quarter-end wrap-up

the months of January, February & March flew by easily.. I'm patting my back because I was able to read at least 30 books for the past three months..

January


Mini Shopaholic- Sophie Kinsella
Undercover - Beth Kephart
Where Angels Go - Debbie Macomber
Princess Diaries 1 - Meg Cabot
Princess in Spotlight - Meg Cabot
Princess In Love - Meg Cabot
Table for Two - Nora Roberts
Stardust- Neil Gaiman
Irresistible Forces - Brenda Jackson
Trading Up - Candace Bushnell
Here, There Be Dragons - James Owen
Firelight - Sophie Jordan
Calling Romeo - Alexandra Potter
Cruel and Unusual - Patricia Cornwell


February
Heist Society - Ally Carte
Diva - Alex Flinn
Ransom My Heart - Meg Cabot
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
I'm Alice (I Think) - Susan Juby
Princess Mia Goes Fourth - Meg Cabot
The Project Princess - Meg Cabot
The Spiderwick Chronicles - Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
The Field Guide
The Seeing Stone
Lucinda's Story
The Ironwood Tree
The Wrath of Mulgarath

March
I'm Alice, I Think - Susan Juby
Beastly - Alex Flinn
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
Linger - Maggie Stiefvater
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen
Ingo - Helen Dunmore
The Ex-Factor - Andrea Semple
Princess In Training - Meg Cabot
The Princess Present - Meg Cabot
Something Blue - Emily Giffin
The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
Devil Who Tamed Me - Johanna Lindsey
The Dragon Rider - Cornelia Funke
Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard
Flawless - Sara Shepard

3rd Sentence

Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme that has third sentences on its mind!

Hosted by Sniffly Kitty's Mostly Books.. Here are her rules for the 3rd sentence review: 

1) Take the book you are reading now and post the third sentence

2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)

3) Post a link to your sentence here or if you don't have a blog, just post it in the comments!

He’ll randomly appear when you’re gossiping with your best friends—except maybe it’s not so random at all.

The HE in the sentence refers to Toby Cavanaugh, stepbrother of the vision-impaired Jenna from Pretty Little Liars' second book Flawless. He is being described as someone who happens to appear somewhere out there, as if he is stalking the four girls that made his life hellish...

WWW for March 30

Here we are again for another WWW Wednesdays, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… {What are you currently reading? - What did you recently finish reading? - What do you think you’ll read next?}

Here are my share for this week.... all by Sara Shepard from the book turned to TV series: Pretty Little Liars

What are you currently reading?

Flawless by Sara Shepard

What did you recently finish reading?

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

What do you think you’ll read next?

Perfect by Sara Shepard

Ingo

Title: Ingo

Author: Helen Dunmore

Hardcover, 336 pages

Published August 2006

Summary from Goodreads:

Sapphire's father mysteriously vanishes into the waves off the Cornwall coast where her family has always lived. She misses him terribly, and she longs to hear his spellbinding tales about the Mer, who live in the underwater kingdom of Ingo. Perhaps that is why she imagines herself being pulled like a magnet toward the sea. But when her brother, Conor, starts disappearing for hours on end, Sapphy starts to believe she might not be the only one who hears the call of the ocean.

Ingo follows the life and secrets revolving around a girl named Sapphire and her love for the sea. Her dad is mysteriously named after the man who was believed to have drowned and captured by mermaids. This same fate befell her dad. Her brother Connor also went missing for a certain period of time and eventually, the two of them got pulled by the water and discovered a world beyond the beach. A place called Ingo, powerful and mysterious.

There, they met a couple of mermaids and realized that the time spent underwater differed from their time above the earth. Sapphire and Connor also discovered their own earthly powers that saved them in the end.

Mermaid stories are really interesting. While Arielle remained the best mermaid I've ever met, I think Ingo's mermaids are somewhat okay, if not intimidating. The story may not be the best underwater story ever but it is cute nonetheless; clean enough for kids. Part one of a trilogy. I'm excited to read the rest of the series, because I want to know more about Sapphire's mom's fear of the ocean. Hmmm..

My rating for Ingo: 4 bookmarks!

www March 23

Here we are again for another WWW Wednesdays, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… {What are you currently reading? - What did you recently finish reading? - What do you think you’ll read next?}
Here are my share for this week....

What are you currently reading?

The Red Pyramid (from the Kane Chronicles)

by Rick Riordan

a fantasy series for kids and young-at-heart like me.

Rick Riordan is the bestselling author of Percy Jackson & the Olympians (5books in all) which is about Greeks, and his other series - The Lost Hero (fromThe Heroes of Olympus series) is about Romans; while Red Pyramid is largely focused on Egyptian mythology

What did you recently finish reading?

