Saturday, December 31, 2011

Great Amazon E-books for only 0.99 and Giveaway!

I'll start off by saying for Christmas I got a KindleFire!  It is my first kindle ever and I have to say it is amazing! I do miss the joy of just holding a book but the kindle is lighter, easier to see, and pretty fun to just touch it to turn a page. I ran across a problem though. Kindle ebooks are almost as expensive as paperbacks! I was pretty disappointed but I decided I will stick to the kindle ebooks that are only 0.99. Then I ran across another problem. They suck. Yeah most of those 0.99 kindle ebooks suck big time. So I came up with an idea. I haven't been on these last 2 weeks becuase I have been compiling a list of ebooks that are sure to be amazing to your readers. Also I am including a giveaway of your favorite pick of them all!
Below is my list from least favorite to my most favorite.



Laura Cubus was perfectly content with her life. A junior in high school, she felt perfectly normal. She had good friends, a great family, and did well in school. Nothing particularly exciting ever happened where she lived, and everything was stable.But that all drastically changes when a new student arrives at Laura's school. Wild rumours swirl about his past, and Laura becomes determined to find out the truth.As she gets to know the mysterious student, he shares with her an ancient secret... one that may yet put both of them in grave danger.
And for the first time in her life, Laura is exposed to a completely unfamiliar world. She is swept away on an exhilarating journey that takes to a place where romance and great destiny may yet await... and where supernatural powers run rampant.
Shattered is a teen romance / paranormal romance, and is the first book of the Dream Realms Trilogy.




Sixteen year old Arelia LaRue lives in New Orleans where the music is loud, voodoo queens inhabit every street corner, and the ghosts are alive and well. Despite her surroundings, all she wants is to help her Grand-mere Bea pay the rent and save up for college.
When her best friend Sabrina convinces her to take a well-paying summer job at the infamous Darkwood plantation, owned by the wealthy LaPlante family, Arelia agrees.
However, at Darkwood strange things start to happen, and gorgeous Lucus LaPlante insists that he needs her help. Soon, the powers that Arelia has been denying all her life, come out to play and she discovers mysteries about herself that she could have never imagined. It is a YA Paranormal Romance
.On Amazon





Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.
The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.
Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.
The Keeper likes to keep things.
Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.




In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . .
Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.
Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.
As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make—between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?




Nara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate…until she dreams a future she can’t ignore.
After Nara prevents a bombing at Blue Ridge High, her ability to see the future starts to fade, while people at school are suddenly being injured at an unusually high rate.
Grappling with her diminishing powers and the need to prevent another disaster, Nara meets Ethan Harris, a mysterious loner who seems to understand her better than anyone. Ethan and Nara forge an irresistible connection, but as their relationship heats up, so do her questions about his dark past.





When Psyche receives a prophecy gone horribly wrong, she learns that even the most beautiful girl in Greece can have a hideous future. Her fate? Fall in love with the one creature even the gods fear.
As she feels herself slipping closer into the arms of the prophecy, Psyche must choose between the terrifyingly tender touch she feels almost powerless to resist and the one constant she's come to expect out of life: you cannot escape what is destined.





Can there truly be love after death?
Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's dead. With no recollection of her past life—or her actual death—she's trapped alone in a nightmarish existence. All of this changes when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing but will him to live. Yet in an unforgettable moment of connection, she helps him survive.
Amelia and Joshua grow ever closer as they begin to uncover the strange circumstances of her death and the secrets of the dark river that held her captive for so long. But even while they struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit named Eli is doing everything in his power to destroy their newfound happiness and drag Amelia back into the ghost world . . . forever.



Now On to the Giveaway!

Rules-
1. Must be 13 or older.
2. Must have an amazon account so I can email you the book.
3. Below leave a comment with your email and 1 book you pick.
4. I will email the winner 1 week from today.




Friday, December 23, 2011

Everything You Could Ever Want to Know About the Hunger Games Movie!


The Official Trailor-



The Soundtrack-




The Cast-  



Liam Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth
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Gale Hawthorne
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence
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Katniss Everdeen
Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson
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Peeta Mellark
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks
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Effie Trinket
Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
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Haymitch Abernathy
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
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Caesar Flickerman
Alexander Ludwig
Alexander Ludwig
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Cato
Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
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President Snow
Isabelle Fuhrman
Isabelle Fuhrman
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Clove
Amandla Stenberg
Amandla Stenberg
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Rue
Willow Shields
Willow Shields
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Primrose Everdeen
Wes Bentley
Wes Bentley
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Seneca Crane
Toby Jones
Toby Jones
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Claudius Templesmith
Leven Rambin
Leven Rambin
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Glimmer
Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
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Cinna

The Posters-
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The District Tributes-


MTV's Favorite Scenes-
The Reaping
Arguably the most pivotal and moving moment from the trailer, The Reaping sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change the country of Panem. After Primrose Everdeen's name is selected by mentor Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) to participate in the 74th annual Hunger Games, sister Katniss steps in to take her place. "I volunteer. I volunteer as tribute," she screams as Peacekeepers hold her at bay. Baker's son Peeta Mellark is selected next, cementing the duo that will represent the impoverished community of District 12.


Katniss Hits the Bulls Eye
All those years of hunting for game outside of District 12 have paid off for Katniss. We get a look at the training session for the Hunger Games and see our heroine in action, being pretty badass with a bow and arrow. For a split-second during the scene, we catch a glimpse of some of the other tributes, including Rue and Cato. Yet, it's a wig-wearing Woody Harrleson as Haymitch who says, "This is the time to show them everything. Make sure they remember you." When the tribute pulls back, releases her arrow and hits her mark, we realize, as does Gamemaker Seneca Crane (Wes Bentley), that Katniss is the real deal.


