In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which book bloggers share the books they’ve gotten in the past week. I actually got NOTHING in my mail this week, boo! I did pick up a few from the library and from a second hand book store, so I thought I would post those this week. First from the library: The first two, just kind of jumped off the shelves at me, no idea why. After starting the first one, and QUITTING already…I’m scared…
Read MoreIn My Mailbox – April 30th 2011
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which book bloggers share the books they’ve gotten in the past week. I got in a couple of books I’ve been seeing EVERYWHERE this week. Yep, I totally fell into the “well everyone else is reading them so they MUST be good!” mentality! lol!! This weeks books were: Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures, Book 1) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures, Book 2) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Paranormalcy by Kiersten White…
Read MoreSisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Buy on Amazon Sisters Red By: Jackson Pearce Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780316068673 Genre: fiction, ya Pages: 352 Author’s Website: www.jackson-pearce.com Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/JacksonPearce/ Author’s Facebook: HERE Recommendable for people who: enjoy action, paranormal, werewolves, fairytales Visit the SISTERS RED microsite! Read the first 40 pages! Synopsis: Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris– the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring…
Read MoreLiving Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Buy on Amazon Living Dead Girl By: Elizabeth Scott Published by: Simon Pulse ISBN: 1416960600 Genre: fiction Pages: 176 Author’s Website: http://elizabethwrites.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/escottwrites Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elizabethwrites Recommendable for people who: Enjoy drama, thriller, “realistic horror” if that makes sense… *not for younger teens* Browse Inside this book: HERE Awards and Nominations ALA Best Books For Young Adults , ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children’s Book Council) Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ) Iowa High School Book Award Master List IRA Young…
Read MoreBefore I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Buy on Amazon Before I Fall By: Lauren Oliver Published by: HarperCollins ISBN: 006172680X Genre: YA, Fiction Pages: 480 Author’s Website: http://laurenoliverbooks.blogspot.com Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/OliverBooks Author on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/laurenoliverbooks Recommendable for people who: want to cry! lol Awards won: Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction, Debut Author, Nominee for Goodreads Author, Favorite Heroine (2010), YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (2011), RT Reviewers’ Choice Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Paranormal/Fantasy Novel (2010), Publishers Weekly’s Best Children’s Books of the Year for Fiction (2010) Synopsis (from authors site):…
Read MoreGrave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4)
Buy on Amazon Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4) By: Charlaine Harris Published by: Berkley Hardcover ISBN: 9780425230152 Genre: Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 320 Author’s Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com/ Recommendable for people who: Enjoy suspense, mystery, paranormal, and/or ghost stories. Synopsis: Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as sisters. But, as always happens when they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface. To make matters worse, Tolliver learns from…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup April 10-17
Such a long week. *sigh* I don’t know why I am so tired today. Just part of getting older I guess. I just wanted to pop on and say hi! So “HI!” lol… So, what all did I accomplish this past week? Well, I read. A lot. This week I managed to get thru: Waterfall by Lisa T Bergren (review is coming soon) **** An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris (my review HERE) **** Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris (my review HERE) *** Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver…
Read MoreIce Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 3)
Get Yours on Amazon An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 3) By: Charlaine Harris ISBN: 0425217299 Published by: Berkley Prime Crime Genre: Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 280 Author’s Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com/ Recommendable for people who: Enjoy suspense, mystery, paranormal, and/or ghost stories. Synopsis {from Penguin’s website}: Hired to find a boy gene missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly and her brother Tolliver head there, only to discover that the boy was the only one left of several who had disappeared over the previous five years. All of them…
Read MoreIn My Mailbox – April 17th 2011
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which book bloggers share the books they’ve gotten in the past week. Another GREAT book week! I picked up some great titles and even squeezed in a few reading sessions! That looks like a great haul, doesn’t it?! This week’s books include: Vampire Academy – Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss – Richelle Mead Frostbite – Richelle Mead Betrayed – PC & Kristin Cast Untamed – PC & Kristin Cast Marked – PC & Kristin…
Read MoreBookshelf Tour – the April Update
lol! I’ve been so busy this past two weeks. It really seems like I haven’t had two seconds to sit down and read. I’ve been trying to read before bed, but all the running is making me just zonk as soon as I hit the pillow! Its been SPRING BREAK so we’ve done the zoo, picnics, etc… So glad Spring Break is over! Anyway… I did manage to move all my books upstairs, so now they are gorgeous and on display instead of stuck in the corner of my craft…
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