Stuck in YA Books: BIG Giveaway Surprise

Stuck in YA Books: BIG Giveaway Surprise:

by: http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com/2011/11/big-giveaway-surprise.html

BIG Giveaway Surprise

Click the link to enter the giveaway: http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com/2011/11/big-giveaway-surprise.html

Since I didn't have a 500 + follower giveaway I will be doing it somewhat now. I have been secretly planning this. So instead it will be a Surprise Giveaway!!

Books I am giving away: !

• Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
• Crossed (Matched #2) by Ally Condie
• The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
• Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
• She's So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott
• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

'via Blog this'

First EVER book review coming up later...

I said that I would convert this blog as a  book review site but I never posted any reviews so I'll start tonight.

First would be one of my favourite book, The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey.

My Hunger Games dip (thecapitol.pn)

So everyone is posting their DIPs so I thought of posting it here instead of posting it in my personal blog.

So I just type wherever location I could think of. (That explains why it's UK. I typed Narnia first though).

But I am kinda disappointed on how the district placements were conducted. It was TOO random.

Unlike on Pottermore, where there are a series of questions to verify your house (I'm a proud Gryffindor btw)  and cause a lot of identity crisis, Evanna Lynch anyone? I heard a lot of fans complain about the system as this one just place you randomly. The Capitol could have added this little tiny bit of interactive quiz that would place you in a district you are more suitable of. This method would not satisfy everyone but at least they have a basis on where to put you.

Hopefully they would add more features as the movie gets nearer.

So what do you think about the site?

Jill Scribbles: Interview with Jodi Meadows and INCARNATE giveaway...

Jill Scribbles: Interview with Jodi Meadows and INCARNATE giveaway...: Is this not the most gorgeous cover you've ever seen in your life? I remember the first time I saw it. I thought, "Must. Read. Now." Well, ...

HY - 366 nichi (Akai Ito theme song)

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HY - 366 nichi

soredemo ii soredemo ii to omoeru koi datta
modorenai to shittete mo tsunagatte ita kute
hajimete konna kimochi ni natta
tama ni shika au koto dekinaku natte
kuchiyakusoku wa atarimae
soredemo ii kara

kanai mo shinai kono negai
anata ga mata watashi wo suki ni naru
sonna hakanai watashi no negai
kyou mo anata ni aitai

soredemo ii soredemo ii to omoeta koi datta
itsushika anata wa au koto sae kobande kite

hitori ni naru to kangaete shimau
ano toki watashi wasuretara yokatta no?
demo kono namida ga kotae deshou?
kokoro ni uso wa tsukenai

kowai kurai oboete iru no anata no nioi ya shigusa ya subete wo
okashii deshou? Sou itte waratte yo
wakarete iru noni anata no koto bakari

koi ga konnani kurushii nante koi ga konnani kanashii nante
omowa nakatta no honki de anata wo omotte shitta

kowai kurai oboete iru no anata no nioi ya shigusa ya subete wo
okashii deshou? Sou itte waratte yo
wakarete iru noni anata no koto bakari

anata wa watashi no naka no wasurerarenu hito subete sasageta hito
mou nido to modore nakute mo
ima wa tada anata anata no koto dake de
anata no koto bakari

HY - 366 days

i'm fine with it. it was a love that seems to be fine like this
even though i knew you couldn't return, i want to be connected to you
it was the first time I felt this way
as time goes by we can still meet occasionally
because verbal promises were natural
i'm fine with it as well

this wish of mine which won't come true anyway
that you would fall in love with me again
such a transient wish of mine
today i want to meet you again

i'm fine with it. it was a love that seems to be fine like this
before I knew, you even refused to meet me

when i'm alone i start thinking
at that time, should i had rather forgotten(about you)?
but these tears are the answer, aren`t they?
i can't lie to my heart

it's almost scary that i can remember your smell, your action and everything
“Weird, isn`t it?”, please say so and laugh
even though we're separated, it`s nothing but you

i never thought that love would be so painful, that love would be so sad
i realized that i was serious about you

it's almost scary that i can remember your smell, your action and everything
“weird, isn`t it?”, please say so and laugh
even though we're separated, it`s nothing but you

you are someone inside me that i can't forget about, someone who offered me everything
even if you can never return anymore
right now it's only you, just you
nothing but you

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I'm in love with this Japanese drama and its OST. It suits the drama perfectly.

The show is all about 'Fate'. Akai Ito means 'the red string of fate'. It is an East Asian belief that there is a red string tied around the pinky/ankle of a man and a woman and is connected to each other. The two are destined to be together as soul mates. 
The story is a mobile novel which is popular in Japan.

It’s said that after a person is born, they will meet approximately 30,000 people before they die. Of those people, the number of people you’ll meet and work with is 3,000 and of those you’ll intimately know is 300. Among all these encounters, it’s said God has arranged a special one for you. One made from before you were born. However, that bond of fate is invisible to everyone and yet that unseen person in your destiny is connected to you by a red string in your pink(little finger). That’s why..That’s why I fell in love with you the moment we met…

-Atsushi Nishino (Mizobata Junpei)

You can’t put your true feelings into words. I can’t express my important feelings. If the two of us could exchange the feelings in our hearts, would we see… would we see that destiny was on our side?” -Akai Ito ep.5

Sweet, right?

Sorry for showing my 'otaku' side. But I support the Japanese music, drama, anime, manga and many more. Plus the culture is so rich.

I think that fate is common theme in YA books today. Would you agree?

Top 100 YA Books

Top 100 YA Books

I came across the blogpost from angelsdemonsandvampires and I want to know how many books have I already read.

