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goodreadsmondays

Hello to all my amazing bookish friends!! I’m a little late posting my Goodreads Monday, but here it is!!! Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme by Lauren’s Page Turners’ blog!

To participate, just choose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. For this meme, I’ll be focusing on a random book that I don’t own (hardcopy or ebooks) on my Goodreads “want-to-read” page.

bookjumper

Published January 3rd 2017 by Feiwel & Friends (first published February 16th 2015)

Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy

Pages: Hardcover 371 pages

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synopsispic

Amy Lennox doesn’t know quite what to expect when she and her mother pick up and leave Germany for Scotland, heading to her mother’s childhood home of Lennox House on the island of Stormsay.

Amy’s grandmother, Lady Mairead, insists that Amy must read while she resides at Lennox House—but not in the usual way. It turns out that Amy is a book jumper, able to leap into a story and interact with the world inside. As thrilling as Amy’s new power is, it also brings danger: someone is stealing from the books she visits, and that person may be after her life. Teaming up with fellow book jumper Will, Amy vows to get to the bottom of the thefts—at whatever cost.

I was immediately drawn to this book because of the cover and title. When I read the synopsis and saw that it was taking place in Scotland (and in fictional worlds), I was itching so bad to grab a copy. Plus, the concept seems really fun and exciting. No one needs to tell me twice to read books… and being able to go into different stories sounds absolutely amazing and a dream come true. Well, this book somehow got forgotten in my long list of Goodreads TBR. Definitely going to try and get to this book this year.

Have you read this book? Did you love it or hate it? Let me know in the comments!

sincerelykarenjo2

tbrthursday

Hello lovely bookish friends! It’s time for another TBR Thursdays which is a weekly segment that highlights books, ebooks, and ARCs that I own and have been in my TBR forever. At the end of the year, I’ll do a recap to see how many of these books I actually read.

If you want to help me tackle my neverending TBR, share your thoughts and recommendations with me.

Today’s pick is…

thismortalcoil

PUBLISHED BY SIMON PULSE NOVEMBER 7, 2017

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, SCIENCE FICTION, DYSTOPIA

PAGES: HARDCOVER 425

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synopsispic

Catarina Agatta is a hacker. She can cripple mainframes and crash through firewalls, but that’s not what makes her special. In Cat’s world, people are implanted with technology to recode their DNA, allowing them to change their bodies in any way they want. And Cat happens to be a gene-hacking genius.

That’s no surprise, since Cat’s father is Dr. Lachlan Agatta, a legendary geneticist who may be the last hope for defeating a plague that has brought humanity to the brink of extinction. But during the outbreak, Lachlan was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called Cartaxus, leaving Cat to survive the last two years on her own.

When a Cartaxus soldier, Cole, arrives with news that her father has been killed, Cat’s instincts tell her it’s just another Cartaxus lie. But Cole also brings a message: before Lachlan died, he managed to create a vaccine, and Cole needs Cat’s help to release it and save the human race.

Now Cat must decide who she can trust: The soldier with secrets of his own? The father who made her promise to hide from Cartaxus at all costs? In a world where nature itself can be rewritten, how much can she even trust herself?

So, I actually got an ARC of this book during last year’s Yallwest. I had planned on reading it during winter, but nope — never got to it. Have any of you read this book? What did you think? The synopsis seems really interesting and fun — recoding DNA to change bodies, viruses, and saving mankind. Sounds like an awesome read right? I’m really hoping I get to this before the sequel comes out.

What are some ARCS you’ve had on your TBR forever that they’ve been released and you still haven’t read them?

sincerelykarenjo2