WWW Wednesday #16

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you will read next?

What are you currently reading?

Glitter & Doom ( Masque of the Red Death #1.5) by Bethany Griffin

Goodreads | Barnes & Noble

Participating in the Novella Reading Week hosted by Fiktshun & Magical Urban Fantasy Reads so this is the second novella I am reading and reviewing.  Also good timing as I plan to read Dance of the Red Death (Masque of the red Death #2) next week once Novella week is over :-)

What did you recently finish reading?

Ink (Paper Gods #1) by Amanda SunGoodreads | Book Depository

Loved this.  Review to be posted 1st July 2013.

Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington

Goodreads | Galaxy Bookshop

Best book I have read in 2013.  See my review here

Clean Slate Complex (A daynight story) by Megan Thomason

Goodreads | Amazon

Novella read number 1.  See my review here

What do you think you will read next??

More Novellas :-)

Shadow (Paper Gods #0.5) by Amanda Sun

Goodreads | HarlequinTeen

Meet two teens whose worlds are about to change forever in this paranormal Young Adult novella, a prequel to Ink by debut author Amanda Sun…

Katie Greene’s worst nightmare comes true when her mother dies, and she’s devastated to learn that she will have to leave the only home she’s ever known. Desperate to find where she belongs, she must decide if she has what it takes to start a new life across the ocean.

For Yuu Tomohiro, every day is a nightmare. He struggles to control his strange ability, and keeps everyone at a distance so they won’t get hurt—even his girlfriend, Myu. At night, a shadow haunts his dreams, and a mysterious woman torments him with omens of death and destruction. But these haunting premonitions are only the beginning…

The First (The Returned #0.5) by Jason Mott

Goodreads | Harlequin

In Jason Mott's haunting and unforgettable debut novel, The Returned, an impossible miracle is occurring all across the globe. Read how it all begins in this short story, The First.

It's been just over a year since Edmund Blithe died, and just over a month since his fiancée, Emily, stopped wearing her engagement ring. Emily has finally begun to move on… Until Edmund mysteriously and inexplicably returns, sending the world—and Emily—into a tailspin.

Edmund is only just the beginning. Around the world, people's loved ones are returning from beyond, seeking only to reenter the lives they left behind. As the world dives deep into uncertainty, Emily and Edmund are determined to find their way back to one another…even if it means risking everything.

So what are you reading this week?

Review: Between The Lives by Jessica Shirvington

Title: Between the Lives
Author: Jessica Shirvington
Published: 1 May 2013 by Harper Collins Australia
Source: Library
Reviewed: Sapphireddragon
SapphiredDragon Rating: *****

Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington

Goodreads | Galaxy Bookshop

Above all else, though I try not to think about it, I know which life I prefer. And every night when I Cinderella myself from one life to the next a very small, but definite, piece of me dies. The hardest part is that nothing about my situation has ever changed. There is no loophole.

Until now, that is...

For as long as she can remember, Sabine has lived two lives. Every 24 hours she Shifts to her ′other′ life - a life where she is exactly the same, but absolutely everything else is different: different family, different friends, different social expectations. In one life she has a sister, in the other she does not. In one life she′s a straight-A student with the perfect boyfriend, in the other she′s considered a reckless delinquent. Nothing about her situation has ever changed, until the day when she discovers a glitch: the arm she breaks in one life is perfectly fine in the other.

With this new knowledge, Sabine begins a series of increasingly risky experiments which bring her dangerously close to the life she′s always wanted... But just what - and who - is she really risking?

Review: 

I love love loved this book!  Quite surprised at how much I loved this book.  I had heard of this book and heard some good things and loved the Violet Eden series by the same author but didn't really have it on my radar until I saw it on display at my library on Tuesday. Figuring it was worth a look, I borrowed it and two days later I believe I have read the best book of 2013 so far!

For a start, the idea of living each day twice, in two different worlds, as two different people is not an idea I have come across let alone read before so I was immediately intrigued by the idea and eager to see how it all played out.

The story itself is utterly compelling.  I was completely in it from beginning to end and while I saw some aspects of the ending before hand, I was in no way expecting how it all played out, and I glad because I would not want to have missed the impact it made.  

Ms Shirvington's writing evoked all sorts of emotions both happy and sad and tose in between including crying like a baby in parts  and let me tell you, having tears streaming down your face while on the train can earn you extremely weird looks.  

At the end of the day, this book is well written with an original story that is guaranteed  to keep you glued until the last page.  I am so thankful it picked it up at the library this week.

Hands down the best book I have read so far this year!

I give this book 5 stars.

Sapphired Dragon xx

WWW Wednesday #15

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you will read next?

What are you currently reading?

Enjoying both of these at the moment.  Born of Illusion for review on kindle/iPad and a print copy of the Girl in the Clockwork Collar so I can read and review The Girl with the Iron Touch.

Born of Illusion by Teri Brown

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The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross

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What did you recently finish reading?

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

Goodreads | Book Depository

Loved this! Review is on its way 

What do you think you will read next??Can't wait to dig into either of these!

Ink (Paper Gods #1) by Amanda Sun

Goodreads | Book Depository

I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look.

Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.

A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.

And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.

On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building.

Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets.

Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive.

Comment: Been dying to read this one since Harlequin Summit in February. Not going to put it off any longer!

Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington

Goodreads | Galaxy Bookshop

Above all else, though I try not to think about it, I know which life I prefer. And every night when I Cinderella myself from one life to the next a very small, but definite, piece of me dies. The hardest part is that nothing about my situation has ever changed. There is no loophole.

Until now, that is...

For as long as she can remember, Sabine has lived two lives. Every 24 hours she Shifts to her ′other′ life - a life where she is exactly the same, but absolutely everything else is different: different family, different friends, different social expectations. In one life she has a sister, in the other she does not. In one life she′s a straight-A student with the perfect boyfriend, in the other she′s considered a reckless delinquent. Nothing about her situation has ever changed, until the day when she discovers a glitch: the arm she breaks in one life is perfectly fine in the other.

With this new knowledge, Sabine begins a series of increasingly risky experiments which bring her dangerously close to the life she′s always wanted... But just what - and who - is she really risking?

Comment: So excited when I found this at the library.  Can't wait to dig in.  Pretty sure I will be sneaking it in over the next couple of days SHHHH :-)

So what are you reading this week?