February 2012
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Fractured Light
Llona Reese lives life on the run, moving every few years to keep her and her uncle Jake safe. She is an Aura, a vessel for Light, and the enemy of Auras are the Vykens - the same enemy that killed her parents. She has been running from them her whole life, but once she finally makes friends her senior year, she refuses to run any longer. Light is pure, used for charity and to make others...
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Follow Friday - 10 February 2012
Follow Friday is hosted by Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read.
This week’s question is: What would your prefer: reading your favorite book over and over again until you got sick of it OR reading 100s of mediocre books? And why?
My answer: Ooooh, this is a fun question. I would prefer to read my favorite book over and over again rather than read hundreds of mediocre books...
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The Butterfly Clues
Penelope “Lo” Marin and her parents have moved from city to city because of her dad’s work but seem to be in for the long haul in Ohio since her brother, Oren, died there the year before and her mother became listless and disconnected. Before her brother’s death and all throughout her childhood, Lo has collected, and at times stolen, quirky objects that appeal to...
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Rebecca
Rebecca follows the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter from the time she meets Maxim in Monte Carlo through the rough first year of their marriage. Set at Manderley on the Cornish coast, the new Mrs. de Winter must contend with the overwhelming presence of the first Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca, kept alive by the creepy housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers. The new Mrs. de Winter becomes obsessed with Rebecca and...
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Teaser Tuesday - 7 February 2012
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
Be careful not to include spoilers!
Share the title and author so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR lists...
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Follower Love Giveaway Hop!
The Follower Love Giveaway Giveaway Hop is hosted by Kathy at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Rachel Renee Anderson.
The hop runs from 7 February 2012 to 14 February 2012. Any entries outside of those dates will be disqualified.
First, I want to thank you all for following The Musings of ALMYBNENR and following me throughout the various social networks. I would thank each and every one of...
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INCARNATE Launch Party & Signing!
Oooh, pretty!
As some of you may know, I traveled to Harrisonburg, Virginia on Saturday, February 4, with Jessica from Fictional Distraction and her friend Joy (I first met them back in July 2011 at Maggie Stiefvater’s Forever tour stop at Tysons Corner). It felt like we made the trip in no time with how much fun we were having in the car.
Look who joined Jodi: Sam, Ana, and a...
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Wrap Up: 2012 Wicked Winter Read-a-thon
The Wicked Winter Read-a-thon was hosted by Rebecca at Kindle Fever and April at My Shelf Confessions.
I did not have any set goals for this read-a-thon, which was a good thing since I already knew that Saturday would be a slow reading day for me because I traveled 3+ hours each way to Jodi Meadows’ launch party and signing and Friday turned out to be slower because at the last minute...
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The Fight for Survival Continues: 2012 Wicked...
Congratulations you’ve survived the Ice Age this long – some of you were more ingenious than others. However all of you will now face one of the Ice Age’s greatest challenges: the Wicked Winter Witch. She has magick and uses the fierce weather and temperatures to her advantage.
How will you save yourself and the precious books you’ve managed to save and savor through this long winter? How will...
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Once Upon A Royal Superbaby
What a cute follow-up to Once Upon A Cool Motorcycle Dude! This time the boy gets to start the story with a different kind of motorcycle dude: a king with a pretty sweet motorcycle as his steed, going after the dragon. Of course, the girl brings in the beautiful queen and turns it into a more feminine fairy tale with the king at the queen’s beck and call. She is also the one who...
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Updates: 2012 Wicked Winter Read-a-thon
The Wicked Winter Read-a-thon is hosted by Rebecca at Kindle Fever and April at My Shelf Confessions.
On this post I will be keeping track of my reading and challenge progress.
Updates:
2/3
Number of pages read today: Not sure, but very little (1%). It’s an eARC and it doesn’t show page numbers for it on my Kindle. Why such a bad start? Well, I was finishing another book...
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Warm Bodies
R is a zombie in an America ravaged by war, collapse, and the walking Dead. Blood and brains are the highlights of his seemingly timeless “life”, but although he cannot remember who he was, he has a more meaningful existence than other zombies. He is one of the few who can speak, albeit haltingly, but within his mind he is an eloquent philosopher.
Then one event allows...
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Follow Friday - 3 February 2012
Follow Friday is hosted by Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read.
This week’s question is: Define what characteristics your favorite books share. Do they all have a kick ass heroine or is the hot love interest the Alpha Male?
My answer: Hmm, well all of my favorite books share interesting characters that I can relate to (or love to hate), kick ass story lines, and a certain...
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Clockwork Prince
Disclaimer: No spoilers from Clockwork Prince, but read with caution if you have not read Clockwork Angel.
Tessa Gray knows what she can do but still does not know what she is. Meanwhile, Mortmain, the man with the information, is lying low but still pulling the puppet strings. Because of losing Mortmain and unknowingly welcoming a spy into the London Institute, Charlotte Branwell is in...
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Winners: Young Adult Giveaway Hop!
The Young Adult Giveaway Hop was hosted by Kathy at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Amber at Down The Rabbit Hole.
Thank you all so much for entering - this giveaway received 1,004 entries!
