Weekly Wrap Up (02/19/11)

Books Reviewed:

None )0:

My Posts This Week:
In My Mailbox
And The Winners Are
OMG! OMG! OMG!
Teaser Tuesday
Last Call
Waiting On Wednesday
And The Winner Is
 

Current Giveaways

• The Headhunter's Daughter (ends 02/20/11)
• Mr. Funny Pants (ends 02/27/11)

 

My Week In Review:

Well, this week was a very unproductive week for me. I spent everyday this week sick! I read everyday except for one (due to the cough medicine the dr prescribed!) But I'm on the mend, so expect the "reviews" to start rolling soon!
How was your week?

And The Winner Is...

The winner of 

The Portable Pediatrician 

is:

bitt!

I will email you today for your address!

Waiting On Wednesday (6)

Waiting On Wednesday is hosted each week by

Breaking the Spine

Star basketball player Chelsea "Nitro" Keyes had the promise of a full ride to college—and everyone's admiration back home. Then she took a horrible fall during senior year. Now a metal plate holds her together and she feels like a stranger in her own family.
That summer, Chelsea's dad hires Clint, a nineteen-year-old ex-hockey player and "boot camp" trainer, to work with her at a northern Minnesota lake resort. As they grow close, Chelsea finds that Clint's haunted by his own tragedy. Will their romance end up hurting them all over again—or finally heal their heartbreak?

Publishing Details

• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications

• Date: March 08, 2011

• ISBN: 0738722871

Last Call...Book Giveaway...Ends At Midnight!

The Portable Pediatrician by The Dr.'s Sears 
ends at midnight tonight! 

The winners will be announced Thursday morning

and will be notified by email.

Teaser Tuesday (02/15/11)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme
is 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 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!

my teaser~

He groaned when their skin touched, and electricity seemed to flash through her. Lightning split the sky. He rumbled foreign words against her ear. She felt they were... tender words—making her think she'd lost her mind. 

A Hunger Like No Other (this is in chapter 1!)
Kresley Cole

OMG! OMG! OMG!

 I was just looking around online at  IMDB and I found out One For The Money (you know, crazy Stephanie Plum!)! Am I the only Cupcake/Babe that was unaware that not only are they making this awesome book into a big screen film, but that it has a release date of July 8th?!? You're asking who would they get to portray Stephanie? Take a look at the cast of the "main" characters... Guess where I'm going to be July 8th! Woohoo!!!

	Katherine Heigl	...	Stephanie Plum
	John Leguizamo	...	Jimmy Alpha
	Jason O'Mara	...	Joe Morelli
	Debbie Reynolds	...	Grandma Mazur
	Daniel Sunjata	...	Ranger
	Sherri Shepherd	...	Lula
	Patrick Fischler	...	Vinnie Plum

And The Winners Are...

The winners of 

Sealing The Deal 

are:

Leann

and

throuthehaze

I will email you today for your address!

In My Mailbox (02/13/11)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. 

From the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library~

Halfway To The Grave (ebook) by Jeaniene Frost

One Foot In The Grave (ebook) by Jeaniene Frost

Destined For An Early Grave (ebook) by Jeaniene Frost

Flirt (ebook) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Bullet (ebook) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Bloodfever (bound) by Karen Marie Moning

Faefever (bound) by Karen Marie Moning

Dreamfever (bound) by Karen Marie Moning

Arrived In The Mail~
The Portable Pediatrician by the Dr's Sears
Love Script-deluxe edition_ by Tiffany Ashley
Sealing The Deal by Diana Kirschner, PhD
Mr Funny Pants by Michael Showalter

Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton

Anita Blake is back in St. Louis and trying to live a normal life-as normal as possible for someone who is a legal vampire executioner and a U. S. Marshal. There are lovers, friends and their children, school programs to attend. In the midst of all the ordinary happiness a vampire from Anita's past reaches out. She was supposed to be dead, killed in an explosion, but the Mother of All Darkness is the first vampire, their dark creator. It's hard to kill a god. This dark goddess has reached out to her here-in St. Louis, home of everyone Anita loves most. The Mother of All Darkness has decided she has to act now or never, to control Anita, and all the vampires in America.

