In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren.
For Review:
Bought:
(Perfect Chemistry #1)
(Lumatere Chronicles #1)
What's in your IMM this week?
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare Book Trailer
Friday, January 6, 2012
TGIF (10) Reading Resolutions
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:
Reading Resolutions: What are some of your reading goals for the new year?
I guess my main reading goals this year are to outdo last years which was 100 books read. Goodreads is a brilliant website for keeping track of it too. So I decided to aim it at 120 and see how I go. Fingers crossed ;) My other goal is to knock my own TBR pile down by at least a third which is like 30 or so books last time I checked.
This Weeks Posts (From Last Friday):
What are some of your reading goals for the new year?
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Spellbound Noticeboard (20)
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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Marissa Meyer has also kicked off an extensive author tour in the US; you can access all her dates on her blog. http://marissameyer.livejournal.com/
About Cinder:
Cinder: Book One in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Even in the future, the story begins with Once Upon a Time…. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.
TRAILER URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXrMAFGWyuE
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Seventh Star Press Announces Call For Submissions For New Fantasy Anthology
Seventh Star Press is proud to announce a call for submissions for an exciting new anthology to be edited by Joshua Leet, entitled The End Was Not the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales.
The stories can be up to 10,000 words in length, and must be set within a setting ranging between ancient worlds, like the Sword and Sorcery Hyborean Age of Robert E. Howard, to medieval settings like those found in many epic fantasy series. Timed appropriately for 2012, the anthology will focus on the aftermath of an apocalypse.
The stories can have any style or feature any Earth culture-inspired background, such as the more commonly encountered european-based knights and wizards, to Viking sagas, Russian folklore, Chinese wuxia, Japanese samurai, and Native American environments, just to name a few. The apocalypse itself can be whatever suits the writer, be it magical catastrophe, plague, monster horde, the death of gods, etc. It can include modern catastrophes that precipitated regression in technological level to a medieval or ancient world type level. The stories should have a serious overall tone, and can range from action-driven to tales with a darker edge.
The concept for the anthology was first pitched by Seventh Star Press author Stephen Zimmer, who writes the Fires in Eden series (epic fantasy) and the Rising Dawn Saga (epic-scale urban fantasy). Joshua Leet expressed a desire to serve as the editor of Seventh Star Press' first anthology project, and worked with Stephen to solidfy the project concept. The project represents Stephen's first as a commissioning editor.
Joshua is currently serving as the editor for Sela, the forthcoming second book in the Leland Dragon Series by Jackie Gamber, as well as the newest Gorias La Gaul adventure from Steven Shrewsbury, titled Overkill. Joshua is not only an editor, but is also an author, whose credits include the recently released historical work Civil War Lexington, Kentucky: Bluegrass Breeding Ground of Power, co-authored with Karen Leet, as well as business projects such as two volumes he co-authored in the Compliance and Ethics field. Joshua's love for the fantasy genre and range of technical literary expertise promises to bring forth a debut anthology of outstanding quality for Seventh Star Press.
Submissions must be in by midnight on July 1, 2012. Provide a cover letter, and use standard manuscript format. RTF or Word Documents preferred for the file format. Communications and submissions should be directed to Joshua by email, using the address Joshua (at) seventhstarpress.com
The agreement on accepted stories will be for first print and digital rights, with exclusivity for one year from date of publication. After this time, authors are free to re-sell their stories in other markets. The stories need to be original works, and no previously published characters or properties will be accepted.
The anthology is planned for release in eBook, limited hardcover, and softcover formats in the 4th quarter of 2012. A royalty pool will be generated on print and eBook sales, at a rate of 10% royalties for print, and a rate of 50% royalties for eBooks, with each included story having an equal share of the royalty pool. Royalty statements and payments will be made biannually. All included authors will receive a complimentary trade paperback copy of the anthology.
Updates and additional information can be obtained at the official site for Seventh Star Press, at www.seventhstarpress.com
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New Blog on the Block
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Waitin on Wednesday (87)
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!
This week's pick is Slated by Teri Terry. This one will be released on the 3rd of May this year. I'm definitely looking forward to getting to this one!
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Kyla has been 'slated': all of her past memories erased, her entire personality wiped blank. She has been assigned a new name, a new date of birth and even new parents. The government that did this to her claim she was a terrorist, and that she has been given a second chance. But Kyla knows that the government has been lying. Without her memories, how will Kyla ever find the truth? And if her old self is really and truly dead, then what are the terrifying images that still haunt her dreams?
Pre-order Slated at Book Depository!
What are you waiting on?
This week's pick is Slated by Teri Terry. This one will be released on the 3rd of May this year. I'm definitely looking forward to getting to this one!
Sixteen-year-old Kyla has been 'slated': all of her past memories erased, her entire personality wiped blank. She has been assigned a new name, a new date of birth and even new parents. The government that did this to her claim she was a terrorist, and that she has been given a second chance. But Kyla knows that the government has been lying. Without her memories, how will Kyla ever find the truth? And if her old self is really and truly dead, then what are the terrifying images that still haunt her dreams?
Pre-order Slated at Book Depository!
What are you waiting on?
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Faves of TwentyEleven: The Covers
Day One: The Books
Day Two: The Characters
Day Three: The Scenes
Day Four: The Random
Day Five: The Covers
TEN favourite covers selected from books you read in 2011 - in no particular order!
1. Last Breath by Rachel Caine. I absolutely love all the covers in the Morganville Vampire series especially this one. It's got to be the green eyes I reckon. I was even lucky enough to find out from Rachel Caine at the Bloggers Brekky that these covers weren't targeted at specific characters, more for decoration purposes than anything else. But they're cool right!
2. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin. What can I say? This cover is awesome. Check out the model's eyelashes.. surely they're fake. Okay of course I'd notice that lol. While I don't see the relevance of the model's face compared to the story, I still think this is such a fantastic cover that even if I didn't want to read the story I'd love seeing that cover on my shelf none the less.
3. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater. This cover is just beautiful and ties in well to the story. The other thing I loved about these books are the coloured text inside that matched the colouring of the cover. So awesome! Shiver and Linger are my other favourites but ones I've read the previous year or so. So I couldn't include them lol. I've also included another version of Forever that I liked as well.
4. Days Like This by Alison Stewart. I just love the bold colours on this one. It also ties in with the storyline but it's not an obvious scene if you know what I mean.
5. Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick. This is probably the best cover I've seen for this story. I don't like the one with the alien looking face on it. I think this one I've featured would sell the story better. I also really like the smaller version I've included. I'm taking a stab in the dark and guessing it's the german cover? I'm probably wrong though lol.
6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. This is so much better in person though. Such a shiny and awesome cover.
7. City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane. I've gotta say I love this cover alot better than the other one with the woman facing front on. I suppose this is a personal preference though, but this cover above rocks!
8. Twelfth Grade Kills by Heather Brewer. Loved this series, loved the covers even more! Have to look into getting myself a Vladimir Tod tshirt!! Yeah!
9. Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres. How could you not love this cover. It's funky and original!
10. Switched by Amanda Hocking. I really loved this cover of Switched and the butterflies on the cover are really eye catching. When I went to Goodreads to find the cover I also came across the other versions of it as well. While they're pretty cool, I like this one the best.
Well that's it for my Faves of TwentyEleven. I'll be keeping note of the books I read this year and definitely be fitting them into categories and what-not as I go. It will make the end of next year alot easier.
Hope you enjoyed this!
In My Mailbox (94)
In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren.
For Review:
None right now.
Bought:
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Book 1 in The Infernal Devices
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Book 2 in The Infernal Devices
What did you get in your IMM?
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