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Just read Ghost Town and it’s still superb. I would just like to congratulate Rachel Caine in writing lovely books. Some authors are not able to write more than six books without getting off topic or making the series turn ugly.

Rachel Caine has accomplished making NINE books so far and they’re getting better each year.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Ghost Town….yummy! Go read it!

Also, Rachel Caine is having a contest on Bitten by Books! If you win, you can receive an iPad!

Go to this link to enter!

-Mia N.

Just wanted to let you know that Kelly Oram, author of Being Jamie Baker, is having a book giveaway contest! She’ll be giving away one book a week (signed) through the month of November. Contest details are posted on her website at www.kellyoram.com. Take a minute to stop by and enter the contest. You can also watch the book trailer and preview the entire first chapter of the book if you haven’t already done so.

Here is the synopsis of the book:

An accident that should end in tragedy instead gives seventeen-year-old Jamie Baker a slew of uncontrollable superhuman abilities.

To keep her secret safe Jamie socially exiles herself, earning the title of Rocklin High’s resident ice queen. But during a supercharged encounter with star quarterback Ryan Miller she literally kisses anonymity goodbye. Now the annoyingly irresistible Ryan will stop at nothing to melt the heart of the ice queen and find out what makes her so special.

Unfortunately, Ryan is not the only person on to her secret. Will Jamie learn to contain her unstable powers before being discovered by the media or turned into a government lab rat?

More importantly, can she throw Ryan Miller off her trail before falling in love with him?

Courtesy of barnesandnoble.com

See ya soon!

-Mia N.

P.S In other news, I just won my tennis game!!!!!! YAY!

List of Things That Made Me Unable to Blog:

1. I was sick… for about a week. Nothing serious though, just a head cold and sore throat. I’m actually still sick and my house is so hot that I couldn’t sleep!! So I decided to catch up on my blog.

2. For anyone who does not know, I’m still in school. When September came and school started, I got loaded with tests on the first week (I aced them all! ). I stopped blogging so I could focus on my school work.

3. Every time I go to the book store, nothing catches my eye. I haven’t read any good books for a while except Goose Girl and I Now Pronounce You Someone Else. I tried to read Girl in the Arena by Lisa Haines. Sorry to everyone out there who enjoyed the book, but personally, I disliked it… a lot.

Good News though!!! Lots of books are coming out in the upcoming months, including the new Rick Riordan series and Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick.

That’s pretty much the end of the list. I’ll be updating my widgets and putting up some very old blog posts.

Don’t leave!

-Mia N.

Here it is: The Iron Queen Excerpt

Also, don’t forget to check Julie’s blog every Tuesday for Teaser Tuesday.

Love ya!

-Mia N.

-Mia N.

Anywho, here it is:

August 2010:

August 1- Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

August 3- City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (Includes a chapter from City of Fallen Angels, Mortal Instruments #4)

August 24- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Make sure you preorder it!!!)

August 31- Into the Gauntlet (39 Clues #10) by Margaret Haddix

September 2010:

September 1- Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder

September 7- The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

September 7- Firelight by Sophie Jordan

September 28- Torment (Fallen #2) by Lauren Kate

October 2010:

October 12- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan –A new series at Camp Half Blood that includes Percy but with different main characters.

October 19- Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

October 19- Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

October 26- Ghost Town (Morganville Vampires #9) by Rachel Caine

October 26- Misguided Angels (Blue Bloods #5) by Melissa de la Cruz (I heard that werewolves are in the fifth blue bloods book!)

November 2010:

November 30- Matched by Ally Condie

December 2010:

December 7- Entice (Need #3) by Carrie Jones

December 14- Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6) by Richelle Mead

January 2010:

January 4- Awakened (House of Night #8) by P.C Cast and Kristin Cast

February 2010:

February 22- Darkest Mercy (last Wicked Lovely book) by Melissa Marr

April 2010:

April 5- City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare

Once again, I know for a fact that there are more books than this. I’m sorry but my calendar is out of whack so I’m just going to move everything to my gmail account. I love you gmail, you’re awesome!

-Mia N.

Sorry I am so late at updating the website. There are a lot of news and reviews that should have already have been posted. I apologize for that:)

Lets start off with the fact that a few books have already made it to book stores while I have been on my vacation. I was sad that I wasn’t able to buy them right away but hey, I was in France and it was fun! Here is a very small list of books that have already came out:

Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter

Dark Flame by Alyson Noel

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Jealousy by Lili St. Crow

Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

***I know for a fact that other books came out too, but I just can’t remember them all right now. Sorry!

-Mia

PS. I probably have at least a dozen more posts after this, so stay tuned!

Excerpt- you’ll find the prologue, chapter 1, chapter 3 and the first paragraph.

Synopsis:

In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. And Isabel, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.

Courtesy of http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/shiver/linger.php

Awesome! I can’t wait to get it!! I’ll be gone when it comes out but I’ll make sure I get it as soon as I come back:)

-Mia N.

Sorry everyone, I will also try to get a post on the blog on Saturday.

Bye bye!

-Mia N.

Release Date: October 12, 2010

Excerpt (Chapter 1 & 2)

Synopsis:

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for bad kids. What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea except that everything seems very wrong. Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all, including Leo, related to a god. Rick Riordan, the best-selling author of the Percy Jackson series, pumps up the action and suspense in The Lost Hero, the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Fans of demi-gods, prophesies, and quests will be left breathless–and panting for Book Two.

Courtesy of borders.com

WoW…I seriously can’t wait. I haven’t read The Red Pyramid yet but I know I’m going to read this.

Excited!

-Mia N.

Release Date: July 29, 2010

Excerpt *To read the excerpt, just scroll down below the picture of the book. It’s not a link.

By the way, it’s the third book in the series.

Synopsis:

Dru Anderson might finally be safe. She’s at the largest Schola on the continent, and beginning to learn what it means to be svetocha–half vampire, half human, and all deadly. If she survives her training, she will be able to take her place in the Order, holding back the vampires and protecting the oblivious normal people.

But a web of lies and betrayals is still closing around her, just when she thinks she can relax a little. Her mentor Christophe is missing, her almost-boyfriend is acting weird, and the bodyguards she’s been assigned seem to know much more than they should. And then there’s the vampire attacks, the strange nightly visits, and the looks everyone keeps giving her. As if she should know something.

Or as if she’s in danger.

Someone high up in the Order is a traitor. They want Dru dead–but first, they want to know what she remembers of the night her mother died. Dru doesn’t want to remember, but it looks like she might have to–especially since once Christophe returns, he’ll be on trial for his life. The only person who can save him is Dru.

The problem is, once she remembers everything, she may not want to…

Courtesy of lilithsaintcrow.com

Yay! I’ve been waiting forever for the excerpt to Jealousy. I am so happy! The excerpt was actually posted 13 days ago so I am very sorry I didn’t get it to you sooner.

Anywho, have a good time reading it!

-Mia

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Release Date: September 7, 2010

Excerpt: Coming Soon!

Synopsis:

With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s rebelliousness leads her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can’t resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she’s risking not only her life but the draki’s most closely guarded secret.

sophiejordan.net

Sounds kinda cool, eh? I’m sooo gonna try to get it early:)

See you soon,

-Mia N.