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Tonya @ Story Time With Tonya and Friends hosted this fun weekly meme, which is you have to;
* Grab a book, closest.
* Turn to page 56, find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of the blog. *Post a link along with your post back to Tonya's blog
*Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest or most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST
This week my Friday 56 comes from my current read
By Fire, By Water
by Mitchell James Kaplan
"What is it you wanted to know?"
"Angels."
"Why?"
"Nine years ago," said Felipe, "I was thrown from a horse. They say I appeared dead, but they didn't bury me. I was breathing. It lasted three days. Then I woke."
It's that time again!!
Book Blogger Hop Time!! Head on over to
Crazy-for-Books sign up and grab the logo!!
This week's question:
Tell us about the book you are CURRENTLY reading!
The book I am currently reading is
By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan. I received this book from the author (thank you very much!) and so far have enjoyed it immensely!! It is a historical fiction book about Luis de Santangel, chancellor to the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel. I am so happy that I don't have to work tomorrow so I can really get some reading in!
Please look for my review in the future.
(By receiving this book from the author, it has in no way influenced by opinion. My opinions are my own.)
"WWW Wednesdays" is hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?
My answers:
Currently Reading: Evermore
by Alyson Noel
Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly event hosted by
Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating! To participate
sign up here!!
My WoW this week is:
Death's Excellent Vacation
Edited by Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner
Release Date: August 3, 2010
From Amazon:
New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost-plus Lilith Saintcrow, Jeff Abbott, and more-send postcards from the edge of the paranormal world to fans who devoured Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns.
With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and twelve other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque. Learn why it really can be an endless summer-for immortals.
I am such a sucker for new Sookie Stackhouse story!
Hey everyone! I just created my blogger button!! Let me know what you think and please grab it for your blog!!! I have never done something like this before and was so excited when I figured out how to make one!
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 "teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title & author, too, so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser!
The Last Wife of Henry VIII
by Carolly Erickson
In my dream I heard a voice from the tomb, "Find my mother," it said. "Find my mother."
When I awoke I could still hear the voice, and the memory of the dream lingered. What did it mean? Who was Saint Agatha's mother? (p.110)
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by
The Story Siren. Anyone can participate in IMM and you are not limited to only sharing books that arrive via your mailbox. You can also share books that you've bought or books that you've gotten at the library. If interested please click the link above and sign up!
This week I attended an estate sale and ended up with 7 boxes of books!! The lady that had them kept them in such good shape that they are like new! She had whole series of Rita Mae Brown, V.C. Andrews..etc. Just incredible and so happy I went! Since there is no way I can show them all I won't be posting what was in the boxes but I did get other books in the mail this week and I also ordered some on my Kindle.
From
Paperbackswap.com I bought the following:
On the Prowl (Tales of an Urban Werewolf, Book 2)
by Karen MacInerney
Book Blurb:
Talk about a bad-hair day!
Sophie Garou is a master at taming her inner beast, which comes in handy since she’s a werewolf. With a big promotion at work and a supersexy boyfriend, Heath (whom she recently spotted leaving a jewelry store with a beguiling ring box), she’s one happy girl.
But when Heath starts spending long nights at the office with his new associate–a dead-ringer for Career Day Barbie–Sophie smells trouble. And when her professional relationship with her big new client–who also happens to be Texas’s brilliantly blue-eyed most eligible bachelor–begins to sizzle, she wonders if her animal instincts are leading her in the wrong direction. Just when it seems that things can’t get any more complicated, they do. The Houston werewolf pack has sniffed Sophie out, and their message is chillingly clear: you’re either with us or against us. And unless she can prove that she’s with them, the next full moon may just be her last.
The Neighbor: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel
by Lisa Gardner
Book Blurb:
This is what happened...
It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy--a young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect.
In the last six hours...
But from the moment Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives at the Joneses’ snug little bungalow, she senses something off about the picture of wholesome normality the couple worked so hard to create. On the surface, Jason and Sandra Jones are like any other hardworking young couple raising a four-year-old child. But it is just under the surface that things grew murky.
Of the world as I knew it...
With the clock ticking on the life of a missing woman and the media firestorm building, Jason Jones seems more intent on destroying evidence and isolating his daughter than on searching for his “beloved” wife. Is the perfect husband trying to hide his guilt--or just trying to hide? And will the only witness to the crime be the killer’s next victim?
I ordered two books from Amazon for my Kindle:
Dark Dream
by Christine Feehan
Book Blurb:
She’s known him since she was fifteen. Every night, he is with her: his face, his voice. Tonight, Sara Marten will meet the man who is both angel and demon, salvation and temptation: Falcon—the Carpathian, the banished hero. Tonight, Sara will meet the dark-eyed destroyer destined to be her mate.
Dark Descent
by Christine Feehan
Book Blurb:
For Each, There Could Be Only One: They came from the darkest places: secluded monasteries, the Carpathian mountains, galaxies under siege. They were men with the blackest pasts-warriors, vampire monks, leaders of armies-but whose passions burned like dying stars. They had one purpose: to find those women who fulfilled them, completed them, and made them rage with a fire both holy and profane. They sought soul mates whose touch consumed them with desire, yet whose kisses refreshed like the coolest rain. And each man knew that for him there was only one true love-and in finding her, he would find salvation.
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