Fragment Friday is hosted by James at Book Chic. You read an excerpt from your favorite book or a book that you are currently reading and share it to your readers.

Today I read from Delirium by Lauren Oliver.

Hello everyone! Today I finished reading Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Here is the review and I hope you enjoy:

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Plot: A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. 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.

Review: Be ready to feel surprised, emotionless, scared,  empty, and hopeful. Amy is the main character in this story, who should be frozen for 300 years and then wakes up 50 years early on the ship called Godspeed. Godspeed has three levels called the Keeper Level, the Shipper Level, and finally the Feeder Level, where most of the people on this ship live. Amy has to find out who woke her up without her parents and  tried to murder her. Elder is the heir to the leader of the ship and the boy who finds Amy waking up from her 250 year slumber. Through the whole book Elder is the one who tries to find himself inside the metal walls filled by lies and survival. There are other characters like Harley, who became one of my favorite characters not just because of his past, but just of what kind of person he is and how hard he fights to get what he truly needs. There is also Eldest, who is the main leader of the ship that controls the people like a dictator and rules with a iron fist. Orion is the Recorder that lives in the Recorder Hall behind the Hospital, Orion has some secrets of his own that stunned me the most out of everyone on the ship. Doc is another characters who lives in the Hospital and just like his name says, he is the doctor who takes care of the "crazies" like Victoria, Bectier, and Harley. The writing style is adventurous, scary, and wonderful. This book will pull you in until you finally have a loss of worlds and at the end all you can do is sit there, and think of the stars. I give this book a 5/5.

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Pub. Date: January 2011

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover , 416pp
Chapters: 81
Age Range: Young Adult

WolfsBane (NightShade series #2)

Andrea Cremer

Young Adult

July 26, 2011

NightShade was a amazing book about freedom and true love. The idea and history of werewolves in the story is both interesting and frightening, which made me want to sink my teeth into NightShade even more. Hopefully I will think the same (or better) about the second book.

From Barnes&Noble:

This thrilling sequel to the much-talked-about Nightshade begins just where it ended–Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemy, and she's certain her days are numbered. But then the Searchers make her an offer–one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the pack–and the man–she left behind. Is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her own destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth fighting and how many trials true love can endure and still survive.

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!Just do the following:

Grab you current read

Open to a random page.

Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on the page.

BE CAREFULE NOT TO INCLUDE SPOLIERS! (make sure that what your share doesn't give to much
away! You don't want to ruin the book for the others!)
Share the title & author, too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like you teasers!

My Teaser:
I hope. What if this is just a part of a long dream dreamt in the short time between when Ed locked the cryo door and Hassan pushed the button to freeze me? What if?
It's a strange sort of sleep, this. Never really waking up, but becoming aware of consciousness inside a too-still body.
The dreams weave in and out of memories.
The only thing keeping the nightmares from engulfing me is the hope that there couldn't possibly be a hundred more years before I wake up.
~Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Hello everyone! Today I finished reading Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala. Here is my review on the book and I hope you enjoy:

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Plot: It's tough living in the shadow of a dead girl. . . . In the five years since her bad-girl sister Xanda's death, Miranda Mathison has wondered about the secret her sister took to the grave, and what really happened the night she died. Now, just as Miranda is on the cusp of her dreams—a best friend to unlock her sister's world, a ticket to art school, and a boyfriend to fly her away from it all—Miranda has a secret all her own. When two lines on a pregnancy test confirm her worst fears, Miranda is stripped of her former life. She must make a choice with tremendous consequences and finally face her sister's demons and her own. In this powerful debut novel, stunning new talent Holly Cupala illuminates the dark struggle of a girl who must let go of her past to find a way into her own future.

Review: This book warmed my heart (that doesn't happen when I read books). The plot about a girl going through a problem like this without a older sister or parents to look up to when she finds out she is pregnant must be frightening and to read something about this time of conflict seemed horrible, but I don't think I will ever grasp the full affect of her situation. Mandy (also known as Rand or Miranda) is the main character in this book that finds out she is pregnant with the boyfriend she left during the summer to go to a art camp. Mandy's boyfriend seems like a odd when the author showed flash backs of the two main characters and mean when she showed them in the present. There are also Many's "friends" that have problems of their own and don't seemed to care at all about the main character. The writing style pulled me in, but confused me when the flash backs entering the stories. You'll tell when you read this book that it is full of drama and mixed with hatred, longing, and a lust for love. I give this book a 4/5 stars.

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Rating: 4/5 Stars!

Pub. Date: June 2010

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardcover , 292pp
Chapters: 45
Age Range: 12 and up

*In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren* In My Mailbox gives bloggers a chance to show each other
what books they got for the week. It's a very exciting and fun thing to do. Here is what I got for the week:

Bought/Review/Won:

The Iron Queen (Iron Fey Series #3) by Julie Kagawa

Summary: My name is Meghan Chase.

I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me back, kicking and screaming. Drag me away from the banished prince who's sworn to stand by my side. Drag me into the core of conflict so powerful, I'm not sure anyone can survive it.
This time, there will be no turning back.





Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Summary: Samantha Kingston has it all: the world's most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High from the best table in the cafeteria to the choicest parking spot. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life.
Instead, it turns out to be her last.
Then she gets a second chance.
Seven chances, in fact. Reliving her last day during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death-and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.



Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Summary: Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.
Lauren Oliver astonished readers with her stunning debut, Before I Fall. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it "raw, emotional, and, at times, beautiful. An end as brave as it is heartbreaking." Her much-awaited second novel fulfills her promise as an exceptionally talented and versatile writer.



Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

 Summary: In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . . Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy. Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side. As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make—between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny? Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.

What did you get in your mailbox?

Hello everyone! I am so sorry I was gone for so long, but here (finally) is my review on Nevermore by Kelly Creagh and I hope you enjoy:

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Plot: At once an homage to one of America's greatest writers and a page-turning psychological mystery that is equal parts horror, humor, and romance, NEVERMORE is the story of Varen -- a Poe-fan and goth -- and Isobel -- a cheerleader and unlikely heroine. When a Lit. project pairs the two together, Isobel finds herself steadily swept into Varen's world, one that he has created in his notebook and in his mind, one where the terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life. Isobel slowly learns that dreams can be much more powerful than she'd ever expected, and that pain and despair come in all sorts of shades. As labels of "goth" and "cheerleader" fade away, she sees more in Varen than a tall, pale outcast, and a consuming romance is braced against the ever-clearer horror that the most terrifying realities are those within our own minds.

When Isobel has a single chance to rescue Varen from the shadows of his own nightmares, will she be able to save him -- and herself?

Review: This book was a fantastic debut novel for 2010 and I am a little sad I didn't come across it sooner. At first I didn't enjoy reading about the main character, Isobel, but after reading more about her and how her life started to mix with Varen's life she became more interesting and strong protagonist. Varen was my favorite character because I could relate to him the most for his dark, twisted personality and his love for literature. In this story I learned a lot about Edgar Allan Poe and the dark secrets surrounding his death, that I probably would have never known without reading the book. There are many different characters and new creatures I could have never imaged in this story. I also thought the writing style stuck out to me and made me want to reading it even more. I thought the ending was amazing and I am looking forward to the next book.

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Rating: 4.5/5 Stars!

Pub. Date: August 31, 2010

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Format: Hardcover , 543pp
Age Range: Young Adult