Cover Reveal!

Kelly Meding revealed the cover to her 3rd book in her Dreg City series! I absolutely love this series!! The first 2 books have been so good and I have been anxiously awaiting the release of the 3rd, while we still have some time to wait for its release on July 26,2011 but the cover was revealed and without further ado here it is...

Another Kind of Dead by Kelly Meding

She can heal her own wounds. She can nail a monster to a wall. But there’s one danger Evangeline Stone never saw coming.
Been there. Done that. Evy Stone is a former Dreg Bounty Hunter who died and came back to life with some extraordinary powers. Now all but five people in the world think she is dead again, this time for good—immolated in a factory fire set specifically for her. Evy and Wyatt, her partner/lover/friend, can no longer trust their former allies, or even the highest echelons of the Triads—the army of fighters holding back from an unsuspecting public a tide of quarreling, otherworldly creatures—they can trust only each other. Because when the Triads raided a macabre, monster-filled lab of science experiments and hauled away the remnants, they failed to capture their creator: a brilliant, vampire-obsessed scientist with a wealth of powerful, anti-Dreg weaponry to trade for what he desires most of all—Evy Stone: alive and well, and the key to his ultimate experiment in mad science

Oh squee!!! I can't wait hehe.

Review: Bleeding Violet - Dia Reeves

Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Simon Pulse; Reprint edition (December 7, 2010)

Love can be a dangerous thing....
Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna's tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas in search of a new home.
But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. As she tries to make a place for herself, she discovers dark secrets that would terrify any normal soul. Good thing for Hanna, she's far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen and no one is safe.

I think this might by the most messed up book I have ever read, but I LOVED it!  I have never met a character like Hannah, totally crazy but focused.  I really liked the fact that Hannah was crazy, I don't think she would have been able to handle Portero if she weren't.  I also really liked Rosealee who had just as many issues as her daughter.  Watching the relationship change between Rosealee and Hannah was nice, and Hannah's never ending attempt to win over, or help Rosealee even though she wasn't always nice to Hannah was kind of heart warming.  Wyatt to me was yet another awesome character, torn between duty and personal feelings our poor tortured hero.  He balances Hannah well and is a great addition to the overall story.  Now let me say the town of Portero is one messed up place.  I don't think I could live in a town were walking to the mailbox could be the last thing you do!  Flying leeches also aren't a selling point for me! But it was a great place to read about.  I read Dia Reeves FAQ and she says she doesn't do sequals which dissappoints me a little because I would love to revisit Hannah, but while not a sequel she did write another book set in Portero which I can't wait to start.  I give this one 5 stars!

Waiting on Wednesday (5)

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

My picks this week is...

Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Acad­emy — a school of myths, magic and war­rior whiz kids, where even the lowli­est geek knows how to chop off somebody’s head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spar­tan guy in school, also hap­pens to be the deadliest.
But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jas­mine Ash­ton was mur­dered in the Library of Antiq­ui­ties. Then, some­one stole the Bowl of Tears, a mag­i­cal arti­fact that can be used to bring about the sec­ond Chaos War. You know, death, destruc­tion and lots of other bad, bad things. Freaky stuff like this goes on all the time at Mythos, but I’m deter­mined to find out who killed Jas­mine and why – espe­cially since I should have been the one who died...

Vanish by Sophie Jordan

To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone.
Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love?
In bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s dramatic follow-up to Firelight, forbidden love burns brighter than ever.

Teaser Tuesday (5)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This week mt teaser is from...

Starcrossed by  Josephine Angelini

"It was worse than she'd imagined.  A group of underclassman girls literally gasped and huddled up to gossip as soon as they saw Helen come through the front doors.  A senior boy with a leather fetish leered at Helen and called her "hellcat" just as he was passing by.  When she turned to stare back at him in astonishment he mouthed the words "call me" before continuing on."

Friday Blog Hop (5) Take 2!

Friday Blog Hop is hosted by Jenn at Crazy-For-Books.   It is a weekend long Book Party giving bloggers a chance to get to know each other and access to new blogs that we all might enjoy! If you haven't stopped by to give the hop a look I highly suggest that you do! Also every week there is a new question posted for us at answer

This weeks question is...

"Outside of books, what is your guilty pleasure?"

Hmmm...My guilty pleasure would be movie time/TV time with the man.  I love watching movies and crazy kiddy TV shows as much as the next mommy (gag me please lol), But that little bit of time between putting the little one to bed and passing out from pure exhaustion is time for the man and I to catch up on whatever TV shows we try to watch during the week or to grab a movie that we have been waiting to see.  And I will tell you nothing is better after a day of Blues Clues and Yo Gabba Gabba, than an episode of Spartacus or Dexter or one of the many other shows we try to catch.

Can't wait to see everyone elses guilty pleasures.

Cover Crazy (5)

Cover Crazy is a weekly mem hosted by Tawni over at The Book Worms

My pick this week is...

As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott

This cover just screams at me! I love it!! There is something so strange yet beautiful about it!

What Covers are you Crazy for this week?

Review: Delirium - Lauren Oliver

Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (February 1, 2011)

Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the governments demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

This was different to say the least.  A world where love is a disease...I really liked this book it wasn't what I expected, but I liked it.  I didn't really like Lena at first but through out the book she grew on me.  There were are few things in this that really struck me, there was a scene where a child fell and was crying but no one came to care for the child or even check on them, how in a world without love do these people care for there children?  Being a mother I look at this and it is rather terrifying...a world where I could no love my daughter, or hug her or be anything but almost completely indifferent towards her...that is scary.  But Lena knew love from her mother and found love with a special boy and she refused to let love go.  She has lived her life learning that this disease will kill her but she is okay with that, because in a world with no love, love might just be the best thing you can find.  I really can't wait for the next book.  I want to find out what happens to Lena, Alex, Hana, and Grace.  I give this 4.5 stars!