TBR Intervention Challenge (51)

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This is going to be a sad post for me. TBRIC has been my regular post every Saturday with some of my awesomest friends in the blogsophere--Dani and Ayanami and Heather, too. And of course it wouldn't be possible to have this meme without your support, our fellow readers and bloggers who are so awesome for keeping up with us this whole time. I would like to especially give my thank yous to Lis @The Reader Lines and Brittani @Hope, Faith, & Books blogs, for being our constant companions ... doing this meme until the end. Thank you for your support. Thanks so much to everyone who joined and participated the TBR Intevervention Challenge--those who joined regularly, those who joined once or twice, those who joined a couple of more times, those who joined us when we started the meme, and to those who are still joining us up to the last time. THANK YOU SO MUCH. It wouldn't be successful without all your support and love. As much as I don't want to say this, and as much as I don't want this to end, I have to say that this would be my last post for the TBR Intervention Challenge. It's been a great journey doing this with all of you awesome bloggers. Thank you very much, once again.

Thank you Dani and Heather. Thank you Ayanami. Thank you everyone for those fantabulous times! See you around the blog-o-sphere! :)

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OKAAAAAAY... 

Last Saturday I haven't put up my TBRIC post because Dani and I just talked about it and we're waiting for Ayanami's reply. So sorry if you haven't seen any linky... (I'm going to miss the linky too!).

 

So the last time, I committed reading Article 5 by Kristen Simmons and Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley. I finished both books! Yay! Both are good but I enjoyed Graffiti Moon better. I'm not sure if I'm going to put up my review of Article 5, but if you want to see my thoughts about Graffiti Moon, you can read my review here.

Right now, I'm reading Reaping Me Softly by Kate Evangelista. I'm enjoying it so far, but not as much as I enjoyed Taste. I'm not even halfway through so I can't say anything more about the book. Please wait for my review to come up on October 30th as part of the Reaping Me Softly Blog Tour. 

That's it! Thank you for reading my post today and for being here in my blog for my last TBRIC post. I'm going to miss this meme. I loved this so much, it's our baby (right Dani, Ayanami?). But sometimes we can't keep something to last forever. Maybe in the near future we'll see each other again in a new meme... who knows. But right now, I just want to say that even if there is no more TBRIC every week, we can still share our books and our TBR list in a way or so. Keep reading. Keep sharing. Enjoy your books and remember that YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS A HUGE TBR PILE to manage. There is no such thing as too many books anyway. JUST RELAX & SMILE & KEEP READING.

Have a fantastic week everyone! See you around the blog-o-sphere! :) Xoxo.

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

Last week I've finished Shattered Souls by Marie Lindsey but sad to say I haven't finish Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris. Shattered Souls was good, Unraveling Me was a little slow. I still plan to finish the book but I don't know when, we'll see. Hehe. Anyway, aside from that, I also read and enjoyed Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan. It was really good and I'm looking forward to read the second book. It was slow in the beginning... full of flashbacks actually. The protagonist irritates me so much but the story is worth reading so I manage to stay on and finish the book. I really liked it.

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

This week I'm planning to finish Article 5 by Kristin Simmons and then start Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley. I heard good things about these books and I'm so excited to finally be able to pick them for my TBRIC. They've been on my TBR for months now and I think it's time to get through these wonderful-sounding books.

What are you planning to read this week?

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

I finished Every Day by David Levithan. It was such a good book. Sad, heartbreaking, remarkable. It's very unique and I really enjoyed it. A little slow but there is a part in the book that really made it for me. It was surprising and I didn't expect something like that. It wasn't a happy ending but I liked it. I know that there are readers who LOVED this book, I didn't love it like they do, but I still liked it. This may not be a book for everyone, but it's a worth a try. It's a 4-star for me :)

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

I want to read a contemporary right now but I don't think that would be such a great idea. My OB-Gyne said to me that I should temporarily avoid very emotional stories (not good for my developing baby and for my swinging moods), and all the contemporary books I have on my shelf right now are tear-jerker (so I've heard). So now, I've chosen Unraveling Me and Shattered Souls as my next TBRIC. okay, I kinda cheat here because I already started Unraveling Me by Elizabeth Norris. It's a little slow but interesting enough to continue. Then I'm going to read Shattered Souls by Marie Lindsey. It's been a long while already, I need to read it.

