Kindle GIVEAWAY - The Prophecy by Petra Landon

Tasia Armstrong is a very special Chosen. Forced to hide from her brethren, she lives in the shadows. Until the night she makes a fateful decision to assist an injured Shape-shifter. Her cover nearly blown, Tasia finds herself an unwitting pawn in the ongoing skirmish between mysterious mercenaries encroaching on Pack turf and the local Shape-shifter Pack led by a formidable and dangerous Alpha Protector. Tasia must fight to protect the deadly secrets she guards while grappling to deal with the enigmatic and ruthless Alpha and his fractious Pack of volatile Shifters.

When the Pack is asked to investigate a twenty-five year old mystery, Tasia's special brand of magic proves essential to cracking the riddle. As an unlikely coalition of Chosen start to dig deeper into the past, they begin to realize that grave danger threatens their world. Tasia is slowly drawn deeper into the investigation as a powerful wizard uses an old prophecy to divide the Chosen. As danger closes in on her, Tasia must decide who to trust.

Author's Note: The Prophecy is the first book of Saga of the Chosen. A tale of fantasy, mystery and adventure with a dose of romance sprinkled in. It is set mostly in contemporary San Francisco.

The Rainmaker will be Book Two in this series.

I've read The Prophecy (Saga of the Chosen #1) by Petra Landon a while ago. You can read the review here

In this blogpost you can enter a Kindle Giveaway for The Prophecy. There will be 4 copies to give out. Winners will be announced Friday April 7th!

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The Prophecy - Kindle Ebook GIVEAWAY!

Goodreads Booktag

Hi there! I've always wanted to do a Book Tag on my Blog. Haven't posted since Sunday and I have a busy week, so I thought it would be nice to post something today! I have no idea who started the Goodreads Book Tag, let me know if you deserve the credits.

Goodreads is my favorite book platform EVER. I take a look multiple times a day and I also have the app. I've made several shelves and have been listing my books since 2015 over there.

This is the Goodreads Book Tag. Here we go!

1) What was the last book you marked as "read"?

If you follow my Blog regularly, you have probably seen that Someone Else's Summer was my last review. This is the last book I've also marked as "read" on Goodreads, since I always review the books I've read here on my blog.

2) What are you currently reading?

This is a big list! I'm currently reading 5 books. 2 are Buddyreads (Fifty Shades Freed and Sherlock Holmes) and 1 is a re-read (Harry Potter #1). Another one is a requested review (Letting Go) and the last one is professional literature (Pedagogische Tact). 

   

 

3) What was the last book you marked as TBR?

I have a pretty big list that is marked as TBR. 379 books and counting! The last book I've added is Vigilante by Kady Cross. I've read a nice review about this book and was curious about it.

4) What do you plan to read next?

I have a couple of books I want to read next. I still want to reach the third Calendar Girl; March. I want to read Gemina and I also want to read How to Find Love in a Bookstore. You can definitely expect the reviews for these books in the next couple of weeks!

  

5) Do you use the star rating system?

Yes! I use apples on my blog and I use stars on Goodreads. I'm not using half stars, I really stick to the 1 to 5 whole stars. This also helps me to compare books (even though that is impossible sometimes). And it helps to figure out what were real favorites.

6) Are you doing a 2017 reading challenge?

Absolutely! My challenge is set to 70 books this year and I'm ahead with 5 books right now. You can click the logo to see my current reading challenge.

7) Do you have a wishlist?

How much time do you have? I'm a real bookjunkie and I want the books that are favorites as physical books on my shelf. I'm also that person that wants to buy the series with the same covers. So my wishlist is never-ending...

8) What book do you plan to buy next?

That is definitely gonna be A Court of Wings and Ruin or Scarlet, the second book in the Lunar Chronicles series. Both books have beautiful covers by the way..

 

9) Do you have any favourite quotes?

I always list my quotes when I have a favorite from a book, so it's a pretty long list. I'll randomly pick 3 and post them for you;

"The kiss is sweeter than sin and fiercer than temptation. I am not gentle, I am not kind; I am rough and wild and savage."

- S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

"Practice love, compassion and forgiveness. Anger is nothing but an anchor that keeps you from moving forward."

- Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

"Happy and sad, elated and miserable, secure and afraid, loved and denied, patient and angry, peaceful and wild, complete and empty... all of it. I would feel everything. It would all be mine"

-Stephenie Meyer, The Host

10) Who are your favorite authors?

I currently have 7 authors listed as favorites: Karin Slaughter, Karen Rose, Kami Garcia, Susan Ee, Mari Jungstedt, Stephenie Meyer and Carlos Ruiz Zafón

11) Have you joined any groups?

