-
On My Wishlist (1)
On My Wishlist is a weekly feature run by the great book blog, Book Chick City. To learn more about this meme, get the details here. I just stumbled upon this meme at a few other blogs and I love the idea! I decided that I want to start participating too :). I LOVE Libba Bray. I first fell in love with her Gemma Doyle trilogy, and then I started following her LiveJournal which furthered my adoration for her. She is a funny lady! Witty, smart, a slight bit childish at times. Yup, perfect! When I read the premise for…
-
Tyger, Tyger – The Giveaway!
Well it’s all been building up to this hasn’t it? Are you excited? I’M EXCITED! Which is funny…because I can’t even win. Ha! Let’s get to it! This giveaway is for two pre-ordered copies of Tyger, Tyger! Winners will receive a confirmation email from The Book Depository, and their copies will arrive as soon as the book comes out! Since the books are coming from The Book Depository, I am happy to announce that this giveaway is International! *sees her International friends doing a happy dance* Thank the Book Depository! Giveaway ends May 31st at 12:00 PM PST. Winner will…
-
A Look Back: Kersten Hamilton
If you’ve been around my blog this week, you know that this week is all about Kersten Hamilton! During her interview, I found out that she has written over 28 different books for children of varying levels and topics. So I thought, what better way to celebrate this amazing author than with a look back at some of her past work? Ready? Away we go! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A Life of Faith: Millie Keith Series While reading Kersten’s interview answers, I saw her mention of the Millie Keith books and became enthralled. A whole series of books I hadn’t heard of? *gasp*…
-
Book Review: Tyger, Tyger
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Tyger, Tyger * Series: Goblin Wars #1 Author: Kersten Hamilton Publisher: Clarion Books Pages: Hardcover; 308 Release Date: November 15, 2010 Source: NetGalley —————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Fantasy with strong characters and a rip roaring plot line. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Teagan Wyllston grew up hearing about Celtic mythology, night crawlers and banshees, and how the Irish Travelers have been at war with goblin kind since before time. One of…
-
An Interview with Kersten Hamilton
Kersten Hamilton was born in High Rolls, New Mexico. From the time she was 6 years old, she knew she wanted to be a writer, a poet in particular. She wanted to make word magic and tuck it inside the covers of a book. During her exciting childhood, she accompanied her parents as they tracked caribou and arctic wolves across their homestead in Alaska, caught tree frogs in the swamps of the Pacific Northwest and chased dust devils and rattlesnakes in the desert of New Mexico. Before settling down to have her own children, she worked as a ranch hand…
-
New background!
So, I got tired of how plain my blog was. I decided to spice it up :). I found a great premade background, and then tweaked the header and my grab button. What do you think? I don’t think this will be a forever thing. I still really want to code my own background, but for now I think it looks pretty good :). I also have a new rating system to match my new background! “Keys to My Heart” Cute yes? I will slowly be changing the icons on my previous reviews but for right now you will definitely…
-
It’s Kersten Hamilton Week!
In honor of my first ever author interview, I officially declare this week Kersten Hamilton week here on A Fanatics Book Blog! Release Date: November 15, 2010 Here are the events for the week: * Monday 5/10 – Intro Post (you’re looking at it!) * Tuesday 5/11 – Author Interview * Wednesday 5/12 – Tyger, Tyger Review * Thursday 5/13 – A Look Back… Kersten Hamilton’s past books * Friday 5/14 – GIVEAWAY! Two lucky winners will get a pre-order copy of Tyger, Tyger paid for by me! ***Some helpful hints: Giveaway entries will include snagging the widget to the…
-
Book Review: Howl’s Moving Castle
In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league boots were everyday things. The Witch of the Waste was another matter. After fifty years of quiet, it was rumored that the Witch was about to terrorize the country again. So when a moving black castle, blowing dark smoke from its four thin turrets, appeared on the horizon, everyone thought it was the Witch. The castle, however, belonged to Wizard Howl, who, it was said, liked to suck the souls of young girls. The Hatter sisters–Sophie, Lettie, and Martha–and all the other girls were warned not to…
-
In My Mailbox (3)
In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren and inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. IMM explores the weekly contents of our mailboxes, as well as books we might have bought this week! This was a pretty great week for my “mailbox”! I put this in quotes because two of these lovely books are actually the galleys from NetGalley. Don’t know what NetGalley is? Read my post. Books for review: The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan Tyger, Tyger by Kersten Hamilton The Dark Divine by Bree Despain (Review) That’s it for me! I’m waiting on…
-
Disqus and a big THANK YOU!
First off, a HUGE thank you to all my followers! My blog has been officially in existence for about 3 weeks and I was so worried no one would want to read what I had to say. Yet, you came, you saw, you followed. YOU ALL ROCK! I know I still have my other giveaway running, but as soon as that one is over I plan to open a giveaway for $15 at The Book Depository to spend on anything your heart desires! That’s my way of saying hey, ya’ll make me smile. Without you, I wouldn’t blog. True fact.…