So how's your TBRIC last week? I've been absent on the hop lately... sorry I wasn't able to visit your posts. I will try my best to get back on track. :) Have a great weekend everybody!

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

I am finished with Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen and I really liked it. I'm not satisfied with the ending though and it feels like there is something lacking in the story. But nevertheless, it was such a great read for me and once again, Sarah Dessen didn't let me down. I love her stories and I'm sure that I'll come back for more. I'm giving it a 4/5 coffee cups rating. My review will be up this week, I hope.

I also started Callum and Harper but wasn't able to continue 'cos I've found a copy of Every Day by David Levithan in the bookstore the last time we went out malling. So...

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. 

Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.With his new novel, David Levithan has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day.

Every Day by David Levithan will be my commitment this week. The summary is wow and I heard a lot of good things about this book. I'm a bit scared about the ending though... because they said it's unexpected and emotional. Gosh, I'm not even sure if I am ready for a heartbreaking ending, but I am so curious about the story and how David Levithan pulled this off.

So how's your TBR pile? How many books did you read? I hope you did better than me this week. Have an awesome weekend!

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

 

Yay, Yay! I already finished The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton and it was good! I really enjoyed and liked this book. It reminds me a bit of Twilight Saga (love, love, love) but it's not solely about vampires. It's a story of a Witch who fell in love with a Strigoi, and together they will fight to protect the world while trying to find a way for them to be together...forever. I really enjoyed it, it was surprisingly good and Rebecca Hamilton is a talented writer. I loved her style of writing in The Forever Girl.

I also finished and loved (yes!) Surrender by Elana Johnson. It is the second book of the Possession Series and I'm glad that I finally read it! It was really good! Elana Johnson has written this book with depth. It's a compelling story and I can't wait for the next installment. The ending was even bigger than the killer ending in Possession. Though this series is a bit confusing (especially Possession),  I still enjoyed it and loved it. It reminds me again how much I love dystopian novels.

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

This week I plan to read Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen. I have this book since April this year, but it has been on my TBRIC for about a year now... maybe even longer. I adore Sarah Dessen's writing and I feel like I'm in need of some nice contemporary book right now :)

What are you reading? How's your TBR pile? I hope you had a wonderful week! 

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

Last week I told you that I'll try to finish Stay With Me by Paul Griffin, which I did. I'm glad that I'm done with the book though I haven't posted my review yet. I'm still writing it and probably post it this coming week. It's good but a little slow. And the ending was like "that's it?!" kind of thing. It's not a happy ending for me, but I understand that life isn't perfect and the book was just trying to be realistic. I'm a sucker for HEA and this book didn't give me that. Nevertheless, I liked it enough. Sad, heartbreaking, bittersweet romance.

I didn't start Surrender by Elana Johnson because I've decided I needed to finish a few more review books I got months ago (since last year!). So instead of reading what I planned last week, I started The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton which is GOOD! I'm still halfway through and I'll tell you what I think when I finish the book. 

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

The Forever Girl: Sophia's Journey (Forever Girl #1)

by Rebecca Hamilton

Sophia's family has skeletons, but they aren't in their graves.

At twenty-two, practicing Wiccan Sophia Parsons is scratching out a living waiting tables in her Rocky Mountain hometown, a pariah after a string of unsolved murders with only one thing in common: her.

Sophia can imagine lots of ways to improve her life, but she'd settle for just getting rid of the buzzing noise in her head. When the spell she casts goes wrong, the static turns into voices. Her personal demons get company, and the newcomers are dangerous.

