Book Review: INFINITE by Jodi Meadows

DESTRUCTIONThe Year of Souls begins with an earthquake—an alarming rumble from deep within the earth—and it’s only the first of greater dangers to come. The Range caldera is preparing to erupt. Ana knows that as Soul Night approaches, everything near Heart will be at risk.
FLIGHTAna’s exile is frightening, but it may also be fortuitous, especially if she can convince her friends to flee Heart and Range with her. They’ll go north, seeking answers and allies to stop Janan’s ascension. And with any luck, the newsouls will be safe from harm’s reach.
CHOICEThe oldsouls might have forgotten the choice they made to give themselves limitless lifetimes, but Ana knows the true cost of reincarnation. What she doesn’t know is whether she’ll have the chance to finish this one sweet life with Sam, especially if she returns to Heart to stop Janan once and for all.
With gorgeous romance and thrilling action, the final book in the Incarnate trilogy offers a brilliant conclusion to the compelling questions of this fascinating world, where one new girl is the key to the lives of millions.

 Infinite is the companion novel of the Newsoul series and if you love the previous books, you definitely want to read the final one too!

I love everything about this series, I loved every page of it. It is fantastic, action-packed, full of plot-twist and irresistible romance.

Newsoul series has a very different plot. I haven't read any book about reincarnation before Incarnate. And when I started to read this series, I definitely loved it and knew this series is a good choice for this genre.

In young-adult books, there has been happening similar events but in this series in spite of this is one of the young-adult books too, we can see extraordinary things. I loved the feeling that you're wrong about what you guess about the book and then when you learn the true one and surprise...

Infinite is definitely one of the best companion novel I've ever read. I just loved the ending so much and when I finished the book, I feel like my emotions mixed because of the awesomeness about what I just read. I cried, smiled and be really happy to read this amazing series. I hoped that Jodi Meadows will continue this series because I want to read more Ana and Sam. At the same time, I don't want to read more about this series. Because the ending is perfect and Ana and Sam will be a happily ever after in my dreams. So cute!!

“Do you love me?"
He spoke without hesitation, without the usual line of thought between his eyes. "Infinitely.

“I just want you. I want you forever, and I'm afraid-" His hands closed over mine. "I want a life with you. I'd give anything to go back and start this one over, to be reborn into this lifetime. I wouldn't waste it. I'd find you sooner. I'd take you somewhere safe. I'd show you music and love and life every day so you were never alone, never afraid. If I could start over knowing what I know now-” 

The characters are awesome, except Janan. And we can see dragons, sentors, trolls in this book and it was amazing! I really loved Ana and Sam's relationship because their love is so pure, true and real. I love Sam in spite of he sometimes act so emotionally and doesn't see people around him. Ana is my favorite character in this series, of course in this book, she chose the right option and she is so brave, she wants to do the best despite she has been trough hard time before.

If you want to read a really interesting trilogy, I recommend this series to everyone young-adult lovers.
I really loved this series and I will never forget this series. It's amazing, I just want to read again and again. :)

Book Review: SCARLET by Marissa Meyer

Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.

 I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! I am falling in love with this book and while I was reading, I also shocked, cried, satisfied and so much more feelings I just felt.

This book is one of my favorites so far!! I want to give more than 5 stars because Scarlet is just amazing, interesting and I couldn't stop reading this book!

If you love retelling books, you will love the Lunar Chronicles series like me. The first book Cinder is also amazing too but Scarlet is just... I couldn't find a word that how can I describe Scarlet's amazingness. Please. Read!!!

The characters are wonderful. Scarlet is amazing girl. She is strong, determined to find her grandmother and if she wants to do something noone can stop her. She also so cute and pure, she doesn't want to hurt anoyone.

Wolf is a strong character who is appeared with a lot of unknown secrets. We gradually learn his secrets and when I read I shocked, I didn't expect that. Anyway, I don't give any spoilers to you :) He is kinda frightening when he is protecting someone. Like Scarlet. I love the fact that he was so protective for Scarlet.

