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  Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly blog post hosted by  Breaking The Spine  where readers showcase which books they are highly anticipating. For this weeks Waiting on Wednesday, I chose Hungry by H.A. Swain. Expected Publication: June 3, 2014 from Feiwel and Friends Add To Goodreads   In the future, food is no longer necessary—until Thalia begins to feel something unfamiliar and uncomfortable. She’s hungry. In Thalia’s world, there is no need for food—everyone takes medication (or “inocs”) to ward off hunger. It should mean there is no more famine, no more obesity, no more food-related illnesses, and no more war. At least that's what her parents, who work for the company that developed the inocs, say. But when Thalia meets a boy who is part of an underground movement to bring food back, she realizes that most people live a life much different from hers. Worse, Thalia is starting to feel hunger, and so is he—the inocs aren’t working. Together they set ...

Author: Martin Goodman Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian, Adult Publisher: Barbican Press Publication Date: June 20, 2013 A modern teenage dystopia set in London. For sixteen years the Earth has baked and no girls have been born. Karen’s the last girl and Steven’s her gay twin. Dad turns their home into a fortress as women take the chance to rule the world. Their eyes are on Steven. Perhaps, with a little medical interference, he could be the saviour of the world. Review Ectopia is a book that can best be described as a mash-up of Children of Men and A Clockwork Orange if set against the 1980's London Punk scene. This book is as bizarre as it is disturbing and yet for some odd reason I couldn't tear myself away from it. Ectopia is a dark book. It is set in a world that's been literally Fucked up by Humanity. For whatever reason no Females be them Animal or Human  have been born for well over a generation and the youngest one left and last born spends her time st...

  A cruise ship. A beautiful island. Two sexy guys. What could possibly go wrong? In the Bermuda Triangle—a lot. Hoping to leave behind the reminders of her crappy life--her father's death years ago, her mother's medical problems, and the loser who’s practically stalking her--seventeen-year-old Autumn Taylor hops on a ship with her sister for a little distraction. When she wakes up in the Bermuda Triangle, she fears she's gone nuts for more than one reason: that loser’s suddenly claiming they're a happy couple... a hot guy is wrapping his arms around her and saying "Happy Anniversary"... and suddenly, she’s full of bruises, losing her hair, and getting IV medication. Autumn visits the ship's doctor, hoping for a pill or a shot to make the craziness go away. Instead, she's warned that these "alternate realities" could become permanent. She just has to ask herself one question—how the hell is she going to get out o...

This week I will be reviewing my very first Zombie Romance novel. The book is called Bite Me and it's by the Author PJ Schnyder. Before you ask no this is not a book with Zombies getting it on. I have no desire in seeing that EVER !! However, Bite Me  is essentially a romance novel that just so happens to take place during a Zombie Apocalypse. Oh and did I mention it has werewolves as well?! Yeah, I know, Awesome!! Anyway enough of my rambling. Let's get on the review, shall we. Author: PJ Schnyder Genre: Zombies, Romance, Paranormal Series: London Undead #1 Publisher: Carina Press Publication Date: June 24,2013 Book one of London Undead Few people walk the streets of London since the zombie outbreak, but that's not an issue for Seth. As a werewolf, he can handle himself and save humans reckless enough to take a nighttime stroll. While on patrol he comes across a group of people under attack. The one woman brave enough to take a stand against the zombie...

Welcome to my stop on the Rising Sun, Falling Star blog tour!  To follow along with the rest of the tour Click Here ! Buy It Now: Amazon Author: Vickie Hall Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: June 1, 2013 Copy Provided By: Author Different eyes and skin Mock me from the mirror’s light Enemy am I. Dec 7, 1941 Today my life changed forever . . . I am no longer considered American, but by shear heritage I am now the hated enemy . . . The lives of Kenji and Aiko Onishi and their American-born children are about to unravel when the United States is thrust into war with Japan. Confronted by insurmountable prejudice and fear, the family is ripped from their California home without just cause by the American government and sent to an assembly center “for their own protection.” Forced to live in deplorable circumstances, every aspect of their lives regulated and controlled, the Onishi’s freedoms are stripped from their grasp as they struggle to survive b...

Author: K.J. Colt Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Series: The Healers of Meligna #1 Publication Date: June 4, 2013 Copy Provided By: Purchased “There was an illness much worse than anything I had ever seen, and that was the sickness of my country.” Fourteen year old Adenine is blind and isolated in her small attic bedroom. The last carrier of the Death Plague that wiped out thousands of her country’s people twenty-five years ago, she must avoid contact with the outside world. When her mother fails to bring her food Adenine begins to starve. Driven by her hunger, Adenine ventures into the house discovering her mother bedridden and sick. Despite her terror of infecting others, Adenine fumbles her way onto the streets of Borrelia in search of the town’s doctor. Soon, she is surrounded by new friends… and enemies she never knew existed. Adenine’s mother is keeping dark secrets, her friends are lying to her and when threats arise she must decide who to trust. Rev...

