Out and About - 1

So i have come up with this little idea where i will share some interesting things i have seen around the web, i'll try to do a few a post once a week, i am hoping it kind of works as a word of mouth thing and get the word out about things that is going on on places that maybe you have looked over this week, feel free to join in, leave a link in the comments if you choose too!

1- Book'd out Before and After   over at Book'd out Shelley-Rae shares her opinion on prologues and epilogues and also asks us to share out opinion in her comments, go over and check what my self and other readers had to say.

2- In My Mailbox & Why I'm not having one Alright so i do realize i am a little bit behind on this issue and i am not going to get in to it, i can get views on my blog with out dipping in to the controversy of un-creative bloggers who bring a bad name to the rest of the bookish people. Over at Nyx Book Reviews she posted about IMM the popular weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren, Like Many Nyx is choosing to boycott the Meme. At first i was like why should we suffer? TSS did something wrong but IMM and DAC brings a curtain amount of traffic to our blog, which obviously we would be DEAD with out, I was stating this on Twitter when Nyx told me about this post in her blog that links to some new meme's started in place of IMM, so stop over and check them out.



3- ArmchairBEA  BOOK EXPO AMERICA. . . . is in AMERICA and i am in AUSTRALIA sooo i am not going!!! . . . BUT there has been a creation that was created some time that a participated in last year and it was totally AWESOME its Called Armchair BEA which we can all participate in weather we are going to BEA in NYC or not. I love it last year, it was lots of fun, cant wait til it kicks off sign ups are now open. woot go and sign up.




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Midnight Alley, by Rachel Caine.

Midnight Alley, by Rachel Caine.

Morganville is such a nice place to live... And die. If you don’t mind that sort of thing.

When Claire Danvers learnt that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving student would do: she applied for a transfer and stocked up on garlic. The transfer is no longer an option, but that garlic may come in handy.
Now Claire has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. The protection her contract secures does little to reassure her friends. All of a sudden, people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from Claire’s past, and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home 

Alot of other reviews i have read said this novel was slow and didnt really keep the pace of the others. I think that this book was needed and i is setting the pace of the rest of the novel and series. I loved the suspense Caine kept over the Alley and to be honest i am glad that this came to be and i cant wait to see where this turn of events leads us. I love the idea of the portals that Amelie uses. The Day's kind of seam a little bit random in the novel. I kind of think that Claires' age is used as an excuse to much, this character annoys me to no end but you would think by now all the times she as proved her self to be good allies and not a liability they would cut her a little bit of slack. Vampire Michael annoys me, he needs to get over himself a little bit, Shane annoys me too but i guess he is pretty bad ass for a human.

I love Amelie i think Caine should bring out a series of her life before morganville, it would be pretty bad ass.
here is my review of book three in the morganville vampires series.

Thanks for stopping By, The Book Mystress, x

Author Event At My Local Library Kirsty Eagar.

Hey guys as many of you dont know i live in a small country town so Author Events are few and fare between out this way. but the lovely Kirsty Eagar Author Of YA Novels,

        Raw Blue,                    Saltwater Vampires,  and her recent Release Night beach.

                            

The penguin Author stopped by on for an hour to talk about the process of how her books came about, and interacted with the small crowd of people from all age groups about what we prefer on subjects from covers to book trailers. 

Also was at this event I ment another blogger from my town, who knew? in the town just over 15000 people there is another totally awesome blogger, Amazing!! Check out Shellyrae's Blog Book'd Out It's totally awesome!!

Kirsty was kind enough to sign my books Saltwater Vampires, and Night Beach, Take note of the stamps i have Zoomed in on, this are what Kirsty told us she does when she doesnt want to write :P

Kirsty also read as an few pages from Night Beach, (i have only just started this novel) and I already recommend it to you.
Here is the Video trailer that Kirsty also made her self,



Kirsty was such a wonderful lady and it was so nice of her to come all the way out here for a hour,

Thank you Shelly-Rae, Taree Library and Manning Valley books for making these events possible.

