the bursting book shelf

Well, I've been working on this post for quite some time now. It's been something I've been contemplating doing for quite some time now: I've decided to quit blogging.  This decision has been a long time in the making and there are many reasons for it, but the biggest one is that I simply don't have the time to do it anymore. I've been waiting for the right time to quit, a time when I'm all caught up in my reviews, and now is that time.  I'm going to leave my blog up for now and I'm going to continue to use my Twitter actively, but the reviews stop here.  Thank you for all your support, Anna Tee

Title:  Echoes and Embers  Author:  Karsten Knight Publisher:  Simon & Schuster  Release:  August 28, 2012 Pages:  480 THANKS TO SIMON AND SCHUSTER CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Series:  Wildefire #2 Synopsis: Fan the flames: A teen goddess fires up her search for love and family in this sequel to  Wildefire . Ashline Wilde may have needed school to learn that she is actually a reincarnated goddess, but she’s ready to move beyond books. She leaves her California boarding school behind and makes for Miami, where she meets a new group of deities and desperately seeks her sister Rose, the goddess of war. But she’s also looking for love—because even though her romance with Cole had to be snuffed, Ash is a volcano goddess—and she doesn’t get burned.      This sequel to the edgy and action-packed  Wildefire  continues a fiery drama on an immortal scale. Review: I was lucky enough to receive Wildefire for review last ...

Title:  Die for Me  Author:  Amy Plum Publisher:  Harper Teen  Release:  May 10, 2011 Pages:  344 Series:  Revenants #1 Synopsis: In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity. When Kate Mercier's parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life--and memories--behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent. Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate's guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he's a revenant--an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder a...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at  Breaking The Spine ! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: The only thing worse than forgetting her past... is remembering it. When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage—alive—is making headlines across the globe. Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world. Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat s...

Title:  The Lost Girl  Author:  Sangu Mandanna Publisher:  Balzer + Bray Release:  August 28, 2012 Pages:  423 THANKS TO HARPERCOLLINS CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Series:  Unknown Synopsis: Eva’s life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination—an echo. Made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, she is expected to replace a girl named Amarra, her “other”, if she ever died. Eva studies what Amarra does, what she eats, what it’s like to kiss her boyfriend, Ray. So when Amarra is killed in a car crash, Eva should be ready. But fifteen years of studying never prepared her for this. Now she must abandon everything she’s ever known—the guardians who raised her, the boy she’s forbidden to love—to move to India and convince the world that Amarra is still alive. What Eva finds is a grief-stricken family; parents unsure how to handle this echo they thought they wanted; and Ray, who knew every detail, every contour of Amarra. And when Eva is unexpectedl...

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by  Tynga's Reviews  to show what your book haul for the week looks like! For Review: Asunder by Jodi Meadows Mind Games by Kiersten White Bought: The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at  Breaking The Spine ! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone.   With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories. Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other,...