MidWinter's Eve Giveaway Hop Winner

Winner of my MidWinter's Eve Giveaway Hop is

LISA M381

Congratulations!  I'll put putting your books in the mail after the holiday!

Thank You to everyone who stopped by and entered!  

I hope everyone has Happy Holidays! 

Third Degree Thursday (1)

Yes, I haver a way of continually changing a Meme's name to fit my blog don't I?

Third Degree Thursday, otherwise known as Booking Through Thursday, is a weekly meme hosted by:

Booking Through Thursday.

I actually do not yet have a graphic for this :-/  I found this through G-Reads and thought the question was a great first question for a new meme I will participate in from time to time.
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What Book Changed Your Life

Ah, yes, my answer tends to be a pretty popular book (series.)

Twilight.  Yes, I am a fairly new AVID reader.  The Twilight Movie had just come out.  Girls were flailing their arms everywhere and I just so happened to be at the store.  Oh Lucky Me.  So I wanted to know why people everywhere have Twilight totes, shirts, necklaces, scribbling on their shoes, EVERYTHING!  So I pick up the movie.  Then I decide to do a little test and I purchased the first book to go with it.  I wanted to read the book then watch the movie.  I wanted to dissect it all, along with my best friend.

Needless to say the rest is history. I went out the next evening to buy the rest of the books.  Approximately six days later I was purchasing The Host.  Then from there House of Night.  The obsession grew with each book.  Instead of buying one book at a time I was buying several.

Don't misunderstand me when I say I'm a new reader.  I was an avid reader as a child and young teenager but high school, college prep courses, friends, part time job, cheerleading, and six days of the week gymnastics made it to where reading was simply something I couldn't do beyond required high school reading.  

So, while Twilight is merely a blip on my list of books I have most enjoyed (and downright became obsessive over) I 'heart' Twilight for what it actually is I have to thank it and the gaggle of insane and obsessed girls who helped push me toward Twilight. Without them I would have never found the never ending list of books I am fabulously in love with. Nor, would I found this fabulous community of book-bloggers.

I promise, all future Booking Through Thursday posts will be much shorter ;-)

Waiting on Wednesday (9): Instruments + Devices

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine.  It is a great way to draw attention to those books not yet released but well awaited. 

Here is my Seventh Edition of Waiting on Wednesday and it's a bit bigger!  I couldn't help myself.  There are just too many awesome books I am dying to get my hands on!

Make sure to check out some fabulous WOW posts below that you may have missed, my 'SIMON PULSE "Elizabeth" Edition' and my my 'Fabulously Large Edition of Dancers, Flappers + Iron' :-)  


I can't believe how long I have to wait for these! Isn't City of Fallen Angels cover gorgeous though?  I can't wait to see Clockwork Prince's cover- I'm a total steampunk lover.  I even happen to know a certain blogger *cough*me*cough* that's getting steam punk inspired jewelery for Christmas. 

The Mortal Instruments Book 4:  City of Fallen Angels

By: Cassandra Clare
Expected Release: April 05, 2011
Published By: Margaret K McElderry
|Series Website|

City of Fallen Angels takes place two months after the events of City of Glass. In it, a mysterious someone’s killing the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle and displaying their bodies around New York City in a manner designed to provoke hostility between Downworlders and Shadowhunters, leaving tensions running high in the city and disrupting Clary’s plan to lead as normal a life as she can — training to be a Shadowhunter, and pursuing her relationship with Jace. As Jace and Clary delve into the issue of the murdered Shadowhunters, they discover a mystery that has deeply personal consequences for them — consequences that may strengthen their relationship, or rip it apart forever. Meanwhile, internecine warfare among vampires is tearing the Downworld community apart, and only Simon — the Daylighter who everyone wants on their side — can decide the outcome; too bad he wants nothing to do with Downworld politics. Love, blood, betrayal and revenge: the stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels  Synopsis Via Goodreads

The Infernal Devices Book Two: Clockwork Prince

By: Cassandra Clare 

Expected Release: August 30, 2011

Published by: Margaret K McElderry

The Infernal Devices is a series of prequels to The Mortal Instruments series, set in 19’th century London. The story concerns 16-year-old orphan Tessa Gray, whose quiet life is thrown into turmoil when her older brother Nathaniel suddenly vanishes, leaving her alone. Her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London’s dangerous supernatural underworld, where warlocks throw masked balls for half-demon Downworlders. When Tessa discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must come to trust her natural enemies, the demon-killing Shadowhunters, if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother. Torn between the beautiful Will, a Shadowhunter who isn’t what he seems, and the devoted Jem, whose own deadly secret is slowly destroying him, Tessa must draw on all her strength to save her brother and keep herself alive in this deadly new world   Synopsis Via Goodreads

Here are a few books releasing soon that would will be eternally on my 'Waiting On' until it releases:

I think I'll be official broke on January 04, 2011 :-)  At least I'll be insanely happy! 

Shadowspell by Jenna Black : January 04, 2011

Awakened by P.C Cast + Kristin Cast : January 04, 2011

        

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand: January 04, 2011 (Review Posting 12/27)

Across The Universe by Beth Review: January 11, 2011 (Review Posting a week before)

And a few February Releases to 'Wait' for:

The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney (2/1/2011)

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa (2/1/2011)

The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge (2/22/2011)

Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (2/15/2011)
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr (2/15/2011) 

Here are a few more of my Waiting On Wednesday Posts:

Waiting on Wednesday : The Simon Pulse "Elizabeth" Edition

Waiting on Wednesday: The Fabulously Large Edition of Dancers Flappers + Iron