The Romance Bookie

Hey Everyone!! So here's Part 2 at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Book 2014!! Today I'm covering the second day, Sunday April 13th!  In case you missed last week's post, HERE is the link!  BTW sorry for saying it would be up the next day, things have just been crazy busy as always, and the uploading of these videos took a lot longer than expected! So Day 2 began bright and early! We left a little later, because it actually hadn't taken as long as we anticipated, so YAY for an extra half hour of sleep!! Anyway Sunday was probably the funnest day! It started with a visit to meet Marissa Meyer (AGAIN!)! Marissa Meyer is the author of The Lunar Chronicles  ( Cinder , Scarlet , Cress , and next years release Winter ).  I met Marissa back in 2012 at  Passion and Prose , shortly after Cinder , her debut novel, was released (less than a month after). Flashback to 2012... Check out my long hair! Well, this time around Marissa signed my copies of Scarl...

  2013 AudioBook Challenge! So I've completed my FIRST Audiobook for 2013!! My goal is to listen to at least 5 different books on CD, or technically my computer or iPod haha! :) Now since this is my first Audiobook review, let me explain how I will doing these... As of right now, I only plan on listening to books I HAVE already read. Why?  Well, because I'm trying to listen to a new perspective.  I want to listen to a book through another voice, and I'm definitely looking forward to it! :)   So anyway...here goes!! :) Title: Speak Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Audio Read by: Mandy Siegfried Length: 5 hours/4 Discs Cover:  From Goodreads Audiobook Review: Laurie Halse Anderson created a very powerful novel with Speak , in my opinion, and I thought it was a very unique experience hearing it come alive through someone else's voice.  When I read the book, I imagine it in my own way, and it wa...

So excited!! My computer's all better, so for the first time here's the Vlog for my IMM!! :) So here's the written version of my IMM, for anyone who doesn't feel like watching the video (it was just fun to make ;)): Traded: The Karma Club: Jessica Brody (hardcover) Wonderstruck: Brian Selznick (Paperback, ARC) Vampire Academy #1: Richelle Mead Borrowed: The Diviners: Libba Bray (couldn't finish this one, unfortunately, wasn't really my thing) Little Women and Me: Lauren Baratz-Logsted   For Free (Gifted): Where the Sidewalk Ends: Shel Silverstein   Purchased: Son of a Witch: Gregory Maguire (only $1.25 at a used book store in town! And in Hardcover!) Catching Fire: Suzanne Collins (Hardcover copy, I picked up! I figured it would make a great giveaway right before the movie gets released in November!)   Four to Score: Janet Evanovich (another Stephanie Plum books for the shelf!) Away Laughing on a Fast Camel: Louise Renniso...

In My Mailbox was originally started by The Story Siren and it's where anyone can participate and let everyone know what they got in books, and other book related things, throughout a given time.  Anyone with a blog can join in, and you can post once a week, once a month, or whenever you choose to. Hey Everyone!! First IMM of 2013!!! :) I got some amazing things over the past month that I'm very excited to share with all of you!! I was actually planning on making a video post, however, my Macbook is currently in the shop with some difficulties (my dog chewed on the cable, which caused it to Short out ;(), but I will be hopefully getting it back next week, and then next month I'll be able to make my first video IMM! So here's what I got over the past month! So I did my second ever trading this month! I actually traded quite a few books! :) So I traded: Bared to You (Crossfire #1) by Sylvia Day Reflected in You (Crossfire #2) by Sylv...