Starters by Lissa Price

Title: Starters

Author: Lissa Price

Received from: NetGalley

Release date: March 13,  2012

Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie. Callie's only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man.
He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders—seniors who want to be young again. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. But the neurochip they place in Callie's head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, and going out with a senator's grandson. It feels almost like a fairy tale, until Callie discovers that her renter intends to do more than party—and that Prime Destinations' plans are more evil than Callie could ever have imagined. . 

Marshmallows Thoughts:-

A massive war has savaged the nation and they are only two kinds of people who are left, the young-Starters and the old (very old)- Enders. They are lucky enough to have been vaccinated when the Spores Wars occurs. Unclaimed minor, those young Starters with no guardian or living adults to take care of them, cannot work , have no legal rights and are forced to survive on their own on the streets.

Callie is a Starter. When both her parents died during the Spores War, she is forced to take care of her little sickly brother, Tyler with little help from her friend, Michael. They are living in a an abandoned building, until the marshals come and claim the houses and they are forced to move out. More like kicked out actually. With no food to eat and starving, Callie can't bear to watch her sickly brother getting more sickly and lose weight everyday. So she went to this place, Prime Destinations where she thought they could help her. She could earn enough money at the end of the work to support and buy medical needs for Tyler. Prime Destinations is  place where young teenagers rent their body for the Enders who are willing to pay a large amount of money to feel young again.

For Obvious reasons, Callie is reluctant to do so but she had to. The first and second trial went smoothly. Unfortunately, during the third rent, things don't go quite to plan, when Callie suddenly wakes up in a bar with a pounding head not knowing why she is there. She keep having blackouts and when that happens, her renter will take over her body and she will soon wakes up and found she is not where she is supposed to be.  Then, she found out that her renter, rent her body to achieve her own personal goals- which include an assassination and a plan to blow the cover of Prime Destinations. Then, Callie pass out again. This time she woke up to find a gun in her hand. She realizes that this is all not what it seems to be and she is in a grave danger. All Starters are. 

Then she met Blake. The handsome and thoughtful and most importantly, pass the real not renters checklist. She find herself spending lots of time with Blake. Blake treat her specially. They went horse riding and she will forget her problems and starts comparing herself to Cinderella thinking if Cinderella ever thought of telling her Prince Charming that she is actually a fraud. But things start to get pretty awkward and ugly when she finally know who the real fraud is.

 This book has a quite predictable plot and the story are mainly told from Callie's point of view.I have no trouble interpreting the quite weird technology name like Z-mail or e-mail and Zing or text message. Seems like most of the technology has Z in the name. This book tells the story of most Starters and Enders but we don't get to see the middle, nor did we see any poor Enders. The end of the book is hanging me on the cliff and I really want to know what's going to happen in the next book! This book is suitable for everyone and perhaps the one who is searching on to what to read after the Hunger Games? The answer is This. Recommended to everyone!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book!

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Wanderlove by Kristen Hubbard.

Title: Wanderlove
Author: Kristen Hubbard
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Received From: NetGalley

It all begins with a stupid question:
Are you a Global Vagabond?
No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a guided tour of Central America—the wrong one. Middle-aged tourists with fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. When Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path.
Bria's a good girl trying to go bad. Rowan's a bad boy trying to stay good. As they travel across a panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued with jungle beasties, they discover what they've got in common: both seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves. And the secret to escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward. But Bria comes to realize she can't run forever, no matter what Rowan says. If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to start looking back. 

When I first read the blurb of this book, I know it's going to be a good one!  And I absolutely adore this book!

I love how the author describe the place and I love how the author brings the readers to exotic and intriguing places I can feel like I am really there experiencing the moment with Bria instead of lying sprawled on the bed in my stuffy bedroom..

I think Kristen draw this one!

