China Garden

China Garden by Liz Berry

When I was in my teens, I began reading Gothic novels. Actually, it was more like devour Gothic novels. Shortly after reading the first couple of chapters, I knew I had found a new one. More modern than the poor girl finding a job at a haunted mansion and falling in love with the tall, dark, handsome heir to the castle, this book had all the elements of a good Gothic. Secrets, mysteries, mazes, the heir that she can't stand at first but is nevertheless irresistibly drawn to - great book. I enjoyed every page.

Contest

Amberkatze's contest this week is with one of my favorite paranormal authors, Kat Richardson, author of Greywalker, Poltergeist, Underground and her newest addition, Vanished. This week's entry needs to include what you do for relaxation other than read. The prize is an autographed copy of Greywalker. Contest addy is : http://amberkatze.blogspot.com/2009/07/author-interview-contest-with-kat.html

Septimus Heap #4: Queste

Septimus Heap #4: Queste by Angie Sage

I love this series and Queste was just as exciting and entertaining as the other three. Septimus and Princess Jenna can really get themselves into some fixes. In this installment, Septimus is tricked into taking the Questing stone and Jenna is determined to get Snorri and Nick back to the right time and place.

Rosie Dunne

Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern
Unabridge on 5 CDs

Honestly, can two people really be that stupid? The audio was extremely well done with almost a full cast. Very fun, but I swear, the two main characters made me so mad! Any two people that have been best friends and gone through everything they went through together have to be just right for each other, but do they see it --- NO, but listening to them keep missing each other makes for an entertaining listen.

Interview & Contest at Amberkatze's

This week Amber's guest was Rachel Vincent, author of the popular Stray, Rogue, Pride, Prey series. her newest, My Soul to Take, is due out in August. Head over to Amber's and tell her what kind of cat you would like to be to enter the contest to win the Vincent book of your choice. http://amberkatze.blogspot.com/2009/06/author-intervew-contest-with-rachel.html

Interview & Contest at Amberkatzes

This weeks interview at Amber's was with Ciara and Shane are the stars of author Jeri Smith-Ready's books Wicked Game & Bad to the Bone. After telling Amber about your pets, you will get to choose one of Jeri's books as a prize. Jeri will send the winner a bookplate so the book will be signed, as well as a signed BTTB cover flat and a shiny metal bookmark with engraved paw prints and quotes about dogs.

You can enter the contest at : http://amberkatze.blogspot.com/2009/06/interview-contest-with-ciara-shane-from.html

GoodReads

*sigh* I just looked at my GoodReads pages and they are all messed up. Books that I want on my wish-list appear on my read pages and books that I have read are appearing in my wish-list audio books. What a mess!! I did a lot of work on my lists this weekend. Guess I overdid it and it couldn't handle all the changes.