Nya YA-boksläpp 9/4 - 15/4

The White Oak (Imperfect Darkness #1) -  Kim White

Releasedatum: 9 april, 2012
Goodreads: The White Oak

In The White Oak, the first book in the Imperfect Darkness series, Cora Alexander falls through a sinkhole and enters the underworld still alive. Her living presence threatens the tyrannical rule of Minos and the infernal judges who have hijacked the afterlife and rebuilt it, trapping human souls in a mechanical, computer-controlled   city that lies at the core of the earth. To survive, Cora must rely on her untrustworthy guide, Minotaur, an artificial intelligence built by Minos. She is helped by a mysterious voice, and by Sybil, underworld librarian and author of each person’s book of life. Sybil’s collection holds the key to humankind’s intertwined life stories. When Cora’s own book is destroyed, Sybil gives her a magical golden pen and sends her to the underworld city to write her own destiny. Along the way, Cora finds the ghost of her dead brother, Lucas, a genius programmer who alone is capable of finding the chink in Minos's armor. But will he be able to get Cora out alive, or will they both fall victim to the underworld trap?

The Book of Blood and Shadow - Robin Wasserman

Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012
Goodreads: The Book of Blood and Shadow

It was like a nightmare, but there was no waking up. When the night began, Nora had two best friends and an e  mbarrassingly storybook one true love. When it ended, she had nothing but blood on her hands and an echoing scream that stopped only when the tranquilizers pierced her veins and left her in the merciful dark.

But the next morning, it was all still true: Chris was dead. His girlfriend Adriane, Nora's best friend, was catatonic. And Max, Nora's sweet, smart, soft-spoken Prince Charming, was gone. He was also—according to the police, according to her parents, according to everyone—a murderer.

Desperate to prove his innocence, Nora follows the trail of blood, no matter where it leads. It ultimately brings her to the ancient streets of Prague, where she is drawn into a dark web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all driven by a mad desire to possess something that might not even exist. For buried in a centuries-old manuscript is the secret to ultimate knowledge and communion with the divine; it is said that he who controls the Lumen Dei controls the world. Unbeknownst to her, Nora now holds the crucial key to unlocking its secrets. Her night of blood is just one piece in a puzzle that spans continents and centuries. Solving it may be the only way she can save her own life.

The Calling (Darkness Rising #2) -  Kelley Armstrong

Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012

Goodreads: The Calling

Maya Delaney's paw-print birthmark is the mark of what she truly is--a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly everyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the animals that roam the woods outside her home, Maya knows it's only a matter of time before she's able to Shift and become one of them. And she believes there may be others in her small town with surprising talents.

Now, Maya and her friends have been forced to flee from their homes during a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set. Then they're kidnapped, and after a chilling helicopter crash, they find themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness with nothing but their extraordinary abilities to help them get back home.

Royal Street (Sentinels of New Orleans #1) - Suzanne Johnson

Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012

Goodreads: Royal Street

As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco’s job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. DJ's boss and mentor, Gerald St. Simon, is the wizard tasked with protecting the city from anyone or anything that might slip over from the preternatural beyond.

Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters.

While winds howled and Lake Pontchartrain surged, the borders between the modern city and the Otherworld crumbled. Now, the undead and the restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering the soldiers sent to help the city recover.

To make it worse, Gerry has gone missing, the wizards’ Elders have assigned a grenade-toting assassin as DJ’s new partner, and undead pirate Jean Lafitte wants to make her walk his plank. The search for Gerry and for the serial killer turns personal when DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love creates one bitter gumbo.

Kill Me Softly - Sarah Cross
Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012
Goodreads: Kill Me Softly

Mirabelle's past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents' tragic deaths to her guardians' half-truths about why she can't return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away a week before her sixteenth birthday—and discovers a world she never could have imagined.

In Beau Rivage, nothing is what it seems—the strangely pale girl with a morbid interest in apples, the obnoxious playboy who's a beast to everyone he meets, and the chivalrous guy who has a thing for damsels in distress. Here, fairy tales come to life, curses are awakened, and ancient stories are played out again and again.

But fairy tales aren't pretty things, and they don't always end in happily ever after. Mira has a role to play, a fairy tale destiny to embrace or resist. As she struggles to take control of her fate, Mira is drawn into the lives of two brothers with fairy tale curses of their own . . . brothers who share a dark secret. And she'll find that love, just like fairy tales, can have sharp edges and hidden thorns.

