Saturday, May 29, 2010

June Polls Closed

The June books have been chosen - by like crazy margins. So according to these polls we should have 250 people reviewing these books, right? :)

These are our June Selections.

Touched by an AlienTouched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Review Deadline: June 14th

Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: DAW; Original edition (April 6, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0756406005
ISBN-13: 978-0756406004

How can a sexy marketing manager join forces with an Alpha Centauri male in Armani to save the planet-using hairspray, a Mont Blanc pen, and rock n' roll?

Easy...

She's Touched by an Alien


Marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt steps into the middle of what appears to be a domestic dispute turned ugly. And it only gets uglier when the man turns into a winged monster, straight out of a grade-Z horror movie, and goes on a killing spree. Though Kitty should probably run away, she springs into action to take the monster down.

In the middle of the chaos a handsome hunk named Jeff Martini appears, sent by the "agency" to perform crowd control. He's Kitty's kind of guy, no matter what planet he's from. And from now on, for Kitty, things are going to be sexy, dangerous, wild, and out of this world.

Incarceron (Incarceron, Book 1)

Incarceron (Incarceron, Book 1) by Catherine Fisher
Review Deadline June 30th

Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Dial; 1 edition (January 26, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803733968
ISBN-13: 978-0803733961

Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology -- a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life, and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison -- a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like a past era, an imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of Incarceron, except that it exists. But there comes a moment when Finn, inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside, simultaneously find a device -- a crystal key, through which they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape is born ...

7 comments:

Julie@My5monkeys said...

excited for the ya adult book. but that me..yeah for dystopian again.

Wings said...

is dystopian and aliens strictly paranormal? im just wondering...

excited for incarceron...not so sure about touched by an alien...

Unknown said...

Yay! I'm really excited about Touched by an Alien, it was alraedy on my TBR list! Not sure if it will arrive in time though for me to take part in the discussion though :-/ Crossing my fingers and hoping for prompt delivery..

Sullivan McPig said...

Yay for 'Touched by an Alien'
I already made a tiny review about this book, but will rereview it for this.

ParaJunkee said...

I think these two books are science fiction instead of paranormal. Dystopian might have a few paranormal elements in them, depending on the book.

Aliens could go either way right. Science fiction definitely, paranormal - well I guess it depends on whether you believe in aliens, right?

Melissa (Books and Things) said...

Shoot. I don't have either book. These do look good...

Anonymous said...

Cant wait to read Incarceron...but I wanted the sookie book to win..:(
Booo for me.........