My Weekly Book Haul #8

Friday Finds is something that was started over on ShouldBeReading and Stacking the Shelves over at TyngaReviews, I am in love with all of these as I love finding other blogs to follow and books to read through these! So check them all out and see what you find, Stacking the Shelves has a lot of participants as well which is great. This is basically a way for me to show what books I have received, borrowed or bought each week.

Hello!

This week I finally got my head around Edelweiss, which was not good! Especially since a lot of great titles; including all Harper Teen, were downloadable without having to request them. This means that I had to download them all, I can't help myself! So my haul this week is rather large. I went on relief to another library, which is never good, They're stock will be different and I'll end up borrowing way too many; which is exactly what happened this time. So apologies, if this seems ridiculously large this week.

For all the books I got this week, whether physical or digital, I shall include a cover photo and plot description. Plot description will either come from the back of book for physical, or Goodreads if not.

The Physical!

10 Borrowed, 1 Bought! 

This Week I Borrowed:

Survive
by
Alex Morel

'Are you okay?' he says again, wanting to move on.
'I should be dead.'
'I understand.'
'No you don't. I tried to kill myself last night, in the bathroom, before the plane crashed. That's why I survived.'

When Jane steps on the plane her plan is clear - Go to the bathroom. Take the pills. End it all.
The plane crash changes all that.
Jane wakes in the mountains, surrounded by wreckage, with just one other survivor. Together, they must fight their way through the blizzards, and back to civilisation.
Now more than anything, she wants to live.



Parallel
by
Lauren Miller

Abby always had a plan for her life. And she always thought it was up to her to make that plan.
But that was before she woke up in someone else's version of her life, with memories that didn't belong to her.
What would you do if your past wasn't your own anymore?
...If your future belonged to someone else?
How would you live if you only had today?



How To Love
by
Katie Cotugno

This is a love story. But it's not what you think.
This is not a first kiss, or a first date. This is not love at first sight. This is a boy and a girl falling in messy, unpredictable, thrilling love. This is the complicated route to happiness that follows. This is real. This is life.
This is how to love.



Young, Gifted & Dead
by
Lucy Carver

Welcome to St Jude's Academy, the elite boarding school where the students are beautiful, talented and dangerously out of control.
New girl Alyssa is on a scholarship and feels like an outsider - she's not even that smart, apart from her freaky photographic memory. Then one day her room-mate Lucy is found dead. It looks like suicide, but, torn apart by guilt and grief, Alyssa is convinced that things aren't as they seem. Soon a jolted memory puts her on the trail of a sinister secret that might hold the clues to Lily's suspicious death.
But Alyssa is in too deep, and she's about to find out that some things are better forgotten.



The Hunt & The Prey
by
Andrew Fukuda

Against all odds, 17-year-old Gene has survived in a world where the general population has eaten humans to near extinction. The only remaining humans, or hepers as they are known, are house in domes on the savannah and studied at the nearby Heper Institute. Every decade there is a government sponsored hunt. When Gene is selected to be one of the combatants he must learn the art of the hunt - but also elude his fellow competitors as suspicions about his true nature grow...



Boy Nobody
by
Allen Zadof

Who is Boy Nobody?
The perennial new kid at school: New town, new name... new mission.
The perfect assassin: Kill your target and move one. No fear. No sympathy. No remorse.
But this time is different. The stakes are deadlier. The memories are surfacing. And Boy Nobody is about to find out who he really it.



Shooting Stars
by
Allison Rushby

Meet Josephine Foster, or Zo Jo as she's known in the biz. The best pint-sized paparazzi out there. Jo loves shooting the stars, and she certainly doesn't mind doing whatever it takes to get that one perfect picture.
But then Jo is sent on a major undercover assignment to shoot Ned Hartnett - teen superstar/heartthrob and the only celebrity who's ever been kind to her - at an exclusive retreat facility in Boston. Among the cheesy group therapy sessions and embarrassing "team building" exercises, Jo finds there's more to the reclusive Ned than meets the eye - and maybe more to herself too.