Bria is a very was a great main character. I love her almost skeptical outlooks on things. I laughed out loud on some parts and she is really an easy person to connect to. When she was dumped by her stupid boyfriend,Toby, she was shocked and to prove to Toby that she is different from what he say she is, she went travelling. I really hate Toby! I almost want to jump inside the book (like I really can!) and kick Toby in the ass! I felt sorry for Bria really. She signed-up for a tour with a group, Travel Vagabonds with her two friends. But then her two friends backed out, and still wanting to prove to her boyfriends that she can travel, she set off to to an adventure...

But things are really not adventurous enough though with the Travel Whatevers compared to the backpackers that she met when she got prank into going to Santa Lucia by Rowan, she soon learned from Starling.

She soon ditch her Travel Vagabonds party and joined Strarling and Rowan travelling. Then one day Starling just announced that she's going, leaving Bria feeling awkward to the furious Rowan.

I finish reading the last page with a big goofy grin on my face. I love and enjoy this story. The descriptions of the places and their adventures are so real that I can almost hear the waves lapping against the rocks or the sound of the laughing geckos... The books also have beautiful drawings and if I'm not mistaken one of it is drawn by Kristen herself! I love the drawing! The drawing makes me want to pick up a pencil and draw even though I don't really know how to! I shared some here for you guys to see! I will upload more of the drawings when the book is release! Check this book out guys! This book is highly recommended !

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Cover Reveal- Taste by Kate Evangelista

Title: Taste

Author: Kate Evangelista

When I received an email from Kate Evangelista about joining her cover reveal of her book, Taste, I'm just so excited! I love the cover! I'm adding this book to my TBR pile!! 8D


The blurb~

At Barinkoff Academy, there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable.He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans.
When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy.
Phoenix doesn’t realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud.

To know more about Taste and Kate Evangelista.....Goodreads, Author's Blog, and  Author's Facebook Page.

Feature and Follow Friday!! (#3)

Hey guys! Just wanna tell you that I'm being featured at the Little Red Reads! Check it out guys! :D

Yeay It's now time for 

*drum roll*

Follow Friday!!!

So today's question is~

I like unique names for characters and am looking forward to coming up with some when I start writing. 

What’s the most unique character name you’ve come across?

 Hmmm...I don't know. I haven't come across any weird names before. :0 But I remember my childhood book that I really love to read, even now! It's called The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton! :D I like the Saucepan Man and his silly songs. And don't forget the Dame Washalot! XD I sound so childish! But I really can't think of any other books! Maybe Percy Jackson? Not weird enough though. Oh I know! Harry Potter! All their names are quite weird but wizard do have a weird name I think....

It's Friday Friday! Tomorrow's Saturday! Happy Friday everyone! Follow me, yeah? ;D

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The Marshmallows win The Lovely Blog Award!

Hey guys! My blog have just been awarded with the Lovely Blog Award! Thanks to Mia from The Muses Circle who honour my blog with such an award. :)


The following awards were created with the purpose of not only recognizing really cool, outstanding blogs, but also is a way to check out other blogs in the community. Each award comes with a set of rules to follow, which includes me choosing which blogs I think deserve these awards.

For those of you who I have picked, please follow the instructions below
to pass along these awards to other bloggers you think have great blogs. :)

The award received by Books With Marshmallows is *drum roll* 

The One Lovely Blog Award!

So the rules are:
1. Link back to the person that bestowed the award upon you.
2. Follow the person that bestowed the award upon you.
3. Pass along to 15 Lovely Bloggers!

So presenting the 15 Lovely Blogs ~~
~(In no particular order)~
1) Julia from The Drifting Bookworm.
2) Tristan from Reads With Wreckless Abandon
3) Esha from Readaholicme.
4) Mel from Journey With Words.
5) Heidi from The Rainy Day Ramblings.
6) Shellie at Creative Reads.
7) Taneika from Flipping Trough The Pages.
8) Cel and Ela from YA anonymous for The YA addicts.
9) Kathy from I'm a Reader and not A Writer.
10) Kellie and Natalie from I'd So Rather be Reading.
11) Kristan from Lost Amongst The Shelves
12) Al from Magnet For Books.
13) Erin from Jump into Books.
14) Sam from Realm of Fiction.
15) Shanan from The Book Addict.

