Vonnie's Reading Corner: October 2013

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Friday Posts, 11/01/13

This hop is hosted by Billy over at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. Every week bloggers answer a question and then visit other blogs that are participating. This week's question is:

When you are out of town, do you still participate in weekly memes or do you have your post scheduled to appear on your blog and perhaps check back? Or do you not participate at all? (submitted by Elizabeth)

Shadow and Bone Read-Along: Week Four Discussion Questions

We are now in the last week of the

Shadow and Bone Read-Along,

hosted by

Maria @ A Night's Dream of Books

and

Vonnie @ Vonnie's Reading Corner!

Fourth Week Discussion Questions
Chapter 18- "After"

A Night's Dream of Books

1.) Alina asks Mal to do something for her, something which he flatly refuses to even consider. What is it? Why did Alina make this request?

Teaser Tuesday #64

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teasers:

Review: Shuttered Affections by Rene Folsom

Title: Shuttered Affections
Author: Rene Folsom
Series: Cornerstone #1
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: October 15, 2013

Shuttered Affections by Rene Folsom

After escaping to a college town, Juliana Petersen was determined to put her troubled past behind her and make the most of life. She was satisfied with her current situation, or so she thought. It wasn’t until the day her new photography professor stole her parking spot that she realized there was such thing as lust at first sight. Now, she must struggle with the decision to break the rules and fall in love, or step back and let the chance of a lifetime pass her by—all while her past relationships come back to haunt her. How many men will it take to break Julia’s hold on reality?

Warning: This novel contains sexual situations and is meant for adult readers ages 18 and up.

Audiobook: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Read by Alexander Adams

Synopsis: A mysterious presence has invaded the Paris Opera, bullying the managers and enthralling a beautiful young prima donna. This famous tale, the basis for the musical, involves ghosts, passion, horror, obsession, and romance. Audie Award finalist.

My Thoughts: This was my second time listening to the Phantom on audio, but the first time with this production. I have read this novel countless of times since I am absolutely obsessed with this story due to the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Though I know most of this novel by heart, it still surprised me that I learned more with this second run of listening to it.

Cover Reveal: Desire by B.L. Wilde

Written Elegance Presents:

Desire (The Seductors Series Vol. 1)

by B.L. Wilde

Cover Design by Jo Matthews
Genre: Erotica
Scheduled Release: December 6, 2013

Spotlight: Break the Chains by Dr. Jay D. Roberts, MD

Title: Break the Chains

Genre: Memoir

Author: Jay D Roberts, MD

Website: jdrobertsmd.com

Publisher: Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC

Purchase link: http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-62746-758-2

If you were abused over and over again, would you become an abuser? Or would you learn to forgive? Dr. Jay Roberts had to go to prison to learn the answer.

In 1999 Dr. Roberts was in at-home hospice care preparing for his own death from a neurological disease. At the point where he finally gave up, he experienced a spontaneous, overnight healing. It was not the first time he had “cheated” death. He had survived a fifty-foot fall from a cliff, a plane crash, and attempts on his life by rebel insurgents in remote areas in the Philippines in 1970s. This near-death escape was different though, because it was the culmination of a turbulent lifelong dialogue with God which started when he was a child being bull-whipped by his alcoholic father. Yet even after his complete recovery from disease, it would take a maximum security prison environment to reveal to him the mysterious power of forgiveness.

We are now in the second week of the

Shadow and Bone Read-Along,

hosted by

Maria @ A Night's Dream of Books

and

Vonnie @ Vonnie's Reading Corner!

It's not too late to join the fun!!

Third Week Discussion Questions
Chapter 13- Chapter 17

Vonnie's Reading Corner

Temptation Tuesday Reviews

Temptation Tuesday is a monthly series hosted by The Art of Safkhet. Each publication will be made available to the readers by the first Tuesday of every month. Warning, this is an erotic series so the content is unsuitable for people under the age of 18.

Here are the two books I've read in this series:

Teaser Tuesday #63

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser:

Spotlight: An Incurable Insanity by Simi K. Rao

Simi K. Rao’s contemporary romance novel An Incurable Insanity, published by Tate Publishing, was released on October 8, 2013.

"In Rao's debut novel, an arranged Indian marriage sets the stage for an intimate look at the exasperating madness of love.... An often intoxicating... will-they-or-won't-they tale."- KIRKUS REVIEWS

An Incurable Insanity

By Simi K. Rao

Shaan is a recent 27 year old aerospace masters grad, who lands the perfect job in a leading aeronautics and space exploration company in Los Angeles. At the urging of his parents' he goes down the traditional arranged marriage route, leaving behind a lover and a complicated relationship in Los Angeles. As a result, Shaan and Ruhi's marriage has an awkward and uncomfortable start. The begrudging spouses make a pact: Ruhi will stay with Shaan in the United States only long enough to avoid embarrassment from their family and peers. Ruhi, remaining optimistic thinks that she can use this time to try and win Shaan's heart, but to no avail. Follow Ruhi and Shaan on a roller coaster ride as they attempt to be “friends without benefits” and expose their true selves to each other in search of love and happiness.

