Stuck In A Good Book Giveaway Hop

Stuck In A Good Book Giveaway Hop
September 20-25, 2014
hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Stuck in Books
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Here are a few to keep you engaged...

The Fever
by Megan Abbott
-horror, mystery, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
my review

Rock Angel
by Jeanne Bogino
-music, new adult
Amazon | Goodreads
my review

Mating for Life
by Marissa Stapley
-chick-lit
Amazon | Goodreads
my review

Ghosting
by Edith Pattou
-poetry, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
my review
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FOR 4 winners...

WIN my review copy of a book listed above!

Open to US only.

Offer ends: September 25, 2014

TO DO: (3 parts)

1. GO to my sidebar and do ONE of the following:

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FOLLOW me on Twitter.

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FRIEND me on Goodreads.

SUBSCRIBE via email to my blog.

2. TELL me what you did in comments.

3. TELL me which book you want.

AND, leave your email OR make sure I have a way to contact you (twitter link, clickable profile, etc).

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NOW, hop-along to these other sites for more goodies...

Complete list here

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Duran Duran: Unstaged (2011)

Duran Duran Unstaged (2011)
directed by: David Lynch
-documentary
starring:
Simon Le Bon - vocal
Nick Rhodes - keyboard
John Taylor - bass
Roger Taylor - drums

Per imdb:
Duran Duran concert performed at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, CA filmed by David Lynch, and broadcast over the internet. September 10, 2014 it was turned into a Fathom event, in theaters for one night only.

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So, I was part of the group who went to see the September 10 theatre viewing.

I have mixed feelings. While I loved seeing and hearing the band, I didn't love the presentation.

This article and title describes the experience well David Lynch’s ‘Duran Duran Unstaged’ is crazy town banana pants (read article here)

I would have much preferred to see the raw image rather than this version which seemed to throw in random imagery (like hotdogs on a bbq grill) which detracted from what I wanted to see which was -- the band!

Also, I missed, original guitarist, Andy Taylor's presence.

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Notorious
Duran Duran and featuring Beth Ditto

Just had to share one of my favorite parts of the movie which is the raw footage (much better than in the movie version - ahem).

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I do have this in my library and plan to crack it open soon...

In The Pleasure Groove:
Love, Death, and Duran Duran
by John Taylor
Amazon | Goodreads
John Taylor, Duran Duran’s co-founder, takes the reader on a wild ride through his life. From the eighties through today, from Rio to All You Need is Now, John writes about the music, the parties, and the MTV videos that made millions swoon.

With Duran Duran, John Taylor has created some of the greatest music of our time. From the disco dazzle of debut single ‘Planet Earth’ right up to their latest number one album, All You Need is Now, Duran Duran has always had the power to sweep the world onto its feet.

It’s been a ride – and for John in particular, the ride has been wild, thrilling... and dangerous. Now, for the first time, he tells his incredible story. A tale of dreams fulfilled, lessons learned and demons conquered.

A shy only child, Nigel John Taylor wasn’t an obvious candidate for pop stardom and frenzied girl panic. But when he ditched his first name and picked up a bass guitar, everything changed. John Formed Duran Duran with his friend Nick Rhodes in the summer of 1978, and they were soon joined by Roger Taylor, then Andy Taylor and finally Simon Le Bon. Together they were an immediate, massive global success story, their pictures on millions of walls, every single a worldwide hit.

In his frank, compelling autobiography, John recounts the highs –hanging out with icons like Bowie, Warhol and even James Bond; dating Vogue models and driving fast cars – all the while playing hard with the band he loved. But there were tough battles ahead – troubles that brought him to the brink of self-destruction – before turning his life around.

Told with humor, honesty and hard-won wisdom, and packed with exclusive pictures, In the Pleasure Groove is a fascinating, irresistible portrait of a man who danced into the fire... and came through the other side.

