1/30/2017

Trailer Reveal: Till Death by Jennifer L. Armentrout

After I had read her Lux series, I knew I had to sign up for this as soon as I got the news on social media about it.

And after some waiting, I finally got the approval and so I am very happy that I can present you today the trailer reveal of Jennifer L. Armentrout´s new book Till Death.

It is such a beautiful trailer with wonderful soft music and two figures who are really worth looking at.

Oh, and by the way, this post doesn´t contain any affiliated links. Sorry folks, but I have to say that in case some of you are wondering.

For all those, who might not know the author or her books, you can read at the end of this post a few words about her. Don´t worry it is not the length of a novel, but I thought a few words wouldn´t hurt.

But before we start the show, I have a little description for you. A little sneak peak if you like - hope it makes you a little curious ...

1/29/2017

Gone With The Books Best Authors Of 2016

It took me some time to get this list together and to narrow her down to the names listed below. And it wasn´t easy for me to keep my list at the set goal of only ten, but that was necessary since otherwise, my list would´ve been a mile long.

At least!

In the end, I wrote them down as they came into my mind. The list shows them in random order since I cannot really decide which one of them I like more than the other.

1/28/2017

Gone With The Books Best Books Of 2016

I finally found the time and energy to put my best books of the past year together. I narrowed them down to ten titles. Among them some authors who were totally new to me like Abbie Roads or Sara Humphreys or B. A. Paris.

My list shows them in randomly order which I wrote down as they came into my mind. It has been a really great year in reading books and I am already looking forward to the new books that the one or the other author will have coming out in 2017.

1/28/2017

Weekly Book Wrap-Up #41

In my weekly book wrap-up, I share with you the new books that have arrived at my place. No matter if I won a giveaway or got approved for a reviewer´s copy or just bought a new one.

And I will tell you a bit about the how and why I added them to my shelves and why I wanted them in the first place.

And of course, I link up this meme again with the two other suspects that are hosting each of them *smile.

1/28/2017

Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout

This series is such a blast, that I had to read the third book right after I had finished the second. Good, I didn´t read it overnight, as I had the other two, but this was kind of different. Yes, I devoured it as well, but I also needed to take my time with it –so many beautiful and surprising things happened.

Opal
Author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Lux Series #3

Publisher Entangled Teen on December 3, 2012

Genre Fantasy

Pages 452

Format Paperback

Source Library

Goodreads

No one is like Daemon Black. When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn´t fooling around. Doubting him isn´t something I´ll do again, and now that we´ve made it through the rough patches, well … There´s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on. But even he can´t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love. After everything, I´m no longer the same Katy. I´m different … And I´m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more realize there is no end to what I´m capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won´t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever. Together we´re stronger… and they know it.

Thoughts

And one thing is for sure: Blake YOU ARE SO DEAD! Yes, that figure cost me some nerves and I am not at all happy with what he did.

1/27/2017

Follow Friday #10 – Despised Genres

This is a Friday meme now hosted by Patricia of FiktiveWelten. Every week she asks a question that you can answer. Everyone who would like to participate, just answer her question, link to her blog and write a comment under her post to let the others know that you are participating. The entire rules you can find here.

I haven´t done this in a while, since not every question was one I had an answer for. And for some questions, I had already planned my own post.

But this week I found something I was typing spontaneously and so here is what I have to say about the despised genres.

I actually have only one. Others I read only occasionally.

1/25/2017

Waiting On Wednesday #34 – A Court Of Wings And Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

is a weekly event hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine. This meme is a place that spotlights upcoming releases that we´re eagerly anticipating with pure joy.

Since months I am waiting for this book.

And since about an hour now I know how the cover will look like and I am really thrilled. I find this cover so wonderful, so mysterious and beautiful.

1/21/2017

Weekly Book Wrap-Up #40

In my weekly book wrap-up, I share with you the new books that have arrived at my place. No matter if I won a giveaway or got approved for a reviewer´s copy or just bought a new one. And I will tell you a bit about the how and why I added them to my shelves and why I wanted them in the first place.

And of course, I link up this meme again with the two other suspects that are hosting each of them *smile.

So Tynga´s Reviews and Bought, Borrowed & Bagged are still on board here at Gone With The Books.

1/21/2017

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

Good, the cover of the German edition is not at all to compare with the one of the original edition. But I can live with it, as long as I had the story itself to read. And I have to say, the fantasy is quite intriguing. And if you like a very detailed writing style and a bit of a strange language, then this book is something you should definitely read.

Truthwitch*

Author Susan Dennard
The Witchlands #1

Publisher Tor Teen on January 5, 2016

Genre Fantasy

Pages 415

Format Hardcover

Source Publisher

Goodreads

In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble –as two desperate young women know all too well. Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It´s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires. Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her – but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safiya´s hotheaded impulsiveness. Safiya and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and privateer) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

Thoughts

When I started reading it, I was actually pretty surprised. The story wasn´t at all what I had expected and the style of the author was completely new to me.

