Saturday, August 27, 2011

IN MY MAILBOX 2



IN MY MAILBOX HOSTED BY THE STORY SIREN


This is for week ending: Aug 27th/28th the "Hurricane Irene Edition of In My Mailbox"










MAIL: FROM TOP L TO R


DARK TERRITORY: J. GABRIEL GATES & CHARLENE KEEL (HCI PUBLISHERS)


THE BABYLON PROPHECY BOOK 1:COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY: SEAN SALAZAR
(HOUSE OF KINDNESS-BARBARA KINDNESS PUBLICIST)


THE INFECTION: CRAIG DILOUIE (AUTHOR SENT/AUTOGRAPHED)


BODACIOUS BLUES: WHITNEY J. LEBLANC (AUTHOR SENT)


THE BONE HOUSE: STEPHEN R. LAWHEAD (BOOK SNEEZE)


ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY : GOT IN MAIL (I am excited for Sarah M Gellars new show "RINGER")


IF IT STILL HAS A HEAD, IT ISN'T QUITE DEAD: HARRISON BRADLOW (AUTHOR SENT)


JUST SAY THE WORD: CARLA SALVO (HOUSE OF KINDNESS)




EBOOKS:


BLOODLINES: RICHELLE MEAD (CURRENTLY READING)







Mercy
MERCY: JOSHUA GROVER/DAVID PATTERSON 
BLOOD CALLING:S/A/A




That's it for this week! I can't wait to hop about & see what all of you got too :) Signing off this has been The Hurricane Irene Edition of In My Mailbox brought to you by Vampyre Gurls Book Club & Hosted by The Story Siren..
Luvs ya all! 





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HURRICANES

Product Details    "The area a hurricane covers can be quite expansive from 100 to 300 miles wide. Most of the hurricane activity that we see begins "over the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator." It is then they start their willy nilly journeys which usually last for about a week. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a predictor that indicates just how strong a storm can be. They range from Category 1 to the extremely destructive Category 5 that New Orleans experienced with Hurricane Katrina. In this book you learn about the particulars of each category, you'll get a glimpse at some devastating historical hurricanes, you'll see how hurricanes are forecasted and tracked, you'll learn about storm watches, hurricane warnings, how to prepare for a storm, and you'll learn some interesting facts. 

This swirling, fascinating book is an interesting way to learn about hurricanes. I loved the setup of this book and if you have also read "Tornadoes" by Gail Gibbons you will have a good idea of how nicely she relays important information about nature's wondrous wrath. The first few pages discuss and illustrate how storms are formed. When the storm categories are discussed, you can read about and visual compare the differences. For example, in the aftermath of a Category one you can see the storm in action and when it is done you can see people out picking up the mess and surveying the damage like shingle loss, broken windows and scattered tree limbs. This is not only a fun book to read, but a very informative one!" - Hurricanes by Gail Gibbons on AMAZON.COM





Friday, August 26, 2011

FOLLOW FRIDAY~3

Happy FOLLOW FRIDAY..I am sorry to be posting so late.




FOLLOW FRIDAY IS HOSTED BY: PARAJUNKEE & ALISON CAN READ
Go to one of these links for more info..


This FEATURE FOLLOW &  FRIDAY'S QUESTIONS is brought to us by: CAUGHT IN THE PAGES 


Q. IN THE BOOKS LIKE THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE (TRUE BLOOD) SERIES THE PARANORMAL CREATURE IN QUESTION "COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET" AND MAKES ITSELF KNOWN TO THE WORLD. WHICH MYTHICAL CREATURE DO YOU WISH WOULD COME OUT OF THE CLOSET FOR REAL?



Anyone that knows me would think my answer would be VAMPYRES & they are kinda right ;) For this question I will leave my vampyre comfort zone..
I personally would love to have a world with shape shifters in it (like Alcide from True Blood) I would like to be one of these shape shifters too. When I am sad or angry or frustrated or even happy it would be amazing to fly through the sky as the sun sets or rises, run full speed with other wild horses through a field of wild flowers up to my knees, swim in the crystal blue sea with other colorful fishies, prowl at night in the jungle with other jungle cats, or just sit and chill and eat nuts like a cute little squirrel. The possibilities are endless! 




