Ok, so only 5 people participated in E's Hollyweird Tuesday Trivia Challenge. That makes me sad. Why? Because now E is putting the challenge on hold! Yes! That means I have nothing to look forward to on Tuesdays! Ok, maybe I am exaggerating a wee bit, but I do like my movies and movie trivia. And I am a lover of contests. Especially if there is a great prize, and there is a greta prize- a $10.00 amazon.com gift card. whoohoo! I love amazon! I have already won this wonderful contest twice. Yes, twice. So that shows you how easy it is! Come on, who doesn't love movie trivia? and Now the format is different. Instead of guessing a movie from the quote you just have to guess the 3 words scrambled. All 3 will be related to a movie. How easy is THAT? Pretty darn easy, I say! SO what do you say? How about going over to E's blog and checking it out? Look,. I'll even give you the link!
E's blog: Hollyweird Tuesday Trivia Challenge Results
Now, aside from the trivia, E, also has new YA paranormal romance coming out in September. It's called BOYFRIEND FOM HELL and already has a sequel coming out in December called EARTH ANGEL.
Now, if you can't wait, E already has a book available called NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE, which you can order in paperback here: http://www.amazon.com/Never-Slow-Dance-Zombie-Lowe/dp/0765320401/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
and in Kindle format here: http://www.amazon.com/Never-Slow-Dance-Zombie-ebook/dp/B003H3IOPK/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Ok so remember, check out E's blog. Sign up for his mailing list, so you can be notified whe the trivia challenge starts up again. Check out his book on amazon. Help spread the word. Most importantly, participate! If you don't, the contest may be gone for good, and then I can't play!
Thank you and as always, thanks for taking some time to read my blog!
Lisa ♥
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
E's blog: Hollyweird Tuesday Trivia Challenge--New Format
I have been following E. VanLowe's blog and entering his Hollyweird Tuesday Triva Challenges for some time now. I have even won twice, myself!
This week, E. has changed the format. Personally, I like the change. I hope that more people will be able to figure out the answers take the challenge!
Here is the link. http://vanlowe.blogspot.com/2011/07/hollyweird-tuesday-trivia-challenge-new.html
I have sent my answers in already...
This week, E. has changed the format. Personally, I like the change. I hope that more people will be able to figure out the answers take the challenge!
Here is the link. http://vanlowe.blogspot.com/2011/07/hollyweird-tuesday-trivia-challenge-new.html
I have sent my answers in already...
Saturday, July 2, 2011
BOOK CHICK CITY'S HORROR & URBAN FANTASY READING CHALLENGE 2011
I have just signed up for the Horror and Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2011 hosted by Book Chick City.
The rules are simple: read TWENTY FOUR (24) horror & urban fantasy novels between 1/1/11 and 12/31/11.
Since these are 2 of my favorite genres, it should be no problem for me. I already have a few books to put on my list and many more to come!
So far I have already read these titles:
1: Nightshade by Michelle Rowen
2: Accidentally Catty by Dakota Cassidy
3: How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
4: Dead Reckoning By Charlaine Harris
5: Pale Demon By Kim Harrison
6: Undead And Undermined by Mary Janice Davidson
7: Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill
8: Succubus Revealed by Richelle Mead
9: Kitty's Big Trouble By Carrie Vaughn
10:Battle Of The Network Zombies by Mark Henry
I will be adding to this post as I read more.
The rules are simple: read TWENTY FOUR (24) horror & urban fantasy novels between 1/1/11 and 12/31/11.
Since these are 2 of my favorite genres, it should be no problem for me. I already have a few books to put on my list and many more to come!
So far I have already read these titles:
1: Nightshade by Michelle Rowen
2: Accidentally Catty by Dakota Cassidy
3: How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
4: Dead Reckoning By Charlaine Harris
5: Pale Demon By Kim Harrison
6: Undead And Undermined by Mary Janice Davidson
7: Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill
8: Succubus Revealed by Richelle Mead
9: Kitty's Big Trouble By Carrie Vaughn
10:Battle Of The Network Zombies by Mark Henry
I will be adding to this post as I read more.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
REVIEW OF LONG GONE by ALAFAIR BURKE
Long Gone started off as what I thought would be a great suspense novel by an author whose work I truly enjoy reading.
Half-way through, I was so drawn in, my head was spinning. By the very end, I was speechless.
The major plot of this novel, which is the first "stand alone" novel by author Alafair Burke, revolves around Alice Humphrey, who having been out of work for a while, lands a dream job managing an art gallery in Manhattan's Meatpacking District.
Alice knows nothing about the gallery owner,but Drew Campbell, the man who offers Alice the job, assures her that the owner prefers to remain anonymous and will let Alice handle running the gallery as if it were her own. It sounds too good to be true, but Alice is excited for the opportunity to not have to look for any financial support from her famous Hollywood director father.
All is working out well with the gallery until the morning after the gallery's opening night,when Alice arrives to find Drew dead and everything missing from the gallery. Police are questioning Alice and she cannot give them any answers. She has never met or even seen a photo of the artist who's work was displayed, she has no idea who the owner is and it turns out the man she knew as Drew Campbell was using fake identity.
Meanwhile, across the Hudson in New Jersey, a young girl is missing and it is looking like there may be links between her and the gallery. Alice begins to see signs that someone is setting her up and as she digs deeper for answers, more and more secrets are revealed, including ones involving Alice's own family.
I have enjoyed Alafair Burke's past novels, and when I found out she was releasing her first stand-alone, I was eager to read it because I consider her to be one of the finest the suspense authors whose books I have read.
This novel not only lived up to my expectations, it exceeded them way beyond what any suspense novel has in recent time. Intertwining murder, a missing girl, and lots of secrets, the twists and turns kept on coming from all directions. It kept me guessing and just when I thought I had it all figured out-another another twist hit me. I was literally gasping out loud!
This may be Alafair Burke's first stand-alone, but I sure hope it's not her last.
Note: this book was received by me from the Amazon Vine review program. You can find out more about it here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/vine/help
Half-way through, I was so drawn in, my head was spinning. By the very end, I was speechless.
The major plot of this novel, which is the first "stand alone" novel by author Alafair Burke, revolves around Alice Humphrey, who having been out of work for a while, lands a dream job managing an art gallery in Manhattan's Meatpacking District.
Alice knows nothing about the gallery owner,but Drew Campbell, the man who offers Alice the job, assures her that the owner prefers to remain anonymous and will let Alice handle running the gallery as if it were her own. It sounds too good to be true, but Alice is excited for the opportunity to not have to look for any financial support from her famous Hollywood director father.
All is working out well with the gallery until the morning after the gallery's opening night,when Alice arrives to find Drew dead and everything missing from the gallery. Police are questioning Alice and she cannot give them any answers. She has never met or even seen a photo of the artist who's work was displayed, she has no idea who the owner is and it turns out the man she knew as Drew Campbell was using fake identity.
Meanwhile, across the Hudson in New Jersey, a young girl is missing and it is looking like there may be links between her and the gallery. Alice begins to see signs that someone is setting her up and as she digs deeper for answers, more and more secrets are revealed, including ones involving Alice's own family.
I have enjoyed Alafair Burke's past novels, and when I found out she was releasing her first stand-alone, I was eager to read it because I consider her to be one of the finest the suspense authors whose books I have read.
This novel not only lived up to my expectations, it exceeded them way beyond what any suspense novel has in recent time. Intertwining murder, a missing girl, and lots of secrets, the twists and turns kept on coming from all directions. It kept me guessing and just when I thought I had it all figured out-another another twist hit me. I was literally gasping out loud!
This may be Alafair Burke's first stand-alone, but I sure hope it's not her last.
Note: this book was received by me from the Amazon Vine review program. You can find out more about it here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/vine/help
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
E's blog: Hollyweird Tuesday Trivia Summer Challenge
E's blog: Hollyweird Tuesday Trivia Summer Challenge: Today is the first day of summer and E. Van Lowe has a NEW Hollyweird Tuesday Trivia Challenge. Head to the link above and take your chances at guessing the correct answer.
E. thinks he has been making these challenges too easy for us, so he has tried to "stump"us this time. I emaled my answer in already!
Also, E has a new YA novel (BOYFRIEND FROM HELL )coming out in September , but meanwhile, you can order his other novel NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE which you can order from amazon either in paperback here:
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Slow-Dance-Zombie-Lowe/dp/0765320401/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1308673090&sr=1-1#_
or for Kindle here:
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Slow-Dance-Zombie-ebook/dp/B003H3IOPK/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1308673090&sr=1-1
E. thinks he has been making these challenges too easy for us, so he has tried to "stump"us this time. I emaled my answer in already!
