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Top Ten Worlds I’d Never Want To Live

Jan 28, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that members at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. All bloggers are then welcomed to join. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top ~~Ten~~ Nine Worlds I’d Never Want To Live

This week was somewhat hard. Some worlds just come to my mind so quick, but then other times I had to really think about it. As you will see most of the worlds included are Dystopian. These are in no particular order. (Click on the covers for reviews that I have done for some of the books)

1. Panem: The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins – Who would want to live in a world where you could go into a game where you could die. Where if you were born, into a less fortunate district, you are living on nothing. Where you are controlled by people, that get everything. Not Me, Thank you.

2. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi – everything about this world is scary, where ever you live. Just in different ways.

3. Harry Potter: War Time by J.K Rowling – I love the world that J.K created but not during the war with Voldemort. I would not want everyday fearing for the worst. Worry about my friends and family. If it’s after the war then hell yeah would love to live there.

4. Delirum by Lauren Oliver – A world without love, no thank you.

5. City of Chicago: Divergent by Veronica Roth – I am pretty sure if I lived in this world, I would be a Divergent, so I don’t think that’s the best for me. And to say that I am very strong options on things so I don’t think that’s the best.

6. Westeros: Song and Fire and Ice by George R.R. Martin – A world where you have no idea who you can trust, don’t know who is good, who is bad, where everyone you love could die. A world where manipulation is okay, where you are forced into marriage. I think maybe because I know that things like this somewhat, happen in history makes it that much worse.

7. Australia: Tomorrow when the War Began by John Marsden – Gosh, imagine just going away for a few days and coming back to everything not the way that is it was before. I think because I live in Australia, it makes it that more surreal.

8. During the War: Angel by L.A Weatherly – A War where Angel’s hurt humans, they are horrible and just run the world and more are coming.

9. AngelFall by Susan Ee – Another world where Angel’s are terrifying as hell. Where they have taken over.

So that’s my list, how do you feel about these worlds? What are some worlds you would not want to live in?

Waiting on Wednesday #13

Jan 22, 2014

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spin, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

This Week my Waiting on Wednesday is Panic by Lauren Oliver

Expected Publication: March 4th 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover (416 pages)
Series: –
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy
ISBN13: 9780062014559
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Synopsis

Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.

Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.

Dodge has never been afraid of Panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game, he’s sure of it. But what he doesn’t know is that he’s not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for.

For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them—and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most.

Why am I waiting? This sounds soo good and really interesting. It sounds intriguing. I have a love hate relationship with Lauren Oliver, I loved Delirium, then like Pandemonium and then I found out what happened in Requiem and just could not read them. Put I am really liking this. it sounds awesome and I haven’t read much Sci-fi so it will also give me a chance to get into that genre as well.

What are waiting for this Wednesday?

Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist

Jan 20, 2014

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Eight Things On My Reading Wishlist (if you could make authors write about these things you would.) These are in no Particular order and they are for mostly YA authors.

1.I wish for… More YA thriller – I am really liking thriller novels at the moment after reading Psycho Inside Me but there isn’t that much, in young adult novels so I would love some more.

2. I wish for…More books based around Greek Mythology – I love Greek Mythology alot, I would love for more YA novels to be based on it, just all about the Greek Gods, the demi gods, all the monsters. Pretty awesome if I say so myself.

3. I wish for… More novels about magic – I love magic and everything about it, so some more novels that incorporate magic is pretty awesome. I know there is a bit already out, but i want more like Harry Potter if you get what I mean.

4. I wish for… More Male character leads – yes there is a few but not many. It’s different and nice having someone other then a female as our main character.

5. I wish for… More books set in Australia – There is countless books set in America and i am just sick of reading about the same place over and over again. I live in Australia and I have only read 1 book that is set in Australia it was so awesome, I knew the places that were being talked about and i wasn’t as lost

6. I wish for… Books set around the war time – I am always intrigued about books set around war, and I would love see more set around of times of real wars.

7. I wish for… Less love triangles – I hate love triangles, the annoy me and get me so angry, so do many other things check out some here. Sometimes i don’t read a book because I know it has a love triangle in it. They just out me so off.

8. I wish for… More books set in Medieval Times – Something about this time era pulls me in. I am not sure to what it is. Maybe because ‘magic’ was around in these times and just the clothes worn, knights, kings, queens etc I just love it.