Sunday, July 7, 2013

Stacking MY Shelves ~ 7/7/13



Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.  Make sure to checkout her post with links to all the other participates.

For Review


Cipher by Cindi Madsen
(Received eARC from the author - thank you)

Summer Davis sees deaths before they happen. She attempts to live a normal life by focusing on the dance team and her quarterback boyfriend. But then the way-too-cheery Angel of Death shows up and tells her she’s a Cipher—a person chosen to help people who are going to die resolve problems with their loved ones. Ashlyn Moore, one of Summer’s classmates, is going to die, and she needs Summer’s help before that happens.

It’s nearly impossible to get through to Ashlyn, who surrounds herself with chess nerds and geeks and makes it clear she doesn’t want to be friends. Desperate to complete her Cipher task before it’s too late, Summer turns to Troy, the guy who’s always been there for her and one of the few people she can trust. With his help, she makes progress. In fact, the closer she gets to Ashlyn and her friends, the more she feels like she’s finally found where she belongs.

As the clock starts running down on Ashlyn’s life, Summer decides to change her objective. She’s going to save her new friend before it’s too late—even if it means messing with fate.



 
Out of Play by Nyare Dawn & Jolene Perry
(Received eARC from the publisher- thank you)

Pitched as Gayle Foreman's Where She Went meets Miranda Kenneally's Catching Jordan, a self-absorbed eighteen year old rock star is sent to Alaska to get himself together after a drug overdose, but the cute hockey player and her grandfather who live next door challenges him to think beyond the baggie of pills he's still sneaking.



Bought


The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
(Had this pre-ordered and got it this week)

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop.

So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she's beginning to enjoy his company.

She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.




Audio books

I read Colleen's Hoovers Hopeless and Losing Hope this week.  So I spent my audible credits on some more of her books. 

Slammed (Slammed, #1) by Colleen Hoover

Following the unexpected death of her father, 18-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope.

Enter Will Cooper: The attractive, 21-year-old new neighbor with an intriguing passion for slam poetry and a unique sense of humor. Within days of their introduction, Will and Layken form an intense emotional connection, leaving Layken with a renewed sense of hope.

Not long after an intense, heart-stopping first date, they are slammed to the core when a shocking revelation forces their new relationship to a sudden halt. Daily interactions become impossibly painful as they struggle to find a balance between the feelings that pull them together, and the secret that keeps them apart.




Point of Interest (Slammed, #2) by Colleen Hoover

Hardships and heartache brought them together…now it will tear them apart.

Layken and Will have proved their love can get them through anything; until someone from Will’s past re-emerges, leaving Layken questioning the very foundation on which their relationship was built. Will is forced to face the ultimate challenge…how to prove his love for a girl who refuses to stop ‘carving pumpkins.'



 This Girl (Slammed, #3) by Colleen Hoover


There are two sides to every love story. Now hear Will’s.

Colleen Hoover’s New York Times bestselling Slammed series has brought countless readers to their knees with a whirlwind of love, passion, and heartache.

Layken and Will’s love has managed to withstand the toughest of circumstances and the young lovers, now married, are beginning to feel safe and secure in their union. As much as Layken relishes their new life together, she finds herself wanting to know everything there is to know about her husband, even though Will makes it clear he prefers to keep the painful memories of the past where they belong. Still, he can’t resist his wife’s pleas and so he begins to untangle his side of the story, revealing for the first time his most intimate feelings and thoughts, retelling both the good and bad moments, and sharing a few shocking confessions of his own from the time when they first met.

In This Girl, Will tells the story of their complicated relationship from his point of view. Their future rests on how well they deal with the past in this final installment of the beloved Slammed series.



That's my week for books.  What about you?  Leave me  comment.

10 comments:

  1. I really like the cover from The distance between us. The font is pretty :) Happy reading!

    Mel@thedailyprophecy.

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  2. I need to read some Colleen Hoover at some point. I see her all over the place! Also, The Distance Between Us = WANTWANT! Sigh. All the good books, none of the time!

    My Haul

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  3. I just finished Out of Play and really enjoyed it. I have Cipher too.

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  4. I've been planning to read more of Colleen Hoover's books after Hopeless. Can't wait to see what you think of The Distance Between us :)

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  5. ooh! You got Colleen Hoover's Books! I have been hearing about them ! I plan to buy them myself !
    Enjoy reading these beauties!
    Check out my Haul this week

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  6. I really need to pick up a Colleen Hoover book. They seem to be awesome. Maybe I'll get to soon!

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  7. I need to pick up some Colleen Hoover books ASAP.

    Here's my haul http://adventuresinreading16.blogspot.com/2013/07/stacking-shelves-2.html

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  8. Awesome books, Pal! I can't wait to read Out of Play, Cipher, and Distance Between Us. Enjoy!

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  9. Great haul babe!! I see that you got Cipher!! The Distance Between Us was awesome! I hope that you love it. Enjoy all the new books hon!!

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  10. Cipher sounds interesting. I hadn't heard of it, but I like the blurb and synopsis on it.

    Grace

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