Wicked Winter Read-a-Thon Intro & Info

Wicked Winter Read-a-Thon Intro & Info

Wicked Winter Readathon

Hosted by Bex @ Kindle Fever & April @ My Shelf Confessions

#WWReadathon

Finally the Wicked Winter Read-a-Thon and we’re so excited! This is our second read-a-thon and for those of us who joined us for our first – we’re hoping to rock it out as much or more this time around! If you’re new – welcome to the party! We’re going to rock it out! We’ve got some awesome challenges and prizes planned!

And of course, it’s not too late to sign up yet!

 Sign up information:

  • Whether you can join us one, two or three days of the event, you are very welcome to sign up! It’s all up to you when, what and how much you read.
  • How do you sign up? Just fill out the linky below with the URL where we can find your updates! Blog, Twitter, Goodreads or Facebook profile/pages
  • Are you a late arrival? The linky will be open until midnight Saturday, February 4 for those of you who still want to join in on the fun
Want to sign up? Go to the original sign up page HERE.

Participation:

  • You only have to read. But it’s always fun reading starting postsupdates on your progress and wrap-up posts throughout the weekend, to really make this as interactive as possible! Find other participants’ updates through the linky below or at #WWReadathon on twitter!

Challenges:

  • In order to participate, you do not have to take part in a challenge. However if you want to win one of the prizes we have to offer, participation in at least one challenge is required.
  • Each challenge offers a different winner and prize and all are international!
  • The challenge schedule can be found below:

Challenge Schedule

Friday, February 3rd:
10AM – 2PM EST | Fight for Survival | Rebecca @ Kindle Fever
4PM – 8PM EST | Wintry Sentences | Melissa @ Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf
8PM – 12AM EST | Welcome into the Unknown | Vicky @ Books, Biscuits and Tea
Saturday, February 4th:
10AM – 2PM EST | The Wicked Winter Ball | Kimberly @ Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer
4PM – 8PM EST Wicked Cover Lover | Christy @ Love of Books
8PM – 12AM EST | Guess the Title – Picture Puzzle | Michelle @ Book Briefs
Sunday, February 5th:
10AM – 2PM EST | Tease at Random | Claire @ Project TBR
4PM – 8PM EST | Sentence to Song | Amanda @ Letters Inside Out
8PM – 12AM EST | The Fight for Survival Continues | April @ My Shelf Confessions


Prizes:

  • To be able to win a prize you have to have done at least one update and one challenge during the entire weekend. Every challenge you participate in gives you (+1) extra entry.
  • The form allowing you to enter for the prizes can be found in the last challenge every day as well as this post [will be posted shortly], so no worries if you’re not able to participate the whole weekend.
    NOTE: You can only fill in the form once, so make sure you’re finished with the read-a-thon
  • The form will stay open until midnight Monday, February 6 for those who can’t or miss filling it out on Sunday.

Throughout the weekend a twitter party will be open with the hashtag #WWReadathon, where we can follow each other’s updates of how the read-a-thon is going. People will also be updating on their blogs, Goodreads or Facebook pages. We’ve also got a chat room for those without twitter! We’ll be posting the link to that shortly!

Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon Update

Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon Update

If you don’t already know, Bex @ Kindle Fever and I over here at My Shelf Confessions are hosting the Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon ( #WWReadathon for the twitter party!)

Now to be honest, I haven’t had a lot of time to read. I’ve been doing my best to keep up with twitter and go around and visit some blogs, and all the things a good lil host should do.

I was thinking at first that I might read Pretty Little Liars, since it’s a fun light read that I’ve been looking forward to for awhile. However, I do have some rather massive books due for review next month that I’d like to the the jump on, especially since it seems like November is coming lightening fast!!

So I will be continuing to read the book I’ve already started and am 48 pgs into:


The Time in Between by Maria Duenas
The Time in Between by Maria Duenas
Last night (or early this morning LOL) I got some really decent reading in and am now on page 117! I’m a fairly slow reader compared to most of you so that’s some nice progress for me! I still have a lot more to read – it’s 609 pages long.

