The Scorpio Races Winners!

The two winners of The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater are:

Riv Re and Sky Davis

Winners have already been contacted and they will have 48 hours to respond before new winners will be chosen.

Congratulations and happy reading!

Last Rite Galley Winner!

The winner of the Last Rite galley by Lisa Desrochers is...

Latonya Ramsey!

From my google form, I had asked everyone if they were Team Luc or Team Gabe and Latonya said:

Team Gabe - He has attributes I like!

Yay, congratulations! Remember, galleys won't be mailed out until November! Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! :)

400 Followers Giveaway Winners!

First of all, I just want to shout a big thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway...and in doing so, ended up following my blog! Old and new followers alike, thank you SO much! I cannot believe how many blog followers I have! It's crazy! Because of the giveaway, I am nearly at 600 hundred followers - FAINTS - Oh golly! You look at it and say that it's just a number, but take a minute to imagine that; every single person - all 571 of you! THAT is a lot of people! OHMYGOSH!

 All I can say is: thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you...yeah, that's pretty much all that I can say! I...can't believe it, really. I'm in shock! If I could, I'd get a book for all 571 of you! Never in a million years did I think that I would ever get here! Like I mentioned before, whether you read my blog daily or weekly or monthly or...never, it means the world to me!

Oh gosh, I almost forgot - this is a winner's post! Shoot! OKAY, onto the three winners! Remember the first two are US winners and the third is the international winner!

First place is:

Patty Kalogeroudis

Second place is:

Harpreet Singh

And third place is:

Nathalie Depardieu

Congratulations to the winners! You all have 72 hours to respond before new winners are chosen!

 And lastly, I just want to say another big THANK YOU to all of you for sticking by BOB - all of you make this even more fun than it already is! :) I've always said that the fun in reading is being able to share it with other fellow bookworms who feel the same way...or not, who understand the emotions, the feelings, the everything, who get excited when there are book discussions; the bookworms who are just that → bookworms!

Thank you, every single one of you!

Descent of the Angels Reading Challenge: August

I apologize! I know, I have been an extremely awful host at this! And the link keeps going up days, even weeks after the first day of every month, but I am beyond grateful for every single one of you that has stuck by me and continued on with this challenge!

Anyway, we are heading towards the end of the year and that means that the challenge is slowly but surely coming to an end! Ah, how is everyone doing with their goal of twelve books?! I haven't been keeping track but I feel like I've only been reading angel theme books!

The winner for the month of July has been contacted already and it was:

Kirsten

Congratulations!

PLEASE READ ↓ ↓ ↓ :) THANK YOU!

I have been trying really hard for the past couple of months to get all participants onto the linky so IF YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT, MAY YOU PLEASE HEAD ON OVER HERE AND RE-SUMBIT YOUR INFORMATION! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!

Now onto this month's prizes and the mister linky.

• A signed copy of Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
• A copy of Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens along with a T-shirt
• An ARC of Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
• INTL winner: any book $10 or under from The Book Depository

Remember to leave the direct link to your review and leave the name/alias you signed up with! Good luck and happy reading! :) Also, if it isn't too much, would you mind leaving a comment after you link your review so I can be sure to check out your review? Thank you!

If you want to sign up, the original post can be found here!

NOTE: I am using a new linky so if your review URL is more than 100 characters, please leave the link to your review in the comments and I'll find a way to link it! I apologize for the inconvenience!

Original Sin Week - Winner of signed copies of both Personal Demons and Original Sin!

I haz a winner!  I haz a winner!  The winner of the signed copies of Personal Demons and Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers is...

Kelsey O.

Congratulations!  She has already been contacted and responded!  You shall be receiving your books shortly!  Thanks SO much to everyone who joined me in my Original Sin Week celebration!  And a huge thank you to Lisa Desrochers for providing me with all the interviews; I had such a blast!

Descent of the Angels Reading Challenge: July

I apologize! I know, I have been an extremely awful host at this! And the link keeps going up days, even weeks after the first day of every month, but I am beyond grateful for every single one of you that has stuck by me and continued on with this challenge!

The winner for the month of June has been contacted already and it was:

Anna 

Congratulations!

PLEASE READ ↓ ↓ ↓ :) THANK YOU!

I have been trying really hard for the past couple of months to get all participants onto the linky so IF YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT, MAY YOU PLEASE HEAD ON OVER HERE AND RE-SUMBIT YOUR INFORMATION! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!

Now onto this month's prizes and the mister linky.