The Mother of All Darkness believes that the triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude with Anita and the werewolf Richard Zeeman has enough power for her to regain a body and to immigrate to the New World. But the body she wants to possess is already taken. Anita is about to learn a whole new meaning to sharing her body, one that has nothing to do with the bedroom. And if the Mother of All Darkness can't succeed in taking over Anita's body for herself, she means to see that no one else has the use of it, ever again. Even Belle Morte, not always a friend to Anita, has sent word: "Run if you can..."

my thoughts~
Maybe I'm starting to be de-sensitized by the sex because I enjoyed this book. Yes, I still think there is over the top sex going on (and I did skip most of it), but this book did something for me that LKH's books haven't done in awhile. It's made me want to read the next book. I mean, like, when is it coming out, I need to get on the library waiting list, that kind of want. Maybe it's because Richard is back and I definitely have a soft spot for Richard when he isn't being a wolf's ass. And he did seem to step up to the plate in Bullet. I've always said that I could accept a Anita, Jean Claude & Richard storyline. Now I would have to include Micah & Nathanial!

Last Call...Book Giveaway...Ends At Midnight!

 Sealing The Deal by Dr. Diana Kirschner 

ends at midnight tonight! 

The winners will be announced Monday morning

and will be notified by email.

Weekly Wrap Up (02/12/11)

Books Reviewed:

 Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton

My Posts This Week:
 Waiting On Wednesday
R.I.P. Brother

It's Driving Me Nuts

Current Giveaways

• Sealing The Deal (ends 02/13/11)
• The Portable Pediatrician (ends 02/16/11)
• The Headhunter's Daughter (ends 02/20/11)
• Mr. Funny Pants (ends 02/27/11)

 

My Week In Review:

This has been a tough week for me personally. As I wrote earlier in the week, my brother passed away unexpectedly on Sunday. While most might think since we weren't terribly close, it wouldn't be so difficult to say that final good-bye. But it was. It was hard to see his 2 sons try to say good-bye. The youngest being 16 and he had just lost his maternal grandfather the Friday before. It was a lot for someone so young. As everyone know, I'm still unemployeed and since the services were held out of state, I had to use the money that I had been saving for a digital camera (you know, grandchild coming in August!!). So that fund will get restarted in a couple of weeks.
I have read quite a bit this week but I haven't even thought about writing my thoughts on them yet. I've read Bullet, Destined For An Early Grave & Love Is Murder this week and I just started Bloodfever. I think what I'm going to do is do 1 posting for the Night Huntress books once the newest comes out (02/22/11!) and I read it. hmmm... yep sounds like a plan to me!
That was my week.
How was yours?

It's Driving Me Nuts!

Just recently, I began trying to remember some of the books that I read a long time ago. Like a decade or more. Yeah, that long ago. Here's the issue. My memory is crapola. Since the chemo, coma, blah, blah, blah, I have a horrible memory. First I was trying to remember a series about a woman that was taken captive by Indians and they fell in love (what? it was the 80's, (maybe the early 90's) shush!) It took me awhile but I figured out it was The Ecstasy series by Janelle Taylor (don't panic, I'll list them below!). Once I figured those out, I remembered reading a trilogy (maybe?) about a female (undercover) pirate and the man who becomes her husband. And you know, I'm not sure what her name was. I think it was Serena or Sabrina. I don't know. But as God as my witness, I will find these books! Do you have any ideas?

below is the Ecstasy series~

• Savage Ecstasy
• Defiant Ecstasy
• Forbidden Ecstasy
• Brazen Ecstasy
• Tender Ecstasy
• Stolen Ecstasy
• Bittersweet Ecstasy
• Forever Ecstasy
• Savage Conquest

Waiting On Wednesday (5)

Waiting On Wednesday is hosted each week by

Breaking the Spine

Danger waits on both sides of the grave… 
Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her vampire husband Bones have fought for their lives, as well as for their relationship. But just when they’ve triumphed over the latest battle, Cat’s new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing balance…
With the mysterious disappearance of vampires, rumors abound that a species war is brewing.  A zealot is inciting tensions between the vampires and ghouls, and if these two powerful groups clash, innocent mortals could become collateral damage. Now Cat and Bones are forced to seek help from a dangerous “ally”—the ghoul queen of New Orleans herself. But the price of her assistance may prove more treacherous than even the threat of a supernatural war. …to say nothing of the repercussions Cat never imagined.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon (February 22, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061783188

Since I just started this series, I have about 2 1/2 books to read before I'm ready for this one...Just in time for it to be published! 