To any of my friends in the path of Hurricane Irene my thoughts are with you this weekend. Please keep us here in Connecticut (and the rest of the states in her path) in your thoughts as well. We are all pretty nervous tonight. Expecting the worst, hoping for the best. Much love to those already touched by the storm. I hope all is well and you're safe tonight. 


Much love to you all.








Wednesday, August 24, 2011

EVE BY ANNA CAREY REVIEW


The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth’s population. The night before eighteen-year-old Eve’s graduation from her all-girls school she discovers what really happens to new graduates, and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust...and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life...


Book in e-book form courtesy of NetGalley





I posted this book as my “WOW” last Wednesday (Waiting on Wednesday) & a fellow blogger friend told me I could find it on NET GALLEY (I am a member of NET GALLEY) as an e book ARC.
As FAST as my fingers could type I got to NG & there it was! In my “APPROVED” list. I downloaded the galley and began reading ASAP.

To say I devoured EVE would be an understatement. I absolutely adored this book from sentence one. There were a few things that irritated me & I HOPE they are cleared up in a sequel.

Eve was an orphan. Her mother died of the same virus that wiped out a majority of the world 16 years earlier. All school aged girls are segregated from men in “The School”, a school that prepares them for their “graduation”.  This generation is a part of “The New America”. The girls dream of graduating and living fabulous lives in the King’s capital, The City of Sand. Eve is the schools shining star. “You embody The New America, Eve-intelligence, hard work, and beauty” (excerpt from Chapter one) .

The girls are taught to obey and to fear men. Any and everything their teachers can do to make them fear men and to obey is said, shown, and done. They had never seen men nor do they want to.
Graduation day is upon Eve and she dreams of the days to come where she can spread her wings and fly and be a famous muralist. She envisions life the city with her best friends until a chance encounter with a schoolmate in the woods makes her re think all she has learned.

The night before Graduation she takes it upon herself to investigate all she was told. Part of her wanted to believe it was a lie and stay in bed but that nagging feeling deep down could not take it to chance that it wasn’t a lie.

Upon discovering the truth an unlikely ally helps Eve leave her destined future for one unknown. Leaving her friends behind and vowing to save them she takes off into the woods & over the infamous wall.  

Her escape leads her to people not unlike herself. Students used and abused by the King to create his new America in the dessert. Not knowing that Eve herself was a LARGE part of the Kings plan when she left; she quickly learns what the twisted King had in store for her. With the entire King’s army of soldiers looking for her she must keep one step ahead to survive.

Caleb is one of the people she met in the woods. Once a part of a school like Eve’s he too escaped into the woods. He quickly became a huge part of Eve’s life and they fell in love.

Eve’s adventures to get to a camp known as “Califia” brought her down a trail filled with people such as herself and people who were out to use and abuse and kill to get what they wanted. It was hard to know who to trust in this crazy “free for all” of a world over the wall.

She quickly learns that not all of her teachers had her best interest at heart; they truly were not honest and did all they could to shield her from the truth and real life as it was now. Inside of the King’s capital city life was hunky dory, at a large cost.

Like I said I LOVED EVE & I also had a few small issues.
I think the book repped a dystopian society perfectly. The way the author showed us this new, wild, world was perfect. I found myself imagining if it were to happen now how would I survive and act. Eve herself was a sweet, strong, sincere girl. She had normal reactions and behaviors to the situations around her. BUT….

I thought Eve forgot about certain ppl she left behind a little too fast. She vowed to come back for her BFF Pip but you did not hear Pip’s name again. If that were my lifelong BFF about to go into that situation I would at least talk about her to my new friends and let them know about the ppl I had to leave behind. MAYBE it was easier to deal with not talking about it. She had to change a lot to survive and any emotional weakness would make her like chum in the water.

I would of liked to of heard Eve talk about Pip and the other ppl she lost in her life, especially those ppl who sacrificed a lot to protect Eve. Eve is a hot commodity now seeing as she is considered the Kings personal property, any other student escapee is not as important as Eve. For anyone to help Eve in her continued escape does so at a great cost and risk to themselves. I wanted Eve to recognize that a bit more. It is ONLY book 1 after all so I won’t be too hard on my gurl Eve..

