Magic Slays Giveaway Winner!

And just like that my first giveaway is over.
It was a fun although brief experience, and i'm glad for it because as usual i'd already totally forgotten about it, i swear the weekend resets my brain...
Thank you to all 8 participants, i wish i could send to all of you!
Without further ado Random.org has named entry #2 Virgulina as the winner!
Thanks again to all contesters and a very special thanks to BookDepository for sending the extra copy.

Magic Slays Giveaway!

For those of you who don't know me, the Kate Daniels series are some of my all time favourites series. I reread bits and pieces of them whenever i'm in a slump, try to make everyone i know read them, and suffer incredible melodramatics for the whole month before the next instalment comes out (a big hug for T. who ends up being the only one who puts up with me during these very trying times).
This month was going the same way, except i was convinced i wasn't going to get the book by the release date and would have to buy a ebook copy on the launch day (like i had to do with Magic Mourns and Magic Bleeds), so imagine my surprise when through what was apparently a bug in a database i yesterday received multiple copies of Magic Slays (release date next tuesday), so i've decided to spread the good luck!
This is a giveaway for a copy of Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (according to the authors this is a good entryway into the series).
Contest is open until Sunday (29/05/2011) and open to everyone, to enter leave a comment saying which novel\novella you preferred in the series and why.
Winner will be decided by random number generator among valid entries and announced next monday (30/05/2011).

CRC 2011 #10 Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

started reading it last night, not sure if i'm going to end it.
not liking it at all...

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CRC 2011: R7 Dangerous in Diamonds by Madeline Hunter

For Reading TBA and TBA i got to read:

Dangerous in Diamonds by Madeline Hunter
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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CRC 2011 #9 Breathless by Anne Stuart

Breathless by Anne Stuart
My rating: 1 of 5 stars



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CRC 2011 #8 Scandal by Amanda Quick

Scandal by Amanda Quick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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CRC 2011: R6 On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

and yet 2 more here...

On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn
My rating: 1 of 5 stars



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CRC 2011 #7 The Devil's Love by Julia London

The Devil's Love by Julia London
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Dropped it dead, i was enduring and was almost near the finish line, but that duel... pff, enough is enough...
yey for the first dropped book in my CRC2011 challenge...

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CRC 2011: R4 By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter

For Reading The Devil's Love by Julia London and Scandal by Amanda Quick i got to read:

By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Currently Reading Challenge 2011 - The Update

An Update to the Challenge, because everyone thought that the challenge was too hard, and they were right, i'm a moody reader and well things really haven't been happy and cheery lately.
So the Challenge will now last for the whole of the year and these will be the terms, for each 2 books in my Currently Reading List that i complete (either by finishing the book or dropping it for good) i get to start a new one as a reward, i HAVE to read the new one (this part is going to be tricky) and finishing the new one does NOT accumulate to the total of reads, so i only get rewards for finishing books i've started reading before February 2011.
We'll see how it goes for now, i've already completed 6 books, which awarded me the right to read 3, but i got carried away and read 4 (although in my defense 3 of those should count as one, Madeline Hunter's books always seem to be the same book, the difference is the historical setting passing by, and one of them was really awful...), so i have to finish 2 other books before moving on! Well wish me luck!

CRC 2011: R3 Stealing Heaven by Madeline Hunter

For Reading Scandal by Carolyn Jewel and The Devil to Pay by Liz Carlyle (both good books i should add) i got to read: (the very bad)

Stealing Heaven by Madeline Hunter
My rating: 1 of 5 stars



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CRC 2011: R1 Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

For reading Death Blows by D.D. Barant and Give Me Tonight by Lisa Kleypas i got to read:

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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CRC 2011: R2 By Design by Madeline Hunter

For Reading: Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken and The Lady Most Likely by Julia Quinn, Connie Brockway and Eloisa James i got to read:

By Design by Madeline Hunter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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CRC2011 #6 The Devil to Pay by Liz Carlyle

The Devil to Pay by Liz Carlyle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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CRC2011 #5: Scandal by Carolyn Jewel

Scandal by Carolyn Jewel
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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CRC2011 #4: The Lady Most Likely by Julia Quinn, Connie Brockway and Eloisa James

The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts by Julia Quinn
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



Currently Reading Challenge 2011

CRC2011 #3: Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



Currently Reading Challenge 2011

CRC2011 #2: Give me Tonight by Lisa Kleyas

Give Me Tonight by Lisa Kleypas
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



Currently Reading Challenge 2011

CRC2011 #1: Death Blows by D. D. Barant

Death Blows by D.D. Barant
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The problem with this series is, the author just does not work for me!
Although i have to admit, the comics part was very well researched...

