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New Books Purchased!

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I will be reading these soon! Cant wait. So I bought Starcrossed, and Before I Die! The cover for Starcrossed looks beautiful!

Wither- Giveaway

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June Giveaway is.........                           Wither by Lauren DeStefano !   Rules: Open to US and Canada Only To enter, simply follow my blog and leave a comment by 11:59 pm June 1st-30th I'll pick one random winner and post their name on June 30, 2011 through (random.org) -Read further for contest Policies. No One Under 13 is permitted to enter these contests, it is not to be mean, it is for your safety. If I find out you are Under 13, the prize will be awarded to someone else in the competition. (selected on Random Org.) One Entry Per Person.

Starcrossed

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The next book I will be buying! It comes out May 31, 2011 H elen Hamilton has always tried to hide how different she is—no easy feat on an island as small as Nantucket, and only getting harder as she finds herself haunted by hallucinations and vivid nightmares. It's not until she crosses paths with Lucas Delos at school that Helen's true heritage is finally revealed. Yet even as Lucas helps her awaken to her startling powers, they can never be together—not unless they can break free from the tragic destiny the Three Fates have in store. Read an excerpt Foreign covers BUY THE BOOK:        

Daimon by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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In this captivating prequel to Half-Blood, Armentrout does a beautiful job of describing Alexandria's view of the world as a half-blood. From beginning to end her beginning story gets us ready for the first novel, Half-Blood which comes out September 15.  All I can say is "OMG!"  I loved it! The story introduces readers to the main character Alexandria “Alex” Andros, a half-blood descendent of the gods, who, with her mother, a pure-blood, has been on the run for three years, hiding from the Covenant and from the daimons who exist on the aether of pure-bloods. The story gives us the insight through Alex's life as she goes through life after the Covenant. She has been running with her mother. We get though some descriptions that Alex has a crush on someone with his eyes! The Daimons, where very well put together and I love the novella because it gets us ready for the first novel.  I even cried at some parts during the read:) and that's not an easy thing ...

30 followers or 1000 views

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If I reach 30 followers or a 1000 views on the page every follower will be entered to receive a copy of Alyson Noel's Evermore , the first book in the Immortal series. So I will be giving away 2 books. You will definitely want to read/enter this book because it was AMAZING! I fell in love with the cover right away, I think it started my spiral into book blogging also! This is in honor of Everlasting which comes out June 7! by  Alyson Noël St. Martin's Press | February 3, 2009 | Trade Paperback Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people's thoughts, and know a person's life story by touch.   Going out of her way to shield herself from human contact to suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school-but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste . . . Ever sees Damen and feels an instant recognition.  He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets....

Anna Dressed In Blood

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Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake    Just your average boy-meets-girl, girl-kills-people story. . . Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay. When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since her death, Anna has killed...

Clockwork Prince Cover

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  At 9 am EST at Simon and Schuster 's BEA booth, with the help of a special guest, Will from Clockwork Angel , the cover for Clockwork Prince was revealed!   Its a pretty awesome cover for the book It goes on sale December 6, 2011          The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare 

Interview with Author- Jennifer L. Armentrout

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e-book  goodreads This is my interview with the lovely Jennifer L. Armentrout, who I think is one of the coolest authors. I recommend you pre-order her book Daimon: A Prequel to Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout Release Date: May 10, 2011 Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Genre: YA Paranormal T he Story: (from Goodreads) "Love in my world usually ended up with someone hearing 'I smite thee!' as she was cursed to be some lame flower for the rest of her life." For three years, Alexandria has lived among mortals—pretending to be like them and trying to forget the duty she'd been trained to fulfill as a child of a mortal and a demigod. At seventeen, she's pretty much accepted that she's a freak by mortal standards… and that she'll never be prepared for that duty.  According to her mother, that’s a good thing. But as every descendant of the gods knows, Fate has a way of rearing her ugly head. A horrifying attack forces Alex t...

What is Everyone Reading?

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I was wondering what everyone else is reading, or if they have any suggestions on good books. Post a comment or leave me a message, we can also discuss favorite books.  I would love to hear everyone's opinion! Look at me, am running out of room, I have even started to e-read to save room:) Thanks, hope to hear from everyone!

Wither/Fever Giveaway by Lauren DeStefano

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Hey everyone, Lauren DeStefano has just recently told us twitter followers that she is doing a giveaway for her books because she now has 3,000 followers. Wither and Fever, which is still in works, she is just waiting for the arcs! I already read Wither and I loved it, one of my favorite dystopian novels. I already reviewed it and you can view it also on the blog I am recommending everyone to read her novel in the Chemical Garden Series, and to enter the giveaway!! Here's the details in order to be entered in the giveaway: Step 1: Tweet, Facebook, or blog a link to this giveaway Step 2: Comment on my blog with a link to your post. If you mentioned it on twitter, Facebook, and your blog, you can comment up to three times with a separate link to each mention. If you comment more than three times, the additional comments won’t be counted. Step 3: Tell friends! The winner will be chosen via a random number generator. The giveaway will end at 12:01 AM on Tuesday, May 31st,...