One of them is a man named Charles, who Sophia falls for despite her better judgment. He has connections that might help her unveil the mystery surrounding her ancestor's hanging, but she gets more than she bargains for when she finally decides to trust him. 

Survival in his world, she learns, means not asking questions and staying out of the immortal council's way. It's a line she crossed long ago. If Sophia wants to survive the council and save the people she loves, she must accept who she is, perform dark magic, and fight to the death for her freedom.

The Forever Girl is a full-length Paranormal Fantasy novel that will appeal to lovers of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, witches, vampires, ghosts, paranormal mystery, and paranormal horror.

I received this book for review long time ago (I can't remember the exact date) so I think it's just right to give it a chance. Since I already started it and hopefully finish it this weekend, I'll try to read one more book. I just can't decide which book next because my mood changes a lot! Today I feel like reading a contemporary, tomorrow it will be something else. But I'll pick one from my past TBRIC books that I haven't gotten through yet. I'll re-check your past suggestions :)

So, how's your week? Sorry I wasn't able to visit some blogs for the past few weeks. I hope everyone is doing well and good luck with your books!

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

Hello! How's your week? How's your TBR? Mine is still loaded though I managed to read one book plus half of Stay With Me by Paul Griffin which was my TBRIC pick last Saturday. I'm almost halfway through the book but I stopped for a while. I have a great feeling that this book will be one whole depressing one and I can't get myself to continue just yet. My Life Next Door has been set aside too, simply because I couldn't get into the story anymore and it was a bit slow for me. I hope I can get back to it again soon. I've mentioned that I finished one book last week and it was really good. The Brightest Kind of Darkness by P.T. Michelle kept me occupied and I'm glad that I've joined the tour (Thanks to Dani!!!). My review will be up not until September 28th, but I'm telling you now that it's worth my time. I really liked and enjoyed this book. 

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

This week I'll try to continue reading Stay With Me by Paul Griffin, then I wish to start Surrender (Possession #2) by Elana Johnson. I loved the first book and it has been one of my favorites ever since. I miss Jag and Vi, and if you have read Possession, you know how big the cliffhanger ending was! So now I think I'm ready to start the second book.

Summary: 

Forbidden love, intoxicating power, and the terror of control…

Raine has always been a good girl. She lives by the rules in Freedom. After all, they are her father’s rules: He’s the Director. It’s because of him that Raine is willing to use her talent—a power so dangerous, no one else is allowed to know about it. Not even her roommate, Vi.

All of that changes when Raine falls for Gunner. Raine’s got every reason in the world to stay away from Gunn, but she just can’t. Especially when she discovers his connection to Vi’s boyfriend, Zenn. Raine has never known anyone as heavily brainwashed as Vi. Raine’s father expects her to spy on Vi and report back to him. But Raine is beginning to wonder what Vi knows that her father is so anxious to keep hidden, and what might happen if she helps Vi remember it. She’s even starting to suspect Vi’s secrets might involve Freedom’s newest prisoner, the rebel Jag Barque...

What did you read last week?

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

Wahaha! This is getting old already. Here I am (again) doing the walk of shame... I haven't read my books last week, BUT hey, I finished DUST by Devon Ashley (at last! finally!) and it was good. My review is ready but I can't post it yet, not until the blog tour stops here on September. I'm also halfway through My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick and it's good, I'm enjoying it so far.

So next week...

I'm going to continue My Life Next Door, then probably... maybe... I'll start Stay With Me by Paul Griffin.

What did you read last week? 

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

Okaaaaay... So I haven't read Under the Never Sky or Stay With Me, yet. Or any other books I've listed last week. Sorry! Why? Well, because I hardly had time to read since I was too busy with my kid--school, assignments, and now with his Taekwondo class. It's fun and exciting and exhausting, but very fulfilling *smiles.

