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Angel Eyes - Shannon Dittemore

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:57:00 +0000

Once you’ve seen, you can’t unsee. Everything changes when you’ve looked at the world through . . .

ANGEL EYES
Brielle’s a ballerina who went to the city to chase her dreams and found tragedy instead. She’s come home to shabby little Stratus, Oregon, to live with her grief and her guilt . . . and the incredible, numbing cold she can’t seem to shake.
Jake’s the new guy at school. The boy next door with burning hands and an unbelievable gift that targets him for corruption.
Something more than fate has brought them together. An evil bigger than both of them lurks in the shadows nearby, hiding in plain sight. Two angels stand guard, unsure what’s going to happen. And a beauty brighter than Jake or Brielle has ever seen is calling them to join the battle in a realm where all human choices start.
A realm that only angels and demons—and Brielle—can perceive.

Angel Eyes starts almost the same way that Twilight (urrrgh!) started: A girl getting on a small town, coming home after some time. At the least, Brielle is a little more lively than Bella. The book changes POV, which is a thing that I don't like that much, because I start to get a little confused, but since I started to read George R.R Martin books, I don't have much trouble with that anymore.

The relation ship between the two main characters is adorable, but I've serious problems with those stuff, when people meet and in 2 minutes they're already in love and planning weddings. I know that they're soulmates and stuff like that, but I still like when things are taken slowly.

The book is well wirtten, despise sometimes is a bit slow, but I would like to pick the second book to read sometime. It's a good story, that makes you intrigued, but someone besides me got the Twlight feeling in the book? That god that Jake doesn't shine. So, if you like books with angels, like Unhearthly and Hush, Hush, Angel's Eyes is a good pick for you!

My Rating was:

I enjoyed this book!

Review: Along Wooded Paths by Tricia Goyer

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:33:00 +0000

About the book:

All she wanted was a simple Amish life . . . But now Marianna Sommer finds herself depending on Englisch neighbors. Although proud of living apart from the world, she and her newly relocated Amish family have discovered that life in the remote mountains of Montana requires working together.

As Marianna begins helping those different from herself—and receiving their help—her heart contemplates two directions. She’s torn between the Amish man from Indiana whom she has long planned on marrying and the friendly Englischer who models a closer walk with God than she’s ever seen before.

Who should have young Marianna’s heart? What is God asking her to sacrifice? Her traditions? Her community? The answer is found along the wooded paths.

Find out about book 1, Beside Still Waters, here: http://www.triciagoyer.com/contemporaryfiction.html#BesideStillWaters

Read an excerpt.

Buy the book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1433668696/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=sprightly-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=1433668696&adid=1GWJQSEY88PNG6ERWGQP

I always liked amish stories, even if I don't know too much about their beliefs. So, when I could I signed for a chance to be in this tour. So, I've to say, that I really enjoyed the story (even through I never a books fast like I've read this one. I'm dead.)

This story presents Marianna, a girl who left the home that she always knew in Indiana e now lives in Montana with Englishchers and starts to know people with differents beliefs and ways of life. She even starts to fall in love for one of those people, Ben, who has a closer relationship with God than anyone whom she has met, but when things seems to be great, her fiancee Aaron, arrives to take to Indiana.

Besides all the love that we see in the book, I loved who the characters are well made, that they seem to be alive. I found myself torn between Ben and Aaron, like Marianna, and besides the love triangle, we see the growth of Marianna's faith. The book ends and left us with some questions, but I believe that they're going to be answered in the third book of this great series.

My rating was:

I really enjoyed this book!

P.S: See the rest of the stops here! http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/text/13430807

Book Tour: Along Wooded Paths by Tricia Goyer

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:45:00 +0000

About the book:

All she wanted was a simple Amish life . . . But now Marianna Sommer finds herself depending on Englisch neighbors. Although proud of living apart from the world, she and her newly relocated Amish family have discovered that life in the remote mountains of Montana requires working together.

As Marianna begins helping those different from herself—and receiving their help—her heart contemplates two directions. She’s torn between the Amish man from Indiana whom she has long planned on marrying and the friendly Englischer who models a closer walk with God than she’s ever seen before.

Who should have young Marianna’s heart? What is God asking her to sacrifice? Her traditions? Her community? The answer is found along the wooded paths.

Find out about book 1, Beside Still Waters, here: http://www.triciagoyer.com/contemporaryfiction.html#BesideStillWaters

Read an excerpt.

Buy the book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1433668696/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=sprightly-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=1433668696&adid=1GWJQSEY88PNG6ERWGQP

Watch the cute trailer!

About Tricia:

Tricia Goyer is the author of thirty books including Songbird Under a German Moon, The Swiss Courier, and the mommy memoir, Blue Like Play Dough. She won Historical Novel of the Year in 2005 and 2006 from ACFW, and was honored with the Writer of the Year award from Mt. Hermon Writer's Conference in 2003. Tricia's book Life Interrupted was a finalist for the Gold Medallion in 2005. In addition to her novels, Tricia writes non-fiction books and magazine articles for publications like MomSense and Thriving Family. Tricia is a regular speaker at conventions and conferences, and has been a workshop presenter at the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International Conventions. She and her family make their home in Little Rock, Arkansas where they are part of the ministry of FamilyLife.

For more about Tricia and her other books visit www.triciagoyer.com

And come to the party! We will have cookies and amazing prizes!

Tricia is celebrating the release of Along Wooded Paths with a Fabulous Facebook party on October 18th. She'll be giving away prizes and a sneak peak at the next book in the Big Sky series.

Then during the second half of the party she'll be hosting a LIVE AUTHOR CHAT on her website and announcing something BIG! CLICK the button (below) to RSVP for the party - then go here to sign up for the Live Author Chat.

See the schedule here: http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/text/13430807

Come back here 10/8 to see my review about Tricia's newest book!

