Wednesday, May 02, 2012

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So Follow me and win. Yup thats all there is to it.

I will award prizes when I reach milestones.






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Monday, April 30, 2012

Monday Note


FINISHED:
  • Vampire Kisses Books 1-3 (Review will post when I have read all 9 books)
STARTED:
  • Wilde's Fire - This book is so good! Ill be done with it today and my review will post in a few days. 
TBR:

THIS LIST KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING

  1. BLACKWOOD
  2. GLITCH
  3. ONE MOMENT
  4. TEMPTATION
  5. TIMEPIECE
  6. VELVETEEN
  7. HOURGLASS
  8. ASHFALL
  9. ASHEN WINTER
  10. THE MONGOLIAD
  11. THE FARM

Friday, April 27, 2012

Witchbox


Well I haven't posted about my mail in a while!  So I hope you like the new look of my mail box I just made it!  
So today I didn't just get a copy of Redemption but I an ARC of Ashen Winter!  So preorder your copy of Ashen Winter it comes out Oct!  And Buy Redemption now!












Thursday, April 26, 2012

Thursdays Thoughts: Vampires

So Vampires we have seen them in everything from books, movies, and tv shows.  What is it about vampires that makes the girls swoon and the guys want to be like them.

With the story of the vampire you have so many different kinds.  From they can go out in to the day time but if they get caught in direct sunlight they sparkle.  To if they go into the sunlight they will burst into flame.  To if they have a magic ring they can go into the sun without issue.  To the sun doesn't really bother them unless they are in it for a long amount of time, but then all it does is make them sick.


I started reading the Vampire Kisses books by Ellen Schreiber and fell in love with them.  (review will post when I'm done with the series. Which should be in a few days.

Ellen went back to the first vampires Dracula etc. The only thing that I'm not sure of was could those vampires enter your home without being invited? If you know let me know lol!


Well out of all the stories past and present which one do you like the best?  Is it the Vampire Diaries who can go into daylight with a ring and pretty much can do anything we can and more.  They can eat. drink, do something I'm not typing, and more.  But they can't enter your home unless invited.

Or is it the Twilight vampires who can also see the light of day.  However you will be tossed back to the 70's with the sparkles.  They can't eat as we found out in Midnight Sun. And that other thing I'm not typing will most likely end in your death.  (Unlike Bella when it happened to her).

So let me know what story you like the most.

Im giving away one Ecopy/Print copy of book 9 of the Vampire Kisses book due out in May!  So follow and comment!  If you follow via GFC,Twitter,Network,linkey you will get one point pre follow.  And if you take my button you will get an extra 10 points.

Im not using rafflecopter for this one. But I'm adding up points.  So make sure you add your points and don't forget your email address.  

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

3 Year Blogoversary



It seems like yesterday I started this blog.  NOT!  With all of the work I have done over the last three years mostly in the last year and a half.  It seems like I have been doing this forever.

Well since its the BIG 3 I decided I would do a giveaway!  So here it is!


Its open to everyone but if you live outside of the usa then you will get an ebook instead of one in print.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Review: The Selection


The Selection (Selection - Trilogy) [Hardcover]


Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTeen (April 24, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062059939
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062059932

Book Description

April 24, 2012 Selection - Trilogy
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.
But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.
Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.




More About the Author


Kiera Cass

Biography

Kiera Cass graduated from Radford University with a degree in History. She grew up in South Carolina and currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia with her family. In her spare time, Kiera enjoys reading, dancing, making videos, and eating unhealthy amounts of cake. You can learn more about Kiera at kieracass.com, follow her on twitter via @kieracass, and see her silly videos at YouTube.com/user/kieracass.



Ok before I get into my review. I wanted to tell you guys a story about a blogger (thats me!) who tried everything she could to get this book!  So I searched Netgalley without any luck. I found not less than 15 tours that were doing this book and they were either full or decided that my site wasn't good enough to tour with them. (sometimes being pagan has its drawl backs) but all in all my search was not in vain.  A tour host of my site Hollow Tours found a site that had it and she pleaded with them for the book herself.  So I went over to Edelweiss and searched for the book and found it.  I didn't know what to put so I copied my Netgalley profile into that and told them that I have tried everything short of stalking someone who has the book and ripping it from their knocked out body lol.  

I wasn't given much hope that I would get this book but then the email came.  I was guessing it was going to say that I had been denied access but when I opened it and it said I was approved I about peed my pants.  

So I downloaded it to my kindle and started reading! 

I finished the book in two days.  Even ended up reading one page 5 times. (Not due to the book, But due to that I'm sick)  I LOVED the book!  I more than loved the book!  I loved the clothes and everything!  I would love to know more about the world they live in.  But that would be the only thing that would entice me to up my rating to beyond what I have.  Which is 5 Stars.  I can't wait for the next one!  And hope I don't have to knock someone out to get it. lol.  





Monday Note!



So over the weekend I ended up catching a bug.  So now I have been dealing with temps ranging from 99.4 all the way to 102.3  lucky me. 

So I thought well I guess ill get some reading in.  Ya that didn't work.  I had gotten the Selection by Kiera Cass from Edelweiss and ended up reading 1 page 5 times before I understood what was going on.  I did get through it though.  So That book review will be posted soon!  It got 5 Stars by the way!  I can't wait for the next one!

So after finishing up that book yesterday I thought well I have a ton of print books that I need to see if I have in ebook so I can get rid of them.  So that is what I have been doing for the past hour and a half. And I know have two good size boxes to take to the used book store. 

So on with the Update!

What I finished

Skylark- by: Meagan Spooner This one I read half of it and had to put it down. I might pick it back up later to see if it gets better as I hate not finishing a book. 

The Selection - by: Kiera Cass This one was wonderful read it in two days. Cant wait for the next one. 


What I Started

Well right now I'm going to finish going through my print books but I think that the next book I'm going to start is one of mine.  Something I don't have to review and I'm just reading for fun.  (don't worry a review will be posted for the book)  

Except the Queen- by: Jane Yolen this book like so few others is not available as an ebook. So reading it in print. 


TBR

I still have a few things I need to read for review.  

Ashen Winter by: Mike Mullin

Book Description

October 16, 2012
It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous safety of Illinois. But the landscape they cross is even more perilous than before, with life-and-death battles for food and power between the remaining communities. When the unthinkable happens, Alex must find new reserves of strength and determination to survive.









Temptation by: Karen Ann Hopkins

Book Description

June 26, 2012 A Temptation Novel
Your heart misleads you.  That's what my friends and family say.
But I love Noah.
And he loves me.

Blackwood by: Gwenda Bond

Book Description

September 4, 2012 Strange Chemistry
On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years ago is just an outdoor drama for the tourists, a story people tell. But when the island faces the sudden disappearance of 114 people now, an unlikely pair of 17-year-olds may be the only hope of bringing them back.

Miranda, a misfit girl from the island's most infamous family, and Phillips, an exiled teen criminal who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony. The one thing they can't dodge is each other.

Blackwood is a dark, witty coming of age story that combines America's oldest mystery with a thoroughly contemporary romance.