October 16, 2013

Wednesday Wishes

It’s Paranormal time! Oh, paranormal time!

Have you guys noticed how many awesome paranormal shows are on, or soon to be on, TV lately? I’m in heaven. Once Upon a Time has picked up! (Which I will share later.) OUaT in Wonderland was fuzzy-bunnies awesome!  Sleepy Hollow is the bees’ knees. And I just started up Witches of East End.

Now I’ll get into that Thursday—AKA for tomorrow—so for now let’s check out the books I’m lusting after.


The Last Girl by Michael Adams

thelastgirlGet it: Amazon | Goodreads
Genre: YA Dystopian
Series: N/A

The end of the world happened quickly. The sun still shone, there was no explosion - just a tsunami-sized wave of human thought drowning the world in telepathic noise as everyone's inner-most secrets became audible. Everyone's thoughts, that is, except sixteen-year-old Danby.

Everyone looked like bad actors in a poorly dubbed movie. Their expressions didn't match their emotions and their lips didn't sync with what they were saying. But they were all so loud.

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The end of the world happens in the blink of an eye.
When The Snap sweeps the globe, everyone can instantly hear everything that everyone else is thinking. As secrets and lies are laid bare, suburbs and cities explode into insanity and violence. What might have been an evolutionary leap instead initiates the apocalypse.

Sixteen-year-old Danby Armstrong's telepathy works very differently. She can tune into other people but they can't tune into her. With only this slender defence, Danby must protect her little brother and reach the safety of her mother's mountain retreat. But it's 100 kilometres away and the highways are blocked by thousands of cars and surrounded by millions of people coming apart at the psychic seams.

Danby's escape is made even more dangerous by another cataclysm that threatens humanity's extinction. And her ability to survive this new world will be tested by a charismatic young man whose power to save lives may be worse than death itself.

A fabulous GR friends recommended this to me. It sounds awesome. And for all you Anime fans, Kino’s Journey anyone. That one episode.

Crystal Fire by Jordan Dane

fireGet it: Amazon | Goodreads
Genre: Paranormal YA
Series: The Hunted, book 2

Because of what you are, the Believers will hunt you down.

A storm is brewing on the streets of LA, one that has intensified since a tragic and deadly confrontation claimed an innocent life.

While Gabriel Stewart trains his army of teen psychics to stop Alexander Reese--the obsessed leader of the Believers--the fanatical church becomes more bent on the annihilation of all Indigo and Crystal children. They're silencing the voices of the telepathic hive, one soul at a time, with frightening experiments cruelly executed on vulnerable minds.

When the Believers torture a mysterious homeless boy, Oliver Blue, they brainwash him into betraying his own. The boy becomes a deadly pawn to take Gabriel down. As the fires of chaos burn around him, Gabe is running out of time. He'll need to confront his past--and the man who made him--before the hope of peace for the future is silenced forever.

The first book is on my “read-now” pile, which I have bought and added to my Sony Reader! Haven’t read it yet, but I want.

All the Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen

allthebrokenpeicesGet it: Amazon | Goodreads
Genre: Paranormal YA
Series: N/A

What if your life wasn’t your own?

Liv comes out of a coma with no memory of her past and two distinct, warring voices inside her head. Nothing, not even her reflection, seems familiar. As she stumbles through her junior year, the voices get louder, insisting she please the popular group while simultaneously despising them. But when Liv starts hanging around with Spencer, whose own mysterious past also has him on the fringe, life feels complete for the first time in, well, as long as she can remember.

Liv knows the details of the car accident that put her in the coma, but as the voices invade her dreams, and her dreams start feeling like memories, she and Spencer seek out answers. Yet the deeper they dig, the less things make sense. Can Liv rebuild the pieces of her broken past, when it means questioning not just who she is, but what she is?

There are a lot of comma wake up and to a mystery life stories out there. I have yet to read one, but this one sounds fun! (On that note why is it always car accidents?)

1 comment:

Angie said...

All the Broken Pieces is on my wishlist too!

Here's Mine @ Pinkindle Reads & Reviews