Taken at Dusk (Shadow Falls #3) - C.C. Hunter
Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012
Goodreads: Taken at Dusk

Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she’s meant to be with—and the truth about what her emerging powers mean.  But she’s about to discover that some secrets can change your life forever…and not always for the better.

Just when she and Lucas are finally getting close, she learns that his pack has forbidden them from being together.  Was it a mistake to pick him over Derek? And it’s not just romance troubling Kylie. An amnesia-stricken ghost is haunting her, delivering the frightful warning, someone lives and someone dies. As Kylie races to unravel the mystery and protect those she loves, she finally unlocks the truth about her supernatural identity, which is far different—and more astonishing—than she ever imagined.

Belles - Jen Calonita

Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012
Goodreads: Belles

Fifteen-year-old Isabelle Scott loves her life by the boardwalk on the supposed wrong side of the tracks in North Carolina. But when tragedy strikes, a social worker sends her to live with a long-lost uncle and his preppy privileged family. Isabelle is taken away from everything she's ever known, and, unfortunately, inserting her into the glamorous lifestyle of Emerald Cove doesn't go so well. Her cousin Mirabelle Monroe isn't thrilled to share her life with an outsider, and, in addition to dealing with all the rumors and backstabbing that lurk beneath their classmates' Southern charm, a secret is unfolding that will change both girls' lives forever.

The Obsidian Blade (The Klaatu Diskos #1) - Pete Hautman

Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012

Goodreads: The Obsidian Blade

The first time his father disappeared, Tucker Feye had just turned thirteen. The Reverend Feye simply climbed on the roof to fix a shingle, let out a scream, and vanished - only to walk up the driveway an hour later, looking older and worn, with a strange girl named Lahlia in tow. In the months that followed, Tucker watched his father grow distant and his once loving mother slide into madness. But then both of his parents disappear. Now in the care of his wild Uncle Kosh, Tucker begins to suspect that the disks of shimmering air he keeps seeing - one right on top of the roof - hold the answer to restoring his family. And when he dares to step into one, he's launched on a time-twisting journey

- from a small Midwestern town to a futuristic hospital run by digitally augmented healers, from the death of an ancient prophet to a forest at the end of time. Inevitably, Tucker's actions alter the past and future, changing his world forever.

Spectral - Shannon Duffy 

Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012

Goodreads: Spectral

Convinced she’s a part of the witness protection program, sixteen-year-old Jewel Rose is shuffled around the globe with her family like a pack of traveling gypsies. After arriving at lucky home twenty-seven, she stumbles upon a mysterious boy with magical powers claiming to be her guardian . . . and warning of imminent danger. Despite the obvious sparks between them, Jewel discovers a relationship is forbidden, and the more she learns about dark, brooding Roman, she begins to question who she can even believe—the family who raised her, or the supposed sworn protector who claims they’ve been lying to her all along. 

As she struggles to uncover who her family has really been running from, she is forced to hide her birthmark that reveals who she is. With new realities surfacing, unexplained powers appearing, and two tempting boys vying for her heart, Jewel battles to learn who she can trust in an ever growing sea of lies, hoping she’ll make it through her seventeenth birthday alive.

Glamour in Glass (Shades of Milk and Honey #2) - Mary Robinette Kowal

Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012

Goodreads: Glamour in Glass

Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. This magic comes in the form of glamour, which allows talented users to form practically any illusion they can imagine. Shades debuted to great acclaim and left readers eagerly awaiting its sequel. Glamour in Glass continues following the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, with a much deeper vein of drama and intrigue.In the tumultuous months after Napoleon abdicates his throne, Jane and Vincent go to Belgium for their honeymoon. While there, the deposed emperor escapes his exile in Elba, throwing the continent into turmoil. With no easy way back to England, Jane and Vincent’s concerns turn from enjoying their honeymoon…to escaping it.Left with no outward salvation, Jane must persevere over her trying personal circumstances and use her glamour to rescue her husband from prison . . . and hopefully prevent her newly built marriage from getting stranded on the shoals of another country's war.

Obsidian (Lux #1) - Jennifer L.Armentrout
Releasedatum: 10 april, 2012
 Goodreads: Obsidian

Starting over sucks.When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.And then he opened his mouth.Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens. The hot alien living next door marks me.You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. If I don't kill him first, that is.

