Showing posts with label kelley armstrong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kelley armstrong. Show all posts

Monday, 15 April 2013

Signed Book Giveaway Hop




  Welcome to the Signed Book Giveaway Hop.  

This blog hop will run from April 16 - 22 and the winner receive a signed copy of Kelley Armstrong's Spellbound from her Women of the Otherworld series.  I was lucky enough to meet Kelley Armstrong in 2011 and have been holding on to this signed book sporting the Australian cover for just the right giveaway.This is it!





Rules are as follows:

  • You must be 13 or over
  • Competition is international
  • If you win, you will have 48 hours to reply to my winners email or another winner will be chosen
Don't forget to hop around to the other sites and enter their giveaways also.

Good Luck!


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Saturday, 4 August 2012

In My Mailbox #33

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Welcome to  In My Mailbox, a meme run by The Story Siren where each week over 200 bloggers post on their blogs the books they have bought, received to review or won in the past week. 

To find out more information, get involved yourself or see what's in other bloggers mailboxes this week head over to The Story Siren or to find out what is in my mailbox this week, keep reading.

Don't forget to comment and post your IMM link or just let me know what's in your mail box this week.

So despite thinking (and planning)  for a slow week to concentrate on reading and reviewing what I already had, somehow it turned into a ridiculously huge week! Virtually every day that had post, a new parcel of books appeared in my mailbox ( or in my case on my front door step) and actually that was pretty exciting. Every morning during the week bar one, I would get up and open my front door and there was a new book parcel sitting on my door step and in fact on Friday, I got a parcel in the morning and the afternoon. Pretty awesome huh? Now I just need to read them all! :-)

For Review (with thanks to HarlequinTEEN Australia)


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Speechless by Hannah Harrington

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Giveaways Won


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On Friday 13th July, Fiktshun held a #direday giveaway giving away 30 of Lemony Snicket's The Bad Beginning. I was one lucky winner :-). Thanks to Rachel of Fiktshun and Harper Children's.


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Also won three books in Date a Book's epic 3rd anniversary giveaway:

Twisted Heart by Eden Maguire
Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton

June RAK

Received and awesome June RAK from Michelle at Beagle Book Space.  Yes I know it's August. This book was originally ordered and sent to me in June but went astray on its way from The Book Depository however Michelle was nice enough to follow up with them and they sent it out again.  Thanks so much! I can't wait to read this:


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Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Purchased:
              From Book Depository


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Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

I made the mistake of going to a discount book store this week (always dangerous) and couldn't pass up the books below. Brand new the most expensive book below was $4.95 and the majority were just $2! Could you have passed them up? :)


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Everlasting by Alyson Noel
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Winter's Shadow by MJ Hearle
Legacy by Cayla Kluver
Graveminder by Melissa Marr

Library:


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Lover Reborn by J R Ward
The Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

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Lover Unleashed by J R Ward

So what was in your mailbox this week?

Friday, 6 July 2012

On My Wishlist #5

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Welcome to On My Wishlist! 

On My Wishlist is a meme that was originally created by Book Chick City and is now hosted by Cosy Books where we can showcase (and squee about) books that are on our individual wish lists whether already released or still awaiting publication.

For more information or to get involved yourself, head over to Cosy Books and check it out!

Lastly, don't forget to comment and let me know what books are on your Wishlist this week.


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Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

Publish Date: 26 July 2012


Synopsis (via Goodreads ): The #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong delivers the novel her fans have been clamoring for: The epic finale of the Otherworld series.

It’s been more than ten years, a dozen installments, and hundreds of thousands of copies since Kelley Armstrong introduced readers to the all-too-real denizens of the Otherworld: witches, werewolves, necromancers, vampires, and half-demons, among others. And it’s all been leading to Thirteen, the final installment, the novel that brings all of these stories to a stunning conclusion.

A war is brewing—the first battle has been waged and Savannah Levine is left standing, albeit battered and bruised. She has rescued her half brother from supernatural medical testing, but he’s fighting to stay alive. The Supernatural Liberation Movement took him hostage, and they have a maniacal plan to expose the supernatural world to the unknowing.

Savannah has called upon her inner energy to summon spells with frightening strength, a strength she never knew she had, as she fights to keep her world from shattering. But it’s more than a matter of supernaturals against one another—both heaven and hell have entered the war; hellhounds, genetically modified werewolves, and all forces of good and evil have joined the fray.

