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December 28, 2013
Dystopia Reading Challenge 2014
I’m participating in the Dystopia Reading Challenge for 2014, hosted by Blog of Erised. I love Dystopia, but I feel like I don’t get around to reading it often, so I want to change that.
For this challenge, I won’t go for the highest level. Instead, I’m aiming for level two, Rebel, which means I’ll have to read 7 to 12 dystopian books. Fingers crossed!
I will keep track of my progress here, through monthly updates, and in the sidebar.
If you want to sign up for this challenge as well, go here.
2014 Horror Reading Challenge
I love reading horror. Last year, I didn’t keep track of how many horror novels I read, and I’m hoping to change that this year by participating in the 2014 Horror Reading Challenge hosted by Midnyte Reader.
I’m planning to go for the highest level, “Horror Hounds”, which means I’ll have to read more than 16+ horror books.
If you’d like to sign up for this challenge as well, go here.
I will keep track of the books I read for this challenge here, in the sidebar and in monthly updates posts.
100 Books in a Year Challenge 2014
Last year, I read over 200 books, which was pretty awesome. To keep up the momentum, I’ll participate in the 100 Books in a Year challenge hosted by Book Chick City.
This challenge is open for books of all genres. I will keep track of my progress here, through monthly updates, and in the sidebar.
If you’d like to participate as well, you can sign up here.
2014 Netgalley Reading Challenge
Since most of my reading food comes from Netgalley, I decided to participate in the Netgalley challenge the moment I read about it. The challenge is hosted by Aeriel Avalon and it’s actually quite simple: read a number of books you’ve got from Netgalley during 2014.
I’m going for the hardest difficult level: hardcore. Which means I have to read 21+ books in the Netgalley reading challenge. I’ll track my progress each month, and add books that work for this challenge to this post.
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December 27, 2013
Book Review: The One You Feed by James Drummond
Title: The One You Feed
Author: James Drummond
Genre: YA Horror
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Like most kids who grew up in the small Oregon town of Silver Falls, Toby Hoffman had heard all the scary stories about the monsters living in the neighboring woods of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Now a teenager, he knows the stories are made up to keep the town’s children from wandering where t...
Book Review: Down to Business by J.C. Alexander
Title: Down to Business
Author: J.C. Alexander
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Age Group: New Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
While everyone else headed off to college, small town girl, Autumn Malone, stays behind to help manage her family’s failing restaurant. Two years later, when a scholarship at Adelphi University comes her way, she can’t resist the chance to start a new life. The one thing that she...
Release Day Party The Emperor’s New Clothes
I’m happy to celebrate the release day party today for “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, a scifi M/M romance novel.
You can buy your copy from Amazon or Smashwords!
About the Book
Title: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Author: Aldous Mercer
Genre: SciFi M/M Romance
Imperial Agent Royce Ree needs to pull off the biggest heist the Universe has ever seen, or it’s bye-bye cushy government job, hello cleaning toilets in a dive-bar on Baga-V.
To succeed, he will need help from the last person he’d ever ask: his ex....
December 26, 2013
Book Review: A Dance for Fools by J.A. Lynch
Title: A Dance for Fools
Author: J.A Lynch
Genre: Erotica
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon (US), Amazon (UK)
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Bianka, a vampire with an insatiable thirst and desire for the body unlocked Pandora’s box when she disposed of Iona, and instead of getting the freedom she desired, she condemned herself to a curse.
With her new found fate as the Rose, comes the responsibility of choosing her own courtes...
December 25, 2013
Book Review: The Druid’s Doorway by S.G. Daniels and Giveaway
Title: The Druid’s Doorway
Author: S.G. Daniels
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Jake Reese thinkshe’sjust a screwed-up high school kid living in a small town isolated in the Arizona desert. Traumatized at an early age by his mother’s sudden death—and believing he might have had something to do with it—he’s allowed his guilt and lack of self-confidence to rule his life.
Hailey is the fiery little redhead that sees Jake as more than a just a good friend. When she invites hi...
December 24, 2013
Book Review: Clara by Suzanna Linton
Title: Clara
Author: Suzanna J. Linton
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
To save a nation, Clara will have to see through both the fog of war, and the fog of her own heart…
Sold into slavery as a child, and rendered mute by the horrors she suffered, Clara’s life extends no further than the castle kitchens and their garden. Those who know about her just think of her as the dull mute girl who may be a lit...
