Canada Day Blog Hop: Stop 25
Welcome to my stop on the Canada Day Blog Hop! I’m pretty excited to participate in this one, with it being my first ever blog hop as well as my countdown to Canada’s birthday (and the long weekend that accompanies it!)Organized by KnitPurlStitch and Snowdrop Dreams of Books , we are celebrating our nation by offering giveaways! I’m offering a choice of either of the titles listed below (which I highly recommend and are two awesome Canadian authors) or a $10 gift certificate for the Book Depository. The giveaway is open to all Canadians…and everywhere else that Book Depository will ship. Please fill in the form below to enter. The blog hop ends on July 2nd, so winners will be drawn on July 3rd and notified by email. <p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Loading…&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p> Previous Hop stop:Wicked Lil Pixie ReviewsNext … Read entire article »
Time For The Canada Day Blog Hop!
I can’t believe that summer is finally here! It’s time for BBQing, sitting outside in the backyard reading … oh and I’m sure letting the kids run wild at the park will be a daily routine too! We have no big plans this summer but I do have many fun day trip ideas: the Toronto Zoo is a must every year, it’s been a while since I’ve visited the CN Tower (even though I work down the street from it!), a Toronto Argos football game, plus maybe a trip to Niagara Falls and a stop at the family cottage! Happy Canada Day everyone! To celebrate, you can win a $10 Gift Card from bookdepository.com! Since this is in honor of Canada Day, there will be TWO steps in this giveaway (and you … Read entire article »
Review: Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Hardcover, 298 pages Released: June 21, 2011 Publisher: Disney Hyperion ISBN13: 9781423147954 Genre: Young Adult Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life: Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she’s simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world. That’s why Kat isn’t surprised when she’s asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald so it can be returned to its rightful owners. There are only three problems. First, the gem hasn’t been seen in public in thirty years. Second, since the fall of the Egyptian empire and the suicide of Cleopatra, no one who holds the emerald keeps it for long — and in Kat’s world, history almost always repeats itself. But it’s the third problem … Read entire article »
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Interview with Lesley Livingston for the Once Every Never Tour!
As you will see by the main characters name, Clarinet Reid, Lesley Livingston, is a hoot. Once Every Never is about Clare and her special ability to travel back in time, way back like two centuries ago, after touching an ancient artifact. Lesley has an amazing ability to bring scenes to life, I loved seeing the old world – especially one with Druids & a hot Celtic warrior I’m excited to be part of her Once Every Never tour and today I have an interview to share! (On a side note, earlier this week I was fortunate enough to attend the book launch party thanks Penguin & Lesley! I’ll have a post about it next week, but I must say that she is one of the sweetest authors (and maybe quirkiest) ever, spending … Read entire article »
Filed under: Canada, Lesley Livingston, Once Every Never, Supernatural Tour
Interview with Kevin Hearne
I’ve recently read and reviewed, Hounded by Kevin Hearne (click here to read my review) and loved it so much that I broke out of my shell and actually asked the author for my first (solicited) interview ever! With the second book in the series, Hexed, just released and the third, Hammered, less than two weeks away, we get to peak into the author’s world here. Please give a warm welcome to Kevin Hearne: Jackie: The second book in The Iron Druid trilogy released June 7, 2011. Please tell us a bit about what we’ll find in the pages of Hexed? Kevin: Atticus has to repel the invasion of some witches bent on claiming Tempe for their own, and in the meantime he also has to deal with the remaining mess from Hounded, as well as the … Read entire article »
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Review: Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Click here to read the book description. Available at Amazon, Book Depository, Chapters Indigo Thanks to Caroline from The Secret HEA Society (and also one of my co-horts at Book Lovers Inc.), Kevin Hearne’s book Hounded was put on my radar. I am now fast becoming one of Kevin’s biggest fans!Based on Caroline’s recommendation, I borrowed the audio book from the library to start me off. This is a truly fantastic audio book! Read by Luke Daniels, the characters really come alive, especially Oberon, who is my personal fave (though Atticus is definitely no slouch either!) But more than how it was read, it’s the what that was being read that made this book one of my faves in a long time. After starting it, I ran right out and bought my very … Read entire article »
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Waiting on Wednesday – June 22, 2011
This weekly event is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. AS I WAKE by Elizabeth Scott Hardcover, 224 pages Expected publication: September 15th 2011 Publisher: Dutton Juvenile ISBN13: 9780525422099 Where to find the book:Goodreads.comAmazon.comBookdepository.com From Goodreads: Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There’s only one problem: Ava can’t remember any of them – and can’t shake the eerie feeling that she’s not who they say she is. Ava struggles to break through her amnesiac haze as she goes through the motions of high-school life, but the memories that surface take place in a very different world, where Ava and familiar-faced friends are under constant scrutiny and no one can be trusted. Ava … Read entire article »
Filed under: As I Wake, Elizabeth Scott, WOW
Review: What Happened To Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
Hardcover, 402 pages Released: May 10, 2011 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN13: 9780670012947 Other places to find the book:Goodreads.comAmazon.comBookdepository.com My Rating: 4 /5 My Thoughts: I have to say, this title had me curious and boy was it fun to see how it came about and then come full circle! McLean’s life drastically changed when her parents divorced and her mom started a new family. She sticks with her Dad even as he lives a nomadic lifestyle, where turning around restaurants takes him to numerous places. Being a teen and trying to figure out who you are is hard enough as it is, and for McLean, all this moving provided an opportunity to escape and she uses it to reinvent herself, over and over again. Can you imagine how cool that would be to … Read entire article »
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Review: Switch by Tish Cohen
Click here for the book description. Available from Chapter Indigo, Amazon, Book Depository (note: Switch is available in Canada now, but releases elsewhere in August 2011) Likened to the movie Freaky Friday, Switch has two girls switching lives based on a wish (with an imaginative conduit, I might add). Having seen both versions of the movie, I had a good idea what I was in for.Immediately, I felt that Tish Cohen seemed on the money, giving the main character, Andrea, the right type of “voice” for a teenage girl. The vernacular was not too old for someone in high school, nor was it too young. What irked me though was her (Andrea’s) constant wallowing in self pity. But this actually turned out to be an important factor in why I ended up really … Read entire article »
Filed under: book review, Switch, Tish Cohen, YA
ASHES, ASHES Plague and Pestilence Blog Tour + Giveaway!
I am excited to share an interview with Jo Treggiari today. Her dystopian, ASHES, ASHES takes place in a world that eerily is similar to what we live in now, such as tsunamis and plague breakouts, just on a smaller scale. This is really what drew me into the book, seeing how easily the world could change. One aspect of the book that I was hoping would go into more depth (due to the conspiracy theorist in me) was the scientists actions. As people’s actions are quite different when put into a life-or-death situation, I often wondered if they were evil or just desperate when reading the book. I hope you enjoy the interview! Thanks to Scholastic Canada, one lucky commenter will win a copy of ASHES, ASHES . This is … Read entire article »
Filed under: ASHES ASHES, giveaway, Jo Treggiari, tour
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