Waiting on Wednesday { 1 }

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

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS BOOK!!
January 24th 2012


LOOK AT THIS COVER!!!! The synopsis sounds absolutely fantastic so make sure to check it out. I love this type of paranormal book. *Jumps up and down from excitement*

Book review: Anna Dressed In Blood

Publisher: Tor Teen

Series: Anna # 1

Edition: Hardcopy

Pages: 316

Rating: 4.5/5

Genre: Paranormal

Summary from Goodreads:

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.

So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay.

When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn't expect anything outside of the ordinary: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.

But she, for whatever reason, spares Cas's life.

My Thoughts: 


I was really excited to see this book in my Barnes and Noble and immediately moved it into my halloween reads! I love reading about ghosts so this seemed right up my alley. I was extremely drawn into this book, It was beautifully written and had me captivated. It was from a male perspective so for me to give it such a high rating is pretty amazing since I usually don't like reading books from a males point of view but it really was perfect! I love getting attached to characters and root for them and that is exactly how it went for me with this book. There was a lot of mystery because you wanted to know what happened to Anna and since it was a short book it didn't drag.


If I had to be critical about anything it would be the fact that there was some romance in this book which I mean I guess thats fine and everything, but the way it happened didn't exactly make much sense to me since I don't think it was needed. The story was perfect the way it was but to put the romance in their kind of felt a little bit of an afterthought.


Overall I really loved this book! It's a series so I will definitely give the next one a try. Heres the cover art for the next one! It's just as beautiful as the first.


**Also something really cool, the font color in the book is blood red. Really nice touch!

Teaser Tuesday { 2 }

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

1.  Grab the book you are currently reading
2. Open to a page
3. Share two sentences from somewhere on that page

DO NOT INCLUDE SPOILERS!!

This week it's Anna Dressed In Blood

I make for the stairs, and that's when she sends the water, fishing in and rising up from everywhere--cracks in the walls, seeping up right through the floor. It's filthy, as much slime as it is liquid, and in seconds it's creeping up to my waist. I start to panic as the corpse of the bum with the broken neck floats past. 

pg. 133

Mwahahaha ;)

Musing Mondays { 1 }

This is my first Musing Monday!
Musing Monday Is hosted by MizB from Should Be Reading click Here to check it out!
This week's question is: Do you Listen to audiobooks? Why, or why not?

When I was younger my dad would drive to Chicago to pick me up from visiting my mom and bring me back to Toronto (I believe this was a 7 hour drive something like that) and on the way back home to Toronto we would listen to an audio tape of a book usually of a mystery. They were fun because I was with my dad so we could laugh at certain parts together or try to guess the mystery. That was the only time I ever listened to audio tapes. 
I don't really have an interest in listening to books on tape. I prefer the book in my hand and envisioning the characters myself. Besides, My attention span is horrible when I'm listening. I would have to rewind and listen to the scene again if I was listening on to an audiobook.

Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go

Publisher: Candlewick Press
Series: Chaos Walking Book One
Edition: Paperback
Pages: 479
Rating: 4.5/5
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian




Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives. 
But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?


Whew. That was some book!! 
So this book is another dystopian novel and I tend to eat those up pretty rapidly and this wasn't any different. This book was LOADED with humor, friendship, heartbreak, GORE, and mystery. It had everything that a great dystopian book needs to be successful; at least in my eyes. I remember looking on the back cover and it said ages 14+. Personally I think this should be 16+ AT LEAST.
This book definitely has a unique writing style and it something you have to get use to. It was a little frustrating to me at first and I didn't like it or understand why it was needed. The deeper you get into the story is when you realize that the writing NEEDED to be like that and I ended up loving it! The characters all had their own quirks. Todd was determined and a hero. Manchee was funny and had true love for his master Todd. I won't give out any other characters, but they all had things to love and hate about them. Some of them were downright scary! 


The only thing that held me back from giving this a full 5 stars is that some of the book was a bit confusing and was sometimes hard to follow, but once you get use to the writing style it flows perfectly. 


*This is exactly what I want out of a dystopian and I was not disappointed.

IMM & Book Haul [ 1 ]

Heres my IMM & Book haul this week! I may not have one for a little while since I need to save my money for my trip to NYC on halloween! 

I have a lot more IMM & Book hauls on my channel so check them out too! =)

Booking Through Thursday

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by > Booking Through Thursday <  and a different question is posted every week.

Do your reading habits change when you’re on vacation? Do you read more? Do you indulge in lighter, fluffier books than you usually read? Do you save up special books so you’ll be able to spend real vacation time with them? Or do you just read the same old stuff, vacation or not?


Well, usually when I'm going on vacation I read the most when I travel. So on planes and in the car. ( If I'm not driving ) Usually I bring just a couple books that I'm interested in at the time, nothing special really. When I get to the actual vacation I don't read. If I'm with my family I spend most of my time with them and having a good time. When I went to Virginia Beach in May I didn't bring anything to read because I was way too busy trying to do a bunch of things! :)


Ps: Thanks Erin for letting me ninja your picture >:)