All YA Love: YA Books That Have Changed You

I’ve always been a big reader and have been known to read a book a day (on a good day).  So when you calculate that with the amount of years I’ve been reading.  That’s alot of books.  It gets to a point though when I can remember the title but not always what it’s about, until I flip the book over and read the synopsis that I remember I’ve read it.

But, there are those books that stick with you long after you’ve read the last page.  Some that leave you with that light feeling in your chest when the outcome is good, or those that have you sobbing and reaching for another kleenex.  It’s those ones that I’ll forever be changed by.  Whether it be dramatic or subtle some books have that capability to make a difference, be it on purpose or …

We have a new Book Lover!

Hey everyone! We are happy to introduce another addition to our team today. Please give a warm welcome to Melissa:

Hey I’m Melissa a.k.a The Spellbound Book Lover. I have a confession to make. I may be a little addicted to reading. Okay okay I’m very addicted! I’m a 26 year old Mum of one and while my son is not yet able to read he has got one helluva collection of books already! I work full time in administration but would prefer to work in either a library or bookstore instead but the chances of me actually working would be slim to none if I was surrounded by books all day Ever since I was little I’ve been big on reading, so much so that I remember a number of times being told to go to sleep and hiding under the covers …

Review: Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean

Format Read: E-ARC from NetGalley Number of Pages: 384 pages Release Date: October 26th 2010 Publisher: Avon Formats Available: Paperback, ebook Purchasing Info: Author’s website, GoodReads, Amazon, Book Depository UK, Book Depository US

Book Blurb:

Since being named on of London’s “Lords to Land” by a popular ladies’ magazine, Nicholas St. John has been relentlessly pursued by every matrimony-minded female in the ton. So when an opportunity to escape fashionable society presents itself, he eagerly jumps—only to land in the path of the most determined, damnably delicious woman he’s ever met!
The daughter of a titled wastrel, Lady Isabel Townsend has too many secrets and too little money. Though used to taking care of herself quite handily, her father’s recent passing has left Isabel at sea and in need of outside help to protect her …

New Releases: September 19th – 25th

Twelfth Grade Kills (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #5) by Heather Brewer

Vlad’s running out of time. The Elysian Council has given him weeks to live, and that’s if the Slayer Society doesn’t kill him – along with all the citizens of Bathory – first. Then there’s the issue of Vlad’s father, who may or may not still be alive after all these years, and oh yeah, that tiny little detail in the Pravus prophecy about Vlad enslaving Vampirekind and the human race. So much for college applications.

In this epic finale to Heather Brewer’s heart-stopping Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, dark secrets will be revealed, old friends will become enemies, and warm blood will run cold. Just be careful it isn’t yours.

Explore This! Castles of Wales and England

I dislike being redundant, but all of the other books I’ve read lately gave me no inspiration for this post, so it seems we remain in Great Britain for this weeks post. But I am heading in a different direction, so hopefully you enjoy

I have just finished reading The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory, a master of historical fiction. In her most recent novel, we follow the life of Lady Margaret Beaufort/Tudor/Stafford/Stanley, which may not mean anything to those of you not big on historical fiction, but she may be better known to you as Henry VII’s mother and Henry VIII’s grandmother. How’s that for lineage?

I’ve included here what I’m sure is a small portion of castles to be found within Wales, where Lady Margaret lived for a short time during her marriage to Edmund …

Dual Review: Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker

Author: Leanna Renee Hieber (sorry, didn’t fit in the title O_o)Format Read: Paperback received from teh author for reviewNumber of Pages: 320Release Date: May 27, 2010Publisher: Leisure BooksFormats Available: Paperback, ebookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK, Goodreads

Book Blurb:
With radiant, snow white skin and hair, Percy Parker was a beacon for Fate. True love had found her, in the tempestuous form of Professor Alexi Rychman. But her mythic destiny was not complete. Accompanying the ghosts with which she alone could converse, new and terrifying omens loomed. A war was coming, a desperate ploy of a spectral host. Victorian London would be overrun. Yet, Percy kept faith. Within the mighty bastion of Athens Academy, alongside The Guard whose magic shielded mortals from the agents of the Underworld, she counted herself among …

Guestpost Author J.K. Beck + Giveaway

We are very happy to have author J.K. Beck (aka Julie Kenner) here today. Her new novel When Blood Calls came at the end of August and next week is the official release of book 2, When Pleasure Rules. Today she is here to tell us about the line between Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy. Be sure to check out the end of the post for your chance to win When Pleasure Rules. Please give JK a warm welcome. THE SWINGING DOOR BETWEEN PARANORMAL ROMANCE & URBAN FANTASY

I had a booksigning for WHEN BLOOD CALLS a week ago, and afterwards, my husband reported that he overheard a woman wandering the aisles complaining to her husband: “Vampires! All these books about vampires! When are they going to stop?”

So many winners to congratulate!

UPDATE!!!!!

Sorry we forgot the Zoe Archer winner. The lucky winner of a signed copy of Warrior is….

linaramz  

Congrtas! We will email you now.

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Hey Everyone!

So sorry for only posting the winners now, I had a very hectic and busy Sunday. However Saturday was great: full of baking and cake eating again and lounging and reading (thanks to the awful weather ugh..).

Today I have TONS of winners to announce, so let’s get down to business, I don’t want to keep you at the edge of your seat any longer.
So… drumroll please…

Congratulations to

Donnas 

who won the signed copy of Sacrifice by Dakota Banks!

Dana

who won the signed copy of Healer’s Choice by Jory Strong!

Tracey D

who won the Keta Diablo blog tour giveaway!

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who won the wonderful prize pack offered by Sherry Ficklin!

Misha1989 and ClaudiGC

who each won an e-copy of Rakes & Radishes by Susanna Ives!

Congratulations winners, we will shortly e-mail you, you have 72 hours to get …

Bookish Eye Candy: Lore – Ecstasy Unveiled

Ecstasy Unveiled

By: Larissa Ione

A Demon Enslaved…

Lore is a Seminus half-breed demon who has been forced to act as his dark master’s assassin. Now to earn his freedom and save his sister’s life, he must complete one last kill. Powerful and ruthless, he’ll stop at nothing to carry out this deadly mission.

An Angel Tempted…

Idess is an earthbound angel with a wild side sworn to protect the human Lore is targeting. She’s determined to thwart her wickedly handsome adversary by any means necessary—even if that means risking her vow of eternal chastity. But what begins as a simple seduction soon turns into a passion that leaves both angel and demon craving complete surrender.Torn between duty and desire, Lore and Idess must join forces as they battle their attraction for each other. Because an enemy from the past is …