Invisible City (The Joshua Files #1) by M.G. Harris

 Title: Invisible City(The Joshua Files #1)

      Author: M.G. Harris

Joshua's life was pretty cool - until his father was reported dead in an air crash in Mexico. There are many suspicious thoughts start playing in Joshua's mind. There's to many potholes in the incident. Was it tragic accident? Why was the plane miles off course? Were there really UFOs in the sky at the time of the crash?
In the depths of the Mexican jungle, with a deadly international hit man on his trail, Josh must find the truth about an incredible, dangerous secret - and try to stay alive.

Joshua is a 13 year old boy when his father is reportedly dead after a freak accident. His father is a teacher and an archaeologist. His life is turn upside down when his father is dead. While his mother is mourning and can't seem to hold anything together, Joshua somehow know that there's a reason behind his father's accident. 

He try to investigate his father's death and record all of it in his blog which he named, Joshua Files. He then set out to an adventure with his friends, Tyler and Ollie (his faithful reader in the blog) to find out the truth about his father's death which drag on to an even bigger conspiracy he never would have imagined.  

I really enjoy this book. Though it would be better if Josh is older. In this book he's only 13!  He's mother is depressed and uncaring and seems to lose direction when her husband died. Add to the fact that the police said that her husband have a mistress. Joshua somehow able to gain his mother's permission to travel to the other side of the world and what he thought to be an adventure to find the truth about his father's death led to an even bigger things.

My most favourite things in this book is the Mayan mythology itself. Joshua have to find a book that may save or destroy the world before, we all have heard this before, 22 December 2012. Reading this book make me feel  like everything is real or was real. I don't know much about Mayan, but the story doesn't seem forced.

Invisible City is packed and full with action and adventures. Joshua is believable and unsure on who to believe. He discover clues to what may have been so important that cause his father's death and along the way he met a family that he never knew he had, and like me, he's a little bit suspicious towards his two friends, Tyler and Ollie. I'm a little bit suspicious with everyone in the book. Seems like everyone in the book doesn't have a clear intention and seems to have an interest with the Josh or the I*code* alone.

Overall, this book is an enjoyable read and I really want to read the next book. And I am so excited that I found the blog  that Joshua was writing! Complete with the comment and everything! But the thing I'm most annoyed is that I can't comment on the blog! It's only for the member of the blog. Well as far as I could go is follow the blog. You guys wanna check it out? Go to The Joshua Files!

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Valentine's Blues?

Happy Valentines!

So today is Valentine's Day! 

Anyone having the blues? XD

Here's a song to cheer you up! 

Maybe not....

Though without any doubt there'll be many people with 'blues' out there, I'm here still feeling happy and content besides my cup of chocolate milk with marshmallows.:D LoL sound so lone there!
Anyway my friend make a blog and you guys mind to check out her blog? Just leave her a welcome message or something. I'm sure that will be greatly appreciated! Visit Kwanggie!!

Book Tagged!

I'm book tagged!
Hey I've been tagged! The questions are from Kimberly.  :D

Rules:
1. You must post the rules. :D
2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then create eleven new
questions to ask the people that you have tagged.
3. Tag eleven people and link to them on your post.
4. Let them know you've tagged them!

So here's the question!

1. What was your favourite book as a child and why?

~Well, I really love the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. I love the creatures and fairies in the book especially Saucepan Man! . Most of all, I think it's my very own first book that my father bought for me at the book fair.

2. Why did you first start your blog?

~Well I enjoy reading book blogs and I think blogging is a fun way to share my opinions and review of a book. Besides, I don't really have much friends who like to read books and they wouldn't appreciate it if I burn their ears after non stop talking about books. 

