Clock Rewinders on a Book Binge is the weekly recap feature created by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Tara @ 25 Hour Books, where they shamelessly plug each other, share the fantastic posts, giveaways, or whatever else they’ve found and loved by other awesome bloggers (or authors!) during the week, and talk about the books they plan on reading in the coming week. Other people have been joining the party, and now I’ve got my dancing shoes on, too!
Smash Attack Reads Recap
- Armchair BEA: Introductions First!
- Book Blogger Confessions: Choosing your next book
- Armchair BEA: Best of 2012. I’d like to add Partials to this list!!! ♥
- Armchair BEA: Networking…In Real Life?!
- Armchair BEA: Beyond the Blog
- Cover Reveal: Enemy Within by Angeline Kace
- Armchair BEA: The Future of Book Blogging
- TGIF & Let’s Talk: 6/8/12. I crack myself up sometimes!
In Real Life
ONE MORE WEEK and I will no longer be a Florida resident. I’ve lived in Florida my entire life so this is a major milestone for me. I am not happy to be leaving the people but I’m incredibly happy to be leaving the state. I look forward to seasons and mountains and beautiful scenery. I do not look forward to driving on icy roads, however. This is something I have never done. I fear for lives, people!
GoodReads Stats
- Read: 417 - Finished Underworld, Partials, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Currently Reading: Exhale
- Owned TBR (Hardcopy + eBook): 424
- Acquired Speak, The Demon’s Bargain (see Kelly’s review).
- Won Once Burned ARC (OMFGBBQ! Thank you, Chelsea & Jeaniene!), Arise from HarperTeen (Thank you!) AND Kiss of Frost & Tangled Threads (plus a surprise signed Crimson Moon) (Thank you, Colette, Jennifer & J.A.!). AND I won a prize from Armchair BEA. So much WIN. Literally. It’s been a long time since I’ve had such luck.
- Wishlist: 110 – Added Insanity, Monument 14, Eve and Adam
- Zombies: 150 – no new additions this week. *sniff*
Favorite Quotes of the Week
“Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess,” said Marcus. “My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.”
― Dan Wells, Partials
Tidbits from around the blogosphere
Author/Publisher Spotlights
- Get the biggest buzz titles of BEA and beyond with NetGalley!
- Join Figment’s Summer Street Team!
- Veronica Roth recommends Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- Kevin Hearne shares a disturbing experience. Ugh. Educate yoselves!
Blogger Spotlights
- Parajunkee: Book Blogging 101: I’ve Unfollowed You
- Vampire Book Club turns TWO!
- Natalie at Mindful Musings recently turned 22! And now I feel like on old sack of potatoes.
- Julie at Yummy Men, Kick Ass Chicks asked: Who Are Some Of Your ‘Someday Authors’?
- I missed this one last week, but it needs to be shared. Reading the Paranormal’s Spotlight on Building Community
- The Guilded Earlobe: Welcome To The Apocalypse - A Series of Posts About Post Apocalyptic Literature and Audiobooks – WIN!
Blog Events
Things that make me smile
Search terms
- leah bobet above: Yea, not a winner for me.
- i am very appalled that racism and ignorance still exist in today’s society: Why, yes. Yes I am.
- sam from shiver maggie stiefvater. EPIC character.
- the immortal rules book 2 release date: Oh. Em. SQUEE! Gimme Gimme!
Have a fab week!
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hubba hubba—sorry I am just kind of stuck on the man candy. That is about as well as my mind works early on a Sunday morning LOL
No one ever remembers anything else about my post once they get to the end, but I can’t seem to part with my man candy. lol
Love the man candy. And the owl love. Your CR posts are always kind of awesome.
*beams* Why thank you. I try to entertain…
Ahhhhhh!!!! You won ONCE BURNED?! LUCKY YOU!!! I can’t wait to get my hands on Vlad:):) You’ll have to let me know how he is!
I am NOT PATIENTLY waiting for it to come in the mail….
But you’re MY sack of potatoes. Errr. Perhaps that doesn’t sound as comforting as I wanted it to. (my baby brother is turning 23 this month and I feel oooooooooold too)
Great links this week!
As long as I’m YOUR sack of potatoes, life is good.
Seasons are nice in short spurts. Hope you gave a safe move & can’t wait to see all the shenanigans you stir up in GA.
Yea. It gets cold in ATL and snows every once in a while, so it’s not so harsh. I do not ever want to live in an insanely snowy climate.
And yes. Shenanigans shall be stirred.
SMASH! I love that you provide us with man candy and owls every week. I have a slightly blurry picture of some owl earrings that I took and want to send to you. I’ll probably do it via twitter, as it’s on my phone. That cut-out is gorgeous.
I want Monument 14 wicked badly, and I heard AWESOME things about Adam and Eve. I can’t wait for it.
Yay! I hope you send the picture. Did you buy them?
Man candy is ALWAYS appreciated! Wow and Yum!
You’ll have to tell me what you thought about The Demon’s Bargain once you read it. I hope you like it as much as I did!
#GandyCandy is the best kinda candy, methinks.
WHO is that hunk of man deliciousness?!?!?!? Yummy!!! Nice links this week!!
And bloody hell! If you guys are old sack of potatoes, then I’ve become the crispy french fries!!! STOP IT!!! Go out, drink wine and get over it
That’s what I do… hiccup…
THAT is David Gandy, AKA #GandyCandy. He’s a very popular male model. The it boy right now, methinks.
And CHEERS to that idea!