In My Mailbox (#19)

Donna's IMM hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren

Bought, Swapped & Gifted Books

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine - From my Mum.

The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

But I Love Him by Amanda Grace - Thanks for the swap Lindsey Lindsey Bookshelf

The Summer of Shambles (Ondie #1) by Ebony McKenna

Mistwood by Leah Cypress - Thank you to Misty Bookaholics for getting me this RAK.
Wildefire by Karsten Knight - Thank you to Carina Fictional Distraction for getting me this RAK.

Won Books

Dirty Blood by Heather Hildenbrand - Jess & I won this book from a giveaway on Jagged Edge but we're actually giving this to Haley - We will be sending it soon. Hope you enjoy it....it sounds amazing! :) 

To Review:

Descended by Blood by Angeline Kace 
Amaranth by Rachael Wade 

A Job from Hell (Ancient Legends #1) & Doomed (Ancient Legends #2) by Jade Scott

Thank you to all the authors, I can't wait to start all of these books as they all look AMAZING!!

Jess's IMM hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren

Bought& Gifted Books

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles 

Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles

Rules of Attractions by Simone Elkeles 

Divergent by Verionica Roth 

My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent - Thank you to Misty for this RAK.

To Review

Unlovable by Sherry Gammon

A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

The Iron Knight (Iron Fey #4) by Julie Kagawa

Kindle & Kindle Books

Yay! I got a Kindle finally! :) 

Betrayal (The Descendants #1) by Mayandree Michel 

What's in you mailbox this week? 

Leave us your comment below.

Random Acts of Kindess: July Wrap-Up

Hey guys! Can you believe another month is done and we're now heading into August. Wow, this year is going so fast. So......we hope you've had as much fun as we have this month....here is the our July Round Up's of RAK's. 

Donna's RAK's Sent

I think I went a bit CRAZY this month! Lol Oh......well its all for a good cause :) 

 

13 Little Blue Envelopes sent to Lesley My Keeper Shelf

Matched sent to Hannah Once Upon a Time

City of Bones sent to Carina Fictional Distraction

Hereafter & Starcrossed sent to Jessica (my co-blogger) 
Mercy, Other, Angel Burn, Morganville Book 1-3, Mortal Kiss & The Summer of Shambles 

to Haley Ya-Aholic

Donna's RAK's Received
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Crush Control from Lesley My Keeper Shelf

Wildfire from Carina Fictional Distraction
Mistwood from Misty Bookaholics

Lipstick Apology, City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, Under My Skin from 

Haley Ya-Aholic

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THANK YOU all the very special ladies who sent me books this month!!! and a very special thank you to Haley for adding to my collection of The Mortal Instrument series. Your the best!!! :) 
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Jessica's Received RAK's

  

Hereafter & Starcrossed from Donna (my co-blogger) 

Perfect Chemistry from Amy Turn The Page

My Soul to Take from Misty Bookaholics

Thanks for an awesome month guys and we'll look forward to August :) 

Battle of the Sexes: Boys (#4): Dimitri vs Peeta

Battle of the sexes is a new weekly meme created by us at Book Passion for Life. Every Friday we'll post a poll with 2 characters from 2 different books. We will alternate each week between boys and girls. We'll be running the polls for 12 weeks, at which point YOU thats right YOU bloggers will vote for your favourite character (boy or girl) depending on which week it is. At the end of the 12 weeks, we will place all previous winners into one poll where you will all vote for your ULTIMATE CHARACTER. That character will be crowned King or Queen in the Battle of the sexes final. 