I haven’t participated in any challenges (I wouldn’t think that’s fair since I’m a host haha) but I have so say SO far my favorite challenge has been Michelle’s @ Book Briefs, the Pictures to Create a Book Title – you all came up with some really great ones! I had to google many of my guesses because they were books I’d never heard of before.

I’m having an absolutely fabulous time and I hope everyone else is too! I’ve already made some fantastic friends! Thanks so much for joining us in the fun, you all ROCK!

If you want more information and a schedule of the challenges to come: WWReadathon INFO

 

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Teaser Tuesday (7)

Teaser Tuesday (7)

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
My teaser this week comes from The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson that will be up for review shortly on the blog! So stay tuned for that.

The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson

 

“I love to read.”

“What kind of reading?”

Sometimes you can tell all you need to know about a person just in the way they ask the question: politely, or with genuine curiosity, denoting a fine understanding of all it might reveal-from a rich inner life to a point of compatibility between strangers. It was also a hard question to answer, it’s simplicity lethal as a narrow blade.

– pg. 12, The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson

Happy Teaser Tuesday, I’m sure my wish list will grow as I hop to everyone’s posts! :)

Book Review: The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross

Book Review: The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross

The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1)The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In The Girl in the Steel Corset, Finley Jayne is not your average Victorian-era heroine. She has a dark side. Employed as a maid when Lord August-Raynes makes untoward advances, her dark side comes forward and she flees from the aftermath, knowing she will be fired. As she’s running from the scene of the incident, she steps into the path of Griffin King’s velocycle and he crashes to avoid hitting her. Griffin and his friend end up taking Finley back to his house in order to ensure she’s alright. He’s also curious because he senses that there is something different about Finley and hopes to discover what it is.

As Finley comes around she soon realizes that this is no ordinary household and perhaps they are as unique as she is. Never having any friends before she is wary and trust isn’t easy for her. However, Finley soon becomes aware of a mystery that Griffin and his friends are desperate to solve. A man known as The Machinist – because he uses automatons to commit his crimes – is on the loose and Finley is hoping she can earn the trust and friendship she’s gone so long without, by helping them stop him before he destroys all of England.

First off, a shelf confession: The Girl in the Steel Corset is only the second steampunk book I’ve ever read, the first being a classic of the genre, Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter. I really loved this book and how the world is slowly revealed to the reader – the beautiful meld of old and new that is the hallmark of steampunk.

My favorite part of The Girl in the Steel Corset was the interactions between the characters. Griffin is the leader of the group, and the owner of the house and he’s “collected” all of these unique people. They all have interesting strengths and weaknesses. Emily is in love with Sam, but Sam has no clue. Finley has trouble trying to blend both sides of herself into one coherent self, so she is sometimes unpredictable. Griffin feels a huge amount of responsibility for the well-being of his friends and he’s torn between his allegiances to all of them as he welcomes Finley into his home.

I also liked the villain. The Machinist is creepy and you only learn bits and pieces about him – as much as the characters know, before the final scenes play out. It makes for some great suspense.

The only thing I wasn’t quite sure about was the ending. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read it, but it left me only partially satisfied.

I highly recommend The Girl in the Steel Corset for all steampunk lovers – or anyone who is curious to try the steampunk genre. Also, for anyone interested in mystery or romance, there’s enough in the book to keep you satisfied as well.

*Galley provided from HarlequinTeen via NetGalley. This review and all opinions expressed therein are my own.

In My Mailbox (12)

In My Mailbox (12)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by
This week was a fantastic weekend for mail!
I received a few ARCs that I have really been looking forward to, one of which was basically gift wrapped and was so fun to open! I had to take pics to share:
OK, my pictures are NOT good. That picture of The Lantern does NOT do it any justice at all. Nor do the other pictures, that’s what I get for not having a good digital camera and getting stuck using my iPod LOL!
 For Review:
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill
The Sixes by Kate White
Altered by Aubrey Coletti
I can’t wait until I can read these ones, I’m particularly excited about The Lantern and The Sixes!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and has an awesome week!