FRIDAY FIRSTS: Among the Hidden #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts
I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention!
The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you [...]

REVIEW: #69 Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes

Title: Living Dead Girl
Author: Elizabeth Scott
ISBN: 1416960600
Pages: 176

Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends — her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over.
Now Alice is [...]

Teaser Tuesday: The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

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.
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 [...]

REVIEW: #68 Beautiful Creatures

Reading time: 5 – 8 minutes

Title: Beautiful Creatures
Author(s): Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
ISBN: 0316042676
Pages: 576
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that’s what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a [...]

It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading? #Meme

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes

Edit: I guess J.Kaye is no longer doing it, but has passed it on to Sheila.
J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my [...]

REVIEW: #67 Buddha (Volume 1) Kapilavastu

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: Buddha, Volume 1 – Kapilavastu
Author: Osamu Tezuka
ISBN: 193223456X
Pages: 256
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
Ancient India vividly comes to life in this multiple award-winning series that has convinced American readers Osamu Tezuka is indeed one of the world’s greatest comic masters.
Bringing unprecedented visual richness to a traditional story of [...]

REVIEW: #66 Emma Vol. 1 by Kaoru Muri

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: Emma Vol. 1
Author: Kaoru Mori
ISBN: 1401211321
Pages: 192
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
An upstairs gentleman and a downstairs servant share a secret love. The saga begins. In Victorian England, a young girl named Emma is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. [...]

REVIEW: #65 Blankets by Craig Thompson

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: Blankets
Author: Craig Thompson
ISBN: 1891830430
Pages: 592
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
At 592 pages, Blankets may well be the single largest graphic novel ever published without being serialized first.
Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the [...]

REVIEW: #64 Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

Title: Graceling
Author: Kristin Cashore
ISBN: 0547258305
Pages: 480

Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be [...]

WINNER: Custom Poster Giveaway!

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes

After many issues posting this entry — I finally got it working. I apologize to Twitter for having this announced at least 3 separate times. Thanks for your patience.

Thank you from OnlinePosterPrinting.com for allowing me to giveaway the following item.

18×24 Poster Print for One (1) Winner
Paper Stock: High [...]

Friday Finds: The Unit & Living Dead Girl #Meme

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

This meme is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. The directions are rather simple — You simply discuss a book you have found recently (not necessarily have purchased and/or read — but discovered) that looks to be a good and/or interesting read.
This week, while searching through Barnes and Noble [...]

Friday Firsts: Graceling #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts
I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention!
The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you [...]

My Favorite Reads #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes

This Thursday Book #meme is hosted by Alyce at At Home with Books. To participate is rather simple. You display the information to one of your favorite (all-time) books and then discuss why you chose it.
This week, I chose:
Title: Nancy Drew and the Clue in the Diary
Author: Carolyn Keene
ISBN: 0448095076
Pages: [...]

Booking Through Thursday #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes

Every Thursday, Booking Through Thursday asks a book-ish question. This week, the question was:
How do you feel about illustrations in your books? Graphs? Photos? Sketches?
That is very easy – I love illustrations. In fact, I love them even more in educational books as they help visual students learn by [...]

REVIEW: #63 We the Children by Andrew Clements

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: We the Children (Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of the School vol. 1)
Author: Andrew Clements
ISBN: 1416938869
Pages: 160

Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
Benjamin Pratt’s harbor-side school is going to be bulldozed to make room for an amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true … or is it [...]

Some good reads on my TBR pile!

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes

I took the advice of recommendations and made some purchases this week. I want to feel a little guilty but at the same time, I am so excited about what is coming to me! I ordered these books from Barnes and Noble because shipping was free and are usually [...]

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