In My Mailbox 30

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

Books I received this week.

In The Post:

And Then Things Fall Apart - Arlaina Tibensky

Imaginary Girls - Nova Ren Suma

Rival - Sara Bennett-Wealer

A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man - Celeste Brady & Susan Donovan

Ghost Story - Jim Butcher
So excited when this arrived!!

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie - Jennifer Ashley

Original Sin: A Sally Sin Adventure - Beth McMullen

Kindle:

Sophie & Carter - Chelsea Fine
So sad but so sweet - loved it.

First Frost - Jennifer Estep
Free prequel of Jennifer Estep's new YA series.

Touch of Frost - Jennifer Estep
Had to get it.

Netgalley:

Oh netgalley how you tempt me with all those awesome books.

Ditched - Robin Mellom

Double - Jenny Valentine

Life Eternal - Yvonne Woon

The Way We Fall - Megan Crewe

Until There Was You - Kirstan Higgins

So many great books this week just have to find time to read them all. Last week I took a photo of one of my dogs - Pip - along with all of my books this week it's the turn of my other dog - Beau. So freaking hard to take this picture she wouldn't sit still.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Waiting On Wednesday 29

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that highlights an upcoming book release that we are eagerly anticipating.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin.
Released 27th September.

Mara Dyer doesn't believe life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is.

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong.

I know everyone has been picking this one lately but I couldn't resist making it my WoW today. I have heard awesome things about this book, I pre-ordered it a few months ago and now I can't wait for it to arrive.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Teaser Tuesday 29

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

The idea is to:
Grab the book you are currently reading.
Open it up to a random page.
Share two teaser sentences.

Give the name and author of said book.

And remember No Spoilers!

Yours To Keep by Shannon Stacey.

"They oohed and aahed along with the rest of the crowd and, as the show built toward the grand finale, Russell's hand bumped hers. It rested there for a moment and then he threaded his fingers through hers."

Location 1419 of 2743. 51%

Sean Kowalski no sooner leaves the army than he's recruited by Emma Shaw to be her fake fiancé. Emma needs to produce a husband-to-be for her grandmother's upcoming visit, and, though Sean doesn't like the deception, he could use the landscaping job Emma's offering while he decides what to do with his civilian life. And, despite his attraction to Emma, there's no chance he'll fall for a woman with deep roots in a town he's not planning to call home.

Emma's not interested in a real relationship either; not with a man whose idea of home is wherever he drops his duffel bag. No matter how amazing his "pretend" kisses are...

So I think this is my seventh netgalley book this month. I'm a little disappointed as I was hoping to get through more than that but I got a little distracted by a couple of non-netgalley books. I still have a few days to read a few more maybe.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

In My Mailbox 29

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

Books I received this week.

In The Post:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
Have you seen the pictures in this book? Amazing.

Love Story - Jennifer Echols
Already read it but I wanted my own copy.

A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole

Tempt Me Not - Eve Byron

Waking Up With The Duke - Lorraine Heath
Love Lorraine Heath's historical romances.

Netgalley:

Bad Boys Do - Victoria Dahl
Love Victoria Dahl

Unclaimed- Courtney Milan

Bride For A Night - Rosemary Rogers

The Sleepwalkers - J. Gabriel Gates
Saw this one on a WoW post this week and it sounded really good.

Yeah so my dog - super not impressed with me taking a picture of her - this photo cost me two dog biscuits and half hour of her ignoring me. I'll try get a photo of my other dog next Sunday she's a little more camera friendly.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Waiting On Wednesday 28

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that highlights an upcoming book release that we are eagerly anticipating.

Thief's Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell. Released 21st February 2012.

I love fantasy/adventure type books but I don't read enough of them. This one sounds super awesome and I can't wait to read it.

Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city's aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces—human and other—stole it all away in a flurry of blood and murder.

Today she is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon's underbelly with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with no other worshippers but Widdershins herself. It's not a great life, certainly nothing compared to the one she once had, but it's hers.

But now, in the midst of Davillon's political turmoil, an array of hands are once again rising up against her, prepared to tear down all that she's built. The City Guard wants her in prison. Members of her own Guild want her dead. And something horrid, something dark, something ancient is reaching out for her, a past that refuses to let her go. Widdershins and Olgun are going to find answers, and justice, for what happened to her—but only if those who almost destroyed her in those years gone by don't finish the job first.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Teaser Tuesday 28

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

The idea is to:
Grab the book you are currently reading.
Open it up to a random page.
Share two teaser sentences.

