Daily Archives: July 1, 2010

Book Blogger Hop – July 2-5, 2010

Posted on July 1, 2010
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Jennifer over at Crazy for Books hosts the Book Blogger Hop on Fridays. I’ve found some great blogs each week that I’ve participated and encourage you to head over there, enter your link and start visiting!  This week, she’s challenged us to answer the following question:

Tell us your NAME and WHY YOU STARTED BLOGGING

So, who am I?  My name is Lydia and I started blogging after being introduced to GoodReads.  At first, it was just a challenge once I joined the site to keep track of my reading, but as I started reading more and more reviews and finding them more and more useful I started to want giving back in the same manner.  So I started writing my reviews on GoodReads … and then I figured – why not start posting them here, on my very neglected personal blog.  I debated on changing the name to my blog, or starting a fresh one… but The Lost Entwife is, when it comes down to it, a very literary name thanks to the great J.R.R. Tolkien, and I knew I wanted to stick around here.

So what about you? Are you a book blogger? If so.. how did you get started?


ABOUT THE HOP:

In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all book bloggers and readers a chance to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out on! So, I created this weekly BOOK PARTY where book bloggers and readers can connect to find new blogs to read, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start PARTYING!!

The Hop lasts a full week so if you don’t have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun! This is a weekly event!

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Winners of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Posted on July 1, 2010
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Thank you to all who have entered and spread the word!  This was a hugely successful contest and I highly encourage you to read this book, recommend it to book club, friends and family – you won’t be disappointed.

But.. you’re here for the winners, aren’t you!  Well.. without further ado:

The winner of the Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Audio is…

ROSE M. (rosem2912)!

The winner of the Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Hardcover is…

DARLYN(darlyn225)!

Thank you to all who entered and be sure to watch out for my upcoming giveaways this month – they will be easy and I promise, all you’ll have to do is answer a silly question to get an entry!

Winners – please contact me within 48 hours to confirm your mailing address and I will get these sent out as soon as I get home on the 13th. (well.. they will go out the 14th more than likely, let’s be realistic here!)

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The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Posted on July 1, 2010
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The Iron King (Iron Fey, #1) The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

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Summary:

Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she discovers why. When her half brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she never imagined–the world of Faery, where anything you see may try to eat you, and Meghan is the daughter of the summer faery king. Now she will journey into the depths of Faery to face an unknown enemy . . . and beg the help of a winter prince who might as soon kill her as let her touch his icy heart. The Iron King is the first book in the Iron Fey series.

My Review:

Creepy forests, faeries, vicious pixies, a forbidden attraction, a group of ancient but familiar characters, machine vs. nature, faeries – all elements explored in this very fun, very addicting addition to the YA world.

I put The Iron King on my list because, as normally happens with the YA world, the cover is absolutely gorgeous. I wasn’t disappointed with it in person and, happily, was not disappointed by the contents held inside that cover as well.

Meghan Chase is one of those strong female leads I look for – insecure? Sure .. she’s 16. But she does not depend on others to do her work for her when it comes down to the line. I enjoyed reading of her acceptance of who she was – but wished that her growth into her own power had come a bit more gradually and was treated with more depth. That was just one of very few issues I had with the book.

Overall it’s a beautifully written read, full of action, interesting characters, lovely world-building and I’m thrilled to move on to the short in-between novella, Winter’s Passage, next.

Oh, and did I mention this book was about Faeries?! (Yes, I am a fan =)

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