Anyway, I've finished While It Lasts by Abbi Glines and you can read my review here and I also featured it in My Never-Ending Booknotes.

I'm still trying to finish Dust, and hopefully I'll get to finish it soon. It's a little slow but I'm hoping that it will pick up soon. 

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

I'm still not giving up with Under the Never Sky OR Stay With Me. But I'm also thinking of reading Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. I know that most of you loved it and I am so curious and excited to see it for myself. I really have a good feeling that I will enjoy the book.

That's it for my TBRIC today. How's yours?

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC:

I finished Legend by Marie Lu and it was really good! I totally loved it and definitely a 5/5 coffee cups! Thanks to all who recommended this book to me. I also started Dust by Devon Ashley, though I haven't finish it yet...again. I hope this week I can get through it already. It started good and it's reminding me of Tinkerbell :) Well, with all the little pixies and the dust...

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

Anyway, this week I'm planning to continue Dust. Then maybe I'll be able to read Surrender by Elana Johnson (I loved Possession!). I'm also considering Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi or Stay With Me by Paul Griffin--both are sitting on my shelf for a while now. I can't decide yet, but I'm definitely looking forward to a contemporary or dystopian book this week. 

    

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC: 
In my last week's TBRIC, I said I was going to read DUST by Devon Ashley. But I haven't read it yet. I haven't read any of those I listed! Ugh. Shoot me now. I know you want to! Haha.

BUT...I did have some fantabulous books which I finished last week. See? I didn't fail! I've read two butterflying amazing books! SLAMMED and POINT OF RETREAT by Colleen Hoover. Have you heard about the book? Have you heard about it? Golly-wow, you should read it! It's butterflying good! And if you wonder why I keep saying "butterflying", read the book to find out. *wink* It's really good. I loved those books. They're part of the series. Slammed is book 1. I finished Point of Retreat (book 2) a day after I finished Slammed. I read those two books in two days! They're just that good. 

Anyway, here's my review of Slammed by Colleen Hoover . My review for Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor is also up.

Oh, before I forget, I also finish WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE by Sarah Dessen. It is really good! I really enjoyed it. I cried over the book because it was really emotional and sad and hopeful at the same time. It was a sweet read, too. I love Sarah Dessen.

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:
This week, I am planning to read LEGEND by Marie Lu or BEFORE I WAKE by Rachel Vincent (yes!!!). And of course I'll try to start reading DUST by Devon Ashley.

How's your TBRIC? I hope you did great last week. Smile. Have a delightful weekend!

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LAST WEEK'S TBRIC: 

Last week, my TBRIC was a disaster. You know, not totally some kind of AHBL (All Hell Breaking Loose), but you know what I mean. Haha. But anyway, I think I'm catching up little by little. This week has been good since I enjoyed my books BIG time especially FLAT-OUT LOVE by Jessica Park. I absolutely loved it! Thanks to my Starbooks friend Jenny for recommending this book, and to my Starbooks friend and co-host Dani :) for sending me a wonderful gift--this made me picked this book. If you haven't read Flat-Out Love, I highly recommend it. It's sweet, sad, hilarious, and everything you might want in a contemporary read. If I can't convince you enough, then I suggest reading the reviews from Goodreads and see what I'm talking about *smile*.

Summary | Link to Goodreads

Flat-Out Love is a warm and witty novel of family love and dysfunction, deep heartache and raw vulnerability, with a bit of mystery and one whopping, knock-you-to-your-knees romance.

Something is seriously off in the Watkins home. And Julie Seagle, college freshman, small-town Ohio transplant, and the newest resident of this Boston house, is determined to get to the bottom of it.

When Julie's off-campus housing falls through, her mother's old college roommate, Erin Watkins, invites her to move in. The parents, Erin and Roger, are welcoming, but emotionally distant and academically driven to eccentric extremes. The middle child, Matt, is an MIT tech geek with a sweet side ... and the social skills of a spool of USB cable. The youngest, Celeste, is a frighteningly bright but freakishly fastidious 13-year-old who hauls around a life-sized cardboard cutout of her oldest brother almost everywhere she goes.

