Welcome to the 2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge hosted by Megan Likes Books and Auntie Spinelli Reads! I received an email from one of the blogs I follow that featured this reading challenge in her blog post.I thought since I love YA paranormal books that this would be a great reading challenge to participate in. So if you have a blog, love reading, and love paranormal books join me in this awesome reading challenge here.
Guidelines:
1. This challenge runs from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.
2. You must have a blog to able to participate, since reviews must be added to the linky.
3. When you sign up with the linky, please put the link to your post about joining the Paranormal Reading Challenge.
4. You're welcome to list your books beforehand or just add as you go.
5. Sign-ups are open until December 1, 2013
6. At the beginning of each month, I will post a kick-start post, each month featuring a different category of paranormal creature. This post will also include a linky to include your reviews from that month.
7. Each review you link will qualify you for an entry into the monthy giveaway and if your review includes the feature paranormal creature of that month, you get a bonus entry.
8. Each book can only count for one category, even if it contains more than one paranormal creature. For example, Twilight contains both vampires and werewolves, but you can't use it for both the vampires and werewolves/shifters categories.
9. Everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into a grand prize giveaway at the end of the year.
10. If you read multiple books from one category, feel free to add them to the linkies. Don't stop at just one!
11. Book can count for other challenges.
Each month, we'll be featuring one of the creatures on the list at both Megan Likes Books and Auntie Spinelli Reads.
January - Vampires
February - Angels/Nephilim
March - Fey
April - Demons
May - Aliens
June - Zombies
July - Witches and Wizards
August - Mermaids
September - Dragons
October - Ghosts
November - Werewolves/Shape-shifters
December - Other
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Mostly YA Book Obsessed Blog Makeover and Giveaway!!!
Since Mostly YA Book Obsessed Blog has had a new maker over, she is celebrating with a giveaway.And believe this not a giveaway you want to miss.The prize: 12 ARCs or Newly Bought Books! I am sure most you would love to get your hands on these books because I know I sure would! And yes all 12 got to one luck winner,but hurry because the giveaway ends tomorrow! Here is the list of books:
Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson (finished copy)
A Fractured Light by Jocelyn Davies (finished copy)
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (ARC)
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (finished copy)
Entice by Jessica Shirvington (ARC)
Promised by Caragh O’Brien (ARC)
Soulbound by Heather Brewer (ARC)
Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier (ARC
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield (ARC)
What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton (ARC)
League of Strays by LB Schulman (ARC)
Flirting In Italian by Lauren Henderson (finished copy)
Saturday, November 24, 2012
*I Am Anxiously Awaiting OPAL by Jennifer L. Armentrout, I Want to Read it Now! *
Ok so I haven't been a fan for long but since I picked up Obsidian I have been devouring all the other books in the series. The new book to the series,OPAL doesn't release until December 18,2012. :(
But I am in luck, Jennifer is having a giveaway on her blog to win an Advanced copy of OPAL! YAY! Can you feel the excitement? I can and I am nervously awaiting to see if I win an Advanced Copy,that would make my Christmas.I would do a Happy Dance all over the house and maybe even up and down the road,at least until my kids reign me in! If you want a chance to win an Advanced Copy of OPAL follow this link to Jennifer's website: http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/want-to-read-opal/#comment-10336
But I am in luck, Jennifer is having a giveaway on her blog to win an Advanced copy of OPAL! YAY! Can you feel the excitement? I can and I am nervously awaiting to see if I win an Advanced Copy,that would make my Christmas.I would do a Happy Dance all over the house and maybe even up and down the road,at least until my kids reign me in! If you want a chance to win an Advanced Copy of OPAL follow this link to Jennifer's website: http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/want-to-read-opal/#comment-10336
Friday, November 23, 2012
Sparkles and Lightning Black Friday Giveaway
All this week Annabelle from SPARKLES AND LIGHTNING BLOG will be hosting a giveaway in honor of Black Friday. There will be a US winner and an International winner.
For US entrants, you will win a copy of a book your choice from about 10 different ARCs. The selection is likely to change so I won't tell you what it is right now. However, I will tell you that they'll range from July 2012 to 2013. You will also win a $50 giftcard to a store of your choice. However, I reserve the right to refuse to buy a giftcard for a store if I wish to, and have you choose another.
For international entrants, you will win $50 of books from The Book Depository. Or, if TBD doesn't ship to you and Fishpond does, then you can win them from Fishpond. That's all thanks to the feedback I received recently! This is purely experimental for now.
Link:
http://sparkles-and-lightning.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-black-friday.html?showComment=1353710227499#c1268431606462387303
For US entrants, you will win a copy of a book your choice from about 10 different ARCs. The selection is likely to change so I won't tell you what it is right now. However, I will tell you that they'll range from July 2012 to 2013. You will also win a $50 giftcard to a store of your choice. However, I reserve the right to refuse to buy a giftcard for a store if I wish to, and have you choose another.
