It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (12)

It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

Books Completed Last Week:

• Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire
• Pretty Dead by Francesca Lia Block

Books I am Currently Reading/Listening To:

• Mania by Craig Larsen
• For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
• Embers by Laura Bickle

What’s Up Next:

• Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready
• The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

In My Mailbox (9)

I feel like I’m forgetting something on here, but here’s what I came up with for the past week. :)

For Review:

From Kristen Painter

• All Fired Up by Kristen Painter (ebook)

Won By Me:

From Paranormal Haven

• Demonkeepers by Jessica Andersen (signed)- I don’t know where else this would be from… but I got one last week. What should I do?

From vvb32 reads

• Mr. Knightley Paperdoll
• Mr. Knightley’s Diary: A Novel by Amanda Grange- (That was a fabulous surprise!)

From Bibliophilic Book Blog

• My new button designed by Parajunkee!

Sent to Me:

From Jackie Morse Kessler

• Hunger buttons- (Have you noticed I’m slowly collecting stuff? Do you remember me mentioning wanting to do something in May?)

Bought By Me:

I’ve bought a lot this week, but most of it was online, so I’ll tell you about it when I get it! :)

At Borders

• Embers by Laura Bickle
• In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix
• J.R. Ward Lover Avenged

Given to Me:

From my mom (She gives me most of her books, unless she’s sure it’s a book she’ll read a few times. She doesn’t like having very many sitting around.)

• Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
• Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder

Borrowed from the Library:

From the County Library (No books, but I borrowed some movies just for the heck of it)

• About a Boy
• Garden State
• Vanity Fair
• Dracula 3000 (W/ as much as I laughed at 2000, I’m hoping 3000 will give me a good chuckle)

R.E.A.D.S. (Regional eBook & Audio Download System) – Online Library for TN

• The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison (ebook)
• Bloodlist by P.N Elrod (audiobook)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (11)

It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

This week is still catch up on reviews week. That and get what things I have organized for May contests and figure out what things I still need to get! My mind is seriously becoming disturbed after my choices in books lately, which is why Patricia Briggs made a sudden  unplanned appearance. So this week after I finish Mania, I’m going to go back to an author I love, try some poetry, and read a book I’ve been wanting to for months!

Books Completed Last Week:

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (audiobook) <3
• The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Book It Forward Tours)
• Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (audiobook)

Books I am Currently Reading/Listening To:

• Mania by Craig Larsen (so twisted, yet I can’t stop reading) :)

What’s Up Next:

• For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison (ebook)
• Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens
• Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready

What are you reading?

In My Mailbox (8)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren & inspired by Pop Culture Junkie

 

Happy Easter Everybody!!!

 

Okay, so last week I dropped the ball on my In My Mailbox Post, it slipped by mind due to the fact that I really didn’t get much. Most of what came was in one wonderful package, but I want to make sure I share that too. So I’ll combine last week’s & this week’s post, but here’s the picture for what I got last week!

On to this week!

For Review:

From Dark Faerie Tales-Book It Forward ARC Tours

• The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Won By Me:

From Mundie Moms

• Kristin Tubb signed bookmark

From Sara’s Urban Fantasy Blog

• Num8ers by Rachel Ward

From Paranormal Haven

• Demonkeepers by Jessica Anderson (signed!)

From Narratively Speaking

• Blood Promise by Rachel Mead (signed!!!) SQUEEE!
• Adorable bag by Paperchase
• exclusive Vampire Academy extract

Sent to Me:

From Adrian Phoenix

• signed bookplate
• Club Hell key chain
• bumpersticker
• Black Dust Mambo bookmarks (Don’t worry I have plenty to share)
• A Rush of Wings bookmarks (Also have plenty of these to share)

From Jennifer’s Musings

• Jennifer Laurens signed bookmark
• mini-poster for Heavenly, Penitence, and Absolution by Jennifer Laurens

From E.J. Stevens (Just like before, you don’t think these were sent for me, do you?)

• Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens (signed)
• Shadows of Myth and Legend bookmarks
• Shadows of Myth and Legend magents
• From the Shadows bookmarks
• signed bookplate

Bought By Me:

At Borders

• Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge

From Better World Books

• Cell: A Novel by Stephen King
• Shadows Bend: A Novel of the Fantastic and Unspeakable by David Barbour and Richard Raleigh

Borrowed  from the Library:

R.E.A.D.S. (Regional eBook & Audio Download System) – Online Library for TN

• Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (audiobook)
• For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison (ebook)

Friday Finds! (9)

Friday Finds are books I've heard about during the past week. Credit goes to MizB from Should Be Reading. Some how or another it ended up being a Young Adult Friday Finds!