Thou Shalt Not Road Trip - Antony John
Releasedatum: 12 april, 2012

Goodreads: Thou Shalt Not Road Trip

One crazy road trip that's a mix of rejection, redemption, and romance 

When sixteen-year-old Luke's book, Hallelujah, becomes a national bestseller, his publishing house sends him on a cross-country book tour with his older brother, Matt, as chauffeur. But when irresponsible Matt offers to drive Luke's ex–soul mate, Fran, across the country too, things get a little crazy. On the trip, Luke must loosen up, discover what it truly means to have faith, and do what it takes to get the girl he loves. 

Told with Antony John's signature wit and authenticity, and featuring smart, singular characters who jump off the page and into your heart, this story is a spiritual awakening and rockin' road trip in one.

Hand Me Down - Melanie Thorne

Releasedatum: 12 april, 2012
Goodreads: Hand Me Down

Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Reid has spent her life protecting her sister, Jaime, from their parents' cruel mistakes. Their father, who'd rather work the system than a job, pours every dollar into his many vices, denying his daughters the shoes and clothing they need. Their mother, once a loving parent, is going through a post-post-adolescent rebellious streak and finds love with a dangerous ex-con. When she chooses starting a new family over raising her first-born girls, Elizab

eth and Jaime are separated and forced to rely on the begrudging kindness of increasingly distant relatives. 

A string of broken promises that begins with Liz's mother swearing, "I would never hurt you, Liz. You're family," propels her between guest beds in two states searching for a safe home. All the while, Liz is burdened by her stake in a bleak pact with a deceitful adult: to tell the truth about the darkest of her circumstances will cost her the ability to shelter Jaime. As Liz spirals into the abyss of fear and shame that haunts her sleepless nights, can she break free from her bonds in time to fight for her life? 

Radiant Days - Elizabeth Hand

Releasedatum: 12 april, 2012

Goodreads: Radiant Days

Thorne writes with a command of language that is at once affecting and enticing. Her debut is the kind of voice-driven reading experience fiction lovers crave.

It is 1978. Merle is in her first year at the Corcoran School of Art, catapulted from her impoverished Appalachian upbringing into a sophisticated, dissipated art scene. 

It is also 1870. The teenage poet Arthur Rimbaud is on the verge of breaking through to the images and voice that will make his name. 

The meshed power of words and art thins the boundaries between the present and the past—and allows these two troubled, brilliant artists to enter each other’s worlds.

Ghost Flower - Michele Jaffe

Releasedatum: 12 april, 2012

Goodreads: Ghost Flower

What would you do to find your best friend’s killer? 

Eve, a runaway, finds a new job at a coffee shop on the outskirts of Tuscon. When she’s approached by two wealthy teens who claim she bears an uncanny resemblance to their missing cousin Aurora, her life takes a turn for the dark and mysterious. Drawn into a scheme to win Aurora’s inheritance, Eve finds herself impersonating the girl, who disappeared three years ago on the night her best friend Elizabeth died. But when Liza’s ghost begins to haunt Eve, doing harm to the people close to her under the guise of “protecting” her, Eve finds herself in a nightmare maze of lies and deception that leads her to question even her own identity. She realizes her only chance is to uncover the truth about what happened the night Liza died, and to find Liza’s killer— before she’s next. 

Soul Awakened (Reincarnation #1) - J.D. Stroube

Releasedatum: 15 april, 2012

Goodreads: Soul Awakened

Imagine being born at the first breath of mankind. What would it be like to live as a witch among men? Would life be less cherished if you were destined to become an old soul; one who must succumb to death only to be reborn repeatedly? 

Faye is a mortal with an immortal soul. She is destined to die at the hands of another immortal during the peak of her life, only to be reborn again. In each life she has a new name, face, and destiny. However, her soul remains the same. 

Faye has no memories of her past lives, but that is about to change... 

After a horrifying accident, she loses everything dear to her, moves halfway across the world, and begins having visions of a man with no face; a man who kills her, over and over again. Each life is ended before it truly begins. 

Memories of her past lives have been unlocked and along with them, she discovers an affinity for magic. Can she master her abilities quick enough to face her demon head on? Will the memories of her past lives reveal weapons to change her fate? Will she be aware of her faceless death, when he comes for her? Or could her executioner be closer than she thought? 

Reincarnate, Beloved - Loren Manns
Releasedatum: 15 april, 2012
Goodreads: Reincarnate, Beloved

When Ana, an immortal, meets the reincarnation of the boy she once loved, and inadvertently killed, she must fight to save him from her sister, the Norse goddess of the underworld. And from the curse that dooms any boy who loves her to a painful death.