These few, small, things aside Eve was a truly fabulous read.
I personally was NOT happy with the end. To say it was a cliffy is a HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT! I would NOT have done what she had done. BUT maybe the unexpected is better in this stories sake. It has me amped up for book 2. She did not do what everyone expected so book 2 will most likely be pretty exciting and fast paced.
Seeing as book 1 is not officially published yet book 2 will seem lifetimes away..

Eve will not disappoint. You will fall in love with this story and get drawn deep into it. You will see yourself in her shoes and imagine life in their world. You feel a part of it and you will cheer and jeer for the ppl in this book.









Tuesday, August 23, 2011

IN MY MAILBOX 1





IN MY MAILBOX HOSTED BY: THE STORY SIREN










This week was pretty cool for me, I received 8 ARCS ( 5 from one publisher & 1 from the author herself & 1 from Simon & Schuster & 1 from Net Galley) Oceanview Publishing:Thriller & Mystery books & Evelyn Lafont: FABULOUS AUTHOR (check her out! NOW!)
along with:
1 ebook from Simon & Schuster Galley Grab, 2 ebooks from Library Thing, 1 ebook from Net Galley. 
 I did a happy dance on my front porch 2 seconds after I saw the mailman drop my box off :)
In the past I received 2 very cool zombie themed books (reviews to come) but they are already published. I was still in tears of happiness to receive them. They are in my special "book drawer" safe from kitties with claws and a doggy with likes to chew sharp teeth..
ARCS are very special and I already sent out thank you notes. I feel an ARC is a priv and one not to be abused.  Enough of my blabbing & on with the show :)


DESCRIPTIONS RIGHT BELOW PICTURES:




The books above are ARCS from "Oceanview Publishing" and are titled as followed (L-R)
  • TOO MUCH STUFF: DON BRUNS (release 12/21/11)
  • COLLATERAL DAMAGE: H.TERRELL GRIFFIN (release date 12/05/11)
  • FLY BY NIGHT: WARD LARSEN (release date 11/1/11)
  • BLACK DIAMOND: JOHN F. DOBBYN (10/03/11)
  • THE BLACK STILETTO: RAYMOND BENSON (09/05/11)




SIMON & SCHUSTER AUGUST GALLEY GRAB (EBOOK ARC)
DRINK SLAY LOVE: SARAH BETH DURST
RELEASE 12/13/11


LIBRARY THING
DANCING ON THE INSIDE (EBOOK)
GLEN C. STRATHY
RELEASED 07/07/11




LIBRARY THING
FAST TRACKED (EBOOK)
TRACY ROZZLYN
RELEASED 07/12/11






NET GALLEY
EVE (EBOOK ARC)
ANNA CAREY
RELEASE 10/04/11


XTRA XTRA: The FAB author, Evelyn Lafont, wants to celebrate the release of this book with a giveaway of book 1 in this series (it will be an ebook from SMASHWORDS, you will be given the code to redeem on the site) Please stay tuned to the blog for the giveaway it will be VERY SOON & TRUST ME you do NOT want to miss this! Book 1 was so great I stayed up ALL night reading it. I can't wait to crack open part 2!


EVELYN LAFONT/AUTHOR
THE VAMPIRE RELATIONSHIP GUIDE: SECRETS & TRUST VOL 2 (EBOOK)
RELEASE 08/31/11


Blurbs about this series:








Sunday, August 21, 2011

MAKE YOUR OWN SIGNATURE & MUCH MUCH MORE!



The most awesome HOW TO blog for designing our blogs EVER!



Site to create FREE AWESOME SIGNATURES for your blog



As I was exploring  my new FAVE site Blog-a-Holic Social Network ( a serious MUST for all blog savvy gurls & guys) I found all of these "How To's" & I was in blogger "How To Heaven" !  I have always wanted to learn how to make a scrolling marquee & low and behold I found all I needed and more!