Found this @ I Heart Monster

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pub, Date: September 21, 2010
Reading Level: Young Adult
320 pages

Blurb:
Sixteen-year-old Evie's job is bagging and tagging paranormals. Possessing the strange ability to see through their glamours, she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency. But when someone--or something--starts taking out the vamps, werewolves, and other odd beasties she's worked hard to help become productive members of society, she's got to figure it out before they all disappear and the world becomes utterly normal.
Normal is so overrated. (From author's website)



Found this @ Reading Extensively

Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
Publisher: Graphia
Pub, Date: October 18, 2010
Reading Level: Young Adult
180 pages

Blurb:
Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How will an anorexic seventeen-year-old girl from the suburbs fare as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
Traveling the world on her steed gives Lisa freedom from her troubles at home—her constant battle with hunger, and her struggle to hide it from the people who care about her. But being Famine forces her to go places where hunger is a painful part of everyday life, and to face the horrifying effects of her phenomenal power. Can Lisa find a way to harness that power—and the courage to fight her own inner demons?
A wildly original approach to the issue of eating disorders, Hunger is about the struggle to find balance in a world of extremes, and uses fantastic tropes to explore a difficult topic that touches the lives of many teens. (From amazon)



Found this @ Reading Extensively

Deception: Haunting Emma by Lee Nichols
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
Pub, Date: June 8, 2010
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
336 pages

Blurb:
When Emma Vaile's parents go missing while away on a mysterious business trip, she's left all alone in her creepy old house. But her brother's very cute best friend, Bennett Stern - Emma's knight in J. Crew armor - arrives unexpectedly to whisk her away to New England. There, Emma settles into his family's museum-like mansion and enrolls at an old-fashioned private school. She quickly finds friends in the popular legacy crowd at Thatcher and spends her free time crushing on Bennett. But the eerie visions she's been hiding from everyone have gotten worse. Emma has memories of Thatcher that she can't explain - it's as if she's returning home to a place she's never been. Finally, Emma confides in Bennett and learns she is a ghostkeeper, a person who can communicate with ghosts. Bennett brought Emma to Thatcher to protect her, but now he needs her help tracking an other-worldly murderer. (From Fantastic Fiction)



Found this @ Vampira 2468 Reads

Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pub, Date: May 4, 2010
Reading level: Young Adult
256 pages

Blurb:
A descendant of legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, fourteen-year-old Alex is stuck at boarding school near Lake Geneva, Switzerland, when he finds himself drawn into a web of paranormal intrigue. It turns out that Lake Geneva is also home to a secret school for vampires called the Scholomance—and now to a dangerous vampire clan lord known only as Icemaker, who’s using the Scholomance for his own dangerous endgame. With the help of his friends and of special agent Sangster, it’s up to Alex to fulfill his family destiny and stop Icemaker’s frightening plans once and for all.

Alex Van Helsing is a showstopping hero set to leap off the page—stake, naturally, in hand. Drawing from centuries of actual vampire lore and literature (and with a nod to zombies, too!), Jason Henderson delivers a breathlessly paced thriller that will captivate vampire fans as well as readers who loved Alex Rider. (From Goodreads)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (10)

It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

Books Completed Last Week:

• They Call Me Death by Missy Jane
• A House Afire by Emma Kinna
• Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Reviews Completed Last Week:

• Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

Reviews I Need to Complete:

• Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
• A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
• My Zombie Valentine anthology  by Katie MacAlister, Angie Fox, Marianne Mancusi, and Lisa Cach
• Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
• Personal Demons by Stacia Kane
• The Sin Eater’s Prince by Keta Diablo
• Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
• Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Beyond the Night by Joss Ware

Books I am Currently Reading/Listening To:

• Mania by Craig Larsen

What’s Up Next:

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Book It Forward Tours)

Friday Finds! (8)

Friday Finds are books I've heard about during the past week. Credit goes to MizB from Should Be Reading

Found this @ Book Chick City

Already Dead by Charlie Huston
Publisher: Del Rey
Pub, Date: December 27, 2005
288 pages

Blurb:
Those stories you hear? The ones about things that only come out at night? Things that feed on blood, feed on us? Got news for you: they’re true. Only it’s not like the movies or old man Stoker’s storybook. It’s worse. Especially if you happen to be one of them. Just ask Joe Pitt.

