100 Follower Giveaway @ Cup of Tea Reviews!

Sabrina: We reached 100 followers!

Ashi: *nudge* You didn't say hi.

Sabrina: It's okay. It doesn't matter.

Ashi: Yes, it does.

Sabrina: *sigh* Fine. Hi everyone!

Ashi: Better.

Lucky: We're hosting a giveaway.

Sabrina: Why?

Lucky: *face palm* Weren't you the one who suggested it?

Sabrina: No, I didn't.

Ashi: *glares*

Sabrina: I-I mean, yes, I did. Isn't this giveaway a little late since we reached 100 followers a week ago or something?

Ashi: It doesn't matter. We're hosting it now anyway.

Lucky: Could we please get back to what we were talking about?

Sabrina: What were we talking about?

Lucky: *double face palm* THE GIVEAWAY!

Sabrina: But what is there to get back to since we're talking about the giveaway too?

Lucky: Just forget it.

Sabrina: Um, what exactly are we giving away?

Lucky: Let me explain. We're giving away any book from the Book Depository that's under $15. It's international as long as you're on their free shipping list.

Ashi: The giveaway will end at 11:59pm on September 9th, GMT +8.

Sabrina: Really?! Can I join? I'm a sea away from you and Lucky!

Ashi: No! Followers only. Besides, you're paying for this giveaway.

Sabrina: WHAT!?!?

Lucky: Just click on this FORM to enter. Please read our giveaway policy first!

On My Wishlist

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It's where we list all the books we desperately want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It's also an event that you can join in with too - Mr Linky is always at the ready for you to link your own 'On My Wishlist' post. If you want to know more click here.

        
           My Picks this week are..

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

A zombie who yearns for a better life ends up falling in love—with a human—in this astonishingly original debut novel.

R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn’t enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.

Not just another zombie novel, Warm Bodies is funny, scary, and deeply moving.

Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns...

Real unicorns are venomous, man-eating monsters with huge fangs and razor-sharp horns. Fortunately, they've been extinct for a hundred and fifty years.

Or not.

Astrid had always scoffed at her eccentric mother's stories about killer unicorns. But when one of the monsters attacks her boyfriend—thereby ruining any chance of him taking her to the prom—Astrid finds herself headed to Rome to train as a unicorn hunter at the ancient cloisters the hunters have used for centuries.

However, at the cloisters all is not what it seems. Outside, the unicorns wait to attack. And within, Astrid faces other, unexpected threats: from the crumbling, bone-covered walls that vibrate with a terrible power to the hidden agendas of her fellow hunters to—perhaps most dangerously of all—her growing attraction to a handsome art student ... an attraction that could jeopardize everything.


*I've been dying to read both of these! So..if you'd maybe like trade, or give as a gift to me, go aheard, I'd love you forever for it :D ♥

Waiting On Wednesday

Hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine

Title: Triangles
Author: Ellen Hopkins
RELEASE DATE:  October 18, 2011
Synopsis: In this emotionally powerful novel, three women face the age-old midlife question: If I’m halfway to death, is this all I’ve got to show for it? Holly, filled with regret for being a stay-at-home mom, sheds sixty pounds and loses herself in the world of extramarital sex. Andrea, a single mom and avowed celibate, watches her friend Holly’s meltdown with a mixture of concern and contempt. Holly is throwing away what Andrea has spent her whole life searching for—a committed relationship with a decent guy. So what if Andrea picks up Holly’s castaway husband? Then there’s Marissa. She has more than her fair share of challenges—a gay teenage son, a terminally ill daughter, and a husband who buries himself in his work rather than face the facts. As one woman’s marriage unravels, another one’s rekindles. As one woman’s family comes apart at the seams, another’s is reconfigured into something bigger and better. In this story of connections and disconnections, one woman’s up is another one’s down, and all three of them will learn the meaning of friendship, betrayal, and forgiveness before it is through.

*I love Ellen Hopkins and whether it's Fiction or YA, I'll read everything by her. This sounds really good and bonus because a character has my name ;3 (Andrea)

What I'm Reading

No IMM today, but here's what I'm currently reading :)

Title: Fobidden

Author: Tabitha Suzuma

Genre: YA

Synopsis:

Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives—and the way they understand each other so completely—has also also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has no happy ending.

*Ah! I have been waiting so long to read this and so far I am not disapointed. I couldn't put it down and it was really a breathe a fresh air from Tiger's Curse. I had to stop reading though, to finish up Tiger's Curse so I'm going to run back to Forbidden and cuddle up and kiss it, because I am loving it!

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck -Review

Title: Tiger's Curse (Tiger Saga #1)
Author: Colleen Houck
Page Number: 406
Genre: YA
Synopsis: Passion. Fate. Loyalty.

Would you risk it all to change your destiny?

The last thing 17-year old Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that’s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.

Tiger’s Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more.

My Review:  *contains minor spoilers!
Seeing as how long it took me so long to finish reading this (about two weeks!) , it's obvious I didn't like it. So, this whole review will be jubbled up and full of ranting and whatnot, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, let's start from the beginning.

I think the prologue was very well written and I think if it started any other way I would have put it down from the very first page. Houck has a better ability at writing in 3rd person then first.

So, right away I can tell Kelsey is an unrealistic, naive and immature character. I personally don't know any 17, 18 year old who acts like her. (myself being 17 almost 18) She seems like a 10 year old who has been through a rough patch in life. I see her as a heroine and then not. She's very selfless, a little too selfless and from the very first joke she said, I knew I wasn't going to like her because it just seemed like Houck was trying too hard to find her inner teen. And the character of Kelsey just didn't working out for me. I didn't like her at all.

From the synopsis its self it's pretty easy to figure out what's going to happen from beginning, middle and end. It was all too predictable. I think it would have all worked out if the writing was better.

 When Kelsey was asked to go to Indian, and from a stranger, I think she agreed way too soon, personally my parents would need about 6 months to 1 year notice and then another year to think about it! All in all, the whole book, except for the Indian mythology, was very very unrealistic.

That being said, I loved the mythology. It was one of the reasons I kept reading. It was very interesting and I liked reading about it.

What I didn't like was the fact that Ren fell in love with Kelsey so soon, he barely knew her and she doesn't seem very likable. Same goes for Kishan. I guess they were stuck being Tigers for too long.
Though I did like both of them because I could just picture how gorgeous and beautiful they both are. (in human form, but I suppose animal form also!)

Ugh, I don't know. I just didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I was going to. I read all these great reviews about it but when it came down to it, I wasn't happy. I have to admit though that I was starting to think I was liking the book towards the end, but then I realized I only did because it was ending.

I don't know if I will read the 2nd or 3rd or 4th, or just finish the series. If I do, I'll be borrowing it from a friend or library because I feel like I wasted $17 with the first.

IS IT JUST ME OR DOES THE BOOK FEEL RATHER FREAKING HEAVY? I DIDN'T LIKE THAT, RECYCLE HOUCK!

Overall it was alright, not the best.

My Rating: 2/5 -It was O.K. Bit disappointing though.

What I'm Reading

Title: Tiger's Curse (Tiger Saga #1)
Author: Colleen Houck
Synopsis: Passion. Fate. Loyalty.

Would you risk it all to change your destiny?

The last thing 17-year old Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that’s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.

Tiger’s Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more.


*I've heard so many great things about this book, but I'm 100+ pages in and I do NOT like it at all. The writing isn't very good and the main character and dialoge seems very unrealistic and immature.  And honestly, it's painful for me to keep reading, but I'm going to finish it no matter what.