Once Upon A Read-A-Thon - - Day 2

Okay - so today is day two of the read-a-thon! I awoke and started reading! 

I was able to read Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione 

before I started working on my blog and then was lost in a sea of blog posts!

Now - onto the mini challenges for the day!

Confessions of a Bookaholic wants to know what makes you emotional and what book made you the most emotional - good or bad.

A Blog About Nothing wants to know what book or series you would like to see made into a movie and who you would cast in that movie!

Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf wants us to pick our favorite book, read during this Read-A-Thon, and review it, post the review on her blog and fill out the form to enter the contest!

Book Blogger and Author On-Line Conference - August 6 & 7, 2010!

Goals of the Conference

Authors and Bloggers are both working together online to reach out to readers and spread the word about the books we read and love.  We all face challenges with online promotion that can be alleviated by working together.  By streamlining the process of co-operative work between Authors and Bloggers we can move forward using social media and online outlets to expose more readers to more books.

Once Upon A Read-A-Thon!!!

Mini Challenge Part 1:  Post about your favorite fictional couple and enter to win a copy of Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder!

My favorite fictional couple are Kate and Curran.  I enjoy their rocky, challenging relationship and I love the way he tricked her into being his mate.  Not that I am into tricks, but I like it in a story.  We all look for that truly fascinating and fulfilling love.

Mini Challenge Part 2:  Post about a crossover couple you would love to see and enter to win a copy of City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Crossover couple...Val Shapiro from Bite Me and Try Me and Tunstell from Gail Carriger's Soulless.

Val is so tough and Tunstell is so sweet, but tough enough to be with someone like her.

Jenn at Book Crazy asked us to:

What I want you to do, since I am a lover of all things music and photo related is to pick one - or both - and put them together!!

Does that make sense? HMM, lets see if I can explain better, basically pick your favorite book and/or character and pair it with a song and/or photo that reminds you of the person or setting in the book!

I have so many books that I love - but if I have to choose one, and apparently I do, I will choose one that hasn't been made into a movie and therefore the people are still in my own head.  I am choosing: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville.

Monday Sweet Monday!

In My Mailbox is hosted at The Story Siren.

I have finally admitted to myself (haven't been able to admit it to others out loud) that I have a book problem.  I am trying to NOT buy books, without actually banning them from my day - I have at least been able to not buy LOTS of books.  Instead I have started myself a blogger wish list at Amazon - I add books I find to this list instead of to my cart.  I also have a friend who lets me read A LOT of her books - I will NEVER say that she too has a book problem, but I read a lot of her books and I don't even dent the pile!  I am grateful for the chance to read without deadlines from a selection of books that rivals any I have ever seen!

So without further delay:  

I have fallen in love with the demon doctor! 

Also in my mailbox was a prize!  I won an amazing book cover from Bewitched Bookworms!

Bewitched Bookworms - thanks for the great prize!

Sometimes...I'm a

Beverly!

Mystery Prize #1:

A Bookthingys Booklover Cover

(Hermione Pattern)

Thanks Bewitched Bookworms!  

I just got my great new book cover in the mail yesterday!  It is very cool.  I am planning to see if I can fit both a paper book and my kindle in it at the same time - wish me luck!

Big Honkin' Contest!

Tara at The Bodacious Pen is having a HUGE contest!  There are many, many prizes!  The contest goes through 7/26 and the winner will be announced on 7/27.