There’s a shambler on the loose. Some fool who got himself infected with a flesh-eating bacteria is lurching around, trying to munch on folks’ brains. Joe hates shamblers, but he’s still the one who has to deal with them. That’s just the kind of life he has. Except afterlife might be better word.

From the Battery to the Bronx, and from river to river, Manhattan is crawling with Vampyres. Joe is one of them, and he’s not happy about it. Yeah, he gets to be stronger and faster than you, and he’s tough as nails and hard to kill. But spending his nights trying to score a pint of blood to feed the Vyrus that’s eating at him isn’t his idea of a good time. And Joe doesn’t make it any easier on himself. Going his own way, refusing to ally with the Clans that run the undead underside of Manhattan–it ain’t easy. It’s worse once he gets mixed up with the Coalition–the city’s most powerful Clan–and finds himself searching for a poor little rich girl who’s gone missing in Alphabet City.

Now the Coalition and the girl’s high-society parents are breathing down his neck, anarchist Vampyres are pushing him around, and a crazy Vampyre cult is stalking him. No time to complain, though. Got to find that girl and kill that shambler before the whip comes down . . . and before the sun comes up. (From publisher's website)


Found this @ Aleksandra's Corner

Pastworld by Ian Beck
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
Pub. Date: September 29, 2009
368 pages

Blurb:
Pastworld. A city within a city. A city for excursions and outings. Pastworld is a theme park with a difference, where travellers can travel back in time for a brush with an authentic Victorian past. But what if the Jack the Ripper figure stopped play-acting and really started killing people?

For Caleb, a tourist from the present day, his visit goes terribly wrong when his father is kidnapped and he finds himself accused of murder. Then Caleb meets Eve Rose, a Pastworld inhabitant who has no idea the modern world exists. Both Caleb and Eve have roles to play in the murderer’s diabolical plans – roles that reveal disturbing truths about their origins. (From publisher's website)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (9)

It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

I got almost all the reading done that I meant to last week, so this week my main goal is going to be catching up on reviews. I’ll set my reading goal a little light to try to make sure that I save time to do that. There should be at least one review up every day.

Books Completed Last Week:

• Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
• Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
• Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Beyond the Night by Joss Ware

Reviews I Need to Complete:

• Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
• A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
• My Zombie Valentine anthology  by Katie MacAlister, Angie Fox, Marianne Mancusi, and Lisa Cach
• Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
• Personal Demons by Stacia Kane
• The Sin Eater’s Prince by Keta Diablo

Books I am Currently Reading/Listening To:

• They Call Me Death by Missy Jane
• A House Afire by Emma Kinna

What’s Up Next:

• Wings by Aprilynne Pike
• Mania by Craig Larsen

In My Mailbox (7)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren & This Week in Books by Pop Culture Junkie

Ok, so this week I might not have got near as many books as I did last week, but what I did get was so awesome that I did a happy dance almost everyday when I got the mail! Which makes me really glad I don’t have any way to do vlogs and embarrass myself completely.  Also, I refused to buy any books this week after my little shopping spree last week… I don’t think I’ll be able to make it through another week…)

For Review:

• Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (Dark Faerie Tales Book Tour) not pictured

Won By Me:

From Bite Club

• First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost (signed!)-(insert happy dance here)

From Bitten by Books

• a pair of earrings by Faith Hunter-(insert jumping up and down here)
• ‘Have Stakes Will Travel’ pin by Faith Hunter
• signed card

From Tales of the Ravenous Reader

• Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten

From Luxury Reading

• Totally Toned Arms by Rylan Duggan

From The Qwillery (Insert happy dance here while trying not to shake the box LOL, then jumping up and down after I set the box down)

• Dead to Me by Anton Strout (signed)
• Deader Still by Anton Strout (signed)
• Dead Matter by Anton Strout (signed)
• Department of Extraordinary Affairs pin
• Department of Extraordinary Affairs pin (not pictured, b/c I drank my coffee out of it this morning)
• lifesavers (not pictured, b/c I started eating them the day they came in, yum!)