And there's that oldest brother, Finn: funny, gorgeous, smart, sensitive, almost emotionally available. Geographically? Definitely unavailable. That's because Finn is traveling the world and surfacing only for random Facebook chats, e-mails, and status updates. Before long, through late-night exchanges of disembodied text, he begins to stir something tender and silly and maybe even a little bit sexy in Julie's suddenly lonesome soul.

To Julie, the emotionally scrambled members of the Watkins family add up to something that ... well ... doesn't quite add up. Not until she forces a buried secret to the surface, eliciting a dramatic confrontation that threatens to tear the fragile Watkins family apart, does she get her answer.

Flat-Out Love comes complete with emails, Facebook status updates, and instant messages.

I finally finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. It wasn't as great as I expected but it's good. I'm giving it 3/5 coffee cups. I haven't finish my review, hopefully it will be up next week. I also finished *blush* Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James. Not usually my type of read, but I enjoyed it. I've read Fifty Shades of Grey months ago, and I thought I wouldn't be able to continue the series. But since reading for me depends on my mood, I actually got the nerve to pick up the book and read it. Fifty Shades of Grey (3/5 coffee cups) was erotic, but Anna and Christian's relationship seemed to grow on me, so I decided to finally continue the series. Fifty Shades Darker is actually better than the first book, I think. Because it focused more on their relationship rather than sex. It's nice how to see Christian changed from being a dominant guy to someone who is actually sweet and romantic and gentle.

Anyway, I don't plan to review Fifty Shades, it was just out of high curiosity why I picked the books. *biting my lip now*. My reviews for Flat-Out Love and Daughter of Smoke and Bone will probably be up next week. I hope you'll come over to take a peek. And probably, I'd be able to finish What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen and write a review as well. We'll see. We'll see.

P.S. I am enjoying What Happened to Goodbye :) Loving Mclean and Dave. Love Sarah Dessen. 

P.S.S. I think I'm craving for a lot of contemporaries nowadays...Have you heard of Slammed by Colleen Hoover? I've heard it's good. I want to get a copy of that book. Maybe soon. Haha.

THIS WEEK'S TBRIC:

I want to read one or two of these books from my shelf. Maybe you can help me pick again?

I also plan to read Dust by Devon Ashley since I'm part of the  upcoming tour. I hope I'll get a whole lot of fun this week, again. I don't want another fail TBRIC. It's becoming a habit, a not-so-healthy habit, lol.

Summary | Link to Goodreads
4. The number of times my delicate wings have been broken and clamped behind my back.
68. The number inked upon my skin, marking me the sixty-eighth pixie to be stolen.
87. The number of days I’ve been wrongfully imprisoned.
88. The first day the faeries will regret stealing me.

Healthy. Cheery. Vivacious. All traits Rosalie has before becoming enslaved by the faeries to make an endless supply of pixie dust. Now that Rosalie has been traumatized by slave labor, extreme desolate conditions and multiple deaths, this hardened pixie is anything but. When this rebellious teenager attempts an escape, she’s isolated in cramped quarters until she learns her place. Just as she begins to let go of all that hope, she finds an unlikely friend in Jack, the faerie assigned to guard her. Interspecies dating is forbidden in the fae world, so their growing attraction is unacceptable. And even if Jack can find a way to free her, they know the prison is the only place they can truly be together.

I think that's it. Have a lovely and fantabulous (I love this term from Dani's vocabulary, I hope she don't mind if she'll see me using this word from now on *wink*) weekend!
P.S. While I'm doing this post, I don't know why I feel...happy, peaceful. Anyway, I hope you are all feeling good today, wherever you are :)

Time to link up! (What's with my overflowing energy?! Weird, lol.)