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Book Blogger Hop 6/11
The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Books so that readers and bloggers can visit one another and get to know new blogs! In Jennifer’s words: This is a weekly event where book bloggers and readers can connect to find new blogs to read. It’s a great way to network with other bloggers and make new friends! Every day I seem to find another book blog that I start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all bookies a chance to…
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Waiting On Wednesday (6)
“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon A haunting love story about desire, danger, and destiny. After Renee Winters discovers her parents lying dead in California’s Redwood Forest in what appears to be a strange double murder, her grandfather sends her off to Gottfried Academy in Maine, a remote and mysterious high school dedicated to philosophy, “crude sciences,” and Latin: the Language of the Dead. It’s here she meets Dante, a dark and elusive student to whom she feels…
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In My Mailbox (6)
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! Not the best picture this week, but I have been in a hurry getting books ready to list and sell. My bookshelf is overflowing and so I’ve decided that any book I haven’t read in over a year needs to be parted with unless it is one of my favorites. So check back soon because I’ll be putting them up here first for anyone who…
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Book Blogger Hop! 6/4
The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Booksso that readers and bloggers can visit one another and get to know new blogs! In Jennifer’s words: This is a weekly event where book bloggers and readers can connect to find new blogs to read. It’s a great way to network with other bloggers and make new friends! Every day I seem to find another book blog that I start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all bookies a chance to…
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Waiting On Wednesday (5)
“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein After three young wizard apprentices are kidnapped by the evil queen of a distant land, it is up to their familiars, their magical animal companions — a street smart alley cat, a precocious blue jay, and a bumbling tree frog — to save them. Release Date: September 7, 2010 I work with kids. I love working with kids. Kids read kid level books. I read kid level books. I LOVE younger kid level books!…
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Teaser Tuesdays (5)
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: Reggie didn’t make a sound. Ice-cold fear flooded…
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In My Mailbox (5)
This week I ended up with about a package a day, which made my heart flutter! Although I don’t mind weeks where no books come in the mail, it sure is nice to come home to a new package to rip into. It’s like Christmas early! 🙂 Won: Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell (Won from Reading with Tequila) Lovestruck Summer by Melissa C. Walker Surprise! Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott (I won Lovestruck Summer from her blog and she sent with this along with it! Oh did I do a happy dance!) For Review: Zan-Gah by Allan Richard Shickman Zan-Gah…
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On My Wishlist (2)
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 actually just discovered this book yesterday! Elizabeth started following me on Twitter, and I go through my new contacts at least once a week or so to see who I’d like to follow back. When I found out that she was an author well…of course I had to find out what book she had written! Off I went, and stumbled upon this. It sounds so amazing! As a lover of all things fantasy I am…
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In My Mailbox (4)
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! Another set of great books this week! I was really excited! There’s nothing like coming home to a new package and tearing into it :). Books for Review: The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart No and Me by Delphine De Vigan (Review later today) Won: Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready (Won at Books Make Great Lovers) My stack of books is getting near ridiculous, so…
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The Friday 56 (2): A Measure of Disorder
Closest Book: A Measure of Disorder by Alan Tucker Page 56, Sentence 5: Deena had regained consciousness earlier in the day. She managed to sit up and eat some stew with the rest of the group, then after Ms. Pap had gone, they filled her in on the events of the past couple of days. Rules: * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have…