I'll Tumble for YA: March 2013

Stacking the Shelves (#5)

3/30/2013

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where bloggers share what they got throughout the week!

I controlled myself much better this week.

Won:

Fall Guy (Youngblood #1) by Liz Reinhardt

From Renae @ Rolling With The Moments

Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi--I've actually already read the ARC, but this looks great sitting next to my copy of Shatter Me.
From Kimberly @ Kimberly's Novel Notes

Purchased:

Blue Hearts of Mars by Nicole Grotepas (Free!)
Collision Course by S.C. Stephens
Easy by Tammara Webber (I read if from the library, enjoyed it, bought it).

A Friday Five (#6) Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

3/29/2013

Each Friday I'll feature one of my favorite books or a book I read in the last week and come up 5 words to describe it. View it as a super mini review. This week I'm featuring Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

I don't know if it makes a difference that I didn't read the first book that featured these characters Triangles which is told from the perspective of the adults.

3/28/2013

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read.

This week's Question:

Tell us about the most emotional scene you’ve ever read in a book – and how did you react?

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Quick confession: I’m old y’all. Maybe too old to be reading YA, but really, I don’t care. The reason I made this confession is that while reading Eleanor & Park I completely related. Now, I’m not as old as Eleanor or Park would be now, in 2013, and I wasn’t in high school when this story takes place, but I remember so many references made in this book.

The cool girl with the Swatch, who was mentioned in the book? Absolutely. My Swatch had a blue band, a pink face with baby blue polka dots. Even more impressive, was my older brother’s best friend who had 3 Swatches! He wore them all at the same time, set to different time zones. He was super cool. He and my brother used to listen to all this awesome music that I learned to love: The Cure, Social Distortion, New Order, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Smithereens, and so many others. Waterbeds were so cool, and I wanted one so badly, and while my telephone wasn’t a Ferrari, it was a pair of lips.

3/27/2013

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

This week I'm picking: The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines #4) by Richelle Mead Expected publication: November 19, 2013 by Razorbill

3/26/2013

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!

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

From page 310
"God, Mik, I just want everything back like it was."
"He parks, comes around to open my door, and when I get out, he kisses me so sweetly I can barely remember why I was so angry.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This Week's Top ten is Top Ten Books I Recommend The Most.
Although I am constantly pushing books on people, I usually recommend the same books over and over. So 10 is a challenge.

3/23/2013

This weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books and the kidlit version is hosted by Jen from Teach Mentor Texts. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week.

I'm on a roll y'all! I actually am really pleased with my reading for this week. I feel like I read a ton.