Onto the moment you all are waiting for…the WINNERS!
The U.S. winner is…
Randi M.!
The international winner is…
Christina K.!
Congratulations to you both!
You each get to choose one book from...
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February Reviews: 2012 Books of Eyre Reading...
Link Your February Reviews!
Please link your February reviews on this post. Each month, there will be a new post where your reviews can be linked for that particular month. You do not need a blog to participate! Posting on Goodreads or wherever you post your reviews is fine. I will list the link for each month on the sidebar under the challenge button.
When you add the link(s) of your...
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February Reviews: 2012 Tudor Reading Challenge
Link Your February Reviews!
Please link your February reviews on this post. Each month, there will be a new post where your reviews can be linked for that particular month. You do not need a blog to participate! Posting on Goodreads or wherever you post your reviews is fine. I will list the link for each month on the sidebar under the challenge button.
VERY IMPORTANT (last month the...
January 2012
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2 Year Blogoversary!
The Musings of ALMYBNENR is two years old! Well…two years and five days old. January 26 has come and gone.
Because…
I forgot! Sort of…
See, early last week, I knew about my upcoming blogoversary. But somewhere between then and the weekend and now…well, it completely slipped my mind. I realized that I had missed my own blog’s birthday a few hours ago and...
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January: New Loot!
2 January 2012
Bought from Amazon for Kindle for $1.99:
7 January 2012
Received the following book which I won from Jackie @ My Tower of Books:
And a book I won from author RaShelle Workman through the YA scavenger hunt:
9 January 2012
Received a book that I won from Courtney @ Fuzzy.Coffee.Books 12 Days of Christmas giveaway:
10 January 2012
For free from Amazon for Kindle:
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January #RAK Wrap-Up
The lovely Lethea (@LuvDayLilies) sent me two RAKs at the beginning of the month to start the new year off right. Thanks so much for your generosity. You definitely embody the spirit of RAK.
I sent out 5 RAKs this month.
I sent Mesmerized by Julia Crane and Talia Jager to Temara at Any & Everything Books, But I Love Him by Amanda Grace to Andrea at The Busy Bibliophile, Everblue by...
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Available TODAY: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows!
In honor of Jodi Meadow’s debut and new release, Incarnate, available TODAY, I want to share with you this beautiful book trailer:
I love the colors in this trailer - just like the book cover. The female voice-over is perfect. If you have the chance, go out and by Incarnate today! I will be buying my copy on 4 February 2012 at Jodi’s launch party…I can’t wait to...
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Teaser Tuesday - 31 January 2012
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
Be careful not to include spoilers!
Share the title and author so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR...
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The Queen's Lady
Honor Larke had a rough childhood, but everything turned around when Thomas More took her in as his ward. Now in 1527, she has a choice: marry and fall into the role of obedient wife or serve Queen Catherine at court. Honor chooses the latter and soon finds that court life is not everything she thought it would be but she is loyal to the queen whose position is being undermined by Anne...
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Wrap Up: 2012 A Winter's Respite Read-a-thon
Michelle at The True Book Addict is hosted this read-a-thon last week.
My goals for this read-a-thon were to:
Finish reading The Queen’s Lady by Barbara Kyle
Read Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Read Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Read Divergent by Veronica Roth
I did finish reading The Queen’s Lady and I also read Clockwork Prince. I read most...
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2012 Wicked Winter Read-a-thon
The Wicked Winter Read-a-thon is hosted by Rebecca at Kindle Fever and April at My Shelf Confessions.
It takes place this weekend, February 3-5. Each person is encouraged to read as much as they can - you set your own goals and there is no reason to feel overwhelmed because whatever you get through is your own little victory. There will also be book-related giveaways and a Twitter party....
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What Baby Needs
What Baby Needs discusses the changes that occur with a new addition to the family, how it may affect older siblings, and how to involve them.
The target audience of What Baby Needs are older siblings - ones who are still young and need to be taught what it means to welcome a younger sibling into the family. Through text and illustrations, it discusses what babies need, what the older...
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Follow Friday - 27 January 2012
Follow Friday is hosted by Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read.
This week’s question is: Which book genre do you avoid at all costs and why?
My answer: I believe I’m a rather eclectic reader but I never really read self-help books or memoirs. That stuff just bores me.
I have new ways to follow on the right sidebar. It is now easier to subscribe by RSS or by email...
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Young Adult Giveaway Hop!
The Young Adult Giveaway Hop is hosted by Kathy at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Amber at Down The Rabbit Hole.
The hop runs from 27 January 2012 to 31 January 2012. Any entries outside of those dates will be disqualified.
What will you win here? I have chosen my absolute favorite young adult books I have read so far this year. There will be two winners, one U.S. and one international....
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Incarnate
Ana is new in a world where a million souls have been reincarnated for thousands of years. Ana’s birth marked the disappearance of one of these reincarnated souls and no one understands why. Many of the reincarnated souls believe Ana is a nosoul. Her mother, who thinks the same, kept her from society and treated her horribly.
At eighteen, Ana decides to travel to the city of Heart to...
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January Reviews: 2012 Books of Eyre Reading...
