Bookish Escapades

'Tis the season for giveaways!

Friday, December 16, 2011

| Posted by Karli | at 2:49 PM | 1 comments

Hey everyone! Sorry for the unexplained absence - I've been pretty busy lately. I'll try to update more often!
So because I feel bad for the silence, I have some amazing giveaways to share with you guys today! :D

1. Falalala Giveaways @ Sparkling Reviews!

Sparkling Reviews is hosting a TON of giveaways on her site - Pretty amazing ones, too! Go check out this link for a chance to win a DSLR, iPad, Kindle Fire, HDTV, and more! Talk about holiday spirit!

2. Follow me to 1000 followers @ Five Alarm Book Reviews

Five Alarm Book Reviews is giving away consecutively bigger prizes as milestones are reached on the road to having 1000 followers! So go to this link for a chance to win some great gift cards and book related prizes!

3. 1000 Followers & Beyond @ Hippies, Beauty, and Books. Oh My!

Hippies, Beauty, and Books. Oh My! is giving away some great prizes as she hits milestones on the way to 2,000 followers. One lucky person will win a Kindle Fire! The giveaway is nearly over, so hurry over to this link to enter!

Have fun entering, and may the odds be ever in your favor! :)

Cover Love (5)

Friday, November 18, 2011

| Posted by Karli | at 12:01 AM | 3 comments

This week's featured beautiful cover is...

Exiled by RaShelle Workman

Paperback, 340 pages

Published : November 11th 2011

ISBN : 1465805656

Series : Connected #1

Teaser Tuesday (5)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

| Posted by Karli | at 12:01 AM | 0 comments

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This week's teaser is from The Unidentified by Rae Mariz

"“She said Trendsetters were trying a new strategy.That they wanted to be relevant to a different crowd. That being a rebel never goes out of style.”"

I'm actually kind of enjoying this book now, though the beginning was a little shaky. The premise and setting are both pretty interesting, but the writing isn't quite as good as I'd hoped. Mariz is really good at describing environments though, and the humor is definitely a redeeming quality. :)

The Hunger Games theatrical trailer!

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Posted by Karli | at 9:16 PM | 0 comments

I just saw this at Literary Exploration, who found it via The YA Sisterhood. :) This seriously just made my day!!!

Doesn't it look AMAZING? I am so excited! :D I was a little worried when I saw the cast, but I think they'll do a fine job. I can't wait for release!!!

Review: Plain Kate

Friday, November 11, 2011

| Posted by Karli | at 1:15 PM | 1 comments

Title : Plain Kate

Author : Erin Bow

Published : September 1st 2010

Page count : 314
Series : N/A

Format : Harcover

Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. As the wood-carver's daughter, Kate held a carving knife before a spoon, and her wooden talismans are so fine that some even call her “witch-blade”: a dangerous nickname in a country where witches are hunted and burned in the square.

For Kate and her village have fallen on hard times. Kate’s father has died, leaving her alone in the world. And a mysterious fog now covers the countryside, ruining crops and spreading fear of hunger and sickness. The townspeople are looking for someone to blame, and their eyes have fallen on Kate.

Enter Linay, a stranger with a proposition: In exchange for her shadow, he’ll give Kate the means to escape the angry town, and what’s more, he’ll grant her heart’s wish. It’s a chance for her to start over, to find a home, a family, a place to belong. But Kate soon realizes she can't live shadowless forever -- and that Linay's designs are darker than she ever dreamed.