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I have only read 2 author debuts so far this year, which isn't many but I plan on reading a whole bunch, so why the heck not join this challenge. The 2010 Debut Author Challenge is being hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren . So far theres over 280 people signed up and I am super excited to get started on some of these awesome debuts. I will use this page to list which books I have read and I will link my reviews right to them on here as well as on Kristi's Mr. Linky for each month. Good luck to everyone else! My goal for right now is 15! 1. Firespell by Chloe Neill 2. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa 3. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins 4. The Ghost and The Goth by Stacey Kade 5. WEREling by Steve Feasey 6. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting 7. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 8. The Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff 9. Brightly Woven by Alex Bracken 10. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White 11. Matched by Ally Condie 12. Firelight by Sophie Jordan 13...

The Body Finder giveaway is over and I have randomly selected a winner. I put all of the entries(minus the multiples) into a list, randomized it, then selected a random number. The name matching that random number was Jen(unedited)! Congrats Jen! I have already emailed you and you have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is picked! Don't forget to check out the other contests going on now!!! Sherry <3

I recently read(from the Library) Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols as a part of the bookclub forum I am part of. For those of you who don't know what it is about, read the summary below! Summary from goodreads: "All Meg has ever wanted is to get away. Away from high school. Away from her backwater town. Away from her parents who seem determined to keep her imprisoned in their dead-end lives. But one crazy evening involving a dare and forbidden railroad tracks, she goes way too far... and almost doesn't make it back. John made a choice to stay. To enforce the rules. To serve and protect. He has nothing but contempt for what he sees as childish rebellion, and he wants to teach Meg a lesson she won't soon forget. But Meg pushes him to the limit by questioning everything he learned at the police academy. And when he pushes back, demanding to know why she won't be tied down, they will drive each other to the edge - and over..." My Review: ****1/2 = 4 and a ...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine ! This week I chose Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. I've seen it everyone and I've read some amazing reviews. I can't wait to get my hands on it. I actually heard it was at Barnes and Noble in some areas so I am going to head over to mine tomorrow and check it out.. The actual release day isn't until March 2nd though! Here's the summary from goodreads: "What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all—looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12th should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it’s her last. The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. In fact, she re-lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she had ever imagined." So there you ...

(Isn't this pic gorgeous, this is where I wish I was, instead of being home sick... a girl can dream right!?!?) So I still feel like complete crap, but I wanted to at least do an overview of what happened last week on my blog and on my super awesome affiliates blogs. I mention the minus 2 days because this isn't counting todays or yesterdays happenings. My week ended on Saturday I just haven't gotten around to doing it with how I've been feeling lately. Here is what I did this week: I reviewed Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder and The Iron King by Julie Kagawa, both which were 5 stars in my opinion. I participated in a blog tour for Angela Morrison's Sing Me to Sleep. She stopped by for an interview to go with it so in case you missed it just clicky here . Angela was also kind enough to offer up one signed copy of her book to a lucky winner so make sure you go enter if you haven't already done so! I still have The Body Finder & Swag contest g...

So so so sorry for my absense in the blogosphere. I have not been feeling well at all and I hate not posting something for you guys! I promise to post tomorrow. I'll do a weekly overview of all my wonderful affiliates and an overview of the goings on from here as well. Good night all! Sherry <3

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren . Ok well since the mailman forbade to bring me any new books this week, I went to the library. I've only been there twice ever, and i've lived here since 2000... yes crazy indeed. I had to ask where certain sections are because the library here is quite big and I had no freaking clue where anything was. While it is big, the teen/YA section completely sucks but I managed to snag a few things that I want to read. Here is what I got: Magic Study by Maria V Snyder - Wootwoot so excited to read this! I loveddd Poison Study, check out my review from earlier this week in case you missed it! Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols - This is one of the books for the book forum I am in. I've heard good things about it so i'm looking forward to starting it(which will be later tonight!) and last but not least... Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev - Ok I'm seeing Perchance to Dream everywhere and both covers...

A couple of days before the release of The Iron King, I received an ARC copy that I had won from the fabtastic MundieMoms! While the summary definitely sounded promising and the cover was beauitful, I hadn't read much about Faeries before(that's not saying I haven't tried) so I left it on my shelf for a day when I felt like reading it. You know how you have to be in the mood to read certain things sometimes... Well I waited for a while, and when my blogging buddy Lucy mentioned to me that I was crazy for not having read it yet I figured, well if she liked it that much I probably would too since we have the same taste in reading material. Before I start though... the book description! Here is the summary from goodreads: "Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she discovers why. When her half brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she never imagined--the world of Faery, whe...

