Sunday, September 9, 2012

Stuff I Got This Week

For Review: 
Thanks to Atria, Feiwel & Friends and Simon & Schuster!

Written in Hopkins’s stunning poetic verse style, Collateral centers on Ashley, an MFA student at San Diego State University. She grew up reading books and never dreamed she would become a military wife. One night she meets a handsome soldier named Cole. He doesn’t match the stereotype of the aggressive military man. He’s passionate and romantic. He even writes poetry. Their relationship evolves into a sexually charged love affair that goes on for five years and survives four deployments. Cole wants Ashley to marry him, but when she meets another man, a professor with similar pursuits and values, she begins to see what life might be like outside the shadow of war. Collateral captures the hearts of the soldiers on the battlefield and the minds of the friends, family, and lovers they leave behind. Those who remain at home may be far away from the relentless, sand-choked skies of the Middle East and the crosshairs of a sniper rifle, but just the same, all of them will sacrifice a part of themselves for their country and all will eventually ask themselves if the collateral damage caused by war is worth the fight.

September returns to Fairyland to reunite with A-Through-L, Saturday, and Gleam, and to confront her shadow-self, who has become the queen of Fairyland-Below, the upside-down world beneath the Fairyland of the first novel, filled with creatures of water and shadow, tales of ancient Fairyland before the human world was born, and not a few hungry buffins, blind birds of ice and moonlight. The yearly revels of Fairyland-Below climax in a mysterious rite September must avert or else lose her shadow forever.

Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s never stopped to think how off it is that she’s never been sick. That is, until she’s struck by a car and is exposed to extensive injuries. Injuries that seem to be healing faster than physically possible. While recuperating in Spiker Biotech’s lush facilities, she meets Solo Plissken, a very attractive, if off-putting boy her age who spent his life at Spiker Biotech. Like Evening, he’s never questioned anything... until now. Solo drops hints to Evening that something isn’t right, and Emma-Rose may be behind it. Evening puts this out of her mind and begins her summer internship project: To simulate the creation of the perfect boy. With the help of Solo, Evening uncovers secrets so big they could change the world completely.

So, shamefully I have still not read this one. But if you saw this post you will see that I already have a nice copy of book one. So I think at the beginning of October there will be a giveaway for this hardcover copy and the ARC of the sequel. So, you might want to keep an eye out. 

Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past. She can’t. She used to think her problems were all in her head. They aren’t. She couldn’t imagine that after everything she’s been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets. She’s wrong. In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?

Bought:

(now I can finally see what Melissa is raving about!)
Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing … and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago at schoolies week. And then Carly meets Ryan, a local at the break, fresh out of jail. When Ryan learns the truth, Carly has to decide. Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy?

So that's what I got this week. What did you all get?

5 comments:

  1. I'm looking forward to reading Eve & Adam. Looks like a good one.

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  2. So jealous that you got The Evolution of Mara Dyer! I can't wait to read it, because I loved The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer last year! Happy reading!

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  3. OOoh nice! Hearing lots of gush over Eve and Adam! Happy Reading!

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  4. I am trying HARD not to be jealous. I mean, you got a PHYSICAL COPY ARC of The Evolution of Mara Dyer! Gah! *faints* Lol. Anyway, great haul! :D

    Fara @ Tumbling In Books

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  5. RAW BLUE! I hope you love it, Britt :) It's set in my hometown!

    And I am really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Eve & Adam, I am yet to read it but I have a copy. And it's cool that you got The Evolution, I didn't love the first book but I am keen to find out what happens next

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