I'm being part of a great giveaway organized by the book twirps and refracted lights reviews.
This giveaway is about books released in October, which is awesome because lots of good books had been released this month or are going to be.
For this giveaway you get to chose one of the books below. Note that some of them are only available in ebook so I'll send it to you from Amazon, B&N or Itunes. For the ones that are available in paper I'll send it to you if the book depository ships to where you live.
For entering this giveaway you just have to fill the rafflecopter form below:
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Also don't forget to visit the rest of the blogs on the hop for awesome prizes!
4th Annual Spooktacular Giveaway Hop
October 15th to 31st
This awesome giveaway I have for you is hosted by the blog I am a reader, Not a Writer.
Since I know everyone loves getting gift cards I'm giving away:
Also I'm giving away a kindle copy or an ebook copy of Finding Home by Lauren McKellar:
Moody, atmospheric, and just a little bit punk, Finding Home takes contemporary YA to a new level of grit...
When Amy’s mum dies, the last thing she expects is to be kicked off her dad’s music tour all the way to her Aunt Lou in a depressing hole of a seaside town. But it’s okay — Amy learned how to cope with the best, and soon finds a hard-drinking, party-loving crowd to help ease the pain.
The only solace is her music class, but even there she can’t seem to keep it together, sabotaging her grade and her one chance at a meaningful relationship. It takes a hard truth from her only friend before Amy realises that she has to come to terms with her past, before she destroys her future
But that's not all, I'm giving away a Kindle copy of Kiya Hope of the Pharaoh by Katie Hamstead.
When Naomi’s sisters are snatched up to be taken to be wives of the erratic Pharaoh, Akhenaten, she knows they won’t survive the palace, so she offers herself in their place. The fearsome Commander Horemheb sees her courage, and knows she is exactly what he is looking for…
The Great Queen Nefertiti despises Naomi instantly, and strips her of her Hebrew lineage, including her name, which is changed to Kiya. Kiya allies herself with Horemheb, who pushes her to greatness and encourages her to make the Pharaoh fall in love with her. When Akhenaten declares Kiya will be the mother of his heir, Nefertiti, furious with jealousy, schemes to destroy Kiya.
Kiya must play the deadly game carefully. She is in a silent battle of wills, and a struggle for who will one day inherit the crown. If she does bear an heir, she knows she will need to fight to protect him, as well as herself, from Nefertiti who is out for blood.
To enter you just have to fill the refflecopter form below before the end of October 31st.
Good luck!
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Today I’m
going to review a YA Contemporary. Its name is Finding Home by Lauren McKellar.
First of
all here is the blurb from Goodreads:
Moody, atmospheric, and just a little bit punk, Finding Home takes contemporary YA to a new level of grit...
When Amy’s mum dies, the last thing she expects is to be kicked off her dad’s music tour all the way to her Aunt Lou in a depressing hole of a seaside town. But it’s okay — Amy learned how to cope with the best, and soon finds a hard-drinking, party-loving crowd to help ease the pain.
The only solace is her music class, but even there she can’t seem to keep it together, sabotaging her grade and her one chance at a meaningful relationship. It takes a hard truth from her only friend before Amy realizes that she has to come to terms with her past, before she destroys her future.
Now to my thoughts:
I read this book in three hours, I just couldn't stop reading no matter what. Kids yelling, hubby asking for something, I didn't care I just wanted to know what would happen with Amy.
The characters on this story are so well crafted that they feel real, you can really see Amy as a teenager full of pain and bad decisions. You care for all the secondary characters even the dad.
What I found more appealing is that Amy grows in this story and changes her way of thinking but this is not something that happens instantly in the last chapter. You can see how each action and consequence slowly changes her mind and her heart.
It also talks of common themes for the teens like acceptance, love, alcohol abuse, want to be accepted by the peers. But it does it in a unique way that makes you feel you’re living it with Amy.
This is the perfect book about teens for teens beautifully written by a debut Aussie Author that you don’t want to miss.
You can find it here:
Goodreads
Amazon
B&N
Today I have another cover reveal. This one is the second of book of a series that's having huge success because it's interesting and well written. Also it's set in Egypt and who would not love a story set there with strong and loyal commanders... (Read the book and you'll know what I'm talking about)
So here is the cover of Kiya: Mother of a King by Katie Hamstead.
Blurb:
Nefertiti has forced Naomi to flee Amarna
with Malachi and the three children. But even under the protection of Naomi’s
family in Thebes, Nefertiti still hunts her and Tut. Nefertiti sends assassins
to kill them, and while Naomi fights to protect the children, Malachi fights to
keep her safe.
