Stacking the Shelves #14

Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual.

Before I show you guys what I received this September, I wanted to say I'm sorry for not posting reviews this month. Been busy at work and life. And also because I'm finally writing the first draft of a new project. Anyway, I have some treats for you this October, it includes authors and giveaways. Sounds great, right? Announcement will be posted today too.

Anyway, here's what I received this month of October. 

FOR REVIEW

Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann (ARC)

The Witch of Salt and Storm by Kendall Kulper 

The Fall by Bethany Griffin (ARC)

Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios (ARC)

Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White (ARC)

The Swap by Megan Shull (ARC)

Thank you to Hachette UK and Harper Collins International for this books! 

You people are AWESOME!

What did you get? Put your links to the comment section.

Draw a Dragon Contest Entry

Calling all artist and book lovers! Julie Kagawa, author of the Iron Fey series and Blood of Eden series, has an ongoing contest that will give you the chance to win an ARC of her upcoming book, Talon, and a custom miniature dragon clay made personally by her. 

PRIZES 

 

(Pictures were taken from Julie Kagawa's Website)

If that isn't AWESOME enough, I don't know what is. You can learn more about this contest through Julie's blog.

And with this kinds of prizes, you wouldn't expect me not to enter now, would you?

So without further ado, I would like you to meet my dragon, Pyrena. 

                                        Rough sketch.                                               Edited sketch

So what are you waiting for people. You can still submit your work until September 22. Get your pencils and paper and start drawing your very own dragon. Good luck!

Stacking the Shelves #13

Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual.

This month, I got two awesome books to share with you all. One is The Manifesto on How to be Interesting by Holly Bourne, which is really good so watch out for my review, and the other one is an ARC of Lock In by John Scalzi. You have to read the synopsis of Lock In because the premise is just one of a kind.

FOR REVIEW

BOOK SWAGS

Want to win this signed book swags? Click here!

Thank you Usborne, Tor Books and Gretchen McNeil for this wonderful books and swags. :)

What did you get this week/month? Let me know through your comment.

ARC Review: Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter #2)

Title: Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter #2)
Author: Megan Sheperd
Genre/s: Young Adult, Historical, Paranormal, Mystery, Thriller
Released Date: February 2, 2014
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Synopsis:

To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it.

Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau’s horrific legacy—though someone, or something, hasn’t forgotten her.

As people close to Juliet fall victim one by one to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes, Juliet fears one of her father’s creations may have also escaped the island. She is determined to find the killer before Scotland Yard does, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again.

As Juliet strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in the midst of a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, past bubbling to the surface, life threatened by an obsessive killer—Juliet will be lucky to escape alive.

With inspiration from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this is a tantalizing mystery about the hidden natures of those we love and how far we’ll go to save them from themselves.

ARC Review: The Vanishing Season

Title: The Vanishing Season
Author: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Genre/s: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Stand-Alone
Released Date: July 1, 2014
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Synopsis:

Girls started vanishing in the fall, and now winter's come to lay a white sheet over the horror. Door County, it seems, is swallowing the young, right into its very dirt. From beneath the house on Water Street, I've watched the danger swell.

The residents know me as the noises in the house at night, the creaking on the stairs. I'm the reflection behind them in the glass, the feeling of fear in the cellar. I'm tied—it seems—to this house, this street, this town.

I'm tied to Maggie and Pauline, though I don't know why. I think it's because death is coming for one of them, or both.

All I know is that the present and the past are piling up, and I am here to dig.I am looking for the things that are buried.

From bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson comes a friendship story bound in snow and starlight, a haunting mystery of love, betrayal, redemption, and the moments that we leave behind.