7th Giveaway to the Countdown to Blogoversary

So I made an uhoh! You know when you have sooooo many books and then you see one you read as an ARC in hardcover for a steal, you buy it, and then go to put it on your shelf...only to see it already there? Yeah. That's what happened here! And since it was Amazon I didn't want to mess with a return, so hence another giveaway! My uhoh was a good one too! Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock!

And yes, it's a HARDCOVER!! Oh the pretty! Never been read too! ;) 24 hours, US only, go!


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It's Monday! What are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It's a fun meme where we gather to share what we've read last week and our reading plans for this week.

Last Week I Read:

Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost (Early Copy) (5 stars)

Greta and the Glass Kingdom by Chloe Jacobs (ARC)--Review to come at a later date

Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole (5 stars)

Currently Reading:

Ensnared by A.G. Howard

What I Plan to Read this Week:

The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison

Other Posts of Interest:

Cover Copy Reveal--Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen

2015 Real Book Challenge

Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays

Countdown to 6th Blogoversary

Waiting on Wednesday

2nd Giveaway Blogoversary

Random Thursday

3rd Giveaway Blogoversary

Follow Friday

4th Giveaway Blogoversary

5th Giveaway Blogoversary

Top 5 Sundays

Stacking the Shelves

6th Giveaway Blogoversary

6th Blogoversary Giveaway

So I found myself with an extra copy of Richelle Mead's Silver Shadows! I couldn't remember if my friend was reading Bloodlines yet or not, so I thought blog giveaway!

24 hours, US residents only...go!


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Stacking the Shelves

This weekly meme is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!

I had a really great week of book getting! Added a few new reads, but excited about all of them!




I bought:

 When by Victoria Laurie--KEEPER COPY

Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham

What Do You Do with an Idea by Kobi Yamada & Ill. by Mae Besom--recommended to me by my Twitter friend Kate -->@0cheekykate0 --> THANKS for the rec on Twitter! I read this book and nearly cried because I felt so inspired/motivated!

Burned by Karen Marie Moning--SIGNED!! Not at the signing, but the B&N offered one! And it DID NOT have that annoying little circle on the cover that says signed!!! :D

Then I WON this audiobook from Julie Kagawa:

Talon by Julie Kagawa

THANK YOU Julie!!

Then I also picked this up at B&N because I had a special coupon for a book bag:

 A double-sided quote bag! I liked these quotes best, so I went with this one!

Then for review from the publisher I received:

Infinity Bell by Devon Monk (ARC)--unfortunately, it's not the pretty cover one, so I will have to buy a keeper copy later on! But still...an ARC! I'm on the blog tour for this one, so I'm excited about it!

THANK YOU Roc!

And that was my haul this week! What did you get?

Top 5 Sundays

Top 5 Sundays is a weekly blog meme created by Larissa at Larissa and Friends' Bookish Life.

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:
1 - Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.
2 - Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.
3 - Feel free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)
4 - After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.
5 – If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

This week's topic is: FAVORITE HEROES (Movies, TV, and Books)

 *in no particular order

CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW

Pirates of the Caribbean Series

 

Seriously, this remains to be my most FAVORITE movie out of the series! Johnny's character Jack was just SO PERFECT in this one! The others were good, but his role was just pure golden in this one! Of course the sequels wouldn't have been as good if it weren't for this one! Jack may seem like the kind of guy to leave you hanging, but in the end, you realize he always comes through!

ATTICUS O'SULLIVAN

Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

Atticus is just badass! He's really freaking old and knows like every single language ever. He knows how to wield a sword. He's one of the last Druids in the world...and he can carry on a conversation with his Irish Wolfhound, Oberon, who is freaking awesome!!

SAM & DEAN

Supernatural TV Series

We're counting them as one, because they are ONE set of brothers! LOL! Seriously, I fell in LOVE with this show in the very beginning when the pilot aired on TV! It was epic! It was incredible! It was the kind of show I've been waiting for what seems like forever! Plus Sam and Dean just have that comedic gold! Plus, they're hot, badass, can wield guns, knives, and tons of other weapons, saving people, hunting things...the family business! Plus they also value family, so that's a major plus! And did I mention they're hot?

THOR

from the Marvel Comic Movies

I don't need to explain this one right? I mean it's Chris. Freaking. Hemsworth. He's soooooo freaking handsome! And it's amazing how much he buffed up from the first movie. He was good looking then, but come The Avengers? Good Lord that man is fine! And oh yes, I love Thor as well! I loved watching his character grow, particularly in that first movie! He really learned a lot about what being a hero means and all that. And then from there on out, he was a hero! A freaking HOT hero!

