Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Review + Giveaway: Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim

Yellow Crocus

From the time she is born Lisbeth Wainwright is cared for by her enslaved wet nurse, Mattie. Mattie does all the things for Lisbeth, that a mother would for her child. Although she is apart from her own son to be here with Lisbeth, she comes to love her as her own. Lisbeth shares the same love for Mattie, even though it is not a popular view in that time period. She grows up on a thin line between the slave world and being a slave owner. As Lisbeth grows older she learns of the inequality of her and Mattie's lives and struggles with sorting out her own feelings while upholding the expectations of those around her. Eventually events come to pass that make her have to decide once and for all where her beliefs truly lie.

Yellow Crocus is beautiful, powerful, and heart wrenching. I was not sure if I would like it as much as I did because of it being a historical read, but it absolutely blew me away! Never before have I read something so wonderful yet also so thought provoking. The characters were well developed and very engrossing. The voices of Mattie and Lisbeth are so strong and  vivid, I felt their love and heartbreak as my own. The writing brilliant and the flow effortless, Yellow Crocus strikes me as an instant classic. An amazing debut novel of love, loss, and redemption.
 I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants a story that truly touches the soul and leaves you better for having read it.



LAILA IS SO GENEROUS SHE HAS AGREED TO GIVEAWAY COPIES OF YELLOW CROCUS TO 3 LUCKY WINNERS! 


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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Review: Whisper by Heather Hildenbrand


Whisper has lost so much. For the past six months she has been trying to deal with her parents deaths. So it's no surprise that when she comes across a boy unconscious and bleeding in the woods that she refuses to leave his side. She refuses to let him die. But could it be more than just an act of rescue? When the boy wakes with amnesia but starts having mysteriously real visions tied to himself and Whisper, they must ask themselves this very question. Could they be linked together by something more real and magical than Whisper could ever have imagined?

I absolutely fell in love with this book! I loved the rich Cherokee background and roots that made this story so magical to me. The characters are all so vivid and full of personality, especially Whisper so full of love, compassion , and hurt. The relationship between her and Dylan is so mysterious and alluring but yet at the same time so tender and sweet. You can't help but to feel a real connection with the characters whether it's love and compassion or contempt and disgust. The pace of the story is right on key with impeccable timing, that let's the story just flow so naturally with just the right amount of tension. This story has all the makings of a great read: love, romance, action , revenge, and destiny. I feel like this story will remain real to me for quite some time and will hold a spot on my favorites list for years to come.

**I received a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. **






Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Curse of the Egyptian Goddess- free novella today and tomorrow


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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Giveaway $260 Worth of Children's Books!




Barron's Educational Series is teaming up with Blog it Forward to bring you an amazing promotion!
They are giving away $260 worth of children's books!
Barron's is known for their test prep books (SAT, ACT, AP, GRE, etc.). They are also a major publisher of children's books with hundreds of books in their inventory.
View their online children's catalog.
Hold on tight, here's the HUGE list of books they're giving away!
The Awesome Activity Adventure Book
Kow Kapow and the Bonsai Kid are two silly cartoon animals who go off on a series of wild and wacky adventures to find the Monkey Nut of Moo! As their madcap escapade unfolds, kids are provided with puzzles to solve, pictures to draw, riddles to answer, mazes to find their way out of, a treasure map to decipher, and a creepy castle to explore. Boys and girls are also encouraged to READ MORE.
The Dragon Creativity Book
Little boys love stories about dragons, and here's an activity book designed to keep them busy with dragon-related activities. They can create uniquely fearsome dragon heads, count dragons, eggs hidden in dragon illustrations, read dragon maps as they play dragon games, and generally enjoy hours of dragon-hunting fun. This big book features READ MORE.
Emily's Ice Dancing Show
This magical picture book tells the story of Emily, a little girl who watches graceful skaters on an icy pond and wishes she could skate with them. She gathers her courage and gives ice skating a try, but quickly finds out how difficult it is. She struggles and wobbles, and finally loses her balance and has a fall. But Emily doesn't give up. Read More.
EyePad 123
Available in June 2012
Preschool boys and girls will have fun learning basic skills and concepts with this eyePad, solving puzzles, and playing games, while they pretend they're working on a tablet computer that looks just like Moms or Dads. Barron's eyePad Activity Books for younger children have features that READ MORE.
EyePad ABC
Available in June 2012
 
Preschool boys and girls will have fun learning basic skills and concepts with this eyePad, solving puzzles, and playing games, while they pretend they're working on a tablet computer that looks just like Moms or Dads. READ MORE
Available in June 2012
Preschool boys and girls will have fun learning basic skills and concepts with this eyePad, solving puzzles, and playing games, while they pretend they're working on a tablet computer that looks just like Moms or Dads. READ MORE
Available in June 2012
Preschool boys and girls will have fun learning basic skills and concepts with this eyePad, solving puzzles, and playing games, while they pretend they?re working on a tablet computer that looks just like Moms or Dads. Barron's eyePad Activity Books for younger children have features that READ MORE.
Available in June 2012
Preschool boys and girls will have fun learning basic skills and concepts with this eyePad, solving puzzles, and playing games, while they pretend they're working on a tablet computer that looks just like Moms or Dads. Barron?s eyePad Activity Books for younger children have features that READ MORE.
Available in June 2012
Preschool boys and girls will have fun learning basic skills and concepts with this eyePad, solving puzzles, and playing games, while they pretend they're working on a tablet computer that looks just like Moms or Dads. Barrons eyePad Activity Books for younger children have features that READ MORE.
Detailed, scientifically accurate color illustrations are complemented with a lively text that explains the many ways a typical healthy child's body functions at different times of a typical day. The book's narrative depicts a child waking up in the morning, eating breakfast and digesting food, using the body's muscles to ride a bike, and performing the many normal activities that make up a child's READ MORE.
 