 The second part of the Darcy & Rachel story - Something Blue

Emily Giffin's first book - Something Borrowed was narrated by Rachel; this time, her ex-BFF Darcy takes center stage with Something Blue






What do you think you’ll read next?
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia  & Margaret Stohl

I haven't read any reviews about this, I actually stopped myself from peeking at any synopsis.. I got this on PDF format, hopefully I'll get to start reading it this weekend.

TuesTease: Red Pyramid

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

Grab your current read.

Open to a random page.

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

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

(make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I heard gunshots coming from the lobby and ran downstairs to check on my dad. By the time I got there, he was just calmly zipping up his workbag while three unconscious gunmen hung by their feet from the chandelier, their robes falling over their heads so you could see their boxer shorts.

Dad claimed not to have witnessed anything, and in the end, the police blamed a freak chandelier malfunction.

Page 9 of The Red Pyramid (From the Kane Chronicles)
by Rick Riordan

This book has been lying long on my bedstand, after how many months, finally i'm reading it.. and that's my Tuesday Teaser! :)

FridayFinds- Uglies

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS..

Uglies - Pretties - Specials - Extras

Four-part book by Scott Westerfeld

Discovered this through a fellow book-blogger. :)

These are my Friday Finds for March 2011;  Friday Finds is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

3rd Sentence Thursday

Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme for charging into the promote a third sentence fray!

Hosted by Sniffly Kitty's Mostly Books.. Here are her rules for the 3rd sentence review: 

1) Take the book you are reading now and post the third sentence

2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)

3) Post a link to your sentence here or if you don't have a blog, just post it in the comments!

For this week, my book of choice is Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey. And here's my third sentence.

It was her bane to be so beautiful that people behaved like utter fools around her.

The lady, Ophelia Reid is actually a debutante on this book and she was utterly gorgeous which had been long-time dream because before she was a nobody.

Thanks for reading!

www for march

It's been a long time since I last joined WWW Wednesdays. It's actually another meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

After 3 months of absence with WWW, here's my share for this week....

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… {What are you currently reading? - What did you recently finish reading? - at do you think you’ll read next?}

Here are my answers:

• What are you currently reading?

I'm actually on the 5th chapter of Johanna Lindsey's The Devil Who Tamed Her

too bad, I haven't got nor read the first book of this trilogy, The Heir :(

maybe i'll scour the bookstores again next time for this one.

• What did you recently finish reading?

- the acclaimed book about Doors and imaginary places - from Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

I'll share some thoughts about this book later on.. Some positive and negative reviews. Overall, it was an interesting read. But I still like Gaiman's Stardust better :)

• What do you think you’ll read next?

The Ex-Factor by Andrea Semple
Meet Martha, a relationship expert guru, who's having problems on her own and doesn't know how to resolve it. I've actually started reading it but I stopped so I could finish the one above (From Johanna Lindsey)..

Hopefully next week, I'll get to finish this :)

Teaser: The Devil Who Tamed Her

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

Grab your current read.

Open to a random page.

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

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

(make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

He heard the bitterness that crept into her tone, and it wasn't the first time he'd heard it when her father was mentioned. Apparently, she didn't like her father very much.

But then the Earl of Durwich couldn't have much love for her either, having tried to shove her into a marriage she obviously didn‟t want.

page 37 - The Devil Who Tamed Her; Johanna Lindsey

FridayFinds

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS..

Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie

Peter and the StarCatchers - Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson

Jane Austen in Scarsdale - Paula Marantz Cohen

Vive La Paris by Esme Raje Cordel

These are my Friday Finds for March 2011;  Friday Finds is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

new layout!

finally... a new layout for March.. yipee!!

Got this design from Blogaholic Designs, through her PreMade Freebies! Thanks so much for sharing!

TuesTease: Linger

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

Grab your current read.

Open to a random page.

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

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

(make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I have had no thought other than this: Stay alive.

And to have had only that thought, each day, was

heaven.

page 26; LINGER (Wolves of Mercy Falls, II)

by Maggie Stiefvater

MondayMusings

Another Monday, yipee!! Joining Musing Mondays from MizB of Should Be Reading.. This week’s musing asks…

What book(s) are you most excited about right now? (it can either be something you’re currently reading, or something you just bought, or a book/books that are soon to be published).

I'm actually eager to read Sophie Jordan's second installmen of her Firelight trilogy.. VANISH..

According to the preview on Goodreads.com; this time around, Jacinda, the fire-breathing draki takes a few notch and goes back to her roots, even though she wasn't that welcome anymore. I'm excited to know more about this. I liked the first book actually. I learrned a lot about dragons, draki etc.. and Jacinda & Will seemed so fit for each other. I can't wait to read this next book.. September 6th is still a looonnggg way to go!!!

Would forbidden love burns brighter than ever??

FF: March 4

My Friday Finds for the first Friday of March 2011; hosted by MizB.

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS..

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

 ARogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey

The Ex-Factor by Andres Semple

reading now...

The Werewolves of Mercy Falls

SHIVER