Yes - that's right! You can download Legacy by Cayla Kluver for free this week at Amazon.com for your Kindle. I don't have a Kindle, but I have a review copy I am looking forward to reading. If you have a Kindle go and check this wonderful book out!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
News: Download Legacy by Cayla Kluver for free for your Kindle
Yes - that's right! You can download Legacy by Cayla Kluver for free this week at Amazon.com for your Kindle. I don't have a Kindle, but I have a review copy I am looking forward to reading. If you have a Kindle go and check this wonderful book out!
August Summary
Okay so now I'm back to work and the boys are back to school and August was an awesome reading month. I'm back on track to complete 175 books this year.
In August I read 20 books.
I hit 100 books for the year this month. I made some progress on review books though I am still backed up on some of them, my fault, not the books and my library reopened - so it's happy days for me!
Challenges:
2009 100+ Challenge: 112/180
2009 Suspense/Thriller Challenge: 12/12 - completed this month!
Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge: 2/8
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge: 1/13
In August I read 20 books.
- 9 were ARC/Review books
- 5 were from the library
- 4 were from my tbr pile
- 2 were from booksfree
- 5 were on audio
- 4 were children's books (listen to/read with DS#1)
- 5 were young adult books
- Love's First Light by Jamie Carie - review
- I Can See You by Karen Rose - review
- Seven Up by Janet Evanovich - review
- Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker - review and interview
- Wait Until Twilight by Sang Pak - review
- The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf - review
- Pre by Tom Jordan
- Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - review
- Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - review
- Vision in White by Nora Roberts
- Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laura Viera Rigler
- A to Z Mysteries: The Deadly Dungeon by Ron Roy
- A to Z Mysteries: The Empty Envelope by Ron Roy
- A to Z Mysteries: The Falcon's Feathers by Ron Roy
- A to Z Mysteries: The Golden Goose by Ron Roy
- After by Amy Efaw - review
- Nothing Can Keep Us Together by Cecily Von Ziegesar
- Truth or Dare by Nicole O'Dell - review
- The Last Ember by Daniel Levin
- Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson
I hit 100 books for the year this month. I made some progress on review books though I am still backed up on some of them, my fault, not the books and my library reopened - so it's happy days for me!
Challenges:
2009 100+ Challenge: 112/180
2009 Suspense/Thriller Challenge: 12/12 - completed this month!
Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge: 2/8
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge: 1/13
Win Arrival: Evermore by Alyson Noel
Evermore by Alyson Noel (The Immortals Book #1)
I won this from Kiki and Tashi at their Taste Life Twice blog. Thank you so much ladies for hosting this giveaway - I am really looking forward to reading this.
I won this from Kiki and Tashi at their Taste Life Twice blog. Thank you so much ladies for hosting this giveaway - I am really looking forward to reading this.
From the back cover:
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. Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she’s thinking— and he’s the only one who can silence the noise and the random energy in her head. She doesn’t know who he really is— or what he is. Damen is equal parts light and darkness, and he belongs to an enchanted new world where no one ever dies.
Teaser Tuesday - September 1
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Then I felt a little start of surprise as I realized exactly what I was seeing as I gawked at him.
Kalona had gotten younger.
From Hunted by P.C. and Kristin Cast (p.178)
See more teasers here.
Review Copy Arrival: Stretch Marks by Kimberly Stuart
Stretch Marks by Kimberly Stuart
Received from Audra Jennings of B&B Media Group for the First Wild Card Tour in October.Publisher: David C. Cook
Publish Date: September 1, 2009
An earth-conscious, yoga-practicing twenty-something is forced to face her estranged relationship with her mother in this comic yet poignant novel about moms and daughters.
Mia Rathbun is an overworked and underpaid Chicago social worker who belongs to PETA and recycles the tops of pizza boxes. Her boyfriend, Lars, is a free-spirited freelance writer (read: mooch) who disdains the conventions of marriage but is happy to build a life with Mia. That is until Mia becomes pregnant.
Left on her own, Mia just begins to accustom herself to the looming prospect of single parenthood when her mother, Babs, shows up to "help." The two have an estranged relationship but are forced to acknowledge their connection as Mia's belly grows and she has few other options. The story is told with Stuart's characteristic irreverent and authentic humour with healthy doses of poignancy and grace.
New Book Releases - September 1, 2009
A new feature on my blog will be the new releases each Tuesday. So come and see what comes out today and help support these authors and wonderful books. This is by no means a comprehensive list - it's just the ones I have heard about. If you are an author of an upcoming book (or a publicist) please contact me at my email address - crystalfulcher(at)ec(dot)rr(dot)com - and I will add your book to my post the week it releases.
So here are some of this week's releases:
Stretch Marks by Kimberly Stuart
I received this one yesterday for review and can't wait to read it.
Secrets of a Christmas Box by Steven Hornby
DS#1 and I are currently reading and enjoying this one.
Enter the magical festive world of the Christmas 'Tree-Dwellers', as Larry, a Christmas snowman, wakes up after the long sleep in the Christmas box, to find his brother is missing.
Desperate to find him before Christmas, Larry, along with his girlfriend Debbie, a newcomer Splint, and Larry's companion Tinsel, break the laws of the 'Tree-Elders' and escape down the tree and away into the house, to look for clues.
Away from the safety of the tree and in an unfamiliar world, the Dwellers stumble upon a dark and sinister secret that threatens their entire world. Can Larry and the group make it back to the tree in time to warn the others, and finally uncover the truth behind the 'Secrets of a Christmas Box'?