Katniss Wears The Mockingjay
In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, a gleaming Mockingjay pin is pressed into Katniss' palm as a good-luck charm for the Games. Though we can't tell for sure who gifts her with the talisman (in the novel it's friend Madge Undersee), the Mockingjay comes to represent Katniss in the Games...and beyond.


Peeta And Katniss Share A Moment
We finally hear Peeta speak! Fans have been anxiously waiting to see how Hutcherson will play the role of Peeta, and it looks like he has perfected not only the character, but the blond hair as well. Peeta and Katniss meet on the rooftop of the training center to discuss their fates. Peeta expresses his concern in keeping his identity while fighting in the games, yet Katniss' only thought is how she will survive. It's the first time we see these two have a moment together, and there is an undeniable chemistry between them. We cannot wait to see how the love triangle between Katniss, Gale and Peeta plays out!


The Cornucopia
Our only look at the titular Games, Katniss emerges from underneath the arena to face the 23 tributes tasked with killing each other. Upon the countdown, they bolt towards the Cornucopia, a macabre collection of weapons and assets to aid their quest for victory. How will it all play out? You'll have to flock to theaters March 23, 2012 to find out!





 The Countdown Widget-


My Resources-
information-The Hunger Games Movie Website
MTV's favorite scenes-MTV Website


I worked to compile everything I could possibly think of that you would want to see or know. There is tons more to know too! Visit the resources up above and you will be surprised about how excited you are now to see the Hunger Games movie! I know I am!


Monday, December 19, 2011

Dauntless



We live in a dauntless age.

An age where
families flaunt their freedom
boys battle for blood and
girls glow with glamour

A time of bravery,
where we proudly serve our country
in hopes of an improved nation.

The days are gone when most nights
were still and detached
without a worry in the world.

When we lived in harmony
with one another
until the chaos blindsided us.

Finally fearlessness is the foundation
for our foolish existence.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

Possess By Gretchen McNeil Book Review

Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her mom, by the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Unfortunately for Bridget, it turns out the voices are demons – and Bridget has the rare ability to banish them back to whatever hell they came from.
Terrified to tell people about her new power, Bridget confides in a local priest who enlists her help in increasingly dangerous cases of demonic possession. But just as she is starting to come to terms with her new power, Bridget receives a startling message from one of the demons. Now Bridget must unlock the secret to the demons' plan before someone close to her winds up dead – or worse, the human vessel of a demon king.

~Haunted Rose's Review~
I'll start off by saying yes this book is from another giveaway. :) I feel pretty greedy because I have a stack at least 3 feet high of giveaway books I haven't read yet but I promise I will read and review every last one. Anyway, my favorite part in this book is when I learned what Vade Retro Satana meant. I had the book signed before I read it so as the author wrote that as the message I was thinking uhh, I don't speak that language. Then in the book you find out it is the exorcist motto meaning Step Back Satan. This story was diffidently something fresh and ahead of the current trend. Bridget, a girl who has no idea she is a Watcher, the good type of nephiliam to the horny fallen angels, learns about trust, faith, and pixie dust. Scratch that demon lust is more like it. So back to Bridget. She has an enemy which happens to be her new boyfriend's ex. She has a stalker who is in love with her. She has a gay friend who calls her boyfriend sexy. She has a close little brother and a not so close mother. Last but not least she has a dead father. He was killed by the Emim to raise Amaymon king of the east hell of demons. He was also a watcher and in the end Bridget learns to embrace her destiny, and use her full power to hopefully banish Amaymon. Reading Possess will possess you as you read it. Ha see what I did there? If you enjoy demons and angels I recommend Possess!
I give it 4 out of 5 haunted roses



In My Mailbox III (Extravaganza holy crap edition)


The past few weeks I have accumulated way too many books from giveaways. I am done with them for quit a long time because my to-read stack is taller than me. Anyway I will now proceed to brag and tell you about these amazing new books I have discovered.

This was a prize package I won from Jessie Harrel at The Daily Harrel. I won the unproofed version of her signed book Destined along with a signed bookmark, a cute notepad, and a ring that the main character actually wears on the cover.
Also I got an awesome handmade bookmark at Mauve Magpie hosted by Library Mosiac. It's made of aluminum and has chinese symbols for beauty, freandship, and happiness on it.
And I also got a hardcover copy of Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer and 2 really amazing beautiful beaded bungee bookmarks from Chapter by Chapter.

I am a Harlequin Teen Panelist so occasionally I get sent freebooks and this season Harlequin Teens chose to read The Goddess Test by Amiee Carter. My review of it is coming very soon so keep a look out. Also the nice people of Harlequin sent me a photoframe that says happy holidays. Of course I put a picture of my cat in it. :)

I won a signed books contest from Good Books and Good Wine. It includes a signed ARC of Possess, which I just finished reading and loved, an ARC of Virtuosity, a signed hardcover of Revolution, and a signed paperback of The Winter Rose.

I won a huge mega giveaway by Samantha Young hosted by Once Upon a Twilight. In an earlier In My Mailbox I got Samantha Young's 4 fall picks and now the rest of the package came! Unfortunately my packaged was opened and damaged so I lost the pen and some bookmarks were bent and ripped. Thankfully the Tale of Lunarmorte Series and Smokeless Fire survived. I also got the cute little notepad. She signed everything!

Lastly in Ya Book of the Day's 500 follower giveaway I recieved her prize pack Need which included Need, Captivate, and Entice by Carrie Jones.

I also won a few ebooks:




THANKS TO ALL THE AUTHORS AND BLOGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THESE GIVEAWAYS. ITS ALWAYS AWESOME WHEN I OPEN MY MAILBOX TO MORE BOOKS THAT I GET TO REVIEW AND READ FOR MY VIEWERS.