Rock On
by
Denise Vega

Introducing Ori Taylor and The Band To Be Named Later!
You say you've never heard of them? Just wait. TBTBNL is sure to hit it big at this years Battle of the Bands, and you'll want to say you know them then... Front man Ori Taylor is looking forward to stepping out of his older brother's shadow, learning to perform in public, and rocking the Battle. Oh, and maybe finally working up the nerve to talk to a girl in person instead of just over email. After all, who doesn't love a lead singer?
But when older brother Del suddenly returns from college, he expects Ori to step back into his role of little brother, just when Ori is starting to come into his own. With his confidence wavering, will Ori be able to overcome his stage fright and lead the band to rock glory? Will The Band To Be Named Later ever get a real name? Will their best performances remain in the garage?



Splintered
by
A. G. Howard

Alyssa Gardner hears the thoughts of plants and animals. She hides her delusions for now, but she knows her fate: she will end up like her mother, in an institution. Madness has run in her family ever since her great-great-great-grandmother Alice Liddell told Lewis Carroll her strange dreams, inspiring his classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
But perhaps she's not mad. And perhaps Caroll's stories aren't as whimsical as they first seem.
To break the curse of insanity, Alyssa must go down the rabbit hole and right the wrongs of Wonderland, a place full of strange beings with dark agendas. Alyssa brings her real-world crush - the protective Jeb- with her, but once her journey begins, she's torn between his solidity and the chanting, dangerous magic of Morpheus, her guide to Wonderland.
But no one in Wonderland is what they seem to be- not ever Alyssa herself...


This Week I Bought
(well, the boyfriend bought me)


The Tragedy Paper
by
Elizabeth Laban

"What you are about to hear, the words, the music, my downfall, will serve you better than you ever could have imagined. I am giving you the best gift you could ask for - your Tragedy Paper."
Every year at an exclusive private boarding school in New York State, the graduating students uphold a historic tradition - they must swear an oath or secrecy and leave behind a "treasure" for each incoming senior.
When Duncan Meade inherits the room and the secrets of Tim Macbeth, he uncovers evidence of a clandestine romance, and unravels the truth behind one of the biggest mysteries in the school's history.


Bought on Kindle:


Half-Blood
by
Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi pure bloods have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals-- well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options, become trained sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures. Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting then waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden. Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.



The Goddess Test, Goddess Interrupted and The Goddess Inheritance
by
Aimee Carter

Every girl who has taken the test has died. Now it's Kate's turn.
It's always been just Kate and her mum - and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear that her mother won't live past the fall.
Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerising. He claims to be Hades, god of the Underworld - and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive while Kate tries to pass seven tests.
Kate is sure he's crazy - until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead. Now saving her mother seems crazily possible. If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride and goddess.
If she fails...



Incarceron
by
Catherine Fisher

Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology -- a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and typical medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life, and cannot believe her was born here and has always been here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison -- a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like a past era and an imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of Incarceron, except that it exists. But there comes a moment when Finn, inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside, simultaneously find a device -- a crystal key, through which they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape is born.


Received For Review:

Unhinged (Splintered #2)
by
A. G. Howard

I haven't read book one yet, so click on title to go to description.
Released 7th January 2014



Maybe One Day
by
Melissa Kantor

Zoe and her best friend, Olivia, have always had big plans for the future, none of which included Olivia getting sick. Still, Zoe is determined to put on a brave face and be positive for her friend.
Even when she isn't sure what to say. Even when Olivia misses months of school. Even when Zoe starts falling for Calvin, Olivia's crush.
The one thing that keeps Zoe movie forward is knowing that Olivia will beat this, and everything will go back to the way it was before. It has to. Because the alternative is too terrifying for her to even imagine.
Released: 18th February 2014



White Space
by
Ilsa J. Bick

Ilsa Bick's White Space, pitched as The Matrix meets Inkheart, about a seventee-year-old girl who jumps between the lines of books and into the white space where realities are created and destroyed - but who may herself be nothing more than a character written into being from an alternative universe, to Greg Ferguson at Egmont, in a two-book deal, by Jennifer Laughran at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Released: 11th February 2014