While An Incurable Insanity provides fascinating glimpses into traditional Indian culture, it is an intriguing love story with universal appeal.

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Author Interview: Janiera Eldridge

Interview with Author Janiera Eldridge

1. With so many vampire books out there, what makes Soul Sisters unique?

Everything about Soul Sisters is unique! It’s a multicultural vampire story, it’s about twin sisters where one is human and one is a vampire and the story of their creation is truly unique. People are constantly telling me how unique the vampire transformation is and I always enjoy hearing that!

2. Do you relate to any of your characters?

I relate to Dana, the laid back sister, a lot. She just wants to be alone with her books and maybe…maybe… find true love. She’s loyal to a fault and will go to the ends of the earth to please the people she loves. I feel like that’s me a lot.

Friday Hops, 10/18/13

This hop is hosted by Billy over at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. Every week bloggers answer a question and then visit other blogs that are participating. This week's question is:

Halloween Edition: Norman Bates VS Hannibal Lecter: Which one of these famous book murderers is scarier?

A: Gosh, I would have to say Hannibal Lecter. I know Norman Bates is one crazy mo'fo, but I rather be stuck in a room with him versus Hannibal. Hannibal would just eat my face off while still alive *shudder.*

Guess What's Out Today? Discovery by Brina Courtney! Plus a Giveaway!!

Nine months ago, Teagan Matthews' boyfriend disappeared and took her sense of stability with him. But when the opportunity to live with her aging grandmother in Salem arises, she decides it's time to get on with her life. A new home, new job, and new friends are adding up to a beautiful summer...

...until a young girl's body shows up one night in town, wearing a pentagram necklace exactly like Teagan's.

Now a guy, looking remarkably like her missing boyfriend, has arrived in Salem along with a mysterious stranger, who may have some answers that Teagan has desperately been searching for. Teagan must now decide who to trust. It's a matter of life... and her death.

Purchase on Amazon

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Egypt Rising by Stan Schatt

Some ancient secrets should remain buried. An American teenager in Cairo finds herself in the middle of the Egyptian revolution fleeing militant Islamic extremists. She leads her worst enemy and the boy she thinks about much too often on the adventure of a lifetime. When she discovers an ancient artifact that was buried for thousands of years, she learns that very powerful people will stop at nothing, including murder, to learn the secrets of a long-dead civilization.

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Praise for Egypt Rising

From the first page, and quite possibly the first sentence, I was hooked on this refreshingly different YA read that is suitable and enjoyable for all ages! ~Dii

Shadow and Bone Read-Along: Week Two Discussion Questions

We are now in the second week of the

Shadow and Bone Read-Along,

hosted by

Maria @ A Night's Dream of Books

and

Vonnie @ Vonnie's Reading Corner!

It's not too late to join the fun!!

Second Week Discussion Questions
Chapter 6- Chapter 12

A Night's Dream of Books

4th Annual Spooktacular Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the

4th Annual Spooktacular Giveaway Hop

Hosted by I am Reader, Not a Writer

For this hop, I am giving away your choice of one of these books below:

Teaser Tuesday #62

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:

Tour Schedule

The Pitcher by William Hazelgrove

A boy with a golden arm but no money for lessons. A mother who wants to give her son his dream before she dies. A broken down World Series pitcher who cannot go on after the death of his wife. These are the elements of The Pitcher. A story of a man at the end of his dream and a boy whose dream is to make his high school baseball team. In the tradition of The Natural and The Field of Dreams, this is a mythic story about how a man and a boy meet in the crossroads of their life and find a way to go on. You will laugh and you will cry as The Pitcher and Ricky prepare for the ultimate try out of life.

Shadow and Bone Read-Along: Week One Discussion Questions

Welcome to the first week of the

Shadow and Bone Read-Along,

hosted by

Maria @ A Night's Dream of Books

and

Vonnie @ Vonnie's Reading Corner!

Come join the fun!!

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

June 5, 2012

Fantasy, Paranormal Romance,

Young Adult Fiction

Audiobook: Judas Kiss by J.T. Ellison

Read by Joyce Bean

Synopsis: Sex, lies and videotape.

It was a murder made for TV: a trail of tiny bloody footprints. An innocent toddler playing beside her mother's bludgeoned body. Pretty young Corinne Wolff, seven months pregnant, brutally murdered in her own home.

Cameras and questions don't usually phase Nashville Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson, but the media frenzy surrounding the Wolff case is particularly nasty...and thorough. When the seemingly model mommy is linked to an amateur porn website with underage actresses and unwitting players, the sharks begin to circle.