Storm of Shadows by Christina Dodd (Book #2 in Chosen Ones series)
Brilliant Rosamund Hill has lived her life buried in academia, discounting the legend of the Chosen as a myth-then Aaron Eagle shows up at her door. With the promise of a love that will defy fate itself, Rosamund is forced to confront the truth about the Chosen...and the dangerous man who sweeps her into a world of dark secrets.
Excerpt here.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Book #2 in Hunger Games series)
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
As the United States begins gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the Midwestern daughter of a gentleman hill farmer—his “Keltjin potatoes” are justifiably famous—has come to a university town as a college student, her brain on fire with Chaucer, Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir.
Between semesters, she takes a job as a part-time nanny.
The family she works for seems both mysterious and glamorous to her, and although Tassie had once found children boring, she comes to care for, and to protect, their newly adopted little girl as her own.
As the year unfolds and she is drawn deeper into each of these lives, her own life back home becomes ever more alien to her: her parents are frailer; her brother, aimless and lost in high school, contemplates joining the military. Tassie finds herself becoming more and more the stranger she felt herself to be, and as life and love unravel dramatically, even shockingly, she is forever changed.
Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan
Ivory-a rare Carpathian female-has been protected by her brothers for most of her life. But onceshe frees the mage Razvan from his prison cave, they must flee together, enemies of Carpathian hunters as well as vampires. Ivory senses that Razvan is more than he appears to be, and she vows to go against the entire Carpathian race to help him, risking both their lives in order to save their love.
So tell me - are you buying or have you bought any of these? Are they on your list, did you review them? What else new is coming out?
So here are some of this week's releases:
Stretch Marks by Kimberly StuartI received this one yesterday for review and can't wait to read it.
An earth-conscious, yoga-practicing twenty-something is forced to face her estranged relationship with her mother in this comic yet poignant novel about moms and daughters.
Mia Rathbun is an overworked and underpaid Chicago social worker who belongs to PETA and recycles the tops of pizza boxes. Her boyfriend, Lars, is a free-spirited freelance writer (read: mooch) who disdains the conventions of marriage but is happy to build a life with Mia. That is until Mia becomes pregnant.
Left on her own, Mia just begins to accustom herself to the looming prospect of single parenthood when her mother, Babs, shows up to "help." The two have an estranged relationship but are forced to acknowledge their connection as Mia's belly grows and she has few other options. The story is told with Stuart's characteristic irreverent and authentic humour with healthy doses of poignancy and grace.
Secrets of a Christmas Box by Steven HornbyDS#1 and I are currently reading and enjoying this one.
Enter the magical festive world of the Christmas 'Tree-Dwellers', as Larry, a Christmas snowman, wakes up after the long sleep in the Christmas box, to find his brother is missing.
Desperate to find him before Christmas, Larry, along with his girlfriend Debbie, a newcomer Splint, and Larry's companion Tinsel, break the laws of the 'Tree-Elders' and escape down the tree and away into the house, to look for clues.
Away from the safety of the tree and in an unfamiliar world, the Dwellers stumble upon a dark and sinister secret that threatens their entire world. Can Larry and the group make it back to the tree in time to warn the others, and finally uncover the truth behind the 'Secrets of a Christmas Box'?
Storm of Shadows by Christina Dodd (Book #2 in Chosen Ones series)Brilliant Rosamund Hill has lived her life buried in academia, discounting the legend of the Chosen as a myth-then Aaron Eagle shows up at her door. With the promise of a love that will defy fate itself, Rosamund is forced to confront the truth about the Chosen...and the dangerous man who sweeps her into a world of dark secrets.
Excerpt here.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Book #2 in Hunger Games series)Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie MooreAs the United States begins gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the Midwestern daughter of a gentleman hill farmer—his “Keltjin potatoes” are justifiably famous—has come to a university town as a college student, her brain on fire with Chaucer, Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir.
Between semesters, she takes a job as a part-time nanny.
The family she works for seems both mysterious and glamorous to her, and although Tassie had once found children boring, she comes to care for, and to protect, their newly adopted little girl as her own.
As the year unfolds and she is drawn deeper into each of these lives, her own life back home becomes ever more alien to her: her parents are frailer; her brother, aimless and lost in high school, contemplates joining the military. Tassie finds herself becoming more and more the stranger she felt herself to be, and as life and love unravel dramatically, even shockingly, she is forever changed.
Dark Slayer by Christine FeehanIvory-a rare Carpathian female-has been protected by her brothers for most of her life. But onceshe frees the mage Razvan from his prison cave, they must flee together, enemies of Carpathian hunters as well as vampires. Ivory senses that Razvan is more than he appears to be, and she vows to go against the entire Carpathian race to help him, risking both their lives in order to save their love.
Heat Seeker by Lora Leigh
John Vincent has always led a life of danger, and now he has every reason to want to remain as dead as the obituary in the Australian papers had proclaimed him to be. He’d left nothing behind in the life he had once led—except for one woman, and one night of unforgettable passion. Now, both will return to haunt him…
Bailey Serborne is still tormented by a past she can’t change and a man she hasn’t been able to forget. A man who was supposed to dead.. But now, a stroke of fate has revealed that sometimes, a woman is given a second chance to heal her heart—and exact the sweetest revenge…
So tell me - are you buying or have you bought any of these? Are they on your list, did you review them? What else new is coming out?
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