Winners Announced

It's always fun to hold drawings and give away books. Today I get to give away three books, all written by Colleen Gleason.

The winner of The Rest Falls Away is

Joy

The winners of When Twilight Burns are

Zeek

and

Literary Feline

Congratulations to the lucky winners. You are going to love reading these books. The story just keeps getting better and better! Please email me your shipping addresses so those books can get on their way to your homes.

When Twilight Burns - Drawing for a Free Copy

I am currently immersed in Colleen Gleason's 4th book in the Gardella Vampire Chronicles. It is such a good place to be. The first couple chapters have refreshed my memories of what has happened to Victoria, Max and Sebastian. It's good to be back with old friends, but my concern for them is at a fever pitch.

Colleen writes a tight story full of suspense, mystery and romance all rolled in together. And no, you don't get all those items at the expense of plot. I love these books!

I want to pass on the fun of reading this series. To WIN a copy of WHEN TWILIGHT BURNS leave a comment to this post indicating this is the book you want to win.

That's not all . . . I will draw 2 other names to win their choice of one of the four books in the series. So you have two chances to win WHEN TWILIGHT BURNS or one chance to win THE REST FALLS AWAY, BLEEDING DUSK, or RISES THE NIGHT.

To win, just leave a comment letting me know which book you would like to win. Three books will be given away so your chances are good.

Odd Hours

by Dean Koontz

I'm finally getting around to writing a review for this book that I finished in June. It took me a month. A whole month! to read a Koontz novel. That's unheard of for me. I thought reading a Koontz would definitely shake me out of my reading lull, but it didn't. I'm still being a slug.

I thoroughly enjoyed Odd Hours, which is book four in the Odd Thomas series. Odd has taken up temporary residence in a small ocean side town where he feels there is something he needs to do. He meets some interesting people and prevents a catastrophic event.

Unfinished Challenges

Wow, there's three. I started out with good intentions on these challenges, but then I hit a major reading lull. This hasn't happened to me in years. The deadline has come and gone, so here's my final wrap-up on my unfinished challenges.

Series Challenge: I read 11 out of the 12.

Dec 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008

1. We Shall Not Sleep

2. The Bleeding Dusk

3. Messenger of Truth

4. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog

5. River Secrets

6. Goodnight, Irene

7. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels

8. The Light Fantastic

9. The Hippopotamus Pool

10. The Silver Chair

11. The Last Battle

12. The Sign of the Book

My favorite was We Shall Not Sleep by Anne Perry. It was the final book of 5 in her WWI series. Loved the final books in the Narnia series. Immensely enjoyed The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason, Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear and Goodnight Irene by Jan Burke. Always a pleasure to read Elizabeth Peters and Terry Pratchett. All in all, a very rewarding list. Can't believe I haven't read Thursday Next: First Among Sequels yet. All was not in vane, however. The books I read were great.

Numb3rs Challenge: YIKES! I only read 2 of the 5.

1. Book of a Thousand Days

2. A Thousand Days in Tuscany

3. Sixpence House

4. Thursday Next: A First Among Sequels

5. Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing

My favorite of these two was Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale, but I thoroughly enjoyed Sixpence House, too.

Once Upon a Time II: Another poor showing - only 2 out of 5.

1. River Secrets

2. Wintersmith

3. Light Fantastic

4. Yarrow

5. Singer of All Songs

My favorite was Light Fantastic. I enjoy Pratchett's writing, sense of humor and great stories.

Contest Winner

The winner of my book give-a-way is

FRAMED

Congratulations! You have won Did I Expect Angels? by Kathryn Maughan. I think you will like the story and the way it is told. I'll get it out to you in the next day or two. Thanks to all those who participated.