3. What genre of books best describes you?

~Hmmm....I don't know. Travel and... dystopian? Hah! I wish! XD

4. Who is your favourite author?

~J.K. Rowling and Rick Riordan!! LoL can't choose between those two. I love Harry Potter and Percy Jackson! My two hero. :)

I also enjoy reading books from Cecelia Ahern, Nicholas Sparks, Sophie Kinsella just to name a few!

5. If you could meet any author dead or alive who would it    

    be?

~Hans Christian Andersen, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens!! 

6. If you could be a character in a book who would you be and  

    from which book?

~I would really love to be like Katniss in the Hunger Games. She is a tough girl and she have a mind of her own and she's not afraid to say it out loud. Just everything I would like myself to be. :)

7. Do you stick to one genre or are you all over the map with your 

    reading choices?

~I love reading books of every genre. Except romance! I never would want to read romance!

8. Do your family/friends follow your blog?

~Currently no as my parents don't know I have a blog. 

And in real life I don't have much friends that like to read books so naturally they are not interested in my blog. Humbug!

9. If you had one piece of advice to tell a newbie blogger what 

    would it be?

~Make sure you make a blog on the right time. Cuz blogs need your time and lots of maintenance. Don't make a blog when your big exams is just around the corner....like me. DX

10. What is the most rewarding thing about blogging for you?

~I love my lovely followers! And I can talk as much as I want in here and no one will complain about their ears burning! I know you fellow book lovers out there would understand right? ;D

Okay now it's time for my questions!!

Hohoh! The questions!

1) When did you first start getting addicted to books. And how?

2) What is the book that you found yourself wanting to read it again?

3) How often do you update your blog? And does the design of the blog matters to you more than the   
    content?

4) If you could live in a book, what book would that be?

5) If you could bring out something from a book, what would that be?

6) How do you like to read your books? Lying down in bed or sprawled on the floor? 

7) Do you want to be a writer? And what author would you want to choose as a mentor?

8) What are your favourite quote from a book that you read recently?

9) What is your favourite book to movie adaption?

10) Has there been any book(s) that you just can't finish reading it?

11) Who is your ultimate fictional crush and why?

And I tag~~

1. Taneika @ Flipping trough the Pages.

2. Julia @ The Drifting Bookworm.

3. Aik Chien @ The Bookaholics.

4) Kristan @ Lost Amongst the Shelves.

5) Esha @ Readaholicme.

6) Steph @ Stepping out of the Pages.

7) Emily @ Falling for YA.

8) Mlpmon @ My Guilty Obsession. 

9) Nicola @ A Pocketful of Books.

10) Jessica and Donna @ Book Passion for life. 

11) Deviantzangel @ The Creative Reads.

Thanks to Kimberly for tagging me! And you guys I tagged, make sure you guys tell me you answered so I can go check it out! :D

Miss Marshmallows~

Adios~

Eight Grade Bites (The Chronicle of Vladimir Tod #1) by Heather Brewer

Title: Eight Grade Bites 

(The Chronicle of Vladimir Tod #1)

Author: Heather Brewer

Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod.
Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl
 he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his
 mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of
 the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings
and his enlarged fangs. When a substitute teacher begins to question hima little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. But then he faces a much bigger problem: he’s being hunted by a vampire killer.

Vladimir doesn't have much to look forward to in school. With a skinny and pale face he is always the subject of bullies. The principal eyes him constantly and his crush, Meredith, probably likes his more popular friend, Henry. When their well liked teacher, Mr. Craig gone missing, Mr.Otis became the substitute teacher. Having to keep up with the nosy and suspicious substitute teacher who seems to know who or what, Vladimir is. Vlad needs to remember the painful memories of the past and learn about the vampire world he never knew existed before while battling the painful urge to cry after the tragic death of his parents.

