This week, for Top Ten Tuesday, I am participating in The Broke and the Bookish‘s book blogging meme {yeah, the one that won an award in the 2011 BBAW awards!}.
The theme of this week’s T10T is “Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession {bought, borrowed or gifted}”.
My memory is not great, so these titles are in no particular order…
Title: We Are Watching
Series: Mindshare
Book Number: #1
Author/s: M. Stephen Stewart
Publication Date: December 16th, 2014
Publisher: Primrose Publishing LLC
Pages: 404
Purchase: Amazon
Synopsis:Henry Malone’s childhood was shattered by the unexplained suicide of his father. Now a teenager, his days are spent studying to become a Neural Implant Technician for Planetary Link Corporation, helping them maintain an iron grip over his walled country and every iota of knowledge contained within—but he leads a double life. Henry’s nights are spent helping his mother wage a cyber war against them in her quest to find the truth behind his father’s death.
He’s managed to keep his two lives separate, a delicate balance that’s endangered after he repairs the neural implant of a stranger. He finds she’s in possession of illegal memories from the outside world, unauthorized knowledge of his father, and a message: speak to me later and tell no one. Henry has a choice to make—ignore the message and maintain his double-life, or answer and risk everything to uncover secrets Planetary Link would kill to keep buried.
A Letter from Sabaa Tahir
Sabaa
SynopsisSet in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It’s a story that’s literally burning to be told.LAIA is a
Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her
brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the
empire’s greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel
Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.ELIAS is the academy’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias is considering
deserting the military, but before he can, he’s ordered to participate in a ruthless contest to choose the next Martial emperor.When Laia and Elias’s paths cross at the academy, they find that their destinies are more intertwined than either could have imagined and that their choices will change the future of the empire itself.
This is my stop during the book blitz for Suspected (#2) by Rori Shay. This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 20 April till 3 May, you can view the complete blitz schedule on the website of Lola’s Blog Tours.
So far this series contains 2 books: Elected (The Elected series #1) and Suspected (The Elected series #2). The Elected series is about the environment and environmental change and what can happen after climate change. It’s about a girl pretending to be a boy for the good of her country. Fans of Mulan will love this series.
Title: Suspected
Series: The Elected Series
Book Number: #2
Author/s: Rori Shay
Publication Date: April 22nd, 2015
Publisher: Silence in the Library Publishing
Pages: 270
Purchase Links: Amazon | Kobo Books | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords
Synopsis
East Country upheld the laws. Mid destroyed them.
In the year 2185 Earth is rebuilding after a global eco-crisis. Countries maintain complete isolation so there is no warfare over scarce resources. One Elected family is chosen to lead each country for 100 years to ensure stability. Women aren’t allowed to take office and must reproduce at all costs. Technology use of any kind is banned to preserve what’s left of the environment.
And yet, I’m my country’s Elected. I’ve just sanctioned technology use to ready us for war. I’m about to cross the border to spy on our neighbour. And…I’m a girl. Shhhhhh…..
You can find Suspected on Goodreads
About the Author:
Rori Shay is a strategic management consultant living in the Seattle area with her family, black lab, and cat. In the writing world, Rori is primarily know for her science fiction trilogy, The Elected Series. She enjoys running, reading, snow-shoeing, pumpkin-picking, and right now…writing the third ELECTED novel! Rori is also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
You can find and contact Rori here:
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads
There is a tour wide giveaway for the book blitz of Suspected. This giveaway is open to USA and Canada residents only. These are the prizes you can win:
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**Disclaimer; this post has been updated numerous times to incorporate extra additions to the series. The last update was on the 9th of April, 2018.
It was a rainy, dark Sunday afternoon and my friend, Thanushri, and I were discussing how much homework we hadn’t done, when she asked for a book recommendation.
We fell into a deep conversation of our favourite books when Thanushri asked if City of Glass (of which she had not read) was more interesting than City of Bones and City of Ashes. Of course, with this, I began explaining everything to her, and then it came to me that it would be more efficient to write a post all about how to read The Shadowhunter Chronicles, than explaining it to every single person on this planet.
Welcome to the world of Nephilim. I have a feeling that you won’t be leaving anytime soon.
THE SERIES + BOOKS
One of the best things about being in the Shadowhunter fandom is the fact that new stuff comes out all the time! On March the 27th, 2007, Cassandra Clare released City of Bones, the first instalment of the Mortal Instruments Series (first series).
I, personally, believed that the series was meant to stop after City of Glass, since if you stop there, most problems were resolved. Once I got out of my reading slump and began to read City of Fallen Angels, I realised that Cassandra Clare had an amazing talent of leaving small hints everywhere that don’t mean anything until later in the series (and it makes you feel like a fool for not guessing, beforehand). So please, don’t repeat my mistake, and read all 6 books.
This series consists of six books;
