Friday Finds (09/24/2010)

Friday Finds at the Store is a weekly feature here at My Tea Time is Book Time. It is totally easy and I encourage you let me know what you find. Basically just post the books you found at the bookstore or library. Now others can see the great finds you had and maybe they will pick it up on their next bookstore/library run. HAPPY readings!!!

From the back cover of Luna by Julie Anne Peters

"Luna," she repeated softly, more to herself than me. "Appropriate, wouldn't you say? A girl who can only be seen by moonlight?"

Rolling over, I muttered, "You're such a freakshow."

Her hair splayed across my pillow, tickling my face. "I know," she murmured in my ear. "But you love me, don't you?"

Yeah, I loved her. I couldn't help it. She was my brother.

(This book was bought from a store called FullyBooked.)

What did you find???

***Now go and grab your fave cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and HAPPY readings***

Friday Finds (09/17/2010)

Friday Finds at the Store is a weekly feature here at My Tea Time is Book Time. It is totally easy and I encourage you let me know what you find. Basically just post the books you found at the bookstore or library. Now others can see the great finds you had and maybe they will pick it up on their next bookstore/library run. HAPPY readings!!!

From the back cover of Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

What happens when the person who damaged you for life...becomes the person you trust the most?

Caleb Becker spent the past year in juvenile detention.

Maggie Armstrong spent the past year in hospitals and physical therapy.

Two teens who were scarred one fateful night are going to have to face their greatest challenge yet---meeting up with each other again.

(This book was bought from a store called FullyBooked.)

What did you find???

***Now go and grab your fave cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and HAPPY readings***

Thursday Cover Throwdown (09/16/2010)

I'm sure that I've seen something like this on other blogs (so if you can direct me to the one that is hosting it, I would be really happy). But anyways Thursdays will be the day that I compare book covers for one book and we decide which ones we like best.

Here we go...

vs.vs.vs.

I'm going to take back to the classics right now and I wanted to know what other covers were out there because there are so many different ones. I know there are more, but these are just the few that I decided to share from Goodreads. I bought the last one and I definitely prefer the one I bought. I really like the color and it just seems more appealing to me. It doesn't remind me of a book that my high school teacher would make me read. But that's my opinion...

What about you...which one do you like???

***Now go and grab your fave cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and HAPPY readings***

Friday Finds (09/10/2010)

Friday Finds at the Store is a weekly feature here at My Tea Time is Book Time. It is totally easy and I encourage you let me know what you find. Basically just post the books you found at the bookstore or library. Now others can see the great finds you had and maybe they will pick it up on their next bookstore/library run. HAPPY readings!!!

From the back cover of Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Kristina is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. Then she meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ride turns into a struggle for her mind, her soul---her life.

(This book was bought from a store called FullyBooked.)

From the back cover of Impulse by Ellen Hopkins.

Tony's painful childhood memories can be quelled only through pills. Vanessa has a secret that keeps her coming back to the blade. And Connor seems to have the perfect life on the outside, but his inward battle with his parents, his peers, and himself give him one last choice---to pull the trigger.

These are three lives that would have been cut short if not for the hasty intervention by loved ones. Or fate. Now they are given a second chance at a better life---but only if they help one another, and if they find the strength to let go of their inner demons. For good.

(This book bought at a store called FullyBooked.)

From the back cover of Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.

But beneath all the fun---the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom---is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.

Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life---because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.

(This book was a gift from my FullyBooked.)

What did you find???

***Now go and grab your fave cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and HAPPY readings***

Thursday Cover Throwdown (09/09/2010)

I'm sure that I've seen something like this on other blogs (so if you can direct me to the one that is hosting it, I would be really happy). But anyways Thursdays will be the day that I compare book covers for one book and we decide which ones we like best.

Here we go...

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I'm reading this book right now and I wanted to know what other covers were out there. I bought the one on the left and I definitely prefer the one I bought. I really like the color (green is my fave color) and it goes nicely with Shiver. But that's my opinion...

What about you...which one do you like???

***Now go and grab your fave cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and HAPPY readings***

I NEED to vent...

On my Monday (in the Philippines)/my families Sunday (in California), I found out that my cousin A.J. died. He didn't just die...he was shot 8 times. I'm incredibly sad about this and angry. Part of me is mad at myself because I wasn't close to my cousin at all. I stopped talking to that side of the family years ago when my parents and them had a falling out. Then it definitely became an extremely distant relationship after my dad died. But A.J. was still my cousin, we share the same last name, and we will always have a connection.

