Deborah Andreasen's Blog, page 17

In My Mailbox (1)

I wanted to kind of sweep my negative review under the rug (I hate doing that to an author!). So I decided to participate in a weekly meme by The Story Siren called In My Mailbox.

The idea of IMM is to post any books you've bought, received as a gift, checked out from the library, or received in the mail to review. However you get them, post them.

In my case, it's almost always the library. Up this week?

Dark Divine by Bree Despain:


I'm really excited about this one. I'm already on the waiting li...

Review: Erlina of Whispering Pines by J.J. Burgess

Erlina Andersen has known much tragedy in her short life. Her mother was killed when she was a young child. Her father was lost at sea when she was eight. She was raised by her iron-fisted grandfather. Her husband was an unfaithful gambler who died young and left her and her two young children buried in debt.

And that's where our story begins.

Upon learning she is penniless, Erlina also learns her grandmother secretly left her an inheritance: an estate called Whispering Pines.

Erlina moves her c...

Rock bottom rating - It's not my fault!

This may come as a surprise to you (insert sarcasm here), but as an author, I sometimes have this horrible feeling that all my hard work has been for nothing. In the dark hours of night when I have nothing to do but listen to the sound of my own breathing, a sickly fog starts to creep into my mind and whisper things like:

Your book stinks.
No one is going to like it.
You shouldn't have bothered.

It's terrible! I feel like Gollum in Return of the King in which he tells himself nobody likes him and...

eReader Giveaway

Want to a chance to win an eReader?
Check out the Bibliophilic Book Blog for details.
Anyone over the age of 13 can enter. Follow Monica's blog when you enter. It's not a requirement, but it's appreciated.
What can you win?
An eReader of your choice!! Or a gift card to the bookstore of your choice. Neither can be more than $200. All you have to do is go to Bibliophilic Book Blog, fill out the form, follow (hopefully), sit back and relax. Head back on March 15th - Bookmark Day - for more...

Kindle Giveaway

Hey readers. I know nothing about this book (sorry!). All I know is that I've been entering like mad to win a Kindle - since it's the only way I'll ever get one - and I figured I ought to give you the chance as well.

Good luck to us all!


Want to win a brand new Wi-Fi Kindle 3? All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, and you can have your chance! For more chances to win, visit the main contest page. Every participating blog you visit gives you another chance to win!This post is part...

Dragging my feet through mud.

Last night it rained. With the rain, came horrible wind. With the horrible wind, came a jolting crash. Upon inspection, my husband found that our back gate had torn off it's hinges, crashed against the house, and smashed against the drain pipe.

It was nearly 11 o'clock, rainy and windy,and we were out there (in the mud) trying to fix the gate. At one point, I tried to take a step back, but I was stuck. I'd been standing so long in one place, I'd sunk enough that I didn't notice, but enough tha...

So...why aren't you reviewing books?

I'm a little behind on book reviews. My goal this year is to read 100 books. That's about 8 books a month. Which is about 2 books a week. Should be easy, right?

So, why haven't I been posting lots of reviews?

Well...it's a long story. Basically it boils down to the fact that I get all my books from the local library, and a certain little boy who shall remain anonymous (but he's about 2 1/2 feet tall and calls me mom) threw away the case to one of the DVD's we checked out from the library. He ha...

Giveaway on Goodreads

On Thursday, March 10th, 5 copies of The Gifted will be up for grabs. Goodreads is hosting a giveaway that runs from March 10th to April 1st.

You will need to be a Goodreads member to enter this giveaway.

Once you are signed up, you can click on the button below to enter the giveaway. You'll just need to enter a mailing address. Sorry, only one entry per household. Tyler and I have tried to enter the same giveaway before and we couldn't because our addresses are the same. Goodreads will send an...

Review: The Princess and the Snowbird

She is endowed with aur-magic beyond anything anyone has seen before.

He has no magic, and is shunned by his village because of it.

Liva is the daughter of the Hound and the Bear who spent their long lives protecting animal magic and those who hold it. Jens has lived his life being beaten, ignored and persecuted because of his lack of magic. They seem the most unlikely of pairs, but theirs is a love that transcends magic.

Liva must live up to her heritage to protect and save magic, and Jens, who...

Book Review: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Amy is a 17-year-old girl cryogenically frozen aboard the ship Godspeed. She and her parents are making a 300 year trek across the universe to Centauri-Earth, where a team of scientists and military specialists (also frozen) hope to create a new world.

Elder is a 16-year-old boy, the youngest person aboard Godspeed. Someday, sooner than he'd like, he will take over Eldest's position as leader of the ship and it's monoethnic residents. Every person has the same dark hair, same olive skin, and t...