WARNER

Shatter Me Trilogy by Tahereh Mafi

Warner surprised me! He was not at all who I thought he was in the first book of this series. Really, I saw the real him in that novella 1.5 and thought, there might be something to this guy! And naturally, he totally surprised me from the start of the second book! And by the third...I was in love! Even though it's a YA book! Always feel awkward when I'm crushing on these YA heroes! LOL!

 

5th Blogoversary Giveaway

So here's another old ARC for you, but it's still gorgeous! And lovely!! I have here an ARC of Unhinged by A.G. Howard...

You know the drill by now! 24 hours, US residents only...GO!



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Review--Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole

Can Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked.

Heartbreaking decisions
Evie was almost seduced by the life of comfort that Death offered her—until Jack was threatened by two of the most horrific Arcana, The Lovers. She will do anything to save him, even escape Death’s uncanny prison, full of beautiful objects, material comforts…and stolen glances from a former love.

Uncertain victory
Despite leaving a part of her heart behind with Death, Evie sets out into a perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland to meet up with her allies and launch an attack on the Lovers. Such formidable enemies require a battle plan, and the only way to kill them may mean Evie, Jack, and Death allying. Evie doesn’t know what will prove more impossible: surviving slavers, plague, Bagmen and other Arcana—or convincing Jack and Death to work together.

Two heroes returned
There’s a thin line between love and hate, and Evie just doesn’t know where she stands with either Jack or Death. Will this unlikely trio be able to defeat The Lovers without killing one another first...?

My heart is shattered. There are little, bitty pieces lying around my desk right now, because my heart has shattered! Kresley Cole has written such an epically amazing novel here that I can't seem to function just yet! There were SO many feels, so very many! Dead of Winter was pretty much the death of me!

It seems each of these novels are destined to end on a cliffhanger that is sure to ruin me. The first one did, luckily I had book 2 at the ready and oh boy that second one was a doozie! Now I've read book 3 and there's no book 4 to help sate my need to KNOW! There was so much happening, that I am scrambling to know what will happen next!

Evie has left Death's place, knowing that Jack has been kidnapped by the Lovers and is being subjected to their will and torture. She will do anything to save him because she loves him, though he has hurt her a great deal with his lies and withholding the truth. Evie returns to her friends and they make their plans to rescue Jack, no matter the cost. It seems Evie is willing to risk anyone and everyone just to get him back.

Though the mission was a successful one, but with that victory comes Death. Aric has returned for Evie. There were extenuating circumstances that led to Evie just leaving Aric behind like she did, she thought herself in danger at the moment, and reacted, but before leaving she made sure that Aric would be safe until he recoups. Hence, part of the reason, why Aric comes back for her. 

Evie now finds herself in the dreaded love triangle. She loves both men, and doesn't know what to do. I for one, am Team Aric. The moment Jack lied was the moment he broke my trust in him. I can't stand liars. I could forgive him for his part in Evie's mother's death, but he should have spoken up long before he did. And Evie tries to deal with that and other trust issues that come between them. Aric has his faults too, don't get me wrong. But he does own up to them. Though I do still hesitate in trusting him completely, he hasn't broken any trust I have for him. Jack has.

When Selena is kidnapped by the Lovers, Evie, Jack, and Aric set out once again to battle this hellacious duo. All the while, Evie does debate over the two guys who have stolen her heart. What irked me to no end, was that Evie tells them in a sense to leave her alone while she decides this, yet Jack takes any advantage he can, but when Aric tries, she pushes him back. That irks me. I get that Jack was her first and all that, but if she's going to let his kisses and touches slide, the same should apply for Aric.

Despite my disdain for Evie in that matter, I did still enjoy her character. She has her flaws, like how she's willing to use and abuse her friends to save Jack, but she ends up feeling terrible afterward and it balances out the love/hate I feel for her.

Needless to say the romance in this one was utterly epic! Both Jack and Aric are fighting to win Evie and both basically do whatever possible! Lots of swoony moments for me, I tell you! Though I won't say much on the outcome, Evie does come to a decision and if I speak one word of feeling over that, you'll know who she chose! LOL!

The ending was once again another earth-shattering one! There was a great deal of action and then just as you think you know how things will turn out...BAM! Literally, BAM!

In order to curb my sanity, I'll be needing the next book now Kresley!*grins* Dead of Winter was truly amazingly epic! That's the best description I can say about it! It took me a bit to get into this series, and there are times I still don't fully grasp the whole end game and how it came into fruition, but it's one of those things I just roll with! Otherwise, this read is just perfectly incredible!



