The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Winners!!!!

Doh it has been so crazy in my life lately, I forgot to draw the winners....So sorry!

Without further ado the winners are:

amandawk said...

I would want to own a signed first edition of Harry Potter or To Kill a Mockingbird.

And

sablelexi said... if I could have any rare book I'd chose a Gutenberg Bible, since there is so much history and significance there.

Congratulations winners! I will be sending out emails shortly and once I receive your mailing addresses, I will forward them onto the publishers.

Mailbox Monday & What Are You Reading

This is a weekly meme hosted by Knitting and Sundries. Join the fun and post what you got in your mailbox last week!

I had an empty mailbox this week. I'm on a self imposed book buying ban and unless it comes to me via mailbox, I won't be buying any books for a bit. I need to try and make a dent in my humongous TBR pile.








It's Monday What are you reading this week? Hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through A World of Books. This is a meme to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finished this week.

Books I finished last week:

Once in a Full Moon - Ellen Schreiber

Books I am reading this week:

Rise Again - Ben Tripp (I've put this one on hold for now)
Vixen - Jillian Larkin (B&N First Look Book Club)
Nightshade - Andrea Cremer (read along with J.Kaye)



Books to finish this week:

Nightshade - Andrea Cremer

Once in a Full Moon - A review

Once in a Full Moon - Ellen Schreiber (NetGalley)

Synopsis:

Beware of a kiss under the full moon. It will change your life forever.

Celeste Parker is used to hearing scary stories about werewolves—Legend’s Run is famous for them. But when, after an unnerving visit with a psychic, she encounters a pack of wolves and gorgeous, enigmatic Brandon, she must discover whether his transformation is more than legend or just a trick of the shadows in the moonlight. Brandon may be Celeste’s hero, or he may be the most dangerous creature she could encounter in the woods of Legend’s Run.

The bestselling Vampire Kisses author, Ellen Schreiber, weaves together psychic predictions, generations-old secrets, a town divided, and the possibility of falling in love with a hot and heroic werewolf—the perfect formula for what happens...once in a full moon.

My Thoughts:

This book reminded me a bit of The West Side Story or The Goonies. You've got two opposing social groups going on. In this book, you get the Westsiders and Eastsiders. Both looking down there noses at each other. Then you have Celeste and Brandon. One from each side of the tracks, who find themselves hopelessly attracted to each other.

I will say this was an interesting take on werewolf lore than I've ever read before. Ellen' s werewolves don't really lose human form as so much as they grow extra hair everywhere and lose memories while in werewolf form.

In today YA standards, I would say this is a pretty tame book and I would think the younger YA crowd would enjoy it much more than the older YA crowd. This was a simple, easy read. It kept me entertained. It wasn't some great fiction piece writing wise but sometimes you just want something to be kept simple.

Author's Website:

Ellen Schreiber

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading and it asks us to...

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here's my teaser this week:

Outside the zombies were moaning. There was a faint thudding sound as they collided with the glass wall of the station.

Rise Again - Ben Tripp pg. 108