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Week in Review (23)

Posted October 8, 2012 by Rowena in | 2 Comments


It’s been a really good reading week for me. I got a lot of reading done and that always makes me a happy camper.


The Truth about Faking It by Leigh T. Moore|Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan|Finally Home by Helen Taylor Scott

How was your week in books?  

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Rowena

Posted April 14, 2011 by Ames in | 15 Comments

Hey everyone, this is Wena’s friend, Ames. She’s asked me to let everyone know she’s going to be MIA from blogging for a bit.  She lost her mom yesterday.   She wanted to me let you know she’s doing as well as can be expected.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time Wena.

~ames~


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Upcoming Releases 2011.

Posted January 1, 2011 by Rowena in | 10 Comments


January

February

March

April

  • 4/1- Blood and Flowers by Penny Blubaugh.
  • 4/1- Ghost Sickness by Carrie Jones and Steven E. Wedel.
  • 4/1- Immortal War (Vampirates #6) by Justin Somper.
  • 4/1- Everything I Was by Corinne Demas.
  • 4/4- The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder.
  • 4/4- The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group by Catherine Jinks.
  • 4/5- City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare.
  • 4/5- Where She Went (If I Stay #2) by Gayle Forman.
  • 4/5- Plague (Gone #4) by Michael Grant.
  • 4/5- Red Gloves (Curse Workers #2) by Holly Black.
  • 4/5- Huntress by Malinda Lo.
  • 4/5- Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer.
  • 4/8- Lark by Tracey Porter.
  • 4/8- Something Deadly This Way Comes (Madison Avery #3) by Kim Harrison.
  • 4/8- Darke (Septimus Heap #6) by Angie Sage.
  • 4/8- Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen (Abhorsen #4) by Garth Nix.
  • 4/12- The Gathering (Darkness Rising #1) by Kelley Armstrong.
  • 4/12- Enclave (Razorland #1) by Ann Aguirre.
  • 4/12- My Unfair Godmother (My Fair Godmother #2) by Jeanette Rallison.
  • 4/12- The Anti-Prom by Abby McDonald.
  • 4/18- Rage (Horsemen of the Apocalypse #2) by Jackie Morse Kessler.
  • 4/19- Stay by Deb Caletti.
  • 4/19- Defiance (Strange Angels #4) by Lilith Saintcrow.
  • 4/19- Invincible Summer by Hannah Moskowitz.
  • 4/19- Eona (Eon #2) by Alison Goodman.
  • 4/26- Abandoned by Meg Cabot.
  • 4/26- The Shore by Todd Strasser and Nola Thacker.
  • 4/26- Blood Magic (Blood Magic #1) by Tessa Gratton.
  • 4/26- Exiled (Aurelia #2) by Anne Osturlund.
  • 4/26- Bumped by Megan McCafferty.
  • 4/28- Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith.
  • 4/29- Fury of the Phoenix (Kingdom of Xia #2) by Cindy Pon.

May

  • 5/1- Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson.
  • 5/1- Are You Going to Kiss Me Now? by Sloane Tanen.
  • 5/1- The Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley.
  • 5/1- The Demon’s Surrender (The Demon Lexicon Trilogy #3) by Sarah Rees Brennan.
  • 5/1- The Forgotten Locket (Hourglass Door Trilogy #3) by Lisa Mangum.
  • 5/1- The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter.
  • 5/2- Bite Club (The Morganville Vampires #10) by Rachel Caine.
  • 5/2- Dead Is Not An Option (Dead Is #5) by Marlene Perez.
  • 5/2- The Cellar by A.J. Whitten.
  • 5/3- So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti.
  • 5/3- The Summer of Firsts and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy.
  • 5/3- Almost Final Curtain by Tate Hallaway.
  • 5/3- Compulsion by Heidi Ayarbe.
  • 5/3- Shift (Shade #2) by Jeri Smith-Ready.
  • 5/3- Divergent by Veronica Roth.
  • 5/3- We’ll Always have Summer (Summer #3) by Jenny Han.
  • 5/3- Everfound (Skinjacker #3) by Neal Shusterman.
  • 5/3- Untitled (Kane Chronicles #2) by Rick Riordan.
  • 5/3- I’ll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan.
  • 5/5- Destined (House of Night #9) by P.C. and Kristin Cast.
  • 5/8- Illusions (Wings #3) by Aprilynn Pike.
  • 5/8- But I Love Him by Mary Hubbard, Amanda Grace.
  • 5/10- What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen.
  • 5/10- The Sweetest Thing by Christina Mandelski.
  • 5/10- The Last Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelopes #2) by Maureen Johnson.
  • 5/10- Die for Me (Revenants #1) by Amy Plum.
  • 5/10- Nocturne (Claire De Lune #2) by Christine Johnson.
  • 5/10- OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy.
  • 5/12- Dreamland Social Club by Tara Altebrando.
  • 5/17- Graveminder by Melissa Marr.
  • 5/17- Cryptic Cravings (Vampire Kisses #8) by Ellen Schreiber.
  • 5/23- Awakened by Katie Kacvinsky.
  • 5/24- Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry #3) by Simone Elkeles.
  • 5/24- Between Here and Now by Elizabeth Scott.
  • 5/24- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray.
  • 5/24- Hourglass by Myra McEntire.
  • 5/24- Welcome to Bordertown (Borderland) by Holly Black, Ellen Kushner.
  • 5/24- Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury.
  • 5/31- Starcrossed (Starcrossed #1) by Josephine Angelini.
  • 5/31- Nightspell (Mistwood #2) by Leah Cypress.

