Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Tell Me Tuesdays #22!!


Tell Me Tuesdays is a meme/feature created by the awesome ladies of Please Feed The Bookworm and La La In The Library where we can share how we choose the book we are currently reading from our TBR pile!

I'm always curious about that, cause as much as I tend to make myself a rough schedule for books to read and the like, I'm quite a mood reader and sometimes I just HAVE to ignore my schedule and read something else!



 Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock

Fans of Maggie Stiefvater and the hit television show True Blood will flock to this first book in the supernatural mystery series set in a town where werewolves live in plain sight.

Mackenzie Dobson's life has been turned upside down since she vowed to hunt her best friend Amy's killer: a white werewolf. Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country, and bloodlust is not easy to control. But it soon becomes clear that dangerous secrets are lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, Mac's hometown—and she is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her in grave danger.

Kathleen Peacock's thrilling debut novel provides readers with a mystery that Kimberly Derting, author of The Body Finder, calls "clever and frightening," while Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of Firelight, raves: "Forget every werewolf book you've ever read. This one breaks the mold."




 The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick

Timeless, beautiful, and haunting, spirals connect the four episodes of The Ghosts of Heaven, the mesmerizing new novel from Printz Award winner Marcus Sedgwick. They are there in prehistory, when a girl picks up a charred stick and makes the first written signs; there tens of centuries later, hiding in the treacherous waters of Golden Beck that take Anna, who people call a witch; there in the halls of a Long Island hospital at the beginning of the 20th century, where a mad poet watches the oceans and knows the horrors it hides; and there in the far future, as an astronaut faces his destiny on the first spaceship sent from earth to colonize another world. Each of the characters in these mysterious linked stories embarks on a journey of discovery and survival; carried forward through the spiral of time, none will return to the same place.




I got The Ghosts of Heaven as a Read It Now on NetGalley and so far I've loved the first story and I've just started the second one. I am having a bit of a reading slump, and the fact that the second story deals with Catholic priests wanting to kill people (mostly women) in the name of God, isn't helping since that ALWAYS makes my blood boil.

Hemlock is my December Alyssa Recommends book and I'm hoping to finish it before the year ends, even if my review will have to be posted in 2015! 

So what are you all guys reading and how and why did you decide to pick up that book? Shiny new ARC? Comfort read? Scheduled for review? Must have new release? Tell me!!

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  1. I just finished drafting my January 6th New Releases post, and that's when I discovered The Ghosts of Heaven. I'm not sold on the religious angle of the story, so I'll probably wait until reviews start popping up before making up my mind. The last sentence of Hemlock's blurb totally gave me shivers! "Forget every werewolf book you've ever read. This one breaks the mold." Why am I NOT reading this book yet!?

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    1. That's actually a very good question! How come you haven't read Hemlock yet, Carmel?? 2015 TBR list I think! ;)

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  2. Hm. I really, really wanted to read Ghosts of Heaven Pili, but I have to say the premise of the second story is not something I necessarily want to read about. I'll wait for your final verdict for sure though:) I loved Hemlock when I read that a little while back, so I can't wait to see what you think!

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    1. I loved the first story and I hope I can continue reading this one soon, the holidays seem to be keeping me busy between work and celebrations! Thank you Jenny!

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  3. I'm really curious about Hemlock. I've heard mostly mixed things, so I'm not sure if it'll be my kind of read. Are you enjoying it so far? And since I'm a Catholic and definitely want my view on priests to be positive, I probably wouldn't want to read The Ghosts of Heaven... Anyway, right now I'm reading The Winner's Crime. :)

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    1. Oooh Winner's Crime!! I hope you're enjoying it Aimee!!
      And Hemlock I'm liking it so far!

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  4. The Ghosts of Heaven confused me SO MUCH. I had no idea what was going on in that fourth story. Sedgwick is a genius but that book went a little over my head XD The second one is Puritan England I think? It's not bad. :)

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    1. I'm sure the second story is not bad, just one of my sore subjects, it makes me so angry!
      I hope I can enjoy the book and not be too confused!! Thank you Rachel!

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  5. I have the chapter sampler of GoH, but I haven't started it yet. I am still reading my last review book for this year, Ghost Moon Night; set in the Philippines in the 1950s. It is supposed to be Paranormal/Horror, but that part is meh. The only thing keeping me reading is the MC's normal life storyline. My TMT post is a end of year thing with a giveaway! I am still working on it though. Lol. :P

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    1. I haven't been doing too well at reading myself this past week, 2015... I just cannot wait!!

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  6. Ohhhh I have been so curious about The Ghosts of Heaven. I am really looking forward to your thoughts on that one. I also just purchased the ebook of Hemlock after it being on my wish list forever! i'm knee deep in my end of the year survey but i should be back to TMT next week! Thanks for keepin it going! *BEA 2015* we need a count down widget!
    <3 Britt

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    1. YESSSS!!! I cannot wait till you start Hemlock, maybe that'll motivate me to get back to it, I suck at reading as of late! =/
      And YESSSS! Countdown to BEA!!

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  7. I'm also in the worst reading slump EVER! But I started reading Fracture by Megan Miranda not too long ago, and I'm hoping to get back to it soon... It's very interesting!!

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    1. I love the books I'm reading but I lack the motivation to pick them up which is extremely sad! I hope 2015 will be great for us!

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  8. Yay :D Awesome post Pili. <3 I did enjoy Hemlock :) Just recently read all three books. <3 Hope you'll love them :) Had some issues with The Ghosts of Heaven, but wasn't too bad ;p hope you'll manage to finish it :) Happy reading sweetie. <3

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    1. Thank you Carina dear! I just haven't been feeling very much like reading as of late!

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  9. The Ghosts of Heaven was a pretty confusing book for me but I know so many people who loved it. I am glad that it's working for you so far, Pili!

    Happy New Year <33

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    1. Thank you Melanie! I hope it'll work out alright in the end!

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  10. YAYAYAYAYAY HEMLOCK :D Hope you're loving it so far... remember what I said, no love triangle! It might seem that way (well, it definitely seemed that way, for a while), but not so. PROMISE :)

    Happy New Year :)

    Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!

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    1. I am really liking it!! And I do hope that the romance continues the way it is going right now! (I'm at 47% now!).
      Happy 2015!!

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  11. I purchased Ghosts of Heaven at a book sale and it sounds really amazing, glad to hear you're enjoying it Pili!

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    1. I cannot wait to hear what you think of it! I really loved the first story of Ghosts of Heaven!

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  12. I like Sedgewick's writing, but Catholic priests killing females?! I'm not sure but I feel like that's something that would piss me off, too, considering I'm Catholic.

    Faye at The Social Potato

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    1. And the worst part is that it is quite probably based on real events of witch hunts on Puritan England...

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