I'm active in the group Books Ever After. It's a Belgian/Dutch bookclub. We read 3 books together every month; a chicklit/contemporary, fantasy/dystophian and thriller/detective. You can decide if you want to read them with the other members or if you skip that month. We also have a yearly series that we read, which is Calendar Girl right now. We have meet-ups and buddyreads. I'm pretty happy to be a part of this club!

That's it for now. I hope to see you on Goodreads! You can find me by clicking the logo.

Happy reading!

Did you do a Goodreads Book Tag? Let me know!

Review: Someone Else's Summer

Author: Rachel Bateman
Started reading: March 13th 2017
Finished the book: March 18th 2017
Pages: 320
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, YA
Published: Expected May 9th 2017
Source: Netgalley - Kindle edition
Goodreads score: 3.81
My score:

Synopsis:
Anna's always idolized her older sister, Storm. So when Storm dies in a tragic car accident on the night of her high school graduation, Anna is completely lost and her family is torn apart. That is, until she finds Storm's summer bucket list and decides to honor her sister by having the best summer ever - which includes taking an epic road trip to the coast from her sleepy Iowa town. Setting out to do everything on Storm's list along with her sisters best friend Cameron - the boy next door - who knew that Storm's dream summer would eventually lead to Anna's own self-discovery?

My thoughts

This book gave me a summer-feeling, and I even forgot the hars subject of a sister dying at some points. It was a nice read. Not the greatest ever, but I enjoyed reading it.

Pros

• Summerfeeling: The book gave me a real summerfeeling. The title of the book totally fits it and I love the scenery where the story takes part. At some points I could even smell the sea and it made me long for summer! I was reading this book inside while rain was poring down outside...
• Light read: It's a real light read, this book. At some point I had to read 20% to end the book and that went rather fast. I finished the book within the hour. My kindle knows my reading speed and overall it took me around 4 hours to finish the book.
• Nicely written: This book is nicely written, that's also why it feels like a light read. You rush through the pages and totally get into the story because of the writing style. I never had to re-read a sentence because I didn't get it or because I didn't understand that one word.

Cons

• Moodswings: Anna is coping with serious mood swings. At some points in the book she is mad with Cameron and then a page later she is totally happy and laughing with him. I felt that if she was really mad, they would speak about the issue more or she would take her time off to think. Because she forgot about being angry so fast, it felt more like moodswings to me.
• No shocking plot: I don't know if the plot was meant to be shocking or a surprise, but I knew before the revelation in the book. It didn't feel shocking to me at all, but it has a big impact on Anna. The way she deals with it was a more interesting part for me.
• It's all too easy: This book needed to feel light and summery and that's why everything is so easy, I guess. Two teenagers leaving for a road trip, paying for all those expensive things. Everybody on the way being nice to them, not one bit of bad luck along the way. I think the book couldn't be this light read if it wasn't all that easy, but sometimes it gnawed at me. So at the one side it's a good thing, but sometimes I felt my mind wandering off and thinking how easy it all went.

Overall

It's a compliment to Rachel Bateman that a book with such a harsh subject can turn into a light summer read. I really think this book would be a great script for a movie with the beautiful scenery. It's not a bad book at all, felt like a quick, light read for me.

Memorable quotes from this book

"But that's the thing about truth - even when you think you know it, it can still sneak up behind you and knock you down."

What book gave you that ultimate summerfeeling?

  

Top Ten Tuesday #1 - SPRING TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and The Bookish

This week; Books I'll probably be reading this Spring!

Numbers 1, 2 and 3:

  

Court of Thorns and Roses, Court of Mist and Fury & Court of Wings and Ruin.

I've read the first 2 books, and they were amazing! Probably gonna read the first 2 again as a buddyread and then read the new book that comes out this May.

Number 4:

Kings Cage (Red Queen #3)

It was a pleasure to read the first 2 books. I have this book on my shelf already and gonna read this as buddyread as well.

Number 5:

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)

I'm a HUGE Game of Thrones fan. I loved the first book and I really gotta read this baby!

Number 6:

Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3)

I gotta finish this series! The main character is a little bit to dramatic for me, but I like the world and other characters.

Number 7:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2)

I LOVE Harry Potter and since The Harry Potter Experience is in The Netherlands right now and I'm gonna visit it TWICE I plan on reading the books again and writing reviews!!

Number 8:

Heartless

I hear great stories about this book so I'm excited to read it

Number 9 and 10:

 

Cinder & Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles 1 & 2)

I've read the first part a while ago. I would love to read the whole series so I'm planning on reading the first part again since I really enjoyed the book, and then the second one.

What book are you excited about, to read this Spring?! Let me know!