//Frida och Agnes

UTSLAGSFRÅGA

Just nu sitter vi och räknar ihop allas poäng, men vi kan redan nu konstatera att en utslagsfråga kommer att behövas. Det kommer bli en slags dubbelfråga eftersom vi är lite osäkra på hur svår den första är, så om många skulle svar rätt på den så är det den andra som kommer att avgöra. Så svara på båda frågorna! :) Ni kan svara fram till midnatt idag (9 april). 


1. I vår header så finns våra profilbilder och vår fråga är: Vem är vem? Svara genom att skriva:  vänster - namn och höger - namn (Och vi heter Frida och Agnes för er som inte redan vet det ^^) 


2. Hur många sidvyer har vi haft sedan vi startade bloggen? (Närmast svar vinner) Som ledtråd kan vi säga att antalet sidvyer är mer än 10000 och vi går på det sidvy-antal vi hade när detta inlägg skrevs. 


LYCKA TILL! :D

Question 7

Då var det dags för sista frågan! Glöm inte att alla frågor måste vara besvarade innan midnatt idag. Inga svar som skickats efter det kommer att räknas med. Lycka till! :) 

Det finns otroligt många fina bokomslag och vi tänkte att ni i den här sista uppgiften skulle få gissa omslag. Här nedanför presenteras sex omslag och vi vill ha böckernas titel, författare, sidantal, utgivningsår och förlag. Nej, vi bara skoja. Ni får gärna skriva det om ni vill, men det räcker med boktitel ;)

There are very many beautiful book covers and in this last task you are going to guess the covers.  Below we have six different book covers and we would like you to give us the name of the book, author, page numbers, release date and publisher. No, just kidding! ;) You can write it if you want to, but the name of the book is enough.

Question 6

I Fatta Eld finns också väldigt många minnesvärda citat. Vem sa det här? (1p) 

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”

There are several memorably quotes in Catching Fire as well. Who said this? (1p) 

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”

Tävlingsregler och vilka böcker vinnaren kan välja bland hittar du här.

Question 5

Mara i The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer har en speciell gåva/förbannelse. Vad ber Noah henne göra på zoo för att bevisa detta? (2p)

Mara, in The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, has a special gift/curse. What does Noah ask her to do to prove it at the ZOO? (2p)

Tävlingsregler och vilka böcker vinnaren kan välja bland hittar du här.

Friday Founds (12)

      

      

      

Så här ser böckerna ut som vi hittat denna veckan. En del har riktigt snygga framsidor, lite mystiska sådär^^ Någon ni har läst eller vill läsa? Eller kanske någon framsida som ni tycker är extra fin? :)


//Frida och Agnes

Question 4

När Taylor Markham, huvudpersonen i Jellicoe Road, var 14 rymde hon från sin internatskola för att leta reda på sin mamma. Vad hette Cadet-killen som gjorde henne sällskap? (Förnamn räcker) (1p)

When Taylor Markham in Jellicoe Road was fourteen she ran away from her school to find her missing mother. What’s the name of the guy who accompanied her? (First name is enough) (1p)

Tävlingsregler och vilka böcker vinnaren kan välja bland hittar du här.

Question 3

I City of Bones finns många minnesvärda citat. Vem var det som sa det här? (1p)

"If you were half as funny as you thought you were, my boy, you'd be twice as funny as you are.”

There are several memorably quotes in City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. Who said this? (1p) 

"If you were half as funny as you thought you were, my boy, you'd be twice as funny as you are.” 

Tävlingsregler och vilka böcker vinnaren kan välja bland hittar du här.
 

Question 2

I serien Matched så får invånarna i ”The Society” äga en enda artifact.  Cassia’s är en puderdosa som hon fått av sin farfar. Vilka initialer och nummer finns ingraverade i den? (2p)

In the Matched series  the Citizens of the Society are allowed one registered artifact each. What’s the initials and numbers engraved on Cassia’s compact that she got from her grandfather? (2p) 

Tävlingsregler och vilka böcker som vinnaren kan välja bland hittar du här. 

Desires of the Dead

Titel: Desires of the Dead

Författare: Kimberly Derting

Serie: The body Finder, #2

Betyg: 5/5

Violet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered—and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those closest to her know what she is capable of, but when she discovers the body of a young boy she also draws the attention of the FBI, threatening her entire way of life.

As Violet works to keep her morbid ability a secret, she unwittingly becomes the object of a dangerous obsession. Normally she'd turn to her best friend, Jay, except now that they are officially a couple, the rules of their relationship seem to have changed. And with Jay spending more and more time with his new friend Mike, Violet is left with too much time on her hands as she wonders where things went wrong. But when she fills the void by digging into Mike's tragic family history, she stumbles upon a dark truth that could put everyone in danger. 