With three children in tow, one of which
isn’t her own, she is labeled the harlot outcast wife of the pharaoh and is
shunned. She isn’t safe among her own people, and flees from being stoned to
death. Although her family protects her, she must find a way to survive.
While Naomi struggles to keep herself and
Tut alive, old adversaries return as Smenkhkare takes advantage of Akhenaten’s
ailing health. Naomi must rely on Horemheb’s promise to protect Tut’s
birthright, but her feelings for Malachi could cause more problems with
Horemheb than she expects.
Now if you haven't read the first one I really suggest you buy it, just click on the image and you'll be able to buy and read it in seconds.
Katie is also doing a great giveaway so go ahead and enter below.
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Katie Hamstead.
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Today I'm so happy to share with you the cover reveal of the book of one my Cp's Lauren K. McKellar.
She's an awesome writer and you'll never regret to read this book.
So here it is!
Synopsis:
Moody, atmospheric, and just a little bit punk, Finding Home
takes contemporary YA to a new level of grit...
When Amy’s mum dies, the last thing she expects is to be kicked off her dad’s music tour all the way to her Aunt Lou in a depressing hole of a seaside town. But it’s okay — Amy learned how to cope with the best, and soon finds a hard-drinking, party-loving crowd to help ease the pain.
The only solace is her music class, but even there she can’t seem to keep it together, sabotaging her grade and her one chance at a meaningful relationship. It takes a hard truth from her only friend before Amy realises that she has to come to terms with her past, before she destroys her future.
Finding Home
, Lauren K McKellar's debut novel, is coming October 1, 2013. Add it to goodreads today.
Excerpt:
‘Look, I have to go. Can we talk about this later?’ Dad was asking Mum. Joe had shut the door behind him, and it was a good thing he did too, because when Dad had finished speaking, Mum picked up an empty bottle of Grey Goose vodka and threw it at his head. She missed, missed by a mile, but that didn’t stop the bottle hitting the wall behind him and shattering into thousands of tiny pieces.
‘Jesus!’ Dad exclaimed. He turned around, surveying the damage.
‘Oh, look what I did! Can’t have clean-cut Stevie D trashing the green room. People might talk!’ Mum’s voice dripped with sarcasm. It sounded hoarse, no doubt a result of the hours she’d spent alternating between crying and screaming up until now.
‘Even if this was our bloody lounge room, I would still be furious! You can’t just throw s**t like that.’
‘I’ll throw whatever I want to throw!’ Mum yelled. ‘You’re so uptight.’ She walked up to Dad and put her hands on his shoulders, shaking them. ‘Give up this stupid dream already.’
‘And do what? I can’t afford your habits any other way. If I don’t sing, you have to get a job.’ Dad shook his head.
I inched around behind them and started to pick up the pieces of glass. They were all different sizes, and some had gotten stuck in the carpet. They required a bit of twisting to retrieve, but the others I could pick up with ease and place in my hand.
‘What do you want me to do? I don’t have any skills. And there’s clearly only one thing you think I’m good at these days,’ Mum said, leering. She pulled at her top, exposing her décolletage.
I focused on the glass again. I counted each piece in my hand. Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. On the fortieth piece, a shard broke through my skin, spilling bright red blood. Funny. I hadn’t thought my skin would be so thin.
‘Amy, you’re hurt!’ Mum pushed past Dad and came to kneel next to me. ‘What are you doing?’ She knocked my hand with her own, and the pieces of glass flew up into the air and landed back on the floor.
All my efforts — ruined.
‘Let me see,’ Dad said.
‘Get the hell away from her!’ Mum yelled, raising her voice again.
‘Do we have to do this in front of Amy?’ Dad asked. I felt them turn to look at me. Did they think I hadn’t heard? That the fights they’d been having all day in the adjacent hotel room hadn’t resonated with a hatred that travelled through walls?
‘Please don’t,’ was all I could say. But it was enough. Dad left the room, and Mum tended to my hand, spilling some vodka to cleanse it before wrapping it in a spare t-shirt.
‘I’m sorry, baby,’ Mum whispered to me. ‘I promise, things are going to get better.’
Only they didn’t. They got much, much worse.
Find Lauren McKellar:
Website:
http://laurenkmckellar.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/laurenkmckellar
Facebook:
https://facebook.com/laurenkatemckellar
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