Review: Son of Duprin by William H. Johnson

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:09:00 +0000

Sitting in the honored stalls of the Crystal Sanctuary, Calvin Gooding should be rejoicing in the message he receives from the Holy King of Duprin. But his heart is heavy. He awaits the carriage in which he must ride to deliver the fated news to his family. Time has run out.pIn the midst of this sorrow, exhaustion, and uncertainty, a sorceress from the Dark Province appears to Calvin. She promises to make his terminally ill twin sister, Marilyn, well again. As twins, Calvin and Mari share a special bond, and Calvin will do almost anything to save his sister's life. But in order to free Mari from death's grip, the sorceress claims that Calvin must travel to the Dark Province-a land where souls and flesh are devoured by the lawless and the spirit of man is bound in shackles. It's a reckless land dominated by morally corrupt warlords and open sexuality. Wrapped tightly in his religion, Calvin must make a life-altering decision. He can choose to follow the sorceress into the sinful abyss to save his sister, or he can accept a life of guilt and certain torment over Mari's death.

Mary and Calvin were like almost like every pair of twins: They made everything together in their childhood and even when they went on separate ways, they still contacted each other, when that was possible, but when Mary falls ill, Calvin will do everything in his power to cure his beloved sister. Even go to the unholy Dark Province.
I really enjoyed this book, because even if Calvin was stiff and a little annoying sometimes, because he is unsure about Dark Province, but in the end, I could see myself in his skin, I can say: I would do everything that he did. I really enjoy when the characters don't stay stuck with they faith until the end of the book. Calvin's makes the reader laugh sometimes, because it's funny when he sees the shape of a woman's body, cars and even a brothel. The inner fight of Calvin was something that was well constructed, because was interesting to see the changes that he went trough the whole book, because he starts his journey with a strict and closed vision about the Dark Province and in the end he was questioning everything that he went trough there and the beliefs of his people in Duprin and his own too.
But I didn't like one thing... That I've to wait to read the book 2! So many questions were left without a good answer, and the sad story between Calvin and his lover was a thing that almost made me cry! I want to know if something happened to them!
In the end: If you like a good story that make you think about your own beliefs and your way of living, this is the right choice!

My rating was:

I really enjoyed this book!

P.S: William, thank you for your amazing patience with me and my lack of time to write a proper review to you!

I'm baaaaaack!

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:21:00 +0000

Hey guys!

Sorry for the reaaaaally long lack of postings lately. College was awful than ever and I started to work, so my time to write any good review was pratically none, but now I'm on vacations, so that means that I can write again! YEY! I'm starting to write tons of reviews of all books that I read, so wait for very good things form now on! :D

Thanks a lot for the patience!

Follow Friday and Book Blogger Hop!

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:52:00 +0000

Wow! I didn't make Friday memes for months! I've to start to make them again...

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View and this week's question was made by Louise of Book Bliss! The question is:

How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them?

Well, I usually read two or three books in a week, depends of my free time and how many books I've in my TBR pile, or if I've time to go to the library and get some new books of me to read. Well, since in my country, we don't have differents formats of books, all books that we've here, are, in my point of view, paperbacks. So I do read paperbacks, and hardbacks, we I get them via Book Depository XD

And you? How many books do you read in a week? :)

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer of Crazy-for-Books and the question of this week is:

"What book-to-movie adaption have you most liked? Which have you disliked?"

Uhm... I really like the first Harry Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). To me was the most well adapted book in the whole serie, in my opinion, but I liked the movie 3 too (please, don't kill me! D:)

And you? What book-to-movie adaption did you like the most? :D

P.S: Yeah, the html for this post sucks, but I'll fix it, when I get home, and enter on my computer and my Google Chrome. I hate IE u_u'

My Book Boyfriend (9)

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:09:00 +0000

My poor blog is abandoned! What sadness, but the college is killing my time, so I don't have time to write anything, despise th fact that I read several books in the past months. ARGH!

This meme is hosted by The Unread Reader, in which we show to our readers, characters that we're drooling for! This week, I'll talk about my love of the week:

Ethan Ainsley

Appearance: I only thing that I know about Ethan is that he has brown hair and blue eyes. And he's good-looking. Just that. Damn descriptions.
Books that he's in: Something Borrowed, Something Blue and Baby Proof.

Ethan is very smart.

He's Darcy and Rachel's childhood friend.

He lives in London.

He married a girl called Brandi, but he discovered that she was cheating on him, so he left her.

He's the protagonist of Something Blue.

He was the only one who did know about Rachel and Dex affair.

Why he's my book boyfriend: I know that Dex is the hero of Something Borrowed, but... I don't like him, because he took too long to make the decision about Darcy and the wedding. But, I think that Ethan is so cute and such a great a friend, that I fell in love with him.
Who would be my perfect Ethan: James Marsden. I love John Krasinski, but he isn't the guy who I imagined to play Ethan, but I do loved him in the movie.
Scene that made me swoon:

"I think Brandi soured Ethan on the whole fresh-air, live-off-the-land kind of life. Or maybe he just wanted something new. Because he moved to London, where he writes for a magazine and is working on a book about London architecture, an interest he didn't acquire until he landed on British soil. But that's how Ethan is. He figures things out along the way, always ready to back up and start over, never bowing to pressure or expectations. I wish I could be more like him. "So what did you do for your birthday?" Ethan asks.I shut my office door and blurt it out.

"Darcy had a surprise party for me, I got wasted, and hooked up with Dex." I suppose this is what happens when you're not accustomed to having secrets. You don't learn the art of holding back. In fact, I am surprised I have lasted this long. I hear static in the line as the news travels across the Atlantic. I panic, wishing I could suck the admission back in."Get the fuck outta here. You're kidding me, right?
"My silence tells him that I'm serious.
"Ohhh, shhhit." His voice is still smiling.
"What? What are you thinking? " I need to know if he's judging. I need to know what he thinks of me, if he is siding with Chanel Suit.
"Wait. Whaddaya mean, hooked up? You didn't sleep with him, did you?"
"Um. Yeah. Actually I did."I am relieved to hear him laugh, even though I tell him that it's not funny, that this is serious business.
"Oh, trust me. This is funny."I picture the dimple in his left cheek.

"And what exactly is so amusing?"
"Miss Goody Two-shoes screws her friend's fiancé. This is raw comedy at its best."
"Ethan!""

