Exciting News:
I'm so excited to be able to announce my first author interview and giveaway with Juliana Stone! I'm really looking forward to chatting to Juliana about her new release Black Legacy & she has very kindly offered to give one of my readers a free copy of this eBook. Watch out for the post which will hopefully be coming in the next couple of days.
Books read last week:
- Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
- Succubus Dreams - Richelle Mead
- Succubus Heat - Richelle Mead
- Heavenly - Jennifer Laurens
- Kitty and the Midnight Hour - Carrie Vaughn
- Black Legacy - Juliana Stone - review coming soon!
What I'll be reading next:
This week I need to read the first 2 books in Richelle Mead's Dark Swan Series (Storm Born & Thorn Queen) as they have to be back at the library by Wednesday. I'd also really like to read Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian as I didn't get round to that one last week.
Challenge updates:
100+ Reading Challenge - Read 26/100
Young Adult Reading Challenge - Read 8/50
Support Your Local Library Challenge - Read 10/25
Terry Pratchett Challenge - Read 1/12
L.J. Smith Reading Challenge (Vampire Diaries) - Read 0/5
Awesome Author Challenge - Read 8/20
L.J. Smith Reading Challenge (Vampire Diaries) - Read 0/5
Awesome Author Challenge - Read 8/20
Paranormal Reading Challenge - Read 25/50
Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge - Read 5/24
Contests won:
I had an amazing week for contests this week!! I won a $30 Amazon voucher at Yahoo group Total Exposure who were having a release party for Beth Kery, Fiona Jayde & Juliana Stone who all had books released this week. I still haven't decided what I'm going to spend it on yet.
I won a signed copy of Adored by Tina Donahue after taking part in a scavenger hunt hosted by Erotic Romantic Crush Junkies. I really can't wait to read this one!
The week was topped off when I won a copy of Vampire Readings by Patricia Altner from Marta Acosta's blog Vampire Wire. Vampire Readings is a bibliography containing summaries of 779 vampire books so I'm sure this is going to be really helpful for me to decide where to get my next vamp fix.
I still can't believe I had such an amazing week - perhaps I should have brought a lottery ticket LOL.
Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge - Read 5/24
Contests won:
I had an amazing week for contests this week!! I won a $30 Amazon voucher at Yahoo group Total Exposure who were having a release party for Beth Kery, Fiona Jayde & Juliana Stone who all had books released this week. I still haven't decided what I'm going to spend it on yet.
I won a signed copy of Adored by Tina Donahue after taking part in a scavenger hunt hosted by Erotic Romantic Crush Junkies. I really can't wait to read this one!
The week was topped off when I won a copy of Vampire Readings by Patricia Altner from Marta Acosta's blog Vampire Wire. Vampire Readings is a bibliography containing summaries of 779 vampire books so I'm sure this is going to be really helpful for me to decide where to get my next vamp fix.
I still can't believe I had such an amazing week - perhaps I should have brought a lottery ticket LOL.
What are you reading?
Congratulations on all your wins! I hear Nearly Departed is really good by the way! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Melissa, hope you had a good week! I'm just about to start Nearly Departed. I've not seen any reviews of it yet but a lot of people recieved review copies this week so I expect we'll see quite a few soon. Hope it's as good as it looks :o)
ReplyDeleteYou had an amazing week - I love winning contests. I look forward to your author review and your book nearly Departed looks good!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Such an exciting week built around books! Congrats on getting the interview and all of your wins. I need to check out more YA novels, they sound like such escapes.
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading:)
Wow you got some great books! Enjoy them this week coming up!
ReplyDeleteWhat a busy reading week! Congratulations on all of your wins! Here's my Monday http://ebogie.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-im-reading-this-monday-2810.html
ReplyDeleteOh Nearly Departed looks great! Love the cover.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting winning all those contests. Good luck with your interview and have a happy reading week!
ReplyDeleteWoohoo on the contest wins, always nice to get good news like that. You have 2 of my fave authors on your list... Kelly Armstrong and Richelle Mead, off to check out some of your reviews. Happy reading and good luck with your 1st author interview!
ReplyDeleteGreat reads last week. Congrats on the contest wins! Oh, and I loved the Dark Swan series! I hope you do too.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of any of those books - I hope that you enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your first author interview, I would love to be able to do that one day, so I think I know how excited you must be!
Here is my Its Monday post if you want to have a look
http://pageturnersbooks.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading.html
Have a good week.
You had a really great week. Congrats on your wins. Hope you have another great week.
ReplyDeleteI'd also like to read Storm Born, I got it from the library but had to return it before I could read it. Congratulations on the contest wins. Hope you have a great reading week!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of any of the books you read and plan to read! I hope you enjoy them all. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteWow...any tips how you read so many books..I need to read faster lol.
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Here's mine this week: http://ruthiesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading_08.html
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great reading week! :D
What a fantastic week you had! Lots of great and fun books!
ReplyDeleteYou've had quite a week! Lots of wins (congratulations) and impressive progress with the challenges.
ReplyDeleteMy post:
http://laurel-rain-snow.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading_08.html
It looks as though you had a fantastic week. Happy reading this week and congrats on the contests. My Monday: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-8.html
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your win! The books you're currently reading sounds interesting but I've to admit that the cover looks rather creepy. Hope you enjoy your reading week, this week! Have a pleasant day =)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on all your prizes!
ReplyDeleteMost of the books you read last week are on my TBR list. I'll be having a good look at all your reviews!
Congrats on all the goodies you won! Looks like you had a great reading week. Enjoy all your books this week :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the comments everyone! I'm off to check all your blogs to see what you've all been up to this week :o)
ReplyDeleteI should have the interview with Juliana posted within the next couple of hours!
Nearly Departed looks intriguing -- I hope you're enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie, I finished Nearly Departed today & really enjoyed it. I'll have a review up tomorrow :o)
ReplyDeleteGreat week for you! and good job on your challenges! You've reminded me that I have to update mine. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on all your fun winnings!
ReplyDeleteI am really impressed by how well you're doing in all of your challenges...and it's only February!
@ Alyssa - it was a fab week thanks :o) Hope yours was too!
ReplyDelete@ Alison - I seem to be on a roll with my challenges LOL but most of them cross over so a lot of books I've read have counted towards more than one challenge :o)