It's Monday.... What Are You Reading

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is a meme hosted by Book Journey.

Books I read last week:

Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols ( Review Soon )

On My Blog Last Week:

Tag: 16 Random Questions

Book Review: Propheticus #1

Books I'm Currently Reading:

 The Migliao ( Propheticus #2 ) by Emma Daley

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Aniah and Novell's relationship has suffered some because of Aniah's discovery and the visitation of the SleepWalker last year. Aniah must learn to protect herself and fight against the dark creatures as she leaves her home behind and begins a dangerous journey, trying to discover her role in the Prophecy of the Dark Angeli. Sample of writing from book: I didn’t feel like the savior of the universe. I was afraid of tiny cliff sides and dead animals. But I didn’t have a choice; people depended on me-millions of people. My life was no longer my own. Just as the Mangitor de Sangue’s was not their own. My name is Aniah. I saw my fate last year in the eyes of a monster, otherwise known as a SleepWalker, a breed of the Mangitori de Sangue. I have yet to learn about this prophecy in which I am an omnipotent warrior sent to save this universe from the deadly clasps of the Mangitori de Sangue, an ancient army of blood lusting creatures. I must try to pull myself from this fearful prison of self pity and desperation that I have trapped myself in, realizing I could lose everyone I ever loved, and become the warrior that millions are counting on. I must learn to fight and spill blood; to run and to hide; and worst of all, to be prepared to have my world ripped to pieces.

  Forgotten by Catherine Mckenzie

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When everyone thinks you’re dead, how do you start your life over again?

Emma Tupper, a young lawyer with a bright future, sets out on a journey after her mother’s death: to Africa, a place her mother always wanted to visit. But her mother’s dying gift has unexpected consequences. Emma falls ill during the trip and is just recovering when a massive earthquake hits, turning her one-month vacation into a six-month ordeal.

When Emma returns home, she’s shocked to find that her friends and colleagues believed she was dead, that her apartment has been rented to a stranger and that her life has gone on without her. Can Emma pick up where she left off? Should she? As Emma struggles to recreate her old life, everyone around her thinks she should change – her job, her relationships, and even herself. But does she really want to sacrifice everything she’s working so hard to gain

Books I have my eyes on:

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa ( Goodreads )

So what about you, what are you currently reading? Leave me a link to your post or a comment telling me, which I'll be sure to check out ;)

xoxo, Mariam

On My Wishlist #12

On My Wishlist is a weekly meme hosted by Cosy Books .

And for this week...

Anna and the French Kiss

Author: Stephanie Perkins 

Published: 2nd December 2010

Genre: Young Adult, Romance



Goodreads: 

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home. As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near - misses end with the French kiss Anna - and readers - have long awaited?

I love the cover and a swoon-worthy accent!! in Paris! Ahh! it all sounds so cute.

That was mine, what about you? Make sure to leave me a comment down below telling me what you think and I'll be sure to check it out ;)

                                                                     xoxo, Mariam 

Tag: 16 Random Questions!

Hi everyone!

And today I have another tag but more of a get to know me sort of tag. And this tag was featured on Cami's blog and you check it out here. But without further ado, here it is....

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1. How did you get your blog's name?
Well, technically I am addicted to books so that's where it came from and Book-A-Holic sort of went together.

 2. If you could change your name to anything what would it be and why?
I mean Book-A-Holic isn't that unique but at the time, I wasn't truly aware of the names of the other blogs. I actually started my blog as soon as I found the whole book blogs community, so I didn't know enough :) If I would change it, it would be something like 'Crazy Obsession' or 'Longing to Read'. Probably 'Longing To Read' though.

 3. If you could go back in time and give your younger self advice, what would it be and why?
I would tell her to listen. To listen to her parents or older people in general whom have enough experience in life to know better. And not to care about satisfying other people around her, more specifically her friends for example and to try searching for what completes her and satisfies her, as a person.


4. How old where you when you learned how to blow your first bubblegum bubble? 
Ah! Well, I remember struggling, I believe it was in 4th grade or 5th grade.