From Mundie Moms

• Bookmark from Kay Cassidy for The Cinderella Society
• note from Kay

Sent to Me:

From Jennifer’s Musings

• A Season of Eden by J.M. Warwick (signed)
• A Season of Eden bookmark

Borrowed  from the Library:

R.E.A.D.S. (Regional eBook & Audio Download System) – Online Library for TN

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
• Wings by Aprilynne Pike (audiobook)

Friday Finds! (7)

Friday Finds are books I've heard about during the past week. Credit goes to MizB from Should Be Reading

Found this @ The Crowded Leaf

The Gates: A Novel by John Connolly
Publisher: Atria
Pub. Date: October 6, 2009
304 pages

Blurb:
THE GATES OF HELL ARE ABOUT TO OPEN. MIND THE GAP.
Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Hallowe'en. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue.

The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron Collider that creates a hole in the universe, a hole through which can be glimpsed a pair of enormous gates.

The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out... (From author's website)


Found @ Reading Extensively

Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Publisher: Bethany House
Release Date: July 10, 2010
368 pages

Blurb:
The Dragon King Seeks His Princess--Who Dares to Stop Him?

Princess Una of Parumvir has come of age and will soon marry. She dreams of a charming prince, but when her first suitor arrives, he's not what she'd hoped. Prince Aethelbald of mysterious Farthestshore has travelled a great distance to prove his love--and also to bring hushed warnings of danger. A dragon is rumored to be on the hunt and blazing a path of terror.

Una, smitten instead with a more dashing prince, refuses Aethelbald's offer--and ignores his cautions with dire consequences. Soon the Dragon King himself is in Parumvir and Una, in giving her heart away unwisely, finds herself in his sights. Only those courageous enough to risk everything have a hope of fighting off this advancing evil. (From publisher's website)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (8)

It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

Ok, so I did a horrible job reading last week, but I’m already doing better this week since I had to take a reading break to do this post! But man, I need to get to writing some reviews. Starting with Keta’s.

Books Completed Last Week:

• The Sin Eater’s Prince by Keta Diablo

Reviews I Need to Complete:

• Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
• A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
• My Zombie Valentine anthology  by Katie MacAlister, Angie Fox, Marianne Mancusi, and Lisa Cach

• Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

• Personal Demons by Stacia Kane

Books I am Currently Reading/Listening To:

• Beyond the Night by Joss Ware
• They Call Me Death by Missy Jane
• Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon

What’s Up Next:

• Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (at least I think this will be coming in for an ARC tour)
• Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
• A House Afire by Emma Kinna

In My Mailbox (6)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren & This Week in Books by Pop Culture Junkie

Ok, so I might have gone a tad overboard this week… But really is it possible to own too many books? I didn’t think so. And sorry if the picture’s a little fuzzy. It’s from my phone, which isn’t very good.

I had another wonderful week with receiving things I’ve won. Thanks again to everyone who sent them! I’m a very happy woman this week!

Won By Me:

From Gracen Miller @ Wicked Thorn and Roses

• $10 B&N Gift Card
• Signed card

From Bitten By Books

• Pretty Dead by Francesca Lia Block

From Un:Bound Blogzine

• Road Trip of the Living Dead by Mark Henry (signed and snarked)
• Battle of the Network Zombies by Mark Henry (signed and snarked)

From Book Lovers Inc.

• Ashes of the Red Heifer by Shannon Baker

Bought By Me:

From the Book Rack (a local used bookstore)

• Dead Girls Are Easy by Terry Garey
• A Match Made in Hell by Terry Garey
• Confessions of a Demon by S.L. Wright
• Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Death’s Daughter by Amber Benson
• Through a Crimson Veil by Patti O’Shea
• A Darker Crimson by Carolyn Jewel
• The Touch of Twilight by Vicki Pettersson
• The Taste of Night by Vicki Pettersson
• The bad thing is I had to stop myself at this point, because there were about 30 other books from my wishlist there that day!

Sent to Me:

From E.J. Stevens

• Swag! Gorgeous bookmarks for her new book Shadows of Myth & Legend (Don’t worry, they’re not for me.)

Gifts:

A very belated Christmas present from my mom

• Break of Dawn by Chris Marie Green

From my mom’s friend, just b/c she’s so nice.

• A frog candle holder w/ a tea light. Isn’t he cute?!

