Wednesday, 4 April 2012

WWW Wednesdays #7

WWW Wednesdays is a Wednesday meme, hosted by Should be Reading.
 To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?


My Answers:

What are you currently reading? (For giveaway information, regarding this book, click the picture)



What did you recently finish reading?




What do you think you’ll read next?


So, what are you reading this week?

Monday, 2 April 2012

Guest Post & Gift Card Giveaway: Flesh and Feathers (The Flesh Series #1)

Original Title: Flesh and Feathers
Series: The Flesh Series #1
Author: April Fifer, Danielle Hylton-Outland
Publisher: Silver Publishing
Published Date: March 31st 2012
Genre: Fantasy


BOOK DESCRIPTION

Azaleigh’s life was simple. Then she meets Kale and Gage, two very different and charming men – one she loves and the other she cannot live without. As she struggles with her feelings towards them both, she begins to realize they are hiding a secret – and to her surprise they are not the only ones. Soon after, Azaleigh finds herself running for her life from a bounty hunter that is far from human, and with every narrow escape, she begins to unlock the secret that will change her life forever. In a world of good and evil, angel and fallen, Azaleigh must choose between fate or the one she loves. What do you do when hell won’t let you win and evil just won’t die?

EXCERPT
            “Aren’t you coming in?” I asked. He just stood there, not saying a word.

“Is that a, No?” I asked, not hiding my frustration.

“I have somewhere to be,” he said with that stupid matter-of-fact voice again

That’s all it took. I lost my cool… or something like that. “You know what? I don’t get you. You act like I can’t walk myself home from work because I need protecting. You take me out acting like I’m your girlfriend and the only person you can think about…. Then you come here and… do what you do–you know what I’m talking about. (I was thinking of how to say make me want to have sex with you, but that would have been blunt and pathetic). And now you act like this and like you did last night. You know what? Fine! If that’s how it’s going to be, then leave.” (I am sure that didn’t come out any better.) I followed up by slamming the door in his face.  

I laid my back against the door and butted my head against it a few times. Then I thought about how that was the most ridiculous overreaction I had ever seen done by anyone.

My instinct was to look through the peephole to see if he was still there. Sure enough, he was and with the same expression on his face. I calmly opened the door, which made a creaking sound at the slow pace. Staring at the floor, I cleared my throat and began to speak. “I’m sorry. It’s been a long day. I was out of line and… um… I didn’t mean anything I just said… or screamed.”


GUEST POST BY AUTHORS

AUTHOR TOP 10 FAVORITES
(FIVE MOVIES / FIVE BOOKS)


April’s List
Top 5 fav movies

1) Two Week’s Notice – I love Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant, and to have them together was amazing!
2) Footloose – It’s a classic! I love Kevin Bacon and when this came out, it was considered bass-ass. LOL.
3) Twilight – Hellllooooo, Robert Pattinson! That’s all I gotta say.
4) Fright Night – The original and new one because they were both incredible and Jerry Dandridge’s character was so intense.
5) Cool As Ice – Shhhh… don’t tell anyone, I have a major crush on Vanilla Ice. LOL.

Top 5 fav books

1) Hush Hush – Patch is the hottest thing ever when he turns his baseball cap backwards.
2) Seven Deadly Sins by Corey Taylor – because it was totally awesome that he wrote a book and because he was so insanely brilliant and scary at the same time.
3) Eclipse – This is where I actually fell in love with Jacob.
4) My Avenging Angel – because it had to be one of the hottest erotica’s I’ve read that was sweet at the same time.
5) Water for Elephants – because Sara Gruen is completely brilliant.

Danielle's List

Top 5 fav movies

1) Pride and Prejudice- because who can live without Mr. Darsey
2) Remember Me- 911 impacted everyone and I thought the writers delivered the heartache everyone felt in the movie.
3) The Princess Bride- Classic love story
4) The Sweetest Thing- Great chick-flick
5) My Best Friend’s Wedding- Any movie with Julia Roberts, I love.

