Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Spooktacular Giveaway Hop

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I am very happy to be one of over 500–OVER 500!–blogs that are participating in this Spooktacular giveaway hop hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and The Diary of a Bookworm. I haven’t had the chance to participate in a hop in so long that I’m excited for this one! Plus, Halloween! Who doesn’t love it!? 😀

What’s up for grabs?
One book of choice at The Book Depository up to a value of 10$.
 Open Internationally as long as TBD ships to you (is your country on the list? Click here)
Giveaway ends on October 31st, 2012
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Make sure to hop along the other participants for 500+ more chances to win!
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Review: This Is Not a Drill by Beck McDowell

Posted by on 10/22/2012 • 21 Comments

This Is Not a DrillBeck McDowellPublication date: October 25th 2012by Nancy Paulsen Books

 

A father who misses his son. A soldier home from war. A man with nothing to lose.

When Brian Stutts walks into a first-grade classroom with a gun, Emery and Jake’s world is blown apart. They’re just teenagers helping to tutor some kids, but now they’re at the centre of a deadly hostage crisis.

While Jake tries to get a secret message to the outside world, Emery reaches out to the desperate, unstable man. But Brian Stutts is holding the gun, and one way or another he’s not leaving without his son.

 *A copy was provided by Beck McDowell for review purposes* With only a mere 224 pages, I was surprised by how much…

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Xpresso Book Tours Giveaway!

Posted by on 10/22/2012 • 21 Comments

I need your help again, my fellow book lovers! As you all must have heard, I started a new venture with Xpresso Book Tours, and now I need YOUR help making sure the whole world knows it exists! Should be a piece of cake, no? Mmm cake…

What’s up for grabs? TWO international winners will get their pick of one of the fantastic looking pretties below. The winners may chose a previous book in the series if the book shown is a 2nd, 3rd, etc, installment. Note that a lot of these may not be released by the time this giveaway ends, in which case they will be pre-ordered for you!

    GIVEAWAY DETAILSTWO winners gets a book of choice from the list above. *Will be a pre-order if…

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Stacking the Shelves (26)

Posted by on 10/21/2012 • 56 Comments

Xpresso Weekly is my edition of Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books I got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week. This week at Xpresso Reads

Last week I complained it was cold, and this week I have a cold! Booo! It’s been a little quiet on the blog the past couple of days because of it, too. I hope you didn’t miss my Fresh Batch too much. >.< But, cold aside, this was a pretty good week and a fairly big (for me anyways) announcement was made – I started a new book tour service where I will be organizing blog tours and cover reveals. You can check out the new site here: www.xpressobooktours.com and sign up as a tour…

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Introducing Xpresso Book Tours

Posted by on 10/18/2012 • 24 Comments

A lot of you have heard via my tweets and Facebook page that I have recently launched yet another venture: Xpresso Book Tours. I have been on over 50 tours myself, I love them I think they’re great for authors and readers alike, and I’m really excited to be on the other end and organize them! 

For authors: Tours can be very time consuming to organize, not to mention stressful, let me do it for you so you can sit back, relax, and not have time taken away from writing more fabulous books! Xpresso Book Tours offers connections to hundreds of blogs and thousands of readers, which gives the opportunity to get those best fitted for your tour and offer maximum exposure for your book. Have a look at…

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Review: The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski

Posted by on 10/18/2012 • 25 Comments

The Shadow SocietyMarie RutkoskiPublication date: October 16th 2012by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

 

Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn’t happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.

Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.

As if she were his enemy.

When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely…

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Valkyrie Rising Tour Stop: Excerpt & Giveaway

Posted by on 10/17/2012 • 29 Comments

Valkyrie RisingIngrid PaulsenPublication date: October 9th 2012by HarperTeen

 

Nothing ever happens in Norway. But at least Ellie knows what to expect when she visits her grandmother: a tranquil fishing village and long, slow summer days. And maybe she’ll finally get out from under the shadow of her way-too-perfect big brother, Graham, while she’s there. What Ellie doesn’t anticipate is Graham’s infuriating best friend, Tuck, tagging along for the trip. Nor did she imagine boys going missing amid rumors of impossible kidnappings. Least of all does she expect something powerful and ancient to awaken in her and that strange whispers would urge Ellie to claim her place among mythological warriors. Instead of peace and quiet, there’s suddenly a lot for a girl from L.A. to handle on a…

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Waiting on Wednesday (57)

Posted by on 10/17/2012 • 49 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.  My pick this week:

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea April Genevieve Tucholke Release date: August 2013by Dial/Penguin

Violet’s grandmother had warned her about the Devil, had talked about him often, as though he were a best friend, or an old lover. But she never told Violet that the Devil could be real. She never told Violet that the Devil could be a dark-haired boy in vintage clothes who takes naps in the sun and likes old movies and vigilante justice.

River West is the seventeen-year old stranger renting the guesthouse behind the rotting mansion on the sea, where Violet lives. And as eerie things…

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