Henry is Vlad's best friend who knows Vlad's secret. Vlad could read Henry's mind after he bite Henry when he was 8 years old. Though I believe, that was all an unintended incident as now they are best friend. I love Henry for his loyalty and are always there when Vlad need him. Throughout the book Vlad are figuring out his powers and he lives with his beloved aunt Nelly. Aunt Nelly prepares his lunch for school and sneak in some blood pills that burst when you bite into it. Vlad often  drink blood from the hospital blood bag that her aunt took from the hospital. But don't worry. The blood that she took are all nearing the expiring date anyway. I cringe whenever he is drinking the blood because the way he describe it like it was just like some typical chocolate milk we drink with marshmallows. I don't want to even imagine how the blood taste like.

Overall, I love this book. Since most of the story is from Vlad point of view, I can see the view of perspective from a vampire. This is the first series of the book and with many questions unanswered you will start hunting for the second book to know how Grade 9 is going to be for Vlad.

Favourite Quotes:

“Whoever had decided that school should start so early in the morning 

and last all day long needed to be hunted down and forced to watch hours

 of educational televison without the aid of caffine.” 

― Heather Brewer, Eighth Grade Bites

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ARC review of Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood

Title: Lies Beneath
Author: Anne Greenwood

Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior,
the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive,
 Calder and his sisters prey on humans, killing them to absorb their
 energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out
of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake.Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough—especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistable good looks and charm on unsuspecting girls.Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily—just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined.
And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.

It took me a week to read this book. I don't know if it's because I'm reading it from computer or its the story that's s-l-o-w. I keep reading and waiting for something to grip me. but sadly it didn't happen. Not until the 250-something page anyway.

Maris, Pavati, Talullah and Calder is a mearpeople. Maris and Pavati are seeking for revenge from a man that they believe caused the death of their mother. Calder is called back to gather with her sisters to plot revenge against Jason Hancock, the son of the man they believed cause the death of their mothers. They all agreed to one plan- Calder will have to get closed to one of the Hancock's girls.

Planning to use his irresistible good looks and charms, Calder sets out to seduce one of the Hancock's girls. He immediately chooses Lily, the eldest of the two girls. Lily is kind, funny and dramatic at heart with an odd manner of dressing and surprisingly, she's resistant to Calder's charm. Calder find it odd as it never happen before. He tried to catch her attention while forever resisting the feeling of his heart that just can't let Lily go.

 I love the setting. The way it was described is vivid and beautiful. I can already imagine the scene in my head.There are some things though, that I found quite disturbing. Like the fact that Talullah is ehem!...ek ek! oppss.. spoilers! Wew! Don't want to spoil that for you!

They are not like the typical mermaids and mermen we see in Disney where they comb their hair with fish bones or brush their teeth with ehm..moss or something. Nor that Ursula is Calder's aunt.  The mearpeople in this story eat humans emotion while dragging them deep down the ocean-bed. Not that I'm trying to give you guys a nightmare. There is some interesting part too. Like how they can change to human when they want to... Probably doesn't help but If you guys like reading about merpeople, then maybe you guys can check this book out when it's release!  That will be on somewhere 12 June.

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"Father when I'm gone from you

Mother, when I die

Do not sit around my little grave

But look on treetops high."

"It's not in flowers planted there

Where you will find me till

But in the soaring heavenward

Of a humble whippoorwill".

"Or down I'll go into the striped

sturgeon's slippery lair 

Where I'll find myself entangled

in a merman's silken hair...

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Marshmallows I'll give:

{(Discussion Post)} The Hunger Games!

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I love to share and communicate with other bloggers. And what's more exciting than sharing the excitement?!

A discussion post is where I post about something that I really can't get it off my head or when I'm so excited about something. Like today I'm talking about the Hunger Games which I'm so excited for days! Since my friends are not so into books, I don't really like them to suffer with my excitement so I'm turning on to you fellow book lovers or maybe for today, The Hunger Games book series lover to share this excitement! You can reply with the comment below or if it's too long then you can just make a post of it! Just drop me the link so I can come over and check it out!

