Thursday, April 5, 2012

Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Giveaway Hop (US/Can)

Hop:  Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza
Hosts:  I Am a Reader Not a Writer & Once Upon a Twilight
Prize:  1 unused paperback of The Fellowship of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien


Entry Form: 

Saturday, March 31, 2012

In My Mailbox 3/25-3/31

For review (on Bookloons):
The Storm Makers by Jennifer E. Smith
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Belles by Jen Calonita

Won:
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Requested from Paperbackswap:
A Beacon of Hope by Walter E. Mark

Bought on Kobo:
Sweet Lucidity by  Melissa Bond

This weekly meme comes from The Story Siren.
All images come from Goodreads.

Reading Challenge Update: March

Here is where I stand with the challenges I have joined after the month of March (only challenges that I read books for this month are featured here): 


Mystery & Suspense (2/24)
2. Mongrel by K. Z. Snow


Audio Book (3/6)
2. Home Front by Kristin Hannah
3. Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green


Graphic Novels (4/12)
3. Third-Grade Barbarian by Michael Rex
4. Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld


1st in a Series (6/6) - COMPLETED!
5. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
6. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini


100 Books in a Year (37/100)
24. Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl
25. Home Front by Kristin Hannah
26. Persuasion by Jane Austen
27. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
28. Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green
29. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
30. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
31. Third-Grade Barbarian by Michael Rex
32. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
33. Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld
34. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
35. Hourglass by Myra McEntire
36. Mongrel by K. Z. Snow
37. The Maze Runner by James Dashner


Book Blogger Recommendation (5/10)
3. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
4. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
5. The Maze Runner by James Dashner


Steampunk (2/6)
2. Mongrel by K. Z. Snow


YA Historical Fiction (3/5)
2. Promise the Night by Kristin Hannah
3. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor


Chick Lit (1/12)
1. Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green



Horror & Urban Fantasy (6/48)
5. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
6. Mongrel by K. Z. Snow


Why Buy the Cow? (3/12)
2. Persuasion by Jane Austen
3. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad


YA Mythology (1/10)
1. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini



Dystopia (5/5) - COMPLETED!
4. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
5. Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld


YA/MG Fantasy (4/10)
2. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
3. Third-Grade Barbarian by Michael Rex
4. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini


Immortal (3/12)
3. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor



British Books (3/12)
3. Persuasion by Jane Austen

A to Z (19/26)
17. Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green
18. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
19. Mongrel by K. Z. Snow


Time Travel (1/3)
1. Hourglass by Myra McEntire


Middle Grade March Madness (2/3)
1. Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl
2. Third-Grade Barbarian by Michael Rex


Once Upon a Time (1/5)
1. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor

Elsewhere Online: March 2012

As you know from my In My Mailbox posts, I review for two other websites (bookloons.com and bittenbybooks.com). As I cannot post my reviews there and here, but I would still like to count the books I read for the challenges, I am going to have a post like this at the end of the every month listing the books I reviewed and what challenges the went towards.


Title: Fangbone! 1: Third-Grade Barbarian
Author: Micheal Rex
Challenges: Graphic Novel, YA/MG Fantasy, March Middle Grade Madness, 100 Books in a Year

Title: Wither
Author: Lauren DeStefano
Challenges: 1st in a Series, Book Blogger Recommendation, Dystopia, 100 Books in a Year

Title: Shay's Story
Author: Scott Westerfeld, Devin Grayson, & Steve Cummings
Challenges: Graphic Novel, Dystopia, 100 Books in a Year

Title: Starcrossed
Author: Josephine Angelini
Challenges: 1st in a Series,  Book Blogger Recommendation, YA Mythology, YA/MG Fantasy, 100 Books in a Year

Title: Hourglass
Author: Myra McEntire
Challenges: Time Travel, 100 Books in a Year

Title: Mongrel
Author: K. Z. Snow
Challenges: Mystery & Suspense, Steampunk, Horror & Urban Fantasy, A to Z, 100 Books in a Year

Title: The Maze Runner
Author: James Dashner
Challenges: Book Blogger Recommendation, 100 Books in a Year

Saturday, March 24, 2012

In My Mailbox 3/18-3/24

For review (on Bookloons):
Albino by E. J. Dabel
The Reaper of St. George Street by Andre R. Frattino

Won: 
Pure by Julianna Baggott
Dream Robbers by RC Scott
Witch Sticker Ball by RC Scott
The Protector by Rye James

Swaps on Swap-Bot:
Extreme Denial by David Morrell
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
Memory in Death by J. D. Robb

This weekly meme comes from The Story Siren.
All images come from Goodreads.

Once Upon a Time

Challenge:  Once Upon a Time IV
Host:  Stainless Steel Droppings
Dates:  March 21st-June 19th
2011 Level: The Journey (1 book)
2012 Level:  Quest the First (5 books)

1. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
2. Entwined by Heather Dixon
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Friday, March 23, 2012

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