Cinder is a fugitive now and when she escaped, she had also a new friend: Thorne. I love him! Thorne is so funny, amazing boy and when he jokes, you couln't resist so admit that was funny.

Levana is still the worst character in the series. I hate her and I just want to see Levana and Cinder's fighting for Kai!! Kai must with Cinder because they belong with each other. By the way, I kinda disappointed because we can't see Kai and Cinder's together scenes. That was so bad but anyway, that can't ruin this amazing book.

“A relieved grin filled up Thorne's face. "We're having another moment, aren't we?"
"If by a moment, you mean me not wanting to strangle you for the first time since we met, then I guess we are." Cinder slumped back on the floor. "Although maybe I'm just too exhausted to want to strangle anybody.” 

 Scarlet and Wolf''s relationship is amazing and this also explains why I loved this book so much. When they are together, you can feel their emotions and attraction between them. I don't remember which was the last book gave me emotions. But Scarlet gave me more than I expected to be.

“I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…” He struggled for words, releasing a sharp breath. “I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.” 

“But you're the only one, Scarlet. You'll always be the only one.” 

 The Lunar Chronicle series are so wonderful! I love science-fiction books with dystopia and amazing retellings. This book is so unique from the other books I've just read. So unfamiliar world and satisfied characters. When you started to read, you don't want to leave this amazing and also dangerous world. This book reminds you that reading a book is just not a hobby, it is diving to some other world which is impossible to get real.

Marissa Meyer is one of my favorite authors because she did a really great job who loves fairytale retellings. Thank you Marissa, I loved your imagination and I keep reading all of your books!! :)

“We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance...all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I'm able.” 

 

“If you were a gentleman, you would offer to buy me one as well."
"If you were a lady, you would have waited for me to make the offer.” 

 “Wolf, are you asking me to be ... your alpha female?"He hesitated.Scarlet couldn't help it - she burst into laughter. "Oh - I'm sorry. That was mean. I know I shouldn't tease you about this."Still grinning, she made to retract her hand, but he was suddenly gripping it, refusing to relinquish the touch. "You just look so scared, like I'm going to disappear any minute. We're stuck on a spaceship, Wolf. I'm not going anywhere." His lips twitched, his nervousness beginning to ease away, though his hand stayed tense over hers."Alpha female," he murmured. "I sort of like that."Beaming, Scarlet gave a mild shrug. "It could grow on me.” 

 I loved this series so much!! Please read if you love retellings, dystopian, science-fiction books. Because I know that you will not disappoint. :)

Beautiful well-written book with interesting worldbuilding and awesome characters. Scarlet deserve much more than 5-stars but if I have to rate offically, I gave 5/5 stars for this amazing book':)

Book Review: THE DARKEST MINDS by Alexandra Bracken

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.

 Hey everyone! I started to read this book in December's last days and finished it in January 2015 and I have lots of time to review it but I don't really want to post something so I apologise. And here I am, finally doing my book review.

This is going to be my first book review in 2015 and The Darkest Minds is a good start for my 2015-reads. I really enjoyed while I was reading and hoped that I will never see the ending. The ending... I don't want to talk about that because my emotions are still hurts and feels like I had just finished the book 5 minutes ago.

Anyway, this book is amazing. I can't wait to read the second one and hopefully after that ending, I have some wishes to come true. You need to read if you want to learn what I am talking about.

This is a dystopia novel and I don't really like dystopian books. Despite this I loved this book very much.

First of all, I want to talk about characters. I loved Ruby, Liam and Chubs very much. But I hate Clancy. He is so irritating and so violent but pretend to be like kind. But I can sense him in a first sight and I want to warn Ruby...

Liam is one of the best book boyriends ever. He is so cute, kind, sweet and also strong. His characteristic is wonderful. He has got a lot of pain too but he is strong and he never do something bad to his friend. Especially Ruby. When Liam came up in book, I know that they are going to be more than friends. And their relationship's developing is so wonderful and realistic.

