Seeing The World Through
The Eyes Of The Author
One Page At A Time.
Kimberly @ Turning The Pages is having a giveaway to celebrate turning 22 on May 31.The giveaway is international and will be held from May 07 to June 10. The prize will be $25.00 CAD (Canadian Dollars) worth of books from BookDepository.com
To enter this fabulous giveaway head on over to Turning The Pages for all the details.
Ali's Bookshelf is having a 500 Follower Giveaway. The Giveaway will be run from 3/2/2012 until she reaches 500 Followers. The prizes are:
Signed Copy of Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Signed copy of The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitakerbr
Signed copy of Article 5 by Kristen Simmonsbr
Everneath (Hardback copy) by Brodi Ashtonbr
Anew by Chelsea Fine
To enter this fabulous giveaway head on over to Ali's Bookshelf for all the details.
Want to win a copy of Struck by Jenn Bosworth? You do? Well your in luck beacuse I know just the place where you can go to enter to win a copy. Where? Over at Mary's BookHounds YA of course. Mary and the author Jenn Bosworth are giving away a copy. Thanks Mary and Jenn for the giveaway. So where is BookHounds YA, you ask? Well I am going to tell you. It is here. So head on over there for all the details on entering and get your entry in early so maybe you can win. I know I already have.
Struck By Jenn Bosworth
Wishlist Wednesday is a book blog hop where we will post about one book per week that has been on our wishlist for some time, or just added (it's entirely up to you), that we can't wait to get off the wishlist and onto our wonderful shelves.
Nightshifted (Edie Spence #1) by Cassie Alexander
Expected publication: May 22nd 2012 by St. Martin's Press
From debut author Cassie Alexander comes a spectacular new urban fantasy series where working the nightshift can be a real nightmare.
Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine—from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond…
Edie’s just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed. But when a vampire servant turns to dust under her watch, all hell breaks loose. Now she’s haunted by the man’s dying words—Save Anna—and before she knows it, she’s on a mission to rescue some poor girl from the undead. Which involves crashing a vampire den, falling for a zombie, and fighting for her soul. Grey’s Anatomy was never like this…
Vampires? Every paranormal patient you can image? Wow! I really want to read Nightshifted. It sounds like an awesome read.
What is on your Wishlist? Leave me a comment with a link to your Wishlist Wednesday. I would very much like to see what you chose. If you are new follower please let me know in comment so that I can return the favor. Thanks for stopping in for a visit.
Pages From My Thoughts is having a giveaway. You can win a signed ARC copy of The Glimpse by Claire Merle.
The giveaway is international. The giveaway is opened starting 5/01/2012 to 5/25/2012. You have to enter with rafflecopter on Pages Of My Thoughts blog. So head on over to Pages From My Thoughts to enter and for all the details.
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and would LOVE to see your top ten lists! the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.
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This weeks Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Favorite Quotes From Books
Top Ten Top Ten Favorite Quotes From Books
That is my Top Ten favorite quotes. I chose these quotes because most of them has stuck with me over the years or have a special meaning for me in some way. I can hear someone say something and I will think about one of these quotes. I really enjoyed this weeks Top Ten. I knew right away which ones I would pick. Not that I can remember them by heart but that is what we have the internet for, right?
What quotes did you pick? What do you think about the ones I chose? Have you ever heard of any of these or read the books? Leave me a comment to your Top Ten Quotes so that I can see what quotes you chose.
I would like to thank the author Barbara Rayne for sending me a copy of Nette to read and review.
Nette was born with brown eyes in a world where all males are born with brown eyes and all females with blue eyes. Having brown eyes Nette is treated as if she has the plague. No one wants to be her friend. She has no one her family was murdered. She is immortal and destined to be the Queen.
Nette is trained to be a soldier along with all the males. Nette can not be killed. Nette's trainer does not believe that she is the one that was sent to save them all. So he sets out to prove that she is not the one. When he cannot prove this and because of his actions and attitude their master removes him from being her trainer.
Nette is a very strong girl and can fight better than any of her male opponents. Everyone is afraid of Nette because of the power she has. No one wants her to be the Queen because she is different, she is not like them. They think she is a freak. She doesn't mind chopping off a few heads to make the people understand where she is coming from. That she will be Queen no matter what they believe or want. When she does take the throne she tries her best to help the people by making the taxes fairer for everyone not just the rich.
