The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood

In the right dose, everything is a poison. Even love . . .

Jessamine Luxton has lived all her sixteen years in an isolated cottage near Alnwick Castle, with little company apart from the plants in her garden. Her father, Thomas, a feared and respected apothecary, has taught her much about the incredible powers of plants: that even the most innocent-looking weed can cure -- or kill.

When Jessamine begins to fall in love with a mysterious boy who claims to communicate with plants, she is drawn into the dangerous world of the poison garden in a way she never could have imagined . . .

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The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.

Elisa is the chosen one.

But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything remarkable, and can’t see how she ever will.

Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.

And he’s not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies, seething with dark magic, are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people’s savior, and he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.

Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young.

Most of the chosen do.

Whoops! I'm back…

You might've noticed (maybe not) that I haven't posted in almost ten days.  I've had to move back my "Blood Magic" review THREE times.  Then, I went to post a review earlier in the week (something that had been scheduled but mysteriously never posted) and I had a crapload of trouble with Blogger's new interface.  Seriously messed up my formatting.  So that's why today I'm posting up my review of "The Girl of Fire and Thorns" by Rae Carson because it was a seriously awesome book and it is OUT NOW.  So you should go buy it.  Yeah.  For realz.

Again, I apologize.  I will be spending this weekend catching up with blog stuff.  I have some stuff to send out.  OH!  Which reminds me.  There's seven days left on my 100 Twitter Follower Giveaway.  Might wanna go enter into that, too.  Thank ya.

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Teaser Tuesday (17)

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

Just For Kicks: Boys

Just For Kicks is a weekly meme held by me, The Authoress, that lets us share whatever random thing we want—whether it's book related or not is up to you.

Summer Reading '11 Recap

Summer Reading '11

June 10 - August 25 2011

last updated: August 27, 2011

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* 2011 DAC

The Eyes of a King - Catherine Banner
Raven's Shadow - Patricia Briggs
The Wizard Heir - Cinda Williams Chima
The Dragon Heir - Cinda Williams Chima
Panjandrum - J.J. Telly
Once Dead, Twice Shy - Kim Harrison
The Gathering - Kelley Armstrong
The Mockingbirds - Daisy Whitney
Nightspell - Leah Cypess
Raven's Strike - Patricia Briggs
The DUFF - Kody Keplinger
Forever - Maggie Stiefvater
Eyes Like Stars - Lisa Mantchev
Delirium - Lauren Oliver
Angel Burn - L.A. Weatherly
Across the Universe - Beth Revis
* The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson *
River Marked - Patricia Briggs
Graffiti Moon - Cath Crowley
Uncommon Criminals - Ally Carter
Past Midnight - Mara Purnhagen
The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead

Since I was supposed to post a review today and can't because I haven't even started the book.  SCHOOL IS CRAZY.  So check out these reviews.  Let me know what you think. :)

Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler

KJ Carson lives an outdoor lover’s dream. The only daughter of a fishing and wildlife guide, KJ can hold her own on the water or in the mountains near her hometown outside Yellowstone National Park. But when she meets the shaggy-haired, intensely appealing Virgil, KJ loses all self-possession. And she’s not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that they’re assigned to work together on a school newspaper article about the famous wolves of Yellowstone. As KJ spends time with Virgil, she also spends more time getting to know a part of her world that she always took for granted . . . and she begins to see herself and her town in a whole new light.

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

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Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . .

Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever.