Thursday, October 21, 2010

Parcel in the Post - 2 Awesome Books + 1 Gift

A few weeks ago I read a great review of the Parasol Protectorate series - of which SOULLESS is number one - by Faith. It sounded like something I'd enjoy so I clicked over to my online book shop and ordered it right away.

Two days ago the series was also reviewed by Paperback Dolls. So now I'm even more keen to read it!





I've seen quite a bit of online buzz recently about the Caster Chronicles because of the release of BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS, the second in the series. So, I figured it was time to find out what all the fuss is about! Enter: BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.
And even if it doesn't turn out to be so great, the cover is gorgeous! It's gonna look super on my book shelf ;-)






And, thirdly, Jenn recently held a little competition during her Dystopian Book-Talking Birthday Bash on her blog, and I won!! I got to choose between five different dystopian titles, and since I've heard a lot about THE GIVER recently (and never read it *shock*), I picked that one.

Jenn, in case you can't see the sticky note so well, it says:
Thank you, Jenn!




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On a completely unrelated topic...
Sometime in the past day or two my blog's all-time number of page-views passed 1000! Yay!
(Okay, those of you who passed this number some time ago, please stop snickering. I am in my happy place, and I like it here)




17 comments:

Unknown said...

Well done you, it's great when others appreciate you isn't it. Hugs...

Bast said...

Let me know how BEAUTIFUL CREATURES is. I have it on my to be read list, but I don't know. I had heard good things about it, so I downloaded a sample to my Kindle. The sample was alright, but it didn't make me click "buy it now." It just didn't grab me. I'd love to hear what you think.

Bast said...

Congrats on the 1000 page views!

Melissa said...

Congratulations on the well-deserved appreciation! And what great books there!

Jenn said...

Yay! Hope you enjoy The Giver. And congrats on over 1,000 posts! That's awesome! :)

Marieke said...

Can't wait to read SOULLESS, it sounds like so much fun!! BC is still on my tbr pile - I'm not really in a paranormal mood right now ;)

LOVED The Giver!! Hope you'll enjoy!!

RaShelle Workman said...

Rachel - I'm with Quinn. I'd like to know how Beautiful Creatures is too. Congrats on your 1000!!! That's awesome. =D

The giver is interesting. My daughter read it last year, so I went over it with her. I'd like to find out what you think of that one too.

Unknown said...

Thanks for the comments :-)

After the first few pages of SOULLESS I can say:
It's quite humorous :-)

Jayne said...

New follower here! Congrats on winning that giveaway, and enjoy your happy place! :)

Faith said...

Whoo-hoo! Can't wait to hear what you think of Soulless!!! I also have Beautiful Creatures sitting around waiting to be read... maybe I'll do that next week and compare thoughts with you :)

Anonymous said...

Yay! Congrats, congrats and congrats. Good for you! BTW I will be posting a proper award thank you later on when my blogfest dates have expired. :O)

Anonymous said...

Didn't even notice I wasn't following you sorry. Congrats on the 1000 page views!

Rachna Chhabria said...

Congrats. All the books sound lovely. Can't wait to get my hands on them.

Rachael Harrie said...

Woot! Well done you :)

Rach

Jenny Beattie said...

All of those covers are gorgeous. Book covers are sooo important, I think.

I've come by to say hello from one crusader to another.

Mia Hayson said...

Beautiful Creatures and Soulless look amazing! I was totally eying them up on amazon the other day. Tell me what you think once you've read them!

Denise Covey said...

Congrats on the page views. We all like that! I also like seeing all the countries people come from..:)