Teaser Tuesdays- (17)

Hey guys its another wonderful Tuesday...if you don't know what Teaser Tuesday is about here is a refresher:

Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of Should be Reading. Here are the rules if you wish to participate.

• 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!

Here is my teaser for this week:

"I'm going next. Your mother wouldn't agree to that-she thought you'd still back down, decide not to come with us. Well, I'm giving you that option. I'm going next. Then, if you like to walk away, not be frozen, that's okay. I've told your aunt and uncle. They're waiting outside; they'll be there until five. After they freeze me, you can just walk away. Mom and I won't know, not for centuries, not till we wake up, and if you do decide to live instead of being frozen, we'll be okay."

-pg. 6 "Across the Universe" by Beth Revis

Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward

Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward

Released Date: September 5, 2006
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Pages: Paperback (434 pages)
Age Group: Adult
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #3
Genre: Fantasy
Author Website: http://www.jrward.com/
Overall Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)

Description: In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, a deadly turf war rages between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Of these, Zsadist is the most terrifying member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

A former blood slave, the vampire Zsadist still bears the scars from a past filled with suffering and humiliation. Renowned for his unquenchable fury and sinister deeds, he is a savage feared by humans and vampires alike. Anger is his only companion and terror his only passion-until he rescues a beautiful female from the evil Lessening Society.

Bella is instantly entranced by the seething power Zsadist possesses. But even as their desire for each other begins to overtake them, Zsadist's thirst for vengeance against Bella's tormentors drives him to the brink of madness. Now Bella must help her lover overcome the wounds of his tortured past and find a future with her.

Book Trailer:
Currently there is not a book trailer available.

Memorable Quotes:

"I was dead until you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came...and I was awakened."

"You are in a prison with no bars. I worry about you."

"She is more beautiful than I have words for. And last night, I was blessed beyond measure to serve her."

"Besides, you think I'm not used to hurting? For me, it's home sweet home, my brother."

My Musings: Zsadist is my favorite brother in the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Which makes this my favorite book in the entire series. Zsadist had captured my attention from the first moment he came into the scene in Dark Lover. I was so happy to finally get to hear his story from his point-of-view.

I found Zsadist's story to be very heartbreaking. He went through many difficult trials before he ever joined the brotherhood. It was nice to also get a real feel for Phury (Zsadist's twin).

Bella is my favorite female in the series. She is so strong willed and I love how she never gives up on Zsadist, even when he doesn't see the good thats inside of him.

The ending was A-MAY-ZING. Couldn't ask for a more perfect way to end things.

Cover Art: This cover is very seductive.

Reading Oder:
Dark Lover
Lover Eternal
Lover Awakened
Lover Revealed
Lover Unbound
Lover Enshrined
Lover Revenged
Lover Mine
Lover Unleashed

"Waiting On" Wednesday- (16)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. The purpose of this event is to get bloggers to spotlight and share the books they are anticipating on coming out.

On my wishlist this Wednesday is: Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Description: "With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. But Sookie suspects otherwise and she and Sam work together to uncover the culprit - and the twisted motive for the attack. But her attention is divided. Though she can't 'read' vampires, Sookie knows her lover Eric Northman and his 'child' Pam well - and she realises that they are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, she is drawn into the plot -which is much more complicated than she knows. Caught up in the politics of the vampire world, Sookie will learn that she is as much of a pawn as any ordinary human - and that there is a new Queen on the board . . . "

Release Date: May 3, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays- (16)

Hey guys its another wonderful Tuesday...if you don't know what Teaser Tuesday is about here is a refresher:

Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of Should be Reading. Here are the rules if you wish to participate.

• 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!

Here is my teaser for this week:

"As she shuffled back, he glanced down at the tent between his legs. Christ, that goddamn thing in there was huge; he looked like he had another arm in his pants. And hiding a log like that would require scaffolding."

