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Friday, July 30, 2010
I purchased two new books I will be hoping to review as soon as I read them.

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

Siren by Tricia Rayburn

They both prove to be interesting reads.  Be on the look out for my review if anyone has read these feel free to share opinions on these two books
I had two contest running and they are now over and the two winners are...

For Witch and Wizard: (this one I used Random.org)



For Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas: (the only entry congrats)


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Thursday, July 29, 2010


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The question today is Which fictional character (or group of characters) would you like to spend a day at the beach with? Why would he/she/they make good beach buddies?

I think for beach buddies Derek from Awakening as he would be the one to keep all the meanies at bay and he wouldn't have to talk alot just be intimidating.  I would also take the girls from The Saving Graces as who could go anywhere without some good girlfriends to talk and gossip.  Those are my answers on the topic.

Who would you choose?
Wednesday, July 28, 2010


This book tells the story of Callie Grey who's looking for the same thing all women are looking for love, and to settle down to the next phase of her life.  To bed her 1st kiss doesn't feel that way.  Mark her boss at her job has decided to plan a beautiful night for Callie only to tell her they are over.  Through out this book we watch as Callie gets walked all over by Mark and his new fiance Muriel.  Callie decides at first that the best way to get past this would be to make him jealous but ultimately she doesn't do that she ends up getting hooked with the town vet.  Meanwhile her father Tobias who cheated and dumped her mother many years ago when she was pregnant with Callie's brother has decided he wants Callie's help to woo her back.  Callie's mom wants him to tell his one nighters all about why he was separated.  Which brought three different women, one a widow, one blind, and one really old.  Which brought up issues between the two over why he cheated and left.  In the end they were able to reconcile.  Also along the way Noah who is a Vermont legend with his boat making was able to found some pleasure in the final days with a local girl, Jody. 

This book was cute and I found myself cracking up over Noah's attitude and language he reminds me of what a New Englander can be like old and crotchety.  It was a great read and brought a smile to my face.

There wasn't much I didn't like and considering this was a HQN book that is a surprise usually I don't like them as much.  But this one I enjoyed.  This review was requested by FSB Media for a arc copy of the book. 
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • 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!

Mine is from All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins
What's an honor? Noah spat "And what are you doing with my grandaughter here?  You're not sleeping with her, are you?  (Page 165)
Monday, July 26, 2010

This is a Monday meme where bloggers list what books they have finished, plan to read next and what they are currently reading.  Link to One Person's Journey through books

I finished last week: 
(Very slow week) Annexed by Sharon Dogar

I am currently reading:
All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins
The Thyssen Affair by Mozelle Richardson

I am about to read:
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Sunday, July 25, 2010
I am still trying to get into the host by Stephenie Meyer initially I didn't get this book because, well it's not exactly an area I like reading much about.  Then I read in a few places how it is the book for those who hate alien books.  Now I'm 82 pages into it and I'm feeling like my teeth are being pulled at the dentist with no novocain.  

This is the same girl who got through 1/2 of Twilight in one night.  So I know there is nothing wrong with my attention span or brain but for some odd reason this book is slow as hell, confusing to say the least jumps all over the place. 

Way too confusing.  Anyone else have any issues with this book? Or is it just me?
What do you do when you want to get rid of your books, or you have too many that you just won't read again?

Well I came across this site which is working for me.  It works on a point system you put up your books and you can choose whether or not, when a request comes in to allow or reject a request.  You gain a point when you accept a offer.  Then you ship the book to them.  Then when you want a book you look it up and it costs you 1 point for each book.  Mind you the shipping is on you but in all reality it's not so much.  So today I was able to go through and request 5 books, not too bad if I do say so myself.  So here's the link for the site.  It's called BookMooch.  I really like it.

So I guess the question here is when you want to widdle some books down how do you do it?  And where do you send them?
Saturday, July 24, 2010
This story follows young Peter van Pels as he was along with his parents forced to go into hiding, in the famous Annex that Anne Frank wrote about in her diary (aka Kitty). While she wrote about the silence that they endured Peter's story is about how he felt. It started out when he went to a friends house Liese and watched as she was carted off to the death camps. Even though Peter was silent in the majority of Anne's story it is interesting to see what he thinks, how God deserted them while in the Annex. How Peter wanted to be a man, to build things out of wood, make love to a girl. How their future was undefined.

The writer did a great job at telling such a sad story. We all know the outcome for the future 8, and that in the end the one left was Otto Frank to tell his daughter's story. How Anne asked Peter "Would anyone ever know about them, or their story?" How a boy who hated Anne Frank so much came in the end to fall in love with her.

