Feature & Follow Friday

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        Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts,Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Do you have a favorite series that you read over and over again? Tell us a bit about it and why you keep on revisiting it?

Yes,i could reread any Harry Potter book anytime of the week.Really i could reread any series as long as its interesting enough like the Tiger Curse Series or Ruby Oliver series by E.Lockhart.

To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers 
3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
7. If you're new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

Happy Follow Friday!

Corsets & Clockwork

Title:Clockwork&Corsets
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Published:April 26,2011

Dark, urban fantasies come to life in the newest collection of Steampunk stories, Corsets & Clockwork. Young heroes and heroines battle evils with the help of supernatural or super-technological powers, each individual story perfectly balancing historical and fantastical elements.

Throw in epic romances that transcend time, and this trendy, engrossing anthology is sure to become another hit for the fast-growing Steampunk genre!

This collection features some of the hottest writers in the teen genre, including: Ann Aguirre, Jaclyn Dolamore, Tessa Gratton, Frewin Jones, Caitlin Kittredge, Adrienne Kress, Lesley Livingston, Dru Pagliassotti, Dia Reeves, Michael Scott, Maria V. Snyder, Tiffany Trent, and Kiersten White.



The Cannibal Fiend of Rotherhithe by Frewin Jones - Silka is a young lady (if you could call her that) who lives with a man who kidnapped her mother.  She goes to London to seek her true love. This story was one of my top 3 favorite stories from this book. It was dark,edgy and a bit disturbing.

Wild Magic by Ann Aguirre - Pearl Magnus is part of a very strong line of important lords and such. However, she has the ability to perform magic. She buys a picture of a rough looking boy and that's were her life starts to change.It's a love story full of surprises. I thought this one was incredibly sweet and like all good short stories it ended to soon.

Deadwood by Michael Scott - Scott's short story is by far the least romantic. Martha and JW meet on a plane of some sort and when it stops in a strange town it up too them to save everyone. Despite the fact that it wasn't the most romantic story this was one of my favorites.

Code of Blood by Dru Pagliassotti - This short story is set in Italy when the French invade. She meets Pietro who is an appretince to an alchemist. Both Chiara and Pietro are elementals. They control their own elementals. The story is of how Chiara rescues her country and falls in love.

The Clockwork Corest by Adrienne Kress - Imogen is a young girl who was rasied by her father who treated her like a boy untill she was a teen.Her best friend is Rafe, who is an orphan who lives as an apprentice in Imogen's home to a clock winder. Imogen and Rafe vow to never grow up, but that doesn't stop time.. This short story reminded me alot of  Disney's Mulan.


Under Amber Skies by Maria V. Snyder - Betrayal is the worst sort, especially from your own parents. Zosia experiences betrayal from her mother. Set in Northern Poland during World War II.I didnt know what i was expecting when i read this story but the ending was intense.


Tick, Tick, Boom by Kiersten White -Favorite story about a girl who does not believe in what her father does and she just wants to build her bombs to sabotage her father's factories and avoid her fathers favorite suitor Franklin whos just a snob  little does she know they may have more in common then she thought. :)

The other stories in the book are just as good but the ones above are the ones i really enjoyed.


The cover is what drew me its gorgeous with a lovely girl and gears and things around her face.I honestly had no idea what steampunk was so if your like me who didn't have a clue then i would recommend this book to get an intro to the genre. 3/5

Sequels your Dying to Read!-Top Ten Teusday(3)

The Top Ten Tuesday, is hosted by the ever-fabulous The Broke and the Bookish 

                       This  meme was created because they are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish.

This Top Ten Tuesday is top ten sequels your dying to read.

1. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver because i just LOVED the book.

2. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare because i find the shadow hunter world fascinating

3.Vanish Sophie Jordan cause who doesn't like dragons.
4. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand 
5.Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
6.The Calling Kelly Armstrong
7.Tiger Curse #3 Colleen Houck because who doesn't like hot shape shifting brothers and a good love triangle.
8.So Silver Bright  #3 Lisa Mantchev Three words:Adorable Covers & Shakespear

So here is  my Top Ten whats your leave a link in the comments and i"ll check it out

Tuesday Teaser(2)

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!

"Yep,"Esther said" Leslie doesn't strike me as the kind of person who would have made a good  prisoner of war."
Gwen laughed."Is that what we are?"
"I don't know."
"I wonder i she made it to Denver."
Pg 111
Far From The War by Jeffrey David Payne

Waiting on Wednesday! (5)

 Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine, and specifically spotlights upcoming novels we can't wait to read. As always, there are some amazing upcoming books, but this week I'm particularly excited for...

Title:Crossed
Author:Allie Condie
Release Date: Nov 11,2011

The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.

Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever


I absolutly love the cover!I cant wait to check out this book. So what are you waiting on this week? Leave me a link in the comments and I'll check out your W.o.W

The College Life

 So I'm aware that I've been slacking on the blog but my laptop in dead for the moment and most likely i  wont blog much till its up and running again.So i promise as soon as my laptop is fixed i will get the posts right up there.

Now in other news I'm  in my second year of College and this is my first year Dorming at Western.So because of this im going to share a short list of books relating to College or High school Boarding Schools.Enjoy!

College 
Better Than Running at Night by Hillary Frank

 From Authors Website:

Having removed the overly dramatic makeup of her solitary high school days, Ellie looks forward to recreating herself and her art. Arriving alone for winter session at the New England College of Art and Design, Ellie finds the ideal opportunity to do so. In her first days she begins dirty dancing with the devil. Then she makes out with him. A story about independence, trust, and boys.

Enchanted Ivy by Sarah Beth Durst

From Authors Website:A story about getting into college. You know, taking the campus tour, talking to the gargoyles, flirting with the were-tigers, riding the dragons...
While visiting the campus of Princeton University, 16-year-old Lily discovers a secret gate to a magical realm and must race against time to save herself, her world, and any hope she has of college admission






Boarding Schools 

Prep Curtis SittenfeldFrom Amazon
Prep is the story of Lee Fiora, a South Bend, Indiana, teenager who wins a scholarship to the prestigious Ault school, an East Coast institution where "money was everywhere on campus, but it was usually invisible."
True to its genre, Prep is filled with boarding school stereotypes--from the alienated gay student to the picture perfect blond girl; the achingly earnest first-year English teacher and the dreamy star basketball player who never mentions the fact that he's Jewish.

The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger

The influential and widely acclaimed story details the two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, he searches for truth and rails against the "phoniness" of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally ill, in a psychiatrist's office. After he recovers from his breakdown, Holden relates his experiences to the reader.

Freebie!!- Top Ten Teusday(2)

The Top Ten Tuesday, is hosted by the ever-fabulous The Broke and the Bookish 

This  meme was created because they are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish.

This Top Ten Tuesday it's a freebie -- use this week to write a top ten list about ANYTHING in literature.

 Maybe you have a more specific list you want to do (Top Ten Dystopians, Top Ten Creatures in Paranormal Lit, Top Ten Classics, etc) or something completely your own?

So since this weeks Top Ten Teusday is a freebie i decided to do Top Ten Books I can reread & not get Bored with.

1. Any Harry Potter book by J.K Rowling since i just love Hogwarts.
2. An Abundance of Katherines By John Green because i just love Hassan and his man boobs.
3. Just listen by Sarah Dessen because its just a sweet sad story.
4. Almost any David Leviathan Books.
5. Will Grayson,Will Grayson By John Green&David Leviathan
6. The Duff by kody keplinger
7. The Ruby Series by E lockhart because Ruby is so necrotic and quirky.
8. Before I Fall By Lauren Oliver
9. Amy and Rogers Epic Detour cause off all the great characters