Hey everyone, if you haven't already joined Teenfire's popularity contest there is still time to join. There are some awesome prizes up for grabs including first editions of ALL upcoming Spring Sourcebooks Fire titles, along with autographed copies of Bran Hambric: The Specter Key, Beautiful Dead, Picture the Dead, The Turning, We Hear the Dead, The Summer of Skinny Dipping and Star Shack. You can't beat that! There are tons of ways to earn extra entries too! +1 for every friend you have on TeenFire +2 for tweeting about the contest (include #TeenFire for tracking purposes, limit one per day) +1 if that tweet invites Ashton Kutcher to explain how he became so popular (just thought this’d be funny!) +5 for every blog, vlog, podcast, etc. about the teenfire website (include link for verification. Yes, previous blogs about TeenFire count, just include links.) +2 for putting our badge in your sidebar! +2 for every unique person that clicks on a link to Teen...

**contest is closed** To go along with Angela's Blog Tour for Sing Me to Sleep and to help celebrate my milestone of hitting 100 amazing followers, Angela has offered up one signed copy of SMtS to give to one lucky entrant! This contest is for US/Canada only! Sorry international followers! It will run from now until March 2nd so that Angela will have the winner's name and mailing address when the book is released! You do not have to be a follower, I know some people avoid contests if they have to follow, and I want everyone to get the chance to win this so enter away! There are extra entries possible for those that help spread the word about SMtS. If you tweet about this contest you will get +2 entries. If you post about this contest in your sidebar you will get +2 entries. If you post the tralier somewhere, and leave the link on the form you will get +4 entries. To get the embed code, simply follow this link and the code to embed will be located on the upper r...

Not to long ago I hit 100 followers here on my blog(which is crazy seeing as I have over 230 now in such a short time!!) and I emailed Angela asking her if she wanted to help me celebrate. She is currently having a Blog Tour for Sing Me to Sleep and asked me if I wanted to participate. She sent me a review copy of SMtS and I fell completely in love with this amazing book! If you missed my 5-star review, you can check it out here ! So as a part of this blog tour, Angela has answered some questions for us! ------------- Me : How are you doing today Angela? Angela : I am great. I just got a great big box of beautiful SING ME TO SLEEP's! The hardcovers are so lovely. I'm busy organizing my school speaking schedule for when I go up to London, Ontario (where SING ME TO SLEEP is set) to celebrate SING's launch along as part of Amabile Choirs 25th Anniversary Festival. I'm so excited to get to see all the people who inspired this book. Me : It's fun learning ...

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (Book 1 in the Study Series) (Purchased by me) Summary from goodreads: "Choose: A quick death and hell or slow poison and hell. About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison. As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear." My Review: ***** = 5 Stars I have had my eye on this book for quite some time. Everytime I go to Border's I ...

I realized that I still don't have a list of books that I want when they are released. That's terrible because i'm sure there were some that I have forgotten about over time... I should start a list... :) Anyways... on with WoW! "Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine . This week while I was perusing through the upcoming releases on Amazon and Borders. I had heard of the book but never really knew what it was about. Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White (March 2, 2010)   Summary from goodreads: "When someone leaves three mystery flowers outside her dorm door, Laurel thinks that maybe the Avondale School isn't so awful after all — until her own body starts to freak out. In the middle of her English presentation on the Victorian Language of Flowers, strange words pop into her head, and her body seems to tingle and hum. Impulsively, Laurel gives the love bouquet she made to demonstrate the language to her sp...

This isn't a review. Elizabeth Scott is hosting a HUGE contest over at her blog giving away 25 young adult books to someone who is spreading the word about her newest work The Unwritten Rule which is being released March 9th. I can not wait for this book. Ever since I have read the wonderful reviews on it, and read about it on Elizabeth's blog, i've been trying to get my hands on it! Unfortunately I don't think its going to happen but luckily for me March 9th isn't too far away! Here is what The Unwritten Rule is all about(goodreads): "Everyone knows the unwritten rule: You don't like your best friend's boyfriend. Sarah has had a crush on Ryan for years. He's easy to talk to, supersmart, and totally gets her. Lately it even seems like he's paying extra attention to her. Everything would be perfect except for two things: Ryan is Brianna's boyfriend, and Brianna is Sarah's best friend. Sarah forces herself to avoid Ryan and trie...

