Hi All

Hi all.

As you may have noticed I haven't done as many reviews for this month as I'd like to.  Tonight being no different.  The reason for this is that I have two assignments left in my module and I'm really pushing to get these finished before they are due, which means there is less time to read than I would have liked.  Fingers crossed in the next few days I'll be back on top of things, which will include reviews to be posted since my review book pile isn't getting any smaller.

Hope you all understand and I'll do my best to get some reviews up in the next week.

Melissa

In My Mailbox (98)

In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren.

For Review:

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

Jessic Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

Thanks to Penguin Australia for sending both of these books!

Bought:

N/a

What did you get in your IMM?

TGIF (13) Buy or Borrow

TGIF is a weekly feature created and hosted by Ginger at GReads! that re-caps the week’s posts and has different question each week.

This Friday's Question:
Buy or Borrow: Where do your books that you read come from? The bookstore? The library? Do you prefer to own a book, or have it on loan?

The answer to this one for me would definitely buy!  It also depends on how quick I want the book as to where I go shopping for them.  For instance, if I don't mind waiting a week to two I'd look at Book Depository.  The shipping is free and it's awesome for saving money on pre-orders.

Booksamillion is another fantastic shop but being in Australia the shipping is a bit more expensive.  I think the last time I bought a book I paid for the most expensive which was like $30 or something like that for shipping but true to their word, four days later I had my book.  So that was pretty cool!

Booktopia is pretty good for buying bulk load of books.  The prices for the books are pretty good and Australia wide for up to 100 books it's only $6 or so dollars for shipping.  The only downfall with this one is the time it takes.  If it's not urgent, then go for it but sometimes I've had to wait a few weeks because they've had to get the book in from either overseas or publishers.  There are some better options out there if you don't want to wait.

A few others also include Barnes and Noble and Amazon, 

This Weeks Posts

In My Mailbox (97)

Two Local Bookstores

Review: Silverbirch by Rob Kaay

Waiting on Wednesday (90）

Spellbound Noticeboard (22)

Spellbound Noticeboard (22)

Welcome to Spellbound Noticeboard. Here is where Authors, Bloggers and others can send in anything that you'd like promoted. Competitions, book releases, blog events etc. This is your spot! So feel free to send me a line if you have anything book related (Including books made into movies) and I'll be sure to post these up! I'll also be including features etc that I come across to help spread the word for other Authors and bloggers! Just email me at melissa@spellboundbybooks.com  

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Cover Reveal

Bite Me by Lori T Strongin is scheduled to be released 30th January so keep your eyes open.

Synopsis

This summer at Hedgehill University: take one totally screwed werewolf, a vegetarian vampire, and the psycho who wants to kill them both.

Surfer-boy werewolf Talbot Osbourne is under pressure to get a summer job, find an apartment, and make up for the classes he failed last semester. The fur will fly when Talbot is forced to partner with Julian St. George on a class assignment. Unfortunately, the vegetarian vampire brings more than just a set of fangs to the table when a stalker takes special interest in the unlikely duo.

Time is running out for the ParaNorms of New York as they’re picked off, one by one. Talbot and Julian will have to work together catch the ‘Slayer’ before the psycho finds them. If they don’t kill each other first, that is.

Throw in a shapeshifter with ferret envy, a wizard who makes people’s clothes disappear, and an apartment with cannibalistic furniture and zombie squirrels, and these boys are in for the summer of their lives. Or deaths.

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The Kindle version of Curb Chek by Zah Fortier will be free for this week at the Kindle store at Amazon.  Don't miss out on this great offer!  Check out Amazon now!

Synopsis

Curbchek is the story of a damaged cop, Zach Fortier. Fortier worked in the police department for the city where he grew up. One foot in the world of the cops, courts and legal system. The other in the world of gangs, drugs, thugs and street violence. Where the laws and rules are made by the strongest, the schemers and the most brutal. Read about the transformation of Fortier from a green rookie to a damaged paranoid veteran seeing danger in every situation. Follow along as he walks this tight rope. Trying to make difference, breaking the laws he promised to enforce. This is a story of law and order uncensored.

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Enjoy!

Waiting on Wednesday (90)

Waiting On Wednesday was created by Jill over at Breaking The Spine. It's a weekly post for you to share what upcoming books you can't wait for!

I've picked The Temptation by Alisa Valdes the first book in the Kindred series.  This book won't be out until the 24th April 2012 but I definitely can't wait!

Synopsis:
His touch was electric.
His eyes were magnetic.
His lips were a temptation....
But was he real?

After crashing her car on an empty highway, Shane is miraculously saved by Travis, a mysterious cowboy who walks out of nowhere. She is instantly attracted to him, and for the first time, she believes in “soul mates.” But Shane soon discovers that Travis is dead and that strict rules from the Underworld govern kindred spirits of different dimensions. Breaking these rules could destroy both their souls. And while Travis is almost impossible to resist, temptation proves to be the kindest enemy they encounter.

Can true love surpass the power of pure evil? Part love story, part
supernatural thriller, this first book in the Kindred trilogy will leave readers lusting for more!

Pre-order The Temptation at Book Depository now!

Silverbirch by Rob Kaay

Title:  Silverbirch; A Tear in The Fabric of the Night Sky

Author:  Rob Kaay

Genre:  Urban Fantasy/Speculative Fiction/Sci Fi

Publisher:  RobKaay Publishing

Publication Date:  26th January 2010

ISBN:  9780980687712

Stand alone or series:   Series

Pages:  222 pages

Book Received from:  Author

First Lines:   You can only control a person when they are not in control of themselves.  This is the most important rule

Synopsis:
Silverbirch; A Tear in the Fabric of the Night Sky

Part I

By eating an extremely rare mushroom that has a red lightning bolt image naturally built-in to its black-gilled underbelly, Nudge discovers he can create a tear in the fabric of the night sky that will allow his soul to legally leave Earth and enter Silverbirch.

My Thoughts:
I've read a few books so far this year but this will officially be my first review book.  And what an awesome read it was!

Silverbirch wasn't like anything I'd read before.  It's short and quite a quick read but I managed to drag it out to savour it.  The beginning almost quite literally goes off with a bang and it starts with a very interesting first line.  Once I was through the very first page it's hard to stop reading.

Nudge is the main character in this book and it's his ninth birthday where everything begins.  Nudge, Hayley, Dieter, Chase and Zoe stumble across a mysterious box in an abandoned house that will forever change each of them.  From then on things get quite complicated for each character.

I found Silverbirch to be well written and kept me on the edge of my chair.  I was amazed at how well Rob Kaay linked different parts of the story and by the end you can see how each part fit in, and contributed to where they ended up.

I want to say so much more but at the same time I don't want to ruin it for others.  If you want a brilliantly written, fast paced and quick read.  Give this one a try.

Fave Line:  Sometimes you only have two seconds to make a decision, except in this case, someone else was making it for me.