Ruby is a strong girl even her some bad choices. She is also dangerous and that's why she is so careful at her friends. She doesn't want to hurt them.

“Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.” 

 “He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.” 

“Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.” 

              











       He just looks like Liam!!! Cute!! :)

“That was not like riding a bike, you asshole!” 

 “That was the Liam Stewart way of saying, Hi, darlin', missed you something fierce.” 

I gave this book 4- stars and I actually want to give 5-stars but the ending makes me so disappointed and sad. I don't know, I just can't give 5-stars but hopefully I want to give the sequel :) I hope.. :)

Anyway, If you are looking for amazing book with different world, amazing characters, powerful children and colorful classification, this is the best book for this category. Interesting plot and interesting book.

I recommend this book very much.
I hope you are going to enjoy it too.
I hope that I can get the second book as soon as possible.
I hope that the second book is going to be amazing like that.

Yes, I have so much expectations for the second one and this can show that how much I like The Darkest Minds too, right?

BOOKS I PLANNED TO READ IN SEMESTER HOLIDAY

First of all, I don't have really time to read during school time for this reason this semester holiday is going to be the best reading time for me. I planned to read 3 or 4 books in two weeks. I hope I achieved my goal. And when I read and finished a book, I am going to review it as soon as possible. I hope I can do it and I hope you will enjoy it. Actually I don't decide which book I am planning to read so I picked some of books I am dying to read and according to this list I will decide my semester reading books.


1- SCARLET by Marissa Meyer                                      2- INFINITE by Jodi Meadows

This book looks awesome like the first one!                                        Stunning cover right? This book
I really want to read this book because the                                             is on my top to-read list for a
first one ends with a major cliffhanger so                                              long time. Because I read the
I can't wait so see what's going on next.                                                 first and second book in series
And by the way, this serie has the best gorgeous                                   and I can't wait to read the final
 covers every book in Lunar Chronicles series is                                   one!
amazing and stunning.


3- SWEET EVIL by Wendy Higgins                                     4- SHADOWS by Paula West

                                     

















Gorgeous cove again, right? I have this                                                 This book is about angels and
book for a long time but I don't have a time                                           that's the only I know about
to read so this semester holiday may the                                                this book but I love angel
right time to read Sweet Evil! :)                                                             books so I can't wait to read it!


5- PIVOT POINT by Kasie West                                         6- THRONE OF GLASS by Sarah J. Maas

                                     


















This book has an interesting plot                                                          Everyone is reading this book!
and that makes me more curious to                                                      I love strong characters like
read this one. Also this is a duology's                                                   Caelena and I can't wait to start
first book which is awesome! :)                                                            her adventures! :)


7- DAYS OF BLOOD&STARLIGHT                                    8- SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi
by Laini Taylor

                                       


















This series is one of my favorites like everyone!                            Interesting plot, looks like awesome
I know that this book is as amazing as the first                               dystopia :)
one.


9- A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT                          10- A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU by
by Sandy Hall                                                                             Claudia Gray

                                           


















I just want to read tiny, sweet romance!                                          I love the cover! I love everything
I ordered it in Book Depository and I                                              about this book and I love parallel
am waiting for this pretty cover in                                                   universe genre. I ordered this book
my hands :)                                                                                       too. :)


And here's my list :) I f you read these books and have suggestions, please comment below and help me to choose from them :) Because as you see, all of the books in the list looks amazing and I don't know how to pick!! :)) See you at my next blog post :)

MY TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2014

As I said before, here's my to 10 list for my 2014-reading. I wish I could read more books in 2014 but I haven't got so much time to read. I read 35 books in 2014 and I picked 10 books in them for my favorites. Some of them are a sequel, some of them are companion novels and I liked most of them. Let's begin! :))

                                 1- DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE- LAINI TAYLOR

2- THE WINNER'S CURSE- MARIE RUTKOSKI         

                       

