This post is long overdue, but other exciting projects are taking up all of our time at the moment, so both Les and I are taking a break from blogging for a while. We appreciate all the readers, comments and review requests and we hope to be back here reviewing and chatting soon. Continue reading
Thanks to everyone who entered our Crafty Chica Novel Prizepack Giveaway. The winners are: Mommy_to_7 & MonaG The winners have been notified and the books are on the way from the publisher. (Thanks again to Hachette and Grand Central Publishing for sponsoring this contest.) But, wait… that’s not all…we also had a 3rd winner! Marjorie … Continue reading
Books That Followed Me Home This Week {March 14-21, 2011}: So, it’s been a while since I’ve done any show and tell of what’s been coming into my place on the book front. Not because I’ve stopped letting books in or anything like that (gasp!), (no matter how happy this would make my poor dad), … Continue reading
Ok, it’s been a while since I’ve just mindlessly lost myself in coverlust. So, what I choose to consider my highly developed sense of aesthetics (and NOT my shallow book-snobbery) is begging to come out to play. I know it’s hardly spring here in the northern hemi but autumn is in full swing for my … Continue reading
Ok, we know we shouldn’t. Be we still do. It’s Sunday afternoon and while we are lounging by the pool (ahem) bundled up under six feet of blankets, we thought we’d bring you some books that look intriguing for 2011 based solely on, you guessed it, the covers. Here are this weeks picks. Possession by … Continue reading
It’s Mailbox Monday time again! Mailbox Monday is going on tour and January’s host is Rose City Reader! Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks and audio books do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, … Continue reading
“Charlotte’s best friend thinks Charlotte might be psychic. Her boyfriend thinks she’s cheating on him. But Charlotte knows what’s really wrong: She is one of the Forgotten, a kind of angel on earth, who feels the Need—a powerful, uncontrollable draw to help someone, usually a stranger. There have been others before who’ve felt the Need, … Continue reading
It’s Mailbox Monday time! Mailbox Monday is going on tour and January is being hosted by Rose City Reader! Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks and audio books do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to … Continue reading
The “five” challenge was created by the gracious Persnickety Snark. I’m posting Saturday’s topic a bit late because I really wanted to get in on it. Hopefully next year I’ll be a bit more organized and manage to take part in more. That said, this is actually a difficult one, because I’m discovering new titles every … Continue reading
Aurelia will be participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge. What does that mean? We’ll be reading (and of course reviewing) a minimum of twelve titles from authors making their Young Adult or Middle Grade debuts in the coming year. Why? Because we have some passion for finding and promoting great debut authors in the … Continue reading
Pardon our dust as we do some much needed site maintenance in preparation for a MASSIVE REVIEW UPDATE! Here’s just a sampling of the books we’ll be reviewing in the coming weeks: Pretties by Scott Westerfeld Idlewild by Nick Sagan Gone by Michael Grant The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman I am the Messenger by … Continue reading