1/20/2017

Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I am running out of stars here! After I was so thrilled when I had finished the first book, I had to read the second one right away – and now I am out of words. Well, kind of. This was sooooooo amazing, so threatening and so touching – all at the same time.

Onyx
Author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Lux Series #2

Publisher Entangled Teen on August 7, 2012

Genre Fantasy

Pages 448

Format Paperback

Source Library

Goodreads

Being connected to Daemon Black sucks ... Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon´s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I´ve sworn him off, even though he´s running more hot than cold these days. But we´ve got bigger problems. Something worse than the Arum has come to town … The Department of Defense are here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we´re linked, I´m a goner. So is he. And there´s this new boy in school who´s got a secret of his own. He knows what happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that´s possible. Against all common sense, I´m falling for Daemon. Hard. But then everything changes … I´ve seen someone who shouldn´t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he´s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them – from me? No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies …

Thoughts

I can´t even remember when I read a series the last time in one single swoop within days. The first was an overnight read and the second one kind of too.

1/18/2017

Cover Reveal: Saving Mercy by Abbie Roads

Today is finally the day we all have been waiting for. Abbie Roads kept teasing us with a little part of the cover of her new series Fatal Truth - for weeks! Yes, the little part she showed us was not bad, but we wanted the entire cover! If you see red - no, your eyes are not the reason. This cover is really RED.

Saving Mercy
Author Abbie Roads
Fatal Truth Series #1
Publisher Sourcebooks Casablanca on April 4, 2017
Genre Dark Contemporary Romance
ISBN 978-1-4926-3923-7
Pages 320
Format Mass Market Paperback
Goodreads

He’s found her at last… Cain Killion knows himself to be a damaged man. His only redeeming quality? The extrasensory connection to blood that he uses to catch killers. His latest case takes a macabre turn when he discovers a familiar and haunting symbol linking the crime to his horrific past—and the one woman who might understand what it means.Only to lose her to a nightmare...Mercy Ledger is brave, resilient, beautiful—and in terrible danger. The moment Cain finds her the line between good and evil blurs and the only thing clear to them is that they belong together. Love is the antidote for blood—but is their bond strong enough to overcome the madness that stalks them?

Ready for an Excerpt? Then click on Read More and you will find it.

1/18/2017

Waiting On Wednesday #33 – Devil ´ s Cut by J. R. Ward

is a weekly event hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine. This meme is a place that spotlights upcoming releases that we´re eagerly anticipating with pure joy.

Well, admittedly, I haven´t read the second book of this great new series by J.R. Ward - The Angels´ Share - yet, but it is laying on my TBR pile and only waiting for me :-)

The first one was such a great read that it was no question for me at all to buy the second one as well.

1/18/2017

Perfect by Cecelia Ahern

The cover of the German edition looks so beautiful, that I just couldn´t resist. Usually, I am not a huge Cecelia Ahern fan, but this duology made me rethink. Now I am in love with her, at least when it comes to the author and writing children´s books or young adult novels.

Perfect*
Author Cecelia Ahern

Flawed Duology #2

Publisher Fischer FJB on November 17, 2016

Genre Dystopia

Pages 478

Format Hardcover

Source Library

Goodreads

Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine´s life has completely fractured all her freedoms gone. Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with the complicated, powerfully attractive Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret one that could bring the entire Flawed system to the ground. Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save only herself, or risk her life to save all the Flawed. And, most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed?

Thoughts

The first book Flawed was already not only a page turner but also a very emotional and stirring read.

1/17/2017

Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I don´t know why I haven´t shown any interest in this series before. Maybe because this is one of the books the world went crazy about when it came out some years ago. Maybe it was the cover design (which isn´t really my thing) that kept me from reading it or that I had other books to read on my list and no time to discover something new.

Obsidian
Author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Lux Series #1

Publisher Entangled Teen on May 8, 2012

Genre Fantasy

Pages 299

Format Paperback

Source Library

Goodreads

Starting over sucks. When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I´d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring … until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up. And then he opened his mouth. Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something unexpected happens. The hot alien living next door marks me. You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon´s touch has lit me up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I´m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. If I don´t kill him first, that is.

Thoughts

Now after I´ve read it I can say that I am very happy about it. It turned out that this story is a very promising one and that the author uses a writing style I am not used to.

1/14/2017

Weekly Book Wrap-Up #39

In my weekly book wrap-up, I share with you the new books that have arrived at my place. No matter if I won a giveaway or got approved for a reviewer´s copy or just bought a new one. And I will tell you a bit about the how and why I added them to my shelves and why I wanted them in the first place.