Uniting Savannah with Adam, Paige, Lucas, Jaime, Hope, and other lost-but-notforgotten characters in one epic battle, Thirteen is a grand, crowd-pleasing closer for Armstrong’s legions of fans.

Comment: Book thirteen and the finale of the Woman of the Otherworld series. I love this series and don't really want it to end. That being said I cannot wait or this,the final installment.


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Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Publish Date: 5 March 2013


Synopsis (via Goodreads ): When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to it than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia senses a dark and powerful magic at work in the town. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, trying to dodge the local legend that a curse has been placed on his family that will cause him to go insane. When the strange dreams Mateo has been having of rescuing a beautiful girl—Nadia—from a car accident come true, he knows he’s doomed. 

Despite the forces pulling them apart, Nadia and Mateo must work together to break the chains of his family's terrible curse, and to prevent a disaster that threatens the lives of everyone in the town. Shimmering with magic and mystery, New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray’s new novel is sure to draw fans of the Hex Hall and Caster Chronicles series, and fans of the hit CW TV show The Secret Circle.

Comment: I want this book purely because it is written by Claudia Gray. I have loved all her books so far, theEvernight series, Balthazar, Fateful. The fact that it is about witches makes it that much more intriguing. Gonna be a long wait till March next year for this one.


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Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Publish Date: 3 July 2012


Synopsis (via Goodreads ): Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . .

Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.

Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything--her family, her future--to be with him. When she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life she's always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter.

With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.

From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Peaches" comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up.

Comment: I have always loved Peter Pan and anything to do with Peter Pan. When I was little I would ask my parents to leave the window open in the hopes that Peter would find and take me to Neverland. Alas that never happened, but the magic of the story remained with me so this story of Peter Pan and Tiger Lily from Tinkerbell's point of view is right up my alley. Have yet to see it in Australian stores but hope to get it ASAP.



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The Diviners by Libba Bray

Publish Date: 18th September 2012


Synopsis (via Goodreads ): Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-toot-ly thrilled. New York is the city of speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces! Soon enough, Evie is running with glamorous Ziegfield girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is Evie has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult--also known as "The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies."
When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret: a mysterious power that could help catch the killer--if he doesn't catch her first.

Comment: I first came across about this book when looking for BEA titles to feature in my ABEA giveaway in early June. Set in the 1920s with a dash of supernatural/occult and the fact it is written by Libba Bray, whom I have read and enjoyed before, makes me think that this will be another book that I will enjoy.


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Boundless by Cynthia Hand

Publish Date: 22 January 2013


Comment: Another title not due out till early 2013, Boundless is book 3 in the Unearthly trilogy. I loved both Unearthly and Hallowed and can't wait for this. The cover was just revealed recently. Isn't it gorgeous?

What has gone on your Wishlist this week?

Saturday, 23 June 2012

In My Mailbox #27

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Welcome to  In My Mailbox, a meme run by The Story Siren where each week over 200 bloggers post on their blogs the books they have bought, received to review or won in the past week. 

To find out more information, get involved yourself or see what's in other bloggers mailboxes this week head over to The Story Siren or to find out what is in my mailbox this week, keep reading.

Don't forget to comment and post your IMM link or just let me know what's in your mail box this week.

A good this week. Got some awesome titles!

For Review:

This week a title from one of my favourite authors, Kelley Armstrong. Can't wait to read this one. 

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The Hunter and the Hunted by Kelley Armstrong


Giveaways Won:

Won an awesome giveaway from Gypsy Book Reviews. Check it out:






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Storybound by Marissa Burt (signed) + bookmarks, magnet, signed poster and tin of cocoa


Purchased:
I have been anxiously waiting to receive this titles and have already read it! As expected, it was awesome.  Review to come.


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The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead


Library:


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Lover Enshrined by J R Ward


What is in your mailbox this week?

Saturday, 28 April 2012

In My Mailbox #19


Welcome to  ;In My Mailbox, a meme run by The Story Siren where each week over 200 bloggers post on their blogs the books they have bought, received to review or won in the past week.
To find out more information, get involved yourself or see what's in other bloggers mailboxes this week head over to The Story Siren or to find out what is in my mailbox this week, keep reading.
Don't forget to comment and post your IMM link or just let me know what's in your mail box this week

Welcome to another In my mailbox coming to you once again with baby on my lap. This time sleeping but still unwilling to be moved. 

