May New Releases: Part 1

Newly released books this May:

*Cover image links to Goodreads*

Game. Set. Match.  (Outerbanks Tennis Academy #1) by Jennifer Iacopelli Published: May 1, 2013 __________ Nestled along the North Carolina coast, the Outer Banks Tennis Academy is the world's most elite training facility. In this pressure-cooker environment, futures are forged in blood and sweat, and dreams are shattered in an instant. Penny Harrison, a rising female star, is determined to win the French Open and beat her archrival, Zina Lutrova. But when her coach imports British bad boy Alex Russell as her new training partner, will Penny be able to keep her laser-like focus? Tennis is all Jasmine Randazzo has ever known. The daughter of two Grand Slam champions, she's hell-bent on extending her family’s legacy and writing her own happily-ever-after...until her chosen Prince Charming gives her the just-friends speech right before the biggest junior tournament of the year, the Outer Banks Classic. With a powerful serve and killer forehand, newcomer Indiana Gaffney is turning heads. She’s thrilled by all of the attention, especially from Jack Harrison, Penny’s agent and hot older brother, except he keeps backing off every time things start heating up. With so much at stake, dreams—and hearts—are bound to break. Welcome to OBX: Where LOVE is a four-letter word, on and off the court.

Review: Losing It by Cora Carmack

Losing It (Losing It #1)
by Cora Carmack
Published: October 5, 2012




Virginity.

Bliss Edwards is about to graduate from college and still has hers. Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, she decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible-- a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half-a-brain would ever believe. And as if that weren't embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theatre professor. She'd left him naked in her bed about 8 hours earlier.

Cover Reveal: The final Gallagher Girls book by Ally Carter

Holy molly.. I'm afraid this is it guys. The last book in one of my most favorite series ever! Oh, god. Another goodbye.. it hurts just thinking about it. And it's not even out yet! Ironic: I can't wait to read the book I can't bear to end. I want to have this now.. but I don't want it to be over. Okay before I get more worked up than I already am, let's all think happy thoughts for a minute - or an hour, depends on where this news might take you - because book 6 has now a TITLE and a COVER!

Me and My Bookshelf (11)

This is where I feature the books I received, bought, gifted or won that are newly added in my physical shelf, which means no e-books and the like. It is usually posted on Saturdays.

Howdy! Seriously, this is currently my most favorite greeting. LOL. Anyway, it has been - what? - more than a month since I last posted this meme? Busy much? Well, yes, but there's also the fact that I'm just lazy. Today was supposed to be a review day but since I'm lazy and I did not make any reviews so Me and My Bookshelf it is.

Cover Reveal: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Howdy! LOL. I was influenced by Graham Larkin. Anyway, I know a lot of you guys have been impatiently waiting for the final book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth and yesterday (March 9, 2013) the official cover for Allegiant was revealed at Today's Show! And now here it is:

Music and Lyrics (8) ft. Clockwork Princess

Hi guys! You all should know how much I - we - love Clockwork Princess. [read review HERE]
In one of our favorite parts in the book I asked my sister what song reminds her of it. She told me it was Blinding Light by Switchfoot which is also what I had in mind so we both agreed that this is going to be the one.

"Blinding Light"

by Switchfoot

Album: Vice Verses

You know what is our most favorite scene in Clockwork Princess? JEM's BRIDAL GIFT TO TESSA!!! It was.. ohmygosh. No words or gestures can explain it.

Well, that's all from me today! Gotta run. Still have class :)

Review: Shadows in the Silence by Courtney Allison Moulton

Shadows in the Silence
(Angelfire #3)
by Courntney Allison Moulton
Published: January 29, 2013




Your strength in heart and hand will fall. . . .
Ellie knows that the darkest moments are still to come, and she has everything to fight for:

She must fight for Will.
The demonic have resorted to their cruelest weapons to put Will in mortal danger, and Ellie makes an unlikely alliance to save him and to stop Lilith and Sammael, who seek to drown the world in blood and tear a hole into Heaven.

She must fight for humanity.
As the armies of Hell rise and gather for the looming End of Days, Ellie and her band of allies travel to the world’s darkest and most ancient regions in her quest to come into her full glory as the archangel Gabriel.

And Ellie must save herself.
Her humanity withers beneath the weight of her cold archangel power, but Ellie must hold tight to who she is and who she loves as she prepares for the ultimate battle for Heaven and Earth.

In this final installment in the Angelfire trilogy, Courtney Allison Moulton brings her dark world of epic battles and blistering romance to a blazing bright conclusion.

Cover Reveal: Champion by Marie Lu

OH.MY.GOD. I know. Seriously guys, I AM FREAKING OUT! I am a really big fan of Marie Lu. My sister, too. She recently finished Legend and she can't stop gushing about it. When I logged in to my blogger account a while ago, I saw a new comment on my Prodigy review asking when the next book will come out and I remembered how agonized I was when I finished Prodigy and learned that the third book will probably be published next year. But of course, things change. So I decided to check it out again on Goodreads and guess what I saw. IT HAS A FREAKING COVER! And the expected publication date: NOVEMBER 5, 2013. 2013! 2013!!! Uh. Excuse me while I faint. This definitely made my day. It made my DAY. Get it? I'm rambling. So, back to the point. As I was saying, I freaked out when I saw the cover thinking 'When was this revealed?', 'Is this the official cover?'.. and thought about asking the author herself but when I got to her Twitter page, I saw the link to the official reveal at EW and when was this? That's right. MAY 2, 2013 10:01 AM ET. Which means it was just less than a day ago if you base it in my time-zone. Huh. How awesome it that? So I thought I'd share it with you!

April Reads + Monthly Recap

We're already starting the fifth month of 2013! Oh, how time flies so fast especially if you're scrambling to get as much as you can and get things done. My first week of April was dedicated to a lot of reading (5 books and 4 novellas!) but then summer classes started and I was caught up with a lot of school and extracurricular works that I wasn't able to pick another read for more than a week. No matter, by the end of the month I was able to re-read Soul Screamers 1-5, finished Before I Wake then finally said my goodbyes to the whole series that ended with With All My Soul. And to break all that paranormal high, I had 3 quick contemporary reads. To sum it all up, this month is a win!

Here are the books I read this April: (Book cover links to Goodreads)

Review: Hidden Among Us by Katy Moran

Hidden Among Us by Katy Moran
Published: March 7, 2013



When Lissy meets a mysterious and strangely beautiful boy on her way to Hopesay Edge, she is deeply unsettled by their encounter.

She discovers that the boy, Larkspur, is a member of the Hidden, an ancient group of elven people, whose secrets lie buried at Hopesay Reach. Before long, Lissy and her brother Rafe find themselves caught by a powerful magic and fighting to escape a bargain that can never be broken.

*ARC copy provided by The Book Depository