Welcome to my first Beehive News Vlog!

Hello bookie friends!!!
It's been a while now that I have been wanting to create my own vlog, and here it is!
It's kind of long, SO sorry!!! I forgot to keep an eye on the time! and the funny part is - I forgot to mention a few things too, lol! I think things would have moved along a lot faster if a) I could read my notes, lol! b) could remember what I want to say without my notes! ha!
I was really nervous while doing it, you can actually see me trying to contain myself from giggling and making fun of myself :) I promise to do better on the next one!
This first vlog was suppose to be a virtual type of newsletter, but like I said, it got too long, so I edited some stuff out and just concentrated on the books that I had received....

So, here it is! You're getting a dose of some of the bumbling madness that goes on around here!
Please feel free to leave me some tips/feedback!!! but do remember be nice to me, please ;)



(ETA: I am unsure as to who/whom to give credit to for my newsletter-vlog type post!
There are SO many bloggers that have inspired me to expand my horizons - too many to list every time! So I have decided that I will add in a few shout outs to those very deserving people :)

Here's a quick summary... 

On the blog last week: 

- A Review: Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis 

- Pretty Crooked Book Blast 

- Waiting On Wednesday: Three books! 

Books mentioned: 

- Elemental by Emily White (release date 5/1/20102)

- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty (release date 6/5/2012)

- Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins (release date 5/1/2012)

- The Selection by Kiera Cass (release date 5/1/2012)

- Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (release date 5/1/2012)

- Embrace by Jessica Shirvington 

- Kane Richards Must Die by Shanice Willliams 

- The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate 

- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 

- Ascend (Trylle Trilogy #3) by Amanda Hocking 

- Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (release date 5/1/2012)

- Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
- Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout (mass paperback release date 5/15/2012)

Thank you to... 

Jac of The Reading Housewives of Indiana, Fire & Ice, Riverhead Books (Penguin), Ashley Suzanne (Donation Post), Tara of Tater's Tall Tails and Ivy of Ivy Reads. 

Mentions: 

- Loretta of Between the Pages
- Amy of Book Loving Mama 

- Jen and Belle of Reading with Pugs

What to look forward to next week!
- Elemental Review and Book Blast
- Waiting On Wednesday Post
- A Bewitching Book Tour (Interview and Review) for ReVamped by Ada Adams
- The Enchanted Attic: Facing the Hunchback of Notre Dame Review
- Waiting On Wednesday Post
- Fallen series review :)

What I'm going to (hopefully) read:
- The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
- Frost by Kate Avery Ellison

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!! 

Sooo, what have you been up to??? Let me know in the comments below :) 

My Saturday In My Mailbox #15: The New Bookshelf Edition

"In My Mailbox" is a weekly meme created by 

The Story Siren 

The idea is to post whatever 'books' you may have received from the week (before), whether you purchased them, gifted to you, borrowed, traded, etc.

First, I must show off the new bookcase that my sweet hubs got for me this week! Isn't it pretty :)

Here's what I treated myself to this week... 

I couldn't take my eyes off of Entwined by Heather Dixon - gorgeous cover for a beautiful story, can't wait to read it!  

Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare - Yay! I now have book 1 to read before reading book 2, lol!

Fire (The Seven Kingdoms #2) by Kristin Cashore - I really needed to get a finished copy of this before Bitterblue is released!

Dreamland (A Riley Bloom Book #3) by Alyson Noel - I have turned into a huge Alyson Noel fan! I've been trying to catch up on both the Immortals and Riley series before the new series, The Soul Seekers, is released!

And lastly, Portrait of a Starter: An Unhidden Story by Lissa Price - I just finished reading Starters, this was an awesome prequel to it, best $1.99 I've ever spent :)

For review: 

A finished/signed copy of The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols!

Frost (eBook) by Kate Avery Ellison 

I won some books recently :)
From Magan of Rather Be Reading...
The Storyteller (arc) by Antonia Michaelis

Thank you so much, Magan :)

And I also won, That Boy (eBook) by Jillian Dodd via Twitter :)

Thank you, Jillian!!!

What my 8yo received this week: 

Weird School Daze #9: Mrs. Lizzy Is Dizzy! by Dan Gutman,
Stink #1: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald  and
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

What my 5yo received this week:
Splat the Cat and the Duck with No Quack and
Splat the Cat Takes the Cake by Rob Scotton

A BIG thank you to my sister, Sarabeth of Chronicles of Sarita,
for getting them books for Easter :)


Lots of good books stacking up around here :)
Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

What did you get this week???

In My Mailbox Sunday #8

"In My Mailbox" is a weekly meme created by 
The Story Siren -
The idea is to post whatever 'books' you may have received from the week (before), whether you purchased them, gifted to you, borrowed, traded, etc.

Hi there :)
It's been an awesome book week for me! The best one yet!!!

Don't they look pretty??? hee, hee
As you can see, I have an empty shelf that needs filling ;) 

First, if you see the post below this one, you'll see that I went to Books of Wonder last Thursday and met Jess Rothenberg, the author of The Catastrophic History of You and Me, and got a signed copy of it :) 

While at Books of Wonder, I was also able to pick up an already signed copy of Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood!!! Woo hoo! 

See, there was a reason why I was not able to get my hands on this book before, lol! 

And while shopping at Target, I was able to pick this one up on sale...
Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent  

At the time I had no idea that this book contained: 

My Soul to Lose (Book #0.5), My Soul to Take (Book #1)
AND My Soul to Save (Book #2)
SO happy I got it!!!

