras: <a href="http://www.thebookguru.ca/2010/08/big-list-of-boarding-school-books.html">The Book Guru's BIG Listo of Boarding School Books</a></div>
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<strong>Arthurian legend mixes with modern-day witchcraft in this haunting sequel to
<i>Legacy</i>, which <i>Publishers Weekly </i>said “should please the legions of
paranormal fans looking for a sophisticated supernatural thriller.” </strong></div>
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After the riveting—and romantic—events of <i>Legacy</i>, Katy has won Peter’s
heart and is now<i> </i>claiming her place in the magical world. Though half the
students at her boarding school come from witching lines, the use of magic is
expressly forbidden at Ainsworth, so as to keep the witching world hidden from
the blue-blooded preppies, aka Muffies, who also walk the halls.
But the Muffies have at least a notion of magic, because Katy catches
them staging a made-up ritual—and to her astonishment, the girls collapse at
Katy’s feet and fall into comas. When Katy is blamed, she becomes desperate to
clear her name and finds herself battling all odds to harness her growing
magical powers in order to save the Muffies and dispel the Darkness once more.
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Katelyn had only been in Wolf Springs a few weeks before she was attacked by a werewolf. And now she carries that creature's curse in her veins. But she's not alone. Wolf Springs is home to werewolves. And they swear that it wasn't any of them who bit her. Changing humans without permission means the death penalty, and they're none too happy about Katelyn.</div>
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No one is like Daemon Black. When he set out to prove his feelings for Katy, he wasn't fooling around. Doubting him isn't something she'll do again and now that they've made it through the rough patches, well, there's a lot of spontaneous combustion going on. </div>
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When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed.
Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call
the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government
“rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s
killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with
something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.<br /><br />Now
sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.<br /><br />When the truth comes out,
Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to
find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of
kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for
Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close.
Not after what happened to her parents.<br /><br />When they arrive at East River,
nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other
forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight
against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may
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investigation. She finds a blog by someone named Neal Moche, a psychometric
who might have clues to Sasha's whereabouts. There is something familiar about
Neal, and Camelia realizes how much she misses Ben, despite being committed to
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It's Friday! I have just enough time to join the social hop before I am off to work for the day! As always thank you <a href="http://parajunkee.com/2012/11/feature-follow-123.html">Parajunkee</a> and <a href="http://www.alisoncanread.com/">Alison Can Read</a> for hosting.<br />
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Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?</h3>
<span style="font-size: small;">Ok so it<span style="font-size: small;">'s not a movie but </span>I have really enjoyed watching the show <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Girl">Lost Girl</a>. I<span style="font-size: small;"> suppose you could say <span style="font-size: small;">that it already <span style="font-size: small;">resembles</span> a lot of <span style="font-size: small;">urban fantasy novels but I love Bo and the witty banter between her and all the other characters. I also love that i<span style="font-size: small;">t is Canadian!</span></span></span></span></span></span> It does an interesting take on the light and dark fae, creatures with supernatural powers, AND it has some juicy sex scenes ;) If you have not heard of this show please check it out!<br />
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Happy Reading everyone!<br />
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LindseyThe Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-31041057830253940562012-11-15T16:06:00.000-05:002012-11-15T16:06:36.945-05:00The Mortal Instruments: Official Teaser Trailer The rumours were right and The Mortal Instruments teaser trailer delivered far more content then most teasers do! Teaser trailers are often misleading (based on the Hunger Games trailer I thought I would love the movie but was fairly disaponited once I saw the film) but if the film can live up to it's promise I am going to love watching City of Bones come to life on the big screne. <br />
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Web site for <a href="http://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/">Cassandra Claire</a> The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-33839936429967359372012-11-12T19:45:00.001-05:002012-11-12T19:45:54.428-05:00Reached Gets Released!I nearly forgot! Guess what I will be staying up all night reading tomorrow? Woot woot!
