Book Bitten discussion

Time to start nominations for August!!

I hope more of you will choose to nominate a book.

Has to be:

- A book we haven't read before, but can be a previously nominated.
- A stand-alone or first in the series.
- You can nominate a maximum of two books.
- Has to be fiction.

Nominations must be posted by Sunday 15th July!

Happy nominations.

Eve by Anna Carey

PLOT

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.


Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

PLOT

Three angels – Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, the youngest and most human – are sent by Heaven to bring good to a world falling under the influence of darkness. They must work hard to conceal their luminous glow, superhuman powers, and, most dangerous of all, their wings, all the while avoiding all human attachments.
Then Bethany meets Xavier Woods, and neither of them is able to resist the attraction between them. Gabriel and Ivy do everything in their power to intervene, but the bond between Xavier and Bethany seems too strong. Then comes the brooding and popular new transfer, Jake Thorn... who just so happens to be in Bethany's class. Something about Jake seems to be hiding something darker, something more powerful than expected. That thing, and Xavier, distracts Bethany to a point that Gabriel and Ivy are concerned.
The angel’s mission is urgent, and dark forces are threatening. Will love ruin Bethany or save her?.


While the reviews are not universally positive for Halo, it is worth noting that the author was only seventeen when the book was published. Also interesting ( to me at least ) is the fact that she narrates the audiobook herself!.

Wake by Lisa McMann
For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.
She can't tell anybody about what she does they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can’t control.
Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant.

My two picks are...

The Name of the Wind By: Patrick Rothfuss

or
The Winter King By: Bernard Cornwell

Geniusbookreviews wrote: "My two picks are...

The Name of the Wind By: Patrick Rothfuss

or (btw can someone explain to me how to add the pictures?)

The Winter King By: Bernard Cornwell"

To add book cover/links:
Look at the top of the comment box. It should have "add book/author" and "(some html is ok)" click add book/author. Type in name of author/book. Click the right one and you should have a cover/link (depending on which circle you fill in.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Geniusbookreviews wrote: "My two picks are...

The Name of the Wind By: Patrick Rothfuss

or (btw can someone explain to me how to add the pictures?)

The Winter King By: Bernard Cornwell"

To add regular pictures first find your gif/pic. Copy the URL.
Click (some HTML is ok), a pop up should appear. Copy the form for images (fifth bullet).

Use the format but exchange http://www.goodreads.com/image... with your URL.

Lisbeth ~{Domus Libri}~ wrote: "Geniusbookreviews wrote: "My two picks are...

The Name of the Wind By: Patrick Rothfuss

or (btw can someone explain to me how to add the pictures?)

The Winter King By: Bernard Cornwell"

To add ..."

Thank you so much!!!

Umm two points.

Lisbeth: Insurgent is the second in a series so it technically breaks the rules of first in a series or stand alone novel...

Second is Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone above a picture of a Game of Thrones for a reason? I'm slightly confused.

I may have to kiss you Matt for nominating the Bernard Cornwell book, my friend has been bugging me for months to read books she reads and I always wave her off, so if it gets voted in I have a reason to read it. haha.

If it doesn't get picked then we can be TBR Twins and read it together.

Ugh, that's what I get for posting before I'm fully awake.

Just showing different covers and books.

Olivia *^*A Nerdy Girl*^* wrote: "Umm two points.

Lisbeth: Insurgent is the second in a series so it technically breaks the rules of first in a series or stand alone novel...

Second is Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone abov..."

Better?

Lisbeth, sounds awesome. Regardless of what happens with BotM I'll be adding it to my to-read list.

I'm less excited for Bernard Cornwell. I Dnf'd when I tried it a while back. If memory served the characters were all horrible and the whole setting was unremittingly bleak, harsh, and depressing.

Gavin wrote: "Lisbeth, sounds awesome. Regardless of what happens with BotM I'll be adding it to my to-read list.