And I had ordered a hardback of Graceling by Kristin Cashore.  

There are some books that I just need to have on my shelf, 

and this is one of them! 

I read the eBook when it first came out, I can't wait to re-read it :) 

FOR REVIEW:
Intangible (eBook) by J. Meyers 

Already read it and LOVED it!!!
My review should be up later in the week!

Also for review...
The Wedding Beat (ARC) by Devan Sipher

release date: 4/3/2012

Angel Evolution (eBook) by David Estes 

AND, Vaempires: Revolution (eBook) by Thomas Winship
(Tour Stop March 27th, 2012) 

Awesome week :D

What did you get in your IMM???
Please leave a comment with your link!!!

Happy reading!!! 

My Must Reads for 2012!!!

Happy New Year friends!!! 

I hope that everyone had a lovely weekend and are off to a fresh start :) 

I have to be honest, I am a bit behind on what is being released in 2012... so I am challenging myself to read 52 books this year!!! One per week ;)
I've got to start adding more books to my 'To Be Read' list,
here are a few that I cannot wait to get my hands on this year...

1. Bitterblue (The Seven Kingdoms Series #3) 

by Kristin Cashore 

Release date is 5/1/2012

The first in this series, Graceling, was amazing! It is like no other story that I have read before! I usually have a hard time following new worlds, lands and other types of beings - but the writing was so captivating! I couldn't help myself from falling into their world... 

Bitterblue, a child, was introduced in Graceling - 

her story was barely touched upon and I cannot wait to see what has happened to her... I highly recommend starting the series from the beginning, just so you have a background as to who is what, etc...

A Graceling a person born with a rare skill.

The second book in the series is called, Fire. 

From Goodreads: 

"Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of Monsea. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisors, who have run things since Leck died, believe in a forward-thinking plan: Pardon all who committed terrible acts under Leck’s reign, and forget anything bad ever happened. But when Bitterblue begins sneaking outside the castle—disguised and alone—to walk the streets of her own city, she starts realizing that the kingdom has been under the thirty-five-year spell of a madman, and the only way to move forward is to revisit the past. Two thieves, who only steal what has already been stolen, change her life forever. They hold a key to the truth of Leck’s reign. And one of them, with an extreme skill called a Grace that he hasn’t yet identified, holds a key to her heart."

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2. The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa 

(The Iron King, Winter's Passage, The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen, 

Summer's Crossing and The Iron Knight) 

 I cannot wait to start this series!!! 

I don't have them yet! but they are next on my list ;) 

I first found this series a couple of months ago on my sisters Nook! 

and read Winter's Passage, not knowing that this is an e-book exclusive and is to be read after you finish the first book. There is another e-book exclusive, Summer's Passage, to be read after the third book. 

No matter, Winter's Passage introduced me to their Fae world and I need to definitely start from the beginning! I have never been more excited to learn about Faeries :)
All books are available now, hoping there will be a 5th book later this year! 

From Goodreads, The Iron King: 

"Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined. 
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home. 
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. 
But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart."

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3.  Now my next "can't wait" read might just be a rumor...
Stephanie Meyer's The Host was released back in January 2001!!!

10 years later - it seems that this is turning  into a series - 2 more books are in the works!!!
The Soul and The Seeker
I'm hoping for at least one! They're suppose to be released sometime during 2012!!!
She owes us!!!
Especially after... you know...
since she refuses to finish that other book that we so desperately want!

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4. An author who needs no introductions...

The Wolf Gift, release date: 2/14/2012

I am quite positive in my prediction, Rice will re-invent and tell this story like no other ever has.
I have to admit, I haven't read any of her other books since The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches. I have very high hopes for this one, and I know that she won't disappoint me ;)
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5. Look what I found!!! I really need to read this one too!!!
Another book by Lauren Kate, Fallen In Love (To be released 1/24/2012) 

Barnes and Noble is listing this book as part 4 of the Fallen Series, but it's really a 3.5 - it's the type of book that you can pick up at any time to read and 'fall in love' even more with the characters :)

From Barnes and Noble: 
"What makes your heart race a little faster?
Just in time for Valentine's Day, it's Fallen in Love, four wholly original new stories colleted in a new novel set in the Middle Ages by Lauren Kate. Fallen In Love gives fans the must-talked about by never-related stores of Fallen characters as they intertwine with the epic love story of Luce and Daniel." 
The stories include... 
Love Where You Least Expect It: The Valentine of Shelby and Miles 
Love Lessons: The Valentine of Roland 
Burning Love: The Valentine of Arriane 
Endless Love: The Valentine of Daniel and Lucinda 
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I didn't think that all of my top books would land in the paranormal genre!
Here are a few quick honorable mentions for 2012,
sometimes you just need a sweet filler here and there, aka non-Paranormal reads:
- I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (2/14/2012)
- Breathing Room by Marsha Hayles (6/5/2012)
- Becoming Edward by Faye Meredith

... and a few children's books that my kiddos and I are looking forward to reading together :)
- Lego Ninjago Chapter Books: Cole and Jay (released yesterday!)
- Dragonbreath Series by Ursula Vernon
- My Mom Hunts Submarines by Julia A Maki (1/24/2012)

Looks like we have a lot of reading to do ;)

Please share what your 'must reads' are for 2012 too!!!
Thanks!!!