For international entrants, you will win $50 of books from The Book Depository. Or, if TBD doesn't ship to you and Fishpond does, then you can win them from Fishpond. That's all thanks to the feedback I received recently! This is purely experimental for now.
Link:
http://sparkles-and-lightning.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-black-friday.html?showComment=1353710227499#c1268431606462387303
Monday, November 19, 2012
*INDIEgiving*
We were asked to reflect in our blessings and share something.I am first and foremost thankful for my family and friends.I have to kids that I am thankful for,even though they sometimes drive me crazy.I am thankful for my close friends who are more like family to me,I am blessed to have them.I am thankful for my online friends and blog followers. And since it is called INDIEgiving I thought I would share how thankful I am for my author friends.I had been thinking about how thankful I was for them before I even joined the blogfest.I have few indie authors that I have become close friends with online.They take the time to talk to me when I need a friend,give me advice,and pray for me.I am honored to have them in my life.I hope one day we will have chance to meet.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
*Review of FLUTTER by Melissa Andrea
Author Melissa Andrea weaves a supernatural tale with love,adventure,and suspense. She brings a fresh new idea to the table will intertwining some of the supernatural creatures we are already know.
Sara just wants to be a normal teenager with normal life but after waking up in a ice cocoon in the middle of a frozen lake her life became anything but normal. She wanted to what happened and how they got there but her uncle could not give her the answers she want although,she was sure he had the answers.This strains there relationship and she decides if he isn't going to give her answers then he didn't need to know the strange this that were beginning to happen to her.
After the terrifying experience and the task of trying to get back to her normal life,Sara find herself drawn to a boy she doesn't even know. When Sara meets Adan, sparks fly, literally.After a bizarre afternoon with Adan Sara can seem to get him out of her head. But the problem is Sara has a boyfriend,she can't peruse this infatuation with Adan.On the other hand,Adan knows the rules and which one of them is to stay away from Sara.But neither one can help themselves,they keep finding themselves together.As they try to fight their feelings of the need to be together while trying to not hurt the people around them,things just become more chaotic and Sara's unanswered questions keep piling up.
Sara starts to have nightmare of being attack by a black fog with hands.In one of theses "dreams" the hand leaves a print on her ankle.She tries to ignore it hoping it will go away but it doesn't. But she is after to tell anyone without sounding like a freak.If that isn't bad enough,she is constantly waking up feeling worse than the day before.Her energy seems zapped from her.
Sarah decides to tell Andres and Adan what is happening to her a little too late.They have come for her and both guys must fight to keep her safe.But can they?And can Sara find the strength in her to fight back? When Andres finally gives tge answers she has been seeking,will it send her over the edge?
Sunday, November 11, 2012
*Cover Release~GLIMMER by Amber Garza*
Isn't this cover just lovely? I have read DAZZLE and loved it! Now on Tuesday 11-13-12 Amber is releasing GLIMMER,a short story to go along with DAZZLE!!!
Sixteen-year-old Delaney Scott is not your typical teenager. She is one of ten Ekloge Warriors,born with the purpose of protecting the town of Edenly. Only it’s a duty she wants to shed like a pair of dirty, worn-out shoes.
However, a daring rescue alters Delaney's life forever. Now there is no running from her calling, and things will never be the same again.
(This is a very short teaser story which includes the first three chapters of Dazzle, Book One in the Delaney's Gift Series)
Sixteen-year-old Delaney Scott is not your typical teenager. She is one of ten Ekloge Warriors,born with the purpose of protecting the town of Edenly. Only it’s a duty she wants to shed like a pair of dirty, worn-out shoes.
However, a daring rescue alters Delaney's life forever. Now there is no running from her calling, and things will never be the same again.
(This is a very short teaser story which includes the first three chapters of Dazzle, Book One in the Delaney's Gift Series)
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
*FLUTTER Blog Tour*
Flutter
As Sara and Adan struggle to overcome their own separate battles -
There is a far more determined evil that is stalking the shadows and waiting to annihilate them both.
Sara will figure out that not everything is what it seems and knowing what she can and can not trust will be the key to finding out the truth of what happened to her, the reason why she was buried alive and who she really is…
Sara and Adan will discover why she was the reason he existed and why he would be the reason she survived & together they will fight to change the rules and rewrite their fate.
Discover the Meaning,
Discover the Secret,
Discover
Character Bios:
Sara Alejandra Marquez
The Spanish beauty that attracts
the attention of everyone with her dark, mesmerizing, shimmery, skin, cascading
midnight black hair, and wild hazel eyes.