 
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Also my computer went kaput last night and is now completely utterly dead so I am posting this from my iPad, typing one handed (holding baby with other) trying out the blogger app for the first time  so definitely an interesting challenge :-)

And yes I am aware of the events of this week but I have decided that I will continue with the IMM meme.

So here is what has arrived in my mailbox this week:

To Review:


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Black Dawn by Rachel Caine (Penguin Books Australia via Netgalley)
Timepiece by Myra McEntire (Egmont USA via Netgalley)



From the Library


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White Cat by Holly Black
Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

So what did you get in your mailbox this week?

Saturday, 21 April 2012

In My Mailbox #18






Welcome to  In My Mailbox, a meme run by The Story Siren where each week over 200 bloggers post on their blogs the books they have bought, received to review or won in the past week.
To find out more information, get involved yourself or see what's in other bloggers mailboxes this week head over to The Story Siren or to find out what is in my mailbox this week, keep reading.
Don't forget to comment and post your IMM link or just let me know what's in your mail box this week

So my beautiful daughter Elizabeth is exactly one month old today so I figured it was the perfect time to attempt to post on my blog again.  While i haven't done as much reading as previous, reading, especially on my kindle and ipad have been one of the things to  get me through the long nights of feeding and trying to get Elizabeth to sleep. Of course finding the free time to write blog entries and reviews is going to be the interesting part.  Currently she is lying on my lap dead tired but with eyes wide open determined not to miss a thing. So if i get distracted mid post you know why :-P



Anyhew here is what has arrived in my mailbox over the last couple weeks

To Review:

 




The Immortal Rules
The Six
Shift












 The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (HarlequinTEEN via Netgalley)
The Six by K. B Hoyle (Smith Publicity - The Writer's Coffee Shop via Netgalley)
Shift by Kim Curran (Angry Robot via Netgalley)
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond (Angry Robot via Netgalley)

Purchased:

 I did some pre-ordering before Elizabeth's birth and these are the ones that have arrived in the past three weeks:



The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
Spellbound by Rachel Hawkins
Balthazar by Claudia Gray 


Actually I received Balthazar before Elizabeth was born and managed to get it signed by Claudia Gray while she was in Australia but it never got to feature in an IMM and I thought it should.  Here is a photo of a very pregnant me (I was 9 days overdue at the time - i think elizabeth waited so i could go to the signing before being born :-P) and Claudia Gray:




Borrowed:


The library has been my best friend lately and Elizabeth and I try to make at least on trip there a week. Her for baby rhyme time and me for more books  Here is what I currently have on loan:




Star Trek Myriad Universes (assorted authors)
Darkfall by Isobelle Carmody
The Named by Marianne Curley
The Dark by Marianne Curley
The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman
The Shadow in the North by Phillip Pullman
The Tiger in the Well by Phillip Pullman
The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Dark Visions by L J Smith
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon


So what was in your mailbox this week?

Saturday, 6 August 2011

In My Mailbox #13




Welcome to  In My Mailbox, a meme run by The Story Siren where each week over 200 bloggers post on their blogs the books they have bought, received to review or won in the past week.
To find out more information, get involved yourself or see what's in other bloggers mailboxes this week head over to The Story Siren or to find out what is in my mailbox this week, keep reading.
Don't forget to comment and post your IMM link or just let me know what's in your mail box this week










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 Spellbound by Kelley Armstrong
Cascade by Lisa T. Bergren

Lots of exciting jumping around and squeeing (albeit silently as the other half was asleep at the time :P) when these arrived in my mailbox this week especially Spellbound as this was pre-ordered and I was waiting anxiously for it.  I am hoping my copy of waterfall arrives this week since obviously Cascade is the sequel :)

though check out what Kindle was sold for free this week:



Waterfall by Lisa T Bergren

Yup so I guess i can start reading :)

And...

If that wasn't enough,  just four days into the month I receive my first August R.A.K  from Alyssa from Alyssa's Bookshelf Check it out:




Abandon
Hereafter
Before I Fall
Delirium
Matched




























Abandon by Meg Cabot (e-book)
Hereafter by Tara Hudson (e-book)
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (e-book)
Delirium by Lauren Oliver (e-book)
Matched by Ally Condie (e-book)

Awesome huh?  Thanks so much to Alyssa for such and awesome R.A.K and also to Vanessa and Isalys from Book Soulmates for running such an great idea as R.A.K (Random Acts of Kindness for those unfamiliar)

Don't forget to enter my passion giveaway for you chance to win a signed copy of either Fallen or Passion.  Just 4 days left!  And stay posted for a guest post and give away from Kim Falconer.