Nette meets a king, Raul whom she likes very much. At first she is not sure about her feelings for Raul. Nette not ever having anyone to love her besides her family is not sure if she can trust him or not. But she does learn to trust him and falls completely in love with him. Raul's mother and sisters do not approve of the king, a person of royalty loving someone like Nette. So they try to stop Raul from being with Nette and they almost succeed. But Nette being the person she is fights for Raul and wins another victory.
I liked Nette well as I said earlier she is a very strong heroine that can fight as well as any of her male opponents. She sets out to find where she belongs in the world and she doesn't let anyone or thing stand in her way. I like her because she didn't mind chopping off a few heads to do it. But at the same time she is very good to the ones that is good to her and shows her the respect that they would show anyone else.
Have you read Nette? What did you think? Leave me a comment and let me know what you thought.
Purchase Nette on Amazon
In My Mailbox is weekly meme hosted by
The Story Siren.
In this meme we post the books that we recieved this week like in snail mail, email, kindle, the library, author ect...
New Blood: Book 1 of the Calling of the Blood by H. G. Ferguson
Paperback, 430 pages
I won this on Goodreads First Reads Giveaway.
Nette
by Barbara Rayne
Ebook sent by author for review.
Pretty When She Dies (Pretty When She... Trilogy #1)
by Rhiannon Frater
Amazon Freebie
Moon Spell (The Tale of Lunarmorte #1)
by Samantha Young
Amazon Freebie
Elizabeth Rose (Providence Series)
by Janus Gangi
Amazon Freebie
I also got a lot more kindle freebies. Way to many to post. I am very greatful to all the authors who listed their books for free this week.
What did you get In Your Mailbox? Leave me a comment below with your IMM link so I can see what you got. I love getting comments. Please tell me if you are a new follower so that I can follow you also. Thanks for checking out my "In My Mailbox".
Hello Everyone, I would like to welcome all of you to my first cover reveal. I am so excited to be a part of this reveal. I would like to present to you the cover of Emma Mill's Witchcarft the sequel to Witchblood. Witchblood is one of my favorite novels so therefore I have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Witchcraft. Look at that cover isn't it just fantastic? I just love it. Emma what is it you have planned for Jess this time?
Witchcraft Blurp
Jess is no ordinary vampire. Protected by the Manchester vampire clan, and initiated by her family’s east coast American coven, she is sought after by every dark witch and warring vampire faction. Jess must fight if she wants to keep hold of her friends, her sanity and finally her existence.
As the dead bodies of human girls begin to stack up, and her recently accepted vampire boyfriend, Daniel, finds himself in prison, Jess goes on a crazy, forbidden trip to London, racing against time to save an old friend and solve the mystery behind Daniel’s incarceration. In battling new enemies and finding new friends, Jess’s confidence finds room to grow, but who will she lose along the way?
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Friday Recommends is a weekly meme hosted by Pen to Paper. This a weekly book blog hop where we as bloggers choose a book that we have read and recommend it to our fellow bloggers. We can then visit each others blogs to see what other bloggers recommend and find new books to add to our TBR list. Hopfully we all will have new followers from visiting each blog on the linky list.
When the disease spread through the world, people had no choice but to go into hiding. The Colony is hidden deep underground, far away from the vampires—humans that were transformed by the disease. The vampires are hideous, starving, and they will kill any human they come across.
Seventeen-year-old Kayla is a Bellator, a warrior that protects The Colony. In order to survive, there are three rules she must follow:
But what happens when the rules Kayla has always lived by can no longer apply?
The Highers run The Colony and accept nothing less than perfection. One slip up can mean death. Kayla has always worked hard to follow the rules and strive for perfection. But during a moment of weakness, she lets her imperfections show. Her punishment is worse than death. She is chosen for The Gathering and is thrown out into a world full of starving vampires.
No one has ever survived The Gathering, at least that’s what Kayla’s been told. But when she runs into a group who insist they were once part of The Gathering, Kayla discovers the Highers have been keeping secrets. Secrets that could lead to a cure.
My Thoughts
Can she save the world? Will she be the best warrior? Will she lose all of the skills that Monarch gave her? I don't know I can't wait for book #2. I hope that all that was not revealed in book #1 will be revealed in book #2. I hope in book #2 that we will find out more about Kayla who she was, what caused the disease and why were they transformed into vampires?
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