Overall Rating 5/5 stars

4th Blogoversary Giveaway

For the fourth day of giveaways I have here a SIGNED copy of Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost. Have had this in my closet for awhile and it's an extra, like seriously extra! I have mine, I got one for my friend and then I had another!

So here it is:

24 hours, US only, GO!


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Follow Friday

This is a weekly blog meme hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read.

Here are the general rules to Follow Friday:
  1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts and any one else you want to follow on the list  

2. Follow our Featured Bloggers
3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.
4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments
5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can
6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
7. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!
8. If your new to the follow Friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

This week's question is: Do you post your reviews anywhere besides your blog? Where else do you post reviews? – a GREAT read

MY ANSWER: Another of my questions! Yay!

I don't post my reviews in many places. Just Amazon and Goodreads. I tend to forget about other places. It gets tiring having to sign in and out of every account each and every time I post a review. I have to leave notes in my notebook to post my ARC reviews in other places after its release date since Amazon, for one, doesn't allow you to post before its review date.

Where else do you guys post?

3rd Blogoversary Giveaway!

Today's giveaway is a copy of Blood Rights by Kristen Painter! An amazing series that is quite different from any I've read before! Very enjoyable!

Again this is a 24 hour giveaway open to US residents only.


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Random Thursday

I got another great Reese's Peanut Butter Fact that I got from Twitter awhile back!

Did you know it would take 1272 Peanut Butter Cups stacked on top of each other to reach the top of a NYSE pillar?

A looooooot of pb cups there!!

2nd Blogoversary Giveaway!

Here's day 2 of my giveaway palooza! Today one lucky US winner will receive an ARC of Willowgrove by Kathleen Peacock!

Another 24 hour giveaway and again, US only.

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Waiting on Wednesday

I hate waiting...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly blog post by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights releases we're eagerly awaiting.

After the grisly murder of a dirty magic coven leader, Kate Prospero and The Magical Enforcement Agency team up with the local police to find the killer. But as the infighting between covens turns ugly, an all-out war brews in the slums of Babylon.

When a tenacious reporter sticks her nose in both the investigation and Prospero's past in the covens, old ghosts resurface. The team will have to use all the weapons in their arsenal to stop the coven war and find the killer before the case brings down all their careers - and their lives.

Deadly Spells is the third novel in the Prospero's War series that started with Dirty Magic and Cursed Moon! 

I still need to read Cursed Moon but still looking forward to seeing how this series ends! (At least I thought I heard it was a trilogy!)

TITLE: Deadly Spells
AUTHOR: Jaye Wells
PUBLISHER: Orbit
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2015

Unleashed, the romantic, high-stakes sequel to New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's Uninvited, is perfect for fans of James Patterson's Confessions of a Murder Suspect.

Davy has spent the last few months trying to come to terms with the fact that she tested positive for the kill gene HTS (also known as Homicidal Tendency Syndrome). She swore she would not let it change her, and that her DNA did not define her . . . but then she killed a man.

Now on the run, Davy must decide whether she'll be ruled by the kill gene or if she'll follow her heart and fight for her right to live free. But with her own potential for violence lying right beneath the surface, Davy doesn't even know if she can trust herself.

Another duology coming to an end this year! So can't wait to see how this one wraps up!!

TITLE: Unleashed
AUTHOR: Sophie Jordan
PUBLISHER: HarperTeen
GENRE: Dystopian YA
RELEASE DATE: February 24, 2015 

 

Countdown to 6th Blogoversary!

In just 9 days my blog will be turning 6!!! I can't believe it's been 6 years of happily reading and blogging and making soooo many new friends! 

For these next 9 days I am planning a set of flash giveaways! They will only be live for 24 hours and you'll have the chance to win the book presented!

I'm hoping to have a big ol' multi giveaways on the 29th, but as I am still almost jobless, I can't guarantee that will be happening. As of writing these posts I haven't found a new job, yet. So I might have to push back my celebratory palooza, but you can bet once I get a job and get more money in the bank there will be a large multi-giveaway! I already have things in mind that I want to do, but I need that paycheck first. 

So keep your fingers crossed! I've been applying everywhere I could find, so again, keep your fingers crossed for me! It will benefit you too in the long run! ;)

And now for the first giveaway! I will give 1 lucky US winner my copy of The Witches of Echo Park by Amber Benson.

I didn't really enjoy this one, but maybe you will. Spread the love I say! And remember this a 24 hour giveaway US ONLY.



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