Link Your January Reviews!
Please link your January reviews on this post. Each month, there will be a new post where your reviews can be linked for that particular month. You do not need a blog to participate! Posting on Goodreads or wherever you post your reviews is fine. I will list the link for each month on the sidebar under the challenge button.
When you add the link(s) of your...
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2012 Books of Eyre Reading Challenge
The 2012 Books of Eyre Reading Challenge lasts from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. There are three levels:
Student: 5 books
Governess: 10 books
Mistress of Thornfield: 15 books
I am going for Student, five books.
I will list my books here as I read them:
January
01.
^ Re-reads
* ARC
** Review Copy
§ E-Book
~ Audiobook
Related posts:
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Select Books of Eyre Reads: 2012 Books of Eyre...
Here are a few ideas of Eyre-related books to read for this challenge (click on the covers for synopses from Goodreads):
There is also another related book coming out sometime in the summer that has no details or cover as of yet called Death of a Schoolgirl (The Jane Eyre Chronicles) by Joanna Campbell Slan.
And of course, the original counts!
Related posts:
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Sign Up: 2012 Books of Eyre Reading Challenge
Inspiration has struck again. I had been thinking of what I wanted to read for a read-a-thon I am participating in and as I looked through my books, I realized how many different takes there are on the Jane Eyre story, which I love. Then I asked myself, why not start a reading challenge for people to not only read the classic Jane Eyre but also related “Books of Eyre”? Thus, this...
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Teaser Tuesday - 24 January 2012
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
Be careful not to include spoilers!
Share the title and author so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR...
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Updates: 2012 A Winter's Respite Read-a-thon
Michelle at The True Book Addict is hosting this read-a-thon for the week.
On this post I will be keeping track of my reading and challenge progress.
Finish reading The Queen’s Lady by Barbara Kyle. As of this posting, I am only 205 pages through this 598 page book.
Read Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Read Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Divergent by...
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2012 A Winter's Respite Read-a-thon
Michelle at The True Book Addict is hosting this read-a-thon for the week. I am glad I found it! Even though the starting line went live at midnight, readers can join at any time during the week (yay!) and if you sign up at the starting line and end with a wrap-up post, you will be entered for a giveaway. There will also be mini challenges and more giveaways throughout the read-a-thon and you...
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New Girl
The new girl at Manderly Academy is unknown but everyone takes special notice of her because the empty spot she claims at the boarding school once belonged to Becca Normandy - a girl who went missing at the end of the previous school year. It is almost as if Becca never left. Her name is on everyone’s lips. Most believe she is pulling a stunt and will show up at any minute. Others...
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Once Upon A Cool Motorcycle Dude
What happens when a boy and a girl have to work together on a project to create a fairy tale?
The boy and girl do not exactly see eye to eye on the story. The girl begins with a princess story in which her ponies are stolen by a giant so she cries and makes gold thread.
Not at all the boy’s style, he takes over and introduces a big biker who guards the last pony and fights the giant...
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A Million Suns
Disclaimer: No spoilers from A Million Suns, but read with caution if you have not read Across the Universe.
Three months have passed since the action that took place in Across the Universe. Elder has assumed leadership of Godspeed and although Amy feels like the walls are closing in, she has hope that things will be better, especially since the Phydus drug has been banished from the ship...
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Follow Friday - 20 January 2012
Follow Friday is hosted by Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read.
This week’s question is: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done to get your hands on any particular book?
My answer: Hmm. I’ve never really done anything super crazy. I guess the only thing that comes close to crazy was all the times I went to my local Barnes & Noble late at night...
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Across the Universe
Seventeen-year-old Amy Martin is about to embark on a journey that will take her to a whole new world. Literally.
Along with her parents, she is cryogenically frozen and placed upon the spaceship Godspeed with ninety-seven other frozen people from Earth. The ship is traveling to a new Earth-like planet on an exploratory mission and it will take three hundred years to get there - hence, the...
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2012 Books You Can Read in a Day Challenge
I’m not sure how I missed this challenge but since I feel that I’ve been reading some books rather quickly, I thought I would give this one a go.
It’s pretty self-explanatory. It lasts until 31 December 2012. Audiobooks and eBooks are allowed as long as they can be read in a day (or two*) and they can be adult, young adult, middle grade…all those are allowed, just not...
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What's That Genre?
Do you ever wish you could pick up a book, turn to the back cover (or maybe the copyright page) and see what exactly the genre(s) is(are)?
I do1 Especially with the blending of many genres, but most specifically, I am thinking of how confusing it can be to distinguish between dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels (and sometimes science fiction). This is mostly a problem I have with young...
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Available TODAY: Tempest by Julie Cross!
In honor of Julie Cross’s debut and new release, Tempest, available TODAY, I want to share with you all the wonderful book trailer:
Did you watch that 30 seconds of awesome-ness? Good! The year has barely started and already Tempest makes my best of 2012 list, so I want you all to go out there and buy it, borrow it, and read it! Also, feel free to check out my review!
There is also a...
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Teaser Tuesday - 17 January 2012
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
Be careful not to include spoilers!
Share the title and author so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR...