Love in Bloom Giveaway Hop

Love in Bloom 

Giveaway Hop

Featuring Lighthearted/Contemporary Young Adult Romance

& Sweet, Clean Adult Romance

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Portrait of a Book

May 16th to 22nd

Forgive My Fins

by  Tera Lynn Childs

(Paperback)

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Monster Knows Numbers by Lori Capote

Monster Knows Numbers

by Lori Capote

illustrated by Chip Wass

NetGalley- Picture Window Books

Board Book

 February 2013

Book Jacket Summary

Who says monsters are scary? This monster is ready to count toys! Delightfully goofy, rhyming text engages the youngest readers as they learn to count from 1 to 10.

My Quick Thoughts

A bright and colorful board book with a little blue monster who wants help counting the items around his house, including three prickly teddy bears that want a hug, bug cookies, slimy frogs, and yoyo's covered in goo! Nothing is very scarey, which is perfect for little readers but still monster-ish related. Cute and perfect for a young tot who is learning to count. The bright colors will keep a little ones attention but an adults eyes might think it is a bit much. Overall cute and would be a good gift for a little one.

Book Pairings

Little Dino's Don't Bite by Michael Dahl

Monster Knows Patterns by Lori Capote

Claude in the City by Alex T. Smith

Claude in the City

by Alex T. Smith

96 pages

NetGalley- Peachtree Publishers

Easy Reader/Picture Book

February 2011

Book Jacket Summary

Claude is no ordinary dog - he leads an extraordinary life! When Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes set off for work, Claude decides what adventure he wants to have that day. Today he and Sir Bobblysock go to the city for the very first time. The have tea in a cafe, go shopping and visit a museum. It is all very normal until...Claude accidentally foils a robbery and becomes the local hero! Claude in the City has also been selected for the Richard and Judy Children's Book Club 2011

My Quick Thoughts

Absurd in all the best ways, Claude in the City will entertain many children. Claude the dog loves to go on the adventures when his owners, Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes, go off to work. He dons his chic beret  and collects his best friend, Sir Bobblysock, a stripped sock (who smells a bit like cheese). Claude's first adventure includes a tour around the city and foiling an art museum robbery. His second is curing a  hospital full of sick people when mistaken for a doctor. Charming and humorous this book will keep a child entertained. It is drawn in shades of red, black, and white. Very cute and I really like the absurd premise of a dog and  sock wandering the city.

Book Pairings

Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by Mélanie Watt

Claude on Holiday by Alex T. Smith

Foxy and Egg by Alex T. Smith

Your Mommy Was Just Like You Book Blast

Your Mommy Was Just Like You
by Kelly Bennett.

Once upon a time-according to Grandma-Mommy loved getting messy, wearing kooky costumes, and dragging out bedtime with just one more story. She collected bottle caps and dandelion fluff, and didn’t know how to tie her shoes. Sometimes she was a terror, but most of the time she was a sweet potato. Just like her own little girl today.
Kids love to hear about what their parents were like as children, and this celebration of moms and the little girls they were will inspire lots of laughter and memories.

You can purchase Your Mommy Was Just Like You at the following Retailers:

3 Winners will receive a Signed Copy of Your Mommy Was Just Like You & Swag
(Bookmark, Poster & Postcard) by Kelly Bennett.

About Kelly Bennett:
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Kelly Bennett writes books for children, both fiction and non-fiction, mostly picture books. She creates stories that celebrate imagination, families, friends, pets… all that goes into being a kid. Stories such as Not Norman: A Goldfish Story, inspired by her own funny goldfish; stories about families, including Dad and Pop, Your Daddy Was Just Like You, and Your Mommy Was Just Like You (called “perfect for inter­generational lap sharing” by School Library Journal); stories about kids being kids—whooping, twirling, cutting up, adventuring, playing around—such as Dance, Y’all, Dance; and brand new and shining, hot-off-the-press picture book One Day I Went Rambling.

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Ghost Flower by Michelle Jaffe

Ghost Flower 

by Michelle Jaffe

358 pages
Mystery/Thriller YA
Library 
Razorbill
April 2012

Book Jacket Summary

Eve, a runaway, finds a new job at a coffee shop on the outskirts of Tuscon. When she's approached by two wealthy teens who claim she bears an uncanny resemblance to their missing cousin Aurora, her life takes a turn for the dark and mysterious. Drawn into a scheme to win Aurora's inheritance, Eve finds herself impersonating the girl, who disappeared three years ago on the night her best friend Elizabeth died. But when Liza's ghost begins to haunt Eve, doing harm to the people close to her under the guise of "protecting" her, Eve finds herself in a nightmare maze of lies and deception that leads her to question even her own identity. She realizes her only chance is to uncover the truth about what happened the night Liza died, and to find Liza's killer - before she's next. This teen thriller by Michele Jaffe will keep readers turning pages well into the night.

My Thoughts

I was immediately sucked into this book because it reminded me of the books I read in the 90's when Lois Duncan and RL Stine ruled the book shelves. It was everything I missed from that time period but with a longer page count which helped flesh out characters. Plus Michelle Jaffe is best friends with Meg Cabot.
Eve looks exactly like Aurora and that is the key to Bain and Bridgette's plan to get Aurora's  inheritance money. Eve has been in and out of foster home through the years and has landed in Phoenix as a barista in a Starbucks. She does not have much and is willing to go along with the scheme. There are some real thriller moments and Jaffe can set up a great cast of characters whose motives are up in the air. I was invested in what happened to Eve and how she was going to play Aurora through the book. I do not want to go into a lot of detail about the book because it has several twists and really good ending. If you like a good mystery and thriller I would go pick this one up! 

Book Pairings

The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison

 17 and Gone by Nova Ren Suma
Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan 
Rosebush by Michele Jaffe  

Tiger’s Quest Book Blast

Back in Oregon, Kelsey tries to pick up the pieces of her life and push aside her feelings for Ren. But danger lurks around the corner, forcing her to return to India where she embarks on a second quest–this time with Ren’s dark, bad-boy brother Kishan, who has also fallen prey to the Tiger’s Curse. Fraught with danger, spellbinding dreams, and choices of the heart, TIGER’S QUEST brings the trio one step closer to breaking the spell that binds them.

Welcome to the Nerd Blast for
Tiger’s Quest by Colleen Houck.
Exclusive Paperback Release

This is a book blast, you will post the promotional info we provide you with, including the giveaway. No reviews required.

 Winner of a Parent’s Choice Award!

You can purchase Tiger’s Quest at the following Retailers:

 

1 Winner will receive a Tiger’s Curse Series Box Set by Colleen Houck.
2 Winners will receive a Signed Paperback Copy of Tiger’s Quest by Colleen Houck.

About Colleen:
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Colleen Houck’s New York Times bestselling Tiger’s Curse series has received national praise with the fourth book, Tiger’s Destiny, debuting September 2012. Colleen is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, science fiction, and romance. Formerly a student at the University of Arizona, she has worked as a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter for seventeen years. Colleen lives in Salem, Oregon, with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.

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Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop

 

 

Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop!

This is a chance to clear out overflowing bookshelf and pass on books on to other booklovers.

I will send three books off my shelf (or more likely the piles on my floor). I need the room!

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