February 2011
28 posts
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January: New Loot!
The mean green hoarding dragon machine = ME!
The treasure = my new loot AKA my new BOOKS (and sometimes other cool things)!
2 January 2011
Bought from Amazon.com:
3 January 2011
Bought from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle:
4 January 2011
Bought from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle:
Acquired for free from Amazon.com:
6 January 2011
Bought from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle:
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January 2011
48 posts
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Stealing Time
Stealing Time by Elisa Paige
How I got my hands on this book: Received from Carina Press via NetGalley
Genre: Fiction, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
Publication Date: 31 January 2011
First Sentence:
It’s funny looking back, but right up to the moment the doctors diagnosed the sharp pain in my stomach and gave me their shocking news, I’d never thought about my own mortality.
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Mini-Challenge January - April 2011
This lovely Mini-Challenge is hosted by the wonderful non-lazy Lazy Girl at Lazy Girl Reads! This is a refreshing and doable challenge as it only lasts for the months of January through April and only consists of reading four books. I just thought this challenge offered a very cute way to pick the four books and the button is so darn pretty! Here are the rules:
This challenge goes from...
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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday - 28 January 2011
This week’s question: ”What book are you most looking forward to seeing published in 2011? Why are you anticipating that book?”
I have a few questions of my own…why? Why? WHY? It is sooooo hard to pick just one book, as I’m sure all of you know. All of our to-read lists are a testament to that. Erm…geez, the one I’m most looking forward to…I...
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The Mysterious Lady Law
The Mysterious Lady Law by Robert Appleton
How I got my hands on this book: Received from Carina Press via NetGalley
Genre: Fiction, Steampunk
Publication Date: 31 January 2011
First Sentence: “Huzzah! Huzzah!”
Horace Holly initially meets Lady Law at a special ceremony in which various people are honored, including himself. Most find Lady Law mysterious and aloof. They also...
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Random Post of the Week! - 27 January 2011
Tumblr has a feature where one can click “Random” and, well, a random post from that blog will appear. I decided this might be a fun way to re-post some older things people may have missed.
Wordless Wednesday - 24 November 2010
Original post.
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Blogoversary & Giveaway!
It is 26 January 2011. This day marks my completion of one year in the blog universe. My first post was a simple, short, and silly “Hello World!” post. At the time, I didn’t plan on blogging regularly. I didn’t even plan on blogging past that first post. I only joined Tumblr because I had to sign up in order to answer a question my friend posted on her blog. It was the...
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Teaser Tuesday - 25 January 2011
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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Outing
Since the pain is more manageable and we were doing a dry run to the doc’s office where I’m getting that steroid shot, we decided to stop by nearby Centennial Park since we had Tally with us. First time I’ve been out in days besides going to doc appointments and we thought it would be good if I tried to walk a bit more. Didn’t go too far, but did get some nice pics of the...
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Flip This Zombie
Flip This Zombie by Jesse Petersen
How I got my hands on this book: Borrowed from the library
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Humor
First Sentence:
When the zombie plague struck, I was just an office schlub.
Sarah and David return in this follow-up in the Living with the Dead series. They have survived the zombie apocalypse for approximately three months and they have become relatively...
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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday - 21 January 2011
There’s no official Book Blogger Hop this week and since this is only my second time participating, I figured I would share a bit of what I’ve been doing this week in real life and blog life. If you follow me on Twitter, you probably have figured out some of what is going on with me. I’ll try to give a fuller yet still short version of the story. Late night on 2 January, a silly...
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Married with Zombies
Married with Zombies by Jesse Petersen
How I got my hands on this book: Borrowed from the library
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Humor
First Sentence:
David and I became warriors in the zombie plague on the first day, but don’t think that means we were front line soldiers or something.
Sarah and David thought that nothing could be worse than their failing marriage until they showed up...
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Random Post of the Week! - 20 January 2011
Tumblr has a feature where one can click “Random” and, well, a random post from that blog will appear. I decided this might be a fun way to re-post some older things people may have missed.