3-DARK TRIUMPH- ROBIN LAFEVERS

4- THE EDGE OF NEVER- J.A. REDMERSKI

5- THE ONE- KIERA CASS

6- SENTINEL- JENNIFER ARMENTROUT

7- ASUNDER- JODI MEADOWS

8- DISCOVERY OF WITCHES- DEBORAH HARKNESS

9- FANGIRL- RAINBOW ROWELL

10- INTO THE STILL BLUE- VERONICA ROSSI

GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS -Best Books Of 2014

I always plan doing this post but I've got a lot of exams but now, before we haven't finish 2014 yet, I have to announce the winners of Goodreads Choice Awards; Best Books of 2014.

This year's both nominees and winners are so good to pick just one of them and vote. Even I couldn't vose some genres because of instability. 

And the winners are:

1. Best Fiction of  2014

Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble;it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.
Maybe that was always beside the point.
Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn't expect him to pack up the kids and go home without her.
When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.
That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts . . .
Is that what she’s supposed to do?
Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?

                                   Best Mystery & Thriller of  2014

In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes.
In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the "perk" and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy.
Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again.
Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady’s next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands.
Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

                                        Best Historical Fiction of  2014

Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall.
In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, grows up with his younger sister, Jutta, both enchanted by a crude radio Werner finds. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent that wins him a place at an elite and brutal military academy and, ultimately, makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure.
Doerr's gorgeous combination of soaring imagination with observation is electric. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is his most ambitious and dazzling work.

                                            Best Fantasy of  2014

 After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters fromA Discovery of Witches--with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. In the trilogy’s final volume, Harkness deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences. In ancestral homes and university laboratories, using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the hills of the Auvergne to the palaces of Venice and beyond, the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago.

                                                      Best Romance of  2014

WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD is the eighth novel in the world-famous OUTLANDER series. In June of 1778, the world turns upside-down. The British army withdraws from Philadelphia, George Washington prepares to move from Valley Forge in pursuit, and Jamie Fraser comes back from the dead to discover that his best friend has married Jamie’s wife. The ninth Earl of Ellesmere discovers to his horror that he is in fact the illegitimate son of the newly-resurrected Jamie Fraser (a rebel _and_ a Scottish criminal!) and Jamie’s nephew Ian Murray discovers that his new-found cousin has an eye for Ian’s Quaker betrothed.
Meanwhile, Claire Fraser deals with an asthmatic duke, Benedict Arnold, and the fear that one of her husbands may have murdered the other. And in the 20th century, Jamie and Claire’s daughter Brianna is thinking that things are probably easier in the 18th century: her son has been kidnapped, her husband has disappeared into the past, and she’s facing a vicious criminal with nothing but a stapler in her hand. Fortunately, her daughter has a miniature cricket bat and her mother’s pragmatism.
The best of historical fiction with a Moebius twist, WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD weaves the fibers of a family’s life through the tapestry of historical drama.

                                         Best Science Fiction of  2014

Apollo 13 meets Cast Away in this grippingly detailed, brilliantly ingenious man-vs-nature survival thriller, set on the surface of Mars.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on the surface of Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first man to die there.
It started with the dust storm that holed his suit and nearly killed him, and that forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he's stranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his food would be gone years before a rescue mission could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to get him first.
But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit--he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. But will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

                                                  Best Horror of  2014

The novel opens with the vampire world in crisis...vampires have been proliferating out of control; burnings have commenced all over the world, huge massacres similar to those carried out by Akasha in The Queen of the Damned... Old vampires, roused from slumber in the earth are doing the bidding of a Voice commanding that they indiscriminately burn vampire-mavericks in cities from Paris and Mumbai to Hong Kong, Kyoto, and San Francisco. As the novel moves from present-day New York and the West Coast to ancient Egypt, fourth century Carthage, 14th-century Rome, the Venice of the Renaissance, the worlds and beings of all the Vampire Chronicles—Louis de Pointe du Lac; the eternally young Armand, whose face is that of a Boticelli angel; Mekare and Maharet, Pandora and Flavius; David Talbot, vampire and ultimate fixer from the secret Talamasca; and Marius, the true Child of the Millennia; along with all the other new seductive, supernatural creatures—come together in this large, luxuriant, fiercely ambitious novel to ultimately rise up and seek out who—or what—the Voice is, and to discover the secret of what it desires and why...
And, at the book's center, the seemingly absent, curiously missing hero-wanderer, the dazzling, dangerous rebel-outlaw—the great hope of the Undead, the dazzling Prince Lestat...