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The Hunger Games!

So after reading the second book of Hunger Games I totally fall in love with the book! I'm currently hunting down the third book, Mockingjay. And it's so annoying that I can't find this book in the library where I found the first two books! Which means that I'll be left hanging until I can find Mockingjay!! This story is fast pace and has a great story line. I'm so glad It's made into movie! I just hope that the movie won't be a rubbish like how Percy Jackson movie is! I feel like kicking whoever made that Percy Jackson's movie!

Anyway, I think this movie is going to make archery become more popular. 

Catniss Everdeen is going to be played by Jennifer Lawrence. Catniss has always been my favorite character in this book with her tough kick-ass heroine. She is determined and strong willed and have a mind of her own which I really look up to.

Peeta Mellark is going to be played by Josh Hutcherson. Oh my, this guy is really cute. I haven't read the third book so I don't know if he's going to die. I hope he won't because I love him with Catniss! 

And Gale Hawthorne! Going to be played by Liam Hemsworth!

Many people has said that Mockingjay is very sad and bla..la..la... I happen to come across those SPOILERS!! when I was reading the comment in youtube. A song from Taylor Swift- Safe and Sound is going to be played in that movie. And really the song is so sad that I cried even though I don't know yet what happen  in the third book. 

The movie is coming out in March 2012.

Sadly, March is the time when I have my exam. That really is so annoying! 

I'm really, really, really excited about this movie! I know it's going to be a BIG hit!! 

You excited?

W.W.W. Wednesdays (#1)

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions.
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next

Well here's what I've been reading :~

What did you recently finish reading?

Well I just finish two books actually. I want to share both! So I've just finish Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. It's actually the third time I read the book! Hahah. It's a very entertaining and good read. 

The second book that I've just finish yesterday is The HUNGER GAMES!!! I actually have read this book before. But I didn't know it's a series so I don't really understand the book and I thought it was rubbish! How wrong I was! When I discovered it was a series and everyone is talking about it, I read the first book and re-read the second book again and it's awesome man! Right now I'm hunting down the third book. Can't find it anywhere! >:( 

What are you currently reading?
Right now I'm currently reading an ARC of Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood. And surprisingly, it took me a long time to read this book. I don't know if it's because I'm reading it on the computer or maybe because this book itself is slow. Hope I can finish it this week. Huh~

What do you think you will read next?
Maybe I'll be reading the third book of the Hunger Games, Mockingjay. I'm currently hunting it down. It's not in the library where I found the first two books and I'm so angry! I wan to read it now!

Why don't you guys drop your W.W.W. in the comment? I'll pick it up later! XD

 

Follow Friday (#2)

Yeay so it's now time for.....

Follow Friday!

Hit the gong as it's now Friday and it's time for Follow Friday!
So the question today is...


Q: Define what characteristics your favorite books share.
 Do they all have a kick ass heroine or is the hot love interest the Alpha Male?


Oh man! I love a kick ass heroine! I like it when they are not depending on 'Romeo' to ride on a horse and rescue them. Instead they build a ship and clash trough the waves leaving the drenched Prince on a horse by the shore.
Hahah. I hate romance anyway. I tend to steer away from romance-section shelves.

My favorite kick ass heroine would be Catnip I mean Katniss in the Hunger Games! She work herself out to victory and on the way she also brought Peeta. Heheh Who said only Romeo could ride the horse? ( I don't think anyone said it. But that's always the case. XD)
Anyway Happy Friday! Tomorrow's Saturday!

Happy Friday!!

~- Books With Marshmallow -~

Drop a link below and I'll check it out :D 

-Adios!-

Chunky Teasers Thursdays! (#2)

So it's time for *drumroll please*
The Chunky Teasers Thursdays! 