R.I.P. Brother...

I received the call yesterday while I was at Sunday dinner with some friends that my brother had fallen a few days ago and had refused to go to the hospital. That was the 3rd time (at least) that he has hit his head in the last 2 years that has resulted in brain bleeds. The next morning his son couldn't wake him up and called 911. After the doctors ran their tests and everything they said that if he did come out of the coma, that he would be a vegetable due to all the brain damage that he's received from these numerous falls. Thankfully, my brother had thought ahead (with his poor health it was a very smart thing to do) and had a living will that if this happened he did not want to be kept on life support. So his wishes were granted and within an hour he was gone.
I was not terribly close to my brothers on my Dad's side. They grew up and lived in another state, but I remember how excited I would be when my Dad or step-mom would call and tell me that 1 or all 4 of my brothers would be in town for a visit. I remember how they would sit in the back seat with me and serenade me songs, usually something to do with my name. But then one of the 4 was killed in a car accident and it seemed like the light had gone out of us. I grew older and they had their wives and kids to raise we grew apart. So today, I'm sad because my brother, who used to sing to me has died. I'm sad that we weren't closer. I'm sad that the 2 remaining brothers that I have on my Dads side are MIA. But I'm very thankful that I do have those earlier memories.

I love you Brother.

Flirt by Laurell K Hamilton

Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington and learns that he is willing to pay top dollar to have his recently deceased wife reanimated. But Anita knows that what would step out of the late Mrs. Bennington's grave would not be her former self, but a zombie.New in the #1 New York Timesbestselling series When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she is full of sympathy for his loss. Anita knows something about love, and she knows everything there is to know about loss. But what she also knows, though Tony Bennington seems unwilling to be convinced, is that the thing she can do as a necromancer isn't the miracle he thinks he needs. The creature that Anita could coerce to step out of the late Mrs. Bennington's grave would not be the lovely Mrs. Bennington. Not really. And not for long.

my thoughts~ Well. Hmmm... I enjoyed Flirt more than I thought I would. It was a very short book (less than 114 pages on my Kobo) so it had the feel of a novella to me. There was basically 1 story line with no subplots, she only had sex with 1 guy. Very unusual. I hope LKH keeps it up. I have Bullet to read next (thanks to the Indianapolis Marion County Library!) and can't wait to see what it holds. I hate to say it, but I'm hoping LKH is returning to her earlier writing style. 

Weekly Wrap Up (02/05/11)

Books Reviewed: 

Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Skin Trade by Laurell K.Hamilton
Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

My Posts This Week:

Teaser Tuesday 
  In My Mailbox
Wordless Wednesday 
Waiting On Wednesday 
4 Free eBooks From Sourcebooks Now thru 02/06/11 

Current Giveaways

• Sealing The Deal (ends 02/13/11)
• The Portable Pediatrician (ends 02/17/11) 
• The Headhunter's Daughter (ends 02/20/11)
• Mr. Funny Pants (ends 02/27/11) 
• 
  

Book To Read Next Week
American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Love Is Murder by Allison Brennan
 

My Week In Review:
Wow! So in the last 36 hours I've read Darkfever & I've started Halfway To The Grave. HOW DID I MISS THESE BOOKS! All I can say is that I hope that the library has them in stock, I want to continue reading these series! Which make me ask, what other series have I missed out on?
This week, here in Indiana, we had ice storms. My yard is still nothing but inches of ice, it seems like. My car was a hunk of ice, so I was able to stay home those days and read, read, read! LOL! I've read Darkfever, Skin Trade, finished Last Sacrifice and Angelfire! Not to shabby, if I do say so myself! I go today and pick up Flirt and Bloodfever from the library!  
How was your week?

