NEW RELEASE & TEASER TUESDAY

Unfortunately there is nothing being released today that yelled "Shiny" to me.....so I'll be doing a Teaser Tuesday post instead.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

•Grab your current read


•Open to a random page


•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page


•BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)


•Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


My Teasers: 

Rhys had no idea what time it was, because he had slept for hours after the wolf and his goddess had left him.  He was thirsty and sore, and more than a bit curious about the world he now found himself in.

~ Page 151
Mists of Velvet: The Immortals of Annwyn: Book Two (Annwyn Chronicles)

Hidden from mortals, Annwyn, the Otherworld, is home to shapeshifters, wraiths and dragons. Rhys MacDonald, the mortal great-grandson of a banished prince races to Annwyn to offer help when his ancient homeland is threatened by a dangerous Dark Magick. There he encounters a young goddess and shapeshifter, who thinks he is the mate foreseen in her dreams. Bound together by the flames of desire, they discover that destiny-and the Dark Magick- has other plans for them... 

READ AN E-BOOK WEEK!

Happy Birthday E-Book!

The E-Book turns 40 this week.  First created by Michael Hart when he was granted  $100,000.00 worth of computer time with a Xerox Sigma V mainframe computer. Instead of spending the time computing he decided the best use of the time would be the storage, retrieval and searching of what was already stored in our libraries.  The first E-Book was born - The Declaration of Independence. 

Mr. Hart's work would go on to become Project Gutenberg.

The Romance genre became one of the first genres to become successful in the E-Book field.

A company called E-Ink would eventually get involved and they would introduce a new display technology. Thank you for helping to make reading an E-Book so much easier.

Read an E-Book this week to celebrate!

For more information on E-Books and for information on

the official "Read an E-Book Week" check out

E-Book Week.Com

MOVIE TIE - IN SATURDAY- I AM NUMBER FOUR

So I thought I would do something a little different and do a movie tie-in type post, both as a way to get to read a book or go and see a movie. 

People might ask "What is a movie tie-in"?  Well, according to Wikipedia :

A movie tie-in book is a book, frequently a paperback but occasionally a trade paperback or a hardcover, that has a direct relationship to a specific film. Usually, the cover of the book will bear photography of the film's stars, and slogans indicating that it is directly related to a specific film.

Tie-ins are often newly-published editions of a book upon which a film was based that is published around the time of the release of the film, and even sometimes re-titled so that the book's title now matches the film's title.  Movie tie-in books may also be novelizations of original screenplays. Novelizations of all six Star Wars films have been published, based on each film's original screenplay. Novelizations are generally published several weeks before a film's release, almost always feature the film's poster as cover art, and are usually never republished, with rare exceptions.

 If a film is based on a story shorter than a novel — such as a short story, novelette, or novella — a tie-in book may be published featuring the adapted story as well as other stories from the same author.  In extremely rare cases, a movie tie-in book may also be a "re-telling" or abridgement of an original novel.

MY MOVIE TIE-IN CHOICE:  I AM NUMBER FOUR BY PITTACUS LORE (AKA JAMES FREY)

 Original Cover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Movie Tie-In Cover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I have to say that I love the cover for the movie tie-in version best.  I also love the author's name, so unique and it just makes me smile when I see it......here's a little background on the book and the sequence of the movie-tie in.
 
Book Description:
 
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real.
 
Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing.

But they know.



They caught Number One in Malaysia.


Number Two in England.


And Number Three in Kenya.


They killed them all.





I am Number Four.

Movie Tie-In: 

The publisher is Harper Teen, a division of Harper Collins.  The hardcover book was published on August 3, 2010 and spent 6 weeks on the children's chapter of the New York Times Best Sellers List. 

Dreamwork's Pictures bought the film rights in June of 2009.  A full year before the book was even published.  The movie was released a couple of weeks ago on February 18, 2010.

I didn't read the book as I don't read much in the Young Adult market but I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.  So much so that I now plan to read the book, which is the first of six books planned in the series by the author. 

The next book in the series, The Power of Six, will also be made into a movie and will be released in the later part of this summer.  I'm already looking forward to seeing the movie

On a side note....the actor who plays Number Four (Alex Pettyfer) is yummy to look at

FRIDAY FIFTY-SIX AND FRIDAY WISHLIST

 

The Friday 56 Rules:

1.Grab a book, any book

2.Turn to page 56

3.Find the fifth sentence

4.Post it

My Friday 56 is from

Velvet Haven: The Immortals of Annwyn: Book One (Annwyn Chronicles)

by Sophie Renwick from Page 56, 5th Sentence:

The house it was said, had been built by an eccentric Scotsman, Daegan McDonald, for his wife, whom he had adored.