I remember him as a sweet kid. He was always quiet and nice. Even last year when I saw him at my brother's wedding, he was the sweet guy watching over the nieces and nephews while they ran around.

A.J. was taken from his family way too soon and three days shy of his 21st birthday. Today would have been his 21st...today his friends and cousins should be taken him to bars to get his first legal drink. Instead, A.J. is getting used to those new angel wings.

My heart and prayers go out to my Uncle, Auntie, and little cousins. I hope and pray they catch those stupid...STUPID boys that thought it was okay to walk up to a young man standing outside a house party and shoot him. Then runaway shouting gang language. To my knowledge, A.J. was not part of a gang...he was just at the wrong place during the wrong time. You murderers need to be caught and be brought to justice.

A.J., I want you to know that I do believe you are watching over your family and that you are an angel with my dad up in heaven.

And to my book friends...please keep my family in your prayers...and hope with us that the cowardly bastards who did this get caught.

RIP A.J.

Friday Finds (09/03/2010)

Friday Finds at the Store is a weekly feature here at My Tea Time is Book Time. It is totally easy and I encourage you let me know what you find. Basically just post the books you found at the bookstore or library. Now others can see the great finds you had and maybe they will pick it up on their next bookstore/library run. HAPPY readings!!!

From the inside flap of Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

the longing.

Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know they must fight to stay together. For Sam, this means a reckoning with his werewolf past. For Grace, it means facing a future that is less and less certain.

the loss.

Into their world comes a new wolf named Cole, whose past is full of hurt and danger. He is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of being human.

the linger.

For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is a constant struggle between two forces---wolf and human---with love baring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough?

(This book was bought from a store called Powerbooks.)

From the inside flap of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid out plans---except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay---no matter what the personal cost.

(This book bought at a store called Powerbooks.)

From the back cover of Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Murder, mayhem and magic...

Locked in a coffin-like darkness, there is nothing to distract me from my memories of killing Reyad. He deserved to die---but according to the law, so do I. Here in Ixia, the punishment for murder is death. And now I wait for the hangman's noose.

But the same law that condemns me may also save me. Ixia's food taster---chosen to ensure that the Commander's food is not poisoned---has died. And by law, the net prisoner who is scheduled to be executed---me---must be offered the position.

(This book was a gift from my Godmother).

From the back cover of Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder

A lesson in loyalty---a master class in intrigue.

So far, I've managed to survive. You would think after being kidnapped as a child, imprisoned in my teens and released to become a poison taster. I would have endured enough. But no. The discovery of my magical abilities---powers forbidden in Ixia---has resulted in an execution order. My only chance is to flee to Sitia, my long-lost birthplace.

But Sitia is unfamiliar. I'm treated like an enemy---even by my own brother. Plus I can't control my powers. I want to learn about my magic, but there isn't time. A rogue magician has emerged and I'm targeted as his next victim.

Will my magical abilities save me...or be my downfall?

(This book was a gift from my Godmother).


From the back cover of Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder

When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder---able to capture and release souls---spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena's fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before...

Honor sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Her journey is fraught with allies, enemies, lovers and would-be assassins, each of questionable loyalty. Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself---and save the land she holds dear.

(This book was a gift from my Godmother).


What did you find???

***Now go and grab your fave cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and HAPPY readings***

Thursday Cover Throwdown (09/02/2010)

I'm sure that I've seen something like this on other blogs (so if you can direct me to the one that is hosting it, I would be really happy). But anyways Thursdays will be the day that I compare book covers for one book and we decide which ones we like best.

Here we go...

vs.vs.

vs.

Well, I finished this book earlier this week and I wanted to know what other covers were out there for this one. I bought the one on the left, but I prefer the one in the middle. I like the color of the rose on this one and the background better. I've never really been one to like the color purple. The last one I believe is the Brazilian cover and is my second fave.

What about you...which one do you like???

***Now go and grab your fave cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and HAPPY readings***

I'm baaaaaack!!!

Woot woot...

I'm so back and I'm settled in the new home. I feel healthy and I'm ready to start book blogging again. So come back my book blogging friends and I'll be sure to go check out all the other wonderful sites out there.

I do miss you friends!!!