On My Wishlist #2

On My Wishlist is a weekly Wednesday meme hosted by Book Chick City.

The purpose of this mine is to share the books we haven't bought but are waiting to buy. If you are like me then you know that your wishlist is getting longer by the day! Hey you never know but Santa might be looking at this. ;)

This is what I have on my wishlist this week:

This week I don't have a book to share but a cd. I am really hoping to get Michael Buble for my birthday. Okay I know I can't have Michael himself but I will settle for his newest cd.





Michael Buble's website

Book Blogger Holiday Swap 2009 Gift Recieved

Earlier this month I signed up for the Book Blogger Holiday Swap. This is the first year I decided to take part in any book blogger holiday exchange.


I was pleasantly surprised to have already received my Secret Santa present. I am not sure of the protocol but I already opened it my present. I hope that is okay. I always will have mine in the mail this week that I have to send out.

My Secret Santa sent me the following goodies:
-The Makedown by Gitty Daneshvari
-several bookmarks
-several postcards
-this book belongs to sticker
-a book sticker
-and a xmas card

My Secret Santa is Diana. She is a Canadian blogger and I can't wait to check out her blog. You can see her blog http://www.orientaldesires.blogspot.com/.

Thank you to Diana for my Secret Santa present and to everyone who organized the Book Blogger Holiday Swap 2009.

In My Mailbox/Mailbox Monday

Where did the week go?

Its that time of the week again to share the contents of my mailbox for this past week.

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme that is hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren. If you haven't checked out Kristi's blog you really should. She is a fantastic YA blogger. In My Mailbox is posted on Sundays.

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme that is hosted by Marcia from The Printed Page. Marcia is another blogger you should sheck out. Marcia posts Mailbox Monday on Monday's.

This is what came to my door last week.

-Thunder and Blood from Stacey Voss.

-After the Falls by Catherine Gildiner. Thanks to Marci from Serendipiter for sending me this. Its part of the facebook book club that she is hosting. Check for my review in the New Year.

-Christmas Miracles by Cecil Murphy & Marley Gibson. This is for a tour.

What did you get in the mail last week.

Books Bought # 28

Here is another edition of Books Bought.

Books Bought is a meme that I am currently hosting here on Cindy's Love of Books. If you want to take part all you have to do is grab the logo and post on your blog the goodies you bought then link back letting me know you have taken part. Simple as that.

Please note that these are books I have physically paid for and no publisher or author has asked me to promote the books in Books Bought. I am just sharing with you what I buy.

This is what I picked up:

-Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (this is book 2 in The Bride Quartet series) This was published October 2009.

Book three Savor the Moment is coming out May 2010. Then book four is called Happily Ever After and there is no release date on that one yet.

What did you pick up this week?

2010 Reading From My Shelves Project

I am a reader of Diane's blog and was excited to see this challenge for 2010. This is a challenge that I am going to take part in 2010.

I am like Diane and have way too many books on my shelves that I have bought either new or second hand or have been given. I am too scared to count how many but there is alot. Hmm perhaps enough to open my own bookstore.

My goal for 2010 is going to be 50 books that I will read from stuff that I have personally bought or have been given.

If this sounds like something you want to do and take part in just click on her name and it will take you directly to the sign up sheet and for info about this challenge.

Some simple rules:
-The challenge will run from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
-Crossover is allowed. (I love challenges that allow you to do this)
-You can read as many as you want.
-After reading the books you must pass them on. (This one I never have a problem with unless they are signed copies then i keep them.)

Is anyone else doing this challenge? Lets clean off our shelves and pass along what we read.

Thunder and Blood Tour

TITLE: Thunder and Blood
PUB DATE: May 15th, 2009

ABOUT THE BOOK
When Sarah Ingram and her sister Christine left Thunder Bay on a chilly November afternoon, they thought that they were going on a weekend getaway, leaving their problems behind. What they didn't realize was that they would end up in a world that was, in many ways, very different from their own, but at the same time eerily familiar. Separated almost at once, the two women found themselves struggling to come to terms with the reality of their situation. How did this world become so different from the one they knew? What secrets were their new 'friends' hiding from them? Was it possible that there could be more to the vampire stories from their own world than simple myth?



ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stacey Voss was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

In late 2005, she and her daughter moved to Wuppertal, Germany to live with her fiancé, Heiko Voss, whom she married in July 2007.

She wrote Thunder and Blood during the November 2007 National Novel Writing
Month (Nanowrimo) event, with a two week hiatus during which she honeymooned with her
husband in the Canary Islands.

The story takes place in her hometown of Thunder Bay, reflecting Stacey's yearning to feel close to her roots once again. Realizing that four trips back to Canada in three years was an indication of more than simple homesickness, Stacey, her husband, and daughter moved back to Thunder Bay at the beginning of 2009.

She is really enjoying being back in Thunder Bay, despite moving back in the middle of the cold winter months, and has been drinking copious amounts of Tim Horton's coffee while she has been preparing her book for print. Her hobbies include reading, writing, camping and fishing and she considers herself to be quite a computer geek.