Ok, this isn't romantic, but I didn't read Something Blue that it's the book that he's the main protagonist yet, so I don't know any romantic scenes. Yet. BWAHAHAHAHAH

And you? Who is your Book Boyfriend of the week? :)

My Book Boyfriend (8)

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:27:00 +0000

Thank god that my tests stopped a little now. Two weeks without having to study is a blessing. Now I've to write my delayed reviews, to put the blog back on track. My Book Boyfriend is hosted by The Unread Reader, in which we show to our readers, characters that we're drooling for! This week, I'll talk about my love of the week:

Patch

Books that he's in: Hush Hush; Crescendo; Silence
Appearance: "A dark-Levi’s dark-Henley dark boots kind of guy, who smells of mint". He has .black hair, smokey eyes and maybe about six-foot-one or two.
Patch was a fallen angel, but now he's Nora's Guardian Angel.
He lost his wings because of a human girl.
He has a Jeep, which he won in a pool game.
He's Nora Biology lab partner.

Why he's my Book Boyfriend? Because he's hot, but I really don't like too much his attitude. Maybe he has changed in the second book. (I didn't read it yet D:)
My perfect Patch: The same guy who is the cover of all Hush Hush Novels as Patch, Drew Doyon, but the real thing is much better than the bookish one. *drools*
Scene that made me swoon:

“You smell good, too,” said Patch“It’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.”“Naked. I know the drill.”

"You possess other people's...bodies."
He accepted that statement with a nod.
"Do you want to possess my body?"
"I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them."

"You're a guardian angel now." I was still too much in awe to wrap my mind around it, but at the same time I felt amazement, curiosity...happiness.
"I'm your guardian angel," he said.
"I get my very own guardian angel? What, exactly, is your job description?"
"Guard your body." His smile tipped higher. "I take my job seriously, which means I'm going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level."

I laughed with some of those quotes! XD

So, who is your Book Boyfriend of the week? :)

Review: Fatal Embrace by Aris Whittier

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Mon, 02 May 2011 01:51:00 +0000

Several years ago, Michael Craven gave up his career as a detective when his fiancé was killed and her killer never caught. Living with the guilt, he throws himself into his Montana ranch and his solitary existence. But, when a serial killer starts making his way through a nearby town, Michael is asked to come back and help a good friend and fellow detective, solve the crime. In doing so, he must hire someone to take his place on the ranch.
When horse trainer, Jess Stanson shows up, it takes Michael by surprise. Jess turns out to be Jessica. Jessica convinces him to let her stay. Over time they established a fragile friendship. Although, on the inside both feel more but, Michael's past prevents him from being anything but distant and serious.

As Michael works diligently to track down the killer he finds that Jessica is the only witness to the case. Vowing to protect her with his life and keep his growing feelings separate is no easy task. When Jessica becomes a target it becomes personal for Michael and he can no longer deny his love for this spirited woman. He will do anything to protect her, including giving his own life. (From Goodreads)

First of all, I wanted to apologize with Aris for taking so long to write this review. Second, I want to apologize to my readers, for not posting for so long. I'm with some problems, and they make really difficult to write anything at all. Okay, but for now, let's forget it.

I can just say one thing about this book: I loved it! I loved the romantic parts, loved the mystery part, loved the characters and everything else! The story begins with Michael, retired homicide detective, who has the guilty of never being able to catch his fiancée murder. So now, he lives in a ranch in Montana with his horses, but the past always come.
His old partner Dan, who is now the homicide chief, asks Michael if he can help the force to catch a serial killer, who has been murdering young girls in the city. He accepts to help, so he needs to hire somebody to take his place in the ranch, while he's busy following leads. This is when, he hires Jess Stanson. The problem is: He doesn't now that Jess is Jessica, and he gets very surprised and angry with this fact, but with time and Jess insistence, they build a friendship. The only problem is: After a little trip to the city, Jess saw the killer. And now he's watching her. How Michael will deal with that? And what he's going to do to stop the murder, before he gets the woman that he loves?

I love when the emotions that the characters are expressing are so real, that you think "That could happen to me too! And I would do/feel the same thing as her!" I felt that with Jess and Michael. I felt connected with them, so I could understand their emotions. And another thing that was that Jess and Michael didn't fall in love in 30 seconds, are in the bed in one day and planning their life in the rest of the book. Everything happened so calmly and smoothly, principally because of Michael's dead fiancée.

In the end... They mystery part... That was good. I loved how Aris balanced the
romance, but without letting the mystery get boring and easy for the readers.
Well, I recommend this book for everybody who loves a great romance and a great mystery all together in one place.

My rating was:

I LOVED this book!

Lack of posts. Again.

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:11:00 +0000

Guys, I'm sorry! Things are crazy here, with my tutoring classes and my tests, so I don't have enough time to post any review. I'll try to fix it until the end of this week! I promise!

Thanks for your patience! :D

My Book Boyfriend (7)

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:12:00 +0000

Well, the blog can't stop, even if my cute design isn't here because of photobucket maintence. I'm going to do a backup when I get my images back. My Book Boyfriend is hosted by The Unread Reader, in which we show to our readers, characters that we're drooling for! This week, I'll talk about my love of the week:

Zsadist

Books that he's in: All the books in Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R Ward

Appearance:
As I think about him, I picture his face and the scar that intersects it. I see his glossy all-black eyes. His skull trimmed hair. His pierced nipples. The tattooed blood slave bands around his throat and wrists... I can almost feel the anger and the erotic threat he throws off... God, it’s as if he’s known hell on earth and carries the place around with him.
Zsadist is the most scarier brother.

He was a blood slave.

He's Phury's twin brother.

He's mated with Bella

He has a little daughter, named Nalla.

Why he's my book Boyfriend? Well, he can be scary, but he's a sweet guy deep inside. When he's isn't fighting of course. And he's a great alpha male! hohoho Ok, I've to stop to swoon over the Brotherhood.

Who is my perfect Zsadist: Wentworth Miller. He's just like Z! Of course without the scars or the pierced nipples... XD

Scene that made me swoon:

What a flipping nightmare. Technically the Brotherhood should be running his ass out of town. Instead Z was looking to mate into the guy's family. God, did Bella even know what her brother was? And not just the drug-dealer part…

Z glanced at her.Probably not , his instincts told him. On both accounts.

"Rehvenge, this is… Zsadist," she said.

Z looked at the male again. The pair of deep purples staring back at him were unwavering, but beneath the calm there was a flicker of the same kind of holy hell that Z was feeling.Man … exactly how was all this going to play out?

"Rehv?" Bella murmured. "Um… Zsadist?"

