In My Mailbox (6)

In My Mailbox (6)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by

This week was a HUGE mail week for me! I received books from a book blogger conference and also from Amazon!
Books from Amazon:
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Hex Hall (Book #1) – Rachel Hawkins
Ghostwriter – Travis Thrasher
Falling Under – Gwen Hayes

   

Books from Book Blogger & Publishers Online Conference!
Thank you to all the publishers & authors who donated!

   

Eternal on the Water – Joseph Monninger
Trapped – Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen
Deep Kiss of Winter – Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter
The Return of Black Douglas – Elaine Coffman

   

Sun Tunnels and Secret – Carole Thayne Warburton

Happy reading everyone!

Teaser Tuesday (1)

Teaser Tuesday (1)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My Teaser: 

 
  Your father was a mysterious man who never talked about his family or his past. Maybe that’s why I was never able to foresee the threat that hovered over him and my daughter, a threat born of that dark and unfathomable past.

-pg. 72, The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

*Subject to change as this is an Advanced Review Copy.

This is the first time I’ve done this meme, please share your own teasers, or provide a link to your post so I can visit your blog. :)

DearReader.com

As the way things always happen, I stumble upon something by clicking links through different sites – each one intriguing in their own right, sort of like Hanzel and Gretel’s crumbs in the forest, following a trail, except instead of finding my way home, I am exploring the world wide web.

Today I stumbled on DearReader.com (which I found through an author’s site, which lead me to authorbuzz.com, and then DearReader.com) I had heard of the sites where you can sign up for an email that contain a chapter or so of a book, and you read it in small chunks like that until you’re done. I’ve always thought that was a great idea – especially for people who are busy and don’t get a lot of time to read. For me, personally, I couldn’t read ONLY a chapter a day, so I never bothered to sign up for anything.

However, today, when I was checking out DearReader, I decided that I would sign up because there’s more than just book chapters, like I previously mentioned I signed up for AuthorBuzz. This looks like an awesome resource to get to know and connect with authors.  There’s also contests, advanced reader copies, signed books, and other fun things.

The DearReader takes you to a page where you type in your zip code and then you find your local library on the list, go to their site and sign up for all the clubs you’re interested in.

I had no idea my local library participated in this and it’s completely free, when I heard about this idea in the past, it was a paid service.

For me, I signed up for AuthorBuzz, Pre-Pub (great way to get sneak peeks and info on what’s coming out), Teen (couldn’t resist!), and Thriller.

*Note: you don’t get to read the full book, only the first 3 chapters or so and then they move onto the next book 

Has anyone else signed up for these clubs? What do you think?

In My Mailbox (5)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren 
I haven’t posted my In My Mailbox in awhile, so I will list all of the books I have acquired since my last post (4/3).
E-books, specifically for review:
Spellbound – Cara Lynn Shultz  (will be released 6/28/11)
The Poisoned House – Michael Ford (will be released (9/1/11)
The Advice Girl – L.A. Shaw (available)
Dead People – Edie Ramer (available)
Stuff to Spy For – Don Bruns  (will be released 11/2/11, and also apparently available now too!) 
Cameo and the Highwayman – Dawn McCullough-White (available)
Print: Barnes and Noble had a great bargain book sale, I just couldn’t resist!
Body Surfing – Anita Shreve (available)
Eighth Grade Bites – Heather Brewer (available, bought as an extra copy to loan or use in a giveaway)
Generation Dead – Daniel Waters (available)
Old Magic – Marianne Curley (available)
The Seance – John Harwood (available, bought as an extra copy to loan or use in a giveaway)
The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennett (available)
Matched – Ally Condie (available, actually won this in a giveaway! woot!)

Happy Reading everyone! :)

Follow Friday & Blog Hop (5)

Today’s featured question is:

What is on your current playlist right now?

Random stuff on my iTunes mostly.. lately there has been a lot of:
Atomic Tom
Owl City
Taylor Swift

Book Blogger Hop

Question: “If you find a book you love, do you hunt down other books by the same author?”

My answer? Most definitely! I add them to my wish list right away. If I LOVE that book I figure I will love what ever else that author has written. Case in point, after I finished Richelle Mead’s the Vampire Academy series, I investigated (and was thrilled) to find that she had other books out!

Happy Friday & Happy Reading!