Books Wild Released in June 2012

1.) Calypso's Island (Harlequin Presents, No 18*) by Rosalie Ash on 6/4/2012
2.) Daddy's Little Matchmaker (Harlequin American Romance) by Nikki Rivers on 6/4/2012
3.) A Ghostly Affair (Harlequin American Romance, No. 488) by Charlotte Maclay on 6/4/2012
4.) The Magic of Krynn (DragonLance Tales, Book 1) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman on 6/5/2012
5.) Marry Me, Cowboy by Janet Dailey, Margaret Way, Susan Fox, Anne McAllister on 6/13/2012
6.) Sleeping Partners (Harlequin Presents) by Charlotte Lamb on 6/13/2012
7.) Valentine Bachelors by Elisa Title, Pamela Bauer, Tiffany White on 6/13/2012
8.) Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth on 6/14/2012
9.) With Red Hands by Stephen Woodworth on 6/14/2012
10) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell on 6/18/2012
11) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell on 6/18/2012
12) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell on 6/18/2012
13) Erath Grosser Als Des Menschen Herz by Vom Wahren Leben on 6/20/2012
14) Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke on 6/20/2012
15) J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton on 6/20/2012
16) Heartstone by Phillip M. Margolin on 6/20/2012
17) Unplanned Parenthood: The Confessions of a Seventy-something Surrogate Mother by Liz Carpenter on 6/20/2012
18) The environmental handbook by Garrett De Bell on 6/20/2012
19) Island Turmoil (Harlequin Presents) by Annabel Murray on 6/20/2012
20) Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex? Memoirs of a Happy Eater by Alan King, Mimi Sheraton on 620/2012
21) Happy New Year Darling (American Romance) by Margaret St George on 6/20/2012
22) Midwest Gardens by Pamela Wolfe on 6/26/2012
23) The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning) by John Stephens on 6/26/2012
24) Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence on 6/27/2012
25.) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne on 6/29/2012

Books Read June 2012

Audio Books

1.) Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
2.) The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
3.) The God Engines by John Scalzi
4.) Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
5.) Zero History by William Gibson
6.) Redshirts by John Scalzi
7.) The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
8.) Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

E-Books

1.) Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh
2.) The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber

Physical Books

1.)Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
2.) Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth
3.) With Red Hands by Stephen Woodworth
4.) Into This Air by Cindi Miles
5.) Water Bound by Christine Feehan
6.) The Vanishers by Heidi Julavits (ARC)
7.) The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator)
8.) Lady Chaterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
9.) Grunts! by Mary Gentle
10.) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Books Read in May 2012

Print Books:

1.) Summer Chills: Tales of Vacation Horror by Stephen Jones
2.) Asking the Right Questions by M. Neil Browne
3.) Breakfast with Buddha by Breakfast with Buddha
4.) Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen
5.) Girl Cook by Hannah Mccouch
6.) Spaceman Blues: A Love Song by Brian Francis Slattery
7.) All in a Day's Work for Real Estate Agents

Audiobooks:

1.) Tricked by Kevin Hearne
2.) Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art by Christopher Moore
3.) Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth
4.) I Shall Wear Midnight by I Shall Wear Midnight
5.) Chandra's Secrets by Allan Stratton

E-Books:
1.) Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh

Books Wild Released in May 2012

1.) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) by Piers Anthony on 5/7/2012
2.) Chow Down (Melanie Travis Mysteries) by Laurien Berenson on 5/7/2012
3.) Shadow of an Angel by Mignon F. Ballard on 5/7/2012
4.) America's Wild Woodlands (People, Places & Discoveries) on 5/7/2012
5.) Perfection by Walter Satterthwait on 5/8/2012
6.) The Bride Of Santa Barbara by Angela Devine on 5/8/2012
7.) Saint Among Savages: The Life of St. Isaac Jogues by Francis Talbot on 5/8/2012
8.) Ladysmith by Giles Foden on 5/8/2012
9.) The Spirituality of Imperfection; Storytelling and the Journey to Wholeness by Ernest Kurtz and katherrine Ketcham on 5/8/2012
10.) Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset on 5/8/2012
11.) The Gardens of Kyoto: A Novel by Kate Walbert on 5/8/2012
12.) Liszt by Sacheverell Sitwell on 5/14/2012
13.) The Painters of Lexieville by Sharon Darrow on 5/14/2012
14.) Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen on 5/17/2012
15.) The Taming of the C.A.N.D.Y. Monster by Vicki. Lansky on 5/21/2012
16.) Witch by Donald E. Mcquinn on 5/22/2012
17.) Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery 5/22/2012
18.) A Flame in Hali by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross on 5/23/2012
19.) Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, Book 1) by Tamora Pierce on 5/31/2012
20.) Tris's Book (Circle of Magic #2) by Tamora Pierce on 5/31/2012
21.) Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul) on 5/31/2012

