Showing posts with label Veronica Roth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Veronica Roth. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Favorite New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2012

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly
 meme held over at The Broke and the Bookish

This weeks topic is:
 Top Ten Favorite New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2012
Veronica Roth

Beth Revis

Jay Asher

Sherri Hayes

Jamie McGuire

Cat Patrick

Robert Kirkman

Kat Zhang

Sylvia Day

Miranda Kavi


Authors are in order
of the beginning of the 
year to the end. 

Have a great one guys!

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Most Anticipated Books of 2013!

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly
 meme held over at The Broke and the Bookish

This weeks topic is: Top ten most 
anticipated books for 2013!


Publication Date: Jan. 8, 2013
The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor’s peaceful suburban community is killing girls.

For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian died six months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can things be normal when Lillian’s ghost is haunting her bedroom, pushing her to investigate the mysterious string of murders? Hannah’s just trying to understand why her friend self-destructed, and where she fits now that Lillian isn’t there to save her a place among the social elite. And she must stop thinking about Finny Boone, the big, enigmatic delinquent whose main hobbies seem to include petty larceny and surprising acts of kindness.

With the entire city in a panic, Hannah soon finds herself drawn into a world of ghost girls and horrifying secrets. She realizes that only by confronting the Valentine Killer will she be able move on with her life—and it’s up to her to put together the pieces before he strikes again.

Paper Valentine is a hauntingly poetic tale of love and death by the New York Times bestselling author of The Replacement and The Space Between.


Publication Date: Jan. 15, 2013
The final book in the  New York Times bestselling trilogy, perfect for fans of Battlestar Galactica and Prometheus!

FUELED BY LIES.
RULED BY CHAOS.
ALMOST HOME.

Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience.

But this new Earth isn't the paradise Amy had been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like birds, purple flowers with mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious, unexplained ruins that hold more secrets than their stone walls first let on. The biggest secret of all? Godspeed's former passengers aren't alone on this planet. And if they're going to stay, they'll have to fight.

Amy and Elder must race to discover who--or what--else is out there if they are to have any hope of saving their struggling colony and building a future together. They will have to look inward to the very core of what makes them human on this, their most harrowing journey yet. Because if the colony collapses? Then everything they have sacrificed--friends, family, life on Earth--will have been for nothing.



Publication Date: Mar. 5, 2013
The only thing worse than forgetting her past... is remembering it.

When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage—alive—is making headlines across the globe.

Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world.

Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat she can’t remember, Seraphina struggles to piece together her forgotten past and discover who she really is. But with every clue only comes more questions. And she’s running out of time to answer them.

Her only hope is a strangely alluring boy who claims to know her from before the crash. Who claims they were in love. But can she really trust him? And will he be able to protect her from the people who have been making her forget?

From popular young adult author, Jessica Brody comes a mesmerizing and suspenseful new series, set in a world where science knows no boundaries, memories are manipulated, and true love can never be forgotten.

[Goodreads - B&N - Amazon]


Publication Date: April 16, 2013
Beautiful Disaster told in Travis point of view.

How much is too much to love?

Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.

In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. Just when he thought he was invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees.

Every story has two sides. In Jamie McGuire's New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster Abby had her say. Now it's time to see the story through Travis's eyes.

[Goodreads - B&N - Amazon]


Publication Date: April 16, 2013
There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends...and he’s gone.

They call it the Heist.

Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one can cross and survive.

Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken–or risk everything on the hope of the other side?



Publication Date: May 7, 2013
A riveting new story from Cat Patrick, author of Forgotten and Revived.

17-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best grew up as identical triplets... until they discovered a shocking family secret. They're actually closer than sisters, they're clones. Hiding from a government agency that would expose them, the Best family appears to consist of a single mother with one daughter named Elizabeth. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey take turns going to school, attending social engagements, and a group mindset has always been a de facto part of life...

Then Lizzie meets Sean Kelly, a guy who seems to see into her very soul. As their relationship develops, Lizzie realizes that she's not a carbon copy of her sisters; she's an individual with unique dreams and desires, and digging deeper into her background, Lizzie begins to dismantle the delicate balance of an unusual family that only science could have created. 



The rest of the books on my list don't have covers or a synopsis yet. 
Entwined With You by Sylvia Day
Publication Date: May 7, 2013

[Goodreads - B&N - Amazon]


Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
Sequel to Burned
Publication Date: Sept. 10, 2013


Book #3 in the Finding Anna Series by Sherri Hayes
Publication Date: 2013


Untitled Book #3 in Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
Publication Date: Sept. 26, 2013


What books are you most
excited for next year? 
Anything on my list?

Friday, November 16, 2012

Faction Before Blood



Since I love Divergent so much, I thought I should finally take some time out to find what faction I really and truly belong to. We've all thought about it while reading the books. And most of the time just picking the most badass faction (Dauntless) or to be really different and wild-- Divergent. Although I don't completely fit in with one group, I have narrowed it down to two: Amity & Candor. I think I fit in more with Amity. 

So one day I decided I should look up those quizzes that ask you a bunch of random questions and then tell you which faction you belong in. I took a good amount of them. I always got Amity or Candor, but I got Amity more. I did get Divergent once, but I disregarded that. You can also find faction wallpapers found here.



Some links to quizzes:

Also, if you take the
quiz on TheFandom.net,
your faction result is 
included on your card.

Here's mine:


About Amity:

In general:
It means the Peaceful. You are at peace when everyone around you is getting along. You appreciate the arts and it is easy to make you laugh. A goal you may have is to find as much happiness as you can. You can be seen as indecisive and flaky but you can also be seen as warm and easygoing.