Top 5 fav books

1) Pride and Prejudice- because who can live without Mr. Darsey
2) Hush Hush – Yum! Love some YA.
3) Stone Soup – It’s a must have!
4) The Help – Loved the writing and blunt truth.
5) Twilight- I loved the chemestry between Bella and Jacob

ABOUT THE AUTHORS


Danielle Hylton-Outland was raised in Virginia. She grew up having a huge appetite for daydreaming; always wanting to live in the spectacular worlds she created in her mind. She now lives with her husband and dog where she is pursuing a degree in literature. Danielle is a strong animal activist. She is currently co-writing the second book in The Flesh Series, "Flesh and Flames".

April Fifer grew up in a small town in Virginia, where it was common practice believing that dreams could only be found in stories. At the age of seven she was diagnosed with dyslexia. She was told that she would struggle through life and would never pick up a book to read for pleasure. Although school was hard, she was able to find her way with the help of two teachers who taught her self-discovery. Ignoring what she was taught growing up, she turned it around and found that your dreams could become stories.

http://fiferhylton.blogspot.com/
www.fiferhylton.com
https://twitter.com/#!/FiferHylton
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flesh-and-Feathers/149542115115597

GIVEAWAY

The authors will be giving away an autographed bookmark and $5 Amazon GC to one commenter at every stop, and one $15 and one $25 Amazon.com gift certificate to two randomly drawn commenters during the tour.

Review: A Tear of Blood by Julie Harris

Original Title: A Tear of Blood
Author: Julie Harris
Published Date: March 5th 2012
Genre: Paranormal



BOOK DESCRIPTION

Fact or fiction? Sometimes it’s a very fine line.

When Charlie Grayson wrote a story about a vampire, she didn’t think it would become a bestseller, nor did she think it would become a movie, especially with Michael Dunne, Hollywood icon, playing her charismatic, troubled vampire, Annarchie.

For Charlie, it’s like a dream come true. During the film shoot, she gets to know Michael Dunne, the star, very well: he is just like the Annarchie she wrote of.

But what Charlie doesn’t realize, until it’s too late, is that Michael Dunne doesn’t have to act in this movie because he IS the vampire she told the world about, and he’s been getting away with murder for centuries.

REVIEW

This novel has a very different plot.  Charlie is the author of a vampire novel, which is now being filmed, starring Hollywood's most popular and handsome man, Michael Dunne.  Michael tells her that the vampire character, she wrote about in the novel, is not fiction, and he is that same vampire.  Charlie thinks he is crazy, at first, but soon finds out what he is.  Michael, who had been waiting for centuries loving (at least what he thinks love is) Charlie, losing her again and again to Death, is trying to make her undead so that he can be with her forever.

In the midst of this, there are bloodless bodies found in the city and Daniel, who is in charge of the case suspects his boss for those murders.  Daniel, who was attracted towards Charlie in a strange way, is also involved in the centuries old love affair of Michael Dunne.

Although this is a love triangle, I am not sure whose side I am.  Whoever I choose, either Charlie will die or worse - live undead.  So, there is no win-win in both the sides.

This book has talent, but some of the real issues were left unsolved.  What happened to the murders and the murderer?  Will this history end..ever?

This is a stand alone novel and so these unsolved things became a disadvantage.  Also, I was confused at Daniel's side of the story.  There could be more explanation for such 'undying' love, rather than mere attraction.

A novel with potential, but with some faults!

BUY @ AMAZON





Sunday, 1 April 2012

Review Copy Cleanup: Love Will Find A Way!



In the Love Will Find a Way Challenge, we're sharing our all-time favourite books. If you were stuck on an island, or in a cave, which books would you bring? We're not limiting you to bring a certain amount of books, so give us your best!

Well, my choice would be

Vampire Academy series


Harry Potter series


These two series will have me going for a long time.. :)
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