Persistence of Memory
Persistence of Memory
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
How I got my hands on this book: Borrowed from the library
Genre: Young Adult - Paranormal, Fantasy
First sentence:
The...
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Hollowland
Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
How I got my hands on this book: Bought from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle
Genre: Young Adult
First Sentence:
This is the way the world ends – not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.
Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to find her eight-year-old brother while keeping thirteen-year-old tag-a-long Harlow safe as they...
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Teaser Tuesday - 18 January 2011
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...
1 tag
Teaser Tuesday - 18 January 2011
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...
8 tags
Hollowland
Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
How I got my hands on this book: Bought from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle
Genre: Young Adult
First Sentence:
This is the way the world ends – not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.
Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to find her eight-year-old brother while keeping thirteen-year-old tag-a-long Harlow safe as they...
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Bloody Valentine
Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz
How I got my hands on this book: Bought from Amazon.com
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
First Sentence:
It was always Christmas down at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark’s Place in the East Village; the twinkling lights were left hanging up on the crossbeams year-round, just like the silver tinsel looped around the edge of the counter and...
“I will get to the hop as soon as I can. I’m in a lot of pain and just can’t...”
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Book Blogger Hop - 14 January 2011
So I’ve been wanting to participate in this meme for awhile and I’m finally getting around to it! Since this is my first time, I’m going to quote Jennifer of Crazy for Books description and rules for you guys (but mainly for myself so I have a reference point):
In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to...
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Book Blogger Hop - 14 January 2011
So I’ve been wanting to participate in this meme for awhile and I’m finally getting around to it! Since this is my first time, I’m going to quote Jennifer of Crazy for Books description and rules for you guys (but mainly for myself so I have a reference point):
In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to...
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A Memory of Wind
A Memory of Wind by Rachel Swirsky
How I got my hands on this book: Acquired for free from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle
Genre: Fiction, Short Story, Fantasy
First Sentence:
After Helen and her lover Paris fled to Troy, her husband King Menelaus called his allies to war.
I was attracted to this story over the summer, not so much because of the content, but because of the haunting cover....
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Random Post of the Week! - 13 January 2011
Tumblr has a feature where one can click “Random” and, well, a random post from that blog will appear. I decided this might be a fun way to re-post some older things people may have missed.
Original post.
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Bloody Valentine
Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz
How I got my hands on this book: Bought from Amazon.com
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
First Sentence:
It was always Christmas down at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark’s Place in the East Village; the twinkling lights were left hanging up on the crossbeams year-round, just like the silver tinsel looped around the edge of the counter and...
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Shadowspell
Disclaimer: No spoilers from Shadowspell, but read with caution if you have not read Glimmerglass.
Shadowspell by Jenna Black
How I got my hands on this book: Bought from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
First Sentence:
Going on a date with a bodyguard hanging over your shoulder sucks.
The second novel in the Faeriewalker series, Shadowspell begins approximately...
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Misguided Angel
Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz
How I got my hands on this book: Christmas gift
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
First Sentence:
There were seven of us at the inception of the order.
Misguided Angel is the fifth exciting installment in the Blue Bloods series. Things are getting really good folks. The story is told through four third-person perspectives: Schuyler’s,...
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A Memory of Wind
A Memory of Wind by Rachel Swirsky
How I got my hands on this book: Acquired for free from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle
Genre: Fiction, Short Story, Fantasy
First Sentence:
After Helen and her lover Paris fled to Troy, her husband King Menelaus called his allies to war.
I was attracted to this story over the summer, not so much because of the content, but because of the haunting cover....
3 tags
Teaser Tuesday - 11 January 2011
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...
3 tags
Teaser Tuesday - 11 January 2010
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...
6 tags
Misguided Angel
Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz
How I got my hands on this book: Christmas gift
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
First Sentence:
There were seven of us at the inception of the order.
Misguided Angel is the fifth exciting installment in the Blue Bloods series. Things are getting really good folks. The story is told through four third-person perspectives: Schuyler’s,...