I think that’s everything. If I forgot something, I’m so very sorry. Just let me know. :)

Friday Finds! (6)

Friday Finds are books I've heard about during the past week. Credit goes to MizB from Should Be Reading


Found this @ Steph Su Reads

Morpheus Road The Light by D.J. MacHale
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: April 20, 2010
352 pages

Blurb:
Marshall Seaver is being haunted. In the first installment of this chillingly compelling trilogy, sixteen-year-old Marshall discovers that something beyond our world is after him. The eerie clues pile up quickly, and when people start dying, it’s clear whatever this is it’s huge.

Marshall has no idea what’s happening to him, but he’s soon convinced that it has something to do with his best friend Cooper, who’s been missing for over a week. Together with Coop’s sister, Marsh searches for the truth about what happened to his friend, ultimately uncovering something bigger than he could ever have imagined. (From author's website)


Found this @ Paranormal Haven

Demonkeepers by Jessica Andersen
Publisher: Signet
Release Date: April 6, 2010
480 pages

Blurb:
Lucius is an Indiana Jones wannabe who never quite measures up, until a twist of magic brings him powers beyond belief... and reunites him with Jade, the one-night stand he never forgot.

Despite the sizzling chemistry between them—and the added power that comes with a love match—Jade is determined to prove that she’s more than a researcher … she can be a Nightkeeper warrior in her own right.

But as the two race to rescue the sun god himself from the underworld, they learn that kicking ass isn’t enough. They’ll need all their brains and skill—and the long-denied love that burns between them—to foil the dark lords’ plot. (From author's website)


The author found me on Facebook.

The Immortals Saga: Immortal by Allison Cassatta
Other details forthcoming.
Will be published this fall.
To keep updated the author's website is here.

Blurb:
There is only one thing in this world that can make you question everything you've ever believed in, make you throw yourself into the face of danger, Love. Madeline never thought she would find love so deep that it transcended the physical world and definitely never thought she would find it in a vampire. But when the body count starts to rise, she begins to question the curiously desirable new interest in her life.

Join two immortal lovers as they race against time and sunlight to save a miracle child that was never meant to exist. Only with the help of other vampires and a witch would they have any chance of surviving. (From the author's website)




Found this @ Love Musings

Velvet Haven by Sophie Renwick
Publisher: NAL Trade
Pub. Date: March 2, 2010
336 pages

Blurb:
Hidden from mortals for all eternity, Annwyn, the Otherworld, is home to shapeshifters, wraiths and dragons. But in a nightclub called Velvet Haven, desire brings humans and immortals together…

Built atop the mystic passageway to Annwyn, the gothic nightclub Velvet Haven has seen its share of lost souls—both mortal and immortal. It is here that Bran, the shapeshifter king of the Sidhe, searches for his brother, who is ensnared by a centuries-old curse. When a vision foretells his own death, he knows his time to find Carden is running out.

For help he must turn to Mairi, a mortal woman with an unusual aura. Bran has never liked humans, other than using their sexual pleasure to restore his magic energy. But with Mairi everything is different. Her lush curves and teasing caresses enflame him like no Sidhe has ever done. He has no idea that the woman he’s falling for holds the key to his destruction – or his salvation. (From author's website)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (7)

It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

Ok, so It’s not quite Monday yet for me, but I have a horrible migraine and plan on sleeping for a long time. Because of that I wanted to go ahead and post this. Happy early Monday!

Books Completed Last Week:

• Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
• A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
• Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison

Reviews I Need to Complete:

• My Zombie Valentine anthology  by Katie MacAlister, Angie Fox, Marianne Mancusi, and Lisa Cach

• Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

• Personal Demons by Stacia Kane

Books I am Currently Reading/Listening To:

• Beyond the Night by Joss Ware
• They Call Me Death by Missy Jane
• The Sin Eater’s Prince by Keta Diablo

What’s Up Next:

• Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
• Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• A House Afire by Emma Kinna

I think tomorrow night is going to be review catch up night.

In My Mailbox (5)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren & This Week in Books by Pop Culture Junkie

These are all the books that I got this week!

Won By Me:

Wicked Awesome Books

• A House Afire ARC by Emma Kinna

The Neverending Shelf

• Beautiful Dead ARC by Eden Maguire

Romance Writers Behaving Badly

• Boys of the Bite (eBook) by Cecilia Tan (sent to me by Keta Diablo-I won an eBook of choice from her and this anthology sounded wonderful!)

Tracy Wolff

• Take Me If You Dare by Candace Havens (signed)
• bookmark

Enchanted By Books

• The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd

I got a bookmark and sticker for The Dark Divine, but now can’t remember which book they came with, sorry. Thanks though!