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<a href="http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/63860_385367254873354_1490885467_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo: Having a Mundane Monday? This will cheer you up!" border="0" class="scaledImageFitWidth img" height="320" src="http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/63860_385367254873354_1490885467_n.jpg" width="320" /></a>I have been nearly vibrating with excitement over the past few days after compiling the list of books being made into movies in 2013 and beyond! Of all the books being turned into movies (and there does seem to be an awful lot of them) I am most excited about, The City of Bones by Cassandra Claire which will hit theaters on August 23, 3013! I know each and every one of us imagines the characters in each book in various ways and casting directors don't always get it right, but for me I feel like they plucked <a href="http://www.themortalinstrumentsmovie.com/">Clary Fray</a> right out of my head when they chose this actress! Now <a href="http://www.themortalinstrumentsmovie.com/">Jace Wayland</a> and <a href="http://www.themortalinstrumentsmovie.com/">Isabelle Lightwood</a> on the other hand......not so much. </div>
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Which book to movie are you looking forward to this year? Are you happy with who they have cast? Which movie in the past have were you most excited to see come to the big screen and why? The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-19428325405840920012012-11-09T17:27:00.000-05:002012-11-09T17:27:05.253-05:00Books To Movies: Young Adult 2013 and Beyond<div align="center">
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<strong>Title:</strong> <a href="http://beautifulcreatures.warnerbros.com/">Beautiful Creatures</a><br />
<strong>Release Date:</strong> Febuary 13, 2013<br />
<strong>Status:</strong> Post Production<br />
<strong>Based On:</strong> Bestselling novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Beautiful-Creatures-Kami-Garcia/dp/0316042676/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352490960&sr=1-1">Beautiful Creatures</a> by, <a href="http://beautifulcreaturesauthors.com/">Kami Garica and Margaret Stohl</a> <br />
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<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice_Englert&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Alice Englert (page does not exist)">Alice Englert</a> as Lena Duchannes</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alden_Ehrenreich" title="Alden Ehrenreich">Alden Ehrenreich</a> as Ethan Wate</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Rossum" title="Emmy Rossum">Emmy Rossum</a> as Ridley Duchannes</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Thompson" title="Emma Thompson">Emma Thompson</a> as Mrs. Lincoln</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> as Macon Ravenwood</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann_(actor)" title="Thomas Mann (actor)">Thomas Mann</a> as Link</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> as Amma</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Gallner" title="Kyle Gallner">Kyle Gallner</a> as Larkin</li>
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<em>There were no surprises in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Gatlin </st1:placename><st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>. <br />We were pretty much the
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thought.</em><br />
<em>Turns out, I couldn't have been more
wrong.</em><br />
<em>There was a curse.</em><br />
<em>There was a
girl.</em><br />
<em>And in the end, there was a grave.</em><br />
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Lena Duchannes
is unlike anyone the small Southern town of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gatlin</st1:place></st1:city> has ever seen, and she's struggling to
conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But
even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the
forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.<br />
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Ethan Wate, who has
been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams
of a beautiful girl he has never met. When <st1:place w:st="on">Lena</st1:place>
moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably
drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><strong>Title: </strong>City of Bones<br />
<strong>Release Date:</strong> August 23, 2013<br />
<strong>Status:</strong> Filming<br />
<strong>Based On:</strong> Best selling novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/City-Bones-Cassandra-Clare/dp/1416955070/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352492236&sr=1-1">City of Bones</a> by, <a href="http://www.cassandraclare.com/">Cassandra Claire</a><strong>Extras: </strong>Official movie <a href="http://www.themortalinstrumentsmovie.com/">site</a><br />
<strong>Extras: </strong>Official movie web <a href="http://www.themortalinstrumentsmovie.com/">site</a><br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Headey" title="Lena Headey">Lena Headey</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Mortal_Instruments_characters#Jocelyn_Fray" title="List of The Mortal Instruments characters">Jocelyn Fray</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Collins" title="Lily Collins">Lily Collins</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Mortal_Instruments_characters#Clary_Fray" title="List of The Mortal Instruments characters">Clary Fray</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Rhys_Meyers" title="Jonathan Rhys Meyers">Jonathan Rhys Meyers</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Mortal_Instruments_characters#Valentine_Morgenstern" title="List of The Mortal Instruments characters">Valentine Morgenstern</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Durand" title="Kevin Durand">Kevin Durand</a> as Emil Pangborn</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Harris" title="Jared Harris">Jared Harris</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Bones_(Mortal_Instruments)#Characters" title="City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)">Hodge Starkweather</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Campbell_Bower" title="Jamie Campbell Bower">Jamie Campbell Bower</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Bones_(Mortal_Instruments)#Characters" title="City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)">Jace Wayland</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheehan" title="Robert Sheehan">Robert Sheehan</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Mortal_Instruments_characters#Simon_Lewis" title="List of The Mortal Instruments characters">Simon Lewis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Zegers" title="Kevin Zegers">Kevin Zegers</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Mortal_Instruments_characters#Alec_Lightwood" title="List of The Mortal Instruments characters">Alec Lightwood</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Turner" title="Aidan Turner">Aidan Turner</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Bones_(Mortal_Instruments)#Characters" title="City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)">Luke Garroway</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemima_West" title="Jemima West">Jemima West</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Mortal_Instruments_characters#Isabelle_Lightwood" title="List of The Mortal Instruments characters">Isabelle Lightwood</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCH_Pounder" title="CCH Pounder">CCH Pounder</a> as Madame Dorothea</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Gao" title="Godfrey Gao">Godfrey Gao</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Mortal_Instruments_characters#Magnus_Bane" title="List of The Mortal Instruments characters">Magnus Bane</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maillet" title="Robert Maillet">Robert Maillet</a> as Samuel Blackwell</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Hart" title="Stephen R. Hart">Stephen R. Hart</a> as Brother Jeremiah</li>
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When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New
York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed
by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons.
Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the
murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a
smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to
ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a
Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within
twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her
mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons
be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary
suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . .
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare’s
ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will
never want to end.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The Host</span></strong></div>
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<strong>Title:</strong> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517260/">The</a> Host<br />
<strong>Release Date:</strong> March 29, 2013<br />
<strong>Status:</strong> Post Production<br />
<strong>Based On:</strong> Bestselling novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Host-Novel-Stephenie-Meyer/dp/0316068047/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352492668&sr=1-1">The</a> Host by, <a href="http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/">Stephenie</a> Meyer<br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan" title="Saoirse Ronan">Saoirse Ronan</a> as Melanie Stryder/Wanderer<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2013_film)#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Irons" title="Max Irons">Max Irons</a> as Jared Howe<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Abel_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2013_film)#cite_note-Abel-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Kruger" title="Diane Kruger">Diane Kruger</a> as The Seeker<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2013_film)#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Abel" title="Jake Abel">Jake Abel</a> as Ian O'Shea<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Abel_2-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2013_film)#cite_note-Abel-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Canterbury" title="Chandler Canterbury">Chandler Canterbury</a> as Jamie Stryder<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Boyd_4-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2013_film)#cite_note-Boyd-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hurt" title="William Hurt">William Hurt</a> as Jeb Stryder</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_Holbrook" title="Boyd Holbrook">Boyd Holbrook</a> as Kyle O'Shea<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Boyd_4-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2013_film)#cite_note-Boyd-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Fisher" title="Frances Fisher">Frances Fisher</a> as Maggie Stryder<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Information-Stephenie-Meyer_5-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2013_film)#cite_note-Information-Stephenie-Meyer-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lawrence" title="Scott Lawrence">Scott Lawrence</a> as Doc</li>
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The author of the <i>Twilight </i>series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her
brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a
future with the fate of humanity at stake. <br /><br />Melanie Stryder refuses to
fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of
their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has
succumbed.<br /><br />Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's
body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming
emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't
expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her
mind.<br /><br />Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie
loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from
her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces
make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man
they both love.<br /><br />Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving
only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring
a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Divergent</span></strong></div>
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<strong>Title:</strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Divergent-Veronica-Roth/dp/0062024035/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352493527&sr=1-1">Divergent</a></div>
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<strong>Release Date:</strong> March 21, 2014</div>
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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five
factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the
honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful),
and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all
sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of
their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and
being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that
surprises everyone, including herself. <br />
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herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice
they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance
and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As
initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really
are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes
exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret,
one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death.