The Reverend smiled coolly. "So, are you going to mate my sister now that you've knocked her up? Or is this just a social call?"

The two females let out gasps, and Zsadist felt his eyes flash black. As he pointedly drew Bella to his side, he itched to bare his fangs. He was going to do his best not to embarrass anyone, but if flyboy with the mouth peeled off any more one-liners like that, Z was going to drag Bella's brother outside and beat an apology out of him for upsetting the ladies.

He was damn proud of himself when he only hissed a little. "Yeah, I am going to mate her. You drop the tough act, civilian, and we might invite you to the ceremony. Otherwise you're off the list."

The Reverend's eyes flared. But then he abruptly laughed. "Easy, there, brother. Just want to make sure my sister is taken care of."

The male put his hand out. Zsadist met the big palm halfway.

"That's brother-in-law, to you. And she will be, don't you worry about that."

So who's your book boyfriend this week? :)

P.S: Yeah, next week we won't have a Brother in MMB. I've to stop with them XDDD

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Lack of posts

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:44:00 +0000

Hey guys!

Sorry for not posting anything for almost 2 weeks, but I got a week filled with tests, and I didn't have much time to log in the blog and write something decent. I hope that until the end of the month I can put some reviews and memes up, to apologize for a time without nothing here XD

Sorry again! >_<'

Review: Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things #1) by Anna Godbersen

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:29:00 +0000

The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.

Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star…

Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.

The only person Cordelia can trust is Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.

Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age. (From Goodreads)

I never read The Luxe series, what I still regret until today, because the story seems to be amazing (and I read some spoilers on Amazon) and the covers are gorgeous, so when I got Bright Young Things on my hands, I couldn't wait to start. And the worst day was when it was over.
On the first pages the prologue already say to us, how to story is going to finish: Some are going to be happy. Some are going to be sad. And some are going to be dead.
The story starts with Cordelia and Letty, two country girls on the day of Cordelia's unplanned wedding. They don't want to live in that small town of the whole lives, doing the same things every day. They want to go to the big city, to achieve their own dreams. Cordelia wants to find the father that she never knew, because of the dead of her mother and Letty wants to be a super star, just like her mother could be, if she didn't give up on everything to marry her father. They plan to run away, even if that means to leave Cordelia's recent husband behind. And they do. On the night train, they go to London to never look back.
In the book we now about Cordelia, Letty and Astrid's fears, days and most important: boys. Everything is around boys, but like in the other books of Anna Godbersen, we don't know since the the first moment who is going to end up with who, because we have many plot twists, so we always have new surprises along the way. And of course, it's impossible don't identify with some characters along the way. You feel that could be you in their skins and doing the same things that they are doing. I'm excited for the second book of this series that is going to be released in September 20th and it's going to be called Beautiful Days. So to end this review, I'll show you a little piece of the prologue:

I can t remember very many now—although there are three, from that last incandescent summer, whom I resist forgetting. They were all marching toward their own secret fates, and long before the next decade
rolled around, each would escape in her own way—one would be famous, one would be married, and one would be dead.
That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams.
The girls of 1929.

So, in you do you bet? Who is going to be married? Who is going to be famous? And who is going to be dead?

In the end, I give to this book:

I LOVED this book!

My Book Boyfriend (6)

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:24:00 +0000

This week, despise all the things that I've to study for my next week's tests, I'm happy. Yesterday (March 29th) was the release of Lover Unleashed, the 9th book of Black Dagger Brotherhood, by J.R Ward and the day before (March 28th), Make It Or Break It, one of my favorite shows, was aired again, with new episodes! So, yes, this is a great week! And since yesterday was Lover Unleashed release, why not do a MBB for BDB?

My Book Boyfriend is hosted by The Unread Reader, in which we show to our readers, characters that we're drooling for! This week, I'll talk about my love of the week:

Rhage

Books that he's in: All the books of Black Dagger Brotherhood
Appearance:

"Rhage and I meet a week later in brotherhood’s mansion. And not surprisingly, it’s in the kitchen. When Fritz brings me to him, Rhage is over the stove, cooking himself French toast. Well, a whole loaf of French toast. He’s wearing a black muscle shirt and a worn pair of Levi’s that are frayed at the waist, cuffs, and back pockets. I stare. His physical beauty is so... compelling, I measure it once and then again and again. The striking planes and angles of his face, the utter perfection of his big body, those astounding blue/green eyes... it’s all an anomaly, as unnatural a combination as that which equates to true ugliness." (from J.R Ward's site)

Rhage is considered the most beautiful of the Brotherhood.
He's called Hollywood by his friends.
Despite his appearance, he's a lethal warrior.
He's mated with Mary, a imortal human.
He can transform in a dragon, because of a curse that Scribe Virgin put on him. When he's in this form he destroy everything in his way, except Mary.
Why he's my Book Boyfriend: Probably you don't want to date Rhage, but admit to yourself, at the least you want to sleep with him. And he's a good guy, when he isn't in a bad mood.
My perfect Rhage: Jason Lewis. I need to explain? XD
Scene that made me swoon:

"Your name?"
"Mary. She named me after the Virgin Mary."
Rhage's breath caught. And then he laughed softly.
"What's so funny?"
His eyes were a bright, shining teal blue. "Just that V… well, Vishous is never wrong. Oh, Mary, my beautiful virgin, will you let me love you for as long as I live? And when I go unto the Fade, will you come with me?"
"Yes." She stroked his cheek. "But does it bother you that I can't have your children?"
"Not in the slightest. I have you, that's all that matters."
"You know," she murmured, "there's always adoption. Do vampires ever adopt?"
"Just ask Tohrment and Wellsie. I can already tell they think of John as their
own." Rhage smiled. "You want a baby, I'll get you one. And you know, I might be okay as a dad."
"I think you'll be more than okay."
When she bent down to kiss him, he stopped her. "Ah, there's just one other thing."
"What?"
"Well, we're stuck with the beast. I kind of bargained with the Scribe Virgin—"
Mary pulled back. "You bargained?"
"I had to do something to save you."
She stared at him, stunned, and then closed her eyes. He had set the wheels in motion; he had saved her.
"Mary, I had to trade something—"
She kissed him hard. "Oh, God, I love you," she breathed.
"Even if it means you're going to have to live with the beast? Because the curse is perpetual now. Set in stone. Forever."
"I told you, that's fine with me." She smiled. "I mean, come on. He's kind of cute, in a Godzilla sort of way. And I'll look at it as a two-for-one kind of deal."
Rhage's eyes flashed white as he rolled her over and put his mouth on the side of her neck.
"I'm glad you like him," he murmured, his hands tugging up her shirt. "Because the two of us are yours. For as long as you'll have us."
"That would be eternally," she said as she let herself go.
And reveled in all the love.