                                                    Best Humor of  2014

In Amy Poehler’s highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice (some useful, some not so much), like when to be funny and when to be serious. Powered by Amy’s charming and hilarious, biting yet wise voice, Yes Please is a book is full of words to live by.

                                                   Best Nonfiction of  2014

An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.
Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash.
As her family, friends, and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her unforgettable last essay for the Yale Daily News, "The Opposite of Loneliness," went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits. She had struck a chord.
Even though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. The Opposite of Lonelinessis an assemblage of Marina's essays and stories that, like The Last Lecture, articulates the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be and how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world.

                          Best Memoir & Autobiography of  2014

A collection of the journals, fiction, letters, and sketches of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. Photographs and essays by family and friends will help to tell Esther’s story along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her.

                                 Best History & Biography of  2014

They were the Princess Dianas of their day—perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses—Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov—were much admired for their happy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle.
Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters and their tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918 has clouded our view of them, leading to a mass of sentimental and idealized hagiography. With this treasure trove of diaries and letters from the grand duchesses to their friends and family, we learn that they were intelligent, sensitive and perceptive witnesses to the dark turmoil within their immediate family and the ominous approach of the Russian Revolution, the nightmare that would sweep their world away, and them along with it.
The Romanov Sisters sets out to capture the joy as well as the insecurities and poignancy of those young lives against the backdrop of the dying days of late Imperial Russia, World War I and the Russian Revolution. Rappaort aims to present a new and challenging take on the story, drawing extensively on previously unseen or unpublished letters, diaries and archival sources, as well as private collections. It is a book that will surprise people, even aficionados.

                                          Best Business Books of  2014

The founder of Nasty Gal offers a sassy and irreverent manifesto for ambitious young women
At seventeen, Sophia Amoruso decided to forgo continuing education to pursue a life of hitchhiking, dumpster diving, and petty thievery. Now, at twenty-nine, she is the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Nasty Gal, a $100+ million e-tailer that draws A-list publicity and rabid fans for its leading-edge fashion and provocative online persona. Her story is extraordinary—and only part of the appeal of #GIRLBOSS.
This aspirational book doesn’t patronize young women the way many business experts do. Amoruso shows readers how to channel their passion and hard work, while keeping their insecurities from getting in the way. She offers straight talk about making your voice heard and doing meaningful work.
She’s proof that you can be a huge success without giving up your spirit of adventure or distinctive style. As she writes, "I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don’t ever grow up. Don’t become a bore. Don’t let The Man get to you. OK? Cool. Then let’s do this.”