 5. What did you want to be when you were little?
I wanted to be a broadcaster actually. I believe that at the time, it was just the desire of being on TV.
 
6. What do you order at Starbucks?
Nothing extraordinary, I usually go for a cup of Cappuccino.

7. What's the hardest thing you ever laughed?
Well, when I laugh hard, I laugh hard and I laugh a lot. 

 8. If you could play any musical instrument, which would it be and why?
I actually used to play piano at a younger age but eventually I stopped. But now I would LOVE to play guitar. I really love the idea of just holding a guitar and making up songs or imitating songs I love and all that fun stuff. 


9. What's your favorite thing to do when you are upset?
Read, it's my favorite escape. Or maybe buy myself a virtual gift, or perhaps something sweet to eat would work too.


10. What's your favorite movie?
Uhhh, maybe Harry Potter.


11. What's one food you can't live without?
Tea!! It's not food but it still goes into our tummies so that counts :)


12. What's your favorite dessert?
I stopped eating desserts, growing up and being on a diet for long intervals of time. My dessert now is represented in fruits, which I love. I love eating apples, watermelons, grapes, peaches & bananas, all types of fruit.



13. Favorite pizza topping?
Margaretta of course.


14. Would you rather have superpower to read-minds, or superpower to be invisible?
Reading-minds. It would be amazingly good and evil to know what other people think.

 15. What did you do for your last birthday?
Well, my last birthday was nothing special at all. I'm usually not the person who celebrates there birthdays. So I could just hang out with friends, have dinner and all that jazz.


16.  If you had one personal "selfish" wish what would it be?
Same here Cami, clothes. To have all the clothes that I could ever want.

So what do you think? Leave me a comment down below telling me which I'll be sure to check it ;)

And hope you all are having an amazing day!
xoxo, Mariam

Book Review: Propheticus #1

     Aniah once had a settled life with nothing beyond the usual to fear. But this safe world of hers has been disturbed. Once the Novell entered her life, she slowly began to discover new things but most importantly she was experiencing love. However, there was another bigger problem. She started having nightmares. How would nightmares possibly affect her life? Well, those nightmares were nothing near the normal ones, as long as the Mangitori de Sangue were involved. What's next and how can she be protected? And what is this prophecy that determined Aniah's fate...


    Propheticus is a fictional story but nothing about werewolves or vampires. I think of it as a great set up for the rest of the story in the other two books. And Emma has such a rich imagination that she created a dark wide (fictional) world with a fantasy to go with it. And although it may seem a little bit perplexing and not much information, but I think it's sort of okay because we seem to be getting to know about this world lingeringly, along with our heroine to some extent.


    So the story opens with Aniah and her mother coming back from a long trip, getting ready for the Dark Months. And on there way, they found what seemed like an almost dead man. They took him home and took good care of him. Novell and Aniah's relationship has this natural development to it so it's not like, one day they started talking and the next they were kissing but it was just gripping. And although I felt there was some redundancy in their relationship, there was some intense incidents that would distract you. Ultimately, I really love the characters and I know I say this all the time but they felt real and authentic. The story was told from the point of views, of both Aniah and Novell and seeing it that way, made me pity them, like they both weren't certain about the each other's feeling and me, stuck in the middle, I wanted to yell at them, like for God's sake ;) 


    Overall, this was such an amazing read and it's definitely on my favourites shelf. I absolutely recommend it, anyone who loves fantasy and sci-fi novels will definitely enjoy this one. Honestly though, I wasn't captivited to complete reading from the first chapter so I would recommend giving yourself a chance to get into it. Exquisitely written and very descriptive which is what adds magic to fantasy novels. It had an interesting storyline and the ending was such a cliffhanger that I really can't wait to read the second book in the series.   