4 Free eBooks from Sourcebooks!- NOW thru 02/06/11

Thanks to Danielle and Beth at Sourcebooks for the great opportunity to download the following books for free! Just go HERE!! Leave me a comment, so I know someone is using them and I will continue to share when I get these offers! Enjoy!

Dreaming Anastasia

What really happened to Anastasia Romanov?

Anastasia Romanov thought she would never feel more alone than when the gunfire started and her family began to fall around her. Surely the bullets would come for her next. But they didn't. Instead, two gnarled old hands reached for her. When she wakes up she discovers that she is in the ancient hut of the witch Baba Yaga, and that some things are worse than being dead.

In modern-day Chicago, Anne doesn't know much about Russian history. She is more concerned about getting into a good college—until the dreams start. She is somewhere else. She is someone else. And she is sharing a small room with a very old woman. The vivid dreams startle her, but not until a handsome stranger offers to explain them does she realize her life is going to change forever. She is the only one who can save Anastasia. But, Anastasia is having her own dreams…

Love at First Flight

What if the guy in the airplane seat next to you turned out to be the love of your life?
Juliana, happy in her career as a hair stylist, is on her way to visit her boyfriend of ten years who's working out of state. She's wondering why they're not engaged yet. Michael is going to his fiance's parents' home for an engagement party he doesn't want. A states' prosecutor, he's about to try the biggest case of his career, he hates the distraction, and he's having doubts about the relationship.
They sit together on the plane, and discover they're on the same flight coming back. When the weekend is a disaster for each of them, they bond on the plane ride home. But life is full of complications, including their exes, who don't want to let go, and when Michael's trial turns dangerous, the two must confront what they value most in life...

Lydia Bennet's Story

Lydia Bennet is the flirtatious, wild and free-wheeling youngest daughter. Her untamed expressiveness and vulnerability make her fascinating to readers who’ll love this imaginative rendering of Lydia’s life after her marriage to the villainous George Wickham. Will she mature or turn bitter? Can a girl like her really find true love?

In Lydia Bennet’s Story we are taken back to Jane Austen’s most beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice, to a Regency world seen through Lydia’s eyes where pleasure and marriage are the only pursuits. But the road to matrimony is fraught with difficulties and even when she is convinced that she has met the man of her dreams, complications arise. When Lydia is reunited with the Bennets, Bingleys, and Darcys for a grand ball at Netherfield Park, the shocking truth about her husband may just cause the greatest scandal o

The Greatest Knight

Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero.
A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne, the volatile and fickle Prince Henry. But being a royal favorite brings its share of danger and jealousy as well as fame and reward.
A writer of uncommon historical integrity and accuracy, Elizabeth Chadwick resurrects the true story of one of England's greatest forgotten heroes in a captivating blend of fact and fiction. The Greatest Knight restores William Marshal to his rightful place at the pinnacle of the Middle Ages, reflecting through him the triumphs, scandals, and power struggles that haven't changed in eight hundred years.

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

This debut, the first novel in a trilogy, is achingly romantic, terrifying, and filled with blistering action.

When seventeen-year-old Ellie starts seeing reapers - monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell - she finds herself on the front lines of a supernatural war between archangels and the Fallen and faced with the possible destruction of her soul.

A mysterious boy named Will reveals she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior, the only one capable of wielding swords of angelfire to fight the reapers, and he is an immortal sworn to protect her in battle. Now that Ellie's powers have been awakened, a powerful reaper called Bastian has come forward to challenge her. He has employed a fierce assassin to eliminate her - an assassin who has already killed her once.