And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her
seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save
those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. <br />
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<strong>Title:</strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Divergent-Veronica-Roth/dp/0062024035/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352493527&sr=1-1">Enders</a> Game</div>
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<strong>Release Date:</strong> November 1, 2013</div>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Butterfield" title="Asa Butterfield">Asa Butterfield</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender_Wiggin" title="Ender Wiggin">Ender Wiggin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford" title="Harrison Ford">Harrison Ford</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International_Fleet_personnel#Hyrum_Graff" title="List of International Fleet personnel">Colonel Graff</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Breslin" title="Abigail Breslin">Abigail Breslin</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_Wiggin" title="Valentine Wiggin">Valentine Wiggin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hailee_Steinfeld" title="Hailee Steinfeld">Hailee Steinfeld</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Arkanian" title="Petra Arkanian">Petra Arkanian</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramis_Knight" title="Aramis Knight">Aramis Knight</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_(Ender%27s_Game)" title="Bean (Ender's Game)">Bean</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moises_Arias" title="Moises Arias">Moises Arias</a> as Bonzo</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Pinchak" title="Jimmy Pinchak">Jimmy Pinchak</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wiggin" title="Peter Wiggin">Peter Wiggin</a></li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suraj_Parthasarathy&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Suraj Parthasarathy (page does not exist)">Suraj Parthasarathy</a> as Alai</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conor_Carroll&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Conor Carroll (page does not exist)">Conor Carroll</a> as Bernard</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khylin_Rhambo&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Khylin Rhambo (page does not exist)">Khylin Rhambo</a> as Dink</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Soo_Hoo" title="Brandon Soo Hoo">Brandon Soo Hoo</a> as Fly Molo</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International_Fleet_personnel#Mazer_Rackham" title="List of International Fleet personnel">Mazer Rackham</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> as Major Anderson</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caleb_J._Thaggard&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Caleb J. Thaggard (page does not exist)">Caleb J. Thaggard</a> as Stilson</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stevie_Ray_Dallimore&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Stevie Ray Dallimore (page does not exist)">Stevie Ray Dallimore</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Wiggin" title="John Paul Wiggin">John Paul Wiggin</a></li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Powell&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Andrea Powell (page does not exist)">Andrea Powell</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Wiggin" title="Theresa Wiggin">Theresa Wiggin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonso_Anozie" title="Nonso Anozie">Nonso Anozie</a> as Sergeant Dap</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cameron_Gaskins&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Cameron Gaskins (page does not exist)">Cameron Gaskins</a> as Pol Slattery</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Mirrcandani&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Tony Mirrcandani (page does not exist)">Tony Mirrcandani</a> as Admiral Chamrajnagar</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> as Pilot (voice cameo)</li>
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<strong>Release Date: </strong>November 1, 2013</div>
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R is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. After experiencing a teenage boy's memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and stragely sweet relationship with the victim's human girlfriend. Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. His decision to protect her will transform not only R, but his fellow Dead, and perhaps their whole lifeless world. Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, Warm Bodies is about being alive, being dead, and the blurry line in between.</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>How I Live Now</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/How-Live-Now-Meg-Rosoff/dp/0553376055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352496249&sr=1-1">How I Live Now</a> by Meg Rosoff</div>
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<strong>Release Date: </strong>2013</div>
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<strong>Status: </strong>Post Production</div>
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<strong>Starring: </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan">Saurise Ronan</a> (Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones) as Daisy</div>
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<i>“Every war has turning points and every person too.”</i><br /><br />Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.<br /><br />As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy’s uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.<br /><br />A riveting and astonishing story.
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<strong>Title: </strong>The Maze Runner</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Maze-Runner/dp/0385737955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352497532&sr=1-1">The Maze Runner</a> by James Dashner</div>
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<strong>Release Date: </strong>2013</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>Uglies</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Uglies-Scott-Westerfeld/dp/1442419814/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352498112&sr=1-1">Uglies</a> by Scott Westerfeld</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>If I Stay</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/If-I-Stay-Gayle-Forman/dp/014241543X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352498168&sr=1-1">If I Stay</a> by Gayle Foreman</div>