-"Lover Awakened" by J.R. Ward






This is my favorite book in the entire Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The main character, Zsadist, makes me positively tremble.

Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

Released Date: March 7, 2006
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Pages: Paperback (441 pages)
Age Group: Adult
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #2
Genre: Fantasy
Author Website: http://www.jrward.com/
Overall Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)

Description: In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war raging between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret bound of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Possessed bu a deadly beast Rhage is the most dangerous of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

Within the brotherhood, Rhage is the vampire with the strongest appetites. He's the best fighter, the quickest to act on his impulses, and the most voracious lover-for inside him burns ferocious curse cast by the Scribe Virgin. Owned by this dark side, Rhage fears the time when his inner dragon is unleashed, making him a danger to everyone around him.

Mary Luce, a survivor of many hardships is unwittingly thrown into the vampire world and reliant to Rhage's protection. With a life-threatening curse of her own, Mary is not looking for love. She lost her faith in miracles years ago. But when Rhage's intense animal attraction turns into something more emotional, he knows that he must make Mary his alone. And while their enemies close in, Mary fights desperately to gain life eternal with the one she loves...

Book Trailer:
Currently there is not a book trailer available.

Memorable Quotes:

"What is your name?" she murmered.
He cocked his eyebrow at her and then went back to staring at his brother. "I'm the evil one, in case you haven't figured it out."
"I want your name not your calling."
Being a bastard's more of a compulsion, really. And it's Zsadist. I am Zsadist."

"Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile. We'll take turns being on the bottom."

"Although she was ashamed to admit it now, the darkness in him had been the largest part of his allure. It was such an anomaly, a contrast to what she'd known from life. It had made him dangerous. Exciting. Sexy. But that was a fantasy. This was real.
He suffered. And there was nothing sexy or thrilling about that. (Zsadists & Bella)"

"Fine. If I can't have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, part of me, a small piece, whatever you want. Just please, have something."

My Musings:

Cover Art:

Reading Order:
Dark Lover
Lover Eternal
Lover Awakened
Lover Revealed
Lover Unbound
Lover Enshrined
Lover Revenged
Lover Mine
Lover Unleashed

"Waiting On" Wednesday- (15)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. The purpose of this event is to get bloggers to spotlight and share the books they are anticipating on coming out.

On my wishlist this Wednesday is: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

Description: #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward's thrilling new novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, seductive cloth as her brother. Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, she finally frees herself-only to face a devastating injury. Manuel Manello, M.D., is drafted by the Brotherhood to save her as only he can-but when the human surgeon and the vampire warrior meet, their two worlds collide in the face of their undeniable passion. With so much working against them, can love prove stronger than the birthright and the biology that separates them?

Release Date: March 29, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays- (15)

Hey guys its another wonderful Tuesday...if you don't know what Teaser Tuesday is about here is a refresher:

Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of Should be Reading. Here are the rules if you wish to participate.

• 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!

Here is my teaser for this week:

"God, he even knew their names. Rhage. Phury. And that scary-ass Zsadist guy.
Yeah, no Tom, Dick, and Harry names for the vampire types.
But come on, could you actually imagine some lethal bloodsucker named Howard?
Eugene?"

-"Dark Lover" by J.R. Ward

Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

Released Date: September 6, 2005
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Pages: Paperback (393 pages)
Age Group: Adult
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #1
Genre: Fantasy
Author Website: http://www.jrward.com/
Overall Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)

Description: In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war going war going on between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them relishes killing their enemies more than Wrath, the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood...

The only purebred vampire left on the planet, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But when one of his most trusted fighters is killed - orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate - Wrath must usher the beautiful female into the world of the undead...

Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn't there, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of brotherhood and blood frighten her. But his touch ignites a dawning hunger that threatens to consume them both....

Book Trailer:
There is currently not a book trailer available.

Memorable Quotes:

"Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex."

"You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Lets go to Disneyland!"

