Monday, October 31, 2011

Great Halloween Reads Video




I have to add The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin, and Desires of the Dead (The Body Finder) by Kimberly Derting to this list.  They definitely had a creepy factor!


What YA books would you add to this list?
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Fall Social Freebies iPod Touch Giveaway!!


Welcome to the first annual Fall Social Freebies Giveaway Event. We have partnered up with lots of different and wonderful bloggers to bring you some fabulous prizes, just in time for the Holiday Season!

Giveaway starts October 31st at12:01 AM EST to November 21st at 12:01 AM EST. Giveaway winners will be announced through the Rafflecopter widget and notified by email by the end of the day on November 23rd, 2011. Winners must reply to email notification within 48 hours of delivery, or a new winner will be chosen.

Participating Blogs that made these giveaways possible:

Pink Dandy Chatter
Between The Lines
Personalized Sketches and Sentiments
Magical Mouse Schoolhouse
Reading Teen
The Organic Blonde
Nurtured Beauty
Green Country Girl
Free Hot Samples
Social Media Junkie
Pawsitive Living 
Retail Therapy Lounge
Lily's Laundry 
Uncommon Chick 
Chi-Towncheapskate 
Smile A Day Giveaways 
Granny Loves Gift Baskets 
Kelly's Lucky You 
An Avid Readers Haven 
Mayra Calvani

GIVEAWAY PRIZES:



* Winner will receive an 8 GB iPod Touch in their choice of black or white by Apple. Retail value is $199
*This giveaway is open to the US and Canada Only
*There will be 1 winner chosen to win this giveaway



* Winner will receive a SleepTracker Elite Watch by SleepTracker. Retail value is $149
*This giveaway is open to the US Only
*There will be 1 winner chosen to win this giveaway

ABOUT SLEEPTRACKER (from their website):

The SLEEPTRACKER® Elite watch is the latest in sleep monitoring technology. Unlike other monitors and alarms, the SLEEPTRACKER® measures and logs your sleep patterns waking you at the most optimum time when your body will feel the most alert and energetic. The SLEEPTRACKER® Elite also records and stores your sleep data allowing you to download and track your own personal sleep information right from your home computer.
SLEEPTRACKER® continuously monitors signals from your body that indicate whether you are asleep or awake. Because you wear SLEEPTRACKER® on your wrist like a watch, its internal sensors can detect even the most subtle physical signals from your body. SLEEPTRACKER® finds your best waking moments, so that waking up has never been easier.


GIVEAWAY ENDS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST AT 12:01 AM EST
GOOD LUCK!!!





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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Book Review: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan


Reading level: Ages 10 and up
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)
Buy the book: Amazon

In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a blood-chilling quest:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Who are the other four mentioned in the prophesy? The answer may lie in another camp thousands of miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea. . .

My Review

Rick Riordan is a cool guy. How else would he be capable of writing one of the best series in the history of the know galaxy? I don't know.... I don't know.

My question is, how can he write books this incredibly good?! It's like Riordan knows exactly what to write in order to make everybody love it. I do not understand it, but I would very much love to have this gift.

The Son of Neptune is really an incredible installment to The Heroes of Olympus series. I really haven't been so entertained by a book in quite awhile. And I am honestly baffled, because in nine books, Rick Riordan has never once failed to live up to my expectations. In fact, they always seem to far surpass them.

The original Percy Jackson series had many characters and locations that were consistent and recurring throughout the five books, whereas in The Heroes of Olympus series, and more particularly in The Son of Neptune, many new characters are introduced. At first, I didn't particularly enjoy this idea... but as I continued reading the book, I found that these additions to the series were very enjoyable. The Roman mythology that was mixed with the Greek was done so perfectly. Although it was sometimes a wee bit difficult to remember both the Greek and Roman names of each God and Goddess, it was an awesome plot that had me hooked until the last page, which I never wanted to reach.

This book will most likely be a favorite to anyone who like mythology, fantasy, or any one of Rick Riordan's previous books. And now, I must wait centuries (Or so it seems) for the third book in this series, The Mark of Athena.



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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Halloween IMM & SHS Giveaway! 10/29/11

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren





Welcome to Second Hand Saturday!
In an attempt to clear our bookshelves, and pass on great used books to our stalkers followers, Amy, Kit, Abigaile, Austin and I have decided to hold weekly giveaways of some of the books on our bookshelves! Every Saturday, we will post the books available, and the following Saturday, we will announce the winner and our next challenge. The winner will get to choose a book from the list and we will ship it to that lucky person! Each week we will have a different challenge to complete.

This Week's Challange

For this week's challenge, watch the video to see what your challenge is!






This Week's Winner Is

And the winner is...

Entry #37 Sarena
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Email me at Readingteen1(at)gmail.com with your book choice.  Please put "winner" in the subject line.  You have one week to claim your prize!



Books Available:


Middle Grade


YA books + (ARC=Advanced Reading Copy)




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