Bloggers that wish to take part in this meme are welcome to do so. When you post the meme please link back to us. You are welcome to alternate each week, so if you would prefer to do girls first then you are welcome to. When posting this meme please include the following info on your characters:

• Their stats like full name, date of birth, eye colour, hair colour, books they've featured in etc...
• Three quote's for each character
• The book cover from where these characters originate OR a photo that best reflects the character

Other than that, there isn't anything else to add to the meme. There are no rules, so pretty much anything goes. 

 vs 

  

Stats:

Name: Dimitri Belikov

Nicknames: Dimka
Age: 24
Hair: Light Brown
Eye Colour: Brown
Description: He is 6'7", has a slight Russian accent his hair is a lighter shade of brown, he has tanned skin.
Books featured in: Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

Stats:

Name: Peeta Mellark
Nicknames: The boy with the bread
Age: 16
Hair: Blonde
Eye Colour: Blue
Description: Medium height, stocky build, has ash blonde hair that falls in waves over his forehead. 
Books featured in: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins

Dimitri's Quotes

"The spell. Victor said you had to want me... to care about me... for it to work." When he didn't say anything, I tried to grip his shirt, but my fingers were too weak. "Did you? Did you want me?"
His words came out thickly. "Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together."
"Then why did you lie to me?"
We reached the clinic, and he managed to open the door while still holding me. As soon as he stepped inside, he began yelling for help.
"Why did you lie?" I murmured again.
Still holding me in his arms, he looked down at me. I could hear voices and footsteps getting closer.
"Because we can't be together."
"Because of the age thing, right?" I asked. "Because you're my mentor?"
His fingertip gently wiped away a tear that had escaped down my cheek. "That's part of it," he said. "But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cost. If a pack of Strigoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her."
I know that. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out.
"No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you." 

"You're beautiful in battle," said Dimitri. His cold voice carried to me clearly, even above the roar of combat. "Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven." 

"I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching.
Love, Dimitri" 

Peeta's Quotes

"So after, when he whispers," You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real."


“Katniss?” Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. “How about that kiss?”


“Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.”

Okay everyone! There's all the details on our boys this week. Two great males  to decide over. Here's the voting poll...so time to cast your votes! Winner will be announced once the 5 days of voting is up! Have fun :)

Winners of This Side of the Grave Giveaway

This Side of the Grave Winners! 


The winner of the SIGNED copy of This Side of the Grave and THREE bookmarks inspired by This Side of the Grave, Eternal Kiss of Darkness and First Drop of Crimson 
is............................BEA!!!


The TWO runners up who will each receive 2 bookmarks of Eternal Kiss of Darkness and First Drop of Crimson 
are............Alaiel Kreuz & Tarina S!!!!!!

CONGRATS! Emails will be sent within the next 1 hour. Thanks to all who entered and don't forget to check out our other giveaways! 

Kindle News...

Afternoon all,

Jess here. I have some exciting news from me (Well I think it's exciting). After 6 months, of waiting and debating...I finally purchased....A KINDLE! That's right! I finally have a kindle! I am super excited about this, as Donna was always going on at me to get it, and now I finally have it! It's charging right now, but as soon as I get home I will get access to my Wifi and I can start getting my books. This is just going to make it so much easier to review ARCS and NetGalley. 

Anyway, I just wanted to share the amazing news with all of you. Please feel free to give your opinions on the Amazon Kindle. I can't wait to start receiving books!

Anyway that's it from me! Have a wonderful day followers and happy reading :D

Battle of the Sexes: Girls (#3) Winner

And the winner is.........................

Rose Hathaway from Vampire Academy. 

Rose won with 33 votes. That's 73% of the vote. Wow...Poor Mac! :(

Tune in later for more Battle of the Sexes.

One Grave at a Time Book Trailer & First Three Chapters

So you've all heard of The Night Huntress Books right? If not, here's the details of the next upcoming book from Jeaniene Frost.

Name: One Grave at a Time

Series: The Night Huntress Book Six 

Author: Jeaniene Frost

Release Date: August 30th, 2011

Publishers: HarperCollins

Pages: 384

The Blurb:
The grave is one wrong step away.
Having narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans' voodoo queen just keeps on giving--leading to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time against a villainous spirit.
Centuries ago, Heinrich Kramer was a witch hunter. Now, every All Hallows Eve, he takes physical form to torture innocent women before burning them alive. This year, however, a determined Cat and Bones must risk all to send him back to the other side of eternity--forever. But how do you kill a killer who's already long dead?

So.......Jeaniene; awesome as she is, has just released a trailer for the book.....Excited much? We are....watch it and let us know what you think!

