A New Blog!

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A new year and a new blog!

Yes, I am still going to be doing my book reviews! Don’t worry about that! Nothing will change here at My Overstuffed Bookshelf!

I have been getting some freebies in the mail and have been wanting to share my thoughts on those things as well. So I decided to open up a blog just for product reviews that are not book related. I hope you all will take a moment and go check it out. Become a follower as well, if you want to! I won’t mind! Just click on the picture below and it will take you to it!

WINNERS!

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The contest is closed for the Harlequin Giveaway.
The winners were chosen using Random.org. I need the winners to contact me within 48 hours to claim their book. You can contact me at djsfoxylady@gmail.com

The winners are:

When you email me, please put in the subject line:
HARLEQUIN WINNER

I need your name and mailing address.

Thanks to all who entered! Look for more contests this week!

SPREAD THE LOVE SUNDAY

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It’s Sunday and that means another edition of Spread The Love Sunday! This is a weekly event here on My Overstuffed Bookshelf where I give back to my readers who have been great friends, followers, inspiration and all around great people! A place to showcase YOU!

If you would like to be featured on Spread the Love Sunday, just drop me an email and I will be happy to feature you!

This week we have ReaganStar McBeigh!

Name: ReaganStar McBeigh
Blog: http://star-shadowcreativeconcepts.blogspot.com
(Star Shadow Creative Mishaps)

1. Tell us a little about your blog.

My blog is a bit of books, a bit of Author Inspired Interviews, as well as some occasional creative works…as well as guest blogs from my BF that needs to make his opinions heard as well, not just on his blog but mine as well LOL

2. Why did you start your blog and what is your favorite thing about having a blog?

This past summer I happened to have done some major damage to my back, unsure of what the cause of it, Lots of Doctors visits and Emergency Visits later found out I had to have a back surgery, Seeing I was gonna be home for an undetermained amount of time I decided to create a blog for books and my writing when i felt up to it as well as some of my graphic design work.

Long story short, lol I am home for good at moment and figured why not… I have so thoroughly enjoyed having my blog, and quite excited to announce that I have weekly Author Spotlights/Giveaways coming up Until the middle of march, thanks to all the wonderful authors.

3. If you could be any character from any book, who would you be and why?

Hmmmm, that truly is a tough decision, I would have to say Andrea “Andy Sachs from The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger…She shows up completely geeky, horribly dressed but evolves throughout the story to become what she truly is a hard working go getter, proving everyone that doubted her, that she was better than they all first judged her as.

4. Who is your favorite author(s)?

Lots of these, Meg Cabot, Lisa McMann, Chloe Neill, Melissa Walker, Sarah Dessen, Dave Pelzer and James Redfield

5. What is your favorite genre to read?

I would have to say Young Adult with some Paranormal Romance but I am very picky about the paranormal I read.

6. What book are you reading right now?

Currently Reading Fade by Lisa McMann

7. Name some of your favorite blogs.

Mindful Musings by Natalie, this is actually my inspiration blog, Cleverly Inked my first true follower, two of a kind working on a full house, has great Childrens toy reviews and giveaways for moms and kids alike, ParaJunkee’s View and My Style bloggers, keep me both creatively inspired and hoping for the best. And last but certainly not least Pure Imagination by Lori, she is just a very help sweet lady, especially when i need some scripting help.

8. Any tips for new bloggers?

Message the owners of some of your favorite bloggers, if you need help looking for something they have on their site, most are nice enough to help…also network through some of the bookblogging networks they have through Ning. Also if you twitter, lots of others do as well and if you add them you can both promote your blog/contests as well as learn about lots of other ones.

HEARTS AT STAKE by Alyxandra Harvey

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HEARTS AT STAKE
Author: Alyxandra Harvey
Source: Library

  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (December 22, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802720749
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802720740

SYNOPSIS:

On Solange’s sixteenth birthday, she is going to wake up dead. As if that’s not bad enough, she also has to outwit her seven overprotective older brothers, avoid the politics involved with being the only daughter born to an ancient vampire dynasty, and elude Kieran Black—agent of an anti-vampire league who is searching for his father’s killer and is intent on staking Solange and her entire family.
Luckily she has her own secret weapon—her human best friend Lucy—who is willing to defend Solange’s right to a normal life, whether she’s being smothered by her well-intentioned brothers or abducted by a power-hungry queen. Two unlikely alliances are formed in a race to save Solange’s eternal life—Lucy and Solange’s brother Nicholas, and Solange and Kieran Black—in a dual romance that is guaranteed to jump start any romance-lover’s heart.

MY THOUGHTS:

This was an exciting read from the young adult genre that I was looking forward to reading. It has all the great potential to be a great series with great characters.

I loved the friendship between Lucy and Solange. Then when you enter her ass kicking Mom, her treaty loving Dad, 7 over protective and gorgeous brothers, and a kidnapper who is cute to boot, well you get a funny and witty read that you end up finishing before you even know it!

I loved the romance between Lucy and Nicholas, even if it was kind of rushed. I feel the author could have given us more of them connecting and less of a History lesson in the whole vampire world. I loved the witty humor that all the characters have, and I love that there is going to be a follow up to this book soon.

Overall, a great read and I look forward to reading more from this author.

MY RATING:


Very Good! Worth Spending Your Money on!

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT: True stories of Gay Male Desire

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I LIKE IT LIKE THAT True Stories of Gay Male Desire
Edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
Source: Arsenal Pulp Press
* I received this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review*

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press (October 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1551522594
  • ISBN-13: 978-1551522593

SYNOPSIS:

From the editors of the Lambda Award–winning First Person Queer: intelligent, sexy, true-life tales of gay men’s desire. The stories push at the parameters of queer erotic life, featuring contributors both novice and well-known; subject matter ranges from single, significant encounters to the ephemera of emotional desire that never lead to physical pleasure. Throughout, the book deals with the essential erotics of queer male life, to be used as a launching point for exploring the queer male condition: essays that delve into the diverse manifestations of desire between and among men.

MY THOUGHTS:

When the publisher asked me to review this book, I thought this would fit in my out-of-my-normal-box reading. I had heard great things about reading M/M romance and it would not be what I expected. Well, this is not what I expected.

I just couldn’t get into this book. The stories are from the writers experiences and desires. They aren’t written as a M/M romance that you would normally expect. I couldn’t even finish this book because it was just not my cup of tea. I will keep trying this genre, because I feel like that this just the book that people are talking about when being excited over a M/M romance.

Some people might enjoy this book, so don’t take my rating as a bad thing. If it sounds like a read you still want to try, then by all means just read it. This was just my experience with the book.

MY RATING:

DNF