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When was the last time I posted? I've been sick for the past 5 days... it feels a bit weird to finally be back to blogging something again. Here are my WoW picks for the week! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: The Rain by Virginia Bergin Release Date: July 17th 2014 Published by: Macmillan Children's Books Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is having her first proper snog with Caspar McCloud in a hot tub, and the next she’s being bundled inside the house, dripping wet, cold and in her underwear. Not cool. As she and Caspar shiver in the kitchen, it starts to rain. They turn on the radio to hear panicked voices – ‘It’s in the rain . . . it’s in the rain . . . ' That was two weeks ago, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren’t prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn’t realize that you couldn’t drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect y...

You know when a prologue makes you feel sadness and pain all at the same time? And it's only the first page. That never happens to me. Until now. Infinite Sky just did, in the first page, I knew I was in for a one of a kind read, and that I should brace my heart for a very memorable read. Title: Infinite Sky (Infinite Sky #1) by C.J. Flood Release Date: May 20th 2014 Published by: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Source: Publisher (Thanks Simon & Schuster Asia!) Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: A truly beautiful book about the summer that changed one girl's life, as her mum leaves home, travellers set up camp in the family's field, her older brother goes off the rails, and she falls in love for the very first time. Opening with a funeral, Iris is mourning the boy in the casket - but who is it? Sam, her tearaway brother, or Trick, her tentative boyfriend? Over one long hot summer, we find out just how their three lives were turned upside-down. "Is it possib...

It's a good year to be a Filipino Young Adult bookworm. After the success of the triple powerhouse signing last April, National Bookstore is bringing two more AMAZING authors for their June and July signings! Who, you ask? Why the bestselling authors Jenny Han and Stephanie Perkins! How's that for AMAZING June and July? JENNY HAN EVENT PAGE Frequently Asked Questions When and where are the book signings? June 21, 2:00 pm, at National Book Store, Glorietta 1 June 22, 2:00 pm, at National Book Store, SM Cebu When will the registration be? Registration opens at 10:00 am on June 21 at National Book Store, Glorietta 1 and 10:00 am on June 22 at National Book Store, SM Cebu (in the store, NOT the events area). Each guest will be asked to fill out the registration form upon arrival. Separate registrations for each event is required should you wish to attend both events. First come, first served. Is there a registration fee? No. There is no registration fee. How many books can I have s...

This book tackles that question: how much of your life can you share online? And what does privacy mean for a blogger who blogs about not just her life as a mom, but of her daughter's? Title: Don't Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley Release Date: April 22nd 2014 Published by: HarperTeen Source: Publisher (Thanks Megan!) Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Buy from local bookstores: National Bookstore | Fully Booked Summary: All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on THAT blog. Imogene's mother has been writing an incredibly embarrassing, and incredibly popular, blog about her since before she was born. Hundreds of thousands of perfect strangers knew when Imogene had her first period. Imogene's crush saw her "before and after" orthodontia photos. But Imogene is fifteen now, and her mother is still blogging about her, in gruesome detail, against her will. When a mandatory school project compels Imogene to start her own blog, Imogene is reluctant to expos...

I wish I liked this book much more than I did. Title: Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood #1) by Victoria Scott Release Date: February 25th 2014 Published by: Scholastic Press Source: Publisher (Thanks Scholastic!) Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: Time is slipping away.... Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to Montana for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying—and she's helpless to change anything. Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness. But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love, and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race. The jungle is terrify...

Taking some inspiration from Kayla at The Bookish Owl for the book poses! Anyway, I'm off to meet a friend to catch up, so in the meantime... here's my haul for the week! What amazing books did you get? Share them with me please! I can't wait to read these lovelies. As always, thanks to the generous publishers who gave me the opportunity to read these wonderful sounding novels! Stacking the Shelves hosted is by Tynga's reviews ! So leave a comment below and share your own haul! For review: Exile by Kevin Emerson The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern Free to Fall by Lauren Miller The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister The Things You Kiss Goodbye by Leslie Connor Don't Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman The Year of the Rat by Claire Furniss We Were Liars by E. Lockhart We Are the Goldens by Dana Reinhardt The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin The Secrets ...

There was a warning at the back of this book, " If someone asks you how it ends, just lie. ". Heed that warning. Title: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Release Date: May 13th 2014 Published by: Random House Inc Source: Publisher (Thanks Random House!) Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. Cadence belongs to the Sinclair family, daughter of the youngest Sinclair and the first grandchild. They're a family of old-money Democrats, prestigious, with wealth and power. Blessed, perfect, beautiful. Except no one knows what happens inside the fa...

Long time no post! A lot of things happened recently and I'm just getting my blogging groove back, so here I am showcasing two books I am looking forward to read! Check them out and tell me what you think. Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: The Aftermath by Jen Alexander Release Date: August 26th 2014 Published by: Harlequin Teen Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): Sometimes, I dream that I'm someone else. A girl with dark hair who doesn't worry about hunger or thirst or running from flesh-eaters. In her world, those sorts of things don't exist. Since the spring of 2036, when the world changed forever, Claudia and a small clan of survivors have roamed the streets of a very altered Nashville: polluted and desolate, except for the ever-present threat of cannibal Hoarders. Together they must undergo punishing tests of endurance and psychological challenge sometimes with devastating consequences all just to live a...