Daisy Chain Book Reviews

Penguin / Berkley wants want of you to win a copy of The Farm by Emily McKay! If you want to be this lucky person, then you need to enter to win via the Rafflecopter form at the bottom of this post. But first, some info about the book: Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are - holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other... And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible. Lily and her twin sister, Mel, have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else does - like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won't be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a ...

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish . This week's top ten list features my most anticipated releases of 2013. This one was difficult, y'all! There are SO MANY. And you know that I want every single one of them! In order to help narrow down my selections, I stuck to authors who I've read before and did not include any books that don't have titles yet. If you're interested in seeing my most anticipated debuts of 2013, then you can check out my 2013 Debut Author Challenge post . Here are my most anticipated releases of 2013, in no particular order: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (June 18) - A new Neil Gaiman book! OBVIOUSLY, I need this. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins (May 7) - I really liked Isla in Anna and the French Kiss , even though she's hardly there at all. In fact, she made enough of an impression on me that I mentioned her in my review of Anna . Naturally, I'm super excited to read her s...

I am totally going to be participating in the Debut Author Challenge over at hobbitsies.net  for 2013. This will be my third time to sign up for it. I love reading books by debut authors. Every year, I find a few that are sure to become new favorites. The goal is to read at least 12 YA debuts in 2013. I think that I can manage that pretty easily. I'd like to shoot for closer to 20 debuts, but I also want to work on getting the unread books that I already own read, so we'll see how it goes! I'm sure that this list will get longer the more I look through catalogs and add the autumn books to it, but these are some of the debuts that I'm looking forward to (possibly) reading as part of this challenge: All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry  All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill Altered  by Jennifer Rush Arclight  by Josin L. McQuein The Beautiful and the Cursed  by Page Morgan Being Henry David by Cal Armistead  ✓ Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea ...

Title: Easy Author: Tammara Webber Publisher: Berkley Trade Publication Date: November 6, 2012 (originally self-published in May 2012) Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: Publisher Rescued by a stranger. Haunted by a secret Sometimes, love isn’t easy… He always saw her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior… The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart. Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love. I didn't really know what to expect from Easy . All I knew was that it is a contemp about a girl in college, and that there is some guy, and that everyone seems to LOVE it. Romancey stuff isn't usually my thing , but you can put me down as one of those people who love this book. Also: there's a lot more than just a really adorable love story happening here. Chara...

Here are some of my favorite covers for November 2012: The Red, Black & White Edition Days of Blood & Starlight  by Laini Taylor I love the eye makeup. I love the coloring and lighting. I love the font. The covers for this series are frakking gorgeous. Amazon | Goodreads Reached by Ally Condie The thing that I love about the covers for this trilogy is that they have a progression and tell a story on their own. Girl in bubble, girl breaking free of bubble, girl stepping out of bubble. The colors tie in with the three pills from the books. They're minimalistic and symbolic. Amazon | Goodreads Black City  by Elizabeth Richards BOOM! Shattering flower shrapnel. I don't even know what this book is about, but it's got what is basically an exploding flower on the front, so I'm gonna at least look at it to find out. Amazon | Goodreads Do you also like any of these covers? Are there any books that you're tempted to buy for the cover alone? What new little works...