Red Kiss: A Gods of Midnight Novel (Paperback)

I've just finished reading "Red Kiss" the 2nd book in her Gods of Midnight" trilogy series by Deidre Knight.

Product Description


The spartans wage fierce wars-but nothing matches the battle within their hearts...

Spartan slave River Kassandros can transform into any weapon. After a bloody battle he's forever a dagger-until a mortal can release him. Drawn to this blade, Emma Lowery draws blood with it and frees River. But even as they fight off intense passions, a sinister power arises to destroy them. To protect humankind, they may have to make the ultimate sacrifice-and lose their chance at love...

My review:

I enjoyed reading this book and Emma was a great heroine to Rivers hero.

4/5

Library Haul (Sept 6 - 12)

Here's the list of books I picked up from the library this week.

1. Fear No Evil - Allison Brennan
2. Rescue Me - Christy Reece
3. Sworn to Silence - Linda Castillo
4. Taken by Sin - Jaci Burton

The Awakening (Darkest Powers, Book 2) (Hardcover)

I've just finished reading "The Awakening" the 2nd book in her Darkest Powers series by Kelley Armstrong.

Product Description

If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl—someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I'm as far away from normal as it gets. A living science experiment—not only can I see ghosts, but I was genetically altered by a sinister organization called the Edison Group. What does that mean? For starters, I'm a teenage necromancer whose powers are out of control; I raise the dead without even trying. Trust me, that is not a power you want to have. Ever.

Now I'm running for my life with three of my supernatural friends—a charming sorcerer, a cynical werewolf, and a disgruntled witch—and we have to find someone who can help us before the Edison Group finds us first. Or die trying.

About the Author

Kelley Armstrong is the New York Times bestselling author of the Women of the Otherworld series and the first book in the Darkest Powers series, The Summoning, about which Kirkus Reviews said in a starred review: "Terrifying ghosts, smatterings of gore, and diverse teen voices will prompt young adults to pick up the next in this series."

Kelley has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed. Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing-dungeon.

My review:

I enjoyed reading this book.

I didn't like the character Tori because I thought she was a brat and a wimp!

3/5

Plum Spooky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) [BARGAIN PRICE] (Hardcover)

I've just finished reading "Plum Spooky" a between the numbers book by Janet Evanovich.

Product Description


The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novel from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich.

Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys. Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He’s chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he’s chosen the Barrens as his new playground. Munch received his doctorate degree in quantum physics when he was twenty-two. He’s now twenty-four, and while his brain is large, his body hasn’t made it out of the boys’ department at Macy’s. Anyone who says good things come in small packages hasn’t met Munch. Wulf Grimoire is looking for world domination. Martin Munch would be happy if he could just get a woman naked and tied to a tree. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has Munch on her most-wanted list for failure to appear in court. Plum is the all-American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. Usually she gets her man. This time she gets a monkey. She also gets a big guy named Diesel. Diesel pops in and out of Plum’s life like birthday cake – delicious to look at and taste, not especially healthy as a steady diet, gone by the end of the week if not sooner. He’s an über bounty hunter with special skills when it comes to tracking men and pleasing women. He’s after Grimoire, and now he’s also after Munch. And if truth were told, he wouldn’t mind setting Stephanie Plum in his crosshairs. Diesel and Plum hunt down Munch and Grimoire, following them into the Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, a hair-raising experience, sand in their underwear, and, of course . . . monkeys.

About the Author

Janet Evanovich is the #1 Bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author. She lives in New Hampshire and Florida.

My review:

My favorite parts were the scenes with Ranger and Stephanie.

Glad to see Diesel again and Grandma was funny as ever!  Lulu was a hoot!

3/5

September Book Contest

This is my first Book Contest and this is the book I'm giving away this month:

One Scream Away (Mass Market Paperback)

Product Description


Killer Chevy Bankes is a master of disguise, and just paroled, he's coming after the woman who sent him to jail, the beautiful antiques expert Beth Denison. A set of antique dolls brings Beth into his sight, and inspire Chevy's disturbing crimes as he draws closer to Beth and her young daughter. Chevy sends the dolls to Beth one-by-one and she soon realizes that these antiques carry the same marks as his victims, signaling that the final piece in his collection will be for her.

Neil Sheridan gave up his FBI shield five years ago, but his best friend Rick, a cop, pulls him in as a consultant on a case involving a serial killer who is eerily similar to a murderer Neil encountered in the past. The investigation leads Neil to Beth's doorstep, and he is certain she isn't telling him the truth. Neil is the only one who can get through Beth's defenses and, as they grow closer, discover the secrets that Beth is hiding about her fateful night with Chevy.

Contest Rules:

The contest will run all month and I will pick a winner on Oct 1st and please come back to see if you won.

Only open to US and Canada and no PO Boxes!

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Challenge Completed: August Reading Challenge

Pizza's Book Discussion had August Reading Challenge to see who will read the most between now and Aug 31, 2009 here:  http://pizzasbookdiscussion.blogspot.com/2009/07/august-reading-challenge.html.

