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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

City of Lost Souls OFFICIAL Place Holder


Look at this beauty of a cover holder! I love it! Cassie announced earlier this evening that this is the official COLS place holder. The OFFICIAL cover will be revealed in December. Cassie said the city depicted is Paris. I can't wait to see the rest of this cover. Be sure to visit Cassie's post here for more.

Giveaway Winners!

CONGRATULATIONS to our latest giveaway winners!!!

#142- Brittany Burton

#11- Andrea T

#2- Jessica S

#159- Lora P

#177- Christian M

- Virginia

Thank you to everyone who entered! All winners have been sent an email and have 48 hrs to reply back to those emails, or new winners will be chosen. Be sure to check out the rest of our giveaways going on, posted in our right hand sidebar.

LIVE chat with Carrier of the Mark author Leigh Fallon TODAY


Today at 4 pm CST/ 5 pm EST, InkPop will be hosting a LIVE chat with Leigh Fallon! This will be an exciting chat as Leigh will be talking about her debut, Carrier of the Mark which released yesterday. To join, you can either visit Ink Pop's site or join the chat via our site below. We hope to see you guys there!

Book Review: Tris & Izzie


Published by: EgmontUSA
To Be Released on: October 11th, 2011
Source: ARC from publisher at TLA
2 stars: I really wanted to like this much more than I did
Pre-Order/Purchase from: EgmontUSA| Amazon| Barnes & Noble

A modern retelling of the German fairytale "Tristan and Isolde", Tris and Izzie is about a young witch named Izzie who is dating Mark King, the captain of the basketball team and thinks her life is going swimmingly well. Until -- she makes a love potion for her best friend Brangane and then ends up taking it herself accidentally, and falling in love with Tristan, the new guy at school -quoted from Goodreads

I have been so excited to read this story! Everything from it's eye catching cover, to the title and it's premise screamed "Read Me". I was looking forward to seeing the spin Mette on this popular retelling. I liked the idea having magic exist in the real world mixed with a classic love story. Despite liking the magical lore in this story, I felt the story itself didn't live up to the expectations I had, had for it.

I really do love retellings of classics stories, but this one didn't quite live up to the hype I had wanted it to have. I felt the plot jumped around too much for me. I felt it was incomplete at times. I wanted more of explanation for things that were happening and the reason behind some of the character actions and I didn't get that. I wanted to see Izzie grow into her character and learn her magic instead of being told that she just knew. I wanted more to the story than what I felt I got.

My biggest compliant with the story is the characters. I felt they weren't in-depth, realistic characters that I could relate to or connect with at all, and I really wanted them to be. I didn't buy into how quickly they fell in and out of love or changed how they felt about each other so rapidly. It wasn't relatable and it took away from the story for me. For example, I didn't find it relatable at all when the two characters who have loved each other and been together for over a year and then something happens to the annoying best friend who's since voiced her love for the said boyfriend, and the boyfriend not only does something totally out of character but completely uncalled her to the "ex-girlfriend". The ex-girlfriend a few pages before was still his girlfriend and they both love each other still. This whole scene and the scene leading up to what happens wasn't just confusing to me, it lost my attention with the story.

I feel frustrated with this story, especially since it's one I've been so excited to read. The characters had so much potential, but they just didn't do it for me. I wanted to feel that undying love and chemistry between them and I didn't. I liked the creative side to this story, but the plot and the characters just didn't deliver what I hoped they were going to. There were too many inconsistencies for me to really love the storyline like I wanted to. If you're a fan of the classic story of Tristan & Iseult, than you may love this re-telling.

Waiting on Wednesday- Forest Born by Shannon Hale


Published by: Bloomsbury
Orginally Released on: Septemeber 15th, 2009
Re-release w/ New Cover: October 25th, 2011

Rin has always been a quiet, helpful girl, but a secret has been eating away at her, and the solace Rin once could find among the tall trees that surround her forest home has vanished. When she leaves home to join her older brother in the city, she finds intriguing answers to her questions, an adventure she doesn't expect, and a sense of self she never thought she would find.
For fans who want to complete their collection of the Books of Bayern, this new edition hardcover features art by Alison Jay, whose stunning illustrations graced the covers of the three original Bayern Books. A reading ribbon marks this as a perfect gift edition for any Shannon Hale fan - quoted from Goodreads

I am a HUGE fan of this series and Shannon writings, and though I already own a copy of this book, I am so EXCITED for the re-release with this new cover. I adore the original series covers and openly admit that if I were to buy a book based on it's cover it would be this series. Bloomsbury has since re-done the covers, but I'm thrilled they're doing a special edition with Forest Born and I can't wait for it to come out.

Shannon posted here, that if you call King's English and purchase your copy of the special edition hardcover she will personalize and sign it. Be sure to call them today!!

What book are you waiting on to be released?

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