I made the "at the end of your post siggy" first because it is easier and quick.
Using the link above you follow step by easy step to create your own fab siggy.
Of course for a small fee there are a ton of fabulous, creative, designers that will seriously hook your siggy up.
This is a quick, nice, easy, fix for a siggy on the spot. You can use it to hold you over until your specialized siggy arrives or keep this as long as you like.

I followed a total of 6 steps & then generated the HTML for my blog & what you see below is what I created :)

There are different sizes, fonts, slants, colors, etc. Explore a bit, play around, and you will find something that fits your unique style and vision for your siggy.

Be sure to check out my 1st link SNEAKY MOMMA BLOG DESIGNS BLOG for more fabulous tips and ideas..


BELOW: Both siggys I made using the link(s) above..What do ya think?










Friday, August 19, 2011

Follow Friday~2




Follow Friday is a weekly event hosted by the awesome ladies at: PARAJUNKEE & ALISON CAN READ
Go to either blog for more info on how you too can join in on all the fun! Remember if someone is cool enough to follow you please follow em back, it's what makes this event so awesome :)
HAPPY FOLLOW FRIDAY FROM VAMPYRE GURLS BOOK CLUB



Q. If you could write yourself a part in a book, what book would it be and what role would you play in that book?


I have ALWAYS been a huge fan of of those post apocalyptic zombies take over the world books so my part would be as an ass kicking, zombie killing, gurl that helps re build a community for the survivors. I would go on missions to gather supplies and help any animals left behind,rescue humans, etc.  I would love to be a part of the process that re builds after a disaster. Of course I would NEVER EVER want to see that happen IRL but if it did I would be on the side of good not take advantage of the situation. 

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

WAITING ON WEDNESDAY~1







WAITING ON WEDNESDAY is a weekly me-me hosted by BREAKING THE SPINE that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.




  • Reading level: Young Adult


  • Hardcover: 336 pages


  • Publisher: HarperCollins (October 4, 2011)


  • ANNA CAREY  

  • I am very excited for this series to begin. This genre has been releasing truly awesome titles the last year or so. I am glad ppl are seeing this genre has more to it than the (superb) Hunger Games trilogy. I have always adored a great post apocalyptic zombie tale and did not realize that there was more to these genre's than that (when I found Hunger Games I quickly realized my mistake). Here's to a great new series, more dystopian tales in 2011/12, and a shout out to my fellow bloggers on this "Waiting on Wednesday", The Vampyre Gurls Book Club's first ever W.O.W!  

  • Where do you go when nowhere is safe?
    Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth’s population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns the shocking truth about her school’s real purpose—and the horrifying fate that awaits her.
    Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Arden, her former rival from school, and Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust . . . and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.

    Tuesday, August 16, 2011

    DYSTOPIAN/POST APOCALYPTIC CHALLENGE:BOOKS~AHOY




     

     The challenge is to read at least 15 dystopian/post-apocalyptic novels.

    This challenge goes from June 27, 2011 to June 27, 2012.

     



    Tuesday, August 9, 2011

    TEASER TUESDAY (1)


    Hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading, Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme.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 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!




    Cover for 'The Gossip Ghouls: Zombies and Lipstick'
    " Whatever it was, whoever it was, struck fast, pierced me so hard I felt like I was popping out of my own skin.
    So there I was, dead. It was humiliating to die at one of the biggest parties of the year"
    Chapter one, page 8 (ebook)
    GOSSIP GHOULS:Zombies & Lipstick
    By: Z
    http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/76119

    Saturday, August 6, 2011

    Make your own Grab My Button-button


    Many new and old bloggers want those little buttons ppl can grab & share on their blogs. Why not? A lot of free advertising never hurt anyone and it’s nice to show love for fellow Bloggers. 
    I am a new Blogger myself and wanted a button of my own. This is a quick, easy,  and free place to do it yourself. You must have a pic set up and ready to go (I used Photobucket’s design options to create mine) once you have that done go to this link: http://www.mycoolrealm.com/sandbox/gbgen/   and follow directions. In a matter of minutes your Blog will have it’s own button for ppl like me to grab & post on my Blog! 
    Enjoy.. If you Grab my button & share it on your blog please let me know so I can grab yours too :)  
    Happy Blogging Friendz..

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