Blood,Sweat and Books

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly blog post hosted by Breaking The Spine. For this week's Waiting On Wednesday I chose *drumroll* Ashes Of Twilight by Kassy Tayler Expected Publication:November 13,2012 Wren MacAvoy works as a coal miner for a domed city that was constructed in the mid-nineteenth century to protect the royal blood line of England when astronomers spotted a comet on a collision course with Earth. Humanity would be saved by the most groundbreaking technology of the time. But after nearly 200 years of life beneath the dome, society has become complacent and the coal is running out. Plus there are those who wonder, is there life outside the dome or is the world still consumed by fire? When one of Wren's friends escapes the confines of the dome, he is burned alive and put on display as a warning to those seeking to disrupt the dome’s way of life. But Alex’s final words are haunting. “The sky is blue.” What happens next is a whirlwind of adventure, romance, cons...

It's time for another edition of Freebie Friday! Each week I compile a list of books that I've found for FREE and share them with all of you! All you have to do is click on the title and it will take you to the purchase page. Dystopians Leonard Tramer’s time machine takes him nowhere near the past, but meddling with time destroys his future. When he steps out of the defective machine, he enters a totalitarian state which resembles East Germany more than the free world he left behind. In the Nation, no one is innocent - not even the children born behind bars. Millie 942B has spent her entire life locked away with her criminal parents and countless other inmates. She believes in the Nation, in its strict laws and harsh punishments. But when Millie is released on her eighteenth birthday, she finds things are nothing as she was taught. People vanish, never to be seen again. Lies cover every word. Trust is as fragile as ice. And then there is Reed. Born and raised outside...

ISBN:1423146166 (ISBN13: 9781423146162) Publisher:Disney-Hyperion Language: English Hardcover Edition: 309 Pages Author: Megan Crewe It starts with an itch you just can't shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you'll be blabbing your secrets and chatting with strangers like they’re old friends. Three more, and the paranoid hallucinations kick in. And then you're dead. When a deadly virus begins to sweep through sixteen-year-old Kaelyn’s community, the government quarantines her island—no one can leave, and no one can come back. Those still healthy must fight for dwindling supplies, or lose all chance of survival. As everything familiar comes crashing down, Kaelyn joins forces with a former rival and discovers a new love in the midst of heartbreak. When the virus starts to rob her of friends and family, she clings to the belief that there must be a way to save the people she holds dearest. Because how will she go on if there isn...

This is definitely something right up my alley. So I decided to join Dark Faerie Tales Dystopian Reading Challenge. Here are the general rules: Timeline: January 1, 2012 until December 31, 2012 Goal: GET LIBERATED — to read at least 24 dystopian novels in 2012 Reading Levels: 1. Propaganda – Choose 6 books to read 2. Contagion – Choose 12 books to read 3. Oppressed – Choose 18 books to read 4. Liberated – Choose 24 books to read 5. Totalitarian – Choose 30+ books to read The reading challenge is open to everyone. You don’t need a blog to participate. If you don’t have a blog – you can leave a comment with your book selection in this post. If you don’t have a blog and would like to write a review – you are welcome to do a guest review on this blog. You can join at anytime to participate in this challenge. If you are going to participate in this challenge, please post about it on your blog and add a link back to this post. You can grab the challenge button on...

Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire (October 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1402267592 ISBN-13: 978-1402267598 Would you risk everything for someone you just met? What if he had a secret worth killing for? Welcome to a future where water is more precious than oil or gold... Hundreds of millions of people have already died, and millions more will soon fall-victims of disease, hunger, and dehydration. It is a time of drought and war. The rivers have dried up, the polar caps have melted, and drinkable water is now in the hands of the powerful few. There are fines for wasting it and prison sentences for exceeding the quotas. But Kai didn't seem to care about any of this. He stood in the open road drinking water from a plastic cup, then spilled the remaining drops into the dirt. He didn't go to school, and he traveled with armed guards. Kai claimed he knew a secret-something the government is keeping from us... And then he was gone. Vanished in the mi...