Amazing right? Well.......Jeaniene has also revealed the FIRST THREE CHAPTERS of the book too *Squeeeeee*

To view the chapters....click THIS link. 

What do you think? Like we said AMAZING!! We're so excited to read this book now, August can't come quick enough. ENJOY!!!

First posted by Jeaniene Frost on http://jeanienefrost.com/

Book Passion for Life own nothing. 

What is this? 20 questions? No it's actually just 3! (#16)

This is a weekly meme created by us:  Book Passion for Life. We created this so you could get to know us a little better. If you want to join in....all you have to do is create three questions for yourself each week and answer them, OR to make things fun, ask your followers to ask you a few questions each week!

Jessica's Q & A's

Q: If Hollywood made a movie about your life, who would you like to see play the lead role as you?

A: Oh wow...um that's hard. But I'd probably pick Jennifer Aniston (she looks nothing like me but hey!) or maybe Kiera Knightly. I love her.

Q: What kind of people do you dislike?

A: I'm not sure how to answer this without coming across rude lol. But anyone that's arrogant (unless you're Jace, Will, Ren etc) people who think themselves better than others just because they're born in a higher status or with money. Pisses me off to no end.

Q: If you were eating a salad, what kind of dressing would you have?

A: Oh that's easy...balsamic vinegar...I know it sounds awful putting vinegar on a salad, but just try it one day with mixed salad leaves...it's amazing! 

Donna's Q & A's

Q: If you were a tree what kind of tree would you be?

A: Oh wow, there's no choice really. A Cherry Blossom tree. There absolutely beautiful when they bloom. I love them.

Q: What would I find in your refrigerator right now?

A: Okay, we haven't been shopping yet so not much. There's egg's, cheese, dairy milk chocolate, sparkling flavoured water, baby yogurts, cucumber, tomato's, garlic, chilli's, celery, butter, loads of different sauces, milk, milkshake, pepperoni and orange juice. 

Q: If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?

A: Oh....What a boring life? Lol Only joking. I'm not to sure, I don't think much has happened to me, its been pretty fun and easy so far. 

Tune in next week for more!

Cover Reveal & Excerpt for Fever (The Chemical Gardens #2)

Name: Fever (The Chemical Gardens) 
Series: Book Two
Author: Lauren DeStefano 
Release Date: February 2012
Publishers: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 368

The blurb:

Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but they’re still in danger. Outside, they find a world even more disquieting than the one they left behind. Determined to get to Manhattan and to find Rhine’s twin brother Rowan, the two press forward, amidst threats of being captured again . . . or worse. The road they are on is long and perilous—and in a world where young women only live to age 20 and men die at age 25, time is precious. In this sequel to Lauren DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price—now that she has more to lose than ever.

Excerpt from the book:

A breeze rolls up from the water, and I realize at once how numb the cold air and wet clothes have made me. We should find someplace to stay, but where? I sit up and take in our surroundings. There’s sand and rocks for several more yards, but beyond that I can see the shadows of buildings. A lone freight truck lumbers down  a faraway road, and I think soon it’ll be dark enough for Gatherer vans to start patrolling the area with their lights off. This would be the perfect place for them to hunt; there don’t appear to be any streetlights, and the alleyways between those buildings could be full of scarlet district girls.Gabriel, of course, is more concerned about the blood. He’s trying to wrap my palm with a piece of seaweed, and the salt is burning the wound. I just need a minute to take this all in, and then I’ll worry about the cut. This time yesterday, I was a House Governor’s bride. I had sister wives. At the end of my life, my body would end up with the wives who died before me, on a rolling cart in my father-in-law’s basement, for him to do only he knows what.But now there’s the smell of salt, sound of the ocean. There’s a hermit crab making its way up a sand dune. And something else, too. My brother, Rowan, is somewhere out here. And there’s nothing stopping me from getting home to him. 

Wow! What do you all think? Well we're dying to read the first book still but this book sounds just as good. The cover is beautiful, the colours used are amazing. We love it! 
Don't forget to leave us your comment below. Enjoy!