A Book Lovers Holiday Gift Guide [Part 1]

Have you ever wondered what to get your friends who are in love with books? I don't know how many times I've gotten asked which books are good and which books are in right now. So I decided to create a small gift guide to what you can buy your friends this Christmas. And let us begin.

First let's start off with books that have been turned into movies that will be coming out soon.




     

Those four above are 4 of the many anticipated movies that will be released in cinema's in the year 2013. If I were to include all of the movies we'd be here for days because inspirations comes from books in bunches! Now depending what you're into you might be able to find these books interesting.

If you love demon fighters and an interesting story-line, City of Bones is just for you. Into magic and forbidden love, Beautiful Creatures is exactly what you want. If you want to read a different kind of love story with a bit of humor between a human and a zombie, Warm Bodies has it all. Or if you're looking for alien invasion, The Host will seep into your mind and take over.

So now the next category will be Dystopian books that I extremely enjoyed. 

     

These three books are some of the best Dystopian books I have ever read and I can say has graced us with their presence. Everyone knows what The Hunger Games is so I don't even have to explain. But, Gone features a world where everyone over the age of 15 in this small town in California disappears and the kids are left to defend themselves in a bubble where animals have mutated along with the kids who are gaining powers. The Maze Runner is like a cross between the other two where kids have to find their way out of a maze they were put in with no memory of their past.

The next category has to be Adult Fantasy. Three different book series that every adult should read for sure.

     

There's not much that I can say about these three series except that they are high fantasy, action packed, full of adventure and all of that good stuff. Sword of Truth and Wheel of Time series are like close to 1,000 pages each book with over 10 books in the series and they are gooooood. Where A Game of Thrones is seven books of greatness and epicness! The Night Angel Trilogy is a great story about an assassin that deserves to become a show on HBO. If you're into cunning assassins and murder everywhere, this trilogy is for you.

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The Hunger Games Epic Giveaway Winners!

Welcome all to the 74th Hunger Games Giveaway. Okay it's more like the first but we're just going to act like I'm part of the Capitol and have been doing this since day one. No judging.

I just want to start off by saying Thank You to each and every one of you guys that entered. You guys are beyond awesome and were able to get me 80+ entries. Not only that but I finally passed 400 followers which is awesome! Now to tell you guys who won. I'd just like to say that I wish I could have given away more things or that I could have made it international, but I'm not rich at this moment and it's pretty expensive. But who knows in the future?!

But let's begin!!!!!!

The winner of the Female Tribute Pin is......

Mandy R!


Congratulations Mandy and have fun in the games! (By games I completely mean watching the movie and in no way am going to kidnap you all and force you to fight to the death on television) =)

The winner of the Male Tribute Pin is.....

Pablo M!


Congratulations Pablo and I also wish you luck in the games! If you would like to give your congratulations to Pablo and follow him, you can check him out at his blog right here; La Naturaleza De Los Libros which is a blog directed towards our Spanish speaking friends. So if you're Spanish or can read Spanish I suggest checking it out because it's awesome!

And now the moment we have all been waiting for! The one who gets all the glory! The one who we know will win The Hunger Games because they have the amazing shirt.

The winner of The Hunger Games Shirt is.....

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Emily AKA Doodle! 


Congratulations Emily on getting this awesome piece of merchandise! I hope you wear it proud to the games and make sure it's known that you are a fan of the Games! Check Emily out on her awesome blog where you'll be able to follow; Doodle's Book Blog!

Now I would just like to thank everybody, once again for joining in on the fun. I'll be sending you all an email shortly so keep an eye out for that. Hopefully this will happen again next year with our 75th Hunger Games! I heard it's going to be a blast!

Tuesday's Novel Spotlight (37)

Hello all you lovely readers! Today is a day to rejoice for books have just been released into the world. I'm going to start doing this a bit differently. I'll show you all the books that are released today, that I take note of, but only speak about one of them. Today we have two releases. One of them is a sequel while the other is the first debut novel. That book is......

When The Sea Is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen.

After seventeen-year-old Felicita's dearest friend Ilven kills herself to escape an arranged marriage, Felicita chooses freedom over privilege. She fakes her own death and leaves her sheltered life as one of Pelimburg's magical elite behind. Living in the slums, scrubbing dishes for a living, she falls for charismatic Dash while also becoming fascinated with vampire Jannik. Then soemthing shocking washes up on the beach: Ilven's death has called out of the sea a dangerous wild magic. Felicita must decide where her loyalties lie with the famile she abandoned . . . or with those who would twist this dark power to destroy Pelimburg's caste system, and the whole city along with it.

Story: To start off I'll give my take on the story. Honestly, it sounds like any other vampire novel that is out there. As soon as I read that she becomes fascinated with the vampire I immediately thought that this book wasn't for me. Everyone knows how I feel about vampires and only one book about a vampire do I truly love and it's not about romance at all. While it does sound interesting I think that it could do without the whole vampire ordeal. Why not go for something different? 

Cover: The cover certainly is interesting and it shows nothing to do with vampires. If I were the type of person who bought books based on covers, which I do a lot, I'd certainly be tricked because it looks to be much darker and deeper than vampires. I love the foggy water and the lifeless body resting in on it with the glimpses of the rocks protruding from the fog. It is so eerie and gives me this creepy feeling.

Verdict: Because it is vampires I won't buy it. But I do love the cover. This one is a Pass.

