Banned Books Presentation for my school - -

Hey - I am working on a presentation for one of the high school classes at my school.  The teacher has asked me to present to and lead a class discussion on banned books.  This is a video blog (vlog) in which author John Greene talks about his book and book banning.

Review: Legacy (Ganzfield Book 3) by Kate Kaynak

Legacy by Kate Kaynak

Amazon Product Description:

Maddie has more problems than the average seventeen-year-old: A psychotic killer with superpowers wants her dead. A serious medical issue makes a normal life impossible for her. And she's about to be introduced to Trevor's grandparents. Guess which one freaks her out the most? The Ganzfield series continues in this third installment.

My thoughts:

I want to start by saying, I LOVE Kate Kaynak's books!!!  I can't say enough good things about this series!!!

The format is fantastic - I completely enjoy the way the book looks and feels! (Okay, a little geeky, but some of you have to be with me on this). The cover is super shiny, the cover pic is intriguing, and the pages....the pages are super white with crisp bold print.  The font appears larger than the average paperback, making the story all but jump off the page!  The book size lends itself to easy handling.

Legacy is the third Ganzfield novel and it begins (as does book 2) with a recap!  The first few pages are dedicated to giving the reader the basics - the important information that you need in order to refresh your memory and to enable you to get back up to speed with the story and the characters.  The recap is broken down into sections built to give you the information quickly.  I find this addition to the books to be paramount!  It is thoughtful, insightful, and clever of the author.  I believe it shows how attentive she is to the reader.  I enjoyed both the first two books, but was grateful for the recap as it gave me enough information to enable me to recall the whole story even though it had been a time since reading them.

Legacy, like Minder and Adversary, was a fast read!  I found myself not wanting to put it down.  The characters are well thought out and superbly created!  The story itself is amazing.  Kate Kaynak has put together a story that appeals to so many kinds of readers.  It is imaginative, clever, creative, and entertaining.  It is a thriller, romance, paranormal, suspense, fantasy.  This book will grab you and not let go!!!  

Follower Love Giveaway Winner!!!

The Winner - chosen by random.org is #32

Congrats Stacy Juba!

Thanks to all who entered!  Love getting Love!!!  

Stacy your book will be on it's way to you in Monday's post from MN!

Oh - and while we are talking about Follower Love, I want to shout out a BIG 
"Happy Valentine's Day!" to all of mine!

Holy Buckets! I have almost 500 Followers!!!

I can't believe I have 499 followers!  I never thought I would get 49 followers!  This is so awesome! Stop on back because once I get beyond 500 - I am having a giveaway!  Book Depository here we come!

Happy Reading - Happy Blogging - Have a great weekend!

Follower Love Giveaway Hop!

Welcome to the February Follower Love Giveaway Hop!  As you can see it runs from 2/8 until 2/13!

You can get to the hop linky here. I am #165 on the list - - The Book Faery is next!

I love hops, but time is something we all seem to never have enough of 

- so I will make this as simple as possible:

The Prize ~ Betrayed by PC Cast & Kristin Cast

The Rules:  

1. Must be 13 or older

2. Must be a follower

3. Must be domestic US to win (sorry)

4. Must fill out form.

Click Here to fill out the form!

2011 Tentative Hop Schedule

St. Patricks Day Hop March 17th to 20th - Co-hosted by Cindy from Books Complete Me
Fool For Books Hop April 1-2 Co-Hosted by Belinda from The Bookish Snob
Easter Hop April 20th to 25th - Co-hosted by Cindy from Once Upon a Twilight - SIGN UPS open February 8th.

May Hop Co-Hosted by Heather from Buried in Books
Splash Into Summer Hop May 25th to 31st Co-hosted by Page Turners

Mid Summer's Eve June 21st-22nd
Celebrating Freedom Hop July 1st to 4th Co-hosted by Simply Stacie
Summer Hop August 5th to 7th - Co-hosted by Mary from Bookhounds & Forever Young (adult)
Back to School Hop Sept 1 - 5th
Banned Book Week Hop Sept 24th - Oct 1st co-hosted by I Read Banned Books
Spooktacular Hop Oct 24th to 31st
Gratitude Giveaways November 17th to 27th
Midwinters Eve December 21st to 22nd

48 Hour Read-a-Thon!!!

Okay - so I had HUGE hopes for my weekend!  I always seem to forget that life still goes on even if I want to spend my time reading!  I had hoped to read a stack of books - I only got to read a few:

I finished 

Blameless by Gail Carriger and 

American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout 

just before the read-a-thon started 

and I read four books over the weekend.

Lace & Leather and The Beholder by Leanore Elliott (both novellas)

Scourge by David H. Burton and Danann Frost Falls From Grace by Joanne Valiukas