In My Mailbox and My Bookshelves (2/13/11)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren.

I only have three books this week, but I do have a new bookcase that I just got finished putting together!

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

Iron Queen (Iron King, #3) by Julie Kagawa

This is my new bookshelf and it is already halfway full. Some of my to-reads are on the top shelf and hardbacks on the second shelf and paperbacks on the third. There's nothing on the last shelf. It is actually a five shelf bookcase, but it is supposed to be for vases and pictures so the bottom shelf is huge! Huge enough for two shelves and I am now wondering where I am going to find another shelf. :/

 

This is my old bookshelf, but I figured since I've never shown you guys I'd show you now. This one is full and the book that are on the new book shelf were sitting on top of these books. So there it and they are, hope you enjoyed and good night!

Waiting On Wednesday: Starstruck by Cyn Balog

This week's WoW book is

Starstruck

by Cyn Balog. It will be released on July 12, 2011.

SUMMARY:Gwendolyn "Dough" X doesn't think she has much going for her—she carries a few extra pounds, her family struggles with their small bakery in a town full of millionaires, and the other kids at her New Jersey high school don't seem to know that she exists. Thank the stars for her longtime boyfriend, Philip P. Wishman—or "Wish." He moved away to California three years ago, when they were 13, but then professed his love for her via e-mail, and he's been her long-distance BF ever since. At the beginning of her junior year, though, Wish e-mails that he's moving back to Jersey. Great, right? Well, except that Dough has gained about 70 pounds since the last time Wish saw her, while Wish—according to his Facebook photos—has morphed into a blonde god. Convinced that she'll be headed for Dumpsville the minute Wish lays eyes on her, Dough delays their meeting as long as she possibly can. But when she sees Wish at school, something amazing happens. He looks at Dough like she's just as gorgeous as he is. But Wish is acting a little weird, obsessed with the sun and freaked out by rain. And the creepy new guy working at the bakery, Christian, is convinced that there's more to Wish's good looks than just healthy eating and lots of sun. He tells Dough that a mark on Wish's neck marks him as a member of the Luminati—an ancient cult of astrologers who can manipulate the stars to improve their lives. Is Wish and Dough's love meant to be—or are they star-crossed?

The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 322 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Publication Date: April 7th 2009
ISBN: 1416959408
ISBN13: 9781416959403
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.
Quinn is surrounded by women who have had their hearts broken. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. She tries to be an optimist -- after all, she's the dependable one, the girl who never makes foolish choices. But when she is abruptly and unceremoniously dumped, Quinn starts to think maybe there really are no good men.





It doesn't help that she's gingerly handling a renewed relationship with her formerly absent father. He's a little bit of a lot of things: charming, selfish, eccentric, lazy...but he's her dad, and Quinn's just happy to have him around again. Until she realizes how horribly he's treated the many women in his life, how he's stolen more than just their hearts. Determined to, for once, take action in her life, Quinn joins forces with the half sister she's never met and the little sister she'll do anything to protect. Together, they set out to right her father's wrongs...and in doing so, begin to uncover what they're really looking for: the truth.

Once again, Deb Caletti has created a motley crew of lovably flawed characters who bond over the shared experiences of fear, love, pain, and joy -- in other words, real life.

Why I Read This: I read this because I had heard of Deb Caletti in passing but never really read anything by her. Then I heard that Sarah Dessen and Deb Caletti books are vaguely similar and I was caught hook, line, and sinker.

Plot: Quinn lives in a house full of women skeptical of true love. They all been hurt or cheated on and have had or is having bad luck with men. The captain of the bunch is Quinn's mother, Mary Louise Hoffman. She was heartbroken after Quinn's father, Barry cheats on her with another woman. After they separate Quinn and her sister Sprout don't keep in touch with him until now. Her father is selfish and unconcerned with anybody but himself. Sprout sees it but Quinn refuses to acknowledge that her father is a pig. Until one day after her father tells her that he won't be helping her pay for college and she sees a statue in her father's living room that wasn't there before his girlfriend, Brie left. She picks it up to see Brie's name on the bottom on the statue. Feeling suspicious, Quinn goes on a search and finds items that her dad has stolen from every women he's ever dated, including her mother's beloved music box. Feeling spiteful and ashamed of her dad's actions, she calls up her stranger sister, Frances Lee and they plan to return all their dad's "most valuable possessions" to the people who love them the most. Along the way she meets, a dark-haired musician, who defies all stereotypes and finally connects with her sister using something they all have in common: their dad.

Characters: Quinn is very headstrong, but in denial about what kind of person her father is. In the growing days that she and her sister spend at his house, she learns the ways of her father. Discovering all the stuff and him telling her that she will have to pay for her college is the last straw and is a great turning point in the book. Quinn takes a big risk by calling her sister Frances Lee, who she's only met a couple of times and is the complete loose opposite of Quinn. Sprout aka Charlotte is Quinn's little sister and is an essential character in this sisterhood handbook. I love her personality in that she had cute little sayings that she learned from her grandmother and that even being the younger sister, she knew crap when she heard it.
Frances Lee is the oldest sister and she is the main source of laughs in part of the book for me. Hearing her dialogue was a huge refreshing difference from Quinn's well read thoughts. She is a driving force behind the plan and has been hurt by their dad the most. Last, but not least, the boy. Jake Kennedy. Quinn first sees him lying on the couch and can't help but stare he's so gorgeous. She automatically judges him based on looks and a serpent tattoo that he is the bad boy type. I can't tell you how she actually meets him because it is the element of surprise that is the best! Jake is sweet and not all bad boy and tells her so. His comments and winks come as a surprise to and completely frazzle Quinn especially after living in a house with a list on the refreigerator warning that flattery is not love. With all these funny and caring people in this book and the letters spacing out events and all the wonderful people they meet on their journey, this book can't help, but be fabulous!

First Line: "When it came to love, my mother's big advice was that there were WARNING SIGNS.

Favorite Line: "It's just, you have really beautiful eyes," he said.

Waiting on Wednesday: Camille

Goodreads Synopsis:
At a time when society conforms to the strictest rules and most proper etiquette, sixteen-year-old Camille Kennecott and her guardian, Dr. Bennett, live a most unconventional life. They hunt werewolves.When unwitting victim, Nathaniel Strider, wanders into one of their full moon pursuits, Camille and Dr. Bennett believe they have found a specimen for their study. Finding a scientific key to unlocking the mystery of lycanthropy would end their late night excursions. Yet beneath the irresistible exterior, Nathaniel is transforming into a flesh-tearing monster, and as each experiment fails, Camille loses another inch of her soul to him. In a month’s time, she must face the prospect of destroying the boy who has stolen her heart.

Why I'm Waiting: I have started to be more interested in historical fiction after reading Libba Bray's series. I just finished reading The Betraying Season by Marissa Doyle. I like the though of them hunting the werewolves and the idea of reading her struggle of her love to Nathaniel or her loyalty to Dr. Bennett. Also the cover seem so shiny even from the Internet. It seem that from the Internet is the only way I will be seeing it because Goodreads only has the Kindle edition and the ebook edition on file. Does anyone know if it comes in physical form? If you do, could you please tell me in the comments? But even if you don't know still comment back to tell me your thoughts or link to your WoW!

Teaser Tuesday: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!


My 2 Sentences
"We don't really...dance," he said. "We just sort of...jerk."
The thin line of his mouth turned up at the corner. Phoebe laughed.

~ Page 167, Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

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