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh

There was no need for Brenna to worry that her tormentor had come back from the grave. Of course that was Psy logic at work and she was indisputably a changeling. More to the point, she didn't know that Judd been present at Enrique's execution and, by extension, her rescue. He had no intention of changing that.

Books Wild Released in April 2012

1.) S by John Updike on 4/2/2012
2.) Deadly Medicine by Kelly Moore, Dan Reed on 4/2/2012
3.) The Crepes of Wrath (Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery) by Tamar Myers on 4/4/2012
4.) Sky Burial by Xinran on 4/10/12 CAUGHT!
5.) Zel by Donna Jo Napoli on 4/10/2012
6.) Haunted Heartland by Beth Scott, Michael Norman on 4/11/2012
7.) Classic Irish Short Stories (Oxford Paperbacks) by Various Authors on 4/16/2012
8.) Being a Green Mother (Book Five of Incarnations of Immortality) by Piers Anthony on 4/16/2012
9.) Fire by Sebastian Junger on 4/19/2012
10.) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See on 4/21/2012
11.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
12.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
13.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
14.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
15.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
16.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
17.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
18.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
19.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
20.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
21.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
22.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
23.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
24.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
25.)The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
26.)The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
27.)The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
28.) The Noonday Friends (Harper Trophy Books) by Mary Stolz 0n 4/24/2012
29.) Vixen (The Flappers) on 4/30/2012
30.) Key Witness on 4/302012
31.) Tree of Promise on 4/30/2012

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: Does Anything Eat Wasps by NewScientist

(pg 108) "We found that a 750-milliliter wine bottle emptied in 9.9 seconds if inverted, but in 8.1 seconds if held at 45 degrees. Swirling the bottle so that a little tornado forms in its neck, allowing air to enter continuously and replace the liquid, brings pouring time down to just 7.7 seconds."


I'm being geeky and pulling from a science related trivia type book which is a compilation of question and answers from the column "The Last Word" in New Scientist.

Books read in April 2012

Print Books:

1.) Zel by Donna Joe Napoli
2.) Sky Burial by Xinran
3.) Food Ethics edited by Paul Pojman
4.) Fire by Sebastian Junger
5.) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
6.) The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz
7.) Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology by Alexis Madrigal
8.)Tree of Promise by Juliet Shore
9.) Haunted Highways: Spooky Stories, Strange Happenings, and Supernatural Sightings by Tom Ogden

E-Books:

1.) Old Nathan by David Drake
2.) Clockwork Fairies by Cat Rambo (Short Story)
3.) Ghost Hedgehog by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Short Story)


Audiobooks:

1.) Ship Breaker by Ship Breaker
2.) The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
3.) The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron
4.) The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron
5.) The Spirit Eater by Rachel Aaron

World Book Night 2012 Recap.

My original idea was to try and pass out my copies of The Book Thief at the Skokie Holocaust Museum. Which is a fantastic place with the mission of informing and remembering what happened during WWII to the Jewish people. However due to logistics issues it ended up not happening.

Then I ended up with a crazy hectic day, and between school work, classes and more end o the term schoolwork didn't have much free time to go someplace and hand out books.

So, being a bookcrosser and being used to wild releasing books I threw my copies into my bag and took them with me. In the early morning while working at a computer lab before class, I left five copies of the book on free paper racks in the hallway. Since my computer was right across from where the books were, I got to see people picking up the books to see what they were, I witnessed several get picked up (and the exited response by one of the finders). I left five more copies at the Skokie campus of Oakton Community College later that afternoon, and was able to hand a copy off to an interested person walking out from the cafeteria. I left three more copies on a ledge in the front window of the place I stopped for lunch as you entered(all of which were gone by the time I finished eating). And finally left my last four books in various parts of the hospital nearby (one in the professional building, One on a bench in the hall to the cafeteria, and two in the ER waiting room). I have also passed along my last three copies by hand through people I know.