So, who is you book boyfriend of the week? :)

In My Mailbox (5)

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:47:00 +0000

In My Mailbox was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie and created by Kristi at The Story Siren. The idea behind IMM was not only to put new books on your radar but to also encourage blogger interaction.

This week, the mailman left in my house:

WON

She Smells the Dead (Spirit Guide #1) by E.J Stevens

It's the beginning of senior year and Yuki's psychic awareness of ghostly spirits is threatening to ruin her life. Her ability to sense spirits of the dead isn't glamorous like the ghost hunting on television.

SHE SMELLS THE DEAD.

The smell impressions are becoming stronger. Yuki is being visited in her dreams, and she suspects that her friend Calvin is involved in something strange. To make matters worse her crush on Garrett is going unrequited, Yuki's friend Emma is on a rampage against bee oppression, and annoying Calvin Miller mysteriously disappears. Will Yuki be able to focus her powers in time to save the lost soul who is haunting her? Meanwhile, who will save Yuki from following the spirits into the light?

Spirit Storm (Spirit Guide #2) by E.J Stevens

"Let the spirits guide you, but never let them take you."

Spirits of the Dead are coming...

Yuki is about to face an army of lost souls on Samhain, the night of Halloween, when the spirits of the dead roam free. Yuki will need all the help she can get from her friends, but will Calvin be there for her when she needs him the most?

I won the Spirit Guide Novels in a contest hosted by Bitten by Books, where they made a interview with E.J, but this was in February, and until two weeks ago, the first book (which was ordered by Book Depository) wasn't arrived in my mailbox. We are worried over this, but thank god, the book arrived safely! XD

Traded

Pegasus and The Flame by Kate O'Hearn

When Pegasus, the majestic winged-stallion, crashes on to her roof in the middle of a storm that blacks-out New York City, 13-year-old Emily's life becomes that of legend: epic battles with gruesome monsters, desperate chases from a corrupt governmental agency, captivating flights astride the beautiful winged-stallion, and one heroic quest to save Olympus before the Olympic flame burns out ...A must for fans of Percy Jackson!

If the story sucks, at the least this cover will look great in my bookshelf! hahahahah

For Review

Fatal Embrace by Aris Whittier

High-spirited horse trainer Jessica Stanson stumbles into the perfect job on one of the most elite ranches in Montana. Or at least it would be if her boss, ex-detective Michael Carven, stopped acting like he didn't want her there. Jessica has to prove herself to him on the ranch, and also try to penetrate his armor to get to the man inside. Michael Carven is a man who has left a difficult past behind him, and now works at his dream job raising horses under the Montana sky. But he knows that the past has a way of coming back to him, and soon enough, it does. A wave of violence hits the nearby small town of Riverside, nestled deep in the mountains, as a cunning serial killer preys on the population. Against his will, Michael finds himself both drawn into the case and coming to care for his independent new trainer. And if having a killer on the loose wasn't enough, his two worlds collide when Jessica becomes the only material witness in the case. Before it is over, Michael and Jessica will put everything they know and hold dear on the line to catch a vicious, cunning killer - and to protect each other as well.

Her Perfect Revenge by Anna Mara

Feel again what it felt like when you first fell in love with someone you HATED!!!Revenge is sweet or is it? Have you ever wanted to get back at someone who was mean to you in high school but when you actually had the guts to do something about it, your plan blew up in your face and they got the better of you AGAIN? That's exactly what happens to Christina Matteo in HER PERFECT REVENGE.Christina Matteo had a humiliating prank pulled on her in high school by rich, party boy Bill Havenwood. It changed her whole life and she never forgot it¿ or him. Older, wiser and tougher, she meets him again years later and decides to get even. She wants revenge and comes up with a perfect plan. But things don't go her way when she stupidly crashes her car into his ultra-expensive sports car while tailing him.Not recognizing her, Bill blackmails the uninsured and cash-poor Christina into helping him stay in his billionaire father's good graces by pretending to be his fiancée for one month. Christina decides to go along with his ruse. After all, who knows what dirt she can find out about the jerk from the inside? But as Christina scams Bill and Bill scams his father¿ his father scams the both of them. William Havenwood Sr. knows all about their phony engagement and begins to push the couple to marry for real in order to get them to crack under pressure.And then Christina's little revenge plan begins to spiral out of control when she finds herself actually falling in love with her avowed enemy, Bill. It's enough to make a girl sick to her stomach! But can she really continue to go through with her plans to make him pay when she's so attracted to the creep? Christina is just stubborn enough to find out!HER PERFECT REVENGE is a story where its three strong and smart main characters¿ Christina, Bill and his father, William¿ find themselves engaged in a clever battle of wits where games, lies, secrets and deceptions rule the day. Who will win? And will Christina risk everything to get her payback?

YEY! I'm so happy! Aris and Anna contacted me and I'm gonna to review their books! My first review requests!

Other News

If you're Brazilian and would like to read Leo e as Caixas de Música, I've a giveaway for you! Just enter here until April 1st, and try to win! :D

Leo e as Caixas de Musica - Ricardo Prado

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:25:00 +0000

PROMOÇÃO ENCERRADA!

Ter 14 anos não é fácil! Nossos pais não nos entendem, as matérias da escola são chatas, não sabemos lidar muito bem com as garotas...Quem é que nunca passou – ou está passando - por isso?

Com o Léo não é diferente. Seus pais foram para o exterior, suas notas não vão bem, seu melhor amigo começou a namorar. Ele seria um garoto como um monte de outros garotos que estão saindo da infância e indo para a adolescência. A diferença é que sua história tem trilha sonora. E das boas!

