Buy on Amazon Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures, Book 1) By: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Released On: December 2009 ISBN: 0316077038 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 592 Facebook Fanpage: HERE Series Website: http://www.casterchronicles.com/ Author’s Website: http://www.kamigarciamargaretstohl.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/kamigarcia http://twitter.com/mstohl Recommendable for people who: Witches, Mysteries, Teens, Synopsis (from Amazon): Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even…
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July Book Club – A Wrinkle in Time
This month’s featured book is A Wrinkle in Time. I remember reading this in school, but I don’t remember ANYTHING about it, so I thought I would revisit the book! Join me in July… Buy on Amazon A Wrinkle in Time (Special Teacher’s Edition with Bonus Material) By: Madeleine L’Engle Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0-312-37251-5 Genre: fiction, childrens Pages: 232 Author’s Website: http://www.madeleinelengle.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wrinkleintime Synopsis: Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and…
Read MoreJune Book Club and Give A Way! – Beautiful Creatures
Join us in June as we read Beautiful Creatures, and you can even enter to win a copy! Yep I’m giving away one paperback copy of this book! Buy on Amazon Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures, Book 1) By: Kami Garcia Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Released On: 2009-12-01 ISBN: 0316042676 Genre: YA Pages: 563 Synopsis (from Amazon): Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family…
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The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer By: Lucy Weston 143919033X Published by: Gallery Genre: Pages: 320 Author’s Website: n/a Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lucy.weston.vampire FAQ: Lucy Weston was a character in Bram Stokers Dracula. BRIEF SYNOPOSIS: Sovereign Power. Eternal Pleasure. Revealed at last in this new vampire saga for the ages: the true, untold story of the "Virgin Queen" and her secret war against the Vampire King of England. . . . On the eve of her coronation, Elizabeth Tudor is summoned to the tomb of her mother, Anne…
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In the Woods By: Tana French 0143113496 Published by: Penguin (Non-Classics) Genre: Pages: 464 Author’s Website: http://tanafrench.com/ Author’s Twitter: Synopsis {from the author’s site} As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children, gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled shoes, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous…
Read MoreJanuary 2011 Book Club
This months book club choice was a recommendation from my “Auntie”. Like me, she enjoys reading, so when I asked if anyone had read anything good lately she told me to come and get this book. She claims SHE loved it. It’s a stretch away from my usual horror/thriller picks, so I hope I can “get into” it. LOL! This months choice is: The Help By: Kathryn Stockett 0399155341 Published by: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam Genre: fiction Pages: 464 Author’s Website: http://www.kathrynstockett.com/ Author’s Twitter: n/a Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kathryn-Stockett-THE-HELP/73669783277?ref=ts MOVIE TIE-IN:…
Read MoreDecember 2010 Book Club
Last months book club was a huge success! I loved the book, and especially love that a few folks joined me in reading and we had some great discussions on Skype and FaceBook! Reading, it seems is becoming a forgotten past-time. You would think it would be in full bloom with all the reading folks do now a days, via the internet and cell phones. Its not though. I was surprised that so many people tell me they haven’t read a book since they were in school. REALLY? I hope…
Read MoreNovember 2010 Book Club
Well, last months book pick for me was a big fat FAIL. I just could NOT get into it. I think I got around 200 pages in before I gave up. Again. For the FOURTH time. LOL!!! This month WILL be better! I know, because I have been DYING to get my hands on this one ever since I saw the promo for it! What’s even more awesome is Hollywood has bought the rights to this one so in late 2012 we’ll be able to sit in an uncomfortable chair,…
Read MoreOctober 2010 Book Club
So I thought it would be fun to start a monthly book club. I’ve tried before and never really had any participation, but I’ve never really tried it from a blog only in forums. Book Clubs are pretty simple. Everyone reads the same book and chats about it. See easy. LOL! For the first book club, here on the reading blog, I figured I would go with the book I’ve been trying to sit down and read for months. Maybe being the “club” book will make me actually SIT DOWN…
Read MoreBrisingr: Day 5
Today is day 5 reading Brisingr, by Christoper Paolini. Still not turning cartwheels at the sheer joy and excitement of reading this one. Alas, my update:
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