Give the name and author of said book.

And remember No Spoilers!

I'm taking a brief break from netgalley month to re-read Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater so I can get to the next two books Linger and Forever as soon as possible.

"I couldn't figure how I could smell the blood so strongly, and then I looked down at my shaking arms and saw the red smeared on my hands and over my wrists. I had to struggle to remember it was Shelby's blood."

Page 264 and 265.

the cold.
Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—watches back. He feels deeply familiar to her, but she doesn't know why.

the heat.
Sam has lived two lives. As a wolf, he keeps the silent company of the girl he loves. And then, for a short time each year, he is human, never daring to talk to Grace...until now.

the shiver.
For Grace and Sam, love has always been kept at a distance. But once it's spoken, it cannot be denied. Sam must fight to stay human—and Grace must fight to keep him—even if it means taking on the scars of the past, the fragility of the present, and the impossibility of the future.

Be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

In My Mailbox 28

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

Books I received this week.

In The Post:

Sass & Serendipity - Jennifer Ziegler
A modern retelling of Sense and Sensibility - I'm all over it.

Touched By An Alien - Gini Koch
Alien Tango - Gini Koch
I've only ever read a few sci-fi type books and these looked really cute.

Texas Gothic - Rosemary Clement-Moore
Small Town Sinners - Melissa Walker
I have been waiting for these two books for soooo long and now they are finally here!

Forever - Maggie Stiefvater
The series is complete. I plan to read all three next month.

An Affair To Remember - Karen Hawkins
I do love a good historical romance.

Kindle:

The Sweet Gum Tree - Katherine Allred

Undeniably Yours - Shannon Stacey

Crave - Melinda Metz and Laura J. Burns

For the Love of Charley - Katherine Allred

Netgalley:

Ashfall - Mike Mullin

The Iron Knight - Julie Kagawa
Haven't read the first three books yet but I do own them and plan to read them soon.

In Total Surrender - Anne Mallory

Simon & Schuster Galley Grab:

Drink, Slay, Love - Sarah Beth Durst
Never read anything by SBD before but this looks like fun.

Sacrifice - Melinda Metz and Laura J. Burns
Had to buy the first book in the series (Crave - see above) when I saw this one on the GG.

You have no idea how badly I wanted to read all the books I got this week but alas I couldn't. It's Netgalley month and I am taking it very seriously. I am on my 7th Netgalley book so far and I hope to read double that by the end of July. Although I got slightly distracted by Harry Potter this week - I managed to watch all seven movies in preparation for tomorrow. Yes that's right at 18:15 I will be watching the final movie! I am currently alternating between absolute excitement at finally getting to see it and true sadness that it will all be over. Either way I am going to cry buckets.

Be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Waiting On Wednesday 27

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that highlights an upcoming book release that we are eagerly anticipating.

Girls Don't Fly by Kristen Chandler. Released 13th October 2011. I read Kristen Chandler's first book Wolves, Boys, & Other Things That Might Kill Me recently and I really loved it so I can't wait to see what she comes up with next.

Myra is used to keeping her feet firmly on the ground. She's got four younger brothers, overworked parents, and a pregnant older sister, and if Myra wasn't there to take care of everyone, they'd probably fall apart. But when her boyfriend unceremoniously dumps her, Myra feels like she's lost her footing. Suddenly she's doing things she never would've a few months earlier: quitting her job, applying for a scholarship to study birds in the Galapogos, and falling for a guy who's encouraging her to leap from her old life . . . and fly.

Set on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, Girls Don't Fly is a tale of evolution, the personal kind.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Teaser Tuesday 27

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

The idea is to:
Grab the book you are currently reading.
Open it up to a random page.
Share two teaser sentences.

Give the name and author of said book.

And remember No Spoilers!

I've already read four netgalley books so far this month and the fifth is Good Girls Don't by Victoria Dahl. Love Victoria Dahl's books. I've only just started this one so my teaser is from the first page.

Tessa Donovan stared across the parking lot of Donovan Brothers Brewery, mesmerized by the flashes and swirls of blue and red across the gray brick of the building. She couldn't help but stare. The police lights were so at odds with the birdsong and pale sunlight of the early-morning hour.