Stacey has two Diplomas in International Business, certification in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with a Minor Degree in English Literature.

While in Germany, she taught Corporate English to a wide variety of students and discovered a real love for teaching. She is currently teaching Business and Computers part-time at Everest College in Thunder Bay.

Stacey has already begun the next novel in the Thunder and Blood series, entitled Thunder and Ice, and wants to assure her readers that many of the questions left unanswered in the first novel are answered in the second. After writing Thunder and Ice, Stacey plans to write two prequels in the series, one covering the transformation of DaVinci into a vampire and the other expanding on the origin of the first vampire.

You can check out the Thunder and Blood's website at this link:
http://www.thunderandblood.com/



My review of Thunder and Blood is to come as soon as the book arrives in the mail.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers.

On My Wishlist

I have to thank Kathy from Bermudaonion for telling me that the person responsible for this meme is Book Chick City . I was originally calling this Wishlist Wednesday but since discovering that someone was doing this so I will be linking back to Book Chick City. Thanks Book Chick City for coming up with this meme.

Book Chick City is hosting this weekly meme to share the books that are on her wish list and as book lovers I am sure we all have a wishlist of books we would love to read. Me included.

Please note that this could lead to excessive book buying, library borrowing, towering TBR piles and long wish lists.

'On My Wishlist' is posted every Wednesday. If you would like to join in all you have to do is click on Book Chick City and see her wish list and use Mr Linky with your link of your wishlist post. Then feel free to grab the On My Wishlist button and post your own 'On My Wishlist'. It's up to you how many books from your wishlist that you would like to share.



Deadly Little Lies by Laurie F Stolarz
PUB DATE: November 17th 2009

ABOUT THE BOOK: (This was taken from the publishers website)

Last fall, sixteen-year-old Camelia fell for Ben, the mysterious new boy at school who turned out to have a very mysterious gift & pyschometry, the ability to sense the future through touch.

But just as Camelia and Ben's romance began to heat up, he abruptly left town. Brokenhearted, Camelia has spent the last few months studying everything she can about psychometry, and experiencing her own strange brushes with premonition.

Camelia wonders if Ben's abilities have somehow rubbed off on her. Can the power of psychometry be transferred? Even once Ben returns to school, Camelia can't get close enough to share her secret with him. Despite the romantic tension between them, Ben remains aloof, avoiding contact. Then when an unexpected kiss leads to a frightening argument, Camelia makes the painful decision to let Ben go and move on.

Adam, the hot new guy at work, seems good for her in ways Ben wasn't. Adam is easygoing, and seems to really care about her. But when Camelia and Adam start dating, a surprising love triangle results. A chilling sequence of events upturns secrets from Ben's past and Adam's. Someone is lying, and it's up to Camelia to figure out who-before it's too late.




I have to say that I really love the cover.

New Author Challenge for 2010

This is a new to me challenge for some reason I didn't see this one last year but I am really happy I did find this before January 2010.

Jackie from Literary Escapism is hosting the New Authors Challenge. If you want to take part just click on her name for the sign up as that is the direct link.

The purpose of the New Authors Challenge is to discover new authors that you have never heard of or read before. You can read from any genre of books.

As for me this past year I managed to discover so many new to me authors that I loved and might not have really read otherwise. I love discovering new authors.

So some simple guidelines of this challenge is:

-It starts January 1, 2010 and ends December 31,2010.

-Crossover of books in other challenges are allowed.

-The authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from anthologies.

-You can pick anywhere from 15 , 25, or 50. I am going to aim for 50 as I am sure I can manage that and by the way if you happen to surpass your goal then continue on.

I have to make sure that I send my links back as I am bad with doing that part of challenges.

Will this be a challenge you will be taking part in?

The New 2010 Reading Challenge: 100+ Reading Challenge

Its hard to believe that its that time of year to think about what challenges we are going to take part in. I just can't believe how fast the year went. It has been a great year for me. I have met alot of great people IRL (in real life) and online from blogging and cherish the new friendships that I have developed.

Once again J Kaye is hosting the 100+ Reading Challenge. You can click on her name to sign up that link takes you directly to her post.

I took part in the 100+ Reading Challenge this year and to date I have read 94 books. With about 5 weeks left in the challenge I am really hoping to break it to the 100 mark. I am sure I can do it as I only have 6 books to read. Wish me luck.

The only thing I was bad at was linking my reviews to her page.

If you want to take part and not sure what its about well all you have to do is:

-From January 1st, 2010 to December 31, 2010 plan to read 100+ books.

-What are you allowed to count towards this well can use audio books, books you have reread, eBooks, books from the library, basically as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased counts.

-You can read any genre of books from fiction, middle grade, young adult, non fiction etc.

-Another great thing about this challenge is you don't need to list any of the books before hand and you can use other books you read in other challenges crossovers allowed.

-Also anything that you read before January 1st doesn't count for the 2010 Challenge.

Are you going to take part?