It's Monday, What are you reading?

J.Kaye hosts this cool meme.

Read this past week:
Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

Currently Reading:
Dragon House by John Shors

I Can See You by Karen Rose

Upcoming:
Night Runner by Max Turner
Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox

Bday/Blogavesary Extravaganza!!

Reverie Book Reviews is having a multi-book contest! She already has a pile of books that multiple winners will get but she's also going to be adding more books to the stack!

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Deadline: October 21

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Lockdown Review

Product Description
Beneath heaven is hell. Beneath hell is Furnace. Furnace Penitentiary. The world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. One way in, no way out. Once you're here, you're here until you die, and for most of the inmates that doesn't take long - not with the sadistic guards and the bloodthirsty gangs. Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, 'new fish' Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Only in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood drenched tunnels below. And behind everything is the mysterious, all-powerful warden, a man as cruel and as dangerous as the devil himself, whose unthinkable acts have consequences that stretch far beyond the walls of the prison. Together with a bunch of inmates - some innocent kids who have been framed, others cold-blooded killers - Alex plans the prison break to end all prison breaks. But as he starts to uncover the truth about Furnace's deeper, darker purpose, Alex's actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk everything to expose this nightmare that's hidden from the eyes of the world.

My Thoughts: I absolutely loved this book. I was drawn into the story from the very beginning. I started on Friday night and finished it the next night. I normally like a little romance in my YA books, but there was no female in this book at all (unless you count the main character's mom who was only in the book for a chapter or two). What happens to the children in the Furnace is sad but the story is laced with hope and action through the twist and turns of the story. I've been in a bit of a reading drought but this really woke me up. Hopefully I'm back to my old self, reading most books in 2-3 days again (1 week at the most). I can't wait to read the next book in this series, especially since the author left me wondering what happened to the characters at the end of the book. I give this book an A+ just because I loved it so much! Just because I like it doesn't mean everybody has similar taste but if you can get this book I would definitely get it. :)

In My Mailbox 2

In my mailbox was started by Kristi at The Story Siren!

I bought Graceling on Amazon and I went back to my favorite used bookstore and got A Great And Terrible Beauty. I so excited about reading Graceling cause I really want to read Fire. That's funny cause that's the same reason I want to read Lament.... so I can enjoy the first book and read the second (Ballad). lol.

Ink Exchange Review

My Thoughts: It wasn't until I started looking at other blogs that I discovered that In Exchange wasn't focused solely on the main characters from Wicked Lovely. I was concerned that I would try to rush through the book because I wanted to get back to the love triangle.... or square from Wicked Lovely. After reading this book, I realized that nothing about the 2nd book would have my total focus because Ink Exchange felt like a quick detour to the main story of the series, though the ending will definitely be connected to what happens in Fragile Eternity. I liked it. I thought the love triangle in this book would be similar to the love triangle (or square) in Wicked Lovely but it wasn't, and I appreciated that it wasn't just another version of the same story. Niall really helped me enjoy this book. I just wanted him to be happy. I also liked that the bad characters in this book were only bad from the other kingdoms point of views. Once you see the "bad" guy's perspective (some where still just bad but not all of them) you kind of sympathize with them. Overall I give it a B +. It is a good book to read. I got it from the library and would advise others to get this from the library and then buy it later if you like it enough.