No I was not kidnapped by aliens or vampires or ruffians. I got a new job. A job that has been taking a lot of my time and attention. But this weekend, I made a promise to myself that I had to get back to doing some of the things that I loved to do--and not just think about work all of the time. So I am re-dedicating myself to being here more often to blog about books.
As I get back into the groove of things, you may notice a couple of changes. First, I really want to focus on reading some of the books I have at home and not focus solely on new titles. To this end, I will be reviewing at least one book a week that I have at home that has been in print for more than a year. Second, I want to bring back my books to movie reviews. To this end, I will be reviewing at least one movie that is based on a book (generally a book I have read previously). Finally, I have made a goal to read more short stories/novellas, so I want to review at least one of them a week as well. These are ambitious goals--but I will definitely enjoy the journey to meet these goals.
But for the moment, I want to celebrate my Re-Launch party so I am going to do a giveaway for a $15 e-gift card to Amazon.
For this giveaway, I want you all to comment in this post and tell me what book or short story or novella you have really loved this year that you think I should read (you can have up to 3 entries by listing three separate books--and you can link to your reviews of the books if you have one). I will make it my goal to work through all of the books listed. For extra entries, you can also tweet about this giveaway/call for suggestions and leave a comment with the tweet's url (limit one additional entry per day).
The giveaway will close on November 18, 2011.
GFC Jennifer
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Books I've read this year that i would recommend: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/137764713
GFC Jennifer
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Another book i would recommend is Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (book 2 is Wolfsbane):
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/137757807
GFC Jennifer
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Another book i would recommend is Delirium by Lauren Oliver:
GFC Jennifer
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Welcome back & thanks for this amazing giveaway! I would love to win!
ReplyDeleteI would recommend the Hunger Games trilogy.
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I would also recommend Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien.
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I would also recommend Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum. Hope you like all of these books I've recommended!
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@Jennifer I haven't read the first two but I did read Delirium and I loved it!! I can't wait to read the next in the series. :)
ReplyDelete@Suz I haven't read the last two, but I did read Hunger Games Trilogy and loved it!! I even listened to the audiobooks and thought they were very very well done too. You can see my review here: http://thebookaddictnet.blogspot.com/2011/08/series-in-review-hunger-games-trilogy.html
Thank you for the great suggestions!!
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ReplyDeleteI loved Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
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I also really loved The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton.
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for a shorter book, I really enjoyed The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines. a review will be up on my blog later this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this giveaway and I look forward to seeing what reviews you have coming up :)
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@Michelle Thanks for the great recommendations. I haven't read any of those books--I love asking these questions because I get to learn about new books!
ReplyDeleteI recommend that you read A Strange Angels novels by Lili St. Crow, they are so amazing.
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Another book I recommend is Die for Me by Amy Plum.
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I also reacommend that you read The Scarlett Wakefield series by Lauren Henderson, the last book came out earlier this year, but they were so good.
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ReplyDeleteI highly recommend Waterfall! I loved it!
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ReplyDeleteAnother book I recommend is The Girl of Fire and Thorns! I loved that one as well:)
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ReplyDeleteThe third book I recommend is Variant! It was deliciously creepy and a really good read:)
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@Julie thank you--I don't think I have heard of any of these. Now to go read some descriptions!
ReplyDeleteThe first book that comes to mind would ahve to be Inheritance by Christopher Paolini, which I just finished today. It was a brilliant ending to a fantastic series. =)
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Another book I would recommend would ahve to be Blood Red Road by Moira Young. I listened to it a couple of months ago and still can't get it out of my head.
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@Orchid I love it--a recommended audiobook!! I love audiobooks.
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