Land Of Hope Book Tour with Junying Kirk

Hey Guys Awesome Video here That Eri Nelson from Supporting Authors one read at a time Magazine, she has set up a blog interview with on Junying Kirk who has a trilogy out. Junying's novels have some amazing art fronting their covers watch this video below to find out where it came from among other things.
 

 Thanks for stopping by The Book Mystress!!!

Supporting Authors One Read At A Time Magazine.

Enjoy this Monthly magazine put together by the lovely Eri Nelson with a specially selected bunch of Authors appearing in it including a review from me every month, flick through and all inlove with these amazing Authors!

Book Promotion: The Lure of Shapinsay by Krista Holle

What happened to my easy to work Blogger? lets all figure out how to work this with an Awesome book promo.

The Beautiful Krista Holle asked me to promote her book some for her. She came to my blog and read my review policy and realized i do not like to review self published books. She is the self published Author who actually took the time to read my review policy, and figure out my ins and stuff soo i was more then happy to show of her little master piece which looks absolutly AMAZING, kind of makes me reconsider my review policy, a little :P Anywya watch this thrilling trailer below, read the Synopsis, Fall in love with the cover and help this love out!!

The Lure of Shapinsay

By Krista Holle

Ever since Kait Swanney could remember, the old crones of the village have been warning her to stay away from the selkies. They claim that like sirens of old, the seal men creep from the inky waters, shed their skins, and entice women to their deaths beneath the North Sea. But avoiding an encounter becomes impossible when Kait is spotted at the water’s edge, moments after the murder of a half-selkie infant. 

Kait is woken unexpectedly by a beautiful selkie man seeking revenge. After she declares her innocence, the intruder darts into the night, but not before inadvertently bewitching her with an overpowering lure. 

She obsesses over a reunion deep beneath the bay and risks her own life to be reunited with her selkie. But when she lands the dangerous lover, the chaos that follows leaves Kait little time to wonder—is it love setting her on fire or has she simply been lured?

The “Lure” easily crosses over into the YA audience and is enjoyed by my teen readers.  You can see some of the existing reviews on goodreads:

Unbreakable Love by Angela Carling, Review + Giveaway

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Unbreakable Love

byAngela Carling

Unbreakable Lov

Goodreads synopsos:

Jennie Townsend is unlucky in love, so she is immediately suspicious when a mysterious new student named Nate tries to gain her friendship. But there is something special about Nate, and in spite of her best efforts Jennie finds her feelings for the boy growing deeper every day. In fact, Nate is more special than Jennie can even imagine. He is a guardian angel, sent to pr
...moreJennie Townsend is unlucky in love, so she is immediately suspicious when a mysterious new student named Nate tries to gain her friendship. But there is something special about Nate, and in spite of her best efforts Jennie finds her feelings for the boy growing deeper every day.

In fact, Nate is more special than Jennie can even imagine. He is a guardian angel, sent to protect Jennie during a most dangerous time in her life. To do so, he must first become close to her - but not too close. The rules for Protectors warn against physical contact and strictly forbid falling in love. But the more time Nate spends with Jennie, the harder the rules are to follow. Will Nate be able to save Jennie from a premature end, or will his own emotions - and Jennie's - get in the way of completing the task for which he was specifically chosen?

With Unbreakable Love, Angela Carling has created a captivating story for young adult readers, with a refreshing twist on relationship issues. It is an ode to the magical power of true love, a tribute to belief in a benevolent higher power that watches over us and surrounds us every day of our lives.

 My Review:
Have you ever thought that a soul is sent to earth just for you? That if that being wasn't there you don't know how different your life would be? or would you even be here at all?
This heart gripping soul searching novel is told from the other side.
A story of many possibilities of how fate and Divine intervention are all apart of how through the smallest and greatest tragedies love prevails all.
I enjoyed this novel a lot. When i picked it up, i never expected it to be suck a thought provoking novel. When i received this novel (Thank you Acacia Publishing) I thought it was going to be a super boring romance novel, but damn i was wrong.
Never Judge a book by its cover.
Carling has such a great talent that i can not wait to see grow over time.

Click on for my the rest of my review aaand a Giveaway =D