Musing Mondays (8) & It's Monday! (3)

 Musing Mondays is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

 This week’s musing is…
 

What are you most excited about reading, right now? (can be a book you're currently enjoying, or a book that's yet to be published, etc.)

I'm going bananas over Half- Blood. It's practically glued to my hand and I will not remove it until I've finished. Then I'll have to resist the great temptation of doing an immediate re-read right then and there. It is that good! Thank you Amazon from releasing it before time and delivering it to my small Caribbean island in a speedy fashion.

Since I've become another devout minion follower of Jennifer L. Armentrout's work, I'm also very excited for Obsidian, which comes out in December. That's two months, three days, fourteen hours, and 35 minutes from now...but who's obsessively counting right? Just hop by Goodreads and read the blurb. You'll see why I'm obsessing over this one.

Also, let me not forget one of my awesome idols/muses/inspirations for wanting to become a writer. Maria V. Snyder who is releasing a new series, and the first book is called Touch of Power. I simply cannot tell you how awesome her work is, there just aren't any words to describe that kind of godly power. You'll just have to trust me and pick up one of her books the next time you swing by your local bookstore ;)

Now, what are you excited about?

It's Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey. Each week we share the books we have just finished reading, are currently reading, and are planning to read.

Just Finished Reading:

Eve by Anna Carey
The Juliet Spell by Douglas Rees

Currently Reading:

Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Planning To Read:

Twisted  by Gena Showalter
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Review: The Juliet Spell by Douglas Rees

The Juliet Spell

Author: Douglas Rees

Publisher: Harlequin Teen, 2011

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Buy: Amazon ♥ B&N ♥ TBD

Goodreads

I wanted the role of Juliet more than anything. I studied hard. I gave a great reading for it—even with Bobby checking me out the whole time. I deserved the part.

I didn't get it. So I decided to level the playing field, though I actually might have leveled the whole play. You see, since there aren't any Success in Getting to Be Juliet in Your High School Play spells, I thought I'd cast the next best—a Fame spell. Good idea, right?

Yeah. Instead of bringing me a little fame, it brought me someone a little famous. Shakespeare. Well, Edmund Shakespeare. William's younger brother.

Good thing he's sweet and enthusiastic about helping me with the play...and—ahem—maybe a little bit hot. But he's from the past. Way past. Cars amaze him—cars! And cell phones? Ugh.

Still, there's something about him that's making my eyes go star-crossed....

Early Review: Eve by Anna Carey

Eve

(The Eve Trilogy 1)

Author: Anna Carey

Publisher: Harper Teen, 2011

Genre: YA Post Apocalyptic Dystopia
Buy: Amazon ♥ B&N ♥ TBD

Goodreads

The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth’s population. The night before eighteen-year-old Eve’s graduation from her all-girls school she discovers what really happens to new graduates, and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust...and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.