Book Discussion #1: Cover Changes

Doesn't it annoy you publishers change covers of books? 

Lets say you are really enjoying a book (that is the first part of a series) and then you check when the sequel is being released/or has been released and what happens is that the cover of the book doesn't even REMOTELY MATCH THE FIRST ONE. 

sorry for this rant, but cover changes are so aggravating. 

Don't get me wrong, it all matters what happens inside the book, if the book is good or not, but doesn't t really hurt you when your covers of a series of books don't even look the same.

PUBLISHERS PLEASE STOP CHANGING THE COVER DESIGNS OF YOUR BOOKS!

We understand you want to change the cover's to gather more audience, but at least have the old cover design stay the same until all the books have been released; and then you can change the design.

Example 1.

The Diviners by Libba Bray is a historical fantasy book that was released in 2012, Recently the cover design for The Diviners has changed to match the cover of the sequel, Lair of Dreams. The cover of the first book was mysterious and dark and very eye-catching, with the sequel, it looks more childish and not as mysterious. 

Example 2. 

Now, I know in the US the covers are still the same and nice-looking (see the left hand one), but in the UK they used to have the lovely US editions, but changed them to these ugly unimaginative covers. It looks like some cheap CBBC fantasy series and looks terrible. This series is wonderful and amazing and the dreadful new cover change shows none of that. Even worse is that the UK have now again changed the covers to look more childish. 

Now this is my opinion, I want to hear your thoughts in the comments below, what do you think about cover changes?

This is my first book discussion, next week I am going to be talking about E-reader/Kindle V.S real book.

See you next time! BYE! 

Birthday book haul!

Hello!
so today is my Birthday! wooo!
And my lovely parents got me a kindle fire!
Also my mum got me some books!
SO here is my birthday book haul, I got 3 physical books, and 1 kindle book (excluding free ones).



The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
First Published: April 17th 2013
Goodreads rating: 4.08 stars
My excitement to read: 10/10
Pages: 457

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.


Angelfall by Susan Ee


Format: Kindle Edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
First Published: May 21st 2011
Goodreads Rating: 4.29 stars
My excitement to read: 8/10
Pages: 283

It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.

Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.

Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.

Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels' stronghold in San Francisco where she'll risk everything to rescue her sister and he'll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.



172 hours on the moon by Johan Harstad


Format: Hardback
Publisher: Little, Brown books
First Published: September 15th 2008 (my birthday which is today :D)
Goodreads Rating: 3.58 stars
My excitement to read: 7.8
Pages: 355

It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space--and change their lives forever.
Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band's ticket to fame and fortune.
Midori believes it's her way out of her restrained life in Japan.
Antoine, from France, just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend as possible.
It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon. And in the black vacuum of space... no one is coming to save them.
In this chilling adventure set in the most brutal landscape known to man, highly acclaimed Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad creates a vivid and frightening world of possibilities we can only hope never come true.


The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken




Format: Hardback
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
First Published: December 18th 2012
Goodreads Rating: 4.30 stars
my excitement to read: 10/10
Pages: 488

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.

When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.
   

Hopefully I will be buying more in the next few weeks since I have quite a bit of money!!!
Comment if you have read any of these books and tell me if these books are worth the read!
See you next time!

September TBR

Hi!
So I am going back to school in 3 days, so I am probably not going to be reading as much. But I am sure I can read at least 3 books this month! Also my birthday is in september so I am probably not going to stick to my tbr and read the new books I get for my birthday. But here is my planned tbr anyways.


City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go -- especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil -- and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings -- and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?



172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad

It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space--and change their lives forever. Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band's ticket to fame and fortune. Midori believes it's her way out of her restrained life in Japan. Antoine, from France, just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend as possible.
It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon. And in the black vacuum of space... no one is coming to save them.  In this chilling adventure set in the most brutal landscape known to man, highly acclaimed Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad creates a vivid and frightening world of possibilities we can only hope never come true.




Supernatural Freak by Louisa Klein 


I was Kindly sent this for review by the author!
When paranormal expert Robyn Wise is offered an outrageous sum of money to cure a boy who is turning into a dead tree, she's very sceptical. A politician ready to pay that much to make his son stop growing branches instead of hair? Come on! She's more likely to be abducted by aliens. This is a trap. Or much worse. And, of course, it's much worse.
The child is turning into a dark portal, created by a powerful entity determined to absorb Fairyland's power. This means that not only queen Titania and her court are in danger, but the very balance of the magic fluxes.
Robyn'd rather stick a pencil in her own eye but, to learn how to destroy the portal, she has to sneak into the Wizardry Council, a place full of wizards who are hiding something—though it’s certainly not their dislike of her.
There, she discovers a terrible secret that could help to overthrow Fairyland's enemies for good, but puts her in the midst of an ancient and deadly war, and not as a bystander, but as the main target.

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper. His best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids”, as Leo puts it. What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea — except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father, a famous actor, has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on? 

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god.


If I do finish all these books before September finishes (which I doubt), I will pick these books up.

The Knife of Never Letting go- Patrick Ness

Enders Game- Orson Scott Card

Divergent and Insurgent (re-reads)- Veronica Roth

Thank you for reading! 

Bye!