Com “Leo e as Caixas de Música”, primeiro livro da coleção “Trilhas, uma Viagem Musical”, você vai conhecer os conflitos e maravilhas da vida do Leo, que enquanto cresce, vai conhecendo o mundo do rock and roll.

Agora é pegar o livro, aumentar o volume e curtir!

Eu tenho lido muitas resenhas boas sobre esse livro, falando que você realmente se identifica com o personagem, porque muitos dos problemas que o Leo enfrenta durante o livro, são problemas típicos dos adolescentes, como ausência dos pais, garotas, notas e coisas assim. Porém, Leo consegue uma válvula de escape para esse problemas, que é a música, mas não coisas como Restart, NX Zero (desculpe fans, mas não. Eu não gosto deles) e sim, música como Janis Joplin, Beatles e Jimi Hendrix, que ele consegue através da antiga coleção de LPs que pertenceu ao pai dele e agora a avó dele está dando para ele. Leo começa a se apaixonar por música e leva os amigos junto com ele, formando a Confraria da Ponte, um grupo unido pela música e com isso, Leo amadurece durante o livro, experimentando sensações como amor, perda e amizade. O livro está a venda na Livraria Saraiva e quem quiser pode comprar. Se vocês se interessaram pelo livro, entrem nas redes sociais sobre ele, que lá vão ter todas as atualizações, além de posts sobre música e promoções!

Não deixem de dar uma conferida no booktrailer que foi feito para o livro. Eu achei ele tão bonitinho!

Mas agora é que vem a melhor parte! A Casa da Palavra, a editora por trás do livro, convidou o blog para uma parceria! YEY! E como eles são generosos, eles estão oferecendo um kit com 1 livro + uma surpresa irresistível para um leitor do A Book and a Cupcake!

Algumas regras básicas:

Morar no Brasil (ou ter um endereço de entrega no país)
Ter mais de 13 anos ou ter permissão dos pais para participar
Deixar um comentário dizendo "Eu quero curtir rock 'n' roll com o Leo!"
Preencher corretamente o ~~formulário~~!
Inscrições abertas até as 23:59 do dia 1º/04/2011! (e não, não é piada.)

Números Extras:

Seguir @livrosdoleo no twitter (+1)
Seguir @petit_sayumi no twitter (+1)
Divulgar a promoção no twitter, facebook, skoob... Aonde você quiser. (Uma vez só por lugar. Não adianta divulgar todos os dias no twitter, porque só vai ser acrescentado um número!)

O sorteio será feito pelo random.org e caso alguma das regras não seja cumprida, o vencedor será desclassificado e será escolhido outro.

Obrigada Casa das Palavras pela parceria!

Cover Insanity!

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:42:00 +0000

Lots of great book already have their cover reveled, but I didn't post any of them here. But today is a great day, because I read that Christopher Paolini reveled the cover for the fourth and last book of the Inheritance Cycle! YEEEY!

The last book is going to be called "Inheritance" (a great name, in my opinion, for the final book) and it's going to be released in November of this year! YEEEEEES! In my country, it'll probably release in July of 2012. Who knows?

Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle #4) by Christopher Paolini

Not so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.

Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances.

The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaësia? And if so, at what cost?

This is the much-anticipated, astonishing conclusion to the worldwide bestselling Inheritance cycle.

I'm the only one who thinks that this dragon looks a lot like Saphira? That means that the last dragon is a female too? Maybe.

Besides that, I've other great covers of 2011 releases, that if I don't like the book, at the least I can keep it in my bookshelf, because the cover is gorgerous!

Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2) by Kiersten White

A lot has changed in the six months since Evie escaped from the International Paranormal Containment Agency with her shape-shifter boyfriend, Lend. She finally has the blissfully normal life she’s always dreamed of, including: 1) A real live high school 2) A perfectly ordinary after-school job 3) Her very own locker (and by the way, rusted metal is every bit as awesome as she imagined)
But Evie’s not-so-normal past keeps creeping up on her...and things get pretty complicated when you factor in: 1) A centuries-old, seriously decaying vampire stalker 2) A crazy faerie ex-boyfriend who is the perpetual bearer of really bad news 3) A major battle brewing between the faerie courts where the prize in question happens to be...Evie herself.
So much for normal.

Really, I think that this cover is more beautiful than the first one. Really.

Vanish (Firelight #2) by Sophie Jordan

To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone.
Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love?
In bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s dramatic follow-up to Firelight, forbidden love burns brighter than ever.

Jacinda didn't have red hair in the first cover? Why she's blonde now? But I liked this cover than the first one.

Those are some of greatest covers of 2011! In my opinion, of course. If I can, I'll buy them and them will look great in my bookshelf!

And you? What cover that you are in love? :)

Review: Vixen (Flappers #1) by Jillian Larkin

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:44:00 +0000

Jazz . . . Booze . . . Boys . . . It’s a dangerous combination. Every girl wants what she can’t have. Seventeen-year-old Gloria Carmody wants the flapper lifestyle—and the bobbed hair, cigarettes, and music-filled nights that go with it. Now that she’s engaged to Sebastian Grey, scion of one of Chicago’s most powerful families, Gloria’s party days are over before they’ve even begun . . . or are they? Clara Knowles, Gloria’s goody-two-shoes cousin, has arrived to make sure the high-society wedding comes off without a hitch—but Clara isn’t as lily-white as she appears. Seems she has some dirty little secrets of her own that she’ll do anything to keep hidden. . . . Lorraine Dyer, Gloria’s social-climbing best friend, is tired of living in Gloria’s shadow. When Lorraine’s envy spills over into desperate spite, no one is safe. And someone’s going to be very sorry. . . . From debut author Jillian Larkin, VIXEN is the first novel in the sexy, dangerous, and ridiculously romantic new series set in the Roaring Twenties . . . when anything goes. (From Goodreads)