While balancing her dwindling social life and reaper-hunting duties, she and Will discover Bastian is searching for a dormant creature believed to be a true soul reaper. Bastian plans to use this weapon to ignite the End of Days and to destroy Ellie's soul, ending her rebirth cycle forever. Now, she must face an army of Bastian's most frightening reapers, prevent the soul reaper from consuming her soul, and uncover the secrets of her past lives - including truths that may be too frightening to remember.

about the author~
Courtney Allison Moulton lives in Michigan, where she is a photographer and spends all her free time riding and showing horses. She has always loved reading about ancient mythologies, studying dead languages, and telling scary, romantic stories. ANGELFIRE is her debut novel.
find out more HERE
my thoughts~
 Thanks to HarperColins & Net Galley, I had the opportunity to read the eARC of Angelfire. I really enjoyed this book! I thought it was a  fast paced, great read! The story line was well thought out, and it left me hanging and wanting more, more, more! I love Ellie & Will and I hope to see more of Nathanial & Lauren in the next book!  Since I did read the eARC of Angelfire, I do think I'm going to have to buy this book when it hit's the shelves February 15th! I look forward to reading the other 2 books in this trilogy and Ms. Moulton has a debut hit!

Book Giveaway!! The Portable Pediatrician by The Dr.'s Sears

The Drs. Sears are back with this great new guide to childcare.  No more guessing on your child's health. You'll have answers to most of your questions right on your shelf (which is SO convenient).

THE PORTABLE PEDIATRICIAN
By William Sears M.D., Martha Sears R.N., Robert MD, James Sears, M.D., Peter Sears M.D.

Imagine you are up at three o'clock in the morning with a sick child. Wouldn't it be nice to have expert advice readily at hand to help get you through the night? Encyclopedic in scope, THE PORTABLE PEDIATRICIAN features timely and practical information on every childhood illness and emergency, including when to call the doctor, what reassuring signs can help you know your child is okay, how to treat your child at home, and much more-all in a convenient A-to-Z format. Among the scores of topics covered:

teething; sprains and broken bones; nosebleeds; measles; ear infections; choking; rashes; colic; headaches; eating disorders; fever; hip pain; warts; allergies; obesity; seizures; Asperger's Syndrome; bronchitis; masturbation; sunburns; pneumonia; speech delay; lice; vomiting; asthma; heart defects; blisters; sleep problems; and more.

The Searses guide parents and caregivers from a child's infancy through the teen years, teaching them what to expect at regular checkups as well as how to boost a child's well-being, devise a family health plan, work effectively with their pediatrician, and more. Distinguished by the Searses' trademark comprehensiveness, reliability, and accessible, comforting one, this book is a must-have for all families who want to keep their children healthy and happy.

About The Contest:

Thanks to Anna at Hachette Book Group
  One winner will be chosen on random.org
The Contest ends at midnight on February 16th
Open to US & Canadian addresses.

No PO Boxes please.
**Winners will be subject to the one copy per household rule,
which means that if you win the same title in two or more contests,
you will receive only one copy of the title**

To win:
Your first comment should be your name & email address (1 entry)
Your second comment should be that you are a follower (but only if you are!) (1 entry)
Your third comment, should be if you follow MGP Blog on Twitter
Your fourth comment you choose to do so, should be a link where you have posted
about the giveaway (this will count for 2 entries)

Good luck!

Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Ten officers and one executioner have been slain-paranormal style. Anita heads to Vegas, where's she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward. It's a good thing he always has her back, because when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses "tiger" too strongly to ignore it. The weretigers are very powerful in Las Vegas, which means the odds of her rubbing someone important the wrong way just got a lot higher.

my thoughts~
You know, when I first read Guilty Pleasures, I loved Anita Blake, Richard & Jean Claude. As the series progressed, I found myself not as eager for that next book to come out. There was an over abundance of sexual partners, and while I think to each their own, I personally don't want to read about it. So I skip over most of those parts. There tends to be too much of an ICK factor for me. And I only buy the books second hand now. But about Skin Trade... When I first began reading this book, I truly thought, woohoo! LKH has returned to the old way of writing! I mean Anita didn't even have sex with anyone in like the first 350 (or so) pages! Yes, there was alot of discussion about her sex life, but not gross details. I really enjoyed those first 350 pages. Then she ends up having sex with Wicked & Truth, and it was ok. But then before you know it, it's multiple guys, that she doesn't remember, ick, ick, ick... I did enjoy the book, skipping past the multiple partner stuff. I'm glad that I rented the book from the library and am on the waiting list for Flirt.