Teen Readers' Diary

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Stacking the Shelves (2/2/13)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! Visit Tynga's Reviews to know more about this weekly meme.

I took advantage of the '3-day Great Northern Sale' at SM North yesterday and bought some books on my wishlist!

Gifted/Won

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

Bought

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (READ AND LOVED THIS TO BITS)

Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Special thanks to Mr. Alexander Gordon Smith, Peggy of Pawing Through Books and my mother for her undying support.

What books did you get this week? Please feel free to leave a link of your post in the comments.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Book Highlight: Farsighted series by Emily Chand

Alex Kosmitoras's life has never been easy. The only other student who will talk to him is the school bully, his parents are dead broke and insanely overprotective, and... oh yeah, he's blind.

Just when he thinks he'll never have a shot at a normal life, an enticing new girl comes to their small Midwest town all the way from India. Simmi is smart, nice, and actually wants to be friends with Alex. Plus she smells like an Almond Joy bar. Sophomore year might not be so bad after all.

Alex is in store for another new arrival—an unexpected and often embarrassing ability to "see" the future. Try as he may, Alex is unable to ignore his visions, especially when they suggest Simmi is in mortal danger.

With the help of the mysterious psychic next door and friends who come bearing gifts of their own, Alex embarks on his journey to change the future.

Amazon † BN

Simmi Shergill's life is a mess. Her powers of psychic feeling are on the fritz, and Grandon Township's sudden population boom has brought quite a few unsavory characters to town. She also looks like an over-blown balloon in her size 14 pants, but not even starving herself seems to be helping.

At least she has Alex, the boyfriend who loves her so much he'd do anything for her. Last summer, he even risked his life to protect her from the mysterious boy everyone was convinced wanted to kill her.

Just one problem: she's not so sure she feels the same way. Is Alex really the man of her dreams? Why can't she stop fixating on her would-be killer, Dax? Part of her wants to run screaming in the other direction whenever Dax is around, while the other part longs to run into his embrace, no matter whom she'd hurt or what she'd risk.

Simmi's loyalty is on the line. Whom will she choose—the blind seer who loves her, or the charming telekinetic with "bad idea" written all over him? Emotions run high in the tension-packed book two of the Farsighted series.

Amazon † BN

Other books in the series...

About The Author...

From an early age, Emlyn Chand has counted books among her best friends. She loves to hear and tell stories and emerged from the womb with a fountain pen grasped firmly in her left hand (true story). Her affinity for the written word extends to absolutely every area of her life: she has published three novels and three children’s books with plans for many more of each, leads a classics book group with almost five-hundred members, and, of course, runs the whole shebang at Novel Publicity.

The book that changed Emlyn’s life is Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson. It opened her eyes to the world that could exist if only she was willing to create it—a lesson she has never forgotten. While she enjoys all types of novels, her greatest loves are literary fiction and YA. She’s best known for her Farsighted series and is developing a slow but steady following for the Bird Brain Books. She’s eager to see how her women’s fiction novel, Torn Together, will be received by the reading masses.

Website † Facebook † GoodReads † Twitter † Blog

Make sure to check out the FARSIGHTED & OPEN HEART blog tour kicking off Monday, February 4th!

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GRAND PRIZE: Kindle or Nook -- Winners choice!

New YA Releases: February 1st-8th

February is one of my favorite months of the year! Aside from the fact that it's my birthday month (I'm turning 18 this year heee!), there are SO MANY AWESOME BOOKS releasing in the next four weeks.

Some of the titles on my wishlist like Unravel Me, The Indigo Spell and Scarlet will be out in the span of 28 days. That's crazy! And exciting in every sense of the word.

can you tell which show I'm addicted to? no?

Click on the title link for the summary and to be directed to the book's GoodReads page.

The Look by Sophia Bennett

Release date: February 1st, 2013

Publisher: Chicken House
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository

Ruined by Paula Morris

Release date: February 1st, 2013

Publisher: Point

Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository

The Test by Peggy Kern

Release date: February 1st, 2013

Publisher: Scholastics Paperbacks
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository