Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Thought I'd Like MORE/LESS Than I Did

Top Ten Books I Thought I'd Like MORE/LESS Than I Did

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list  that bloggers are welcome to join in and answer. 

Hello there!

So this week's Top Ten topic is about books the you liked more or less than you thought you would. Here's mine:

Books I liked LESS than I thought I would

FALLING KINGDOMS by Morgan Rhodes
- That cover seemed to promise an experience of blood and gore, sadly it's not as action packed as I thought it would be...

DUALED by Elsie Chapman
- Probably the most disappointing book I've read so far this year. I had a lot of complaints about it on my review, and to think I really thought the premise was an ideally creative one. *sigh*

REQUIEM by Lauren Oliver
- This was supposed to be the finale of the series... didn't feel like it.

SPLINTERED by A.G. Howard
- Another debut novel this year that I thought was going to be epic... not so much. :(

MONUMENT 14 by Emmy Laybourne
- I'm probably in minority on this one. I just didn't like the idea that the whole book revolved around a bunch of teenagers playing house in a superstore. I thought there was more to it than that.

Splintered by A.G. Howard [REVIEW]

TITLE: Splintered (Splintered #1)
AUTHOR: A.G. Howard
PUBLISHER: Amulet Books
PUB DATE: Jan 1 2013

Summary from Goodreads:

"Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.

When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family.

She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own."

Rating:

There is always a trend in everything, and trends do happen with books. One example would be retellings or reimagining s of the classic stories and fairy tales.

Behold, Splintered – on of the many reimagined stories of our generation. But wait, it’s not just some random reimagining; it takes us back to the story of our beloved Alice Lindell from Lewis Caroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. And it seems that Wonderland wasn’t that all of such wonder... it’s a dark and twisted world. And Caroll’s story was made to appease children to happily dream of this land. There is no white rabbit, but rather white Rabid and there is nothing dreamlike about Wonderland. The truth is, it’s a nightmare. And Alyssa Gardner (a descendant of the Alice herself) is just about step into this horrendous land.

I must say the premise was quite tempting. I’m a sucker for retellings after all so this was definitely a high priority on my to-read list.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? [1]

It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a meme by Sheila @ Book Journey. And I quote her: "This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!"

Hello there! And I am back from my long weekend and Internet abstinence (my little piece of sacrifice for the Holy Week). How have you all been? Well, since I'm wanting to get organized about my reading schedule (I have been trying to do so for a year now but I can't quite stick to it all the time), I decided to take part in this meme. It might just help me get to all the books I vowed myself to read. So here goes...

RECENT READ

Like I just said, it's been a long holiday (from Thursday, March 28th to Sunday, March 31st), so I managed to finish up several books [although some where just short stories], so Yay me! LOL.

TITLES:

TABLE FOR TWO by Marla Miniano (Filipino Author, Short Story)

FAN GIRL by Marla Miniano (Filipino Author, Short Story)

THE ETERNITY CURE by Julie Kagawa (eARC from NetGalley)

REQUIEM by Lauren Oliver

I enjoyed the two short reads from Marla Miniano they're very simple and very easy to relate to. As for Julie's second book from the Blood of Eden series, I think it was a little too long for me, but still I really liked this one. Lastly, I read Lauren Oliver's Requiem (buddy read this with Maria @ Bookchilla), which was by far the fastest paced book among the three in the Delirium Trilogy. But I'm hoping there would be a spin off or something, because that seriously cannot be the ending... Please! *sob*

Book Haul [24]

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My "Weekly Book Haul" is pretty much just like In My Mailbox by the Story Siren, This Week In Books by Pop Culture Junkie, and Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Reviews and all the other titles with the similar concept here and there. This is a weekly post showcasing the books you received for the given week, either bought online or from a physical bookstore, borrowed from the library or from a friend, received for review or won from a giveaway, etc.

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Hello lovelies! How are you this wonderful Saturday morning? Ah, the day has come for me to get some rest and relaxation after a horribly stressful week of work. But all is well and the week's assignments have been done and closed. Thank goodness!

And now let's move on to today's book haul post. Here are the gorgeous books that I got:

TITLES:
GIRL OF NIGHTMARES by Kendare Blake (arrived from the Book Depository)
FRAGMENTS by Dan Wells (purchased at National Bookstore)
DELIRIUM STORIES: HANA, ANNABEL, & RAVEN by Lauren Oliver (purchased at National Bookstore)
SPLINTERED by A.G. Howard (arrived from the Book Depository)
DUALED by Elsie Chapman (purchased at National Bookstore)

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten 2013 Debuts I'm Looking Forward To

Top Ten 2013 Debuts I'm Looking Forward To

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list  that bloggers are welcome to join in and answer. 

Hello! How are you this lovely Tuesday morning? As for me, I am swamped with work. So I'll be making this quick.

My top ten list of books debuting this 2013 are the following:

CITY OF A THOUSAND DOLLS by Miriam Forster

DUALED by Elsie Chapman

LEVEL 2 by Lenore Appelhans

INK by Amanda Suns

THE CADET OF TILDOR by Alex Lidell

SPLINTERED by A.G. Howard

CHANTRESS by Amy Butler Greenfield

REVOLUTION 19 by Gregg Rosenblum

PANTOMIME by Laura Lam

PROPHECY by Ellen Oh

I still have a lot more in mind but those 10 are my top priorities, I already preordered Splintered and Level 2 on the Book Depository and I cannot wait to see them arrive on my doorstep.

How about you? Looking forward to any 2013 Debuts?

Happy reading!