It was a fun day. I was surprised at how quickly the books were picked up - It was either the eye catching green "pick me up!" notes I put on the covers or the striking cover image for the books themselves. Hopefully World Book Night will continue to occur here in the USA. I would love to hand books out again, and do it in person next time.

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: Powering the Dream: The History and promise of Green Technology by Alexis Madrigal

"Coal is a flammable rock. You can put it in a pail and carry it to your house. Or, you can pack it into one hundred cargo containers and load it onto a rain. It's plentiful and spread pretty evenly around the world.Take a pound of it. Burn it completely and you would generate ten thousand British Thermal Units (BTUs) of heat. Dirty and heavy, coal has exactly one thing going for it: price." (pg 201)

World Book Night 2012

The date draws near! Yesterday I picked up my box of books to pass out for World Book Night on 23 April 2012.

I am passing out copies of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak which I read in 2009. You can see my response to the book here I was thrilled to see it on the list of 30 books chosen for this first year of giving away books on World Book Night here in the United States.

My original idea for passing out books fell through due to complications in logistics.

So, I'm thinking of where to leave 20 books for light readers to find, and figuring how to register the copies on bookcrossing without obscuring the World Book Night information found on the covers.

Celebrating the release of King Trevor by Susan Helen Gottfried

One of my good online friends is a writer. We met through bookcrossing, and the now defunct book relay site. We've traded opinions on books over the years, chatted on forums,and reviewed books for Front Street Reviews.

A few years back Susan started to post outtakes on her blog from the world she had created for her then looking to be published novel. When we her readers clamored for more she jumped on the self-publishing bandwagon and put out three volumes collecting the outtakes by year called The Demo Tapes. Shortly before the third demo tapes book came out she published her novel Trevor's Song. I read this last year and have yet to add a review here as I've been struggling to write it without revealing too much. It had a powerful story, and a very sudden ending leaving me wanting more.

Today, I get more of Trevor's story. Today the sequel King Trevor is being released.

In celebration, I have a book giveaway. One person will get signed copies of the Demo Tapes years 1,2, & 3 as well as Trevor's Song.

Two other people will get a copy of a book Susan recommended to me in the past that I found amazing.

I have One copy of Snow flower and the Secret Fan and 1 copy of Cowboys are my Only Weakness to pass along.

Leave your name a way to contact you and a way music has touched your life. I'll draw winners on Monday 16 April 2012

Swing by her blog over at West of Mars to see what Susan has in store for everyone on her release date, and to congratulate her on the new book and a happy birthday!

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: The Kittens of Boxville by Ryosuke Handa (this is a book that should be read as it is very dependent on the photos of the kittens in the story)

(pg 30) "Today of course, Pauly Pancakes is on vacation, and the kitchen of the resteraunt is quiet and still. Minnie sits in front of the stove and pouts. "If Pauly was here he would make us some breakfast." she says sullenly, watching Borris from the corner of her eye as he tries without sucsess, to scratch open the pantry door. "He keeps crackers and stuff in here!" Huffs Borris. "Tinned Fish!""

Books Wild Released in March 2012

Here are the books I wild released in March:

1.) Acts of Malice by Perri O'Shaughnessy on 3/1/2012
2.) What the Librarian Did (Harlequin Super Romance) by Karina Bliss on 3/3/2012 Caught!
3.) 7th Heaven (Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro on 3/6/2012
4.) Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark on 3/12/2012
5.) See No Evil (Smallville Series for Young Adults, No. 2) by Cherie Bennett, Jeff Gottesfeld on 3/14/2011
6.) Jewel (Oprah's Book Club) by Bret Lott on 3/14/2012
7.) Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta) by Patricia Cornwell on 3/14/2012
8.) Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux on 3/19/2012
9.) Beyond and Back: Those Who Died and Lived to Tell It by Ralph Wilkerson on 3/19/2012
10.) The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan on 3/19/2012
11.) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston on 3/27/2012
12.) What Looks Like Crazy by Charlotte Hughes on 3/27/2012
13.) The Dead Zone by Stephen King on 3/27/2012

Books read in March 2012

Audiobooks:
1.) Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
2.) A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.) Hounded by Kevin Hearne
4.) Hexed by Kevin Hearne
5.) Hammered by Kevin Hearne
6.) Snuff by Terry Pretchett

Print copy:
1.) 7th Heaven by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
2.) Cinderella's Convenient Husband by Katherine Garbera


E-books:

1.) Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
2.) The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
3.) A Very Special Delivery by Linda Goodnight
4.) Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
5.) An Election by John Scalzi (novella)
6.) Glitches by Marissa Meyer (novella)
7.) The Secrets of Jin-shei by Alma Alexander

Total Read: 13 full length books, 2 novella/short stories
This month was heavy on the books on my nook and audios

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from Damned by Chuck P

"In Hell, whenever the demons announce they’re going to treat everyone to a big- name Hollywood movie, don’t get too excited because it’s always The English Patient or, unfortunately, The Piano. It’s never The Breakfast Club."