At 17, her problems should be
minimal, but Sara finds nothing insignificant about being buried alive or the
Fluttering sensation coursing just beneath her skin, coming to life every time
she is around the mysterious boy. Sara can’t fight the attraction she has to
Adan or the maddening effects he has on her. With the constant fighting out
home with her uncle, Andres, she takes refuge in the arms of the wrong guy.
As Sara searches for answers, she
finds the more time she spends with Adan, the more she realizes he might not be
as mysterious as she thinks.
“The silkiness of his voice was a torturous caress
that I was willing to endure for the rest of my
life.” – Sara
Adan
It seemed
simple: bring her back to the enchanted world that lives, breathes and survives
because of her, but he quickly finds himself faced with an entirely new
challenge. Immediately, Adan realizes that staying unknown to Sara is a task he
will fail before he even begins; the pull to her is far too strong to refuse,
and being with her will defy the very reason he existed. He was the key to her
survival and loving her was not part of the path that he had been born to
follow. Can he find it in himself too resist the urge to be with her and follow
through with their destiny or will he destroy everything that had been left to
Sara to protect and defend -
And the kingdom she is unaware she rules…
6 feet
tall, dark and very dedicated to his responsibility and those responsibility just
got a lot hard now that Sara knows something just isn’t right with her life. Suspicious
and angry over everything Andres says, he must learn to live with Sara’s cold
shoulder.
As Sara’s Watcher, Andres wants
nothing more than to keep her safe and young at least until her birthday. He
knows that is coming fast he will have to tell Sara the truth about everything:
Who she is, what she will have to do and more importantly – what she is.
Author
Melissa Andrea
Reading has always been a passion for me, and writing as
instinctive as breathing. Every inhale is an idea; every exhale a creation. Flutter
will be my debut release, and I couldn’t be more excited about it! The only
thing I do better than writing you ask? Making beautiful girls. My daughter’s
will always be my greatest accomplishment.
I
was born in Denver, Colorado –but I will always think of sunny Arizona as my
home. I don’t have a big family, but I’m close with my sister, brother & my
mom. My mom is my hero, my inspiration, and I couldn’t have asked for a more amazing
person to be raised by.
4
things you should know about me: I’m very girly, but I can get down and dirty
with the best of them. I adore the color pink, I love things that sparkle
(including vampires) and I like even numbers (hence 4 things about me, not 5)
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Sparkles and Lightning Blogoversary Giveaway!
Annabelle @Sparkles and Lightning is celebrating her one year blogoversary!!!It has been an amazing yeat for her and to show appreciation to her followers she having a week long celebration. To start things off she is hosting an awesome giveaway. One winner will receive $65 worth of books from The Book Depository
Follow this link to join in the fun and to help Annabelle celebrate: http://sparkles-and-lightning.blogspot.com/2012/11/blogoversary-day-1.html?showComment=1352166147051#c6841286580870638067
Follow this link to join in the fun and to help Annabelle celebrate: http://sparkles-and-lightning.blogspot.com/2012/11/blogoversary-day-1.html?showComment=1352166147051#c6841286580870638067
Saturday, November 3, 2012
KINDLE FIRE WITCH AVENUE SERIES GIVEAWAY BEGINS NOW!! Hosted by http://blog.karicebolton.com
ALTERED SOULS (Witch Avenue Series #2) is OUT NOW
and
if you haven’t read Lonely Souls (Witch Avenue Series #1)
it is only $.99 right now!!
WHAT CAN YOU WIN?
KINDLE FIRE HD 16 GB + $25 Amazon gift card ~ GRAND PRIZE
Kindle Wi-Fi 6” E Ink Display w/o ads + $25 Amazon gift card –SECOND PRIZE
How do you enter?
Follow link to Karice Bolton's Blog for how to enter:http://blog.karicebolton.com/2012/11/02/kindle-fire-witch-avenue-series-giveaway-begins-now.aspx?results=1#SurveyResultsChart
Friday, November 2, 2012
On November 23 (black friday) Amber Garza is releasing the Prowl Trilogy,a Christian tenn thriller, as a special edition one-volume book, complete with bonus scenes and a bonus short story. It will also have a completely new cover!And today she is revealing that cover.So here is the cover a synopsis,enjoy!
Seventeen-year-old Mackenzie Smith is sent away to spend a boring summer at her grandma's. But then she meets Wesley. He tells her exactly what she wants to hear and has information about her past that no one else knows. It's almost like he can read her mind.
Only Wesley isn't who he seems.
By the time Mackenzie discovers his true identity it may be too late. She's in too deep and he won't let her go. Now Mackenzie must call on the strongest power of all in order to save her life.
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