• A signed copy of A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
• A copy of Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens along with a T-shirt
• An ARC of Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
• INT'L winner: any book $10 or under from The Book Depository

Remember to leave the direct link to your review and leave the name/alias you signed up with! Good luck and happy reading! :) Also, if it isn't too much, would you mind leaving a comment after you link your review so I can be sure to check out your review? Thank you!

If you want to sign up, the original post can be found here!

NOTE: I am using a new linky so if your review URL is more than 100 characters, please leave the link to your review in the comments and I'll find a way to link it! I apologize for the inconvenience!

Winners are Grinners

I know, no one generally likes to read this right here besides the BIG, BOLDED letters of the winner but I'm going to post anyway and say a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated! I was shocked, really I was, at the amount of comments I received. Maybe it's the most that I've ever gotten, lol! I had so much fun interviewing Alexandra Andros and I loved reading everyone's comments! Seriously made my day! :)

And if you still haven't read Daimon, here are the links again, you know just in case you want to check them out now: http://www.site.spencerhillpress.com/Daimon.php | Goodreads | Daimon (Kindle) | Daimon (Paperback)

Also here are the links to stalk, I mean follow JLA online: Goodreads | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Blog

OH WAIT, the winner! LOL, I seriously almost forgot! Gee, it's really too early! Goodness! OK, so according to Random.org, the winner is:

ANNA

YAAAY! Congratulations! She has been contacted and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner will be picked! :)

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THANK YOU to everyone, again! It means a lot to me!

Book Blog Tour: Character Interview - Alex from Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

 

Today, in honor of Daimon's release (the prequel to Half-Blood), I have here with us Alexandria Andros! Stick around until the end because you'll get the chance to win an awesome swag pack!

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Hi Alex! Welcome to BOB! Thanks so much for taking time out of your oh-so busy schedule to chit-chat with me for a few minutes!

So first off, how are you today? :)

Alex looks around, yawning. "Tired, but alive. So I guess, I'm doing okay? You?

-I'm doing great this morning!

How has life differed for you since being at The Covenant? How different was it being away from The Covenant?

"Growing up. the Covenant was all I knew. I never thought I'd leave it, but yeah, I also never thought my mother would flip out and pull my happy butt off the Covenant either." She stands, stretches and sits back down. "Being back is different. The place looks the same to me. And there still is one damn set of staircases anywhere here. But it's different. I was pretty awesome before? Now. I don't think so."

Could you explain how it was with your first encounter with a daimon? Man, are those things creepy scary or what?!

Alex folds her arms. "You know, I never saw one until that day in Miami. And yeah, daimons are creepy. They're like creepy mc-creepsters. And I didn't even know they talked until then. Gods, you really don't want them to talk. They never shut up. But yeah, seeing one made me feel all hot and cold at once. And sick to my stomach. I guess I couldn't believe I was seeing what I was." She brushes her hair back as she stares down at her other hand. "I guess I didn't want to believe what I was seeing. Anyway, next question?"

To you, what's normal anymore? Being a half-blood, I would think that being at The Covenant is the norm, but is being around humans a whole different experience? A little different?

She tucks her hair back and lets out a little sigh. "Normal for me is being back here, around my kind. No offense, you being mortal and all, but I never fit in with you guys. I really did try, but I always ended up breaking someone's face by the end of the day." She shrugs. "Whatever."

Could you describe a day in the life of Alexandria Andros?

"Up at the butt crack of dawn, coming up with a dozen ways to maim Aiden, but not his face--he can keep his face. After training, I hang out with Caleb. Gods, I've missed Caleb. He just gets me and doesn't put up with my crap. Other than that, I'm not allowed to do anything else. My uncle and Aiden act like I'm going to burn down the Covenant when they're not looking. I'm pretty much on lock down."

How's the training at The Covenant?

"Aiden is trying to kill me." She pauses, sees my adoring expression and rolls her eyes. "Yeah, I know you've seen Aiden earlier. He's hot and he has this way of talking to you, but he's knocked me on my back a billion times and not in that fun way you're thinking. He's going to break my back, actually. And he told me I have spaghetti arms and that I needed to spend more time in a gym. What guy tells a girl that?"

-NOO?! Just slap him! I mean, how ruuuuude!

Aether, so how much of that is in your blood anyway? I mean, is there a way to calculate the amount that you have...since you're a half-blood and all?