Also, E has a new YA novel (BOYFRIEND FROM HELL )coming out in September , but meanwhile, you can order his other novel NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE which you can order from amazon either in paperback here:
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Slow-Dance-Zombie-Lowe/dp/0765320401/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1308673090&sr=1-1#_
or for Kindle here:
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Slow-Dance-Zombie-ebook/dp/B003H3IOPK/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1308673090&sr=1-1
Friday, June 10, 2011
5 STAR REVIEWS
It's been a while since I have posted to this blog. This is mainly because a) I have been working at my full-time job-well, er-full time, b) I have been busy catching up on my reading and c) because I have been too lazy to do it. (mainly c)
My friends know that I am an avid reader, and also that I like to give my opinion on just about everything whenever possible, so from time to time they will ask my advice on what books are good to read.
I ,of course, am more than willing to offer up my (not so) humble opinion.
Since I have recently been on, as one friend calls it, a "reading frenzy" and have read more than my usual amount of books in the past month or so, I have decided to post my most recently read books that I consider the cream of the crop for 2011.
And so, in no particular order, I present:
LISA MASON'S 5 STAR BOOKS OF SUMMER 2011
1. SUMMER'S ROAD by KELLY MORAN http://lasergirl70.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-review-of-author-kelly-morans.html
2. STORIES I ONLY TELL MY FRIENDS: an autobiography by ROB LOWE
3. FRAGILE by LISA UNGER http://lasergirl70.blogspot.com/2010/08/fragile-by-lisa-unger.html
(ok, so Fragile is not a new book, but Lisa Unger's follow-up, DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND, will be out this summer, so you MUST read Fragile now!)
4. NEVER KNOWING by CHEVY STEVENS http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/149248601
5. BREAKING SILENCE (Kate Burkholder #3) by LINDA CASTILLO http://www.amazon.com/review/RT1OC4UZKXWGD/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
Why only 5, you ask? Because these are the most recent and I am working my way to hopefully expand up to at least 10.
As of this posting, I am currently deep into James Patterson's latetest from his Women's Murder Club series, 10TH ANNIVERSARY, a book I have been anticipating for several months.
Happy Friday!
Happy Reading!
Lisa
My friends know that I am an avid reader, and also that I like to give my opinion on just about everything whenever possible, so from time to time they will ask my advice on what books are good to read.
I ,of course, am more than willing to offer up my (not so) humble opinion.
Since I have recently been on, as one friend calls it, a "reading frenzy" and have read more than my usual amount of books in the past month or so, I have decided to post my most recently read books that I consider the cream of the crop for 2011.
And so, in no particular order, I present:
LISA MASON'S 5 STAR BOOKS OF SUMMER 2011
1. SUMMER'S ROAD by KELLY MORAN http://lasergirl70.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-review-of-author-kelly-morans.html
2. STORIES I ONLY TELL MY FRIENDS: an autobiography by ROB LOWE
3. FRAGILE by LISA UNGER http://lasergirl70.blogspot.com/2010/08/fragile-by-lisa-unger.html
(ok, so Fragile is not a new book, but Lisa Unger's follow-up, DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND, will be out this summer, so you MUST read Fragile now!)
4. NEVER KNOWING by CHEVY STEVENS http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/149248601
5. BREAKING SILENCE (Kate Burkholder #3) by LINDA CASTILLO http://www.amazon.com/review/RT1OC4UZKXWGD/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
Why only 5, you ask? Because these are the most recent and I am working my way to hopefully expand up to at least 10.
As of this posting, I am currently deep into James Patterson's latetest from his Women's Murder Club series, 10TH ANNIVERSARY, a book I have been anticipating for several months.
Happy Friday!
Happy Reading!
Lisa
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
E's blog: Free ARCs & A New Trivia Challenge
E Van Lowe has a new Tuesday Hollyweird Movie Trivia challenge. You could win a $10.00 amazon gift card. All you have to do is go to his blog, read the trivia question and email the answer.
He's love it if you followedhis blog and Twitter account as well!Also, if you comment on his blog, he just might choose you to get an ARC of his upcoming YA novel BOYFRIEND FROM HELL.
But hurry because he;s giving away three copies and I am hoping one of them comes to me!
He's love it if you followedhis blog and Twitter account as well!Also, if you comment on his blog, he just might choose you to get an ARC of his upcoming YA novel BOYFRIEND FROM HELL.
But hurry because he;s giving away three copies and I am hoping one of them comes to me!
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