                                      Best Food & Cookbooks of  2014

For the first time, trusted and beloved cookbook author Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, answers the number one question she receives from cooks: Can I make it ahead?If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in front of the stove at your own party, scrambling to get everything to the table at just the right moment, Ina is here to let you in on her secrets! Thanks to twenty years of running a specialty food store and fifteen years writing cookbooks, she has learned exactly which dishes you can prep, assemble, or cook ahead of time. Whether you’re hosting a party or simply making dinner on a hectic weeknight, Ina gives you lots of amazing recipes that taste just as good—or even better!—when they’re made in advance.   In Make It Ahead, each recipe includes clear instructions for what you can do ahead of time, and how far in advance, so you can cook with confidence and eliminate last-minute surprises. Make a pitcher ofSummer Rosé Sangria filled with red berries, let it chill overnight for the flavors to develop, and you have a delicious drink to offer your friends the minute they arrive. Simmer a pot of Wild Mushroom & Farro Soup, enjoy a bowl for lunch, and freeze the rest for a chilly evening. You can prep the kale, Brussels sprouts, and lemon vinaigrette for Winter Slaw ahead of time and simply toss them together before serving. Assemble French Chicken Pot Pies filled with artichokes and fresh tarragon a day in advance and then pop them in the oven half an hour before dinner. And for dessert, everyone needs the recipe for Ina’sDecadent (gluten-free!) Chocolate Cake topped with Make-Ahead Whipped Cream. Ina also includes recipes for the biggest cooking day of the year—Thanksgiving! Her Ultimate Make-Ahead Roast Turkeyand Gravy with Onions & Sage may just change your life.   With beautiful photographs and hundreds of invaluable make-ahead tips, this is your new go-to guide for preparing meals that are stress-free yet filled with those fabulously satisfying flavors that you have come to expect from the Barefoot Contessa.

                         Best Graphic Novels & Comics of  2014

In the film Serenity, outlaw Malcolm Reynolds and his crew revealed to the entire ’verse the crimes against humanity undertaken by the sinister Alliance government. In this official follow-up, circumstances force the crew to come out of hiding, and one of their own is captured, setting them on another mission of rescue and resistance . . . Collects the six-issue miniseries and the 2012 Free Comic Book Day story.
* Buffy’s Season 8 and 9 artist conquers the galaxy!
* Zack Whedon returns to Serenity!
* The story finally continues after the film!
“Serenity: Leaves on the Wind will leave fans cheering.”—Comic Book Resources 

                                                        Best Poetry of  2014

A sequel to the hugely popular, best-selling Love & Misadventure, Lullabies continues to explore the intricacies of love and loss.
Set to a musical theme, love's poetic journey in this new, original collection begins with a Duet and travels through Interlude and Finale with an Encore popular piece from the best-selling Love & Misadventure. Lang Leav's evocative poetry speaks to the soul of anyone who is on this journey.
Leav has an unnerving ability to see inside the hearts and minds of her readers. Her talent for translating complex emotions with astonishing simplicity has won her a cult following of devoted fans from all over the world.
Lang Leav is a poet and internationally exhibiting artist.

                           Best Debut Goodreads Author of  2014

The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day tame the surface of the planet and allow humans to live on it. The Reds are humanity's last hope.
Or so it appears, until the day Darrow discovers it's all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down on Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought.
Until the day that Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their command school, intent on taking down his oppressors from the inside. But the command school is a battlefield - and Darrow isn't the only student with an agenda.

                                         Best Young Adult Fiction of  2014

A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. 
Read it.And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

            Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of  2014

In this dazzling and long-awaited conclusion to the acclaimed Mortal Instruments series, Clary and her friends fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother.
Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures out of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell.
The embattled Shadowhunters withdraw to Idris - but not even the famed demon towers of Alicante can keep Sebastian at bay. And with the Nephilim trapped in Idris, who will guard the world against demons?
When one of the greatest betrayals the Nephilim have ever known is revealed, Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Simon, and Alec must flee - even if their journey takes them deep into the demon realms, where no Shadowhunter has set foot before, and from which no human being has ever returned...
Love will be sacrificed and lives lost in the terrible battle for the fate of the word in the thrilling final installment of the classic urban fantasy series The Mortal Instruments!

                       Best Middle Grade & Children's of  2014

Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen—all of them—and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood—the blood of Olympus—in order to wake.
The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it "might" be able to stop a war between the two camps.
The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea's army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over. 

                                                   Best Picture Books of  2014

The Pigeon really needs a bath! Except, the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month! Maybe. It's going to take some serious convincing to try and get the Pigeon to take the plunge.

These books are the best books by categories whose selected by Goodreads members and some of my votes is in this list too. I'm going to make my own best books of 2014 too. Maybe today or tomorrow, see you soon :))