The Friday Wishlist

What's books have you added to your wishlist this week?  These are mine.

The Soldier by Grace Burrows

The Sins of Viscount Sutherland by Samantha James

and finally

Burning Down the Spouse by Dakota Cassidy

So, share your Friday 56 and let me know what's on your wishlist-

You never know...it might show up in a contest later.

Happy Friday Everyone!

  



CONTEST WINNERS- MAYA BANKS HIDDEN AWAY

And the Winners Are:

Raonaid Luckwell

and

Karin

Please contact me at maria63303@gmail.com with your shipping

details  within 2 days.  Failure to claim your prize by Midnight

on Saturday, 5-February-2011, will result in forfeit and a re-draw of

the prize.



REVIEW/ FORBIDDEN MAGIC/ JO BEVERLY/ NAL TRADE



Title:  Forbidden Magic

Author:  Jo Beverley

Publisher: NAL, A Division of Penguin

Genre:  Historical/Paranormal

Publication Date: February 1, 2011

Print ISBN:  978-0451232182

eBook ISBN: 978-1101210437

Length:  368 Pages

Format:  Trade Size Paperback

Purchase:  Amazon

Book Description:

Left penniless after her parents' death, Meg Gillingham is in dire straits. Her cruel landlord threatens to turn her and her siblings out of their home at Christmastide -- unless she surrenders her young sister to his lecherous whims. Only a miracle can save them: a magic statue that grants wishes -- for a price.

Meg never expected the statue to bring her a handsome earl offering marriage, and warily waits for the sting in the magic's tail. Soon, however, charming, eccentric Sax is weaving magic of his own -- until the statue is lost and Meg is plunged into danger of losing him, her family, and perhaps even her life.


My Review: 

This is a sweet and light Regency romance with a heroine who has a touch of paranormal power.  The dialogue between the characters is sharp, occasionally funny and highly entertaining.  Both the primary and secondary characters drew me into their world and kept me engrossed in the story.


The heroine, Meg Gillingham, is a practical young woman whose parent's death has left her responsible for her siblings.  Unfortunately her parents left them penniless and at the mercy of their landlord, Sir Arthur Jakes, a "friend" of Meg's father.  The only heirloom her parents left is a Sheela Na Gig or "Sheelagh", a magic statue that is supposed to grant the wishes of the women in her family who can wield it's "magic".  A magic that always carries a price.  When Sir Arthur demands that Meg either pays all of the past due rent or hand over her younger sister, Laura, to be his mistress, Meg realizes she has no choice but to use the "Sheelagh" and wishes for a solution to her family's problem. 


Frederick, The Earl of Saxonhurst, or "Sax" as everyone calls him, is a fantastic hero.  He has a house full of servants who he treats as part of his family, a precocious parrot named Knox and an extremely ugly dog named Brak.  He does have some flaws though, a temper that leads to the destruction of his own property and a strong hatred toward his maternal grandmother, The Duchess of Daingerfield.  When he receives a note the day before his 25th birthday reminding him if he is not married by the end of the next day, his grandmother will get to choose his bride, he becomes desperate and confides in his servants.  One of them suggests that he marry Meg and he promptly agrees and makes his proposal via letter.  When Meg replies that she's willing to marry him if he agrees to help her take care of her younger siblings, he readily agrees and makes their wedding arrangements.


The scenes between Meg and Sax are charming and funny.  Their dialogue is highly entertaining and they have great chemistry.  Being strangers when they married, Meg and Sax have a lot to learn about each other and Ms. Beverly did an excellent job developing their characters.  Meg is afraid that Sax will discover how she "wished" him into marriage and Sax is determined to seduce his wife.  Sax is also somewhat unconventional and at times Meg wonders if she's married a mad man. 


When Meg finds herself being blackmailed by Sir Arthur, Sax has to come to her rescue, which gives them an opportunity to develop their relationship further.  The secondary characters were well done and I was happy to see the "villains" in the story get their just desserts.  The ending of the story is well done and resolved all of the open story lines.  I really enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more of this author's work.

My Rating:  4 out of 5 stars

                       

 

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