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2012-03-09T11:00:00.001-08:00

http://hotbliggityblog.com/ kool FREE blog backgrounds!

Hey check out the other (WOMAN) blog!

2012-03-07T16:09:00.000-08:00

if you lookin @ this then STOP! Check out my other blog:

Check it out! [Free Book Fridays]

2012-02-20T13:15:00.000-08:00

http://www.freebookfriday.com/

Free Book Friday was created by Jessica Brody, author of MY LIFE UNDECIDED, THE KARMA CLUB, THE FIDELITY FILES, LOVE UNDER COVER, and the forthcoming 52 REASONS TO HATE MY FATHER (July 2012). To view the award-winning book trailers and read excerpts, visit her website at: www.JessicaBrody.com

What is FBF? It's simple. Every Friday, we give away free books! That's right. Each week, we feature a new author with an exclusive author interview podcast or written Q&A and host a drawing to win free signed copies of his/her book. All you have to do to enter to win each week is sign up using the entry form on the left sidebar. Winners are chosen at random and posted on the site every Friday morning. Hence the name, "Free Book Friday!"

BIG NEWS: March Madness Writing, Reading, and Blogging Challenge!

2012-02-20T08:03:00.000-08:00

It’s almost March and time for an Almost-Nano Challenge! If you have a writing project you’re ready to start, or a work in progress you’re ready to finish, come and join the fun. Accountability is our main aim and the more support we have, the easier it will be to sail on through the month of March, bouncing along on each others successes.

And, like last year, we're opening up March Madness to readers who want to challenge themselves to read more, bloggers who want to challenge themselves to blog more, and illustrators who want to challenge themselves to illustrate more! Basically, anything to do with books!

And did I mention there will be PRIZES? Prizes will not be awarded based on how much you write, read, draw, or blog, but simply on how involved you are in the Big Accountability Plan. There will be check-in points every day through the month of March. Each time you check in and record your progress, your name will be entered into a draw for some great prizes, including some high demand books, e-books, and even agent critiques! And not only that, but the more you encourage others along the way (in the comments), the more times your name will go into the hat!

Spread the word, and check out http://www.denisejaden.com/Blog.html Wednesday, February 29th, to put your goals officially in writing and find out the locations of the check-in points. If you’re ready to get serious, don’t do it alone…Get serious with us!

Now is the time to be setting your Ambitious Goals for the month of March! (Trust me, you will be able to accomplish much more than normal with the added camaraderie and support, so don't be afraid to set the bar a little higher.) Start meeting up with us on Twitter under the hashtag #wipmadness .

Please spread the word about this Challenge. There will be lots to win throughout the month and the more support we have, the better all of our goals will go this month! Let me just show you a little peek at some of the books I'll be letting you choose from (don't worry if you can't see. I'll have them listed on the 29th), but believe me there will be many more prizes yet to come!

Take the survey NOW! (maybe a book giveaway...SOON)

2012-02-18T16:28:00.000-08:00

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F5D575G

Great NEW Reads!

2012-02-16T18:11:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknTMhd9RL0&feature=colike
Watch it...its good!

1.SUMMARY from goodreads.com:
In the future, only one rule will matter:
Don’t. Ever. Peek.
Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed–arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.
Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know–especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.

2.SUMMARY:

Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet, she thinks about what is lost--how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies.

Favorie Books of 2011

2012-02-14T17:10:00.000-08:00

Favorite Titles of the Year 2011 (for me):
(GO TO http://www.teenreads.com/ and VOTE for your favorite books!)
#1: Maximum Ride #7:Angel by James patterson
#2: Divergent by Veronica Roth
#3: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
#4: Across the Universe by... Beth revis
#5: Where She Went by Gayle Forman
#6:HEREAFTER by Tara Hudson
#7:SEIZURE: A Virals Novel by Kathy Reichs
#8:RECKONING: A Strange Angels Novel by Lili St. Crow
#9:UNEARTHLY by Cynthia Hand
#10:THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by Michelle Hodkin

(first 5 are the ones I officially voted for, the rest R the ones I didn't see till after I had voted...then I cursed my stupidity to read carefully, cuz i ♥ them all.)

Happy heart day!

2012-02-14T15:22:00.000-08:00

So happy today I got the ARC of THE QUEENS LADY by Eve Edwards.Also from Randombuzzers.com they are AMAZING!

I just started reading it...and it's amazing.

The begining is dark and sad but its also heart-touching.

Here's a summary from goodreads.com:

England, 1584.

When beautiful Lady Jane Rievaulx begins her service to the Queen at Richmond Palace, she is thrilled to see the court's newest arrival . . . Master James Lacey.

No matter that Jane was previously courted by the eldest Lacey brother—James is the one who has won her heart. For his part, James cannot deny his fascination with Jane; his plans, however, do not allow for love. He is about to set sail on a treacherous journey to the Americas, seeking absolution for what he sees as past sins. But when Jane is forced into a terrible situation by her own family, only one man can save her. Will Master James return to his lady before it's too late?

INTERESTING isn't it.

Book I received for FREE from Randombuzzers.com

2012-02-14T09:56:00.000-08:00

It was a great read. Its one of my few books that is not fantasy or paranormal.It's pretty good, the story and the characters attracked me to it greatly.
I give it 3.5/5 stars.
Summary from goodreads.com:
At the beginning of his junior year at a boys' boarding school, 16-year-old Alex is devastated when he fails to save a drowning friend. When questioned, Alex and his friend Glenn, who was also at the river, begin weaving their web of lies. Plagued by guilt, Alex takes refuge in the library, telling his tale in a journal he hides behind Moby-Dick. Caught in the web with Alex and Glenn is their English teacher, Miss Dovecott, fresh out of Princeton, who suspects there's more to what happened at the river when she perceives guilt in Alex's writing for class. She also sees poetic talent in Alex, which she encourages. As Alex responds to her attention, he discovers his true voice, one that goes against the boarding school bravado that Glenn embraces. When Glenn becomes convinced that Miss Dovecott is out to get them, Alex must choose between them.