Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Challenge: BoB 4.0 - This or That


As you have probably figured out, I am participating in the Bout of Books 4.0 Challenge. Today is the second day and there is a giveaway posted on the blog of Nyx Book Reviews. To enter, you could either share a book story or answer the following questions. I chose the questions! So here goes nothing.

This or That
1. Physical or e-book - Physical
2. Paperback or Hardcover - Hardcover
3. Reality or Make Believe - Make Believe
4. Adult or Young Adult - YA
5. Dog Ears or Bookmarks - Bookmarks!
6. Breaking the Spine or Barely opening book - Barely opening book
7. Tea or Coffee - Coffee
8. Reading in bed or on the couch - Couch
9. Series or Standalone - Series
10. Original or TV Adaptation - Original
11. Defy Motion Sickness or Audiobooks - Defy Motion Sickness
12. Author Crushes or Who-was-that-guy-again?  - Author Crushes (Neil Gaiman!)
13. Interview or Guest Post - Guest Post

What would you choose if you had to do so?

Monday, May 14, 2012

Challenge: Bout of Books 4.0 Goals

Hello to all!
I just signed up for Bout of Books 4.0!

I have never participated in a Read-A-Thon before so I am excited to use this as my kick in the butt to read all the books I need to review! I have signed up to review tons of books because I can't pick just one. Plus, I am in love with my new Kindle still, so this is perfect timing. I will post updates to my blog, Facebook, Twitter and GoodReads. Wish me luck!

Here is a link to more information about Bout of Books 4.0!

My Goals:

I will try to read/review all of these books.

"Nette" by Barbara Rayne
"Pandora's Key" (The Key Trilogy #1) by Nancy Richardson Fischer
"The Twenty" (Barronlands trilogy) by Claudia Carozza
"Amaranthine" by Tricia Rigli
"Morning Star" (Ethos #1) by Desiree Finkbeiner


UPDATES
5/14
Number of books I’ve read today: 0
Total number of books I’ve read: 0
Books: Currently Reading "Nette" by Barbara Rayne
5/15
Number of books I’ve read today: 0
Total number of books I’ve read: 0
Books: I got a late start, but so far, 67% of "Nette" by Barbara Rayne on Kindle and I just started a hardcover of "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth!!! "Insurgent" wasn't on my list but I need an actual book to read! All the ones I listed on my Goals are e-books. Well, at some point ya gotta charge the damn Kindle!
Today #insixwords: America's Got Talent completely distracted me.
5/16
Number of books I’ve read today: 1
Total number of books I’ve read: 1  :(
Books: Nette by Barbara Rayne (review to come)
Today #in7words: Life gets in the way of progress. 
5/17
Number of books I’ve read today: Nada. 
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Books: Nette by Barbara Rayne 
Today #insixwords: Too busy to read. So aggravated!
5/18
Number of books I’ve read today: 0
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Books: "Nette" 
Today #insixwords: There is just not enough time.
5/19
Number of books I’ve read today: 106 pages of "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Total number of books I’ve read: 1.25
Books: "Nette" and "Insurgent"
Today #insixwords: Insurgent is an amazing book. Yay!
5/20
Number of books I’ve read today: .50
Total number of books I’ve read: 1.50
Books: "Nette" and "Insurgent"
Today #insixwords: Oops. I am two days late.

Review: "Neophyte" by Emmalee Aple


Hello to all!
Since I am a bad blogger and have not posted a review in a while, I thought I would try to play a bit of catch up. In the future, I will do my absolute best to post a review every Thursday. Hope this works! As always, any suggestions to my blog are completely welcomed.


I received a copy of this e-book through a group on Goodreads.com called “Making Connections.” I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to read and review this ebook. My review will still be honest and unbiased. I hope it helps you decide if this book is for you or not.

“Neophyte”  is the story of Addisyn. Addisyn died a horrible but instant death and then was reborn into an Angel. However, it takes 5 years for her to fully develop into a true angel. Until then, she is more human and susceptible to human weaknesses.  She is surrounded by her “Link,” the group of angels that have become her new family and would do anything to protect her.

But why? Why? I found myself asking that many times while reading this book. Why is Farran after Addisyn? Why will no one tell us..um I mean her… what is going on!?! I think what made me enjoy this story so much was the feeling of anticipation in waiting for answers to be revealed. I must admit though, if I had not known this was going to be continued in a series, I would have been disappointed in the ending. However, since we all will have the guilty pleasure of being able to continue along with the story of Addisyn it seems exciting!

In short,
PROS:
I loved the storyline and the Angel theme.
The writing of Aple is very expressive and creative.
The second in the series will rock if it is as good as Neophyte.

CONS:
I don’t know if it was just the file I got or what, but my copy from Smashwords had typos and grammar errors. It was enough to distract me from the beautiful story sometimes. That made me sad.

 I do know that if the author of Neophyte, Emmalee Aple ever needs someone to Beta Read for her I would jump at the chance because this material feels like it has great potential!

I am giving “Neophyte” 3 stars for a heavenly read.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Blog: Checking In

Wow. I have not posted anything in over 2 weeks. I am a horrible blogger!

But, all that changes NOW. I have gone a little crazy. Crazy for my Kindle Fire I just got for my Birthday! I feel like such a hypocrite now though. I have always said I prefer real paper books to e-books, which I still do. I also said I did not want an e-reader. However, this Kindle Fire has blown my mind. It does pretty much anything you could want plus you get to read all kinds of new books that are only available electronically.
I am a member of several groups at GoodReads. If you love books and have never been to GoodReads, you have to go check it out. It is amazing. 
Anyways, there is a fantastic group called Making Connections that I highly recommend. This group allows authors to give out copies of their books for review. I just recently signed up for several and am really loving this first e-book. The whole concept of the group is brilliant. Trust me, you'll love it. 

Mainly, I just wanted to check in and let everyone know that I have a lot of great reviews to come! My plan is to post a new review every Thursday. I am also looking for MEME'S to participate in, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know! 

Also, if there is anything you would like to see go/stay/included in my blog, please never hesitate to let me know that too. All constructive criticism is always appreciated.
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