"Waiting on" Wednesday – March 31, 2010
This weekly event is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. I can’t wait to read Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly. One of the things I love to see in books is character development, I think this one has that and more going for it! Release Date: May 25, 2010 Publisher: Henry Holt Sixteen-year-old music and sound design obsessed Drea doesn’t have friends. She has, as she’s often reminded, issues. Drea’s mom and a rotating band of psychiatrists have settled on “a touch of Asperger’s.” Having just moved to the latest in a string of new towns, Drea meets two other outsiders. And Naomi and Justin seem to actually like Drea. The three of them form a trip-hop band after an impromptu jam session. Justin swiftly … Read entire article »
Filed under: Harmonic Feedback, Tara Kelly, WOW
Author signing and contest winner!
On March 3, 2010, I had the pleasure of seeing Lisa McMann, author of Wake, Fade, and Gone as well as Becca Fitzpatrick, author of Hush, Hush for a reading and signing. These were 2 very cool authors. We got to hear a bit from Lisa’s new book, that’s yet to be released and Becca read from Hush, Hush (nope, nothing from Crescendo though, sigh.) Here is a pic of me and Mel from He Followed Me Home with the authors…still makes me giddy, lol. This brings me to my contest winner: I was offering up an ARC of Hush, Hush for my 100+ follower contest but was lacking in follow through when it came to drawing the winner. I apologize profusely for this! I have remedied this today and announce the winner as…. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Becca Fitzpatrick, contest, Lisa McMann, winners
It’s Monday! What are you reading? Mar. 29, 2010
It’s Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Here we get to discuss the books we’ve finished over the last week and what we’ll be working on this week. Last week I devoured The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting. I posted my review for Jonas: Beautiful Dead, book 1 by Eden Maguire as well as an excerpt & book trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith. (If you haven’t watched it yet, go check it out. It’s one of the better trailers I’ve seen, production wise.) I have prepped 3 of my reviews to post this week: The Wrecker by Clive Cussler and Merlin’s Harp by Anne Eliot Crompton are posting today and Love Struck by Chantel … Read entire article »
Filed under: It's Monday, meme
Review: Merlin’s Harp by Anne Eliot Crompton
Paperback: 256 pagesPublisher: Sourcebooks Fire (Mar 1 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1402237839ISBN-13: 978-1402237836 From the Publisher: Among the towering trees of magical Avalon, where humans dare not tread, lives Niviene, daughter of the Lady of the Lake and apprentice to Merlin the mage. Her people, the Fey, are folk of the wood and avoid the violence and avarice of man. But the strife of King Arthur’s realm threatens even Avalon’s peace, and Merlin needs his apprentice to thwart the chaos devouring Camelot. And so Niviene must use her special talents to help save a kingdom and discover the treachery of men and the beauty of love. A mystical love story, now back in print, sure to become a modern teen classic. To start, I want to say that I absolutely love this cover! The colours … Read entire article »
Filed under: 2010, Anne Eliot Crompton, Merlins Harp, YA
Review: The Wrecker by Clive Cussler with Justin Scott
Book: Hardback 235 x 159mm480 pagesISBN 978039915599417 Nov 2009Putnam Adult 18 – AND UP From the Publisher: In The Chase, Clive Cussler introduced an electrifying new hero, the tall, lean, no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell, who, driven by his sense of justice, travels early-twentieth-century America pursuing thieves and killers . . . and sometimes criminals much worse. It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in his best man, and Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur haunts the hobo jungles of the West, a man known as the Wrecker…(to continue reading the synopsis, click here) I walked into a used book store one day … Read entire article »
Filed under: 2010, Clive Cussler, Reviews, The Wrecker
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – March 29, 2010
It’s Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly event to celebrate what we are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week. Feel free to join in this weekly event if you’d like as well as use the picture above. Thanks Sheila for hosting! Last week:I read The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting. (review pending) This week: I’m reading Hourglass by Claudia Gray. (I just started this morning on the way into work but the action starts on page 1, it’s great so far!) I need to write up my reviews for A Spy In The House (The Agency #1) by Y.S. Lee and The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting. I reviewed Merlin’s Harp by Anne Eliot Crompton (click for review) and I finally got my Heist Society by Ally Carter up (click … Read entire article »
Filed under: Monday
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