Waiting On Wednesday

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine at: http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/

This is my first Waiting on Wednesday. I debated over a few books but decided on Trisha Wolfe's Astarte's Wrath (A Kythan Guardians Novella). Set to be published July 30th, 2012

 

Astarte's Wrath (A Kythan Guardians Novella)

Two thousand years before Dez Harkly developed her secret powers, Kythan Astarte vowed to free the Kythans from the binds that enslaved them to the Egyptian pharaohs and sorcerers. Discover the prophecy that originated from a very different time, and spans generations to link two very different girls...This is the beginning.

Set against the backdrop of the Battle of Actium, in the city of Alexandria, Star struggles with her guardian duties as her feelings for the newly named pharaoh of Egypt grow deeper. Not only is Caesarian her duty, he’s the son of Cleopatra, and he’s…human. All of which makes their love forbidden. 

But when a conspiracy linked to Caesar, Caesarian’s own father, creeps its ways into Alexandria, Star must choose between helping her fellow Kythans free themselves of their servitude, or protecting her charge—the last pharaoh—while Egypt burns around her.

Add to Your GoodReads TBR List: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13490887-astarte-s-wrath

Okay, so it's true I have not read Destiny's Fire yet, but it is way up there on my To Be Read List. Within the next 5 books I will be reading, so I am very excited about Astarte's Wrath coming out in July!! I will absolutely have Destiny's Fire read by then!

Trisha Wolfe is awesome by the way! You should find her online! Here are the links:

Website: http://www.trishawolfe.com/#! 

Author Blog: http://trishawolfe.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/TrishWolfe

Goodreads Author Page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4928927.Trisha_Wolfe

YA Bound Blog: http://yabound.blogspot.com/

<3 Amanda Leigh  

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/

Just Finished:

 

territories of folding by t.c. tolbert 

http://www.korepress.org/territoriesoffolding.htm 

Currently Reading:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7107665-the-hunger-games 

 

She Speaks to Angels by Ami Blackwelder

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11866271-she-speaks-to-angels 

Up Next:

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6482837-before-i-fall 

It's Monday!! What are you reading?

<3 Amanda Leigh

Cover Reveal ~ She Speaks to Angels

Hello everyone! I'm lucky enough to be participating in the She Speaks to Angels blog tour! Here is the beautiful cover and more information about the book and it's author Ami Blackwelder!

She Speaks to Angels

Series: (The AngelFire Chronicles #1)

Published: 2012

Genre(s): YA, Paranormal Romance

Synopsis: What if everything you believed was a lie?


A Suicide
Seventeen year old Allison Maney attends Millennium High School in Manhattan. Nothing out of the ordinary, unless you consider the occasional suicides at the school. At least that is what everyone is told, what everyone believes. But Tommy Bachelor was a popular football player; why would he jump off the roof of the school?

Dangerous Liaisons
When Dameon pays attention to Ali, she couldn't be more excited, because for the past three months he was all she could think about. But now that Dameon is finally pining for her affections, she is becoming more and more wrapped up in a clique of three who, as new transfers to the school, are proving to be trouble. But at least Dameon loves her, doesn't he?
Kian- a dangerous love interest she did not ask for.
Powers- belonging to an underworld she never knew existed.
A Clique- that could be friends or foes?

A Soul Purpose

The underworld of angels and demons have one thing on their mind: Earth.

Demons want to do what they want.

Angels want to protect humans from these rogue angels, AKA: Demons 

For Allison Maney, everything is not exactly what it seems…

A Suspenseful Romance 

Caught between Dameon and Kian, the suicide and the clique of three,

Ali won't know who to trust…or who to love.

Author Bio:

Ami Blackwelder is a romance suspense writer in the paranormal, scifi and historical genres. Growing up in Florida, she graduated UCF and in 1997 received her BA in English and additional teaching credentials. Then she packed her bags and travelled overseas to teach in Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, China and Korea. Thailand is considered her second home now. She has always loved writing and wrote poems and short stores since childhood; however, her novels began when she was in Thailand.

Having won the Best Fiction Award from the University of Central Florida (Yes, The Blair Witch Project University), her short fiction From Joy We Come, Unto Joy We Return was published in the on campus literary magazine: Cypress Dome and remains to this day in University libraries around the USA. Later, she achieved the semi-finals in a Laurel Hemingway contest and published a few poems in the Thailand’s Expat magazine, and an article in the Thailand’s People newspaper. Additionally, she has published poetry in the Korea’s AIM magazine, the American Poetic Monthly magazine and Twisted Dreams Magazine.

http://amiblackwelder.blogspot.com/ 

FaceBook:  http://www.facebook.com/amis.bookpage 

Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/She-Speaks-Angels-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B007PSPT5Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334757515&sr=8-1

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11866271-she-speaks-to-angels

Barnes & Noble (Print): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1109853843?ean=9781475116724

Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWorXi8Rxv8

The blog tour for She Speaks to Angels is taking place from April 30th-May 11th. On May 9th I will have a review up as well as an interview with the author! Speaking of the author, Ami Blackwelder is hosting a Pre-Tour Giveaway over at her blog! There will be two winners! 


One more treat to leave you with. The cover for Falling Angels (The AngelFire Chronicles #2). Enjoy! And don't forget to enter the giveaway (Rafflecopter below) and check out all the stops on the blog tour! 