1% Location 30-34.

With her long ponytail and sparkling green eyes, Tessa Donovan looks more like the girl next door than a businesswoman – or a heartbreaker. Which may explain why Detective Luke Asher barely notices her when he arrives to investigate a break-in at her family’s brewery. He’s got his own problems – starting with the fact that his partner Simone is pregnant and everyone thinks he's the father. The last thing he needs is a nice girl like Tessa getting under his skin.

Tessa has her hands full, too. Her brother’s playboy ways may be threatening the business, and the tensions could tear her tight-knit family apart. In fact, the only thing that could unite the Donovan boys is seeing a man come after their “baby” sister. Especially a man like Luke Asher. But Tessa sees past the rumors to the man beneath.

Don't know how many netgalley books I am actually going to get through this week as I plan to re-watch all seven Harry Potter movies in preparation for Sunday (which is when I am going to see the final movie) and I haven't even started yet!

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

In My Mailbox 27

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

Books I received this week.

In The Post:

A Bad Day's Work - Nora McFarland
Already read and loved this book - I have a thing for those screwball mystery/romance books. I got the sequel from the S&S GG can't wait to start it.

One Summer - JoAnn Ross
Second in one of JoAnn Ross's awesome romance trilogies.

Jessie Hearts NYC - Keris Stainton
Saw this one and bought is straight away sounds like so much fun.

Sean Griswold's Head - Lindsey Leavitt
Pre-ordered this one ages ago and it finally arrived.

After Midnight: A Youngbloods Novel - Lynn Viehl
Sounds like Romeo and Juliet with vampires.

Queen of Shadows - Dianne Sylvan
Always looking for new UF/Paranormal series and this looked like it could be good.


Kindle:

Haunting Violet - Alyxandra Harvey

Firelight - Sophie Jordan
Amazon were offering these pretty cheap this week so I snapped them up.

Demon Kissed - H. M. Ward and M. James

Ushers, Inc. - Rusty Fisher
I saw this on somebody's blog this week (can't remember whose - sorry) and it looked hilarious so I had to get it.

Ready For Love (The McCarthys of Gansett Island) - Marie Force
Finally have the whole trilogy so I can start reading.

The Accidental Wedding - Anne Grace
Just bought this one after Nath over at Books, Books and more Books recommended it.

Netgalley:

A Knight's Work - Karen Duvall

Ambitious - Monica McKayhan

Good Girls Don't - Victoria Dahl
Love Victoria Dahls romance novels - going to read this one next.

It's still netgalley month and I am in the middle of my fourth netgalley book so I am pretty pleased with myself - hope I can keep it up for the rest of the month.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Waiting On Wednesday 26

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that highlights an upcoming book release that we are eagerly anticipating.

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Released 28th July 2011.

22 days to go! I am so unbelievably excited for this book. I LOVE The Dresden Files it's my all time favourite urban fantasy series and I know that I am going to squeal like a little piglet when it arrives.

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. But he's forgotten his own golden rule: magic - it can get a guy killed. Which didn't help when he clashed with unknown assailants with his murder in mind. And though Harry's continued existence is now in some doubt, this doesn't mean he can rest in peace. Trapped in a realm that's not quite here, yet not quite anywhere else, Harry learns that three of his loved ones are in danger. Only by discovering his assailant's identity can he save his friends, bring criminal elements to justice, and move on himself. It would just be easier if he knew who was at risk. And had a (working) crystal ball. And access to magic. Instead, he is unable to interact with the physical world - invisible to all but a select magical few. He's also not the only silent presence roaming Chicago's alleys. Hell, he put some there himself. Now, they're looking for payback.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

Teaser Tuesday 26

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

The idea is to:
Grab the book you are currently reading.
Open it up to a random page.
Share two teaser sentences.

Give the name and author of said book.

And remember No Spoilers!


So it's officially netgalley month around here which means that I am trying to read only netGalley books in July. I probably won't stick to it - alright to be honest I'm already reading an in real life book too - but I am determined to seriously reduce my netgalley backlog. I've already finished one and am on to my second - Tris and Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison. Because I'm reading it on my kindle I'm just going to give you a teaser from where I am right now.

Branna said she didn't want him to fall in love with her because of a potion, but how would she know the difference, once it had happened? It was what a friend would do for a friend who was lonely, right?