Alex laughs. "I guess there would be a way to calculate it, but who would? The pure-bloods are full of aether, which allows them to control the elements to do all kinds of neat things. Like compulsions." She suddenly scowls. "Which they are not supposed to do, but whatever. We halfs don't have a lot of aether in us. It's watered down by the human blood. Oddly enough, the difference in aether amounts is what allows us to see through the dark elemental magic the daimons use to hide what they truly look like. An old Instructors once said that we halfs are the donkeys of the pure-blood world, or something like that. We exist on different wave lengths. Nice, huh? I'm compared to a jackass, literally."
-I was thinking something like...50%. You know, half and all that! ;)

And lastly, just out of curiousity, do you always carry something that's titanium with you? If so, what?
"Well, I wish I did beforehand. Lesson learned on that one. But half-bloods can't carry titanium until they're trained. We normally wouldn't be exposed to the risk until then anyways. And most pure-bloods are well protected by halfs so they don't carry, but yeah, once we're trained we get this nifty blades that stab and stuff. Much better than a garden spade."

Thank you so much Alex for being here and chatting with me for a bit! I know, you totally need to get back to training and all that good stuff! But don't be a stranger! Hope to see you stop by BOB again soon!

Alex pops out of her seat. "Well, you're pretty cool for a mortal! Oh, I'll make sure I'll tell Aiden you were drooling all over him, too. He gets all bent out of shape over those things. It'll be fun! Bye!"

-PLEASE! ;)

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Isn't Alex so kick-ass?! She's awesome, really! Alrighty so now for the giveaway! All you have to do is answer this question:

When can half-bloods carry titanium?

(Answer can be found in the interview)

Giveaway Guidelines:

• Must be 13 years of age or older to enter 
• Leave your response in the comments section below
• Leave your email or some way to contact you if you're the winner
• Giveaway ends at 11:59PM PST on May 20th
• EXTRA ENTRY for tweeting (Include @BooksOverBoys so I can track them)
• Giveaway OPEN TO ALL - INTERNATIONAL!
• ONE ENTRY PER PERSON  

Daimon blog tour schedule:

• Tuesday May 10th - Books Comeplete Me

• Wednesday May 11th - Flippin Fabulous - A Reader's Record

• Thursday May 12th - Writing Jewels

• Friday May 13th - Preternaturalprimer

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OK. Now as if this was not enough information already, I just want to inform all of you to join us on Thursday, May 12th at 6:30PM EST at Read. Chat. Love in a chat with Jennifer L. Armentrout; there will be a Q&A, sneak peaks, and prizes to be won!

See all of you there! And once again, thank you for reading and devouring this whole post! ;)

 

 

Find Jennifer L. Armentrout Online: Goodreads | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Blog

Links to read Daimon: http://www.site.spencerhillpress.com/Daimon.php | Goodreads | Daimon (Kindle) | Daimon (Paperback)

Book Review: Daimon

Title: Daimon

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press (May 10th 2011)
Genre: Paranormal Romance/YA

Series: Covenant #0.5  

Pages: N/A - ebook
Source: Received from author

Find Jennifer L. Armentrout Online: Goodreads | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Blog

Love in my world usually ended up with someone hearing “I smite thee!” as she was cursed to be some lame flower for the rest of her life.

For three years, Alexandria has lived among mortals—pretending to be like them and trying to forget the duty she'd been trained to fulfill as a child of a mortal and a demigod. At seventeen, she's pretty much accepted that she's a freak by mortal standards... and that she'll never be prepared for that duty.

According to her mother, that’s a good thing.

But as every descendent of the gods knows, Fate has a way of rearing her ugly head. A horrifying attack forces Alex to flee Miami and try to find her way back to the very place her mother had warned her she should never return—the Covenant. Every step that brings her closer to safety is one more step toward death… because she's being hunted by the very creatures she'd once trained to kill.

The daimons have found her

My $0.02

SIGH. How to begin—I enjoyed Daimon completely! Even after I finished it, I found myself in a daze; now I mean c’mon, the book’s about 100 pages, less even, and I was hooked!

Daimon is the prequel to Half-blood. It gives you background information on Alex and what she goes through during her before and after life at the Covenant. When Alex is seven years old, she is brought before the Ministers of the Covenant to basically get sized up by them and see if she’s worthy enough of the pure-bloods, seeing that she’s a half and all that. From there on, she’s at the Covenant, training how to fight and kill daimons. Then one night, her mother comes to her and they just up and leave.

Alex is now seventeen years old—in the human world. Her mother and she have been moving around, trying to steer clear of daimons. The reason for her mother’s decision to leave is still unknown but maybe we will find out in Half-Blood. Alex does not like the move away from the Covenant. She feels out of place; among humans is not where she belongs.