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<strong>Status: </strong>Rumoured</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>Shiver</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Shiver-Maggie-Stiefvater/dp/0545123275/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352498722&sr=1-1">Shive</a>r by Maggie Stiefvater</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Fallen-Lauren-Kate/dp/0385738935/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352498739&sr=1-1">Fallen</a> by Lauren Kate</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>Vampire Academy</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>Maximum Ride</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Angel-Experiment-Maximum-Ride-Novel/dp/0446617792/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352498788&sr=1-5">Maximum Ride</a> by James Patterson</div>
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<strong>Status: </strong>Rumoured</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>The Scorpio Races </div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>The Fault In Our Stars</div>
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<strong>Based On: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green/dp/0525478817/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352498897&sr=1-1">The Fault In Our Stars</a> by John Green</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>The Forest of Hands and Teeth</div>
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<strong>Release Date: </strong>2013</div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>13 Reasons Why</div>
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<strong>Release Date: 2013</strong></div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>A Great and Terrible Beauty</div>
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The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-38182851930963682202012-11-09T10:32:00.001-05:002012-11-09T10:51:43.091-05:00Feature and Follow Friday<a href="http://parajunkee.com/category/ff" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6778552714_5a75be99b4_o.jpg" /></a>
Welcome to The Book Guru! This is my first week back to the book blogging world I am really excited to check out all the new book blogs that have popped up over the last year! Thank you <a href="http://parajunkee.com/2012/11/feature-follow-122.html">Parajunkee</a> and <a href="http://www.alisoncanread.com/">Alison Can Read</a> for hosting Feature Follow.<br />
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The question this week is:<br />
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<strong>Q:</strong> Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic?<br />
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<strong>A:</strong> Yes and No. I think there are very few fresh ideas out there. For instance Dystopian literature's popularity skyrocketed after the release of, The Hunger Games however decades ago authors like <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440237688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352476216&sr=8-1">Lois Lowery</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Under-Skin-Janet-McNaughton/dp/0006485642/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352476240&sr=1-1">Janet McNaughton</a> were pioneering the genre. Additionally<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Little-Grrl-Lost-Charles-Lint/dp/0670061441/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352476278&sr=1-1"> Charles de Lint</a> (another Canadian author) wrote urban fantasy novels long before they became popular. Do I still love The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Matched? Yes I do! <br />
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With that said if you are blatently copying anothers idea weather it be a plot line, the cover of a book, a character description then no I have no respect for that.<br />
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Have a great Friday!<br />
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LindseyThe Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-667047271107699692012-11-08T17:24:00.000-05:002012-11-08T19:02:06.170-05:00New Releases Young Adult: November 2012<div align="center">
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by: Suzanne Weyn<br />
Release Date: November 1, 2012<br />
Online Price: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Bar-Code-Prophecy-Suzanne-Weyn/dp/0545425298/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352418653&sr=1-1">$14.43</a><br />
Tag: Dystopian<br />
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<strong>The third book in the Bar Code series, in which one girl struggles to escape
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Just as in the original <i>Bar Code Tattoo</i>, the year is 2025 and the
mysterious, ubiquitous, and seemingly omnipotent multinational corporation,
Global 1, is in power through their agent President Loudon Waters. But now this
ominous situation is experienced through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Grace
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When Grace finds out that she's adopted, her biological father, who's the
head of the Global 1 nano-bot injection project, urges her against getting the
bar code tattoo when she turns seventeen. Stunned by the revelations, she goes
home to find her adoptive family vanished, and she's determined to find them,
turning to the anti-barcode group Decode. As they uncover more information about
tracking, Grace must hide deep underground and undercover, trying to discover
information that will allow Decode to figure out what Global 1 is up to, and
trying desperately to shut the organization down for good. </div>
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Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and Merit the vampire can't tell if
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city itself in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a
paranormal registration act, times have never been more precarious for the
vampires. If only they could lay low for a bit...<br />
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Elena has faced countless challenges—escaping the Dark Dimension, defeating
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In Las Vegas she meets Russ, a mesmerizing stranger who shows her how to
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The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-72585116679013772622012-11-08T16:15:00.002-05:002012-11-08T17:25:36.767-05:00I am getting paid to do what?!?!?It is almost a year to the day since I last posted. Life got very busy very fast but things in my world have changed!<br />
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While I am a working mother now (see a lot has happened in the past two years) I have recently become employed as a Young Adult Readers Advisor at my local Public Library. I was hired to recommend books to teenagers! Woot woot! I still can't grasp the concept that someone is actually paying me to do this! In addition I am running some pretty awesome reading programs for youth in my community.<br />