Desires of the Dead var precis lika bra som första delen i serien, The Body Finder, om inte bättre! Jag kan inte riktigt beskriva vad exakt det är som gör att jag älskar böckerna, jag bara gör det. Tror att det beror på allt, egentligen. Miljöerna, karaktärerna, intrigerna, mystiken... Ja, allt. Underbart, helt enkelt, på alla sätt.

Behöver jag verkligen påpeka att jag fortfarande praktiskt taget avgudar Violets pojkvän Jay? Gaah, hur kan man vara så perfekt?! Blev därför helt galen (med kanske en liten risk för att avslöja någonting här...) när jag kom till den del i boken där saker och ting gick helt snett. Tror faktiskt jag dog lite då.^^
En annan som jag också gillade redan i förra boken, men som nu verkligen växt i mina ögon, är Chelsea. Älskar hur hon slänger ifrån sig halvtaskiga kommentarer hela tiden, speciellt till Claire, som inte ens fattar att hon blir förolämpad. Väldigt roligt faktiskt!^^

Huvudpersonen, Violet, hör också fortfarande till favoriterna. Hon känns så mänsklig, trots hennes förmåga att känna av de döda, för hon fortsätter göra misstag hela tiden, samtidigt som hon gör sitt bästa för att faktiskt skydda de hon älskar. Och det är nog det som gör hela boken spännande, att hon gör saker fastän hon verkligen inte borde.

Den här serien har helt klart blivit en ny favorit hos mig! Har redan bestämt mig för att beställa hem böckerna så fort tredje delen kommer ut... Vilket är väldigt snart! :D

Här kommer förresten boktrailern till Desires of the Dead :)

//Agnes

Question 1

Dustlands – Blodröd väg handlar om Saba som är på jakt efter sin bror som blivit kidnappad av svarta ryttare. Med sig på resan måste hon motvilligt ta med sig sin lillasyster. Varför hatar Saba henne så mycket? (1p) 

     Saba in Blood Red Road is looking for her kidnapped brother and she has to take her little sister with her, unwillingly. Why does Saba hate her sister so much? (1p) 

    

     Vi förväntar oss att ni ska svara så korrekt som möjligt, men skulle det vara så att ni missat en bokstav eller gjort andra mindre stavfel, påverkar inte det ert resultat. Glöm inte att skriva er mejl vid ert första svar (om du inte lämnade det vid tävlingsinlägget)  och att svara med samma namn varje gång! :) 

     We expect you to answer as correctly as possible, but if you happen to miss a letter or make some other minute spelling mistake, it won’t affect your result. Don't forget to write your e-mail in your first answer and to use the same name every time! :)

Lycka till!! :D

// Frida och Agnes

Nya YA boksläpp 2/4 - 8/4

Rör mig inte! - Tahereh Mafi

Releasedatum: 2 april, 2012

Originaltitel: Shatter Me

Ingen vet varför Juliettes beröring är dödlig. Och så länge hon sitter inlåst och inte kan skada någon är det ingen som bryr sig om det heller. Världen har för fullt upp med att falla sönder för att ha tid med en 17-årig, trasig och inbunden tjej. Svält och sjukdomar decimerar befolkningen, fåglarna flyger inte längre och molnen har fel färg.
Återetablissemanget sa att bara de kunde ställa saker till rätta igen, och de låste in Juliette i en cell. Nu har så många människor dött att de överlevande viskar om krig. Och Återetablissemanget ändrar sig. Kanske är Juliette mer än en pinad själ i en giftig kropp. Kanske är hon precis vad de behöver just nu.
Juliette tvingas välja: bli ett vapen i Återetablissemangets tjänst. Eller slåss mot dem. 

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) - R.L LaFevers
Releasedatum: 3 april, 2012
Goodreads: Grave Mercy

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.

Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

Pure - Covenant #2) - Jennifer L. Armentrout

Releasedatum: 3 april, 2012

Goodreads: Pure

There is need. And then there is Fate...

Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her.

When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon... and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude... or killing her.

When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.

Black Heart (Curse Workers #3) - Holly Black
Releasedatum: 3 april, 2012
Goodreads: Black Heart

Cassel Sharpe knows he’s been used as an assassin, but he’s trying to put all that behind him. He’s trying to be good, even though he grew up in a family of con artists and cheating comes as easily as breathing to him. He’s trying to do the right thing, even though the girl he loves is inextricably connected with crime. And he’s trying to convince himself that working for the Feds is smart, even though he’s been raised to believe the government is the enemy.

But with a mother on the lam, the girl he loves about to take her place in the Mob, and new secrets coming to light, the line between what’s right and what’s wrong becomes increasingly blurred. When the Feds ask Cassel to do the one thing he said he would never do again, he needs to sort out what’s a con and what’s truth. In a dangerous game and with his life on the line, Cassel may have to make his biggest gamble yet—this time on love.

Predestined (Existence Trilogy #2) - Abbi Glines

Releasedatum: 3 april, 2012

Goodreads: Predestined

You would think after helping save her boyfriend from an eternity in Hell that things would go back to normal. Well, as normal as life can be when you can see souls and your boyfriend is Death. But for Pagan Moore, things are just getting weirder.

The high school quarterback and reigning heartthrob, Leif Montgomery, is missing. While the town is in a frenzy of worry, Pagan is a nervous wreck for other reasons. Apparently good ‘ol Leif isn’t your average teenage boy. He isn’t even human. According to Death, Leif doesn’t have a soul. The quarterback may have skipped town but he’s still showing up in Pagan’s dreams... uninvited.

Dank has known from the beginning Leif wasn’t human. But he hadn’t worried about a simple soulless creature. Now, he realizes he made a grave mistake. Pagan’s soul has been marked since birth as a restitution, to a spirit so dark not even Death walks near it. Dank knows saving Pagan’s soul won’t be easy but Pagan is his. And he’s already proven he’ll defy Heaven to keep her. If Hell wants a piece of him too, then bring it on.

Immortal City - Scott Speer

Releasedatum: 3 april, 2012

Goodreads: Immortal City

Jackson Godspeed is the hottest young Angel in a city filled with them. He's days away from becoming a full Guardian, and people around the world are already competing for the chance to be watched over by him. Everyone's obsessed with the Angels and the lucky people they protect--everyone except for Madison Montgomery.

Maddy's the one girl in Angel City who doesn't breathlessly follow the Angels on TV and gossip blogs. When she meets Jackson, she doesn't recognize him. But Jackson is instantly captivated by her, and against all odds the two fall in love.

Maddy is swiftly caught up in Jackson's scene, a world of glamour, paparazzi - and murder. A serial killer is on the loose, leaving dead Angels' wings for the police to find on the Walk of Fame. Even the Guardians are powerless to protect themselves in the face of this threat … and this time it's up to Maddy to save Jackson.

The Marked (Delcroix Academy #2) - Inara Scott

Releasedatum: 3 april, 2012

Goodreads: The Marked

In her second semester at a boarding school for teenagers with special powers, Dancia Lewis faces danger from both inside and outside of Delcroix Academy.

All of her life, Dancia Lewis has wanted to use her powers for good. And now that she’s learned the truth about Delcroix Academy—and herself—she may just get the chance. But being part of Delcroix’s top secret Program isn’t anything like Dancia expected. She has to ask herself: what happens to the Talented kids who refuse to pledge their loyalty to the Program? And why did her friend Jack run away rather than join? Dancia’s adorable boyfriend Cam insists they need the help of every Talented student to defend Delcroix from dangerous enemies outside their gates. But Dancia has to wonder: what if Delcroix’s most frightening enemies come from within?

Fear (Gone #5) -  Michael Grant

Releasedatum: 3 april, 2012  
Goodreads: Fear

Despite the hunger, despite the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new existence they've built, though, is perhaps the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear.

ExtraNormal (ExtraNormal #1) - Suze Reese 

Releasedatum: 5 april, 2012

Goodreads: ExtraNormal

Mira Johns is pretty much like any other teenage girl. Except that she knows how to harness electro-magnetic energy to communicate without words. And she's really, really far from home. Her assignment as an emissary to Earth sounds fairly simple: blend in, observe, and stay away from the planet’s primitive males. But after she finds one mysterious boy too irresistible for stupid rules, she realizes the real reason she's supposed to keep her distance: mates from her world can die if separated. But a series of serious accidents make it clear that someone wants to force her return. Mira decides her only hope is to uncover the truth to why she, the most mediocre of candidates, was actually chosen for this assignment—before the agency discovers her secret and sends her back home.