Other Books Released:

(I love the new covers for these books and this one is no different!)


Before you all go, tomorrow is the last day to enter The Hunger Games Epic Giveaway! So be sure to check out the link above and enter if you haven't. First place gets a shirt while second and third get a Mockingjay pin!

Monday's Novel Talk (46)

Hello viewers! All 400+ of you! Yes! I have finally reached over 400 followers and the countdown to 500 has begun! I just want to thank everyone for following me and this only means that I now have to start thinking of more ways and things to make my site more interesting.

Anywho today is Monday and once again it's just one of those days where you don't want to do anything but just stare at a screen and watch something mindless. Anywho, since last week I have finished one book and started another.

The Darkening Dream: I finally finished this novel and holy crap was it good! I won't say much because I'll be writing a review shortly and putting it up along with an author interview. This will be a good one, I promise. But the novel was seriously amazing and so refreshing and just different than its brothers and sisters.

Hunger: I just started this earlier this morning. Currently on page 59 of 174 I can say that it is currently interesting and catching my attention. I love books about addiction and self-abuse and just partying with drugs and such but this one seems to fall more on the paranormal side than on the dark addiction side. But still, it is interesting and I might finish it today.

When I do finish Hunger I'll start the second novel Rage which is also a quick read and then I can go to another book.

So for now I bade thee farewell and wish you all Happy Reading! And if you haven't seen it yet; check out The Hunger Games Epic Giveaway for a chance to win a shirt and pins! If you do decide to enter, may the odds be ever in your favor!

The Hunger Games Epic Giveaway!

Welcome to The Hunger Games Epic Giveaway!

What I dramatic entrance I must say.... Anywho!

I've been feeling as if I needed to do another giveaway and Hot Topic just launched their The Hunger Games line where we'll be able to get ready for the movie. I have already bought my stuff but now I think it's time to share the wealth and joy with you guys!

I have decided to give three lucky people some awesome gifts. One person will be able to get one of the shirts down below. As you can see the girls get the one on the left and the guys the one on the right. Having had help from friends to choose the best ones, it's safe to say that you guys will like it as well. 

Two lucky others will receive the pin down below, the one and only that represents the revolution. It will add a nice little touch to whatever you are wearing when you go check out the movie on March 23rd.

And now I know you'll all eager to join the giveaway but before you do there are some rules!

RULES!

1. You must be a follower to join this giveaway.

I know that I don't really do this and a lot of you people hate it but I realized that I'm spending a couple of bucks here and would really like it to get some followers. I know it's like I'm buying you guys but if the prices were any lower I wouldn't do it.

1. Starting from one again, you must be a follower to join this giveaway. Names will be checked!
2. Contest starts today; 09 February, 2012 and will end 29 February, 2012. Winner announced 01 March, 2012.
3. U.S. only. This one will be a U.S. only contest because prices are already high and I'm afraid if they go higher it'll make me broke.
4. Names will be chosen at random using random.org.
5. The pins will be awarded to one boy and one girl. Like tributes.
6. If you post about this giveaway in your blog you will get an extra entry. That means you'll name will be in the drawing twice. Again like a tribute, just no death. 
7. Above all have fun and just relax. Remember this is a time to win something so just enter and remember to check back on the day. I'll of course put up a post with the winners and email the winners as well. 

I hope this isn't asking for much really but I'm just so excited and need to share with you guys. But now that I've babbled on for too much I think it's time to give you guys what you need. Fill Out This Form and you'll be all set. I wish you all luck and may the odds be ever in your favor. 

Monday's Novel Talk (45)

Hey everyone! It's February! That's just crazy how this year is already going by fast. But life goes on and I keep reading. So recently I did an awesome giveaway which ended already and the winner was revealed. I'm thinking on doing another giveaway this time giving away a The Hunger Games shirt from Hot Topic. I'm still finding out the details on how I should do this.

Anyway, this post will be short since I'm just giving an update on what I'm reading.

Currently it's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I'm on page 284 of 652. It's part of my Reread Harry Potter Challenge and it's going great. After this is DH and then the three side-books and I'll be on to newer things!

Like I said this will be a short post and I'm about to go read some and hopefully finish this book very soon. I hope you are all well and I'll see you all tomorrow!

Back To The Stacks - Late Giveaway

I'm a bad person. At least my work made me a bad person. Saturday was the Back To The Stacks Giveaway hosted by Loud Words & Sounds and because of work and all, I literally forgot all about it until I got home at night and saw an email reminding me to post. But because I said I would join in, I'm still hosting the giveaway! There will be a winner! I will make sure of that!

So what will I be giving away?

1 Person will win a Hardcover copy of one of the books between the three.

Either; The Hunger Games

The Maze Runner

or

Divergent

Why did I choose these three? Because I'm all about Dystopian and so I wanted to introduce people to one of the series and get more people to love them like I do.

What are the rules though?

All you have to do is fill out this form (right over here) add everything it tells you to, along with mailing address which I promise I won't stalk you unless you want me to, and bam you are in!

The contest will run until 11:59 PM tomorrow (Tuesday), and the winner will be announced on Wednesday. And that's really it, there's no multiple entries or anything like that and it's very easy. So start filling out the form and hope to win a book.

And now that I have a job I'll be able to do more giveaways which will be freaking epic!!!!

So I shall see you all later with more posts as I enjoy my day off. Good luck!