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I have updated some of the links on my web site that somehow got broken in my absence. While I may not be reviewing as much content as I was previously I hope to be updating my "Big Lists" frequently with new content, keeping the New Releases Page up to date, posting about new and upcoming contests and of course reading and reviewing books!<br />
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I am really excited to be getting back to my second greatest passion in life (the first being my family of course), which is of course reading excellent books and talking people's ear off about them!<br />
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All the best,<br />
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Lindsey AKA The Book GuruThe Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-38173538048652022002011-11-14T21:04:00.002-05:002011-11-14T21:04:36.663-05:00The Hunger Names Trailer FULL Length!Ummmm WOW!<br />
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<div><object height="324" width="576"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/ytv/whats-so-funny/player.swf"></param><param name="flashVars" value="vid=27248947&"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed width="576" height="324" allowFullScreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/ytv/whats-so-funny/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="vid=27248947&"></embed></object></div>The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-79150744497609056852011-11-07T13:21:00.002-05:002011-11-07T13:21:59.165-05:00going to get on my Swiffer 2010 and join the party!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ySN8Q4U6wys" width="560"></iframe>The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-23166143265141041412011-11-01T11:16:00.000-04:002011-11-01T11:16:33.506-04:00Review: Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur (A Dark Angels Novel)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyC4fardRDGqHfu_C5KMW3Vjcyg_kUVP1ngHxveLungWHpmx086GTZoZLyAkwwslgfrTxKl49f0vjIbB0c8IhP5JQLDsKc5zKhNKoY5X8hK7YpWyvrDPd2C15zCFJiJSz0-y4xQQ41/s1600/darknes-unbound.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyC4fardRDGqHfu_C5KMW3Vjcyg_kUVP1ngHxveLungWHpmx086GTZoZLyAkwwslgfrTxKl49f0vjIbB0c8IhP5JQLDsKc5zKhNKoY5X8hK7YpWyvrDPd2C15zCFJiJSz0-y4xQQ41/s320/darknes-unbound.jpg" width="195" /></a></div>Title: Darkness Unbound<br />
Author: <a href="http://www.keriarthur.com/">Keri Arthur</a><br />
Series: A Dark Angels Novel<br />
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group<br />
Published: September 27, 2011<br />
Format: Mass Market Paperbound ($9.99 CDN)<br />
Age Group: Adult Paranormal Romance<br />
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<span class="readMoreText">Being half werewolf and half Aedh, Risa Jones can enter the twilight realms between life and death and see the reapers, supernatural beings that collect the souls of the dead. But she soon makes a terrifying discovery: Some sinister force is stealing souls, preventing the dead from ever knowing the afterlife.<br />
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Reapers escort souls-not snatch them-but Risa is still unnerved when a reaper shadows her in search of someone Risa has never met: her own father, an Aedh priest, who is rumored to be tampering with the gates of hell for a dark purpose. With the help of her "aunt" half-werewolf, half-vampire Riley Jenson-and an Aedh named Lucian who may have lost his wings but none of his sex appeal, Risa must pursue whatever shadowy practitioner of blood magic is seizing souls, and somehow stop her father . . . before all hell breaks loose.</span><br />
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<span class="readMoreText">I was HUGELY disappointed when I learned that Keri Arthur was ending my favorite Riley Jenson Guardian series, but when I learned she was doing a spinn off featuring Risa Jones (a character who was a baby in the Jenson series) I was very excited. Months after reading the last Riley Jenson novel I had completely forgotten about this new series until I came upon it on a table in Chapters. I snached the book off the table and did a little (but loud) *squee* drawing the attention of strangers who must have thought I was a little weird. </span><br />
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<span class="readMoreText">From the very first chapter following through to the end of the novel I was captivated by intriguing plot lines, likeable new characters and sexy, blush worthy sex scenes, not to mention the involvement of some of my favorite characters from the Jenson series. </span><br />
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<span class="readMoreText">If you are a fan of urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels this series (and the Jenson series if you have not read it) should be at the very top of your reading list especially if you are a fan of....ummmmm....errrrr *blush* very graphic sex scenes. The characters in this series run the spectrum of supernaturals including werewolves, ghosts, Aedh, vampires, reapers, shapeshifters, mediums, and more.</span><br />
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<span class="readMoreText">As a protagonist Risa is quickly climbing her way to being one of my favorite leading female characters. She's a winning mixture of sass, sexiness, and sensuality that when added to her also being an assertive, resilient and independent woman, she becomes the type of character that paranormal readers will fall in love with. Being half werewolf (inherited from her mother) Risa was gifted with heightened senses, fast healing, and a heightened sex drive, but unfortunately not with the ability to shift into werewolf form. Her father, a Aedh Priest has given her the ability to dematerialize her body into a vaporous form which proves to be a valuable ability throughout the novel. </span><br />
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<span class="readMoreText">Darkness Unbound includes two very sexy male leads. Azreal is a very stoic Reaper who is charged with shadowing Risa in the hopes of locating her Aedh father. Along the way the merest hint of sexual tension begins between these two characters as he helps her defeat a darkness that steals the soul of a helpless little girl. The second male lead, Lucian is a full blooded Aedh who has lost his wings and ability to shift into vaporous form. The sexual banter that goes back and forth between Risa and Lucian quickly leads to steamy sex scenes that would make any woman blush. </span><br />
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<span class="readMoreText">Lucky for me after finishing this novel I was immediately able to go out and purchase the second novel in this series, <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Darkness-Rising-Dark-Angels-Novel-Keri-Arthur/9780440245735-item.html?ikwid=keri+arthur&ikwsec=Home">Darkness Rising</a> as it was just released. I can see that this series is quickly becoming a new favorite of mine in the paranormal genre. If you to are a fan of Keri Arthur and her various paranormal series please feel free to comment on what your favorite books are in the series and who your favorite characters are! </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="readMoreText"><span style="color: cyan;">My Rating:</span> 5/5 AKA Exixir of Excellence<br />