So what was in your mailbox this week?

Friday, 10 June 2011

Review: The Gathering By Kelley Armstrong

Title: The Gathering (A Darkness Rising Book)
Author: Kelley Armstrong
Released: 12 April 2011
Source: Purchased
Reviewed by: Sapphired Dragon

Sapphired Dragon rating : *****
Purchase: Amazon | The Book Depository

Synopsis ( back of the book):
Maya Delaney has always felt a close bond with nature.  The woods around her home are a much-loved sanctuary - and the pawprint birthmark on her hip feels like a sign that she belongs.

But then strange things begin to happen in the tiny medical-research town of Salmon Creek.  A young girl drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake.  Mountain lions appear around Maya's home, and won't go away.  her best friend Daniel starts experiencing bad vibes about certain people and things.  One of those people is Rafe - the new bad boy in town.  What is he hiding - and why is he suddenly so interested in Maya...?

Review:

I loved this book.  I literally devoured it from start to finish in just a couple of sittings (well one sitting broken up only by having to work and get just a little sleep).  Its set in the same world as most of Kelley Armstrong's books and having read both the women of the Otherworld series and Darkest Powers series, entering May's world, a little medical research town  in a larger world where names like St Cloud and Dr Davidoff (among others) have some significance from previous novels, was like visiting one of those favourite vacation spots that you like to go to once in a while, forget about the where you normally live and catch up on what been happening since youlast visited and discover some new places there to explore.

In The Gathering, the first novel of the Darkness Rising series, we meet Maya, a regular teenager living in a small town, adopted but happy with her lot and not overly curious about where she came from.  From the beginning I connected with Maya. She is strong and comfortable in who she is and her place in the world.  She is still getting over the drowning of her best friend but this hasn't stopped her from continuing to tackle the world  arond her and get on with life.

Now any veteran of Armstrong's books will have a fair idea of at least part of what Maya's birthmark means but Armstrong, who is using this book also a a set up for  a new trilogy (series?) creates a story that leaves even the veterans with more questions than answers.  While part fo the mystery might be solved in this book, that also gives the reader more questions than answers and the ending leavves the reader gasping for more.

I most definitely recommend this book to both the avid Kelley Armstrong fan and those who are newer to her books as while there are titbits there for the veterans, they are not necessary to know to still enjoy the story being told and as always its an awesome story.

I have no hesitation giving this book 5 stars.


Sapphired Dragon xx

Sunday, 22 May 2011

In My Mailbox #3



Welcome to  In My Mailbox, a meme run by The Story Siren where each week over 200 bloggers post on their blogs the books they have bought, received to review or won in the past week. 
To find out more information, get involved yourself or see what's in other bloggers mailboxes this week head over to The Story Siren or to find out what is in my mailbox this week, keep reading.
Don't forget to comment and post your IMM link or just let me know what's in your mail box this week:
To Review:






Agatha H and the Airship City
Fireborn: Embers of Atlantis
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home




Agatha H and the Airship City by  Phil and Kaja Foglio
Received from Night Shade Books via Netgalley
Due to be released : 9 August 2011
Buy/Pre-Order: Amazon | Book Depository

Fireborn: Embers of Atlantis by Tracy Hickman
Received from Fantasy Flight Games via Netgalley
Due to be released : 23 August 2011
Buy/Pre-Order: Amazon | Book Depository

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 1
Received from Dark Horse Comics via Netgalley
Released : 31 October 2007
Buy/Pre-Order: Amazon | Book Depository


Purchased/Borrowed:


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The Gathering
Evernight
Abandon
Feast of Fools
Fire
Graceling
Die for Me
Divergent




The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong               amazon | book depository
Evernight by Claudia Gray                              amazon | book depository
Abandon by Meg Cabot                                   amazon | book depository
Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine                        amazon | book depository
Fire by Kristin Cashore                                    amazon | book depository
Graceling by Kristin Cashore                           amazon | book depository
Die For Me by Amy Plum                                amazon | book depository
Divergent by Veronica Roth                              amazon | book depository

 

What did you get in your mailbox this week?