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The Obvious Game by Rita Arens Published: February 7th 2013 Publisher: Inkspell Publishing Format: Ebook Source: For review Amazon | “Everyone trusted me back then. Good old, dependable Diana. Which is why most people didn’t notice at first.” "Your shirt is yellow." "Your eyes are blue." "You have to stop running away from your problems." "You're too skinny." Fifteen-year-old Diana Keller accidentally begins teaching The Obvious Game to new kid Jesse on his sixteenth birthday. As their relationship deepens, Diana avoids Jesse's past with her own secrets -- which she'll protect at any cost. *MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS* I know the synopsis doesn't really reveal anything, just gives a little hint. So, if you didn't already guess, Diana has an eating disorder. Well, there's only some small signs in the beginning but after all the problems keep piling up (her mother has cancer, her best friend is a total b*tch, things...

Emancipating Andie by Priscilla Glenn Expected publication March 2013 Genre Contemporary Romance Cover Designer Okay Creations Goodreads | Facebook Ever since the one time Andie Weber threw caution to the wind - and paid the price for it - she’s learned that it’s safer and smarter to live life playing by the rules. Now she’s got a great apartment, a steady job, and a wonderful boyfriend in Colin; he’s sweet, stable, and essentially perfect – except maybe for the fact that his best friend is Chase. Chase McGuire lives his carefree, unstructured life strictly for himself. Dripping sarcasm and oozing wit, he refuses to censor his feelings or opinions for anyone, making no apologies for either and wearing his abrasiveness like a badge of honor. No one has ever gotten under Andie’s skin the way Chase does – and vice versa. So when Andie and Chase find themselves forced to take a two-day road trip together, they are already dreading an inevitable all-out war. But as the trip progre...

Dominion by Melody Manful Published: February 16th 2013 Publisher: Melody Manful Format: Paperback Pages: 254 Amazon | I Dare You. Look Over Your Shoulders. Do You See Them? They are behind you... They are always behind you. Abigail Cells had a nightmare the day before she met Gideon, the new guy in school who has every girl drooling just to be near him. In her nightmare, she was murdered by a magical creature. As she gets to know Gideon, she begins to remember pieces of her nightmare, and was shocked when Gideon turned out to be the creature from her nightmare. Who is Gideon really? Should Abby allow herself to fall completely for him, or is he the next disaster waiting to happen? Excerpt “I’m going to divide you into groups for our Titanic memorabilia speech, which if you all remember, is this week.” Mr. Bernard said. “Speeches are due before the week is over.” One of the students murmured, “Oh, no.” “Mr. Silas, you and Miss Cells will be group one,” Mr. Bernard said,...

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading ! Sabine crossed her arms over her chest, smug and satisfied. "Kaylee pulled the Invisible Man routine in your room last night." Nash turned to me, suspicion and disbelief swirling slowly in his eyes. "Kaylee?" Crap. My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading ! I got swirling eyes and the capacity to shatter windows with my bare voice. Tod got teleportation and invisibility. The supernatural world is so far from fair. My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent

Sorry for my absence! I spent the last week in a coma-like state, and I'm only now recovering. Which means I'm back to work and after I get home I sort of just pass out.. Hopefully this'll be over soon!

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi Published: TODAY! ( Feb 5th 2013 ) Publisher: HarperCollins Format: Paperback Pages: 465 Series: Shatter Me #2 Source: Received for review Amazon | Book Depository tick, tick, tick, tick, tick it's almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her — people with gifts — and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible. In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life. *MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS* Probably the best day of this year so far was when I received ARC of Unravel Me ! Of course I wan...

It's that time again! I'll keep it short, and just announce the winner. Because that's what you're waiting for, right? ;) Of course, I want to thank all participants, there was TOTAL OF 1180 ENTRIES ! AWESOME! And now, the winner! a Rafflecopter giveaway I will email you ASAP, congrats! :)

Another month is over, oh my and when did that happen?? I've been working fulltime and some genious thought it would be a great idea to build your own house, and that's such an easy thing to do and really doesn't take any of my time! Yeah right. Thanks to Finnish law, we have to pay thousands of euros before we even get the permission to build the freaking house, and it's not even sure we'll get the permission. How awesome is that!? Holy f**k this pisses me off. Sorry for the language. So, I've been pulling my hair and crying a lot, haven't really got any sleep lately, either.. Felt like I have no will to live anymore.. So it's amazing I actually managed to read like at least three books this month! I read