No One Else Can Have You
by
Kathleen Hale

Small towns are nothing if not friendly. Friendship, Wisconsin (population:688) is no different. Around here, everyone wears a smile. And no one ever locks their doors. Until, that is, high school sweetheart Ruth Fried is found murdered. Strung up like a scarecrow in the middle of a cornfield.
Unfortunately, Friendship's police are more adept at looking for lost pets than catching killers. So Ruth's best friend, Kippy Bushman, armed with only her tenacious Midwestern spirit and Ruth's secret diary (which Ruth's mother had asked her to read in order to redact any, you know, sex parts), sets out to find the murderer. But in a quiet town like Friendship- where no one is a suspect- anyone could be the killer.
Released: 7th January 2014



Uninvited
by
Sophie Jordan

When Davy Hamilton's tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene- she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Julliard. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone.
Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.
Released: 28th January 2014



Panic
by
Lauren Oliver

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 he stakes are high and the pay-off is even higher. She's 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.
Released: 4th March 2014



Sea of Shadows
by
Kelley Armstrong

In the Forest of the Dead, where the empire's worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are charged with a dangerous task. For they are the Keeper and the Seeker, and each year they must quiet the enraged souls of the damned.
Only this year, the souls will not be quieted.
Ambushed and separated by an ancient evil, the sister's journey to find each other sends them far from the only home they've ever knows. Accompanied by a stubborn imperial guard and dashing condemned thief, the girls cross a once-empty wasteland, now filled with reawakened monsters of legend, as they travel to warnt he emperor. But a terrible secret awaits them at court- one that will alter the balance of their world forever.
Released: 8th April 2014



Avalon
by
Mindee Arnett

Of the various star systems that make up the Confederation, most lie thousands of light-years from First Earth - and out here, no one is free. The agencies that govern the Confederation are as corrupt as the crime bosses who patrol it, and power is held by anyone with enough greed and ruthlessness to claim it. That power is derived from one thing: metatech, the devices that allow people to travel great distances faster than the speed of light.
Jeth Seagrave and his crew of teenage mercenaries have survived in this world by stealing unsecured metatech, and they're damn good at it. Jeth doesn't care about the politics or the law; all he cares about is earning enough money to buy back his parents' ship, Avalon, from his crime-boss employer and getting himself and his sister, Lizzie, the heck out of Dodge. But when Jeth finds himself in possession of information that bot the crime bosses and the government are willing to kill for, he is going to have to ask himself how far he'll go to get the freedom he's wanted for so long.
Released: 21st January 2014



Salvage 
by
Alexandra Duncan

Ava, a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated deep space merchant ship Parastrata, faces betrayal, banishment, and death. Taking her fate into her own hands, she flees to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean, in this thrilling, surprising, and thought-provoking debut novel that will appeal to fans of Across the Universe, by Beth Revis, and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Released: 1st April 2014



Elusion
by
Claudia Gabel, Cheryl Klam

A new technology called Elusion is sweeping the country. An app, visor and wristband will virtually transport you to an exotic destination where adventure can be pursued without the complications-or consequences-of real life.
Regan is an Elusion insider. Or at least she used to be. Her father invented the program, and her best friend, Patrick, heir to the tech giant Orexis, is about to release it nationwide. But ever since her father's unexpected death, Regan can't bear to Escape, especially since waking up from the dream means crashing back to her grim reality.
Still when there are rumours of trouble in Elusion- accusations that it's addictive and dangerous- Regan is determined to defend it. But the critics of Elusion come from surprising sources, including Josh, the handsome sceptic with his own personal stakes. As Regan investigates the claims, she discovers a disturbing web of secrets. She will soon have to choose between love and loyalty... a decision that will affect the lives of millions.
Released: 18th March 2014



