Back to School ARC Giveaway at Reading Teen!

The Crew at Reading Teen is having an ARC giveaway!  The giveaway ends September 24 and the books up for grabs are:

ARC Giveaway!

Carol at Carol's Prints is having a HUGE ARC giveaway!

This contest is open internationally.

SIGNED Hard Cover of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES & SIGNED ARC of BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

     

ARC of PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White

My Review of PARANORMALCY 

ARC of IMMORTAL BELOVED by Cate Tiernan

ARC of DARK WATER by Laura McNeal

TWO ARCs of RADIANCE by Alison Noel 

ARC of JANE by April Lindner

ARC of DARK SONG by Gail Giles

ARC of THE HOUSE OF DEAD MAIDSby Clare B. Dunkle

ARC of KEEPERS SCHOOL: FEAR ITSELF  by Andrew Clements & ARC of THE DIARY OF PIPER DAVIS (DEAR AMERICA): THE FENCES BETWEEN US by Kirby Larson

    

ARC of IF YOU LIVED HERE, YOU’D BE HOME NOW by Claire LaZebnik

DO NOT MISS OUT  - STOP ON OVER AND CHECK THIS OUT!

I have completed the 2010 Summer Romance Challenge!

Book Chick City is hosting the 2010 Summer Reading Challenge

This challenge started on June 1, 2010 and runs through September 1, 2010.

The goal was 8 books - unless you were feeling brave and doubled it, then 16 books in four months!

I was hoping to be able to read the minimum of 8 books - seemed like humble goal considering the time frame - 16 just didn't seem doable!

You can go here to add your reviews to the linky!

These are the books I have read for the challenge:  I will be posting my reviews soon!

Once Bitten by Kalayna Price - 6/11/10

Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers - 6/21/10

Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass #4 - 6/22/10

Leader of the Pack by Karen MacInerney - 7/1/10

Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione - 7/2/10
Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione - 7/410
Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione - 7/6/10
Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione - 7/7/10

Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts - 7/8/10

Wild Card by Moira Rogers - 8/15/10

Calling the Bluff by Moira Rogers - 8/15/10

Ante Up by Moira Rogers - 8/16/10

I have completed my E Book Challenge!!!

I have completed my EBook Challenge!!!

My goal was to read at least 40 books for my E Book challenge!

These are the E books I have read:

1. Soulless by Gail Carriger

2. Crux: Southern Arcana Book 1 by Moira Rogers

3. Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith

4. Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves Book 1 by Vivian Arend

5. Wolf Flight: Granite Lake Wolves Book 2 by Vivian Arend

6. Wolf Games: Granite Lake Wolves Book 3 by Vivian Arend

7. Into the Mist: Falcon Mercenary Group Book 1 by Maya Banks

8. Into the Lair: Falcon Mercenary Group Book 2 by Maya Banks

9. Skin Deep: Laura Blackstone Book 1 by Mark Del Franco

10. Male Call: Hot Zone Book 1 by Denise A. Agnew

11. Stopping Time, part 1 by Melissa Marr

12. Stopping Time, part 2 by Melissa Marr

13. Must Love Hellhounds by Ilona Andrews

14. Unknown by Rachel Caine

15. Cry Sanctuary: Red Rock Pass Book 1 by Moira Rogers

16. Sanctuary Lost: Red Rock Pass Book 2 by Moira Rogers

17. Sanctuary's Price: Red Rock Pass Book 3 by Moira Rogers

18. Exposure by Brandilyn Collins

19. On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

20. Try Me by Parker Blue

21. Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast

22. Brighid's Quest by P.C. Cast

23. Run, Wolf by Keith Melton

24. Tainted by Julie Kenner

25. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price

26. Alpha Turned by K.B. Alan

27. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

28. Addiction by Sandra Marshall

29. Turned by Julie Kenner

30. Torn by Julie Kenner

31. Even Money by Dick Francis

32. Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass #4 by Moira Rogers

33. Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers

34. Leader of the Pack: Tales of an Urban Werewolf by Karen MacInerney

35. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione

36. Crossroads: Southern Arcana Book 2 by Moira Rogers

37. Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander

38. Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione

39. Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

40. Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione

41. The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston

42. The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston

43. The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston

44. The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

45. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

46. A Safe Harbor by Moira Rogers

47. Hunting Season: The Gathering by Shelly Laurenston

48. Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

49. Wild Card by Moira Rogers

50. Calling the Bluff by Moira Rogers

51. Ante Up by Moira Rogers

52. Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler

I am still going to be reading and posting about my ebooks, but I won't continue to add them here!  Look for individual posts and reviews!

September Spectacular!

September Reading Challenge is being hosted by Steph at The Thoughts of a Book Junky.       

Click to sign-up.

• It will start September 1st and go on through September 30th.
• There will be a 5 book reading challenge, ( one book a week) that you will have to read. Which books? Any 5 you want. Its your choice... Easy huh. At the end of that week you will post your review on your blog and add your link to the Mr. Linky at the bottom. ( If you don't have a blog you can either post a comment, letting everyone know what you think about the book or sent me an email with your review) * Sep first starts on a Wednesday so you can start your first book on Sunday the 29th if you want.
• At the end of each week a giveaway will be posted. That's 5 giveaways!! The only thing you have to do to enter is, link your review on that weeks Mr. Linky. Plus get an extra entry if you add the September Spectacular button to your post or sidebar! ( Open Internationally)

I am planning to read:

Manifest by Artist C. Arthur

Werelove Dusk Conspiracy by J.D. Hollyfield

and Falling, fly by Skyler White

The Hunted of 2060 by Ami Rebecca Blackwelder

The Holy Reaper by Mark Sherony

Literary Road Trip - belated post #2

I agreed to participate in the Literary Road Trip and I have fallen terribly behind - my apologies.

I featured Lois McMaster-Bujold in June and had planned for Will Weaver to be the July feature 

and Jane Yolen to be featured in August.  

Because I am behind I am featuring Will Weaver and Jane Yolen here in August!!!

I will post Jane Yolen before the end of the month.

So without further delay:  

I present Will Weaver - Minnesota author! (clip below is from Fantastic Fiction)

Will Weaver writes fiction for adults and young adults. He was born in Northern Minnesota in 1950 and grew up on a dairy farm. His novels and short stories have earned the praises of reviewers from coast-to-coast for their unflinching realism. The New York Times Book Review called A Gravestone Made of Wheat, "a graceful collection, one that views America's heartland with a candid but charitable eye." 

Formerly an English professor at Bemidji State University, Mr. Weaver lives in Northern Minnesota, a region he writes from and loves. He is an avid outdoorsman, and enjoys hunting, fishing, canoeing and hiking with his family and friends.

If you follow my blog, you know I work in a high school media center - so getting kids to read is my job.  I love it, but it is sometimes a challenge.  There was one boy at my school who I couldn't get to read.  He would check out a book for a class if he had to - usually didn't even open it much less read it - then one day he checked out Full Service by Will Weaver.  It took him awhile but he read it cover to cover.  He bragged until the day he graduated that it was the only book he read in high school. 

 Thanks so much Mr. Weaver!

You can find a list of books by Will Weaver at Fantastic Fiction or click on his name above to go to his site.