Stacking the Shelves (24)

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Erin's Books:

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Touched by Corrine Jackson

Altered by Jennifer Rush bookmarks

The Altered bookmarks came from Jennifer Rush, and the books I bought.


What did you get?

—Tea for Three Team

Temporary Hiatus

Amanda and Erin (me) will be traveling for the next two weeks, so the blog is going on hiatus until we get back. And January 3rd is our six month blogoversary, so when we get back expect a GIVEAWAY! Also, while we're gone we should be able to get a few reviews done, so you can look forward to that, too.


—Tea for Three Team

WWW Wednesday (20)

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of 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'll read next?

What are you currently reading?

Erin

Because Pitch Dark's re-read-a-thon for Shatter Me lasts all week I have to pace myself, so I'm also reading Opal. They are both quite awesome.

What did you recently finish reading?

Erin

I liked Rules of Attraction more than The Vincent Boys, but they were both excellent.

What do you think you'll read next?

Erin

I honestly have know idea what I'm going to read next, because I still have to decide what I'm bringing on vacation, but Bitter Blood and Reached are two options.

What are your answers?

—Tea for Three Team

Teaser Tuesday (5)

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Erin

My teaser comes from. . .

     "You can't touch me," I whisper. I'm lying, is what I don't tell him. He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him. Please touch me, is what I want to tell him.
     But things happen when people touch me. Strange things. Bad things.
     Dead things.

I'm re-reading Shatter Me because of Pitch Dark's Shatter Me re-read-a-thon, and I'm falling in love with it all over again. I'm trying to pace myself because the read-a-thon last all week, so this is a quote from the very beginning (pg. 11).

—Tea for Three Team

Stacking the Shelves (23)

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Erin's Books:

(Hold on to your hats, this week's a doozy.)

Succubus on Top (signed) by Richelle Mead

Warrior Princess by Frewin Jones

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines (x2)

Secret Vampire by L. J. Smith (book club edition)

Taken by Storm by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Nevermore by James Patterson

Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

"Dark Swan: Storm Born, #3" (signed by Richelle) by Richelle Mead, Grant Alter, and Dave Hamann

Vampire Academy temp tattoos

Vampire Academy pins (2)

Origin by Jessica Khoury swag (bookmark, magnet, business card)

Notepad

4 pens

Metal bookmark

Ghirardelli truffle squares (6)

The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines Date Night kit (TVB makeup bag, lip gloss, mints)

Not Pictured:

The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead signed page proof

Vampire Academy molnija mark keychain

Alright, here we go—I hope I remember everyone! Succubus On Top, "Dark Swan: Storm Born, #3", The Indigo Spell page proof, and Vampire Academy merch (tattoos, pins, keychain) came from Richelle Mead and The Arcane Vault. Origin swag came from Jessica Khoury. The Vincent Boys Date Night kit and one copy of the book came from Simon & Schuster via Stuck in YA Books in the November to Remember blog tour, the second copy I ordered (because I didn't realize it was included in the blog tour prize). Taken by Storm, Nevermore, pens, notebook, metal bookmark, and Ghirardelli squares came from my Secret Santa. Everything else I bought—well, I bought about half, and my mom bought the rest as an early Christmas present.

What did you get?

—Tea for Three Team

WWW Wednesday (19)

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of 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'll read next?

What are you currently reading?

Erin

 

I JUST (as in a few minutes before throwing this post together) finished Perfect Chemistry, and haven't decided what I'm going to read next, but it's between these two.

What did you recently finish reading?

Erin

I liked it A LOT—still sorting out my feels, so that's all I can say.

What do you think you'll read next?

Erin

I'm getting it tomorrow or Friday, and I'm so excited to start!

What are your answers?

—Tea for Three Team

Top Ten Tuesday (15)

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Favorite New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2012

Amanda's Picks:

(in order read, not discovered)

1. Patrick Rothfuss author of The Kingkiller Chronicle

Pat quickly became one of my all-time favorite authors after reading The Name of the Wind. I'm sure those of you that have been around T3 for a while are tired of listening to me wax poetic about his writing, but it is quite beautiful.