-----> side note: my favorite bandmate has always been keyboardist **Nick Rhodes** ;-)

Moral Order: The Rise of Luca C. Mariner by Phil Pauley

Futuristic design - Pathfinder
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As part of the Moral Order blog tour, image above is a representation of something you would see in the world that is created in the Moral Order.

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Moral Order:
The Rise of Luca C. Mariner
by Phil Pauley

Find out more about this book and author:
Amazon
Goodreads
BookExcerpt
Website
Blog
Facebook
Twitter @MoralOrderBooks

Just released: September 15, 2014
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Genre: Aliens, Dystopia, Sci-Fi, YA
Paperback: 322 pages
Rating: 4

Moral Order series:
The Rise of Luca C. Mariner
book 2 - tba

Society has been ripped apart by environmental decay and the battle scars of progress. Solar storms, extreme weather, barbaric tribes and mutant creatures rule the planet. In the 22nd century, no one lasts in the Wilds for long.

Shielded from this world, teenager Luca C. Mariner lives a privileged existence in one of the last remaining Megacities. Yet his tranquil life is about to be shattered as Luca and his friends are thrown into the brutal reality of the Wilds when Earth is attacked by a merciless alien alliance.

Luca, fragile humanoid Ceiba and feisty Asia-Mae are catapulted into a thrilling adventure of intergalactic and deep sea mystery. They must battle against time and use their strength of friendship to become leaders of a new resistance. But is it too late to restore moral order and save humanity from imminent collapse?

My two-bits:

I found this to be a good start to a new series that takes place in the future that includes aliens.

A big cast is introduced and established well in this story. However, there is a focus on the main character, Luca, who holds special abilities and qualities that presents him as good hero for this series.

Alliances and friendships are made and strengthened amidst action scenes.

I was tickled to encounter a kind of black smokes monster that shows up in the story that reminded me of the black smoke monster from the tv series Lost.

And, there is a spark of a budding romance.

About the author:

Phil is an internationally recognised conceptual designer and futurist. His work regularly feature in a number of high profile technology, lifestyle and popular science websites, blogs and news sites.

This year he was one of two people honored by the world renowned Green GOOD DESIGN Award and is featured in the BRITAIN IS GREAT campaign.

--~ Book Giveaway ~--
WIN a copy of this on Goodreads here (expires Oct 18)

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* part of my Dystopia Reading Challenge

* review copy courtesy of book tour - check out the other stops here.

Next stop on the blog tour is The Howling Turtle

Waiting on Wednesday - 9.17.14

Waiting on Wednesday
sponsored by Jill at Breaking the Spine
upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating
I'm waiting for...

The Winner's Crime
by Marie Rutkoski
to be released: March 3, 2015
Amazon | Goodreads
Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love.

The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret.

As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them.

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* the cover art has not yet been revealed

* highly recommend reading book 1, The Winner's Curse (my review), before you read this one

* per MacMillan...

Want to read the first three chapters before anyone else? Visit this page to find out how!

Want to win an ARC? Be the first to say the secret password "moth" at any of the tour stops on the September leg of the Fall 2014 Fierce Reads Tour.


* TELL me what you are waiting for in comments.

Teaser Tuesday - 9.16.14

Teaser Tuesdays
a weekly bookish meme
hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading
Anyone can play along!

Just do the following:

• 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! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here's mine...

The Girl from the Well
by Rin Chupeco
-fantasy, ghosts, Japan, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
WIN this at the booking rehab here (expires: Sep 20)
"Oh my God," she hears another of the men say. They shine their light on the other bed, revealing the Smiling Man, except his head is now missing.
-chapter 8, page 90
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About the book:

You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night.

A dead girl walks the streets.

She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago.

And when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the neighborhood so, she discovers, does something else. And soon both will be drawn into the world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan.

Because the boy has a terrifying secret - one that would just kill to get out.

The Girl from the Well is A YA Horror novel pitched as "Dexter" meets "The Grudge", based on a well-loved Japanese ghost story.

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* feel free to let me know what you are currently reading in comments