"Perfect date material, she thought. A vampire with the social equivalent of road rage."

"...Bringing the very heavens close enought to touch. It was Zsadist. His eyes closed, his head back, his mouth wide open, he sang. The scarred one, the souless one, had the voice of an angel."

My Musings:

Cover Art: I love the cover. It definitely has a vampire feel to it.

Reading Order
Dark Lover
Lover Eternal
Lover Awakened
Lover Revealed
Lover Unbound
Lover Enshrined
Lover Avenged
Lover Mine
Lover Unleashed

"Waiting On" Wednesday- (14)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. The purpose of this event is to get bloggers to spotlight and share the books they are anticipating on coming out.

On my wishlist this Wednesday is: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Description: Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone--one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship--tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.

Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.

Release Date: January 11, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays- (14)

Hey guys its another wonderful Tuesday...if you don't know what Teaser Tuesday is about here is a refresher:

Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of Should be Reading. Here are the rules if you wish to participate.

• 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!

Here is my teaser for this week:

"The Stars. Jared slept beneath them, uneasy in the rustling leaves. From the battlements Finn gazed up at them, seeing the impossible distances between galaxies and nebulae, and thinking they were not as wide as the distances between people."

-pg. 367 "Sapphique" by Catherine Fisher

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Released Date: March 27, 2007
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Pages: Hardcover (485 pages)
Age Group: Young Adult
Series: The Mortal Instruments #1
Genre: Fantasy
Author Website: http://www.cassandraclare.com/
Overall Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)

Description: 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

Book Trailer:


Memorable Quotes:

"Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not." he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me."

"Declarations of love are amusing. Especially when unrequited."

"Where there is love, there is often also hate. They can exist side by side."

"A diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance covers?"

My Musings: I absolutely love this series. Cassandra Clare has amazing skills at describing the characters and all of their vast surroundings. Most may have problems with her writing style for all of her indepth descriptions, but I have found them to be essential in bringing the reader into the story.

Jace is such an amazing character. His lines make me laugh out loud and it is impossible not to fall in love with his bad boy personality.

Clary is a little spit fire. I love how is always ready to put Jace in his place and her passion to save her mother. I hate weak female characters and she is anything but not.

Magnus is probably my favorite side character. His outrageous clothing style and witty lines make him an unforgetable person.

Overall, this book made me hungry to continue to read the series, so that I may discover what is up next for each of the characters. I am so excited that this series is being made into the movie. I hope they pick the perfect Jace.

Cover Art: Who doesn't love a cover with a guy shirtless??? I know I do. I would give this cover a definite five stars if it were up to me...lol

Reading Order:
City of Bones
City of Ashes
City of Glass
City of Fallen Angels
City of Lost Souls
City of Heavenly Fire

Books Read in 2010

These are only the books I can remember, and it doesn't count all the books that I have re-read.

1. Sunshine by Robin McKinley

2. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

3. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

4. Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

5. Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev

6. Eight Grade Bites by Heather Brewer

7. Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

8. The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

9. The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

10. Kisses From Hell (different authors)

11. Storm Born by Richelle Mead

12. Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead

13. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

14. Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

15. Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

16. Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

17. Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

18. A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb

19. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

20. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

21. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

22. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

23. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

24. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

25. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel

26. Burned by P.C. and Kristen Cast

27. Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

28. Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead

29. Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead

30. Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead

31. Succubs Shadows by Richelle Mead

32. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

33. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

34. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

35. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

36. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

37. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

38. Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr

39. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

40. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr

41. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

42. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

43. Going too Far by Jennifer Echols

44. Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz

45. Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz

46. Revelations by Melissa De La Cruz

47. The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa De La Cruz

48. Misguided Angel by Melissa De La Cruz

49. Night Star by Alyson Noel

50. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

51. Class Collision: Fall from Grace by Annette Mackey

52. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

53. Matched by Ally Condie