<3 Amanda Leigh 

In My Mailbox (IMM #4)

 

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren at http://www.thestorysiren.com/ 

These are really the books I've gotten in the past few of weeks. I got some great books though! Here they are:

 

territories of folding by tc tolbert

http://www.korepress.org/territoriesoffolding.htm

bloom: finding beauty in the unexpected by Kelle Hampton

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11995710-bloom 

 

Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11594257-under-the-never-sky 

On my Nook:

 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2399315.The_Absolutely_True_Diary_Of_A_Part_Time_Indian

These are the books I've gotten the past few weeks. I've already read territories of folding by T. C. Tolbert and loved it! T. C. came to a reading at my school for an event for VOX, the literary magazine I work on there. I'm excited to get to the other books as well. I've heard good things about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. I've also heard many great things about Under the Never Sky. And lastly, bloom: finding beauty in the unexpected I heard about through my friend Tahnie's facebook page. By the way, check out her blog! http://www.ahappygirl.com/ 

Good few weeks! I have a ton of books to catch up on thought! Can't wait to get reading! What did you guys get this week? 

<3 Amanda Leigh

Three Great Blogs to Follow

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't blogged in a while! This one will be short, but I'll blog more soon!


This is just a list of three great blogs I'd love you guys to check out! The authors of these blogs each some attachment to Cystinosis. A rare, terminal illness that I also have. Please check them out. Thank you! :)


Here they are:
A Happy Girl by Tahnie Woodward:
http://www.ahappygirl.com/

Roller Skating with Rickets by Jessica Jondle:
http://rollerskatingwithrickets.com/

Cystinosis - The Story So Far by Jessica Kemp:
http://cystinosis-thestorysofar.blogspot.com/

Thank you again!


<3 Amanda Leigh

In My Mailbox (IMM #3)

 

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren!

My Books This Week:

I got one book this week as a belated holiday gift from my friend Hannah! (She blogs over at http://fiteveryday.blogspot.com/ ) This one looks really good. 

 

The Girls by Lori Lansens

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402473.The_Girls 

That's what I got in my mailbox this week. What did you guys get?

<3 Amanda Leigh

Cover Reveal ~ My Super Sweet 16th Century!

I'm very excited to be part of this cover reveal! Rachel Harris's novel My Super Sweet 16th Century comes out on September 11, 2012. I am SO excited! Aren't you guys? 


Here is the gorgeous cover:

 

Blurb from GoodReads:

On the precipice of her sixteenth birthday, the last thing lone wolf Cat Crawford wants is an extravagant gala thrown by her bubbly stepmother and well-meaning father. So even though Cat knows the family’s trip to Florence, Italy, is a peace offering, she embraces the magical city and all it offers. But when her curiosity leads her to an unusual gypsy tent, she exits . . . right into Renaissance Firenze. 

Thrust into the sixteenth century armed with only a backpack full of contraband future items, Cat joins up with her ancestors, the sweet Alessandra and protective Cipriano, and soon falls for the gorgeous aspiring artist Lorenzo. But when the much-older Niccolo starts sniffing around, Cat realizes that an unwanted birthday party is nothing compared to an unwanted suitor full of creeptastic amore. 

Can she find her way back to modern times before her Italian adventure turns into an Italian forever?

And not only do you get to see the cover, there is also an exclusive excerpt! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Exclusive Excerpt:

I hear their muffled whispers and understand every Italian word. Every witty comment made at my expense. 

It’s like my brain is automatically translating. 

I bunch the soft fabric of the dress in my hand and then reach up to feel the ribbon in my hair. I lightly skim my fingers over my chin and feel my lack of zit. I take in the costumes of the crowd, the stench of the animals, and the Italian I can now speak and understand. And suddenly it hits me. 

Reyna must have pulled some kind of gypsy mojo. 

Maybe this is one of those nifty “change your life” magic scenarios like in the movies. I mean, mostly I’m still expecting to blink and be right back in the midst of overpriced, gaudy tourism, but for now, the gypsy-time-warp explanation is infinitely better than thinking I’ve lost my mind. As I decide to go with that option, I feel my frantic tension melt away. 

The growing crowd seems to notice my change in demeanor and begins shooting one another amused looks, but I don’t care anymore. A smile stretches across my face. Evidently, I was wrong earlier; Reyna is a psychic mind reader, because if this is her special brand of bibbity-bobbity-boo, then she made my exact daydream from earlier in the courtyard come to life. 

The long red gown, the braided hair, the Italian merchant’s daughter, the time period. I am in Renaissance Florence.

I stare dumbly at the ground, the words and reality sinking in.

I’m in Renaissance Florence! 

Pre-order My Super Sweet 16th Century here: http://www.amazon.com/My-Super-Sweet-Sixteenth-Century/dp/162061135X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331510394&sr=8-1 

Or here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-super-sweet-sixteenth-century-rachel-harris/1108931140?ean=9781620611357&itm=1&usri=my+super+sweet+sixteenth+century

Add it to your GoodReads TBR list here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13101487-my-super-sweet-sixteenth-century 

I'm so excited for My Super Sweet 16th Century to release! I'll be sure to pick this one up!

Don't forget to connect with Rachel at: 

http://www.rachelharriswrites.com/ 

https://twitter.com/#!/@RachelHarrisYA 

http://www.facebook.com/RachelHarrisYA 

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5347676.Rachel_Harris 

<3 Amanda Leigh