Love Story by Jennifer Echols

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Love Story Cover You can purchase this  here or on amazon   here   Pub. Date: July 19 2011 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Format: Paperback , 256pp  Read on S&S Gallery Grab My Review I have read many stories/novels by the author, and I think I like this one the most because throughout the story we have the different views at which the main characters are trying to confess their love to each other, and they have soo much history with each other by which their parents have history. Echols writing gives us insight into these teenagers’ lives and experiences through college.  In "Love Story" we see the ups and downs of writing literature from Erin and Hunters class of literature in New York.  When reading their stories they explain why they hated each other for the past 6 years since her mother died and why they like each other at the same time, and reflect true stories of their lives in the story. I thought that t...

Contest Winners!!

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Hey Everyone We have our winners for the She's So Dead To Us and We'll Always Have Summer contest The winners are Erika Dlugokecki - she won SSDTU by Kieran Scott and Mickey Reed who won We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Will the winners please send me their information and I will probably have them shipped by Monday or Tuesday Thanks all for those who entered !! I will hopefully hold another contest in the upcoming month!! Stay Tuned for upcoming reviews, I am currently reading Love Story by Jennifer Echols!! For those who are interest you can purchase these books from amazon or even  Chapters Indigo for SSDTU : here Or go to Kieran Scott Site: here Jenny Han : here Buy We'll Always Have Summer: here All purchases were made from Chapters Indigo : here its an awesome place to buy books!

Upcoming Release: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin Release Date: September 27, 2011 Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR Goodreads | Amazon | The Book Depository Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is. She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong. Pre-order your copy: here Download the widget: here   Enter to win an Advanced Reader’s Copy here

Sometimes It Happens by Lauren Barnholdt

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Cover You can Pre-Order  here Hey Everyone!!! On S&S Gallery Grab, I read Sometimes It Happens by Lauren Barnholdt. I was so excited to see that it was in there so I took the chance and read it pr I have read her other young adult books, The Night That Changed Everything, Two Way Street and Aces Up. All these books were really well written and are part of my favorite books. Sometimes It Happens was beautifully written and I loved the plot and the series of events that occurred throughout the novel. Barnholdt really does a good job with her story lines by starting off the beginning with the first day of school during Hannah’s first day of senior year and with each chapter we go from future to the past by the next chapter we find out that Hannah has been cheated on her boyfriend Sebastian with a end of the year party, where Hannah sees him kissing another girl while playing volleyball. So her best friend Ava and her boyfriend Noah help her through this part of the breakup b...

Unearthly By Cynthia Hand

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Title: Unearthly (#1) Author: Cynthia Hand Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 435 Summary ( Goodreads ) In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . . Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose , something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy. Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side. As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she...

4 Days Left to Enter

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Hey everyone, You have less than 4 days to enter for the contest for She's So Not Worth It by Kieran Scott and We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han. If you can spread the word about the blog!! Thanks to all you loyal followers who follow me! LovesBooks

Help Write Now

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Hey everyone, authors are posting up auctions in support of helping the South with flooding. With this I have won and ARC of The Ubecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin!! I cant wait to have it mailed out and to support a great cause in helping the flooding. This is the link: http://helpwritenow.blogspot.com/

Next Book

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I am thinking of reading this book next because I heard it was really good. Its also about angels!! I will blog the review when I finish the book!!! And I changed the name of the blog!

The Last Song by Nicolas Sparks

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I would like to say that i enjoyed reading this book about first loves and pain that Nicholas Sparks brings to the novel, and how we learn more about each character. Some parts make you laugh while other parts make you really sad:((tear jerker) This is the first book I read of Nicholas Sparks and I hope to read more of his novels in the future. It made me thing about life and how long we have, about family and first loves and new friends. I recommend this book to anybody in need of a good break! Enjoy the read! The book was really well written, which gave the reader an insight into each of the characters POV's with Ronnie, Her Dad, and even Will's POV. I really loved it and I cant wait to read more from this author

Giveaway Contest :)

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In starting this Blog, I will host a giveaway! For this contest I will be giving away a copy of We'll Always Have Summer(Hardcover) by Jenny Han and She's So Dead To Us(Paperback) by Kieran Scott in honor of her new book coming out on June 7th!! Contest Ends by May 20 at 12:00am EST my time! Good Luck;) Rules: Open to US and Canada Only Must be a follower to enter. Internet safety is important! -Do not leave any personal information in comments. But - You can email me your name and personal info to my hotmail @ lovesbooks1@hotmail.com (all personally information is deleted when the giveaway has concluded and the winner has been chosen through Random Org.) -Read further for contest Policies. No One Under 13 is permitted to enter these contests, it is not to be mean, it is for your safety. If I find out you are Under 13, the prize will be awarded to someone else in the competition. (selected on Random Org.) One Entry Per Person. -----------------------------...

Jenny Han Contest

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As everyone knows I am a total Conrad fan for the Summer Series by Jenny Han!! This is a pic of me and her novel We`ll Always Have Summer! It was overall a great end to a great series and I cannot wait until more books come from this author in the future!!