September Kindle Fire Giveaway (or $199 Amazon GC or Paypal Cash)

 

  This is a joint AUTHOR & BLOGGER GIVEAWAY EVENT!

Bloggers & Authors have joined together and each chipped in a little money towards a Kindle Fire HD 7″.

Kindle Fire HD 7″ Giveaway

The winner will have the option of receiving a 7″ Kindle Fire HD (US Only)

Or $199 Amazon.com Gift Card (International)

Or $199 in Paypal Cash (International)

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1. I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
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Giveaway Details

1 winner will receive their choice of a Kindle Fire 7″ HD (US Only), $199 Amazon Gift Card or $199 in Paypal Cash (International).

There is a second separate giveaway for bloggers who post this giveaway on their blog. See details in the rafflecopter on how to enter to win the 2nd Kindle Fire.

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Ends 9/30/13

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and sponsored by the participating authors & bloggers. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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Shadowed

Having never read any of the Dark Protectors series, I was a little lost with the characters, however I loved the book. I wish I knew more about what was going on all around, but overall I got a good idea, and I loved the story line.  Apparently Jase was a happy , fun loving guy who was captured by demons, since then he has been angry and wanted revenge. Having lost most of his powers while captured he seizes the opportunity to mate with Brenna who has some disease that is slowly killing her. But if he mates with her she will supposedly regain her strength as well as he will get her powers. He tells her in no uncertain terms that he wants her powers for vengeance and that is why he has agreed to the mating.  Brenna has apparently always had some kind of feelings for Jase, but when she is forced to mate to save her own life she is disappointed that the only reason he wants to mate with her is for her powers. She feels a great attraction to him and when they mate it only grows stronger. When their powers don't come into play at first and Brenna doesn't begin to get better that is when I feel like the story gets better. There are some crazy people out there in some group that want to kill Brenna before her birthday, there is some prophecy that she will gain powers out of this world and kill everyone and destroy the world. So through most of the book they are chasing her and trying to kill her, along with those nuts are the demons that had captured Jase. They are after him again but also want to kill Brenna, especially this one crazy female demon who is pissed that Jase mated with Brenna and not her. I love the final fight scene in this book, I did a lot of fist pumping, but some of the fights leading up to it I was a little disappointed and yelled at them haha. Overall I would say this book deserves a four star rating and I have to get on it and read more in the series I think!!

Will in Scarlet

Although I am a huge fan of Robin Hood, I have to say this book was very disappointing. Not only was it hard for me to get into the characters, but I could't even make it though a chapter without screaming at the book. " Oh my God", and "Are you kidding me?" became part of my everyday rantings.  My family began to look at me like I was insane. Even though the author had a great idea and wanted us to learn of how Robin Hood came to be, I have to say the thing that thew me off the most was the quotes at the beginning of each chapter, whose idea was that even? I have to say that was a terrible idea, whoever decided to do that was way  wrong. They more than likely thought it would make the reader wonder what is going on and can't wait to get to that part, but all it did for me was ruin the book. I can't rate this book as more than 2 stars. 

The 30 Day Praise Challenge

Although this isn't the type of book I normally review, I had to give this one a try because it called out to me in a way. After reading what it was about and the things I would be doing I welcomed it with open arms. Who doesn't want to be closer to God and have their faith become stronger? I love that there are musical selections you can listen to while praising God as well as it wants you to keep a journal and keep track of your praising and what you learn about your faith as well as yourself. I myself have always had a problem keeping up with a journal, I would start one then forget about it or start it and not know what the heck to say. I always felt stupid starting out with the Dear Diary lol. While doing this challenge, I must say my praying has gotten better, I always felt like I needed to work on that. Well doing it for 30 days, 20 min a day has made me at least feel like I'm better at it haha. I do feel like my faith has grown and that I can put everyday in his hands and know that he will help me along the path he wants me to take. I suggest everyone at least try to give this book a chance. I challenge you to do the 30 Day Challenge and if at the end you don't feel like your faith has grown....well where was the harm in trying?

The Demon's Desire

I started out super excited to read this book as I love paranormal romance novels. As I read I have to say that I was really into it, the characters were so wonderful and made me want to read each and every one of their stories as well. I could picture Terra Noctem as if I had really been there. The character Dru really was a great character as well, being a kick ass vampire is always amazing, adding that with the fact that she is secretly attracted to the fallen angel Meresin it makes for some really great reading time. Dru doesn't understand her attraction to him and doesn't really want a relationship after her disastrous and failed relationship in the past. I must throw in that even though farther into the book we learn what happened  I wish there had been more of a back story on that event since it had such a lasting effect on her.  I absolutely  love Meresin!!! His character is dark and stormy and sexy as hell!!! He makes you want to grab him and never let him go. Who doesn't love those bad boys? Though he is notoriously bad tempered and hard headed, I wouldn't have wanted any other guy as  the match for Dru. They go through some hard times where they have to go, but in the end it was worth it I would say. I don't want to give away too many details but I will say that their love scene is incredible!

Eat Play Lust

I totally loved this book!! It started out so cute with Cami waiting for her yoga student while reminiscing about her mother's recent visit. Nothing but healthy food for them while she was there, now she is craving something so badly because she is starving. When she sees Paul shes a little light headed, is it from the instant attraction or is it from hunger?  I love Paul's character, he just puts his foot in his mouth repeatedly and it's adorable to me and made me really enjoy him. When we make it back to her apartment over her studio, she begins cooking her secret craving. I laughed my butt off the way she was so sexual about eating it. I have had moments like that with certain food and I can totally understand her on a personal level. When we find out she used to be overweight I cheered for her, because she is in awesome shape and still caves and eats her secret pleasure food, but I also feel sorry for her for having the mindset that she does about foods. I recommend this book to everyone!!! IT is an awesome read and I hope I get to read more by this author soon!!!

Bodyguards of Pleasure

I like how the beginning of the book has you already anticipating what will happen to Brooke, however I have a serious problem in the fact that the author started tossing out names  so quickly I got confused for a minute there. Granted I haven't read any other books in this series, but still I was so lost. Plus Brooke is scared one minute then joking around about how good someone looks in pink, I mean who does that? The way her emotions are all over the place is a little odd. I do like her character though. As I continued to read I still was undecided about the overall story going on. I do like where it was going, girl sees murder, turns out murderer is after her now, guys become her bodyguards, then lovers, then well you know how that story line goes right? There were a lot of places in the book I did enjoy, I just didn't care for  the two male characters in the book, I had trouble connecting with them. Overall it's a decent book, but just wasn't for me.