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: 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: 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.