6% Location 166


A modern retelling of the German fairytale "Tristan and Isolde", Tris and Izzie is about a young witch named Izzie who is dating Mark King, the captain of the basketball team and thinks her life is going swimmingly well. Until -- she makes a love potion for her best friend Brangane and then ends up taking it herself accidentally, and falling in love with Tristan, the new guy at school.

Also be sure to enter my six month blogoversary giveaway to win the book of your choice from The Book Depository. All the info here.

That's all for now.

6 Month Blogoversay and Giveaway!

Yep that's right folks I have reached the big half year! Woo Hoo!!! I am pretty impressed that I have made it this far especially lately as I have a lot going on in real life. But I love book blogging so I am going to keep at it even if it gets a little slow around here for a while.

To celebrate my blogoversary I am holding my second ever giveaway. Here's all the info:

The lucky winner will receive the book of their choice from the bookdepository.co.uk up to the amount of £10.

It's open internationally as long as the bookdepository.co.uk ships to your country. Check here.

One entry per person. You must be over 13 to enter.

You don't have to be a follower but it is greatly appreciated if you are.

Closing date is the 3rd of August 2011.

The winner will be chosen by random.org. I will email the winner and they will have 48 hours to reply and a week to choose their book.

All you have to do is fill out this teeny tiny form:



That's all for now.

In My Mailbox 26

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

Books I received this week.

In The Post:

When Beauty Tamed the Beast - Eloisa James

Burn the Night - Jocelynn Drake

Bella at Midnight - Diane Stanley

Kindle:

Unlocked - Courtney Milan

NetGalley:

The Beginning of After - Jennifer Castle

Tris and Izzie - Mette Ivie Harrison

That's all for now.

July is NetGalley Month!

Emily at Red House Books has declared July NetGalley Month! For those who don't know what NetGalley is I suggest you go to the website right now and check it out because it is the greatest thing ever!

Emily created an awesome challenge back in April where you try to read as many NetGalley books in a month as you can. She is doing it all over again this month and I am definitely going to be taking part as I have a huge backlog of NetGalley books to read.

Check out this post to learn more, she is generously offering prizes too!

I have no idea how many I am actually going to be able to read but I am going to give it my best shot. Making it a challenge always gives me an added incentive to actually read books so I would like to say a big thank you to Emily for doing this. I'm hoping to at least equal my April total which was six NetGalley books read.

Here's the list of books I have to read:

Whisper Falls - Toni Blake

Queens of All the Earth - Hannah Sternberg

My Favourite Band Does Not Exist - Robert T. Jeschonek

The Vampire Voss - Colleen Gleason

Long Gone - Alafair Burke

Bluefish - Pat Schmatz

A Long, Long Sleep - Anna Sheehan

The Last Little Blue Envelope - Maureen Johnson

The Vampire Dimitri - Colleen Gleason

Mercy - Rebecca Lim

Spell Bound - Kelley Armstrong

Never Eighteen - Megan Bostic

Pregnant Pause - Han Nolan

The Vampire Narcise - Colleen Gleason

The Girl in the Steel Corset - Kady Cross

68 Knots - Michael Robert Evans

Bite me, Try Me and Fang Me - Parker Blue

The Art of Forgetting - Camille Noe Pagan

Of Dukes and Deceptions - Wendy Soliman

Courting Disaster - Carol Stephenson

A Marriage of Inconvenience - Susanna Fraser

The Betrayal of Maggie Blair - Elizabeth Laird

The Magnolia League - Katie Crouch

The Near Witch - Victoria Schwab

Queen of the Dead - Stacey Kade

Phoenix Rising - Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris

Spellbound - Cara Lynn Shultz

Ultraviolet- R.J. Anderson

Misfit - Jon Skovron

Flyaway - Helen Landalf

Wisdom's Kiss - Catherine Gilbert Murdock

The Inquisitor's Apprentice - Chris Moriarty

Yours To Keep - Stacey Shannon

Ashes - Ilsa J. Bick

Luck of the Devil - Patricia Eimer

The Beginning of After - Jennifer Castle

Tris and Izzie - Mette Ivie Harrison

Wow I have way more to read than I though I did - I have to stop requesting so many.
Things are a little full on in real life at the moment so I haven't been writing as many reviews as I would like but I am really going try this month.

That's all for now.