Just a quick hello

from ferry!

See you soon!  Don't forget to enter CSN giveaway (in the post below).

Of to the vacation

I'm on the beach starting today! Yay!!!!

Pray for the good weather because weather forecast is not so good  :(

Have a great week! See you in 7 days!

And don't forget to enter CSN giveaway.

I've been to a great concert

last night by a famous Croatian singer Gibonni. It was really fun and he had other famous singers as his guests at the concert. The concert was held out in the open at the city square. And in the midnight we also had fireworks  :)
Here is one of his more popular songs called Mirakul (eng Miracle). I hope you'll like it.
And don't forget to enter CSN giveaway.




Have a great weekend!

Giveaway!!!

I was contacted by fabulous people at CSN and you know what that means, right? It’s G I V E A W A Y time :)

Don't you like dining room? I do - it's a place to enjoy and wouldn't you like to have a nice comfy bar stool to read on while having your breakfast?

Or even better - a nice breakfast nook to enjoy your meal and a book?

You can choose these (and many others) at DINNING ROOMS DIRECT and with a help of 60 $ gift certificate that will be so much easier.

Well, here’s the deal: leave a comment and you will be entered into giveaway. The prize is (as stated before) one-time-use $60 gift certificate (the card does not cover any shipping costs) for you to use as you wish at any of CSN Stores.

http://www.allmodern.com/ , http://www.luxebycsn.com/ , and http://www.alloutdoordining.com/ .

Rules:

+ 1 entry - leave a comment

+ 2 entries - post about the giveaway at your blog / facebook and leave the link in comments

Open only to US and Canada residents (sorry, CSN rules)

Ends - 2nd of August 2010

The winner will be responsible for contacting me and then I will send her/his information to CSN and gift certificate will be sent to winner by the store.

Good luck!

Cover alert!

This is an official cover for the last book in Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead called Last Sacrifice. The book comes out December 7, 2010.
What do you think? I kind of like it :) Nothing spectacular but nice.

Stay tuned for my evening surprise!

The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter, review

I bought this book after I read The Darkest Whisper and The Darkest Passion. I really enjoyed them and I decided to go forward with the books in the series and later read the previous ones. There are nine novels and novellas in this series and I started reading them in the middle, of course :)

About the series:

Long ago, twelve immortals warriors – each more dangerously seductive than the last -- stole and opened Pandora’s box, unleashing the evil from within. Now they carry that evil within themselves. Violence, Pain, Death, Disease, Disaster, Misery, Doubt, Promiscuity, Defeat, Lies, Secrets, and Wrath. When a powerful enemy returns, they will travel the world in search of a sacred relic of the gods – one that threatens to destroy them all.

Here's a little bit about The Darkest Lie:

Forced to his knees in agony whenever he speaks the truth, Gideon can recognize any lie—until he captures Scarlet, a demon-possessed immortal who claims to be his long-lost wife. He doesn’t remember the beautiful female, much less wedding — or bedding — her. But he wants to . . . almost as much as he wants her.

But Scarlet is keeper of Nightmares, too dangerous to roam free, and a future with her means risking everything. Especially as Gideon’s enemies draw closer . . . and the truth threatens to destroy all he’s come to love . . .

While waiting for my copy of this book to arrive from The Book Depository, I read some reviews and they were all mostly negative. These reviews spoiled my experience of the story. I had a hard time enjoying it, since all the time negative reviews were at the back of my head. But in the end I loved this story almost as much as the previous two.

I liked the main characters and found them to be believable (as much as two demon possessed people could be). The first 100 pages or so were standard get-to-know-you; and instant attraction was there too. But somewhere in the middle of the book, the story takes the turn in direction I really wasn't expecting. It was a surprise for me; and a pleasant one too. I don't want to spoil things for those who will read this book, so I won't tell what happens but it was a nice turn of events.

The things I didn’t like were Gideon and Scarlet's demons making out, yuck; and the stories about other Lord's adventures were lacking in details and explanations. I know that those are back stories, but they left me frustrated because only hints were made without further explanations of the reasons why things were happening and how they were resolved.

I give this story 3.5 feathers (of maximum 5).

And whatecer you do, never read a negative review if you are planning to read the book, it will spoil your experience and in the end ruin perfectly good book.

For more info, please visit Gena's webpage.

P.S. See my banner? This weekend starts my vacation and I'm planning to spend it sunbathing :) I have a surprise for you tomorrow and then I'm off to beach... Check back to see what I've been planning.

Under the Northern Lights - giveaway announcement

ONE WEEK OF WOLVES - July 27- August 3 Ms Vivian Arend is holding an extended week of celebration to get ready for the release of Under the Northern Lights–the print anthology of the first two books in the popular Granite Lake series. There will be daily prizes from great authors like Lauren Dane, Lisa Hendrix, Ann Aguirre, Moira Rogers, Bianca D’Arc.

Just go to the http://vivianarend.com/blog/ for more details. It looks like a lot of FUN!!!

Funny :)

It's like that in my corner of the world. It' been very hot and humidity is high. But it's summer, so I love it :)
How's the weather like in your part of the world?

Gena Showalter's The Bodyguard

I'm not sure under which rock I've been living, but only recently I discovered wonderful books by Gena Showalter. I know, I know....I'm ashamed :(

But I'm reformed now...I'm reading all Lords of the Underworld books, and I really like them.

But there's another great story (among others) by Ms Showalter, it's The Bodyguard and it is now available, as well. Temptation in Shadows is a story by Ms Showalter in this anthology. Here's a little bit about it:

Tall, lean and muscular -- and definitely rough around the edges -- Sean Walker is not your typical nightclub bodyguard. He's a controller of shadows, able to wield darkness at will. But when a mysterious woman at the club turns out to have powers greater than his own, he has no choice but seduction...

SOUNDS GREAT! For more info, please visit author's webpage: http://genashowalter.com/

CAPTIVE SPIRIT by Liz Fichera

I saw an interview with Liz Fichera, a new author for me, at Leah Braemel's website. It was a very interesting interview and the I really like the premises of Ms Fichera's book CAPTIVE SPIRIT. I tought that maybe others would be interested in this book, so I'm posting a trailer for the book as well as a little bit about it. For more info, please visit author's website: http://www.lizfichera.com/

 

CAPTIVE SPIRIT Back Cover:

Sonoran Desert. Dawn of the sixteenth century.

Aiyana isn’t like the other girls of the White Ant Clan. Instead of keeping house, she longs to compete on the Ball Court with her best friend Honovi and the other boys. Instead of marriage, she daydreams of traveling beyond the mountains that surround her small village. Only Honovi knows and shares her forbidden wish, though Aiyana doesn’t realize her friend has a secret wish of his own…

When Aiyana’s father arranges her marriage to a man she hardly knows, she takes the advice of a tribal elder: Run! In fleeing, she falls into the hands of Spanish raiders and finds herself being taken over the mountains against her will. Now Aiyana’s on a quest to return to the very place she once dreamed of escaping. And she’ll do whatever it takes to survive and find her way back to the people she loves.