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TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!

Okay, this is from Psychic Healing: Using the Tools of a Medium to Cure Whatever Ails You by Sylvia Browne on Page 8.

"Know that you can audit your relationship with a family member, spouse, co-worker, or friend. So if you're around someone who makes you feel uptight, stressed, or not yourself, remove that person from your life. Even if it means that you'll be alone for a while, it will be better for your health, believe me."

My Review of : Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Julian of Macedon angered the Gods and was cursed 2000 years ago to be a ‘love slave’. He is kept inside a book until a woman wishes to call for him. When she says his name three times, he will appear and be at her mercy for whatever erotic fantasies she wishes for 30 days.

Selena gets her friend Grace the book hoping it will help her sex life. Grace said his name three times thinking nothing would come of it. She thought it was all nonsense until "Cautiously, she entered ...more Julian of Macedon angered the Gods and was cursed 2000 years ago to be a ‘love slave’. He is kept inside a book until a woman wishes to call for him. When she says his name three times, he will appear and be at her mercy for whatever erotic fantasies she wishes for 30 days.

Selena gets her friend Grace the book hoping it will help her sex life. Grace said his name three times thinking nothing would come of it. She thought it was all nonsense until "Cautiously, she entered the room and saw a tall figure standing in front of the couch. It was a man. A handsome man. A naked man". P. 25.

Julian existed only to serve Grace sexually, but Grace was cautious. She wasn't just going to give into him. She didn't even know him. He never had a woman who didn't want him physically and he didn't know what to think of it. He was just used to women using him for 30 days and going back into the book. Grace wants to help him and show him modern life and get to know him. Eventually, he is told the curse can be broken if he follows a few rules.

This was a great book and I just have to say that Grace had a lot of willpower! Great ending too!

I just have to add that Grace had a stalker and he took something precious away from her that could never be replaced, but I almost cried after what Julian did for her after what happened and what he sacrified for her.

Mailbox Monday - December 7

Mailbox Monday
is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page.
We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week.


The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama

Yeah! I received this book from Staci at Life in the Thumb. I am so excited that I won this book, it is my first time for winning a book. Staci is a great co-worker and friend and I got into blogging and reading more thanks to her. I can't wait to read this book!

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Closest book: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
P56, 5th sentence:




"He said nothing.

Instead of the tender man who had held her just an instant ago, he was back to being Mr. Statue, his entire body rigid and cold."

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Review: Origins (Sweep #11) by Cate Tiernan

This is a great series.

In the last book we came upon a new character, Justine. The beginning of this book starts out with Hunter's showing Morgan a book that his father took from Justine's library.

Here is a quote from page 10:
"Opening it, I could see that the pages were handwritten."A Book of Shadows"?

"Not a Book of Shadows, exactly." Hunter flipped the pages back to the beginning, where a handwritten title page read, A Book of Spelles and Memories, by Rose MacEwan. "It's more like a memoir."

Rose MacEwan is an ancestor of Morgan, so this Sweep book goes back in time to 1682 and is told by Rose MacEwan. She is a Wodebayne and finds her soul male Diarmuid who is from a different coven. She will do anything to try to keep him.

This book started out a little slow but picked up with suspense. I would recommend reading this series!

Library Loot - December 3, 2009

Hosted by Eva at A Stripped Armchair and Marg at Reading Adventures.
We share what we each picked up at the library during the week.


Finally, I returned most of my books and got some new ones. I still have some more to pick up at another library, but they weren't open yesterday.

Here's what I picked up:


Fantasy Lover (Dark Hunter #1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon I read the second book in this series before realizing it was a series. That book was very sexy. Can't wait to read this one!



The Host by Stephenie Meyer
This is one huge book. It seems like it will take forever to read, but I got through the Twlight books quick, so I am hoping this is a good one too! I tried listening to the book on CD but never finished it. I would rather have the actual book in my hands to read instead of listening to bits and pieces here and there.







Psychic Healing by Sylvia Browne
This book looked interesting. The back cover says: Constantly program yourself to be upbeat, effervescent, and joyful using positive affirmations and telling your mind and body to be the best person you can possibly be. Sounds like a Saturday Night Live episode, but we will see.





Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
I always love a good witch story. I saw this on either a blog or Goodreads, and thought it sounded good.

Review: Seeker (Sweep #10) by Kate Tiernan

This book is very different in that it is Hunters point of view instead of Morgan's. The beginning starts out with Hunter getting read to make the trip to Canada to see his mother and father who have been found. Morgan wants badly to have sex with Hunter. She has decided to let him have her, but is he ready?

He goes to Canada, and is surprised what he finds there. He also has a council matter that he needs to attend to while he is there and we meet a new character.

This was another great book and I look forward to reading the next one tonight!

REVIEW: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Excerpt from RichelleMead.com:
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires--the ones who never die.

The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir; she is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making her one of them.

After two years of illicit freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. Rose will continue her Dhampir education. Lissa will go back to being Queen of the elite Moroi social scene. And both girls will resume breaking hearts.

Fear made Lissa and Rose run away from St. Vladimir's--but their world is fraught with danger both inside and out of the Academy's iron gates. Here, the cutthroat ranks of the Moroi perform unspeakable rituals and their secretive nature and love of the night creates an enigmatic world full of social complexities. Rose and Lissa must navigate through this dangerous world, confront the temptation of forbidden romance, and never once let their guard down, lest the Strigoi make Lissa one of them forever...

My thoughts:
I picked up this book at Meijer at 3:00 in the morning on Black Friday. I read it while waiting in line for an item. I read the first 82 pages in an hour and a half and loved every minute of it.

Rose was so in tune with Lissa. They were best friends and Rose always looked after Lissa. They had such a close bond. They had been in an accident previously and something happened that bound them together. Since Rose wants to be the best guardian to Lissa that she can be, she receives a lot of training by Dimitri at the Academy, who is a Russian and 7 years older than her. Rose was very attracted to Dimitri, but was she attracted to him or did someone else win her affection? You will just have to read the book to find out.

Also, there was someone pulling pranks on Rose, what were these pranks and who was doing this to her. Will you find out? Just read the book!

This was a quick read and I can't wait to read the next.

P.S. I finally figured out how to format my post better. Thank you to Elizabeth, my 18 month old! She got up to the computer and started pushing all these buttons and I found the screen where I can "compose" my post.

Teaser Tuesdays

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!


"Slowly, carefully, those long fingers of his reached out and traced the edge of my cheekbone, moving up the side of my face. At the first touch of his skin on mine, I shivered. He wound a lock of my hair around one finger, just like he had in the gym."
P. 251 Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead