Official Trailer for The Hunger Games...

I am so freaking tired of school, and college, and work, and all that RL crap we have to put up with every day. And so I decided to heck with it and I'm just going to be around the internet for a bit cooling my brain down.

I found out that the OFFICIAL trailer (not some some crappy clips, but a FULL ON awesometastic trailer which should last about 2 minutes or more I hope) will be premiering THIS MONDAY, november 14, on GOOD MORNING AMERICA (8 a.m.)

Full story right here.

And I get to miss it because I have class monday at 8 am. Curse you Italian!!! I will record it on my DVR and watch it though... You would think since a great percentage of the fan base IS of a younger age that they would make it possible for us to watch it sometime in the afternoon AFTER school/college ends.

Are you as excited as I am?!

PS; You are doing great guys, now just keep voting on the poll to your left to see who wins November's best cover of the month.

Cover Winner of October; New Covers for November!!!

The votes are in, and our winner is...

So everything is right with the world. The Iron Knight, by Julie Kagawa, won as it should, so let's move on quickly to the next month since I completely forgot to post this at the beginning of November (due to college having only a month left and me drowning in school work).

Breakdown Time:

The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey #4) by Julie Kagawa - 52 (41%)

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick - 28 (22%)

Tris & Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison -19 (15%)

The Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon - 16 (12%)

Dearly Departed by Lia Habel - 9 (7%)

Total Votes: 124

Also, can't believe Dearly Departed got so few votes, the cover is so pretty!

New Covers for November:

As always the voting in on the left sidebar, remember to vote! I want to read all of these =]

PS; All of these covers, and many many more, you can find at Bloody Bookaholic's Facebook Page. Check it out and "like" it please!

Review: Crossed by Allie Condie (Matched #2)

Title: Crossed
Author: Allie Condie
Series: Matched
Book #: 2
Pages: 384
Reading Level: YA
Book Rating: 
Goodreads Rating: 3.75
Published: Nov 1st, 2011
by Dutton Juvenile

The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy. 

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake. 

Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever

Taschima's POV:

Crossed possesses all the beautiful writing, and amazing characters of the first book. The words pull you in; they are like a spell that makes you want to keep on reading forever. Yet, the pace wasn't right. It took a while to get from point A to point B, and the constant walking that happened through the novel makes for an unsatisfying second book that seems to have catched the terrible disease of "second bookness". It's definitely a bridge between books, necessary though because it answers some questions left over from the first book.

Cassie is a strong female character. Her development since book 1 is inspiring. After her eyes were opened on the first book she is determined to do something about this terrible society that prevents it's people from living their lives as they desire. On the last book she was separated from Ky, and so she goes after him by any means necessary. Finding him is her only goal (though by the end of the book it's not her only goal). Ky on the other hand has always known about the dark side of the society, and he was just trying to live his life without issue until Cassia stepped in his life. He fell in love, something that was prohibited by the Society. After this things got extremely complicated, they tried to make a plan to escape, but Ky was captured before they got a chance to execute the plan. Now on Crossed Ky is trying to survive day to day in a war camp on the outskirts of the Society. Waiting daily for a loop hole so he can escape, and go back to her.

Again, beautiful writing. Allie Condie has a gift all right. Characters that are so fantastic it's hard to look away. But, it didn't keep me at the edge of my seat as Matched did. You know what I think, the whole journey to and fro could have easily been a novella. Like what Julie Kagawa did with Winter's Passage. The only thing is that the whole reunion between Ky and Cassia seemed like it needed to be in the big book, but I still think it would have done good being a novella.

Both Cassia's and Ky's POV bring good material to the table. I specially like Cassia's POV. She has grown up so much! Ky, lovely Ky, pissed me off at points in the book. Keeping things from Cassia he shouldn't be keeping. Oh and Xander wasn't completely left behind. There is some information revealed in this novel that might just had changed my mind about Xander's character. Depending on what will happened in Matched #3 will determined if I'm in team Ky or Xander (right now is mostly Team Ky... 80% Ky, 20% Xander).

Not all books can be equally as awesome as it's previous one, true. Still this one gave us a solid base for the next book to stand on. I think the third book (Matched #3) will be mind blowing. Why? Because of how the things were left off on Crossed. Can't wait till November 2012!

PS; I confuse Matched with Delirium all the time xD It's just so similar!!