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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Review Copy Cleanup & NetGalley Knockout

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Hosted by Celine @ Nyx Book Reviews &
Vicky @ Books, Biscuits, and Tea

Hosted by Christen @ Godilox and the Three Weres

I know I tried the NetGalley Challenge last month and failed, so I decided to try again.

To learn more about The Review Copy Cleanup click HERE.

Click HERE to learn about NetGalley Knockout.

The books I'm going to try for this time are.

Ebooks:

Printed Copies:

The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1)

What's Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles, #1)

The Time Will Come #26

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The Time Will Come is a weekly meme hosted by Jodi @ Books for Company, which spotlights books that have been on you'r shelves for a long time.

Want to join? Sounds good.

-Pick a book that you have been meaning to read

-Do a post telling us about the book

-Link the post in the linky

-Visit other blogs

This weeks book is...

I love fairy tail re-tellings, Beauty and the Beast being one of my favorites. I'll get around to it, eventually. :)

*Photo from Goodreads*

Wishlist Wednesday #17

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Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Pen to Paper to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: Wake (Watersong #1)

Author: Amanda Hocking

Release Date: 8/7/12

"Gemma seems to have it all—she’s carefree, pretty, and falling in love with Alex, the boy next door. He’s always been just a friend, but this summer they’ve taken their relationship to the next level, and now there’s no going back. Then one night, Gemma’s ordinary life changes forever. She’s taking a late night swim under the stars when she finds Penn, Lexi and Thea partying on the cove. They invite her to join them, and the next morning she wakes up on the beach feeling groggy and sick, knowing something is different.

Suddenly Gemma is stronger, faster, and more beautiful than ever. But her new powers come with a terrifying price. And as she uncovers the truth, she’s is forced to choose between staying with those she loves—or entering a new world brimming with dark hungers and unimaginable secrets."

Why I need it:

It sounds intriguing , and mysterious plus the cover looks amazing! (=

*Photo and Summary from Goodreads*

Top Ten Tuesday & Teaser Tuesday 7/31/12

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Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Tuesday:

Hermione Granger- The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

Clary Fray- from The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Princess Mia- The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Anna Oliphant- Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Ismae- Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers

Lyra- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Bella Swan- Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

Sophie Hatter- Howl's Moving Castle Series by Diana Wynne Jones

Evie from Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Megan Chase- The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab you'r current read

Open the book to a random page

Share with us two (2) "teasers" sentences form that page

Be careful not to include spoilers! (make sure what you share doesn't give away too much! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title of the book so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR pile if they'd like

Today my teaser comes from...

Darkness. We slumped forward, knocking our temple, hard, against the table.

I screamed.

~ What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang

-page 63

*Photo from Goodreads*

NetGalley KnowDown: Fail

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Rebekka @ Pretty Deadly Reviews is hosted the Netgalley Knockdown read-a-thon! I tried it, and failed. I only read one NetGalley book.

The books I had planned to read was...

Only finished...

The review is HERE

I had such a busy month, and it's not even August yet!

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Colonization by Aubrie Dionne

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I am so honored and delighted to be part of the cover reveal for Inkspell Publishing's upcoming novel, Colonization by Aubrie Dionne!

Such a stunning cover! And it sounds awesome!

Finding a new home has never been so dangerous.

Andromeda has spent all seventeen years of her life aboard a deep space transport vessel destined for a paradise planet. Her safe cocoon is about to break open as Paradise 21 looms only one month away, and she must take the aptitude tests to determine her role on the new world and her computer assigned lifemate. As a great-granddaughter of the Commander of the ship, she wants to live up to her family name. But, her forbidden love for her childhood friend, Sirius, distracts her and she fails the tests. The results place her in a menial role in the new colony and pair her with Corvus, “the oaf”.

But when Andromeda steps foot on Paradise 21, her predestined future is the least of her worries. Alien ghosts from a failed colonization warn her of a deadly threat to her colony. And when Sirius's ship crashes on the far ridge in an attempt to investigate, she journeys to rescue him with Corvus.

Andromeda now must convince the authorities of the imminent danger to protect her new home. What she didn't expect was a battle of her own feelings for Sirius and Corvus.

Can she save the colony and discover her true love?

Released: November 7, 2012

Author Bio:

Aubrie Dionne writes science fiction fantasy with romantic elements. Her writings have appeared in Mindflights, Niteblade, Silver Blade, Emerald Tales, Hazard Cat, Moon Drenched Fables, A Fly in Amber, and Aurora Wolf. Her books are published by Inkspell Publishing, Entangled Publishing, Lyrical Press, and Gypsy Shadow Publishing. She’s also a professional flutist in New England.

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