It's My Birthday - - Foresight Giveaway!

To celebrate my birthday I am hosting a giveaway for a SIGNED copy of Foresight by Sherry D. Ficklin.

Check out my review here!

The next book is coming this summer - Secondsite: Gods of Fate Book 2 

here is the trailer for that one:

You can order personal copies of Sherry's books at www.sherryficklin.com.

To enter my giveaway for a signed copy of Gods of Fate Book 1: Foresight:
1 - must be 13 or older
2 - must be a follower
3 -must fill out this form
(US only this time)

Winner will be chosen by Random.org on March 13, 2011 and announced by 3/15/11.

- the book will be shipped directly from the author!

500 Follower Winner! Congrats Theresa @ Fade into Fantasy!

500 Follower Giveaway Winner!!!

#14 is Theresa @ Fade into Fantasy!

Congrats Theresa!

I have emailed you - you have until Monday 3/7/11 (before noon) to respond 

and tell me what book ($20.00 or less) you would like!

February in Review! - Wrap it up!

February 2011

Well, it's March already - where did February go?  I guess it is the shortest month of the year so it should go by the quickest - here is what I have read and reviewed (as well as what I have read and still need to review).

Hope you had a great month - Happy reading in March!

Read:

Blameless  by Gail Carriger

Danann Frost Falls From Grace by Joanne Valiukas

American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout

Lace and Leather by Leanore Elliott

The Beholder by Leanore Elliott

Scourge by David H. Burton

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Serengeti Heat by Vivi Andrews

Serengeti Storm by Vivi Andrews

Serengeti Lightning by Vivi Andrews

Foresight (Gods of Fate: Book 1) by Sherry D. Ficklin

The Arrival (Birthright Trilogy: Book 1) by Nicole MacDonald

Reviewed in February: (not enough of them for certain - but they are coming soon)

  ***click on the book to go to the review!

Legacy by Kate Kaynak

The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin

Foresight by Sherry D. Ficklin

The Arrival by Nicole MacDonald

The Beholder by Leanore Elliott

Lace and Leather by Leanore Elliott

Reviews for:

Blameless  by Gail Carriger

Danann Frost Falls From Grace by Joanne Valiukas

American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout

Scourge by David H. Burton

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Serengeti Heat by Vivi Andrews

Serengeti Storm by Vivi Andrews

Serengeti Lightning by Vivi Andrews

Giveaway!

Sherry D. Ficklin has offered a SIGNED copy of Foresight to me as a giveaway - that and the information about the next book in that amazing series - trailer too - will be coming in March!!!

The Trouble with Chickens released today!!!

Happy Book Birthday!

Today is the release date for The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin!

It's a great read!!! Check out my review post here!

It's Monday - What are you reading?

This great meme is hosted by Sheila at "Book Journey".

What am I currently reading: 

Vampire Voss  by Colleen Gleason - - - - I have only just started this one and so far I like it.  It is an ARC from Netgalley.

What I just finished reading:

The Arrival (Birthright Trilogy Book 1)  by Nicole MacDonald - -  one of our own - blogger name: Damsel in a Dirty Dress.  Loved this one - check out my review here!

What am I reading next?

My plan is to finish reading some books that I have taken on for review from authors:

The Skin Map  by Stephen R. Lawhead

Kevin's Point of View  by Del Shannon

and two Zan-Gah books by Allen Richard Shickman

Review: Lace & Leather and The Beholder by Leanore Elliott

Lace and Leather by Leanore Elliott


This was a great read!  I never know what to expect from a novella, but was pleasantly surprised by Leanore Elliott's story!!!  


Quick run down:  Woman out in the desert working on a survey (in the 20th century) sees a dust cloud that becomes a man on horseback as the dust clears, he grabs her up and throws her on the horse too and goes galloping off because he is being chased by indians.  After they stop, they realize that they are from completely different times.  They are connected by a scope - which she was looking through when she first saw the dust cloud - it had belonged to his father and she had gotten it as a gift from her father!  So, the story goes and they fall in love.  Later the scope from his time and the scope that she has with her end up in the same place - with them - and they are cast into their own times.  She then has to try to figure out how to get back to his time... okay that's all you get - no spoilers.


My thoughts:
The story is nothing I have ever read before!  I was thrilled by the time travel aspect!  There are very few characters and as I said this is a novella, so those characters need to be developed fast.  The author does a fantastic job of doing that!  I found myself laughing, smiling, cringing, totally invested in the characters and then at the end; on the edge of my seat hoping that they were able to find each other again.


The story is well written and wonderfully entertaining. 
I found myself wishing that it was a full fledged novel and that it wouldn't end as fast as it did.  




The Beholder by Leanore Elliott


Book Blurb:
" There is a season for every thing, a reason for the rain, a place in the sky for the sun. A cosmic avenue stretches across a blackboard in the stratosphere, for the stars to twinkle and whole nights are set aside, just for the shining of the moon. But for love, there is no certain time for it to occur, no place where it will surely happen. When this emotional phenomenon appears, there's no season and no logical reason for it at all..."


My thoughts:  
Once again I LOVED the characters that Leanore Elliott has created!  As in Lace and Leather there are few characters in the story, but they are fantastic!  Trace is a hired killer and Hayden is her 50th and last hit.  She fails.  He saves her after she is hit by a car and tells the hospital staff that she is his wife (for reasons even he doesn't understand) and when she wakes he is there.  This is not your classic love story, it is much more.  


You would think that an author wouldn't have enough time to really develop a story and the characters in such a short story, but this story leaves nothing out.  You get the past, present, and also a glimpse of the future for both Trace and Hayden.  This is a great read.

If you have never read anything by Leanore Elliott you are missing out!!! 

You can get more information and download some of her books here!