Teaser Tuesday: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

"Skulduggery, you saved my life tonight.  Are you going to undo all that effort by leaving me here so someone else can jut come along and kill me?"   p. 55

It's a Michael Grant Giveaway!

Blogging about books is having a contest for the new Michael Grant book, Lies. 

This is the 3rd book in his series about Perdido Beach, a peaceful little town that dissolves into utter chaos when everyone over 15 disappears one day. It's a fun, exciting YA series that should appeal to readers of all ages.

If you haven't read the first two books, Gone and Hunger, this is a great time to do that - the contest is for an ARC of Lies - so you could read the first two before the end of the contest and get to read book three before it's even out!

Contest: Numbers by Rachel Ward

Darcy at the Library Lounge Lizard is having a contest for multiple copies of Numbers by Rachel Ward.  I have heard soooooo much about this book, I just can't wait for it to come out!  The cover is intriguing, and interesting - if I had heard nothing about this book yet I would pick it up to check it out just from the cover!

In My Mailbox!

"In My Mailbox" is hosted
by Kristi at the Story Siren.

The only thing

"In My Mailbox" this week was Heartless

by Anne Elishabeth Stengl. 

I am hoping that since this was the only mailbox item,            perhaps I can get it read in

 a somewhat timely manner.

It's Monday What Are You Reading?

This fantastic meme is now hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through a World of Books.

I am reading Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins.  Okay, I am starting to read it, I have only finished the prologue, but I am excited to keep going on it. 

Spring Break Reading Challenge

Spring Break Reading Challenge #3 -
1. Title and author of the book you are reading.
2. Include the cover of the book.
3. Synopsis
4. What do you think about the book so far?
5. Does the author have a website or blog? If so, insert a link in your post.

Be sure to link to your direct post using Mr. Linky in order to be eligible for the book giveaway.


I am reading The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith. 

Synopsis from Amazon:  "Cathy is on top of the world--beautiful, rich, a top movie star about to launch a new career as a cosmetics queen--when an unscrupulous photographer in search of a story causes her car to crash and burn, destroying her perfect body as well as her career and sending her scurrying for a place to hide her scars. Thomas, on the other hand, is still mourning the deaths of his wife and young son in the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and is slowly drinking himself to death while sleeping in the bed of his truck in an isolated hamlet in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. Together, however, they find they are stronger and better people, and they begin to take an active interest in the mountain community that has taken them both into their hearts, and into their kitchens."

So far I love this book.  I am reading it on the Kindle (my first ever Kindle book) and am very impressed, both with the Kindle and the story.  The author creates amazing characters - both human and animal.  I find myself not wanting to put the Kindle down.  The lives of those characters are well constructed.  I love the strong women and the references to the ideals and things in life that the people in the Crossroads charish.   I know that when I finish this story I will be looking for more books by Deborah Smith.  You can click on her name above and go to her website.