Definition:
Friendship; especially in regards to friendly relations between nations.

Purpose/Beliefs:
They value peace and friendship, and believe the world’s problems can be resolved by simply learning to understand your fellow citizens. They blame aggression for the problems in the world.

Clothing/Appearance:
Amity members dress comfortably in colors of red and yellow.

Location- Amity Sector:
Located in the outskirts of the city, where the train tracks end and there are no dilapidated buildings, only trees and fields and forests.

Contributions to the society/Jobs:
The society’s only artists, they love to sing and play instruments, they are also great counselors and caretakers, and the faction is responsible for the agricultural duties of the society.

Fun Facts:
They greet each other with a hug!


What faction are you in?
Have you read Divergent?
What did you think?

Have a great one!


**Amity information from: divergentfandom.net, divergentfans.com, thedivergenttrilogy.com, veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com**

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

My Favorite 'World Building' Authors


Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly
 meme held over at The Broke and the Bookish

This weeks topic is your top ten favorite authors
in a specific genre. For Example: Dystopian, 
Contemporary, Sci-Fi...

I chose dystopian, but not just dystopian, because some of my authors aren't classified as such. My selections are authors that are amazing at world building. Describing how that world works and having it flow in my head like a movie. Or when it's still our world, but society is so much different, everything is ran completely different than now. 


My choices:

Veronica Roth
Ahhh, Veronica Roth, the wonderful author of Divergent. I loved Divergent from the first few pages, I knew I was going to fall in love with it. And I did. The world that they live in is crazy, and although we don't know exactly what's going on, we will soon. Can't wait for the third and final book. 








Cat Patrick


Cat Patrick... If you haven't read Forgotten or Revived, you need to. That's need to be on your 'right after I finish this' list! She is amazing at this kinda stuff. Both are set in the present, but when you get sucked into the stories and see how differently their own personal world is... It's amazing.
Tahereh Mafi











I started reading Shatter Me and was instantly drawn in and not even really knowing why. I had heard her name thrown around, but didn't know what all the fuss was about until I actually started reading her book. It's amazing so far, it had to go back to the library, so unfortunately I didn't get to finish it yet. But I'm on the waiting list for it :)





Beth Revis
Have you read Across the Universe? If not, you should! The world Beth Revis built on Godspeed was amazing, all the futuristic-ness was wonderful! I still haven't made it around to A Million Suns, but I will. Hopefully just in time for Shades of Earth. 







Richelle Mead
I just recently read Vampire Academy and though Richelle Mead did a fabulous job. The names were a little weird, but that's all part of the world building. I loved learning about all the different Royals and levels of vampires. Definitely a really great author. Hopefully soon I'll get around to the second book. 






Suzanne Collins
Although I didn't really care for The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins is a great author. All the characters in the different districts and their different social statuses really is very creative. I will eventually finish the series, I'm just not in a rush to do so. 






Kat Zhang
Many of you may not have ever heard of Kat Zhang, but her debut novel What's Left of Me just recently came out. And I read it as fast as I could get my hands on it. The synopsis was so weird and original and extremely unique... for me. I've never heard of anything else like that. A must read!






J.K. Rowling

She wrote the wonderful, wizarding world of Harry Potter... Need I say more?!











Well, those are my picks. I only had 8. I know I didn't exactly follow the guidelines, because I didn't pick an actual genre, but they are my favorite to read in terms of world/society building.

Have you read any of these authors?
What did you think? Did you like them?
If you did a TTT, leave a link :)

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Top Ten Bookish People I Want To Meet


Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly
 meme held over at The Broke and the Bookish

This weeks topic is the top ten bookish people 
you'd like to meet. It can be authors or bloggers,
or anyone, as long as they're bookish :)


1. Robert Kirkman
I obviously chose him because he is the 
creator/author of The Walking Dead comics!
 I am currently OBSESSED with it! I have 
read up to about issue #95 in 10 days! 
I've been reading as much as time
 allows. I think I'm in love :)

2. Jamie McGuire
I love her too. Such a great author. I am 
completely in love with Travis from Beautiful
Disaster. I can't wait for her next book. 

3. Cat Patrick
Awesome, awesome ideas! I don't know
she comes up with these ideas. But the
execution is absolutely fabulous! I would
love to pick her brain!

4. Ellen Hopkins
I absolutely love all her books. I haven't
read one yet that I disliked even a little.

5. Veronica Roth
OMG! The author of Divergent! Enough said!

6. Jay Asher
13 Reasons Why was so powerful for me
& The Future of Us was absolutely epic!
Both are definitely must reads! 
Can't wait for his future books!

7. John Green
Although I didn't really like Looking For
Alaska, I know that he is a awesome author.
And the fact that he makes YouTube 
videos with his brother?! Awesome!


I'm done with authors. Since I'm new to the book blogger community, I haven't really talked to a lot of fellow bloggers, but there are a few I'd love to meet :)


8. Bianca :)
Bianca was one of the first to say hello to 
me and she's always been so nice to me.
And I always get excited when she leaves 
comments on my blog posts, it lets me 
know that someone other than me is 
reading it. I think she's not too far 
away, maybe one day we can hang out :)
She is co-author of Pages of Forbidden Love.

9. Theta Sigma
I don't know his real name, but he too was
one of the first to say hello to me. He's 
very kind and always has something funny 
to say :) His blog is Resolution Corner.

10. Loretta
I first saw Loretta on YouTube, I love
her videos. I think she's hilarious. And
I love when she buys a million books. 
You can tell that she is completely 
obsessed with books, as am i. 
Her blog is Between the Pages.


Did you do a TTT this week?
Leave a link :)
Have a great one!

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