Title: Propheticus: The Mangitori De Sangue
Author: Emma Daley
Series: Propheticus | The Migliao | The Dark Anglie
Published: 20th November 2010 
Source: A copy was provided as a participant in the blog tour. And I reviewed it although I wasn't required or asked to. 
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Grade Rating:

xoxo, Mariam

It's Monday.... What Are You Reading

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is a meme hosted by Book Journey.

Books I Read Last Week:

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater ( Review )

Propheticus #1 by Emma Daley ( Review )

Books I'm Currently Reading:

Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols

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HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO?

   All Meg has ever wanted is to get away. Away from high school. Away from her backwater town. Away from her parents who seem determined to keep her imprisoned in their dead-end lives. But one crazy evening involving a dare and forbidden railroad tracks, she goes way too far...and almost doesn't make it back.

    John made a choice to stay. To enforce the rules. To serve and protect. He has nothing but contempt for what he sees as childish rebellion, and he wants to teach Meg a lesson she won't soon forget. But Meg pushes him to the limit by questioning everything he learned at the police academy. And when he pushes back, demanding to know why she won't be tied down, they will drive each other to the edge -- and over..

Books I have my eyes on:

Die For Me by Amy Plum ( Goodreads )

I'm trying not to start reading any series because I have plenty to finish :\ But tell me what are you reading? Leave me a link to your post or a comment down below telling me, which I'll be sure to check out ;)

Hope you all are having an amazing day!
xoxo, Mariam 

Book Review: The Scorpio Races

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      As a huge fan of Maggie Stiefvater, author of The Wolves of    Mercy Falls trilogy. I decided to give The Scorpio Races a try. And OMG! Stiefvater just continues to occlude me. It is a stand alone novel that revolves around a mythology of sea horses. Written from the point of views of the two main characters Sean Kendrick and Kate ( Puck ) Connolly. 


     So, the story takes place in the Thisby Island in Ireland. A remote, fictional place where some flesh eating sea horses called the Cappaill Uisce (plural/ pronounced Copoll-Ooshka) and Capall Uisce (singular/ pronounced Capell-Ishka) appears. And every November an annual race is being held between those Cappaill Uisce and their riders and rewarded with an irresistible amount of money when winning, making it possible for people to risk their lives for it. But those sea horses are nothing like normal ones obviously, and so the islanders are all at risk and many deaths occurs every day.

   Sean Kendrick is an expert when it comes to those sea horses. He is the one who everyone turns to when a disaster happens because of the sea horses and believe me much happens. Nineteen years old lonely boy and a four-time winner of the races but this race may seem more of importance. With winning this specific one, he gets his dream, freedom. But then you could easily observe the true bond between him and his horse, Corr, the fastest and most valuable sea horse of all. On the other hand, Puck seems to be obligated to join the race. She needs the money. Her parents were killed by those horses leaving her with her two brothers. Now, not only will she be the first woman to race but also on her own horse, not a sea horse.

     I love how Sean and Puck slowly develop a sweet relationship step by step. And Stiefvater has this style of writing that never falls in enchanting me, she has this way with words that can deliver the scene as desired. The characters are easy to visualize and genuine. Puck was so easy to go with. And when reading it from the two different point of views, it is really shown how Maggie completely transforms and she was able to wear the two characters pretty well. But to be honest, at the very beginning it might not be the most captivating but then once in, there is no way out, ( I mean, I finished this book two days :o ) you can easily get sucked in.   

    My only complaint was that there wasn't much about the race itself. The whole book revolves around the races but then by the end it wasn't sufficient. I couldn't even imagine the race quite well and also the part after when the race ended. What I feel is that Maggie Stiefvater was in a bit of a hurry while writing this book ;)

   Overall, a tremendous, refreshing read with an interesting mythology and an enjoyable storyline. Magically written as always when it comes to Stiefvater. This book made it's way to my favourites shelf and I absolutely recommend it. I personally LOVE horses by the way, so anything that includes horses is fun for me. But even if horses isn't something of your interest, I don't think that it has much of an impact.

Author: Maggie Stiefvater

Pages: 409
Grade Rating:  

Happy Reading Everyone!
xoxo, Mariam