Exile
by
Kevin Emerson

Catherine Summer Carlson knows how to manage bands like a professional- she's a student at the PopArts Academy at Mount Hope Hight, where rock legends Allegiance to North got their start. Summer knows that falling for the lead singer of her latest bands is the least professional thing a manager can do. But Caleb Daniels isn't an ordinary band boy- he's hot, dreamy, sweet-singing, exiled-from-his-old-band, possibly-with-a-deep-dark-side band boy. And he can do that thing. That thing when someone sings a song and it inhabits you, possesses you, and moves you like a marionette to its will.
Summer also finds herself at the centre of a mystery she never saw coming. When Caleb reveals a secret about his long-lost father, one band's past becomes another's present, and Summer finds it harder and harder to be both band manager and girlfriend. She knows what the well-mannered Catherine side of her would do, but she also knows what her heart is telling her. Maybe it's time to accept who she really is, even if it means becoming an exile herself.
Release: 29th April 2014



Talker 25
by
Joshua McCune

It's a high school prank gone horribly wrong-sneaking onto the rez to pose next to sleeping dragon- and now senior Melissa Callahan has become and unsuspecting pawn in a war between Man and Monster, between family and friends and dragons she has despised her whole life. Chilling, epic, and wholly original, this debut novel imagines a North America where dragons are kept on reservations, where strict blackout rules are obeyed no matter what the cost, where the military operates in chilling secret, and where a gruesome television show called Kissing Dragons unites the population. 
Release: 22nd April 2014



Tease
by
Amanda Maciel

Emma Putnam is dead, and it's all Sara Wharton's fault.
At least, that's what everyone seems to think. Sara, along with her best friend and three other classmates, has been criminally charged for the bullying and harassment that led to Emma's shocking suicide. Now Sara is the one who's ostracised, already guilty according to her peers, the community and the media. 
During the summer before her senior year, in between meetings with lawyers and a court-recommended therapist, Sara is forced to reflect on the events that brought her to this moment- and ultimately consider her role in an undeniable tragedy. And she'll have to find a way to move forward, even when it feels like her own life is over.
Released: 29th April 2014



Life By Committee
by
Corey Ann Haydu

Some secrets are too good to keep.
Tabitha might be the only girl in the history of the world who actually gets less popular when she gets hot. But her so-called friends say she's changed, and they've dropped her flat.
Now Tab has no one to tell about the best and worst thing that has ever happened to her: Joe, who spills his most intimate secrets to her in their nightly online chats. Joe, whose touch is so electric it makes Tab wonder if she could survive an actual kiss. Joe, who has Tabitha brimming with restless energy of falling in love. Joes, who is someone else's boyfriend. 
Just when Tab is afraid she'll burst from keeping the secret of Joe inside, she finds Life by Committee. The rules of LBC are simple: tell a secret, receive an assignment. Complete the assignment to keep your secrets safe.
Tab likes it that the assignments push her to her limits, empowering her to live boldly, and go futher than she's ever go on her own.
But in the name of truth and bravery, how far is too far to go?
Released: 13th May 2014



Cruel Beauty
by
Rosamund Hodge

Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.
With no choice but to fulfil her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.
But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle- a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthrals her. 
As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.
Release: 28th January 2014


It's a lot I know. I have a problem.


This week I love: downloadable ARCs, £0.99 Kindle deals.
This week I hate: the name Ignifex and the spelling of daimons.
This week I ponder: The layout of my hauls! Too long, too much detail? Who knows?

This week I thank:

Netgalley, Edelweiss and all the lovely publishers who gave me my wonderful ARCs this week!
And all the lovely people who followed me this week:

Lovin' Los Libros, Looking for the Panacea, Blood, Sweat and Books,
Moody Lions, I Read, Ergo I Write, Jenny Schwartz, Writer Person,
Daystarz's Books, Ja citam, a ti?, Lauren Reads YA, Niki Hawkes,
Diamonds and Coal, This is the Story of my (Reading) Life, Reading with ABC,
Sik Book Reviews, Fighting Dreamer, A Little of the Book Life, Deux Lectrices.

Thank you all!

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