Hey everyone! Tynga over at Tynga's Reviews is having an awesome giveaway. You can win one signed copy of any Mari Mancusi books of your choice. You also get a very cool Vampire-in-training kit.
Contest ends December 10th so you'd better go quickly!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth
Publication Date: February 2, 2010
Summary:
When fourteen-year-old Amelia learns she will be getting a heart transplant, her fear and guilt battle with her joy at this new chance at life. And afterwards when she starts to feel different—dreaming about figure skating, craving grape candy—her need to learn about her donor leads her to discover and explore Eagan’s life, meeting her grieving loved ones and trying to bring the closure they all need to move on.
Told in alternating viewpoints, In a Heartbeat tells the emotional and compelling story of two girls sharing one heart.
Summary:
When a small mistake costs sixteen-year-old Eagan her life during a figure-skating competition, she leaves many things unreconciled, including her troubled relationship with her mother. From her vantage point in the afterlife, Eagan reflects back on her memories, and what she could have done differently, through her still-beating heart.
When fourteen-year-old Amelia learns she will be getting a heart transplant, her fear and guilt battle with her joy at this new chance at life. And afterwards when she starts to feel different—dreaming about figure skating, craving grape candy—her need to learn about her donor leads her to discover and explore Eagan’s life, meeting her grieving loved ones and trying to bring the closure they all need to move on.
Told in alternating viewpoints, In a Heartbeat tells the emotional and compelling story of two girls sharing one heart.
My Two Cents:
Eagen gets into a tragic skating accident and ends up in limbo, not quite in heaven but in a very gray area that shows memories of her life, good and bad. Her and her mother have a love/hate relationship but when she dies she sees how much her mom really cared about her.
Amelia, she's been sick for the last 7 or so years of her life because of a heart condition. When Eagen dies, she gets the heart transplant. She doesn't know how to feel. Sometimes she's happy to be alive and sometimes she's guilty for beingalive and knowing Eagen isn't. Suddenly she's beginning to get some of the same traits and Eagen and just KNOW certain things about her. Eagen becomes a part of Amelia through the heart. Now all of a sudden she gets smart with her mom, she's more gutsy. Amelia's set on meeting the family of Eagen's. That in itself was such an emotional moment in this book.
Warning: If you're a big cry baby like me don't read this book! This was such an emotional read...man. I was sucked in from the very first page. It had excellent character development. It was such a short book, only 200 pages but it was very much complete. Great plot. The author even managed to squeeze in a bit of romance in there. Definitely look out for this one in February 2010.
Rating:
In My Mailbox (2)
In My Mailbox is brought to you by The Story Siren :-)
My laptop is still being repaired so I can only use the computer at work (which I have to sneak and do) so this week's imm will cover what I've received over the last 2 weeks.
My laptop is still being repaired so I can only use the computer at work (which I have to sneak and do) so this week's imm will cover what I've received over the last 2 weeks.
- Crazy Beautiful by Lauria-Baratz Logsted
- A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
- Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
- Numbers by Rachel Ward
- Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (Woohoo!!!)
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Breathing by Cheryl Renee Herbsman
- Hold Still by Nina LaCour
- The Amanda Project: Book 1: Project I by Stella Lennon
- The Secret Circle: The Initiation and the Captive by LJ Smith
- The Luxe by Anna Godberson
- Envy by Anna Godberson
- Splendor by Anna Godberson
- Burned by Ellen Hopkins
- Positively by Courtney Sheinmel
- Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison
I also got Hate List by Jennifer Brown that I won in Princess Bookie's huge contest!
These were a great two weeks as far as my mailbox went. However terrible for my bookshelves which almost fell on me while trying to squeeze these in lol! What did you get??
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Waiting on Wednesday (2)
Waiting on Wednesday is brought to you by Jill @ Breaking the spine!
Spells by Aprilynne Pike
Publication Date: May 4, 2010
Why I'm so Antsy:
Six months have passed since Laurel saved the gateway to the faerie realm of Avalon. Now she must spend her summer there, honing her skills as a Fall faerie. But her human family and friends are still in mortal danger--and the gateway to Avalon is more compromised than ever.
When it comes time to protect those she loves, will she depend on David, her human boyfriend, for help? Or will she turn to Tamani, the electrifying faerie with whom her connection is undeniable?
Isn't this cover so cute?? I even loved the cover from Wings also but I think this one is just a bit more sophisticated.
Spells by Aprilynne Pike
Publication Date: May 4, 2010
Why I'm so Antsy:
Six months have passed since Laurel saved the gateway to the faerie realm of Avalon. Now she must spend her summer there, honing her skills as a Fall faerie. But her human family and friends are still in mortal danger--and the gateway to Avalon is more compromised than ever.
When it comes time to protect those she loves, will she depend on David, her human boyfriend, for help? Or will she turn to Tamani, the electrifying faerie with whom her connection is undeniable?
Isn't this cover so cute?? I even loved the cover from Wings also but I think this one is just a bit more sophisticated.
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