//Agnes och Frida

TÄVLINGSDAX! :D (Och nej, det är inget skämt)

TÄVLINGEN ÄR AVSLUTAD


Nu var det ett tag sedan Hungespelstävlingen avslutades så nu tycker vi att det är dags för en ny tävling! Den här gången tänkte vi köra någon slags blandad frågesportsliknande sak.
Tävlingen kommer att hålla på en vecka, med start imorgon, och varje dag kommer en ny fråga att publiceras.  Det kommer bli både vanliga bokrelaterade frågor, men också citat och omslagsgissning.

Priset blir den här gången en valfri bok som har släppts i år (hardback) och en valfri paperback bland de som vi valt ut. Bilderna på böckerna ni kan välja mellan finns längst ner i det här inlägget. :) 

Tävlingsregler

• Tävlingen är internationell! :) Så länge som The Book Depository skickar till ditt land så är du välkommen att delta.
• Alla frågor måste vara besvarade (du behöver så klart inte lämna ett svar om du inte kan frågan, men man får inga minuspoäng för gissningar) innan midnatt söndagen den 8 april. Eventuell utslagsfråga presenteras den 9 april och efter det den lycklige vinnaren.
• För att vi ska kunna hålla koll på vem som svarar vad måste vi kunna skilja er på något sätt. Därför önskar vi att ni inte kommenterar anonymt. Ni med blogg kommeneterar via den och ni andra skriver namn + första bokstaven i ert efternamn i namn/webbadress kommentarsalternativet.  Ni måste skriva samma namn varje gång ni svarar. Er mejl krävs i ert första svar för att vi ska kunna kontakta den som vinner.
• Varje fråga kommer att ge poäng och sammanlagt kan du få 16 poäng på frågorna. Vinnaren blir såklart den med flest rätt. Utöver frågepoängen finns det lite extrapoäng att tjäna:

1.       Tipsa om tävlingen på din blogg eller twitter så får du 2 poäng.

2.       Följ vår blogg på Bloglovin så får du 2 poäng.

(Glöm inte att länka till ditt inlägg eller twittring).

• Under tävlingens gång kommer kommentarer rörande tävlingen inte publiceras för att det ska bli så rättvist som möjligt.
• Vi är enväldiga domare och vårt beslut kan inte överklagas. Vi kommer såklart göra vårt bästa för att vara så rättvisa som möjligt i våra bedömningar. 

In English

Now it’s time for our second giveaway. This time it’s going to be some kind of quiz, including regular bookrelated questions, quotes and cover guessing. The quiz will last one week, starting tomorrow, and we will publish a new question each day.

The prizes are one optional hardcover copy of a recently released novel and one optional paperback, among those we picked out. :D The books you can choose from are in the end of this post :) 

Giveaway rules

• The Giveaway is international! :D As long as The Book depository delivers to your country...
• All questions must be answered (of course you don’t have to if you don’t know the answer, but you can always guess) before midnight the 8^th of April. If necessary a tie-breaker will be published the 9^th of April and after that the lucky winner.
• To be able to separate your answers you either have to comment through your blog or by using the namn/webbadress alternative, using your first name and the first letter in your surname. You have to use the same name each time you answer. You have to write your e-mail in your first answer, so that we can contact you if you win.
• For each question you get points and altogether you can receive 16 points. The winner is of course the one with most correct answers. But of course there are other ways to collect points:

           1.      Write about the giveaway on your blog or twitter. That will give you 2 extra points.
           2.      Following our blog on Bloglovin will give you 2 more extra points.

• During the giveaway your comment, regarding the competition, will be hidden. This is necessary to give you all the same chances.
• We are absolute judges and our decision can’t be reversed. Of course we will do our best to be as fair as possible.

Hardback

Paperback

Länk till frågorna 
Question 1
Question 2 
Question 3
Question 4

Sammanfattning: Mars

Frida


Lästa böcker: 4
Recenserade böcker: 4
Omlästa: - 
Antal sidor: 1147


Engelska: 4
Svenska: -
Bästa bok: Born Wicked
Sämsta bok: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You

Kommentar


Nej, den här månaden blev inte mycket bättre än den förra. Bara fyra böcker den här gången också... Tråkigt, men sant. Vågar inte säga något om hur många böcker jag ska läsa nästa månad nu för jag är rädd att om jag gör det så kommer jag aldrig att klara det. Så, den här månaden kommer jag bara att läsa för att det är roligt och inte tänka det minsta på antalet. ^^ 


De flesta av böckerna jag läste var riktigt bra, men Born Wicked var ändå den som jag tyckte allra mest om. Den var bara så mycket jag ^^ I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You var inte jättedålig, men i jämförelse med de andra tre så var den klart sämst. 


