My Book Boyfriend Giveaway Hop!

My Book Boyfriend Giveaway Hop is hosted by Reading Between the Wines Book Club and As the Pages Turn.  The hop will run from 12:01 AM February 1st through to 11:59 PM February 5th, 2012.

What better way to celebrate the month of LOVE then with your favorite book boyfriend? Whether you have a valentine or not, the swoon worthy heroes we find in romances can’t be matched anyway! So why not put on those naughty underwear and curl up with one of these steamy reads this year instead? Make you Valentine’s Day perfect by joining the My Book Boyfriend Giveaway Hop where fellow bloggers offer you the chance to win some of their favorite book boyfriends!

Welcome lovers of all things sexy!

Are you here to find your new book romance? This is my stop on the hop and it is international as long as Book Depository ships to you!

I am here to introduce (or perhaps reacquaint) you with your new book boyfriend. Below I have books that feature my favorite MEN! The winner will get to choose ONE of the books shown below (or any other book from the series if the winner has already read the first book). Check out the choices, enter using the Rafflecoptor form below, then check out the other blogs participating in the hop. Good luck (and try not to sweat TOO much........).

These are just the first in each series. The winner may choose any one book in any one of these series!  :)

  

R.A.K. January Wrap-up!

Wow, almost February already! Holy cow!

January was a really great month for me for R.A.K. I was finally able to send out some books again, and I received way more than I ever would have expected! 

The pictures I saved from Amazon suck........guess I won't do that again........but I'm feeling too lazy to change them now!

WHAT I SENT OUT THIS MONTH:

WHAT I RECEIVED THIS MONTH:

From Kat at Confessions of A Common Reader

Both from Barbara at Basia's Bookshelf

A surprise!!! I have no clue who sent this one!!!

From Cindy at Tynga's Reviews

Thank you thank you thank you for everyone who was kind enough to gift me a book! You guys are all SO awesome!!!  :)

Cover Reveal: Once Burned

Once Burned 
(Night Prince Book 1)
Night Huntress World
by Jeaniene Frost
Release date: June 26, 2012


She’s a mortal with dark powers…

After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person’s
darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude…until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to reach out with a telepathic distress call to the world’s most infamous vampire…

He’s the Prince of Night…

Vlad Tepesh inspired the greatest vampire legend of all—but whatever you do, don’t call him Dracula. Vlad’s ability to control fire makes him one of the most feared vampires in existence, but his enemies have found a new weapon against him – a beautiful mortal with powers to match his own. When Vlad and Leila meet, however, passion ignites between them, threatening to consume them both. It will take everything that they are to stop an enemy intent on bringing them down in flames.

I think I speak for us all when I say: Oh. My. Lord.

Like many of you, I love Vlad's snarky and cocky attitude and his soft side for those he loves. I am SUPER-DEE-DUPER excited to read his books and even more so now that the first one has a cover!

Here is the stepback:

(that's the first page when you open up the book)

To see larger versions of both pictures and to see how Jeaniene Frost pictures these characters, check out her blog post here: Once Burned cover!

In My Mailbox (20)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme to share what we bought, checked out, swapped, or won. IMM is hosted by The Story Siren. 

Here's what I got in my mailbox this week!

This will be a monster post this week! I didn't do an IMM last week plus I received some AWESOME books the last two weeks........so here we go........

FOR REVIEW:

Blood on the Bayou

(Annabelle Lee #2)

Stacey Jay

This was one of those ARCs that I ran in from the mailbox and ripped open and then did a little happy dance! I loved the first book in this series, Dead on the Delta, and I am SUPER excited to read #2!!! Also, keep a lookout for a special event I am helping host involving this series........that's all I'll say for now.  :)

Grave Mercy

(His Fair Assassin #1)

Robin LaFevers

Yep, be jealous! I received an ARC of this book this week as part of a blog tour. I just started it last night!

SWAPPED:

 

Paritals

(Partials #1)

Dan Wells

Harbinger

Sara Wilson Etienne

WON:

Sooooooo, I won the big end-of-year giveaway by Epic Reads!!! I won 50 books published by HarperTeen!!! I was totally at a loss for words when I found out! They asked about the genres of books I like and authors I'm interested in, and then sent me some AWESOME books! Of course, I chronicled myself opening the boxes as they came........why not?

Just so we're clear, I'm not bragging! I know that you guys can understand my level of excitement!  :)

I'm not going to list ALL the books I won because, wow that would take a while. I'll just show the ones I was the MOST excited about!

 

(the ENTIRE Wicked Lovely series!)

Okay, I'm finally done with the world's longest IMM post ever!!!

Things to Check Out:

The Young Adult Giveaway Hop!

Enter to win

HERE

Join the 2012 Paranormal Fantasy Reading Challenge! 

Check it out and sign up 

HERE

Okay, I showed you mine. Now show me yours! What did you get this week?

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Paranormal Fantasy Reading Challenge: End of January wrap-up!

Welcome back paranormal lovers! This is the end of January wrap-up for the 2012 Paranormal Fantasy Reading Challenge! For those not yet signed up, you can check out the details HERE!

For each end of month wrap up, follow these directions:

1. When you post a review for a book that meets this challenge's rules, make sure to include a label for this challenge.

2. Go click on the label and it will take you to the page with all of your reviews for this challenge.

3. Copy and paste the address for that label page as the URL on the linky.

Then we can all check out your reviews for this challenge so far!!!

And as a thank you for participating in this challenge, all participants can enter into a special giveaway to win:

Alterant

No, in case you're wondering, this book doesn't meet the requirements for this challenge, I just thought it would make for a good giveaway prize!!!

You can still enter the reading challenge by clicking on the link at the beginning of the post!

 Leave your info on the Linky and then enter on the Rafflecopter form below!

Follow Friday (21)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read

Here is this week's question:

Which book genre do you avoid at all costs and why?

This question is tricky for me. Some of the genres I used to avoid like the plague I now love. I used to think cheesy paranormal romance would never grace my bookshelf........until I fell in love with Cat and Bones and the Demonica series. I never though I would cave to the pretty covers and read YA........until I fell in love with Shatter Me and Anna Dressed in Blood.

So, you see my predicament. Currently I avoid:

Contemporary books/romances
(Yuck, boring, give me something more! If no one is tormented by the fact that they shift into a furry being at night or lovers aren't kept apart by someone's secret supernatural powers........then it's not for me!)

Nonfiction/biographies/memoirs
(see above)

Check out what's going on:

Young Adult Giveaway Hop!

2012 Paranormal Fantasy Reading Challenge Sign Up

Happy Friday everyone!
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