Director: Mark Foster Based On: World War Z by Mark Brooks Genre: Horror, Zombies Studio: Paramount Pictures Release Date: June 21, 2013 IMDB: Click Here United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself. Review I feel like I'm late to the party but I have to say that I really enjoyed World War Z.  In fact, I actually liked the film more than the book. Now I know, that is probably not what many World War Z purists want to hear but I did. Listen I like Max Brooks, I do. His zombie survival guide is great. However, World War Z just didn't do much for me on the whole. I was actually really nervous when the film was announced because of how boring I found parts of that book. Thankfully, I need not fear because World War Z isn't really like the book at all. Sure it shares some elements but it is to put it nicely a very l...

Author: J.R. Johansson Series: The Night Walkers #1 Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Mystery Publisher: Flux Format: E-Book Copy Provided By: Netgalley Publication Date: June 8, 2013   It’s been four years since I slept, and I suspect it is killing me. Instead of sleeping, Parker Chipp enters the dream of the last person he’s had eye contact with. He spends his nights crushed by other people’s fear and pain, by their disturbing secrets—and Parker can never have dreams of his own. The severe exhaustion is crippling him. If nothing changes, Parker could soon be facing psychosis and even death. Then he meets Mia. Her dreams, calm and beautifully uncomplicated, allow him blissful rest that is utterly addictive. Parker starts going to bizarre lengths to catch Mia’s eye every day. Everyone at school thinks he’s gone over the edge, even his best friend. And when Mia is threatened by a true stalker, everyone thinks it’s Parker. Suffering blackouts, Parker begins to wonder ...

Author: Michelle K. Pickett Series: PODs #1 Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Format: Paperback Publication Date: June 4, 2013 Copy Provided By: Author Book Information   Seventeen-year-old Eva is a chosen one. Chosen to live, while others meet a swift and painful death from an incurable virus so lethal, a person is dead within days of symptoms emerging. In the POD system, a series of underground habitats built by the government, she waits with the other chosen for the deadly virus to claim those above. Separated from family and friends, it's in the PODs she meets David. And while true love might not conquer all, it's a balm for the broken soul. After a year, scientists believe the population has died, and without living hosts, so has the virus. That's the theory, anyway. But when the PODs are opened, survivors find the surface holds a vicious secret. The virus mutated, infecting those left top-side and cre...

Author: Kate Karyus Quinn Genre: Paranormal, Thriller, Mystery Publisher: Harper Teen Format: E-Book Expected Publication: June 11, 2013 Copy Provided By: Netgalley Book Information   The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut. On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished. A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon. Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a...

Available June 5th: Endure (The Protector, #4)     Book Description: Wrapped in darkness and woven with defeat, every action Chase has taken since being exiled from Êthe Circle has been met with a devastating response. Now he's been burdened with a quest that seems impossible, and he needs to evolve into something more, something greater than he ever thought he could be. Armed with magic, friendship, and an unbreakable will, Chase must build an army and find a weapon capable of defeating the ultimate evil. But he knows that nothing great comes without sacrifice. Blessed by the very gods who have abandoned him and carrying the fate of all the worlds on his shoulders, Chase Williams is about find out just how much one man can endure. Excerpt: I jerked up from the couch, but the repercussion that came with the motion made me curse. My chest heaved and sweat dripped down my face. “Chase?” I heard a voice say, but it was groggy. I wasn’t quite in reality...

Author: Joelle Charbonneau Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Format: E-Book Copy Provided By: Netgalley Expected Publication Date: June 4, 2013 Book Information Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Isn’t that what they say? But how close is too close when they may be one in the same? The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation’s chosen few who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing—their one chance at a college education and a rewarding career. Cia Vale is honored to be chosen as a Testing candidate; eager to prove her worthiness as a University student and future leader of the United Commonwealth. But on the eve of her departure, her father’s advice hints at a darker side to her upcoming studies--trust no one. But surely she can trust Tomas, her handsome childhood friend who offers an allianc...

Trailer Tuesday is a Weekly Blog Post hosted by me at Blood Sweat and Books. Each week I choose two Book Trailers to showcase. One Trailer will be for an upcoming book and the other will be one that has already been released. This week I focus my spotlight on The Fault In Our Stars by John Green & The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen.       Available Now: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to...

Author: Demitria Lunetta Series: In The After #1 Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Expected Publication: June 25, 2013 Copy Provided By: Edelweiss  They hear the most silent of footsteps. They are faster than anything you've ever seen. And They won't stop chasing you...until you are dead. Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy’s house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs. After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy s...

For this weeks Zurvival Saturday I'll be reviewing Love & Zombies by Eric Shapiro. Love & Zombies is part of the Dark Fuse Novella series. I've been really enjoying these books so far and look forward to reading more in the future. If you would like to learn more about Love & Zombies just click on the cover and it will take you to Goodreads! Anyway let's get on to the review shall we! Rating: ★★★★ Author: Eric Shapiro Genre: Horror, Zombies Format: E-Book Length: Novella Publisher: Dark Fuse Expected Publication: June 25, 2013 Notable Quotes: On the first day, the afflicted will feel no symptoms, and have complete control over his or her own motor functions and mental processes.... On the second day, the afflicted will rapidly experience nausea, vomiting, delirium, physical death, and even as the day progresses-intensifying urges towards violence.... On the third day, if the sorry disgrace looks into a mirror, he or she will see a zombie...