And of course, I link up this meme again with the two other suspects that are hosting each of them *smile.

So Tynga´s Reviews and Bought, Borrowed & Bagged are still on board here at Gone With The Books.

1/14/2017

Rebel Of The Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

This is a novel where I couldn´t see much in the original cover at first. I read the summary of it, thought that sounds interesting, but it only got my real attention when I saw the cover of the German edition for the very first time. From that moment on I knew I had to read it. And it proofs again: I am a cover girl *smile*

Rebel Of The Sands*

Author Alwyn Hamilton
Rebel of the Sands #1

Publisher Viking Books on March 8, 2016

Genre Children 14+

Pages 320

Format Hardcover

Source Publisher*

Goodreads

Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. For humans, it´s an unforgiving place, especially if you´re poor, orphaned, or female. Amani Al´Hiza is all three. She´s a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can´t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she´s destined to wind up wed or dead. Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as the perfect escape route. But though she´s spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she never imagined she´d gallop away on mythical horse – or that it would take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought she knew.

Thoughts

If you like fantasy combined with a hint of the Orient, some far away legends and a young woman who has a great ability to show the unthinkable, then you will find in this book a very entertaining story.

1/11/2017

Waiting On Wednesday #32 – One Blood Ruby by Melissa Marr

is a weekly event hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine. This meme is a place that spotlights upcoming releases that we´re eagerly anticipating with pure joy.

This is a book in a series, I haven´t even started to read yet.

But I loved the cover of the first book and this one I like as much as the other.

1/11/2017

Sanfte Rache by Sandra Brown

OMG, that was fantastic! And so incredibly intriguing, I almost have no words. The second I saw the cover of the German edition I was in love and as an old Sandra Brown fan, I simply had to have it *smile*.

Sanfte Rache*
Author Sandra Brown

Original Title Mean Streak
Publisher Blanvalet on December 12, 2016

Genre Thriller

Pages 512

Format Hardcover

Source Publisher

Goodreads

On an icy winter morning, the pediatrician and marathon runner Emory Charbonneau disappears while running on a mountain road without a trace. By the time her husband Jeff reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. While police suspect Jeff of “instant divorce”, Emory regains consciousness and finds herself the captive of a mysterious man. She tries everything to escape, but must quickly realize that the real threat to her life does not come from her kidnapper. And although she is still afraid of him, there are also sparkles of passion between the two.

Thoughts

I wrote for this title not only an English review but a guest review in the German language as well.

1/07/2017

Weekly Book Wrap-Up #38

In my weekly book wrap-up, I share with you the new books that have arrived at my place. No matter if I won a giveaway or got approved for a reviewer´s copy or just bought a new one.
And I will tell you a bit about the how and why I added them to my shelves and why I wanted them in the first place.

And of course I link up this meme again with the two other suspects that are hosting each of them *smile*

So Tynga´s Reviews and Bought, Borrowed & Bagged are still on board here at Gone With The Books.

1/06/2017

Upcoming New Releases January

2017 kind of just started and I thought I continue to do this list of upcoming new releases on a monthly basis. Most of the books I am displaying here are books I am looking very much forward to their release day. Some of them I already pre-ordered, others I started a request for and some I already have in my bookshelves since the month of January is by now a few days old. It can be that you will see some titles in my list that are already being published abroad but will hit the German bookstores only by now; or the other way around.

I don´t know which of them I will be really able to read this month or over the year in general - not to mention buying them or getting them as a reviewer´s copy – but I will try to get to know as many as I can.

This time the list is a bit short. That is mostly due to the fact that there aren´t as many books coming out that I am really interested in and the fact, that some I had originally on this list got rescheduled with their actual release date because of some reasons I am not familiar with.

Okay, now enough of the talking. My January list:

English New Releases

Reading the first book wasn´t as much fun as I had hoped, but nonetheless, I want to see how the story continues and maybe this one will be better.

I´ve watched the movies of her Divergent series with great pleasure and when I saw this cover I knew that now is the time to finally read her books and to get to know her writing style. I am really curious about how her style will be.

German New Releases

In Germany, this book is titled "Eis wie Feuer". I already own the original one but had no time yet to read it.

This is actually the third book in Marie Force´s Green Mountain Series and I haven´t had the pleasure to read the second book. But I hope that´ll change soon. The German title is: "Mein Herz gehört Dir".

I haven´t read the first book yet, though I own it already, but nonetheless, this will come out as new release in Germany with the title: "Angelfall - Tage der Dunkelheit"

Happy reading

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1/04/2017

Waiting On Wednesday #31 – Lord Of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

is a weekly event hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine. This meme is a place that spotlights upcoming releases that we´re eagerly anticipating with pure joy.