I know in this day and age alot of people have trouble still to this day with the what the German's did but if one can read Anne's diary one should definitely try to read Peter's story. It gives you a different spin on what was happening. How he wanted to beat up the German's.

At one point Peter thinks he just wants to be a man, not even saying he's Jewish. In the beginning of the book he went out walking with out his sticker on his sleeve and how people treated him differently. They treated him like he was normal and not Jewish.

Once they were caught the story went beyond the Diary to talk about what it was like in the camps that more than likely Peter survived a long time, 6 months longer than his father and a few days longer than his mother. That when the German's marched him on a death march, to wear his body down hoping he would die. He died at age 19.

This story was very well told, makes you feel bad for those who went hiding but good to know their story was told. I would recommend this story to others.

This book was sent to me via NetGalley for a honest and fair review
Friday, July 23, 2010
 What is the most bizarre book that you have read? That you often wonder why you are keeping up with it?

 Mine was The Time Traveler's Wife.  That book was all over the place.  Forward, backward every which way in between.
check out the newest contest for a copy of Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson.  This contest lasts one week.  For UK and USA so enjoy :)

Check out the link here to enter the contest:


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Nancy Thayer has taken the time to stop by CMash's blog as part of her blog tour check it out right now!

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Thursday, July 22, 2010


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If you want to check out some good blogs and get involved check out the Book Blog Hop. Check out the link here. You can see the rules and see if it something you would be interested in.

Information about the Book Blogger Hop:

Directly from Crazy for Books:ABOUT THE HOP:


In the spirit of the Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out on! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!



Tell me about the book you are currently reading!
Answer: I am currently reading Annexed by: Sharon Dogar It's the story of Anne Frank but from the point of view of Peter who would love nothing better than to kick some German rear.  It's sad cause we all know the outcome of the story but to be a young teenage boy who should have been worrying about girls, and not about being caught.  It's definitely good but very in-depth.  As he thought more than he spoke.  And from the get go he was not pleased in the least to be locked in the Annex with the loud spoken Anne Frank.  This one I got through netgalley.
The Adventure beings here....  On a dusty Alexandrian street, Egyptologist Daniel Knox comes across a Dead Sea Scroll jar that puts him on the trail of an ancient Jewish sect.  But blood-and-thunder preacher Ernest Peterson has a sacred mission to complete and he's not about to let Knox or anyone else get in his way... From the back cover.  This proves to be an interesting read especially since the book is a british book.


My bf just handed me a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King.  Talk about an old edition.  A second edition 1965...I wasn't even alive when this was out it's 10 years older than me, wow.  So the question today is

What is your oldest book?  What year and how did you come across it?


Can wait to compare answers on this one :)
Trickster’s Girl 
by: Hillari Bell
reviewed by: VirtualKey Productions

 *This is his honest and fair review on the book*
sent via the publisher through NetGalley for a honest and fair review.
Reviewed July 22,2010


It is not often that I come across a book that manages to keep my attention for more than five to ten minutes these days, but this book certainly did that.  It is the story of Kelsa Philips and her quest to heal damage done by a virus that is wiping out trees, and the choices she has to make, good or bad, to accomplish that goal.

The story starts out as many others, with a familiar reference, in this case a funeral of a loved one, Kelsa’s father.  She is a typical teenager and reacts as anyone would imagine, until Raven appears, asking her to help him.  At first Kelsa thinks he’s a pervert and wants nothing to do with him, she soon realizes, however, that things aren’t always as they seem, and Raven, is able to change shape and manufacture objects out of thin air.  He is also able to manipulate the perception of those around him, and uses that to assist Kelsa in her ultimate goal.

Raven is a being known through the ages as the Trickster (conjuring up visions of Loki from ancient Norse mythos) he convinces Kelsa that magic does indeed exist and that she must use it to heal the world, and get the magic to Alaska, so that Raven may finish the job, along the way she is chased by a biker gang, working for the enemies of those who would help heal this plague. 

It is a fast paced, in depth look at a world we all hope will never come to be, with constant surveillance,  paranoia and fear mongering at every corner.  Hillari Bell brings it to life in a way that makes it seem a little less scary, and definitely a little less wanted.  This book is recommended for anyone who has a few hours to spare on a good entertaining story.
Here I was going through my day when Library Thing sent me an email saying I won a book called It's Your Room! by Janice Weaver, it's a decorating book for kid's rooms which is good as I have four kids all under the age of 8. The Twins are 7, my lil girl is 4, and the sole lone little man is 1 so hopefully this will have some good suggestions.  Definitely made my day better :)
My first giveaway (YEA!) I have a hardbound copy of Witch and Wizard by James Patterson to giveaway.

