Teaser Tuesdays (18) and Top Ten Tuesday (11)

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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"I breathe in and the blue fades out. I exhale swirling colors that streak across the clouds like rainbows on soapy water. I reach upward with my free hand. The evening sunlight touches my skin like golden water and I feel safe--almost like heaven is falling from the sky to protect me. It should be confusing but somehow it all makes sense to me. It makes sense the way a dream makes sense. The only difference is, I'm awake."
Life Is But A Dream Brian James3/27/12

Top Ten Tuesday...is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Each week a new top ten list will be posted and answered, and other bloggers are invited to post their list answers

Top Ten Books I'm Excited To Read in 2012
*These are in no particular order and are really the first 10 books I could come up with at the moment ;) *
1. Article 5

Kristen Simmons

2. Winterling

Sarah Prineas

3. Onyx (Lux #2)

Jennifer Armentrout

4. Girl of Nightmares

Kendare Blake

5. Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders #2)

Brandon Mull

6. Devour (Warm Delicacy #3)

Megan Duncan

The following books do not have covers yet...

7. The Mark Of Athena (Heroes of Olympus #3)

Rick Riordan

8. Return to Eden (The Soulkeepers #3)

G.P. Ching

9. Billow (Ondine Quaret #2)

Emma Raveling

The following book doesn't even have a title yet, but I'm stoked to read it!

10. Untitled Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2

Laini Taylor

WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR?! GOTTA TEASER TO SHARE?! LEAVE LINKS TO YOUR TUESDAY MEMES IN THE COMMENTS. IF YOU'RE A NEW FOLLOWER LET ME KNOW SO I CAN FOLLOW YOU BACK :)

Musing Mondays (15)

MUSING MONDAYS…is a weekly event hosted by Should Be Reading where MizB will ask a book/reading-related question, and you answer with your own thoughts on the topic

What is/are the first book(s) you’re reading for the new year?
My first reads of 2012 will be...

Under The Never SkyVeronica RossiAria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms, accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria enjoys the Realms and the easy life in Reverie. When she is forced out of the pod for a crime she did not commit, she believes her death is imminent. The outside world is known as The Death Shop, with danger in every direction.
As an Outsider, Perry has always known hunger, vicious predators, and violent energy storms from the swirling electrified atmosphere called the Aether. A bit of an outcast even among his hunting tribe, Perry withstands these daily tests with his exceptional abilities, as he is gifted with powerful senses that enable him to scent danger, food and even human emotions.
They come together reluctantly, for Aria must depend on Perry, whom she considers a barbarian, to help her get back to Reverie, while Perry needs Aria to help unravel the mystery of his beloved nephew’s abduction by the Dwellers. Together they embark on a journey challenged as much by their prejudices as by encounters with cannibals and wolves. But to their surprise, Aria and Perry forge an unlikely love - one that will forever change the fate of all who live UNDER THE NEVER SKY.

Don't Fear the ReaperMichelle MutoGrief-stricken by the murder of her twin, Keely Morrison is convinced suicide is her ticket to eternal peace and a chance to reunite with her sister. When Keely succeeds in taking her own life, she discovers death isn’t at all what she expected. Instead, she’s trapped in a netherworld on Earth and her only hope for reconnecting with her sister and navigating the afterlife is a bounty-hunting reaper and a sardonic, possibly unscrupulous, demon. But when the demon offers Keely her greatest temptation—revenge on her sister’s murderer—she must uncover his motives and determine who she can trust. Because, as Keely soon learns, both reaper and demon are keeping secrets and she fears the worst is true—that her every decision will change how, and with whom, she spends eternity.

Catching FireSuzanne CollinsKatniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark won the annual competition described in Hunger Games, but the aftermath leaves these victors with no sense of triumph. Instead, they have become the poster children for a rebellion that they never planned to lead. That new, unwanted status puts them in the bull's-eye for merciless revenge by The Capitol...









WHAT BOOKS WILL YOU BE READING FIRST IN 2012?!LEAVE LINKS TO YOUR MONDAY MEMES IN THE COMMENTS. IF YOU'RE A NEW FOLLOWER LET ME KNOW SO I CAN FOLLOW YOU BACK ;)

R.A.K December Wrap-Up

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I had a great time participating R.A.K in December!

It's such fun sharing all the book love <3

In December, I sent...

  To Lilly from Lilly Road

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To Kathy at I Write, I Read, I Review

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I sent a "mystery" book to Amelia at The Authoress.

Not mystery as in the genre, but mystery as in she doesn't know what it is and it hasn't arrived yet and she wants to be surprised so I can't reveal it yet! *takes a breath* Whew that was a mouthful ;)

In December, I received...

From the lovely and awesome Kathy at I Write, I Read, I Review.

THANK YOU so much Kathy :)

I look forward to sharing in the R.A.K love in January!

Let me know if you're participating this month and leave a link to your wishlist in the comments...and let me know if Jan. is your birthday month ;)

Here's my Wishlist