A Study In Emerald

Are you interested in a

Sherlock Holmes/H.P. Lovecraft

style short story?

How about one written by Neil Gaiman?

If so, head on over to check out 

A Study in Emerald

Which you can read for free HERE

and just in case the link doesn't work:

http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf

Top Ten Tuesday

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Top Ten Books on my TBR List for Summer 2013!

1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Have I been hearing anything other than rave reviews about this book?

Nope. I want it, I want it now!

 2. The Long War by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
I'm always up for some Pratchett, and with Baxter's tendency to blow up the world,

this could prove to be an interesting book.

 3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

I received this one as a request to review... so it's next on my list. :)

The funny thing... even though I was contacted to read this... I'd always wanted to read it anyways.

4.The Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove

So, I read The Age of Ra... and honestly, I'm still not sure exactly how much I did, or didn't, like it... so I figure I'll at least try to make it through two or three in the series before making any final decisions... the story was amusing, but of course, the gods were entirely predictable.

5. Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey

I just read the first in the Sandman Slim series... so, yeah... all the Kadrey books on this list are part of Sandman Slim's book series. I loved the first one, it's a GREAT summer read. I devoured book one in a matter of hours.

6. Aloha from Hell by Richard Kadrey

7. Devil Said Bang by Richard Kadrey

8. Kill City Blues by Richard Kadrey

9. The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

I LOVE Leviathan, Goliath and Behemoth... soo, so, so much, so I figured I'd give another Westerfeld book a try and see if I love his writing style as much as I love those books.

10. We, THE DROWNED by Carsten Jensen

I'm going to be honest... I don't know a thing about this book. I saw it on the shelf... and lately I've just not been feelin' the YA genre, so I've been branching off and grabbing adult fiction (Sandman Slim, The Age of Ra? Yeah...) and this just happens to be one of them.

Book Blogger Hop and Follow Friday and a GIVEAWAY

"How do you spread the word about your blog?
(e.g. Social Networking sites, Book Blog Directories, comments on other blogs...)"

I enter my giveaways on sites that list them, I twitter, I am a member of GoodReads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Paperback Swap and a few other literary pages. I try to blog, at the very least, once a week with a review. I join in things like the Blogger Hop, Follow Friday and Waiting on Wednesday... although not just to spread the word... I really like seeing the answers to the questions, or seeing what people are waiting for. I've also joined in several upcoming Blog Parties... I joined one book blog directory... but for the life of me, can't remember which one!!

What books have bitten you??

I am listing books that I often find my mind wondering back to:
The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea, Summerland and Cavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon, Little Black Book by A.S. Byatt, George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Halloween Tree and Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The collected works of William Shakespeare, The collected works of Roald Dahl.

GIVEAWAY!

Also, please feel free to stop by (by clicking the giveaway picture below) and join in on my 100 Followers Coraline Giveaway... where winners will receive both the book, Coraline as well as a 6 inch Coraline doll!

100 Followers Coraline Giveaway

I have decided, for my 100 follower giveaway, to giveaway not only one of my favorite books... Coraline by Neil Gaiman, but also to give away an adorable, poseable 6 inch doll of Coraline as well!

(This IS an International Giveaway)

Now... THE RULE:
1. You must be a follower of this blog to enter
Just leave a comment letting me know you'd like to enter

... ok, that's it for the rule!

Although, if you'd like extra entries...

You will get two extra entries for posting about this on your blog

You will get three additional entries for tweeting about it

and you will get 4 additional entries for putting this giveaway button in your sidebar

So there is a possibility of ending up with 10 entries to win :)

Just make sure you let me know (in a reply to this message)
Where you have posted about this giveaway (for extra entries)

If you want to post in your sidebar or on your blog, you can use the above button!

You can enter the giveaway until October 14th,
on October 15th I will announce a winner!

Good Luck to any who enter!

As an added bonus... try your hand at these Coraline Papercraft by darkinthedark!

Click on the pictures to go to the pages where you can download for free the pdfs to make your own!

One is for an adorable Circus Mouse:

The other is for Coraline herself (yes, even the button eyes are paper!!!)