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For my review of Moon Sworn (Riley Jenson Guardian Series) click <a href="http://www.thebookguru.ca/2010/06/review-moon-sworn-by-keri-arthur.html">here</a>. <br />
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Title: Darkness Unbound<br />
Series: A Dark Angels Novel<br />
Author: <a href="http://www.keriarthur.com/books/riley-jenson-guardian-series/">Keri Arthur</a><br />
Publisher: Random House ($9.99 CDN)<br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><b>Synopsis: </b></div><br />
<span class="readMoreText">Being half werewolf and half Aedh, Risa Jones can enter the twilight realms between life and death and see the reapers, supernatural beings that collect the souls of the dead. But she soon makes a terrifying discovery: Some sinister force is stealing souls, preventing the dead from ever knowing the afterlife.<br />
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Reapers escort souls-not snatch them-but Risa is still unnerved when a reaper shadows her in search of someone Risa has never met: her own father, an Aedh priest, who is rumored to be tampering with the gates of hell for a dark purpose. With the help of her "aunt"-half-werewolf, half-vampire Riley Jenson-and an Aedh named Lucian who may have lost his wings but none of his sex appeal, Risa must pursue whatever shadowy practitioner of blood magic is seizing souls, and somehow stop her father . . . before all hell breaks loose.</span>The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-65170503348288552112011-10-04T15:01:00.000-04:002011-10-04T15:01:12.646-04:00October 2011 New Releases<div style="color: red; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">New releases for October 2011 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://beccafitzpatrick.com/">Silence by: Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush Book 3)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release Date: October 8, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">Extra: See below for a book trailer </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They''ve overcome the secrets riddled in Patch''s dark past...bridged two irreconcilable worlds...faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust...and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for-and their love-forever. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.jamesdashner.com/">The Death Cure by: James Dashner (Book 3 Maze Runner series)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release Date: October 11, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="readMoreText">Thomas knows that Wicked can''t be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they''ve collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It''s up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="readMoreText"><br />
What Wicked doesn''t know is that something''s happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can''t believe a word of what Wicked says.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="readMoreText"><br />
The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine.<br />
Will anyone survive the Death Cure?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://beautifulcreaturesauthors.com/"><span class="readMoreText">Beautiful Chaos by: Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Book 3 in the Caster Chronicles Series)</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="readMoreText">Release Date: October 18, 2011 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="readMoreText">Extra: <a href="http://castergirls.com/">Caster Girls and Boys Web Site </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="readMoreText"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="readMoreText">Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, <i>strange</i> and <i>impossible</i> have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena''s Claiming. Even Lena''s family of powerful Supernaturals is affected - and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What - or who - will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin?<br />
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For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He''s being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it isn't by Lena - and whatever is haunting him is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Even worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself - forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and most days he''s too afraid to ask. <br />
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What do you do when an oath of devotion threatens to destroy the one you love?</span><br />
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<span class="readMoreText"><div>Zoey is finally home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side, and preparing to face off against Neferet - which would be a whole lot easier if the High Counsel saw the ex-High Priestess for what she really is. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx''s gift of a human form, Rephaim and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together - if he can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father''s shadow…<br />
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But there are new forces at work at the House of Night. An influx of humans, including Lenobia's handsome horse whisperer, threatens their precarious stability. And then there's the mysterious Aurox, a jaw-droppingly gorgeous teen boy who is actually more - or possibly less - than human. Only Neferet knows he was created to be her greatest weapon. But Zoey can sense the part of his soul that remains human, the compassion that wars with his Dark calling. And there's something strangely familiar about him…<br />
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Will Neferet's true nature be revealed before she succeeds in silencing them all? And will Zoey be able to touch Aurox's humanity in time to protect him - and everyone - from his own fate? Find out what's destined in the next thrilling chapter of the House of Night series.</div></span></span><br />
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Lost Girl is what I would call an Urban Paranormal show that brings the world of Fae to our modern society. Focusing on protagonist Bo who is a Succubus who refuses to side with either dark or light Fae this show balances interesting plot lines and Fae mythology in a way that is both highly entertaining and incredibly sexy.<br />