June

  • 6/1- Everlasting (The Immortals #6) by Alyson Noel.
  • 6/1- Ladybird, Ladybird by Abra Ebner.
  • 6/1- She Loves You, She Loves You Not by Julie Anne Peters.
  • 6/7- Hereafter by Tara Hudson.
  • 6/7- Possession by Elana Johnson.
  • 6/7- Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore.
  • 6/7- The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies #2) by Pittacus Lore.
  • 6/9- Crossing Lines by Paul Volponi.
  • 6/9- Displacement by Thalia Chaltas.
  • 6/13- My Misadventures as a Teenage Rockstar by Joyce Raskin and Carol Chu.
  • 6/14- Passion (Fallen #3) by Lauren Kate.
  • 6/14- Trial by Fires (Raised by Wolves #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
  • 6/14- The Revenant by Sonia Gensler.
  • 6/14- All The Things You Are by Courtney Sheinmel.
  • 6/21- Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey.
  • 6/21- A Need so Beautiful by Suzanne Young.
  • 6/21- Witches of East End (Beauchamp Girls #1) by Melissa De La Cruz.
  • 6/22- Stolen Nights (Vampire Queen #2) by Rebecca Maizel.
  • 6/28- Fins Are Forever (Fins #2) by Tera Lynn Childs.
  • 6/28- The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder.
  • 6/28- The Siren’s Cry by Jennifer Anne Kogler.
  • 6/28- Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma.
  • 6/28- Withering Tights by Louise Rennison.
  • 6/30- The Ascension: A Super Human Clash by Michael Carroll
  • 6/30- Luminous by Dawn Metcalf

July

  • 7/1- Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have) by Sarah Mlynowski.
  • 7/1- From Willa, With Love by Coleen Murtagh Paratore.
  • 7/1- Once Every Never by Lesley Livingston.
  • 7/1- Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger.
  • 7/1- Untitled (Dark Elite #3) by Chloe Neill.
  • 7/4- Lost Voices (Lost Voices #1) by Sarah Porter.
  • 7/5- Overbite by Meg Cabot.
  • 7/5- Original Sin (Personal Demons #2) by Lisa Desrochers.
  • 7/12- Love Story by Jennifer Echols.
  • 7/12- Chasers by Brian Farrey.
  • 7/12- The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt.
  • 7/12- Sometimes It Happens by Lauren Barnholdt.
  • 7/12- Forever (The Wolves of Mercy #3) by Maggie Stiefvater.
  • 7/12- Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris.
  • 7/12- Starstruck by Cyn Balog.
  • 7/14- The Lost Crown: A Novel of Romanov Russia by Sarah Miller.
  • 7/19- Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker.
  • 7/19- Pearl by Jo Knowles.
  • 7/21- Ripple by Mandy Hubbard.
  • 7/26- Strange Fate (Night World #10) by L.J. Smith.
  • 7/26- Wildefire by Karsten Knight.
  • 7/26- Wolfsbane (Nightshade #2) by Andrea Cremer.