2. John Green author of Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, among others.

I'd heard of John Green before but I didn't read any of his works until this year, boy was I missing out! He has such a great sense of humor! I also just found out that he was in our little hometown this past weekend working on some recording stuff for TFiOS! Excitement! (Just finished TFiOS, so be on the look out for a review soon!)

3. Veronica Roth author of Divergent, Insurgent, and the yet-unnamed-third-book of the Divergent series

4. Cassandra Clare author of The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, and The Dark Artifices series

5. Anna Banks author of Of Poseidon (Of Triton coming in 2013!)

6. Leigh Bardugo author of Shadow & Bone (Siege & Storm coming in 2013!)

7. Jenna Burtenshaw author of Wintercraft series

8. Ally Carter author of Heist Society and Gallagher Girls series

9. Ernest Cline author of Ready Player One

A lot of my admiration and love for Ernie stems from how ridiculously jealous I am of him. He's pretty much living my dream career, a published author, produced scriptwriter (he wrote Fanboys! I love this movie!) and he's only like, the biggest, coolest geek ever (he drives a DeLorean with a flux capacitor in it, for pete's sake!) His second novel, Armada, isn't even out yet and it was just picked up by Universal for production! /jealous

10. Susan Dennard author of Something Strange and Deadly (A Darkness Strange and Lovely coming in 2013!!)

-Tea for Three Team

Stacking the Shelves (22)

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Erin's Books:

Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker
Velveteen (ARC) by Daniel Marks
Soul Bound by Mari Mancusi
Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen
Sweet Shadows (signed) by Tera Lynn Childs
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Velveteen came from Kimberly L. via the YA Book Exchange, Soul Bound came from Suzanne Lazear, and Sweet Shadows came from Enna Isilee @ Squeaky Books. Pushing the Limits I bought, and everything else came from the library.

Also, I finished Pushing the Limits already, and it was so amazing! Everyone needs to read this book!


What did you get this week?

—Tea for Three Team

WWW Wednesday (18)

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of 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'll read next?

What are you currently reading?

Erin

I've only read a little bit of this, but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep reading, though I don't know what else I want to read.

What did you recently finish reading?

Erin

    

I absolutely loved them both!

What do you think you'll read next?

Erin
?

I have no idea. I just got a couple books from the library, but I don't know if I'm in the mood to read them just yet.

What are your answers? We'd love to hear!

—Tea for Three Team

Teaser Tuesday (4)

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Erin

My teaser comes from. . .

"I noticed you the first week." His voice was soft. "Not just because of how pretty you are, though of course, that played into it." I smiled, watching our feet as we matched steps. "It was the way you lean onto your elbows when you're listening in class, when something catches your interest. And when you laugh, it's never to get attention, it's just—laughter. The way you obsessively tuck your hair behind your ear on the left side, but let the right side fall down like a screen. And when you're bored, you tap your foot soundlessly and move your fingers on the desktop like your playing an instrument. I wanted to sketch you."

I usually like to pick funny teasers, but Easy isn't that kind of book, so I went with swoony instead. I also cheated a bit with this teaser, (I finished Easy yesterday afternoon and included way more than 2 lines) but I didn't choose my current read until an hour before this post went up.

—Tea for Three Team

Stacking the Shelves (21)

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Erin's Books:

Skinned by Robin Wasserman
Crashed by Robin Wasserman
Wired by Robin Wasserman
Ironside by Holly Black

Black City and Phoenix bookmarks (signed)

The bookmarks came from Elizabeth Richards, and the rest I bought at one of my local indies, Schuler Books. I also got a ton of other books from Schuler, but they are to be Christmas/birthday presents (actually all but one are for Amanda, so. . . )


What did you get this week?

—Tea for Three Team