8 tags
Shadowspell
Shadowspell by Jenna Black
How I got my hands on this book: Bought from Amazon.com for Amazon Kindle
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
First Sentence:
Going on a date with a bodyguard hanging over your shoulder sucks.
The second novel in the Faeriewalker series, Shadowspell begins approximately one to three weeks after Glimmerglass. Dana has has very little time to mentally recover from her...
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Keys to the Repository
Keys to the Repository by Melissa de la Cruz
How I got my hands on this book: Gift
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
First Sentence:
The Bank was a decrepit stone building at the tail end of Houston Street, on the last divide between the gritty East Village and the wilds of the Lower East Side.
Keys to the Repository is a companion novel to the Blue Bloods series. It is full of...
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Keys to the Repository
Keys to the Repository by Melissa de la Cruz
How I got my hands on this book: Gift
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
First Sentence:
The Bank was a decrepit stone building at the tail end of Houston Street, on the last divide between the gritty East Village and the wilds of the Lower East Side.
Keys to the Repository is a companion novel to the Blue Bloods series. It is full of...
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Birds and Fish, Oh My! →
What is causing the mass deaths of birds and fish? Well, any number of things, apparently. Yet some causes of death are still mysterious. But don’t worry folks! Tons of birds and fish and other critters just up and die en masse everyday! Nothing to worry about! There are federal records going back to the 1970s that record these types of things. The only difference now is that technology...
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Birds, Fish, and Incendiary Devices
Excuse me, but can I just ask…what in the HELL is this world coming to?! I’ve been catching snippets of news here and there and I just can’t believe my ears. I’m going to start with the birds. No, not these birds. I keep hearing about dead birds on the television and since I don’t keep track and don’t think too much of it until it starts growing and growing, I...
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Hey Fab Followers!
I am currently working on an update post because of some recent events that I just felt I had to comment on. But in the meantime, I just saw an awesome Tweet. So shameless plug! If you follow and tweet these guys with MY username, @aLmYbNeNr, I might win 20 books and guess who I will pass them out to?!?! ;)
From The Little Things Publishing, LLC (@TLTPublishing):
Bloggers:4 every new TLTfollower...
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Birds, Fish, and Incendiary Devices
Excuse me, but can I just ask…what in the HELL is this world coming to?! I’ve been catching snippets of news here and there and I just can’t believe my ears. I’m going to start with the birds. No, not these birds. I keep hearing about dead birds on the television and since I don’t keep track and don’t think too much of it until it starts growing and growing, I...
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The Blue Bloods Series (1-4)
I first discovered the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz sometime around 2006 or 2007, whenever the paperback edition was released. I’ve always loved vampire stories and as I browsed my local Barnes & Noble, I found the first novel in the series and immediately realized from the cover that it was about vampires. I was intrigued and I bought it. The vampire mythology Melissa de la...
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The Blue Bloods Series (1-4)
I first discovered the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz sometime around 2006 or 2007, whenever the paperback edition was released. I’ve always loved vampire stories and as I browsed my local Barnes & Noble, I found the first novel in the series and immediately realized from the cover that it was about vampires. I was intrigued and I bought it. The vampire mythology Melissa de la...
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Teaser Tuesday - 4 January 2011
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...
3 tags
Teaser Tuesday - 4 January 2010
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...
3 tags
Zombies! Satisfy Your Undying Hunger!
I love Book ♥ Soulmates and the lovely Isalys and Vanessa are hosting this challenge for 2011. I was hesitant to join until today when I saw another post about it because, well, zombies are gross and not all that interesting to me. Okay, well, and they scare me. I’m not one for horror. BUT, I recently discovered a zombie series (which I haven’t read yet but the books are waiting...
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Zombies! Satisfy Your Undying Hunger!
I love Book ♥ Soulmates and the lovely Isalys and Vanessa are hosting this challenge for 2011. I was hesitant to join until today when I saw another post about it because, well, zombies are gross and not all that interesting to me. Okay, well, and they scare me. I’m not one for horror. BUT, I recently discovered a zombie series (which I haven’t read yet but the books are waiting...