Genre Challenge ~ January 2012

Hello and Happy New Year! As some of you may or may not know but I signed up for a reading challenge last year (see challenge below on the main page). Here goes.

January ~ Supernatural / Paranormal ~



A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Synopsis ~

The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming... The monster in his back garden, though, this monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

Currently reading

I am currently reading, 'IQ84 ~ Books 1 and 2' by Haruki Murakami ~




The year is 1984. Aomame sits in a taxi on the expressway in Tokyo. Her work is not the kind which can be discussed in public but she is in a hurry to carry out an assignment and, with the traffic at a stand-still, the driver proposes a solution. She agrees, but as a result of her actions starts to feel increasingly detached from the real world. She has been on a top-secret mission, and her next job will lead her to encounter the apparently superhuman founder of a religious cult.

Meanwhile, Tengo is leading a nondescript life but wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange affair surrounding a literary prize to which a mysterious seventeen-year-old girl has submitted her remarkable first novel. It seems to be based on her own experiences and moves readers in unusual ways. Can her story really be true?

Both Aomame and Tengo notice that the world has grown strange; both realise that they are indispensable to each other. While their stories influence one another, at times by accident and at times intentionally, the two come closer and closer to intertwining.

2012 Genre Challenge ~ Update

I finally made a decision for one of my books as part of the challenge ~

March ~ Newly Published in 2012:

Lover Reborn (The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series ~ Book 11) due for release: Tuesday 27 March 2012

As far as I know this book is about Tohr! ~ this pleases me. :)

Showing Gratitude to Books

Hello! How are you?

What a nice surprise I got when I checked my facebook page today , a friend of mine had posted a link to Beth Revis, the very talented author of 'Across The Universe' and the upcoming sequel 'A Million Suns', due for release January 2012. If you get the chance, read 'Across The Universe', definitely one of my favourite reads of 2011. Beth Revis is hosting a very generous giveaway of 19 books by various authors and Turkish delight, along with runner up prizes, how can you possibly resist? check out Beth Revis's blogspot ~ Beth Revis blogspot

To have a chance of winning this prize and also the opportunity to share your favourite book, all you have to do, is to talk about the book YOU are thankful for. Good luck!

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Published 2005) ~



Why I am thankful for 'Twilight' ~

I have always been a fan of the vampire genre and I bought 'Twilight' when I heard the film was being released. At the time I was caring for my terminally ill mother and 'Twilight' was the first book I had read all the way through in months.

I loved the story, the characters were brilliant to read and despite some flaws, there was something incredibly special about the story of Edward and Bella, there was a magical feel to it. I am thankful for 'Twilight' because it helped me get through the worst time in my life, a time that was so sad but I would never change it because my Mum needed me. I needed a book that was a nice, easy read and 'Twilight' gave me that and also I have made so many friends because of 'Twilight', a cliché I know but it suits me.

So do tell, which book are YOU thankful for and share them with Beth Revis ~ Beth Revis blogspot

2012 Genre Challenge

Hello, how are you? I have finally done it, I have signed up for a challenge, the 2012 Genre Challenge, a friend of mine is running it, check it out ~ http://diaryofadomesticgoddess.wordpress.com/2012-genre-challenge/

I have signed up for the Medi Challenge(choose six genres and repeat them in rotation twice over the course of the year, reading at least one book from each genre on your chosen month.).

The genres I have chosen ~

January ~ Supernatural / Paranormal

February ~ Children’s / Young Adult

March ~ Newly Published in 2012

April ~ Saga

May ~ Western

June ~ Graphic / Illustrated Novel

July ~ Supernatural / Paranormal

August ~ Children’s / Young Adult

September ~ Newly Published in 2012

October ~ Saga

November ~ Western

December ~ Graphic / Illustrated Novel

Hope you can join in too.