A meerkat family is on a round-the-world vacation trip, and kids who open this book are challenged to locate those roaming animals in a series of large, colorful, detail-packed street scenes. The meerkats' travels take them to Moscow's Red Square and New York's Times Square. The friendly but elusive creatures also show up in Venice at carnival time, at a floating farmer's market in Bangkok READ MORE.
Kids can sing along with this book's funny animal characters as they turn each page. The big, colorful illustrations that fill every page present a Wheels on the Bus verse, while more and more animals climb aboard for a bus ride. The weight of those many animals finally flattens the bus's tires and it takes big puffs from the elephant's trunk to READ MORE.
Cheerfully illustrated and designed to inspire family fun, The Kids Summer Fun Book deserves a place in every family's home library. Parents will find ideas to recapture their childhood as they join with their kids in dozens of fun-to-do summer activities. Ideas include summer beach parties with a sand castle building theme, hiking and camping READ MORE.
This delightful story about a little girl who joins a ballet class comes with big color illustrations and all kinds of interactive features on every page. There are tabs to pull, flaps to lift, wheels to turn, and a wonderful pop-up ballet scene on the book's final two-page spread. When kids pull the READ MORE.
Certain to please every little princess who enjoys crafts and activities, this big, fun-packed book has pictures to color, sticker sheets for decorating a gate, folding sticker scene, stencils for drawing, decorated paper for fashioning crafts items, mazes and puzzles to solve, directions for making a princess crown, princess games to play with friends, and much more. Every little girl wants to be a princess READ MORE.
Younger children who will soon be starting school will see this attractive board book as their introduction to an exciting new experience. It presents bright illustrations and simple text that sum up a typically happy school day. READ MORE.
Toddlers will enjoy learning how to lace up and tie their own shoes when they get help from Mom or Dad and this color illustrated board book. The vivid front cover is really a double cover that opens from spines on both sides of the book. The left-side front cover is decorated with a large, eye-catching READ MORE.
In this newly formatted version of a popular children's title, preschool boys and girls discover how their left and right hands are different, and how together they perform different tasks. Kids also learn to tell left from right as ways of giving READ MORE.
A fine classroom supplement and a solid information source for kids writing social studies reports, this updated, easy-to-read book explains the federal system as it works in the United States today. It also discusses some ways in which the government has changed since the framers of the Constitution brought it into existence in the 18th century. Described are the Legislative body, composed of Senate and READ MORE.
Young readers will be fascinated by attention-catching facts as they read about major presidential campaigns, from George Washington's election in 1789 to Barack Obama's victory in 2008. Questions answered include: Who can run for president? ... Who can vote? ... What is the Electoral College? ... What is a third-party candidate? READ MORE.
Written in terms kids can understand, this revised and updated book explains what the United States Constitution does, and describes how it affects and protects people today. Boys and girls discover how that great document gives citizens many rights, including the right to vote, as well as to enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to worship or not worship READ MORE.
Based on the key Montessori principle that children learn best through active experience, Teach Me to Do It Myself presents simple activities through which children explore and develop their skills. These skill areas include sensory perceptions, body coordination, language, understanding of numbers, and movement. This practical, color-illustrated parenting book is filled with activities and instructions for READ MORE.
he very popular cat from the animated Shrek film series comes vividly alive in this brand-new book. Scheduled for publication this Fall to coincide with the release of the latest Shrek spin-off movie, Puss in Boots, it's the story of a quick-witted, feline - the pet of Peter, a good-natured but shiftless orphan boy. As the story begins, Peter's father, READ MORE.
Help raise awareness at home or at school with this important story about stopping bullying. A little boy is feeling sad because every day he has to face a bully. But this story's little boy also has friends. A frog, a cat, a rabbit, a cow, and other animal friends insist on helping him, even after READ MORE.
Little girls who love pretty clothes and all the fashion items that go with them will adore this activity book. It's packed with pages to color, puzzles to solve, quizzes, mazes, and games to play. Girls can color in a model's hair, draw their own fantasy wardrobe, design pretty fashion accessories, and let their imaginations run free, as they discover something new to create on every page. Attractive features include READ MORE.
Here's an activity book to keep kids entertained during quiet times. Its theme is pirates and their high-seas adventures, and it's packed with pictures, fun things to make and do, and puzzles and mazes to solve. Kids will find Pictures to color. Two sticker sheets plus a large gate, folding sticker scene. A pirate theme stencil sheet. Decorated craft paper with pirate designs. READ MORE.
An amazing list of books! Our winner will get them ALL! Yes that's right, every book listed!!
Want to win this incredible children's book giveaway? Of course you do! This giveaway ends on May 13 at 11:59 pm EST and it open to US only. Fill out the form below to enter.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Swag facebook contest

There is a swag contest on my facebook fan page Book Hoarder Mom facebook page


Only those who like the page are eligible.

Chance to win The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts


I thought you'd like to know Shelf Awareness is offering a chance to win 1 of 5 galley copies of The Last Boyfriend (Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, Book #2) by Nora Roberts. Click the link below to learn more about the contest and Shelf Awareness for Readers, a twice-weekly e-mail newsletter that features reviews of the best books coming out each week.
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Touch Of Frost Amazon deal of the day May 1st



I just wanted to let you know that this title has been selected as the Amazon Kindle Daily Deal for today, May 1st

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Normal digital price $8.50 Kindle price today only $1.99