Here's my Reading List:

1. Heartsick - Chelsea Cain
2. Hard and Fast - Erin McCarthy
3. One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake
4. Forbidden Nights with a Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks
5. Night Moves - Heather Graham
6. The Trouble with J.J. - Tami Hoag
7. Hot Pursuit - Suzanne Brockmann
8. Ashes of Midnight - Lara Adrian
9. Wicked Prey - John Sandford
10. I Can See You - Karen Rose
11. Dust to Dust - Heather Graham
12. Burning Wild - Christine Feehan
13. Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon
14. Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child
15. Thriller 2: Stories You Can't Put Down - various authors
16. One Silent Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
17. Fantasy Lover - Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Review Policy

I am currently open to review requests (until otherwise noted).

I do my best to read and review books in a timely manner, preferably around the time they are launched or released in paperback.

I am also open to blog tours (no more than four or five per month), guest posts, author interviews and/or contests but be aware that I'll need to read the book I'm promoting.

I accept ARC's and books already published.

I do not review e-books.

Contact me: by filling out this form http://www.emailmeform.com/fid.php?formid=424829 or leave a comment on my blog, thanks.

I review: mystery/suspense/crime, romantic suspense, paranormal, time-travel, some historical, some sci-fi/fantasy, manga, anime, romance, erotica, chick-lit (ex. Michelle Bardsley, MaryJanice Davidson, etc.) and YA that capture my interest (ex: Gena Showalter, Kim Harrison & Kelley Armstrong). I also will review non-fiction books relating to my interests: Egypt, New Orleans, mythology, archaelogy, Jack the Ripper, Cleveland Torso Killer, Black Dahlia, travel and food.

I prefer not to read a series out of sequence. If you have a review request that is part of a series that I have not read, I will ask that you provide a copy of each of them, thanks!

I DO NOT review: poetry, most non-fiction, religion, self-help, some YA and some chick-lit.

Where I post: I typically post my reviews on my blog, Amazon and Chapters.

Other info: I do not sell ARCs but keep them in my possession.

September Book Releases

Updated:  07/09/09

+ = New

1st
Evil at Heart – Chelsea Cain
Dark Slayer – Christine Feehan
Belong to the Night – Anthology
Black At Heart: A Black Cats Novel – Leslie Parrish
Intertwined – Gena Showalter
Lord of Sin – Susan Krinard
Possession – Devyn Quinn
Royal’s Bride – Kat Martin
Silent Killer – Beverly Barton
Storm of Shadows – Christina Dodd
Tall, Dark & Fangsome – Michelle Rowen
The Darkest Whisper – Gena Showalter
The Prince of Frogs - Annaliese Evans
There Be Dragons – Heather Graham
Time for Eternity – Susan Squires
Must Love Hellhounds – anthology
13 Chances – Cindy Miles
Drawn into Darkness – Annette McCleave
Can't Stand the Heat - Louisa Edwards
Waking Nightmare - Kylie Brant

5th
Lucan (Pendragon Legacy) – Susan Kearney

8th
Drawn in Blood – Andrea Kane
His Secret Life – Debra Webb

9th
+Sliding Home - Kate Angell

15th
Night Pleasures – Sherrilyn Kenyon

22nd
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance Vol. 2 - anthology

29th
Covet – J.R. Ward
Rough Country – John Sandford
Feel the Heat – Cindy Gerard
Hot for the Holidays- Anthology
Queene of Light- Jennifer Armintrout
Frostbitten- Kelley Armstrong
My Wicked Vampire- Nina Bangs
Cursed to Death- L.A. Banks
Born of Night- Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Renegade Hunter- Lynsay Sands
Immortal Sins – Amanda Ashley
Seduce Me in Shadows – Shayla Black
Dark Curse - Christine Feehan (pp)

Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've just finished reading "Fantasy Lover" the pre-quel to her Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Product Description

Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I knew everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, I found the first woman in history who saw me as a man with a tormented past. She, alone, bothered to take me out of the bedroom and into the world. She taught me to love again. But I was not born to know love. I was cursed to walk eternity alone. As a general, I had long ago accepted my sentence. Yet now I have found Grace-the one thing my wounded heart cannot survive without. Sure, love can heal all wounds, but can it break a two thousand year old curse? Julian of Macedon

About the Author

New York Times best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon knows men. She lives outside of Nashville, TN with her husband and three sons. Raised in the middle of eight boys, and currently outnumbered by the Y chromosomes in her home, she realizes the most valuable asset a woman has for coping with men is a sense of humor. Not to mention a large trash bag and a pair of tongs.

Writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon and Kinley MacGregor, she is the best-selling author of several series including, The Dark-Hunters, Brotherhood of the Sword, and The MacAllisters. Her novel Fantasy Lover was voted as one of the Top Ten Romances of 2002 by Romance Writers of America.

My review:

I have to confess that I wasn't really sure if I wanted to read this book or not because I do like Julian but he didn't really interest me that much.  I'm glad I did because I actually enjoyed this book.

4/5