Waiting on Wednesdays: Half Bad by Sally Green


"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.



WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR
By: Sally Green
Publication Date: March 4, 2014

In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and fifteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathan’s father is the world’s most powerful and cruel Black witch, and his mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his sixteenth birthday, at which point he will receive three gifts from his father and come into his own as a witch—or else he will die. But how can Nathan find his father when his every action is tracked, when there is no one safe to trust—not even family, not even the girl he loves?

In the tradition of Patrick Ness and Markus Zusak, Half Bad is a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive, a story that will grab hold of you and not let go until the very last page.

WHY WE'RE WAITING

We just can't wait for this! The premise sounds very very interesting, and we hope that this time we'd finally read a good book with witches! 

What are your picks this week? What you waiting on this Wednesday? Tell us below! :)

BOOKS IN REVIEW: Luna by Julie Anne Peters & Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan



Since it's the beginning of a new term and it well feels like the calm before the storm (seriously. really.), I haven't got much to do, so I've been on a reading spree for the past week. Wait, I'm ALWAYS on a reading spree! Anyway, I've made it one of my goals to read more LGBT books this 2014, so I decided to take all this free time (just for now) to read Luna and Two Boys Kissing! :)

Here are short blurbs/reviews of both books! 





Title: Luna
Author: Julie Anne Peters
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Publishing Date: February 1, 2006
Paperback: 248 pages
Rating: 4/5

Before anything else, I'd just like to say that I am very open about societal issues, especially on GENDER, and am a loud and proud feminist (though I may not agree with the term since I think it is gender biased - but anyway that's a different issue altogether). With that, I can't stress how ecstatic I am that this book exists. This is the first time I've read a book that tackles issues about transgender teens, and I wasn't disappointed at all. Told from the point of view of the sister Reagan, this story magnificently introduces us to Liam, a troubled teenager girl stuck in a male's body, who only uncovers her real self at night, when she becomes Luna. The novel shows the realities of what these people go through with self identity, discovery and acceptance.

Can't Wait To Read Books of 2014



Hey everyone! 

We've come up with an idea so that you guys will know whose post you're reading. From now on, blog posts will have the name button of the person who wrote that post at the top of each blog post. For example, this blog post is written by us: Kimi and Audrey, so our name buttons are shown above. 

Anyway, since 2014 has just started, both of us have decided to write a post about our Can't-Wait-To-Read books of the year. We've had a lot of good reads this year and you can read our past reviews by looking through our archives. As we say goodbye to the books we read last year, we will also say hello to the books we want- and will- read this year. Trust us, there are a lot. We have to condense the list into just 14 books.

First up on our list is...

1. Isla and The Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

A few years ago, we heard about Anna and The French Kiss, but we didn't read it because we didn't like the title and the cover was too chick-lit for us. But after looking through Goodreads and Amazon to scout for new YA books, we found that Anna and The French Kiss had a really high rating and decided to read it. We instantly fell in love with the book and decided to read the rest of the series. Though we thought Lola and the Boy Next Door was pretty much a downer, Anna and the French Kiss made us actually swoon, so yes, we are reading Isla and the Happily Ever After. 

2. Breathe, Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally

This is the fifth book in the Hundred Oaks series. When we first heard about Catching Jordan, the first book in the series, we didn't read it because we thought it would be a shallow book about highschool. But when we did read it, it turned out to be so much more than that. There are actually some serious issues tackled by the book, such as religion, gender roles, student-teacher relationships, morality, and more. This series certainly isn't the most well-written we've read, but we ended up liking it anyway. We look forward to reading the fifth installment, Breathe, Annie, Breathe.

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Rainbow Rowell books

Have you ever just  inhaled a book as if your life depended on it? And I'm not talking about how people love inhaling the fresh, crisp smell of books (I'm not the only one who does that, right?). I'm talking about how a book could just literally take control over you, the way there's nothing else you can do until you just finish that book. You can't put it down, even to pee or eat or sleep, because it's just too fucking good. And once you've finished it, it feels like just a split second has passed, because it was such a great experience that reading it felt like inhaling the book in one single breath.

And then suddenly it's all you can think about. You go to school and see your crush, and that reminds you of that book. You see something as pathetic as a rock, and still it somehow relates back to that book.

I have no idea if I'm even making the slightest bit of sense here, but this is what I've experienced in the past 2 days because of the wonderful works of the gem that is RAINBOW ROWELL.

Not only does this lady have the coolest name ever, she has incredible writing talent. I literally finished all 3 of her novels in just 2 days (I know, I know, I have no life, but whatever) . I've been twitter-stalking her and flooding her with my tweets, which she has replied to (to the sheer joy and happiness of my fangirl heart)


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