Stacking the Shelves - 7.19.14

Stacking the Shelves
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Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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For Review:

Serenade
by Emily Kiebel
-Paranormal, YA
courtesy of BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge 2014
Thanks Janay!
Amazon | Goodreads

After I Do
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
-chick-lit, romance
courtesy of BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge 2014
Thanks Janay!
Amazon | Goodreads

Descent: A Novel
by Tim Johnston
-thriller
courtesy of edelweiss
Thanks !
Amazon | Goodreads

A Sudden Light
by Garth Stein
-ghosts
courtesy of edelweiss
Thanks !
Amazon | Goodreads
Library:

Reality Boy
by A.S. King
-YA
Amazon | Goodreads
Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry: the day his mother invited a reality television crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he’s still haunted by his rage-filled youth—which the entire world got to watch from every imaginable angle—and his anger issues have resulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him in the special education room at school.

Nothing is ever going to change. No one cares that he’s tried to learn to control himself, and the girl he likes has no idea who he really is. Everyone’s just waiting for him to snap…and he’s starting to feel dangerously close to doing just that.

In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author A.S. King explores the desperate reality of a former child “star” who finally breaks free of his anger by creating possibilities he never knew he deserved.

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* some of these may be offered as giveaways within the next two months

* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

* per usual, check out the sidebar for my current giveaways offers

Aye! Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

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by Freda of Freda's Voice
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A review post excerpt...

The Dust of 100 Dogs
by A.S. King

Freda says: If you could see me now, you would see me standing tall, clapping bravo to A.S. for such an incredible adventure. I really feel like I just ...

Read the complete review here.

Review post created for Talk like a Pirate Day event by Freda of Freda's Voice © 2011. All rights reserved.



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PiRat review: The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

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by Book Rat
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Who be the PiRat?

Every Friday throughout May, The Book Rat will be forcibly taken over by the PiRat, most dread rodent to appear on the high seas since Reepicheep.

Capt. PiRat will be sharing with us his take on some swashbuckling tales - because what's a rat to do in all that downtime when he's not marauding?

Read, of course...

(and drink rum. but that's a given.)

And now the first tale from the Capt. PiRat...

Review snippet of: The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

There are a lot of things I could say about the writing and the structure of the book, and the alternating viewpoints, and the interestingness of it all, but what I really want to talk about is this: I'm kind of amazed at how dark this book is.

Read the complete review.

Capt. PiRat Says:
Here be the story I was waitin' for. Emer is a pirate, sure enough; Jilly could learn sommat from her. Now where to get some o' that dust o' 100 dogs - I know a bitch or two could benefit from that...

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Review post created for ...and a bottle o'rum event by Misty of Book Rat
© 2011. All rights reserved.

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by Book Rat
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--~ Book Giveaway ~--
The Dust of 100 Dogs
by A.S. King
Avast, me hearties!

Win my gently read copy! -my review

Open to all.

Offer ends: May 29, 2011

TO DO:
READ and leave a comment at PiRat's review of this book.

COME BACK here to tell me you did the deed.

AND, leave your email (if I don't already have it)

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Contest has ended - winner is here

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Winner - Vampirates

Vampirates Giveaway - Winner

thanks be to ye contestants!

me hat was found just in time as cap'n would be makin me walk de plank fer sure fer me absent-mindedness. course twas in his quarters all along. he being me sweetie. ;-D

(Please note: The winner was selected with the help of random.org. I shall be emailing the lucky winner for snail mail info. If you don't receive it, please feel free to send your info to vvb32 at yahoo.com)

and the winner is...

( drrrrrrrrrrummmmrolllllllllllllll )

Paradox

of Paradoxical

At Vintage Joy, Paradox found me hat to be #4

and she be takin a fancy to #6 and #7.

The Prize:

Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean

by Justin Somper - my review

Pirates Week

Pirate Week
September 13-19, 2009
hosted by Gofita's Pages

This be me challenge acceptance post.

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fer readin:
Pirates! by Celia Rees - my review















fer watchin:
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 ) - my review















Get a gander of me previous pirate review:
Dust of 100 Dogs - my review
by A.S. King















me posts durin' pirate week:
aye, giv 'em a read...

Disneyland Pirates

Pirates of the 1800s

Pirates of the Caribbean 1

Pirates of the 1980s

Girly Pirates

Vampirates by Justin Somper

Doubloons

Vampirates giveaway

Sea Shanties

Hop aboard Gofita's ship and tell me wot ya be doin?

Dust Dress

If books were dresses...

(a weekly post where I create fashionable wear with book cover art)

The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

















Description from book:
Cursed to live the lives of 100 dogs, a seventeenth-century pirate finally returns to life as a human being and has only one thing on her mind--to recover the treasure she had buried in Jamaica three hundred years before.

Check out my book review.

*source for silhoutte

The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

The Dust of 100 Dogs
by A.S. King
Genre: Historical, Pirates, Reincarnation, Romance
Published: 2009
Paperback: 330 pages
Rating: 5

Inspiration: I chose this book for the pirates theme and Debut Authors 2009 Challenge.

Description from the book:
Cursed to live the lives of 100 dogs, a seventeenth-century pirate finally returns to life as a human being and has only one thing on her mind--to recover the treasure she had buried in Jamaica three hundred years before.

My thoughts:
In-a-word: Arg!
This is an amazing story that was well crafted and well told. There were references to dogs, pirates, reincarnation, romance, and historical times woven into the tale that takes place in Ireland, the Caribbean and the U.S. I enjoyed the pirate scenes the most. Loved to see a swashbuckling female pirate hold her own!

Interesting tidbits:
Read about the cover art and check out A.S. King's red boots at readergirlz.

Book trailer:



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