It's Monday - Zombie Contest

There is a chance to win an epic Zombie Prize Pack over E.Van Lowe's website. Lots of great prizes to one lucky winner. Go over there and enter, five easy chances. And make sure you mention where you read about the contest. (i.e. Rabid Reader, *g* )

And now, once again we are at a Monday. Specifically it's time for It's Monday, What Are You Reading? Hosted by Sheila from Book Journey, it's time once more to post info about what we've been reading, what we're planning to read - etc.

This week was another week where no single book was finished. I did begin reading a few books though. There are some good ones, too. One of them I had to wait far too long for. I hate when I go to buy a book on release say, and have to wait for a whole week before I get it. Unfortunately, in my city there is only one bookstore left that is open after 6 p.m. Can you believe that? This city is growing by leaps and bounds. There must be hundreds of restaurants, bars, etc. I know there are many big box stores here - but only one bookstore that stays open after six p.m. The other bookstore is an indie that closes by six, and a few used bookstores that close by five. Well - that's life.

The book I had to wait for way too long for is Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews. Of course it's worth the wait - it's very interesting with some characters from previous novels in the Edge series. Wild magic and Evil Villains. Great mix.

One of the other books I've been reading is Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey. I'm not sure if I like this one as much as Santa Olivia (the first), but it is interesting - I'm at the beginning, and switching back and forth between a few books. I need to just focus on this one by itself, I think. It's written just as well as the other, just different situations the characters are in.

There is also Shady Lady by Anne Aguirre. The third of the Corinne Solomon series, it's interesting in it's own way - although one of the characters has suddenly changed into something completely different from before. Not necessarily a bad thing - just different.

I meant to start Threshold by Devin O'Branagan this weekend. Have my copy all ready to go....and can't find it. I looked in my work bag, in my bedroom, in my living room. It's no where. Not even in the trunk of my car. The only thing I can think of is that I did bring it to work, I remember setting it on my desk....I think someone might have borrowed it. I'll find out tomorrow. I hope it turns up soon, because i wanted to read it.

Contest Reminder

win this or that (your choice)

I'm running....(hosting?) a pretty cool contest, for a brand new book by Suzanne McLeod - The Cold Kiss of Death.

It's a new release in the US.

There is one more Day To Enter

C'mon - Let's see some entries!

Open internationally

Enter over There------>;click here. :)

now, here's the thing about contests put on by me...

I don't have a whole lot of followers, (*g*) not like those blogs with over 1,000 followers, where a contest will generate say...473 entries...

This means when you enter one of my contests, (which you totally should do) there is a very, very

extremely high chance of winning.

With odds like those, I would certainly enter!

In a heartbeat!

So, for a chance to win a book that you'll enjoy (urban fantasy set in London; fae, witches, satyr, trolls, crows, vampires, and Genny Taylor)

Go tell you mothers, your sisters, your brothers....well, go tell your friends!

get on over to my contest post and enter.

**excerpts available - click on book cover

Contest Reminder

Book one of the Spellcrackers.com Series Book two of the Spellcrackers.com Series

Do you see the second cover up above? The Cold Kiss of Death by Suzanne McLeod has just had its U.S. release last week. I just saw the book in Borders last night. I'm having a contest in honor of this book's U.S. book birthday. The chances are high on this blog to win, since very few people enter (makes the odds a gambler's dream). I can be talked into sending The Sweet Scent of Blood if the winner prefers, but it would be cool to send The Cold Kiss of Death, since that's the book that just released. Anyway, all you have to do to enter is post something about this book birthday, and leave a link to your post over there - over at the book b-day post.

this and that...

**This is the post that I kept having problems with - in fact I am still having problems with blogger - is anyone else experiencing sudden windows closing, loss of typed data, can't switch from compose to edit html?



Now, as for the Black Eyed Peas - I've always enjoyed them as a group - not every single song, but love their faster stuff. However, I can't say that I like eating black eyed peas (hahaha- sorry, couldn't help it.....I grew up listening to bad puns)

Any way, it's a long video, and the acting isn't that great....but I love the mix of music and video subject...think of transformers meet rap/R&B meet future/sci-fi.

music begins about 2 minutes in...

