Review: Foresight by Sherry Ficklin

Format Read: Paperback provided by author for this reviewNumber of Pages: 176 pagesRelease Date: July, 2010Publisher: DragonFly Publishing, IncFormats Available: Ebook, Paperback & HardcoverPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:
All Grace Archer wants is to graduate from high school and get on with her life. But the Gods of Fate have other ideas. Attacked at graduation by a mysterious woman with gruesome henchmen, Grace is lucky to escape with her life. Rescued by a Fae warrior named Chris and her Aunt Phoenix, Grace learns that her mother was the Greek Goddess Pandora. Now Grace must protect her mother’s urn from the crazed demi-goddess Lilith, who is determined to unleash its horrors on an unsuspecting Earth. As if her blood legacy is not bizarre enough, Grace begins to develop frightening powers that threaten to destroy her from the inside out. Can Grace …

Guestpost Author Sherry Ficklin + Giveaway

We are very happy to have author Sherry Ficklin here today. Foresight, book 1 in her Gods of Fate Triology was released in July and she is here today to talk about “Characters we love to hate“. Be sure to stay tuned till the end and discover your chance to win a wonderful prize-pack offered by Sherry. Please give her a warm welcome.

As writers we tend to spend our time focusing on our main character, or hero/heroine. They are what the story is about, they are often the ones telling it or at least in some way, we are seeing the world through their eyes. So we labor over every minute character detail. Our MC is brave, honest, smart, but also scared, clumsy, or challenged. We know them better than we know ourselves. We know their …

Review: Rakes & Radishes by Susanna Ives

Format Read: E-ARC from NetgalleyNumber of Pages: 257 pagesRelease Date: September 13th 2010Publisher: Carina PressFormats Available: EbookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Carina Press

Book Blurb:

When Henrietta Watson learns that the man she loves plans to marry London’s most beautiful and fashionable debutante, she plots to win him back. She’ll give him some competition by transforming her boring bumpkin neighbor, the Earl of Kesseley, into a rakish gothic hero worthy of this Season’s Diamond.
After years of unrequited love for Henrietta, Kesseley is resigned to go along with her plan and woo himself a willing bride. But once in London, everything changes. Kesseley-long more concerned with his land than his title-discovers that he’s interested in sowing wild oats as well as radishes. And Henrietta realizes that gothic heroes don’t make ideal husbands. Despite an explosive kiss that opens …

13 to Life by Shannon Delany

Format Read: Bought bookNumber of Pages: 308 pagesRelease Date: June 22nd 2010Publisher: St Martins GriffinFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository UK, Book Depository US

Book Blurb:
Something strange is stalking the small town of Junction…

When junior Jess Gillmansen gets called out of class by Guidance, she can only presume it’s for one of two reasons. Either they’ve finally figured out who wrote the scathing anti-jock editorial in the school newspaper or they’re hosting yet another intervention for her about her mom. Although far from expecting it, she’s relieved to discover Guidance just wants her to show a new student around—but he comes with issues of his own including a police escort.
The newest member of Junction High, Pietr Rusakova has secrets to hide–secrets that will bring big trouble to the small town of Junction—secrets …

Review: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

Format Read: Trade PaperbackNumber of Pages: 272Release Date: Feb. 8, 2005 (first published in 1993)Publisher: Grove PressFormats Available: PaperbackPurchasing Info: Amazon, Goodreads, BookDepository UK, BookDepository US

Book blurb:

Native American Sherman Alexie presents a highly acclaimed collection of 22 interlinked short stories. “One of the major lyric voices of our time . . . these spare, disturbing stories trace with stark, lyric power the experience of American Indians in the modern world.”–New York Times Book Review.

My Thoughts:

I had never heard of this book before but discovered it from my reading list for my summer course. After devouring it, I wanted to share it with others who may have also missed out (till now).

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a collection of short stories about life, love and the hardships of living on a reservation and being …

Review: Twilight: The Graphic Novel Vol1 by Stephanie Meyer, Young Kim

Format Read: HardcoverNumber of Pages: 224Release Date: 16 March 2010Publisher: Yen PressFormats Available: HardcoverPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website; Goodreads; BookDepository.com, BookDepository.co.uk, Amazon,

I purchased this book with my own funds Book Blurb:

I’ve never given much thought to how I would die – though I’d had reason to in the last few months…
Surely it was a good way to die…in the place of someone else, someone I love.

When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep …

Review: Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Format Read: BookNumber of Pages: 250Release Date: May 11, 2004Publisher: PuffinFormats Available: Paperback and eBookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, BookDepository(US), BookDepository(UK)

Book Blurb:Strange, sleepy Rogerson, with his long brown dreads and brilliant green eyes, had seemed to Caitlin to be an open door. With him she could be anybody, not just the second-rate shadow of her older sister, Cass. But now she is drowning in the vacuum Cass left behind when she turned her back on her family’s expectations by running off with a boyfriend. Caitlin wanders in a dream land of drugs and a nightmare of Rogerson’s sudden fists, lost in her search for herself.

Why do so many girls allow themselves to get into abusive relationships–and what keeps them there? In this riveting novel, Sarah Dessen searches for understanding and answers. Caught in a …

Review: The Naughty List by Suzanne Young

Format Read: BookNumber of Pages: 272Release Date: February 4. 2010Publisher: RazorbillFormats Available: eBook, PaperbackPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Bookdepository.com, Bookdepository.co.uk

Book Blurb:

As if being a purrfect cheerleader isn’t enough responsibility!

Tessa Crimson’s the sweet and spunky leader of the SOS (Society of Smitten Kittens), a cheer squad–turned–spy society dedicated to bringing dastardly boyfriends to justice, one cheater at a time. Boyfriend-busting wouldn’t be so bad . . . except that so far, every suspect on the Naughty List has been proven 100% guilty!

When Tessa’s own boyfriend shows up on the List, she turns her sleuthing skills on him. Is Aiden just as naughty as all the rest, or will Tessa’s sneaky ways end in catastrophe?

The Naughty List. Is your boyfriend on it?  

My Thoughts:

What a FUN, unique book! I loved the unique plot and the characters, along with …

Review: Stray by Rachel Vincent

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 618Release Date: 1st June 2010Publisher: MiraFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website; Goodreads; BookDepository.com, BookDepository.co.uk, Amazon,Book Blurb:

I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds.

Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked.

I’d been warned about Strays – werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.
This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back… for my own protection. Yeah, right. But …

Guest Post and Giveaway with author Suzanne McLeod

Today we’re very happy to welcome Suzanne McLeod on Book Lovers,Inc. The Cold Kiss of Death, Suzanne’s 2nd book in the Spellcrackers.com series is being released as a MassMarket paperback today. Let’s celebrate with Suzanne! Keep your eyes open for a giveaway at the end of the post. =)

Hi there Book Lovers Inc. Thanks for inviting me to be a guest. I’m delighted to be here and I hope you all enjoy my post (and please forgive my current parentheses affliction =) )

I LOVE books, and always have done. I was lucky enough to have a mother* who thought reading was the best thing she could teach me. Since then I have never been without a book on the go. I love all sorts of genres: romance, fantasy, crime, historical, thriller, action adventure, and of course my favourite …