Book Review: What The Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

When Rachel meets Devin she has no idea who he is. She develops a friendship with him that quickly becomes more as mutual attraction flares between both adults. However, Devin's friendship and mentor ship of young musician and fellow student Mark threatens to keep the two possible lovers apart.

Mark confides to Devin that he is looking for his birth mother, whom he has never seen but knows works at the Aukland University. He only knows she was a teenager when she put him up for adoption, and wants to show her how being abandoned feels. To find out why she gave him away and in revenge make her feel the conflict he has felt since he discovered he was adopted.

Cautious librarian Rachel's past holds a huge secret that has defined her life for seventeen years. As a teen she made a decision to give up the child from a teen pregnancy. At the start of the school term she sees Mark and recognizes him for who he really is. When her friendship with Devin becomes more than just a casual acquaintanceship she is torn with sharing with him. Because she knows the knowledge will change the relationships she is forming with both Mark and Devin as well as strain Devin's friendship with Mark.

Can she learn to cope with her growing attraction to "bad boy" Devin? Will she find a way to introduce who she really is to Mark without alienating him?

I received this from Shaunesay a few days ago. I actually read this during commute time and finished it this afternoon. It was a fun read. However, there were things included to I'm guessing broaden the characters that were introduced but then never explored. It left the characters a bit flat and not as fully rounded out as they could have been. I'm guessing this was due to the length as it was a fairly short book.

But that aside, I loved the three main characters, Mark - fresh at college trying to find his birth mother for possibly wrong reasons. Devin Freedman retired superstar musician who is starting school in an attempt to change his life, and leave the rock and roll lifestyle behind, and Rachel Robinson a campus librarian with a pension for vintage clothing.

Books Read in February 2012

Print Books:

1.) Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin
2.) The Singing Citadel: Four Tales of Heroic Fantasy by Michael Moorecock
3.) My Cat's not Fat, He's Just Big Boned by Hollander (Graphic novel)
4.) The Gargoyle a novel by Andrew Davidson
5.) The Outcast by Louise Cooper
6.) The Master by Louise Cooper
7.) Norse Code by Greg Van Eekhout
8.) The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
9.) Testing Miss Toogood by Stella Cameron
10.) What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

E-Books:

1.) Withering Tights by Louise Rennison
2.) All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki
3.) The Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower, Skottie Young (Illustrator), L. Frank Baum (graphic novel)
4.) The Riever by Jackie Barbosa (novella)
5.) The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, Peter Gillis (text adaptation), Renae De Liz (illustrator), Ray Dillon (illustrator) (Graphic Novel)

We've been working our way through one audiobook this month but still haven't finished it.

Books Wild Released in February 2012

1.) My Cat's Not Fat, He's Just Big-Boned by Hollander on 2/3/2012
2.) Shadows by John Saul on 2/10/2012
3.) Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark on 2/10/2012
4.) Shibumi by Trevanian on 2/13/2012
5.) City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams on 2/13/2012
6.) Dune By Frank Herbert on 2/13/2012 Caught!
7.) Freaky Deaky by ELMORE LEONARD on 2/21/2012 Caught!
8.) Code To Zero by Ken Follett on 2/23/2012
9.) Testing Miss Toogood by Stella Cameron on 2/23/2012
10.) Children of the Dark by Charles Veley on 2/24/2012
11.) Murder List: A Novel by Julie Garwood on 2/28/2012

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from A Stark and Wormy Knight by Tad Williams. (This is a short story collection that is currently only released as an e-book with a print release later this spring.)

“Oh, those were frightsome days, with knights lurking beneath every scone and round every bent, ready to spring out and spear some mother’s son for scarce no cause at all! So did your wisdominical Great-Grandpap confine himself to plowhards and peasant girls and the plumpcasional parish priest tumbled down drunk in the churchyard of a Sunday evening, shagged out from ‘cessive sermonizing. Princesses and such got noticed, do you see, but the primate proletariat were held cheap in those days (Pg 41)