Bought By Me:

Borders

• Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready

Borrowed  from the Library:

R.E.A.D.S. (Regional eBook & Audio Download System) – Online Library for TN

• Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Audibook)

Friday Finds! (5)

Friday Finds are books I've heard about during the past week. Credit goes to MizB from Should Be Reading


Found this @ The Library Lurker

Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic by Suzanne Weyn
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pub. Date: April 15, 2009
336 pages
Young Adult

Blurb:
Science, spiritualism, history, and romance intertwine in Suzanne Weyn's newest novel. Four sisters and their mother make their way from a spiritualist town in New York to London, becoming acquainted with journalist W. T. Stead, scientist Nikola Tesla, and industrialist John Jacob Astor. When they all find themselves on the Titanic, one of Tesla's inventions dooms them...and one could save them.(From author's website)


Found this @ The Neverending Shelf

Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass
Publisher: Juno Books
Pub. Date: January 26, 2010
Urban Fantasy
352 pages

Blurb:
For Kira Solomon, normal was never an option.

Kira’s day job as an antiquities expert, but her true calling is as a Shadowchaser. Trained from youth to be one of the most lethal Chasers in existence, Kira serves the Gilead Commission dispatching the Fallen who sow discord and chaos. Of course, sometimes Gilead bureaucracy is as much a thorn in her side as anything the Fallen can muster against her. Right now, though, she’s got a bigger problem. Someone is turning the city of Atlanta upside-down in search of a four-millennia-old Egyptian dagger that just happens to have fallen into Kira’s hands.

Then there’s Khefar, the dagger’s true owner-a near-immortal 4000-year-old Nubian warrior who, Kira has to admit. looks pretty fine for his age. Joining forces is the only way to keep the weapon safe from the sinister Shadow force, but now Kira is in deep with someone who holds more secrets than she does, the one person who knows just how treacherous this fight is. Because every step closer to destroying the enemy is a step closer to losing herself to Shadow forever...
(From author's website)


Found this @ Serendipity

Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw
Publisher: Headline Paperbacks
Release Date: May 13, 2010
288 pages

Blurb:
Ten years ago Kate Winters' parents were taken by the High Council's wardens to help with the country's war effort. Now the wardens are back...and prisoners, including Kate's uncle Artemis, are taken south on the terrifying Night Train. Kate and her friend Edgar are hunted by a far more dangerous enemy. Silas Dane -- the High Council's most feared man -- recognises Kate as one of the Skilled; a rare group of people able to see through the veil between the living and the dead. His spirit was damaged by the High Council's experiments into the veil, and he's convinced that Kate can undo the damage and allow him to find peace. The knowledge Kate needs lies within Wintercraft -- a book thought to be hidden deep beneath the graveyard city of Fume. But the Night of Souls, when the veil between life and death is at its thinnest, is just days away and the High Council have their own sinister plans for Kate and Wintercraft. To help Artemis, Edgar and herself, Kate must honour her pact with a murderer and come face to face with the true nature of death.
(From Goodreads)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (6)

It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

I should have my computer fixed, with no more virus issues, in a day or two.  My cable connection will hopefully not go out this week.  By having my computer back I won’t have to share computers anymore and can finally finish and read all the ebooks and audiobooks I’ve been wanting too! *crosses fingers*

Books Completed Last Week:

• Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
• Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells
• Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
• Personal Demons by Stacia Kane

Reviews I Need to Complete:

• My Zombie Valentine anthology  by Katie MacAlister, Angie Fox, Marianne Mancusi, and Lisa Cach

• Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

• Personal Demons by Stacia Kane

Books I am Currently Reading/Listening To:

• Beyond the Night by Joss Ware
• They Call Me Death by Missy Jane

What’s Up Next:

• The Sin Eater’s Prince by Keta Diablo
• Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
• A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
• Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison

Friday Finds (4)

Friday Finds are books I've heard about during the past week. Credit goes to MizB from Should Be Reading

Found this @ All Things Urban Fantasy. Well, I saw the cover for the 6th Pepper Martin book there and looked up the rest of the series which I have not yet read.

Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels
Publisher: Avon
Pub. Date: May 30, 2006
336 pages

Blurb:
She sees dead people

Beautiful, smart, and chic, Pepper Martin never had to work a day in her life -- until her surgeon daddy was convicted of fraud, her wealthy fiancé took a powder, and the family fortune ran bone dry.