I love historical fiction. I really do. And I really like the 20 and 40, because everything seems to be so glamorous. So, the first thing who attracted me to Vixen, was the cover. I really loved it! Of course that dress wouldn't look good in me, but in the model, is pretty.
Well, the story shows three differents POV. The main character, Gloria, her best friend, Lorraine, and her cousin, Clara. The girls have differents personalities, but they actions are interlaced in the story. Gloria was the typical good girl (you know, good grades, good daughter and things like that), but before her wedding with Chicago's most eligible bachelor, Sebastian Grey, she wants to get a little bad. So she decides to go to the most popular place at the moment, The Green Mill, to see how is to be a Flapper, and dancing all night and having great drink, but this decision is going to change her life. She mets the pianist Jerome Johnson, who plays with his band there, and the sparkles start. This is something that I didn't saw before. I liked that Jillian Larkin showed something that was unusual for that time: The interracial love. Isn't something that you see a lot in books. And I liked the way that the difficulties that Gloria and Jerome got because of that were shown. The reality was well portrayed.
On the other hand, we've Lorraine, Gloria's best friend. I didn't like her since the beginning. She was selfish, stupid and most of time I felt that she was with Gloria, just because it gives popularity to her and because Gloria is close to Marcus, Lorraine's love interest. Maybe in the second book, she gets better, after all the trouble that she ended in the first one.
And in the end, we've Clara, Gloria's cousin, who has a troubled past in NY, and was sent to take care of Gloria's upcoming wedding. Clara was my favorite character in the whole book, because since the beginning we know what are Clara's intentions, but after some chapters we can see her little changes. In my opinion she was the character who has the most notable changes, through the book.
The guys play a important part on the book, because most of the girls decisions are taken because of the boys. Marcus, Jerome and Sebastian are major characters on the book, but I won't talk about them or else I'll give spoilers, and it wouldn't be fair.
I'm excited, waiting for the second book in this series, Ingenue, which comes out on August of this year. I read that lost of people thought that the Flappers series, are similar to Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen. I've BYT in my TBR pile, and I'll read it, and after that I'll see if they're similar.

So I give to this book:

I really enjoyed this book!

My Book Boyfriend (5)

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:45:00 +0000

Another two weeks without MBB. This is routine already, but I'm back!

Wednesday, which means that today is day of MBB :D This meme is hosted by The Unread Reader, in which we show to our readers, characters that we're drooling for! This week, I'll talk about my love of the week:

CHAZ PENDERGAST

Books that he's in: Queen of Babble series
Appearance: Chaz is tall and thin. He has brown hair and shiny blue eyes. And he loves to use baseball caps. (Sorry for the description, but I couldn't find any better description of him in the books u_u')

Chaz has lots of degrees in philosophy, and he's studying to get more.
He wants to be a teacher.
He is the ex of Lizzie's best friend.
He is going to receive a good money after his parents death, because his father is a divorce attorney, and one of the most famous in NY.
He is best friends with Lizzie ex-fiancée.
Real name: Charles Pendergast, the Third.

Why he's my book boyfriend: Chaz is cute, loving and caring, but he knows how his girlfriend need a touch of the reality. And he even washed girls clothes (Yeah, he did it for his ex XD) or did cookies! I mean... Do you know any guy who does that and isn't gay? I don't.
Who would be my perfect Chaz: James Marsden. He looks a little nerdy, but he still is hot. And he looks a lot like the description of Chaz.
Scene that made me swoon:

"I want to know everything," he says, slinging his backpack -we have not progressed to the point where either of us has a drawer at the other's apartment yet- onto my couch. "But first... how did it go at Ava's parents' place?"

"Oh, Chaz..."And the next thing I know, I'm in his arms, and it's -I don't know how to describe it. It's completely different from being in my former fiancée's arms. Instead of feeling self-conscious and strange and awkward, the way I had when Luke and I hugged a little while ago, I feel safe and comforted and, most important of all, loved -completely and wholeheartedly loved- when Chaz's arms are around me. I close my eyes, letting his warmth envelope me, and suddenly the tears that hadn't been there with Luke show up.

"Whoa," Chaz says with a gentle laugh, kissing my cheeks. "It was that bad? They didn't like your drawings? How could they not have liked them? I've always loved your little stick woman. Did you put top hats on them? I love it when you put top hats on them."

Ok, wasn't me most romantic scene ever, but it was cute. Wasn't right?

And you? Who is your Book Boyfriend of the week? :)

Some photos...

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:27:00 +0000

This Friday in the FF, we said a little about the person behind the blog. So, when I talked about my dogs and my weird family, I didn't have any pictures to show to you, but my sister got home today, and she had our camera with her, so that means... LOTS OF PHOTOS! YEY!

First, my cute-cute dogs:

This is Boris. Yeah, I know. It's not a very common name for a dog, but when my sister saw him, she looked straight in his face and said: "Your name is going to be Boris." In the end of the day, he only attended for Boris. It was weird. He's a Brazilian Fila, and I was reading that in places like NY and UK, you can't have one of those, because they're very dangerous, because they're primarily guard dogs, but Boris is a exception to the rule, just like my friend's Rotweiller. He's very friendly and loves to play, sleep and eat. The only person that he doesn't like is one of my sister's friends, but I don't like him either.

He's 6 years old. And yeah, he's tall. I believe that he's almost 1,70m (5,5 foot). and he loves to put his face in the window of our living room, and sometimes he like to give little bites in ankles to get some attention or food XD

This is Gloria. She doesn't have a definite race, but she's something between a poodle and a Shih Tzu, at the least that is what I believe. She's 6 years old, and she loves to run. And she loves to get someone to scratch her ears and her tummy. It's weird, but she's a only child. Her mom was with 10 years when she gave birth to her, and she was the only puppy who was born.

She loses about 2,7 pounds (6 kg) everytime that she gets wet. It's to much hair! hahahahaha

This is part of my family. We've my cousin (she's just like my twin... The only thing that he don't share is the parents. Everything else, we share. Birthday, Age, Parties and even presents XD), my grandmother, my grandfather, trying to hidden from the camera, my aunt, who loves a camera and my uncle. It's a scheme that in this photo, my aunt who makes weirds sounds wasn't here. It would be funny.

These are my parents. This a photo after a day walking for Montivideo, so this isn't their best appearance, but on Christmas we probably will have good pictures. I hope XD

Unfortunately, this is me XD But I don't mind if you still imagine me like the girl in the picture on the "About Me".

And in the end, this my sister. The girl who paints her nails seven times in 3 hours and loves to stole my camera. Oh God... I'm smelling nail polish again.

I think that I introduced everybody, but please... DON'T RUN AWAY AFTER THOSE PHOTOS! ;3;

Friday Hops!

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:30:00 +0000

And Friday is here again! YEEES!