I'm less excited for Bernard Cornwell. I Dnf'd ..."
Wake does sound great! That's too bad about the Archer's Tale. :/

Lisbeth ~{Domus Libri}~ wrote: "Wake does sound great! That's too bad about the Archer's Tale. :/
"

That's another thing. When I read The Archer's Tale it was titled Harlequin. I wonder if it's a regional thing. Still it begs the question, what was wrong with Harlequin???.

Trying to get more readers? Eon: Dragoneye Reborn has two or three titles :/

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

I don't know if these have been read/nominated before but these are two from my to read list Mistress of the Art of Death and Half Broke Horses

Jennie wrote: "I don't know if these have been read/nominated before but these are two from my to read listMistress of the Art of Death and Hal..."

Half Broke Horses is non-fiction, sorry!

I knew I was on a sticky wicket with that one! Amazon markets it as "a debut novel based on...Walls' grandmother" Is fictionalised biography fiction or a hybrid genre?

Hmmm, I've seen it tagged as non fiction and fiction.... we'll see what Olivia has to say about it.

Fiction in my book. It's outrageous that this was a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction in 2009. It's a fictionalized novel based on granny's life, told from her perspective ( She died when the author was eight ) based on tales told to the author from her mum. Maybe it's the cynic in me, but I can't see this being an unbiased take on granny's life.

Even the author considers this fiction.

I'd be more worried that this could be considered a prequel to the author's memoir, The Glass Castle. A quick glimpse at the reviews shows me that The Glass Castle is just the sort of book that would make my blood boil!.

Sorry guys, I went to see my nan for a few days and she has no internet so I was well and truly stuck. Only got around to seeing all this now.

Lisbeth, that's fine now! Sorry about before, but it's a group rule.

Have to agree with you all about Wake, sounds fabulous! Sorry to hear about the Bernard Cornwell books, since my friend raves so much about me needing to read them. Something I am not looking forward to with that, but I may be able to pacify her with finishing A Game of Thrones to start with. haha.

Half Broke Horses I will accept for the nominations. They call it fiction and it seems to be one of those borderline fictions that I can appreciate on either side as an enjoyable fiction novel with a touch of realism.

For future reference, I will accept those types of book and biographies/autobiographies for nominations if you guys are happy with that, but then I'm going to draw a line past that.


And to clarify, these are the nominations so far..

Eve by Anna Carey

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

Wake by Lisa McMann

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

I just wanted to check that these are what you'd like to nominate and not change your mind over. You have until next Sunday to do so anyway!

My second nomination :

Wide Open by Deborah Coates
When Sergeant Hallie Michaels comes back to South Dakota from Afghanistan on ten days' compassionate leave, her sister Dell's ghost is waiting at the airport to greet her.

The sheriff says that Dell's death was suicide, but Hallie doesn't believe it. Something happened or Dell's ghost wouldn't still be hanging around. Friends and family, mourning Dell's loss, think Hallie's letting her grief interfere with her judgment.

The one person who seems willing to listen is the deputy sheriff, Boyd Davies, who shows up everywhere and helps when he doesn't have to.

As Hallie asks more questions, she attracts new ghosts, women who disappeared without a trace. Soon, someone's trying to beat her up, burn down her father's ranch, and stop her investigation.

Hallie's going to need Boyd, her friends, and all the ghosts she can find to defeat an enemy who has an unimaginable ancient power at his command.

Olivia *^*A Nerdy Girl*^* wrote: "Have to agree with you all about Wake, sounds fabulous! Sorry to hear about the Bernard Cornwell books, since my friend raves so much about me needing to read them. Something I am not looking forward to with that, but I may be able to pacify her with finishing A Game of Thrones to start with. haha. "

Maybe you should still give Cornwell a chance. After all, his books are very popular. While I considered my taste of Cromwell to be harsh, bleak and depressing. I'm reliably informed that others consider his work to be gritty, realistic historical fiction.