Book Review: The Midnight Library: End Game by Nick Shadow

Title: The Midnight Library (Midnight Library #3)

Author: Nick Shadow (also known as Damien Graves)

Published: February 2006

Publisher: Hachette Children's Books

Source: Borrowed from public library

Book Review: The Broken Cycle by A. Bertram Chandler

Title: The Broken Cycle (John Grimes: Survey Service #4)
Author: A. Bertram Chandler Goodreads | Website
Published: 1975
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Source: Borrowed from public library

Book Review: One Second After by William R. Forstchen

Title: One Second After

Author: William R. Forstchen Goodreads | Website

Published: March 2009 

Publisher: Forge Books

Source: Bought from Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012

Book Review: The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

Title: The Pledge (The Pledge #1)
Author: Kimberly Derting Goodreads | Website
Published: October 2012 (First published on 2011)
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Source: Purchased from Popular bookstore
Buy: Hmm not doing this anymore, it takes up a lot of my review writing time, google them please :)

dis trickery cover.

Book Review: The Wrath of Mulgarath by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi

Title: The Ironwood Tree (Spiderwick Chronicles #5)
Author: Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi DiTerlizzi's Goodreads | DiTerlizzi's website | Black's Goodreads | Black's website
Published: January 2008 (First published on January 2004)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Source: Bought from Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
       US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Book Review: The Ironwood Tree by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi

Title: The Ironwood Tree (Spiderwick Chronicles #4)
Author: Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi DiTerlizzi's Goodreads | DiTerlizzi's website | Black's Goodreads | Black's website
Published: January 2004
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Source: Bought from Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
       US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Trying to finish reading my BBW haul.

Book Review: Lucinda's Secret by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi

Title: Lucinda's Secret (Spiderwick Chronicles #3)
Author: Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi DiTerlizzi's Goodreads | DiTerlizzi's website | Black's Goodreads | Black's website
Published: January 2003
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Source: Bought from Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
       US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Book Review: The End by Lemony Snicket

Title: The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events #13)
Author: Lemony Snicket Website | Goodreads
Published: 2010 (First published on January 2006)
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Source: Bought from Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Kinokuniya
        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Zee front cover. 

Book Review: The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket

Title: The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12)
Author: Lemony Snicket Website | Goodreads
Published: October 2005
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Source: Bought from Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
       US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Hardback edition.

Book Review: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket

Title: The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events #4)
Author: Lemony Snicket Website | Goodreads
Published: 2010 (First published on January 2000)
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Source: Bought from Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Dear Reader, I hope for your sake, you have not chosen to read this book...
Most of the books go for 'Must read.' 'Unputdownable.', certainly not the case with this book.
Blurry e.e

Book Review: Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter #1)
Author: J. K. Rowling Website | Goodreads
Published: June 1997 (First published on January 1997)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Source: Personal library aka bought (couldn't remember from which bookstore)
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya 
       US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Albus Dumbledore at the back.

Book Review: DUKE: Inspector Mislan and The DUKExpressway Murders by Rozlan Mohd Noor

Title: DUKE: Inspector Mislan and The DUKExpressway Murders

Author: Rozlan Mohd Noor

Published: July 2011

Publisher: Silverfish Books

Source: Bought from Popular bookstore

Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Kinokuniya | Silverfish Books (it's 50% off until end of Dec.)

     

















Creepy.

Book Review: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Title: My Life Next Door (My Life Next Door #1)
Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Goodreads | Website
Published: June 2012
Publisher: Dial Books For Young Readers
Source: Won from 2012 December Giveaway hosted by Melissa and Kristy at Book Nerd Reviews. Thank you sooo much girls for the book!
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Very pretty cover! I And a hardback, at that. I was excited when I ripped open the package, thanks Book Nerd Reviews! A hardback here costs a fortune, well not really a fortune, but it's pretty expensive.

Book Review: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Title: Warm Bodies (Warm Bodies #1)
Author: Isaac Marion Goodreads | Website 
Published: November 2011 (First published on October 2010)
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Source: Won from a giveaway hosted by Pawing Through Books. Thank you very much Peggy and Lisa! ;)
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Boostore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

I was excited when I saw the packaging from The Book Depository arrived at my home. I was ecstatic! Seriously, just how often you got parcels from overseas, and a gift at that?

Book Review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Title: Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2)

Author: Suzanne Collins Website | Goodreads
Published: September 2009
Publisher: Scholastic Singapore
Source: Bought from MPH Click
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Pretty minimalistic cover. And a list of praises for the first book at the back.

Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Title: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)
Author: Suzanne Collins Website | Goodreads
Published: December 2009 (First published on September 2008)
Publisher: Scholastic Singapore
Source: Bought from MPH Click
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya
        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Never judge a book by its cover. I think this is the perfect time to use this idiom. It's not that beautiful, not that fancy either. I liked it, nevertheless (I can be pretty biased; I'm a fangirl). But but! The story beyond the cover is mind-blowing! To the point that you could forgive the unfancyness (it's not a word, I know ;P) of the cover. I wrapped the book (and the other two books in the trilogy) because they're my prrrrreciouss (read the 'precious' word like how Gollum would read it xD).

Book Review: Bob: No Ordinary Cat by James Bowen

Title: Bob: No Ordinary Cat
Author: James Bowen Goodreads | Website
Published: February 2013
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Source: Bought from Popular bookstore
Buy: Malaysian online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Kinokuniya
         US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Awww. That cute cover! I couldn't resist.

Book Review: Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick

Title: Shadows (Ashes Trilogy #2)

Author: Ilsa J. Bick Goodreads | Website

Published: September 2012 (It was published on my birthday! 250989, that's the not-so-secret-code for my birthday hint).

Publisher: EgmontUSA

Source: Captain Hook

Buy: Malaysia online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya

        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

Captain Hook gave me this e-book copy of Shadows.

It's the US version of the cover. I like the UK cover more than the US version. The UK version has a creepy one-eyed girl on it. The US cover looks less creepy, in my opinion. Covers with real faces/faces that remotely look real always creep me out. 

Book Review: Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Title: Ashes (Ashes Trilogy #1)

Author: Ilsa J. Bick Goodreads | Website

Published: September 2011

Publisher: Quercus UK

Source: Bought from Popular brick-and-mortar bookstore

Buy: Malaysia online bookstores: MPH | Times Bookstore | Bookurve | Kinokuniya

        US-based bookstores: The Book Depository | Amazon

(I can't really vouch for online bookstores other than MPH, because I haven't use their service. But, MPH is quite good, I've bought The Hunger Games trilogy paperback box set from them last year, and it arrived around a week after I placed the order, I think, and it's in mint condition).

That, my friend, is my crappy photographing and photoplacing blogging skill, teehee. 

That cover is beautiful and creepy at the same time and that's exactly the reason I bought this book (I know, I shouldn't judge a book by its cover). Well, I'm one of those people who impulsively buy books based on the cover alone.