August

  • 8/1- Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices #2) by Cassandra Clare.
  • 8/1- Populazzi by Elise Allen.
  • 8/1- Circle of Fire by Michelle Zink.
  • 8/1- Always a Witch (Witch #2) by Carolyn MacCullough.
  • 8/1- Clean by Amy Reed.
  • 8/1- Want to Go Private? by Sarah Littman.
  • 8/1- Misfit by Jon Skovron.
  • 8/2- Eternal by Gillian Shields.
  • 8/2- Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks.
  • 8/2- Circle of Fire (Prophecy of the Sisters) by Michelle Zink.
  • 8/2- The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab.
  • 8/2- Blood Ties (Blood Coven #6) by Mari Mancusi.
  • 8/3- Dark Parties by Sara Grant.
  • 8/9- Hooked by Catherine Greenman.
  • 8/9- All You Desire by Kirsten Miller.
  • 8/9- Ingenue (The Flappers) by Gillian Larkin.
  • 8/9- The Game of Triumphs by Laura Powell.
  • 8/11- Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles.
  • 8/16- The Little Women and Me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted.
  • 8/16- The Death Catchers by Jennifer Anne Kogler.
  • 8/18- Sign Language by Amy Ackley.
  • 8/23- Sweetly (Sisters Red #2) by Jackson Pearce.
  • 8/23- Possess by Gretchen Mcneil.
  • 8/23- Nocturne by Christine Johnson.
  • 8/23- Possess by Gretchen McNeil.
  • 8/30- Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2) by Kiersten White.
  • 8/30- The Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices) by Cassandra Clare.
  • 8/30- Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry.

September

  • 9/1- The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann.
  • 9/1- The Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak.
  • 9/1- Beyond the Grave (Past Midnight #3) by Mara Purnhagen.
  • 9/1- My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin.
  • 9/1- Delinquents by Suzanne Young.
  • 9/6- The Hidden (The Hollow #3) by Jessica Verday.
  • 9/6- Vanish (Firelight) by Sophie Jordan.
  • 9/6- Vengeance (Private) by Kate Brian.
  • 9/6- The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle.
  • 9/8- Witcheyes by Scott Tracey.
  • 9/8- Stay with Me by Paul Griffin.
  • 9/8- Damage by Anya Parrish.
  • 9/12- Wisdom’s Kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock.
  • 9/12- Blood Wounds by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
  • 9/13- Fateful by Claudia Gray.
  • 9/13- After Obsession by Carrie Jones Steven Wedel.
  • 9/13- You Against Me by Jenny Downham.
  • 9/13- Empire of Ruins (Hunchback Assignments) by Arthur Slade.
  • 9/13- Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst.
  • 9/13- Burn Out by Adrienne Maria Vrettos.
  • 9/13- Perfect by Ellen Hopkins.
  • 9/13- Fateful by Claudia Gray.
  • 9/13- Every You Every Me by David Levithan.
  • 9/13- Frost by Marianna Baer.
  • 9/13- Kill You Last by Todd Strasser.
  • 9/13- Going Underground by Susan Vaught.
  • 9/15- The Downside of Being Up by Alan Sitomer.
  • 9/15- As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott.
  • 9/15- Away (The Line #2) by Teri Hall.
  • 9/19- Pregnant Pause by Han Nolan.
  • 9/20- Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey.
  • 9/20- Enthralled (Paranormal Diversions) by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong.
  • 9/20- Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things) by Anna Godbersen.
  • 9/20- First Kill (Slayer Chronicles) by Heather Brewer.
  • 9/27- The Vision (The Mark #2) by Jen Nadol.
  • 9/27- My Beating Teenage Heart by C. K. Kelly Martin.
  • 9/27- All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin.
  • 9/29- Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins.
  • 9/29- The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson.

October

  • 10/1- The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton.
  • 10/1- Goliath (Leviathan #3) by Scott Westerfield.
  • 10/3- Bleeding Hearts (The Drake Chronicles) by Alyxandra Harvey.
  • 10/4- Lost in Time (Blue Bloods) by Melissa De La Cruz.
  • 10/4- Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick.
  • 10/4- Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs.
  • 10/6- Untitled (House of Night #10) by P.C. and Kristin Cast.
  • 10/8- Don’t Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala.
  • 10/8- Mercy Lily by Lisa Albert.
  • 10/11- The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan.
  • 10/11- Tris and Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison.
  • 10/11- Stick by Andrew Smith.
  • 10/11- The Death Cure (Maze Runner Trilogy) by James Dashner.
  • 10/13- Girls Don’t Fly by Kristen Chandler.
  • 10/13- Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe.
  • 10/18- Tempest (Hush, Hush #3) by Becca Fitzpatrick.
  • 10/18- Seizures (Virals) by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs.
  • 10/18- Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez.
  • 10/18- Swear by Nina Malkin.
  • 10/18- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.
  • 10/25- Mastiff (Legend of Beka Cooper) by Tamora Pierce.
  • 10/25- Between the Sea & Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore.