Suddenly desperate, the inexperienced ex-rich girl was forced to take the only job she could get: as a tour guide in a cemetery. But a grave situation took a turn for the worse when a head-on collision with a headstone left her with an unwanted ability to communicate with the disgruntled deceased . . . and now Pepper has a whacked Mafia don demanding that she hunt down his killers -- and threatening to haunt her until she does.
(From publisher's website.)


Found this @ Welcome To Larissa's Life.

Legend of the Caryph by Lynn Moyle
Publisher: Eloquent Books
Pub. Date: September 24, 2009
202 pages

Blurb:
Centuries ago, an Order was formed to protect a select group of women who possessed powerful magic. These witches, known as Caryphs, were called upon to fight demonic forces released on the earth in an effort to enslave humanity.

Regan Thompson is an inexperienced young college student whose life is suddenly ripped apart when she discovers she has inherited the powers of the Caryph. Like the others before her, Regan must somehow learn to harness the pure, raw magic that is buried deep within. But when a demon is set loose upon the earth, it is up to Order members Wendell and Alec to help Regan overcome her sheltered ways and quickly master her abilities in order to protect herself, her friends, and humankind.
(From Goodreads)




Found this @ Steph Su Reads.

Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: May 25, 2010
320 pages

Blurb:
Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she’s had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl—she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.

Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she’ll never have a chance with… until she does. Caught between two worlds, Dana isn’t sure where she’ll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again…
(From Jenna Black's website)



Found this @ Book Lover's Inc.

Blood Vice by Keith Melton
Publisher: Samhain
Pub. Date: December 1, 2009
280 pages

Blurb:
Mafia hit man. Vampire. The criminal underworld just got a whole lot darker.

The Nightfall Syndicate, Book 1

Business has never been better for hit man Karl Vance. Boston is awash in mafia blood, and Vance has a certain fondness for blood. He’s a master vampire—one of the most powerful of his kind. Having sworn to never again feed on the blood of innocents, Karl preys instead on Boston’s criminal underworld. Which makes him a valuable asset to those who deal in death.

Maria Ricardi intends to use that asset to its full extent in order to gain power within her patriarchal crime family. Vance thinks he’s been hired to keep track of the family’s princess, but she’s got a plan to get her hands dirty and earn the respect she deserves. And she’s not above using their instant attraction to get what she wants.

That driving ambition draws the attention of a rival clan’s newest and most dangerous “consultant.” Alejandro Delgado, Vance’s centuries-old nemesis. Delgado zeroes in on the one chink in Vance’s armor—his fondness for the headstrong Maria.

When she becomes enslaved by Delgado’s unnatural kiss, only one thing is certain. Vance has to decide which he wants more. To settle the score—or rescue her soul.

Warning: Intense, graphic mafia-related violence, profanity, gangster slang, assassinations, fang punctures, explicit vampire sex, betrayal, greed, murder, gangland warfare, pervasive supernatural mayhem, large-scale explosions, and extremely expensive Italian suits.
(From publisher's website)

Ok, Blood Vice has a warning label, how awesome is that! Once I saw that though, I think I've also heard about this book before on All Thing Urban Fantasy.

Shop on Saturday (3)

 

Here is some of the awesomeness I’ve found around the web both for Valentines Day and for zombies!

From Wicked Wines Online, check out Vampire Valentines.  Comes with one bottle of Trueblood Napa Valley Syrah, one bottle of Vampire Pinot Grigio, and exclusive Vampire truffles(yummy!).

You can get Monster Line, Perfume Oil from Starborn Alchemy.  How cute is that!  You can get the whole set or single bottles.  From right to left: The Blood Countess, The Sea Monster, The Monster, The Bride, and The Count.

First, picture here are the Dark Embers Earrings and then the Nightingale Necklace.  Both are from After Dark Jewelry.

Just what every girl needs to touch up her makeup, The Coffin compact!  This and all kinds of other great stuff from Boutique du Vampyre.

Alright, now it’s time for some zombie stuff in keeping with my zombie theme for my first contest!

Here’s an awesome shirt you can get in all kinds of makes and colors for men and women. It reads Zombies, I Love Zombies.  Check out more at Gifts for Geeks.

Give out a custom Valentine Zombie Movie Poster Greeting Card!  They also have vampires and a few other choices in the Horror and Gothic Collection by Amanda Norman Photography.