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Book Review: Billie Girl
Abandoned as an infant because of her incessant crying, and left hanging from a tree in a makeshift sling, Billie Girl is rescued by a passing couple, then turned over to a homeless boy who sells her for $5 to the two women who raise her-women who are actually brothers. Billie Girl’s life, a gender-bending puzzle filled with dark humor and lessons on killing out of love, is a series of pivotal encounters with strangers who struggle along with what they are given: her two “mothers,” a bigamist husband, a long-lost daughter named after a car, a platonic second husband…
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Teaser Tuesdays (4)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My Teaser: I didn’t care what he thought of me…
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A Catch Up Post!
So yesterday was the Pride Parade which is why I didn’t post! In Long Beach this is a BIG day, complete with a parade and an all day festival! I went out, snagged a spot and took a whole ton of pictures. Then we barbecued and wandered downtown for the big event! I had a little too much fun and slept through until work this morning. Thus why this post is going up now. 🙂 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Let’s play catch up! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ GIVEAWAY WINNER! Congratulations to Kirthi from Pages, the lucky winner of The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott! An email is on…
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Book Review: Shiver
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human … until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It’s her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human–or risk losing himself,…
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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…
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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…
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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*…
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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…
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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…
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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…