A few months ago I read with growing pleasure the first book of this new series The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare.

1/03/2017

Mein Wundervolles Weihnachtsfest by Johanna Basford

I was a participant in a yearlong challenge at a German reading forum and for December 2016 they had offered some novels including this coloring book. And since I already owned and had read the other books, I decided to try for Johanna´s Christmas coloring book – and got lucky!

Mein Wundervolles Weihnachtsfest
Author Johanna Basford

Original Title Johanna´s Christmas
Publisher Fischer on October 27, 2016

Genre Coloring

Pages 80

Format Paperback

Source Publisher

Goodreads

Delicate tangles of holly and ivy, bauble-laden Christmas trees and mountains of exquisitely wrapped gifts are all waiting to be brought to life in this new collection of pull-out prints. From flurries of delicate snowflakes to deliciously decorated gingerbread houses and reindeer-led sleighs, Johanna´s Christmas is a celebration of this wonderful holiday season that invites you to pick up your pens and pencils to color, complete or embellish each of the festive artworks. Hidden in this book are a flock of elusive little robins – can you spot them all?

Thoughts

The last time I was sitting over a coloring book and forgetting everything around me, was way back in my childhood.

1/01/2017

2016 New Release Challenge – Wrap-Up

Since I am up very early – way too early for New Years Day for my taste (aren´t we supposed to sleep in after a night of celebrating and saying goodbye to the old and hello to the New Year?)! Guess, my head thinks different.

Okay, after I spend yesterday over my reading list and went over all the data, I can say that I read, reviewed and posted here fifty-three (in numbers 53) reviews for this challenge. Some of them are German new releases, which I told so in a note right underneath those reviews, others were original new releases that came out in the US/UK.

Somewhere along the way in this New Release Challenge I found out that I had bought way more original books than ever before, that I had, therefore, spent way more money than ever before - not to mention that I hadn´t planned on doing this -, spending so much money for books I mean and that I had a really great time being part of this challenge.

And when I found out this morning that this post was required to do the final and last step in this challenge – and I was awake anyway – I thought I share with you which books I read for this challenge. Or better said: which book reviews I posted on my blog ´cause they are the only ones that count for this challenge. Yes, I could also put my reviews on Goodreads and link that up to Lexxie at (un)Conventional Bookviews, who is hosting this fun challenge together with Stormi at Books.Movies. Reviews! Oh My! - both were doing a great job by the way so thanks a lot to you girls for hosting this!

But since I have to obey to some rules I can´t ignore, I only counted and used the reviews I posted here on my blog.

So here we go. A list of the books I read & reviewed for the 2016 New Release Challenge. And since I didn´t use a separate list right from the beginning to keep track of the books for this challenge, they are not in the order I really read and posted them.

1.   Reign Of Shadows by Sophie Jordan
2.   The Obsession by Nora Roberts
3.   Just One Day by Gayle Forman
4.   The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman
5.   Anima by Kim Kestner
6.   Command Me by Geneva Lee
7.   Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen
8.   Just One Year by Gayle Forman
9.   Map Of Fates by Maggie Hall
10. Those Girls by Chevy Stevens
11. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
12. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
13. Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
14. Rogue by Julie Kagawa
15. The Longest Holiday by Paige Toon
16. Cream Of The Crop by Alice Clayton
17. Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby
18. All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
19. Knights Of The Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden
20. Conquer Me by Geneva Lee
21. Unrivaled by Alyson Noel
22. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
23. The Wrath And The Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
24. The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
25. The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
26. The Believer by Joakim Zander
27. Wonderland by Christina Stein
28. Erika Mustermann by Bettina Peters
29. Ein Einziges Geheimnis by Simona Ahrnstedt
30. The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark
31. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufmann
32. Bay of Sighs by Nora Roberts
33. Traveler by Arwen Elys Dayton
34. Christmas Ever After by Sarah Morgan
35. Crown Me by Geneva Lee
36. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
37. Race The Darkness by Abbie Roads
38. Golden Son by Pierce Brown
39. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
40. Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
41. Playing With Fire by Tess Gerritsen
42. All You Need Is Love by Marie Force
43. The Christmas Promise by Sue Moorcroft
44. Trouble Walks In by Sara Humphreys
45. Babylon by Thomas Thiemeyer
46. Bound By Flames by Jeaniene Frost
47. Hunt The Dawn by Abbie Roads
48. Helix-Sie warden uns ersetzen by Marc Elsberg
49. Crown of Three – The Lost Realm by J. D. Rinehart
50. The Sprite Sisters A Wisdom of Owls by Sheridan Winn
51. Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
52. The Silent Dead by Tetsuya Honda
53. Sternenwald by Julie Heiland

Not bad for my first yearlong challenge, huh? :-)

Happy reading & best wishes

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