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This show is now on its second season and if you have yet to watch an episode I highly recommend you give it a try. Without cable I have managed to watch this show at <a href="http://www.showcase.ca/lostgirl/">showcase.ca</a> but for those of you in the USA or other countries I am not to sure where to direct you! (If you are in the UK try <a href="http://www.syfy.co.uk/shows/lost-girl">this</a> link).<br />
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Below you will find a trailer for both Lost Girl season 1 and 2. Let me know what you think of this show and others like it that have captured your attention! Come back next Tue for a look at the fall seasons new additions to paranormal television! <br />
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(I realize that there are a lot of various memes featured on various blogs. While I have not come across one called "TV Tuesday" I apologize if I am stepping on any toes. If you have created a meme of this nature please feel free to leave a link to your posts and I would be happy to include links to your posts on future Tuesdays!)The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-82761909803519448762011-08-24T23:27:00.001-04:002011-08-24T23:30:31.891-04:00Vacation Reading List/Suggestions!Its vacation time! I am off to my cottage on beautiful Lake Simcoe in Ontario where I am excited to spend time with family and of course read a few good books. My reading list is a little short this year but with a three month old baby to love and look after my reading time is limited.<br />
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Books that take place in a dystopian society have captured my attention over the last few years, with a few of my favorites being The Hunger Games series and The Forest of Hands and Teeth. The novel, Divergent by Veronica Roth, has recently come to my attention so that is the first novel on my vacation reading list. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Next on my reading list is a novel a little outside my usual scope of interest, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. My interest in reading this novel is solely based on the fact that most members of my family have read it! </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Garden-Novel-Kate-Morton/dp/1416550550?ie=UTF8&tag=thbogu09-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="The Forgotten Garden: A Novel" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1416550550&tag=thbogu09-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thbogu09-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1416550550" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">While I am unsure what to expect of this next novel, after reading <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Night-Elie-Wiesel/9780553272536-item.html?ikwid=elie+wiesel&ikwsec=Home">Night</a> by Elie Wiesel a few years ago, The Boy In The Striped Pijamas by John Boyne has long been on my "to read" list. (Click <a href="http://www.thebookguru.ca/2010/03/books-with-impact-final-installment.html">here</a> for my review of the novel within my post titled "Books With Impact")</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And if three books in ten days (oh my how my ability to read copious amounts of books in short periods of time has changed) is not enough I have the following books waiting in the sidelines! I have chosen so many in part because two are review copies that I need to complete and three are books that have been siting on my shelf begging for me to start reading ASAP. I am one of those people that can't just read any book it has to be a book that I am....in the mood for. Many times I have put a book down due to disinterest after just a few chapters to only gobble up in hours a month later.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Swoon-Nina-Malkin/dp/1416998012?ie=UTF8&tag=thbogu09-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="Swoon" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1416998012&tag=thbogu09-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thbogu09-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1416998012" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Once-Dead-Twice-Madison-Avery/dp/B003VWC4CQ?ie=UTF8&tag=thbogu09-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery, Book 1)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B003VWC4CQ&tag=thbogu09-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thbogu09-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003VWC4CQ" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Another-Faust-Daniel-Nayeri/dp/0763648345?ie=UTF8&tag=thbogu09-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="Another Faust" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0763648345&tag=thbogu09-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thbogu09-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0763648345" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Souls-Sign-Zodiac-Book/dp/0061456780?ie=UTF8&tag=thbogu09-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="City of Souls (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 4)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0061456780&tag=thbogu09-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thbogu09-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061456780" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Fallen-Angels-Mortal-Instruments/dp/1442403543?ie=UTF8&tag=thbogu09-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments, Book 4)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1442403543&tag=thbogu09-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thbogu09-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1442403543" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">As mentioned in a previous post I have been out of the blogosphere for a little while now and I have struggled to find books that have been able to capture my attention. Suggestions for new novels or series that have been published in the last year would be welcome! If you are a blogger yourself feel free to leave a link to your review of such a novel and I would be excited to read it! </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-42205194992829841312011-08-19T16:10:00.000-04:002011-08-19T16:10:05.438-04:00Help and Win a Free Book!The contest is closing tonight at 11:59pm and my competitor keeps catching up! Please help my son win a baby contest and in return I am offering a free book from the book depository of your choice under $20.00! Click <a href="http://thebookgurugrl.blogspot.com/2011/08/contest.html">here</a> for more info!The Book Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355448424023801086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697003878621598884.post-9269241189641016432011-08-19T12:47:00.000-04:002011-08-19T12:47:20.433-04:00Follow FridayIt's good to be back and participating in book blogging once again! Can't wait to check out some new blogs and visit some old friends! Thanks to <a href="http://www.parajunkee.com/">Parajunkee</a> for hosting Follow my book blog Fridays! <br />
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