It's a fun video. :)

That's it for the music - I can only handle downloading two videos tonight. Everytime I put downloaded the video and then tried to write something, the internet would stop working and I would lose the video and the previously written paragraph. Hell, I must have written and re-written the Katy Perry blurb about five times, the Black Eyed Peas at least two! yep - and I STILL left in that horrible pun. Mwhahaha

And Now - Back to bookish subjects...

Even though I've tried very hard to slow down my book buying - I have so many books that I just can't get through with my reading slow-down - I ended up with $5.00 in Border's Bucks to spend. Now I just can't waste $5.00 I had until store closing to use them up today - or they would have expired, and it would have bothered me for months to come.....Seriously, it would have. :(

So I tried to get my middle son to go with me, thought it would be fun to take his son and my other grandchild. He wasn't into it...and ended up leaving to get ready for work. Then after a stressful hour of peeing right outside the toilet instead of into the toilet (just learning) and then having a teeny accident in his "bigboy" underwear....my grandson climbed into my bed, covered himeself up and fell asleep. (he's been asleep ever since, by the way)<---This was written last night;Last night was when blogger was trippin and I couldn't post - everytime I tried to upload a pic or video it would shutdown the internet and even when I saved after every sentence I typed, it would re-format, add extra spaces between sentences, some words would come out HUGE, and it would also delete blocks of text. Very strange....Anyway, the boy slept from 7:30 p.m. til 7 a.m. this morning...almost 12 straight hours. He woke up once, sat up and asked for his uncle.

My granddaughter was hanging out with her other uncle's girlfriend, so I went off to the store...by myself...

I found Phoenix Rising, the new release by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris. I couldn't find an excerpt anywhere, but I did find the book series website. There will be more novels - Ministry of Peculiar Occurences. This is Steampunk. I like the cover, but I don't like the look of the cover model, or her clothes. It comes across as almost....crude and harsh at the same time. And I don't like that I also sound like an old prude, but that's how the cover comes across to me. It's the pose with the clothes....and the cover model looks... (shudders)
At least she has cool gadgets and weapons on her...maybe that's the idea of the pose...no. The rest of the cover was cool. I like the portrayal of the weapons, the steampund aura and the little curlycues at the corners...


Happily, I also found a trade ppb copy of Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves, a book I've been coveting for a long time. I thought I would never find it in ppb - and couldn't really bring myself to buy it in hardback without knowing the writer's style...with hardback prices, I want to know that I'm going to love a book before shelling out h/b prices for a novel. This cover is pretty cool = the color, the fabric (even though it's been done quite a bit in YA covers) Looking forward to reading this, though I'm not sure when. I've been putting off reading a lot of my favorite writers' books and I have a bad feeling that I've actually LOST some books. How's that for feeling bookishly out of control? Update - I started reading this - couldn't help it, it jumped in my hands in the morning and opened up to page one...I've been reading it ever since. This character is weird and fascinating.

and Finally - be on the lookout for Library Cat!

I hear he's been lurking around libraries and bookstores...

(in case you can't read the script on the pic) this reads

I am the Library Cat This is my beanbag chair. You will be quiet and orderly.
You will not throw books. If you prove yourself worthy I will let you pet me, and I may even come sit on your lap. In the meantime I am watching you.

finis

contest reminder

Sometimes I can be a forgetful blogger - I set up this contest for A Song For My Mother, a beautiful brand new hardback that is being release soon. I then forgot to promote my own contest. I have one entrant, and if no one else enters by tonight, midnight - she will win by default. Most of the bloggers in my sphere are fantasy/urban fantasy/horror or sci-fi readers, and YA, so this book might not even be of interest. It would, however, make a good gift if you know someone who likes books that don't have monsters or aliens running through the pages. :) If you're interested, enter over here - I'm beginning to get a complex about these giveaways! lol, I don't mind having between five and 10 entries...but 0 to 1! Man! I have to do something about it...or not. I'm not really that ambitious. *g* Anyway, the contest is open until midnight April 8th (that's today, folks!) and my next contest will be a fantasy or urban fantasy.

:)

Contest reminder

Just a friendly reminder that The Bitter Seed of Magic is the prize on my current giveaway. Not only is it a prize, but it will be signed, signed by the author, herself!

I'm over halfway finished with my copy and it's good. You'll want to read it.

Just click on the cover image to enter the contest - open until February 18th.