The rules are very easy.  Just reply under comments with a email I can notify you of if you win and become a follower :)

 This contest will run 1 week (July 29th), then the winner will be contacted.


James Patterson has really hit on something when he wrote the book witch and wizard which follows Wisty and Whit Allgood.  They lead what they thought was a normal life until one day they are arrested in the middle of the night for practicing witchcraft.  Which in itself makes you wonder when that happened as they don't even know they have powers.  Then it is a fight to stay alive.  I really enjoyed this book, I wouldn't have even thought of it as a young adult book until you realize that the two main characters are teenagers. I can't wait to see what James Patterson does when he puts out Book 2 on this series.

This contest is open to the USA and UK
Today's question:
Do you ever listen to book-related podcasts?

If so, which ones and why? (Include the URLs for people who aren’t familiar with them.)
Or, of course, there’s the flip side … did you even know that such a thing existed? (I ask because I know a lot of people who have no idea what a podcast is.)
My answer:

I don't really listen to podcast, as with small kids running around when do I have more than five minutes to hear anything.

What is your answer to this question?
Many who wonder what happened to a certain bookstop blog will be wondering who Book Lover's Review is well it's DarkAngel from the bookstop. If you look on that site I had to leave suddenly so I am recreating that blog on this site. So hopefully people will be less confused.

Have a rockin' Thursday
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Best sellers list for Publisher's Weekly:

1. The Search by: Nora Roberts
2. The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest by: Stieg Larsson
3. Private by: James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
4. Sizzling Sixteen by: Janet Evanovich
5. The Help by: Kathleen Stockett
6. The Overton Window by: Glenn Beck
7. The Passage by: Justin Cronin
8. Foreign Influence by: Brad Thor
9. The Lion by: Nelson DeMille
10. The Island by: Ellin Hilderbrand
11. Family Ties by: Danielle Steel
12. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by: David Mitchell
13. Ice Cold by: Tess Gerritsen
14. Dead in the Family by: Charlaine Harris
15. Undead and Unfinished by: MaryJanice Davidson


Today I got two books from the Cadence Group for a review. They were:

Title: The Thyssen Affair
Author: Mozelle Richardson
Publisher: Mountain West Publishing
Pages: 460

Synopsis: Canyon Eliot, Colorado rancher ans ex-OSS WWII agent is brought back into action by a CIA friend to do a simple investigation in Munich. As Canyon says "Nothing the CIA does is simple". He finds himself tangled in a web of twisted convoluted intrigue with bother the Israeli Mossad and the Russian KGB that requires him to use every bit of cunning and improvisation, physical and mental, he learned in the war.

Title: The Earth is Not Alone
Author: John Knapp II
Publisher: Ephemeron Press
Pages: 497
Synopsis: "After terrible tragedy, a parent-teacher-student confrontation leads to the discovery of new worlds"

More on this book: Off the bat I have to say the back of this book is confusing, As you can see in the picture very confusing. But we won't say much until the book is finished.


This is your chance to share with me hot books that you want me to review so share your titles, and maybe I'll even add a few of my own...Let's see what you've got!


This meme was started by Savannah at Books with Bite you can check it out here
Torment by Lauren Kate
Hell on earth.

That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel.
It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts—immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.

At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn’t told her everything. He’s hiding something—something dangerous.
What if Daniel’s version of the past isn’t actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else?

The second novel in the addictive FALLEN series . . . where love never dies.


This award was created by me.

The rules are simple thank the person who gave it to you with a link back in your post, and send this on to fellow bloggers who rock this summer.

List 4 rocking bloggers to share this with, and post a note to them through their comments.

So here goes I am giving this to:







This is hosted from should be reading the premise is simple answer the following questions

* What are you currently reading? Annexed
* What did you recently finish reading? The Summoning
* What do you think you'll read next?
The Grim Reaper's Dance

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010


In this powerful and gripping novel, Sharon Dogar explores what this might have been like from Peter’s point of view. What was it like to be forced into hiding with Anne Frank, first to hate her and then to find yourself falling in love with her? Especially with your parents and her parents all watching almost everything you do together. To know you’re being written about in Anne’s diary, day after day? What’s it like to start questioning your religion, wondering why simply being Jewish inspires such
hatred and persecution? Or to just sit and wait and watch while others die, and wish you were fighting.
So far the story is very powerful, to see it through a young man's perspective. As he witnessed his friend Leise get carted off to the death camps, as the Jewish frequently called them. Then to be shut in the Annex with this annoying young girl, driving him insane. It is a very powerful look at what he went through.

*This story I got via the publisher for a honest and fair review 

I am wishing to read CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick it looks like a good series.

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