Okay, now the reason why I heart, love, ell-ooh-vee-eee, less than three the prequel/first chapter of Half-Blood is because when you read Daimon, you don’t get any interaction with Aiden. YES, you could have seen that one coming from a mile away! Aiden St. Delphi. Like I mentioned above, Daimon is all about Alex—it gives you a firmer grasp on the kind of character that Alex is—why she is so thick skinned, why she is so quick to defend, why she is so…kick-ass! So when you finish Daimon and continue into the first chapter of Half-Blood...OHMIGOODNESS!

There is no pause, any three months later or anything like that when you start Half-Blood. It picks up right where Daimon left off. Now, keep in mind that it’s not necessary to read Daimon beforehand, so when I started Half-Blood, I kept telling myself, “Okay, I read the prequel…this might be a different reading experience for those who don’t.”

OKAY. Anyway, what I’m trying to get at and my reason for loving Daimon/Half-Blood so much is, of course, Aiden St. Delphi’s entrance. I know, like duh—who wouldn’t love that scene? But no seriously, it really was a grand entrance, lol! Towards the end of Daimon, so much action is going on…and then it just ends. It leaves you jaw-dropped, shrieking, “WHAT?!” *enter chapter 1 of Half-Blood* BAM! BAM! BAM! A flurry of things is occurring at once and then BOOM! There’s Aiden. I mentioned to my nephew that for those of you who have not or did not read Daimon and you start reading Half-Blood, it will pretty much be like, “Okay, yeah this is the first chapter of the book; of course the leading male will make his appearance.” Or something along those lines, so like I said, it might be a different reading experience for you. When I read Daimon, so many of my emotions were building up and then BOOM! I was able to breathe, lol! Argh, I don’t know if you can even understand what I am trying to say—or if my point even came across. I have probably left you a little more confused than when you first stumbled upon my jumbled thoughts of Daimon.

I guess, at the end of this, what I’m trying to say is: I’ve read Daimon and the first chapter of Half-Blood. Now, it’s a must for you. Read it when it releases. Then come back and tell me if you can understand me better. ;)


Links to read/purchase Daimon: http://www.site.spencerhillpress.com/Daimon.php | Goodreads | Daimon (Kindle) | Daimon (Paperback)

Momo's 17th Birthday Bash: Winners!

I know, no one really likes to read these post besides whether or not they won, so I'll get right to it, but first, HAPPY FRIDAY!

The winner of Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White is:

Erinberry

The winner of The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard is:

Holly

The winner of The Kingdom by Jennifer M. Barry is:

Andreat78

The winner of The Demon Trapper's Daughter is:

heather

The winner of Haven by Kristi Cook is:

Erinberry

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Congratulations to all the winners! Thank you to everyone who entered! But if you didn't win this time, don't worry, there will be plenty more coming from BOB!

All winners have been emailed and notified!



Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend! Fill it up with lots of reading!

Descent of the Angels Reading Challenge: February Winner!

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's a little, okay it's way late for this, I apologize - but I've been busy what with life and school, lol! Anyway, I have some winners to post! I'll be posting the winner for the Descent of the Angels Reading Challenge AND the 13 to Life swag winner! :)

The winner of February's angel reviews is:

Wulfluva

CONGRATS!

Now, the winner for the 13 to Life swag is:

Justine Pinkerton

CONGRATS!

Winners have 48 hours to respond or else new winners will be picked!

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Descent of the Angels Reading Challenge UPDATE: This month Lady and the Books will be hosting the giveaways! Her post for the mister linky can be found HERE! You don't want to miss out on this month's awesome prizes! So, get to reading and reviewing!

If you want to join in on all this awesome reading craze you can find the original post HERE!

Good luck with the challenge and always, happy reading! *__*

The Light Series Winner!

The winner of the Light series by Jennifer DeLucy is:

Triss

Congrats!

Thank you to every one who entered! This is my first giveaway EVER; I had a lot of fun hosting it! And thanks to Jennifer DeLucy for letting me participate in her Light series blog tour!

Descent of the Angels Reading Challenge: January Winner!

 I hope you've all been having fun reading all these awesome angel books! Wow! did January go by in a blur or what?! I'm totally bad with keeping up with all these challenges, lol! Anyway, lets get to what you guys all came here for! 

The winner of January's angel reviews is:

Val @ Truth Be Told!

CONGRATS! Val has already been contacted and she has already claimed her prizes!

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Descent of the Angels Reading Challenge UPDATE: This month Books Over Boys will be hosting the giveaways! I'll have the review post up soon!

Good luck with the challenge and always, happy reading! *__*