November

  • 11/1- Deadly Little Voices (Touch #4) by Laurie Faria Stolarz.
  • 11/1- Last Breath (Morganville Vampires) by Rachel Caine.
  • 11/1- Reckoning: A Strange Angels Novel by Lili St. Crow.
  • 11/1- Crossed by Ally Condie.
  • 11/8- Little Women and Me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted.
  • 11/8- Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle) by Christopher Paolini.
  • 11/8- Faking Faith by Josie Bloss.
  • 11/8- Sparks: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie by S.J. Adams.
  • 11/15- The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff.
  • 11/21- The Future of Us by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler
  • 11/29- Legend by Marie Lu.
  • 11/29- Across the Universe by Beth Revis

December

  • 12/6- Deadly Little Voices (A Touch Novel) by Laurie Faria Stolarz.
  • 12/8- Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey.
  • 12/8- The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder.
  • 12/8- Grace by Elizabeth Scott
  • 12/8- Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey
  • 12/8- Illuminated by Erica Orloff.
  • 12/11- Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik
Books marked as coming out in 2011 but no set date yet:
  • Bitterblue (The Seven Kingdoms #3) by Kristin Cashore.
  • If I Die (Soul Screamers #5) by Rachel Vincent.
  • Hades (Halo #2) by Alexandra Adornetto.
  • The Death Cure (Maze Runner #3) by James Dashner.
  • Mastiff (Beka Cooper #3) by Tamora Pierce.
  • A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies.
  • Witch Eyes (Witch Eyes #1) by Scott Tracey.
  • Medusa Girls (Medusa Girls #1) by Tera Lynn Childs.
  • All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin.
  • Untitled (Inheritance #4) by Christopher Paolini.
  • Bloodborn (Other #2) by Karen Kincy.
  • Vanish (Firelight #2) by Sophie Jordan.
  • Perfect (Impulse #2) by Ellen Hopkins.
  • Phantom (The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters #1) by L.J. Smith.
  • Return to Me by Justine Chen Headley.
  • Lost in Time (Blue Bloods #6) by Melissa De La Cruz.
  • The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin.
  • Wildcat Fireflies (Fenestra #2) by Amber Kizer.
  • The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey #4) by Julie Kagawa.
  • C-Side Tracks by Tara Kelly.
  • The Cabinets of Earth by Anne Nesbet.
  • Miss Fortune Cookie by Lauren Bjorkman.
  • Prized (Birthmarked #2) by Caragh M. O’Brien.
  • Furry and Freaked (Freaksville #2) by Kitty Keswick.
  • Zombie Tag by Hannah Moskowitz.
  • Sharks and Boys by Kristen Tracey.
  • Mary, Queen of Scots (Young Royals) by Carolyn Meyer.
  • The Summer of Sneaking Out by Amanda Howells.

This post is a work in progress and I’ll be sure to update it every chance that I get.


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Author Spotlight: Hero Showdown.

Posted April 2, 2008 by Rowena in | 7 Comments

Hey guys!
 
So I thought it would be really cool if during the Author Spotlight, we’d do a fun little hero showdown of each author’s heroes…mainly because you all know how hero addicted I am and all.  So I’m going to be putting up a daily “Hero Battle” each day and then we’re going to weed out the heroes that win each battle until at the end of the month, there is that last hero standing…and then we’ll pit all the heroes against each other to see who’s the ultimate hero of the year and all that, so if ya’ll could check the site everyday and vote, I’d surely appreciate it!
 
Thanks!
 
Hugs,
Rowena


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Get Out Your Calendars!

Posted March 24, 2008 by Rowena in | 3 Comments

 
From avidbookreader.com:

First, I want to thank you guys for participating in this endeavor! We had a pretty good turn out despite the fact that we had a few people missing in action. Hopefully, they will be joining us next month. Contest for the gift card is now closed but if readers who are interested in joining us, it’s not too late and it will always be open, just contact me using the contact form and I’ll add you to the list.

The tentative dates for TBR Day are below. I know many readers want to do more than one Wed and I say go for it. I only ask that you spotlight [a] book from your TBR pile every third Wed. I plan to read more books from my pile and reserve the older books on TBR Day. I am excited to say the least. I plan to tackle a few authors that I’ve not read but whose books are languishing in my TBR pile for a long time. Here are my author highlights: Sharon Shinn, Eva Ibbotson, Lisa Kleypas (Sugar Daddy), Catherine Asaro (The Veiled Web) and a few others. Any authors you are targeting out of your pile? Books in particular you’ve always wanted to read but never had the time? Well, now is the time.

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April 16
May 21
June 18
July 16
August 20
September 17
October 15
November 19
December 17

 
I didn’t join the TBR for the contest but it would have been nice, but oh well…we can still get participate, so make sure you contact her if you want to enter the challenge…it’s a good challenge, one that I want to participate in and I’m sure I’ll be able to do it so I’m gonna get to it.
 
Happy Reading Ya’ll!


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