The ones I’ve read are in bold. How many have you read?

1. Alex Finn – Beastly
2. Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones
3. Ally Carter – Gallagher Girls (1, 2, 3, 4)
4. Ally Condie – Matched
5. Alyson Noel – The Immortals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
6. Anastasia Hopcus – Shadow Hills
7. Angie Sage – Septimus Heap (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
8. Ann Brashares – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1, 2, 3, 4)
9. Anna Godbersen – Luxe (1, 2, 3, 4)
10. Anthony Horowitz – Alex Rider (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
11. Aprilynne Pike – Wings (1, 2, 3)
12. Becca Fitzpatrick – Hush, Hush (1, 2)
13. Brandon Mull – Fablehaven (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
14. Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret
15. Cassandra Clare – The Mortal Instruments (1, 2, 3, 4)
16. Carrie Jones – Need (1, 2, 3)
17. Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (1, 2, 3, 4)
18. Christopher Paolini – Inheritance (1, 2, 3, 4)
19. Cinda Williams Chima – The Heir Chronicles (1, 2, 3)
20. Colleen Houck – Tigers Saga (1, 2)
21. Cornelia Funke – Inkheart (1, 2, 3)
22. Ellen Hopkins – Impulse
23. Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
24. Faraaz Kazi – Truly, Madly, Deeply
25. Frank Beddor – The Looking Glass Wars (1, 2, 3)
26. Gabrielle Zevin – Elsewhere
27. Gail Carson Levine – Fairest
28. Holly Black – Tithe (1, 2, 3)
29. J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
30. James Dashner – The Maze Runner (1, 2)
31. James Patterson – Maximum Ride (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
32. Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why
33. Jeanne DuPrau – Books of Ember (1, 2, 3, 4)
34. Jeff Kinney – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
35. John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
36. John Green – An Abundance of Katherines
37. John Green – Looking for Alaska
38. John Green – Paper Towns
39. Jonathan Stroud – Bartimaeus (1, 2, 3, 4)
40. Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Caster Chronicles (1, 2)
41. Kelley Armstrong – Darkest Powers (1, 2, 3)
42. Kristin Cashore – The Seven Kingdoms (1, 2)
43. Lauren Kate – Fallen (1, 2, 3)
44. Lemony Snicket – Series of Unfortunate Events (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
45. Libba Bray – Gemma Doyle (1, 2, 3)
46. Lisa McMann – Dream Catcher (1, 2, 3)
47. Louise Rennison – Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
48. M.T. Anderson – Feed
49. Maggie Stiefvater – The Wolves of Mercy Falls (1, 2, 3)
50. Margaret Peterson Haddix – Shadow Children (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
51. Maria V. Snyder – Study (1, 2, 3)
52. Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
53. Markus Zusak – I am the Messenger
54. Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
55. Mary Ting – Crossroads
56. Maureen Johnson – Little Blue Envelope (1, 2)
57. Meg Cabot – All-American Girl (1, 2)
58. Meg Cabot – The Mediator (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
59. Meg Cabot – The Princess Diaries (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
60. Meg Rosoff – How I Live Now
61. Megan McCafferty – Jessica Darling (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
62. Megan Whalen Turner – The Queen’s Thief (1, 2, 3, 4)
63. Melina Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road
64. Melissa de la Cruz – Blue Bloods (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
65. Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
66. Michael Grant – Gone (1, 2, 3, 4)
67. Nancy Farmer – The House of the Scorpion
68. Neal Shusterman – Unwind
69. Neil Gaiman – Coraline
70. Neil Gaiman – Stardust
71. Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book
72. P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast – House of Night (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
73. Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials (1, 2, 3)
74. Rachel Caine – The Morganville Vampires (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
75. Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
76. Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
77. Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
78. Rom LcO’Feer – Somewhere Carnal Over 40 Winks
79. S.L. Naeole – Grace (1, 2, 3, 4)
80. Sabrina Bryan & Julia DeVillers – Princess of Gossip
81. Sarah Dessen – Along for the Ride
82. Sarah Dessen – Lock and Key
83. Sarah Dessen – The Truth about Forever
84. Sara Shepard – Pretty Little Liars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
85. Scott Westerfeld – Leviathan (1, 2)
86. Scott Westerfeld – Uglies (1, 2, 3)
87. Shannon Hale – Books of a Thousand Days
88. Shannon Hale – Princess Academy
89. Shannon Hale – The Books of Bayern (1, 2, 3, 4)
90. Sherman Alexie & Ellen Forney – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
91. Simone Elkeles – Perfect Chemistry (1, 2, 3)
92. Stephenie Meyer – The Host
93. Stephenie Meyer – Twilight Saga (1, 2, 3, 4)
94. Sue Monk Kidd – The Secret Life of Bees
95. Susan Beth Pfeffer – Last Survivors (1, 2, 3)
96. Suzanne Collins – Hunger Games (1, 2, 3)
97. Suzanne Collins – Underland Chronicles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
98. Terry Pratchett – Tiffany Aching (1, 2, 3, 4)
99. Tonya Hurley – Ghost Girl (1, 2, 3)
100. Wendelin Van Draanen – Flipped

In my mailbox

My friend's aunt decided to sell some of her books so I bought 5. The books are in good condition and I got them in a very low price. The stories are old but I'm sure they're great.

Here they are:

Before and Again- Doris Mortman

Angel with Attitude- Michelle Rowen

Tell Me Your Dreams- Sidney Sheldon

The House- Sydney Danielle Steel

The Hunt Club- John Lescroart