Here we are again. Blogger’s scrabbling around trying to find alternatives for Google apps because Google has decided to shut down this service.. To be honest, this is the last straw. I’m sick of Google shutting down apps that I use, so I’ve decided to find alternatives to everything I use Google for! ALTERNATIVES TO GOOGLE READER BLOGLOVIN’ This is a pretty good alternative. I’ve just started using it and so far I’m liking it. My only critism is that the buttons to move from one blog post to the…
While I read a lot of books with female leads there are relatively few I would categorise as truly kick-ass. I do have a few and I am sure you will agree that my top heroine is kick-ass with a capital K. So in top spot is Kate Daniels from the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. Kate’s father is practically immortal, created the vampires, killed all his other children and doesn’t know she exists…. yet. Kate’s mother was a powerful witch who brain-washed her husband’s second-in-command to go on the run with…
As you’ve probably heard, New Adult (NA) is the new genre around town. I must admit I am intrigued. I did read quite a bit of Young Adult at one point, but became increasingly frustrated with it. One book seemed to blend into another and they didn’t really have much identity any more, with the same tropes, the same love triangles, the same levels of high-school angst. Of course there were exceptions to the rule. I adored the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead, the Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie…
GIVEAWAY! I have been having a little sort out of my received for review bookcases and thought I’d do a giveaway. All of the 20 books/ARCs I’ve selected I received as duplicates, are new and unread. This box is full to the brim of Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Young Adult in a selection of genres. HERE’S WHAT YOU COULD WIN (Kitty Not Included): Stray – Rachel Vincent (Paperback) The Edlritch Conspiracy – Cat Adams (Paperback) Eve of Darkness – Sylvia Day (Paperback) Kiss of Midnight – Lara Adrian (Paperback) Serpent’s Kiss…
GIVEAWAY WINNERS The winners of the Seraphim Prize Pack (including a digital copy of Crushed Seraphim and Bittersweet Seraphim in the digital format of the winner’s choice, some swag and a crystal angel-themed bracelet) supplied by author Debra Anastasia are… Ileana Alvarado Erin F Judith Allen Michelle Muirhead CONGRATULATIONS! Please claim your prize HERE Failure to claim your prize within SEVEN (7) days of this announcement post means you forfeit your prize/s. PLEASE NOTE: As from Jan 2013, we will not be contacting giveaway winners by email. Winners will be announced on the blog…
I was perusing the net, as I do, searching for some interesting bookends, and I came across Kandco.com. It has two sets of bookends that really took me back to my childhood and I wanted to share them with you. The first set was Morph. Those of you around my age will remember him, but I’m not sure those of you from the US will know who he is. Morph is an animated plasticine character that lives in a wooden pencil box and has a cute squeaky voice. Morph first appeared in…
GIVEAWAY! Tor Books is giving away THREE (3) copies of IMMORTAL SURRENDER by Claire Ashgrove For entry into the giveaway please fill out the form below. This giveaway is US/CANADA only and ends 23rd January 2013 PLEASE NOTE: As from Jan 2013, we will not be contacting giveaway winners by email. Winners will be announced on the blog via a post containing a link to claim their prize. So as to not miss these announcement posts, as well as future giveaways, subscribe via RSS or EMAIL.
30 SHADES OF ZOMBIE GIVEAWAY WINNERS (Part 2) And the winners are… SILENCE OF SOULS by Stefanie Oberhansley KELLY NICHOLSON NEVERMORE TRILOGY by Shannon Mayer ERIN FENDER PEGGY RUSSELL HELEN PORTER TAKING ON THE DEAD by Annie Walls ASHLEY SNYDER DUKE OF THE UNDEAD by Megan Berry RACHEL (The Jeep Diva) SARAH HIGNETT DAWN TINKLER MUMMY & HER KIDS PLAUGE TOWN by Dana Fredsti DEANNA SHULTZ PATSY HAGEN CURE by Belinda Frisch MEGAN TIMBLE KRISTIAN SNOOKS BADASS ZOMBIE ROAD TRIP by Tonia Brown SOPHIE SPILBY PETER GILBY THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES by Chrissy Peebles CCAM GRETE EVANS ROBERT BANNING…
GEMMA’S NEW YEAR READING RESOLUTIONS Well another year has past and yet again my TBR pile resembles a small mountain. I have a problem, in that I am a book addict. Whenever I go on Goodreads, Twitter or even just browsing some of the other reviews, I end up buying books. And let’s not mention the fact that I am now on first name terms with my local Waterstones. So, in an attempt to try and get my TBR under control, as well as some rules in which to be…
30 SHADES OF ZOMBIE GIVEAWAY WINNERS (Part 1) And the winners are… DEARLY BELOVED by Lia Habel SALLY POOLE LISA PEPPER UNDEAD and UNFED by Kirsty McKay VICTORIA BOLAND GARY TOPLEY THE GIRLS’ GUIDE TO DATING ZOMBIES by Lynn Messina LINDA SAVAS CONTAGION by Emily Goodwin MANDEE (Compelled by Words) JULIE GIFFORD KELLY BECKETT DANIEL BUTCHER CRISTINE NATKIN DEAD TROPICS by Sue Edge DEVON MASON STEPHANIE KOTA TOUCH OF THE DEMON by Diana Rowland REBECCA STEPHEN BARBARA ELNESS FLIP THIS ZOMBIE by Jesse Petersen BARRY SIMPSON SOLSTICE by Donna Burgess ANNAMARIE…
CAROLYN’S NEW YEAR’S READING RESOLUTIONS First resolution – buy that chair!! As I’m sure most of you do, I seem to create lots of New Year’s Resolutions, this year is no different. However, I’m just going to list my bookish ones here. I have so many series to catch up on and series to start. Most are already on my shelves gathering dust. This will be one of my personal challenges for 2013, to complete/get up to date and to begin all the series I have on my bookshelves. SERIES…
Wishing you a happy and exciting 2013! From Carolyn, Laura & The BCC Team! xoxo
Love, Carolyn, Laura & The BCC Team xoxo
ALL HALLOWS EVE GIVEAWAY WINNERS (Part 2) And the winners are… FURY OF SEDUCTION & KNIGHT AWAKENED by Coreene Callahan LAURA HARRIS VAMPIRE STATE OF MIND by Jane Lovering DANIELLE WOODMAN LYNN BLAKEMAN FAIZA OSMAN HUNGER by Karen E. Taylor APRIL HARVEY NIGHTSHIFTED by Cassie Alexander LAURA THOMAS HOLLOW PIKE by James Dawson PIPPA AINSWORTH GERALDINE MCCAMBRIDGE FOSTER EMMA JACKSON SARAH-JANE LAYCOCK LANI NASH GHOST PLANET by Sharon Lynn Fisher PHIL DARLING WENDY BUSBY-CHEUNG JENNIFER KELLY MR REAL by Carolyn Crane VIRGINIA PARKER ASHES & SHADOWS by Ilsa J. Bick …
GIVEAWAY WINNERS! CONJURE by Lea Nolan WINNER Kimberley Giles SLEIGHT OF HAND by Mark Henwick WINNERS Joanna Smith Jane Clark Steve Swider Congratulations! You have been emailed!