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View and this week's question was made by Ashley of Bookaholic Does Blogging, and it's:

Q. Just like Ashley said (love it) "Ashley the girl..." who are You the Boy/Girl, instead of You the Blogger?

Well, my real name is Debora, but I don't like it. I'm 19 years old, and I'm in 3th year (5th semester) in the School of Pharmacy of PUCRS. One day, I'll be just like one of those guys that we see in Medical Detectives, Law & Order and something like that, but with the appropriate protection XD I live with my parents and my 15 year old sister and my two lazy, but cute, dogs. My family is completely insane. My grandmother loses something (varies from the dog to her cup...), my aunt loves a camera and my other aunt is always making weird sounds. Yeah, we aren't normal.

So... Who're you? :D

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer of Crazy-for-Books and the question of this week is:

"If I gave you £50 (or $80) and sent you into a bookshop right now, what would be in your basket when you finally staggered to the till?"

Oh... In the reality, I think that I would save the money, and spend it in March 29th, because it's when Lover Unleashed is released! hahahahah But, when the 29th comes, I would get:

The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell

The Trust by Tom Dolby

Lover Unleashed by J.R Ward

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

And you? What you would buy? :D

Ebooks x Print Books x Hardcovers

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:24:00 +0000

Hi guys! Almost a week without any post, isn't? Well, it's because of my college classes D: They started March 1st, and I stay there from 10am until 21pm, and it's a little hard to post, but I'll! I PROMISE! I love this blog too much to give up now! ahhahahaha
Oh well, today the post is about something that I thought that would be really interesting. At the least to me is. It's the constant fight between ebooks and print books, and I hardcovers have a place in the history. Since, I live in a country, where reading ebooks isn't a common pratice. Some stores are selling ebooks, but since all the devices for the kind of reading (Sony, Nook and the loved Kindle) are too expensive, even if you import them from US (they cost like 400$/500$, because of the damn taxes!). So the only way of reading them is by computer, MP3 or things like that. I've lots of ebooks, and they're great because:

It's minus space that they use.
They can't be crushed, get dirty or wet.
They're cheaper than print books.
If a publisher can't send a print book to the blogger, he can use Net Galley or trying to win a ebook, which is much more cheaper that sending the book.

But for all good things, we've the bad ones...

Every time that you spend reading so much on this, makes your eyes hurt. At the least my eyes hurt. And my head too. It's just like when we get on a computer too long.
It's too risky to walk with a Kindle. I mean... You have less chance of being assaulted when you have a print book in hand than a Kindle! XD
I miss feeling the cover in my hand and turning the pages. Yeah, I miss the smell too.
I miss putting them on my bookshelf.

Of course, that is just my opinion. Everybody can love or hate ebooks or print books. It just a question of choice.

And besides that, I was thinking about hardcovers and paperback books. I love both of them, for different reasons. Hardcovers are beautiful! I love the covers and the felling that they pass to me, like they're one of those old books, of the time of my grandmother, but I'm always scared of taking them outside of my house, because I'm afraid that I'll drop them or something like that. They're bigger that paperback books and more heavier, and besides that more expensive, but come out before the paperback ones. Paperback books are smaller and lighter than hardback ones, but they're more simple, and I'm always scared that when I open the book too much it stays with it's spine marked, but sometimes their cover are better than the hardback ones.

And you? What you think? :)

Moira Roger's Wilders Mate Kindle Contest

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:14:00 +0000

To celebrate the release of her new series, Moira Rogers is doing a contest, and the winner gets a brand new Kindle! YEY!

Want to win a brand new Wi-Fi Kindle 3? All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, and you can have your chance! For more chances to win, visit the main contest page. Every participating blog you visit gives you another chance to win!

This post is part of Moira Rogers’ Wild Web Adventure Promo. For full rules and disclaimers, or to hold your own kindle contest, visit the contest post. Winners will be chosen during the first week of April.http://www.moirarogers.com/blog/archives/3473

Friday Hops!

noreply@blogger.com (-petit) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:00 +0000

My classes started again... I want my beeeed! But today is Friday, so it's day of:

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer of Crazy-for-Books and the question of this week is:

"Who's your all-time favorite book villain?"

Oh, well... I don't really read books with amazing villains, but one who got a place in my heart was Voldemort. I mean... Harry Potter was the first serious book that I read, so Uncle Voldi deserves a special place hahahahhaha

And you? Who was your favorite villian? :)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View and this week's question is:
What embarrassing thing have you done on cold medicine?
You know... I don't remember the last time that I took a cold medicine... But probably was sleep 12 hours in a row or something like that hahahah

And you? What was the most embarrassing thing that you done on cold medicine?

P.S: With the new comment system... I don't know what I did, but the old comments doesn't appear anymore. Crap. Someone knows how to work with intensedebate?

A Book and a Cupcake

Angel Eyes - Shannon Dittemore

Review: Along Wooded Paths by Tricia Goyer

Book Tour: Along Wooded Paths by Tricia Goyer

Review: Son of Duprin by William H. Johnson

I'm baaaaaack!

Follow Friday and Book Blogger Hop!

How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them?

And you? How many books do you read in a week? :)

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer of Crazy-for-Books and the question of this week is:

"What book-to-movie adaption have you most liked? Which have you disliked?"

Uhm... I really like the first Harry Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). To me was the most well adapted book in the whole serie, in my opinion, but I liked the movie 3 too (please, don't kill me! D:)

And you? What book-to-movie adaption did you like the most?﻿ :D

My Book Boyfriend (9)

My Book Boyfriend (8)

Review: Fatal Embrace by Aris Whittier

Lack of posts. Again.

My Book Boyfriend (7)

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Review: Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things #1) by Anna Godbersen

My Book Boyfriend (6)

In My Mailbox (5)

Leo e as Caixas de Musica - Ricardo Prado

Cover Insanity!

Review: Vixen (Flappers #1) by Jillian Larkin

My Book Boyfriend (5)

Some photos...

Friday Hops!

Q. Just like Ashley said (love it) "Ashley the girl..." who are You the Boy/Girl, instead of You the Blogger?

Ebooks x Print Books x Hardcovers

Moira Roger's Wilders Mate Kindle Contest

Friday Hops!

And you? What book-to-movie adaption did you like the most? :D