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Saturday, September 10, 2011

In My Mailbox 9/4-9/10

For review (on bookloons.com):

Antiquitas Lost by Robert Louis Smith

Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet by Kirk Scroggs

Won:

Matched by Ally Condie

Crossed by Ally Condie

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson

LibraryThing Early Review:

Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl

Swaps on Swap-Bot:

Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Friday, September 9, 2011

Author: Mel Comley
Publisher: Kindle
ISBN: eBook
Why Read?: For Fun
Challenges: 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: This book is definitely action-packed and kept moving. However, I never really connected with Detective Lorne Simpkins and kept asking myself over and over why The Unicorn is, after so many years of her chasing him, all of a sudden attacking those she loves? Comley does end it with one hell of a cliff-hanger, though.
Rating: 2 stars

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Honolulu

Title: Honolulu

Author: Alan Brennert
Publisher: St. Martin's
ISBN: 978-0-312-36040-5
Why Read?: Book Club
Challenges: Vacation, 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: When I first started reading Honolulu, it really reminded me of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. However, the further I got into it, the more different and lush it became. This is a wonderful historical fiction piece about Korean "picture brides" and life in Hawaii in the early 1900s. Brennert's writing brings both Jin and Honolulu to picturesque life making this a must-read.
Rating: 5 stars

Vacation Reads Challenge: Hawaii is beautiful and I would love to go back. However, it would be very interesting to see what it was like before it was a state, which is how it is depicted here.

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

In My Mailbox 8/28-9/3

Went to Borders again this week.

For Review (on bookloons.com):

Gandhi by Kazuki Ebine

Won:

The Companion of Lady Holmeshire by Debra Brown

Between by Jessica Warman

Cameo the Assassin by Dawn McCullough-White

Cameo and the Highwayman by Dawn McCullough-White

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

Swaps on Swap-Bot:

Deception Point by Dan Brown

Breathless by Dean Koontz

Ordered from Paperbackswap:

Savor the Danger by Lori Foster

Bought at Borders:

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

Mercury by Hope Larson

Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood by Eileen Cook

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Back to the Books Giveaway Hop (US/Can Only)

School has started, so that means it is time for another giveaway hop! For me, back to school always meant school uniforms (which I actually loved), so I picked a book that prominently displays a uniform on the cover - Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter. I got this specifically for this giveaway from Borders, so while it is a new copy, there are some remainder marks.

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Reading Challenges Update - August

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

Audio Books (3/3) - COMPLETED!

3. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

100 Books in a Year (82/100)

73. Nightschool: The Weirn Books 1 by Svetlana Chmakova

74. The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar

75. A Bride's Story 1 by Kaoru Mori

76. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

77. The Corvette in Literature and Culture by Jerry W. Passon

78. In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard

79. All You Desire by Kirsten Miller

80. Spellweaver by Lynn Kurland

81. I Used to Know That: Shakespeare by Liz Evers