Currently Reading Challenge 2011

Currently Reading Challenge 2011

A lot of my friends do Book Reading Challenges, and while i agree that most of them sound really fun and i always wish i'd participate in some, i'm just not a good reviewer, so my participation always falls a bit short.
This year a friend did a bit of a different challenge, we were not supposed to buy books during the whole month of January, i failed the challenge because i stupidly assumed it would last 3 months, not just the one and i broke down and made 3 pre-orders 2 days before the end, very stupid...
At the same time i started thinking, these challenges are supposed to help us with our reading, and what is my worst problem?
I get distracted too easily, so i end up leaving in the middle of a book, all the time, i may read 60% of the book in a seating and then i never pick it up again. It might have to do with the book not being good, or not.
Usually my biggest problem is the lull, every book has a lull, it's that time just before we head towards the end of the book, it's usually like 80% through or just 20 pages away from the end, but i just drop it, pick another one up and leave the books hanging for years...
And so i find myself currently with roughly speaking 100+ Currently Reading titles, these are books of which i've read more than one chapter and at some time dropped them like a ton of bricks, except i could build a house with all those bricks.
And so without further ado i explain, The Challenges:
For 3 whole months, from the first of February until the end of April i CANNOT pickup a new book, no exceptions! Unless i somehow reach the end of pile first (Ha! Ha! oh i'm so funny...)
The List (not complete, follow the link for a better idea):

Sandra's bookshelf: currently-reading

Warrior

by Zoe Archer

Bitten

by Kelley Armstrong

Dancing with the Devil

by Keri Arthur

A Tale of the Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

by Brian Augustyn

Under The Mistletoe

by Mary Balogh

Dancing with Clara

by Mary Balogh

Two Hearts

by Peter S. Beagle

Stormqueen!

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Ages of Chaos

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Demon Angel

by Meljean Brook

A Conspiração

by Dan Brown

Carpe Corpus

by Rachel Caine

The Devil to Pay

by Liz Carlyle

Don't Tempt Me

by Loretta Chase

Shadow Moon

by Chris Claremont

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

Shinobi Life, Volume 8

by Shoko Conami

The Heiress Bride

by Catherine Coulter

State of Fear

by Michael Crichton

Disclosure

by Michael Crichton

Surrender of a Siren

by Tessa Dare

The Christmas Books

by Charles Dickens

Touch of Darkness

by Christina Dodd

Winter's Heat

by Denise Domning

StormWatch: Change or Die

by Warren Ellis

Planetary Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaelogy

by Warren Ellis

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

Middlesex: 21 Great Bloomsbury Reads for the 21st Century

by Jeffrey Eugenides

Dark Desire

by Christine Feehan

First Among Sequels

by Jasper Fforde

Halfway to the Grave

by Jeaniene Frost

Dragonfly in Amber

by Diana Gabaldon

Smoke and Mirrors

by Neil Gaiman

Odd and the Frost Giants

by Neil Gaiman

The Bride

by Julie Garwood

North and South

by Elizabeth Gaskell

Dragon Slippers

by Jessica Day George

The Mice Templar Volume 1

by Bryan J. L. Glass

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

by Seth Grahame-Smith

Spellfire

by Ed Greenwood

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Philippa Gregory

Divine Misdemeanors

by Laurell K. Hamilton

Living Dead in Dallas

by Charlaine Harris

Dead Witch Walking

by Kim Harrison

Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein

Sylvester

by Georgette Heyer

Penny Arcade Volume 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots

by Jerry Holkins

Summon the Keeper

by Tanya Huff

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was

by Barry Hughart

The Court of the Air

by Stephen Hunt

Scandal

by Carolyn Jewel

The Literary Pocket Companion

by Emma Jones

Salt and Silver

by Anna Katherine

The Lions of al-Rassan

by Guy Gavriel Kay

Captain Stoneheart And The Truth Fairy

by Joe Kelly

Beneath the Thirteen Moons

by Kathryne Kennedy

Enchanting the Lady

by Kathryne Kennedy

Mus of Kerbridge

by Paul Kidd

The Shadow and the Star

by Laura Kinsale

The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye

by Robert Kirkman

Night Life

by Caitlin Kittredge

Love Come to Me

by Lisa Kleypas

Swords and Deviltry

by Fritz Leiber

In for a Penny

by Rose Lerner

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis

X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 1

by Scott Lobdell

Princess Ai Volume 2: Lumination

by Courtney Love

I Am Legend

by Richard Matheson

Rosemary and Rue

by Seanan McGuire

Rose Daughter

by Robin McKinley

Storm Born

by Richelle Mead

The Devil Wears Plaid

by Teresa Medeiros

Breaking Dawn

by Stephenie Meyer

Baltimore: Or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire

by Mike Mignola

Wanted: Assassin's Edition

by Mark Millar

Faefever

by Karen Marie Moning

Labyrinth

by Kate Mosse

Gentlemen Prefer Succubi

by Jill Myles

Out of the Night

by Robin T. Popp

Scandal

by Amanda Quick

The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts

by Julia Quinn

The End League Volume 1: Ballad Of Big Nothing

by Rick Remender

The Vampire Lestat

by Anne Rice

Li'L Santa

by Thierry Robin

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

by J.K. Rowling

Gordath Wood

by Patrice Sarath

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by Eric Shanower

Jenna Starborn

by Sharon Shinn

The Darkest Fire

by Gena Showalter

The Man in the Maze

by Robert Silverberg

Archangel's Kiss

by Nalini Singh

I Thirst for You

by Susan Sizemore

The Awakening

by L.J. Smith

Magic Study

by Maria V. Snyder

Shiver

by Maggie Stiefvater

Hidden Honor

by Anne Stuart

Breathless

by Anne Stuart

A transformação de Martin Lake & outras histórias

by Jeff VanderMeer

Warsworn

by Elizabeth Vaughan

I will update the results as i go, i will try the upmost to make at least a small commentary on the book if i can, but i make no promises, let the games begin!