Do you have an all-time favorite books that you really love or books that you read for a few times already but still not bored of it? Well. that's what this meme is all about! All you have to do is...

Pick one book from your all time favorite book list and pick your favourite excerpt from the book and posts it! But be careful of SPOILERS! Make sure the excerpt you pick won't reveal too much and spoil the surprise! You don't want to spoil others read! Write the title and author of the book too, so others can check it out!

And now presenting teasers of the day :~~

~The late March sun was strong and steady, but every so often a thick breeze
would send little quaking shivers up from the
base of her spine.
“I learn a lot that way,” Miles said, unscrewing the top of his ceramic water
 bottle and taking a sip. “I’ve learned a lot
about you.”
For a moment Olivia leveled her eyes with his, so big and dark that they
appeared opaque. “Like what?” she asked.
“Like you’re hiding something,” he said quickly, settling back against the
 wall and resting his solid arms against bent
knees. “Nobody skips town in the middle of the school year for no reason,”
he continued, narrowing his eyes into little
slits.Olivia shrugged, crossing and uncrossing her ankles and staring at a patch
of weeds pushing up between the crooked
stone tiles.“So what was it?” he demanded. “Messy divorce?”
Olivia shook her head and swallowed. "Trouble with the law?” His voice was light and easy. A glimmer of a smile was twitching its way across his lips.
She swallowed again. This was the part she hated the most.The fact that no matter what she said, no matter how she said it, that smile would vanish in an instant. She would feel awkward.He would feel like an ass. And they’d finish what was left of their lunch in an uncomfortable silence.“Come on,” he pleaded, as if defying her thoughts. “There has to be some reason you moved all this way. I mean, my mom’s firm is good, but it’s not that good. . . .” Miles waggled his eyebrows, urging her on.Olivia steadied her shaking hands against the table. “My twin sister died.”Her voice was tiny and unfamiliar. No matter how many times she said those words, she couldn’t escape the feeling that it was a line she was repeating from somebody else’s life.Maybe the main character in some sappy movie that she and Violet had seen on TV, cracking jokes about the lame acting but secretly feeling unspeakably lucky that nothing so terrible would ever happen to them.“My mom grew up here,” Olivia went on, trying anything to ease the tension of the moment. “Thought it would be good to try something new. Or old, I
guess. . . .”
Miles cleared his throat and fidgeted with the empty plastic bag of chips.
Olivia didn’t need to look up to know that she’d been right;His easy smile
 had vanished in an instant. He felt like an ass.
And they finished what was left of lunch in an uncomfortable silence.

~- Wish by Alexandra Bullen -~

Month in Review~~ January 2012

So it's time for the Month in Review! 

I first read it at Crystal from Just Another Book Lovin' Girl and I think it's a good idea! Cheers! :D

So, the books with link will be directed to the review! Enjoy!

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Books I've read~
-Everlost (Skinjacker,#1) by Neal Shusterman
-Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson & The Olympians, #5) by Rick Riordan
-Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian (Percy Jackson & The Olympians, #6) by Rick Riordan
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, #1) by Rick Riordan
-The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2) by Rick Riordan
-Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
-The Healing Spell by Kimberley Griffiths Little
-Wish by Alexandra Bullen

Book reviews~
-Thanks for The Memories by Cecelia Ahern
-Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten
-Everlost (Skinjacker, #1)
-The Healing Spell by Kimberley Griffiths Little
-Radiance (Riley Bloom, #1) by Alyson Noel
-Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
-Wish by Alexandra Bullen
-Absolutely Maybe by Lissa Yee
-The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2) by Rick Riordan
-If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern

Favourite Books of the Month~
Hmmm...My most favorite book of this month is...The Son of Neptune! I just can't wait for the sequel which is coming this fall. Heh...gotta long wait...

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So there! I'll try to read more this February. Though, I think it's quite unfair, as February is only 28 days. XD

So what books have you been reading this month?