Lästa böcker


Swirls (Outsiders, #1) - F.A. Hershey
My Soul To Take (Soul Screamers, #1) - Rachel Vincent
Born Wicked ( The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1) - Jessica Spotswood
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1) - Ally Carter


Agnes


Lästa böcker: 5
Recenserade böcker: 6
Omlästa: -
Antal sidor: 1975


Engelska: 2
Svenska: 3
Bästa bok: Chasing Brooklyn
Sämsta bok: Ibland bara måste man

Kommentar


Usch, känns hemskt att se att det bara blir mindre och mindre lästa böcker för varje månad... Måste verkligen försöka hitta mer tid åt att läsa, även om det är svårt när det samtidigt finns så otroligt mycket annat som måste göras. Men men, ska göra mitt bästa så får vi se hur det blir, förhoppningsvis hinner jag med en del böcker nu när det är lov och det finns tid över :)


Mars har faktiskt varit en bra månad annars, när det gäller att hitta bra böcker och i stort sett alla jag har läst har varit riktigt bra (...tre stycken bra i en och samma mening^^) Blev därför lite svårt att välja bästa bok, men Chasing Brooklyn är ändå den som fortfarande får mig att vilja gråta bara av att tänka på den och den bok jag fortfarande kan gå runt och tänka på... Av de jag läst den här månaden var Ibland bara måste man sämst. Den var rolig och så, men inte mycket mer egentligen. Inget man minns, tyvärr.


Lästa böcker


Chasing Brooklyn - Lisa Schroeder
Resten får du ta reda på själv - Lauren Oliver
Ibland bara måste man - David Levithan
Cirkeln (Engelsfors #1) - Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren
The Body Finder (The Body Finder #1) - Kimberly Derting


Och recension av
Mitt Klimatkatastrofala Liv - Saci Lloyd

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You

Titel: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You
Författare: Ally Carter
Serie: Gallagher Girls, #1
Betyg: 2,5/5

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it's really a school for spies. Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real "pavement artist"-but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?

Cammie Morgan may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's on her most dangerous mission-falling in love.

Hade hört att det här skulle vara en rolig och lättläst bok, och det kan jag hålla med om, men jag måste säga att jag ändå blev ganska besviken. Det var roligt, men för det mesta tyckte jag att det var väldigt överdrivet. Det kändes som att varje mening var skriven för att den skulle vara rolig, och det blir helt enkelt för mycket. Det blir inte roligt när allt ska vara roligt, om ni förstår vad jag menar. Dessutom tyckte jag att hela spiongrejen var så otroligt löjlig att jag var nära att lägga ifrån mig boken flera gånger. Visst, jag hade inte förväntat mig att den skulle vara särskilt trovärdig, men behöver det verkligen vara såå överdrivet? Alla beskrivningar av spionprylarna, uppdragen, hur fantastiska spionerna var och allt de hade gjort blev bara för mycket och det kändes inte trovärdigt någonstans. Kanske att den skulle passa för lite yngre läsare som inte ser på det hela lika kritiskt som jag gjorde?

Det blev en väldigt negativ inledning, och jag hade tänkt fortsätta med lite mer positiv kritik här men så kom jag på att det var en till sak som irriterade mig något grymt. Det var parenteser precis överallt! Någon parentes här och där, visst det funkar, men överallt? Snälla nån! Kan kan man inte bara skriva ut det flytande i texten då istället om man nu så gärna vill ha med det?

Som helhet var ändå boken helt okej och jag hade ändå en positiv känsla efter att ha läst ut den. När jag väl slutade att kritisera det otrovärdiga och accepterade att det skulle vara så resten av boken blev det bättre. Den var väldigt lättläst, vilket kan vara skönt ibland, och man behövde inte direkt engagera sig särskilt mycket utan kunde mest luta sig tillbaka och låta historien spelas upp framför en, lite som att titta på film. Karaktärerna var kanske inte minnesvärda eller spektakulära på något sätt, men det var ändå ganska trevligt att få följa dem genom boken. Lite lagom sådär.

Så, som sagt, en lättläst, ganska trevlig bok som kan vara rolig att läsa om man vill ha något lite enklare där man slipper tänka så mycket, men det är ingen bok som gör något avtryck eller som lämnar en med känslan att vilja läsa mer. Trevlig avkoppling helt enkelt.

// Frida