So I have a total of four affiliates now. I like that number, so I think I will keep it at that. I'm already behind and it's only the first week! I originally wanted to do my overview on Saturday but for this week it's going to be today! Here's whats new! Lucy at Delightful Reviews Lucy reviewed Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead and Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood by Eileen Cook. She had a wonderful interview with author Lyn Miller-Lachman that you all should go check out(she has such fun interviews!). She featured Kari from A Good Addiction in her Saturday Shin-Dig meme(yes that Kari( look down )). She also set up her affiliates, so its thanks to her that I started in the first place! Lucy's 50 follower Bash is ending soon so make sure you head over and enter before time runs out! Kari at A Good Addiction Kari reviewed Hate List by Jennifer Brown, Dreamland by Sarah Dessen, The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard and Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu. She did a...

I have picked a winner for the choice of one book out of the four given(guest post Kari's favorite reads) by randomizing the list and then using random.org for the number of entry that won. There were 64 people that entered and 515 total entries. The winning entry was #101 which was... Beleth ! Congrats Beleth, you chose The Ask and The Answer by Patrick Ness! I will email you now and you have 48 hours to respond, if there is no response after the allotted time, I will pick a new winner! Don't forget to enter my contest to win a copy of Firespell by Chloe Neill and some swag!! :) Sherry <3

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren . It was a good mail week, it definitely made up for my lack of mail last week! :D For Review: Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens from Jennifer(Grove Creek Publishing) Purchased from Borders: Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder Boys that Bite by Mari Mancusi My mom got me the pretty bookmarker from Barnes and Nobles along with some sweet bookplates that I completely forgot about until right now! Purchased from Local Bookstore(Red Fox Books ): Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (See the awesome quilt underneath, my mom made it for me, took her about a year to make, off and on, and by hand, it's beautiful!) Won from Nikki at Wicked Awesome Books : The Gossip Girl Series, which includes: Gossip Girl, You Know You Love Me, All I Want Is Everything, Because I'm Worth It, I Like It Like That, You're The One That I Want, Nobody Does It Better, Nothing Can Keep Us Together, Only In Your Dreams, Would I Lie To...

So I started adding up entries and put them in a list and said the heck with it, this contest is ending when i'm done figuring this all out, which only ended up being two hours early. Not to bad, I think everyone who wanted to enter did.... So I had 90 people enter, and I had 856 entries... took a while, but I got each name numbered, randomized the list, and had a random number picked from 1-856 which was... 821... who is.... ...... .... ... .. . .. ... .... ..... .... ...InABox! I have emailed you and if I don't get a response within 48 hours I will pick a new winner! Congrats on winning a brand new copy of The Iron King by Julie Kagawa! I will post the winner who gets to pick 1 out of the 4 books tomorrow, I can't add them all up right now! :) Sherry <3

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison, from Angela earlier this week. Before I give you my review of this, read below for the summary! Summary from Goodreads: "THE TRANSFORMATION Beth has always been “The Beast”—that’s what everyone at school calls her because of her awkward height, facial scars, and thick glasses. Beth’s only friend is geeky, golden-haired Scott. That is, until she’s selected to be her choir’s soprano soloist, and receives the makeover that will change her life forever. THE LOVE AFFAIR When Beth’s choir travels to Switzerland, she meets Derek: pale, brooding, totally dreamy. Derek’s untethered passion—for music, and for Beth—leaves her breathless. Because in Derek’s eyes? She’s not The Beast, she’s The Beauty. THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE When Beth comes home, Scott, her best friend in the world, makes a confession that leaves her completely torn. Should she stand by sweet, steady Scott or follow the dangerous, intense new...

Yay, this is my first ever time partaking in a Blog Tour! I'm so happy it's a book I absolutely loved, Firespell, the first book in the Dark Elite series by Chloe Neill! If you missed my review you can check it out here! For those of you who are not familiar with what Firespell is, here is the summary from goodreads: "As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face… When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building. The only thing keeping her sane is her roommate, Scout, but even Scout’s a little weird—she keeps disappearing late at night and won’t tell Lily where she’s been. But when a prank leaves...