Karen's Choice - Books

Feature and Follow is a weekly meme hosted by  Alison Can Read  and  Parajunkee Q: What is the BIGGEST word you've seen used in a book lately - that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too. A: To be honest, none. I haven't seen a word that I had to look up. Of course I have seen words I don't know, but I have understood them, since I understood the rest of the sentence. 

I got to interview wonderful Bev Allen, she is the author of 'Jabin and the Space Pirates' You can find my review  Here 1. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I am married with two grown up children. I'm a mad keen quilter and I divide my time between writing and sewing. I even keep my computer and my sweing machine in the same room, so I can turn from one to the other as the inspiration takes me. When I work (writing and sewing don't count), it's as a volunteer administator for a small charity called The Victorian Military Society. They publish orginal research articles on the period 1837 to 1914. Ad you've probably guessed, I have a deep interest in military history. 2. What was your inspiration for this book? I wanted to write a story about those people who fall through the cracks in society and how, with the right sort of help, they don't have to be left behind. I also wanted to show the softer side of soldiering, the police actions a

Title: Lucy In The Sky Author: John Vorhaus Pages: 328 Published:   April 23rd 2012 The review is posted on Goodreads:  Review: Lucy in the Sky Summary:  Lucy in the Sky is a great coming of age book, and it gives some insight as to what life was like in the 1960s. Everything is mainly ''mom and pop smalltown USA'' kind of nonsense, but in the flip side of the coin, there is the hippie movement that is chalk full of all the stuff your mother warned you about. (Summary from Goodreads) Review:  Lucy in the sky have a slow beginning. It was parts I didn't understand and some parts that were just confusing. So I have to admit I used some time on it. The whole first half was slow to me, but after that, things started to happen. Some action, that made my stomach freeze and funny twists. I really enjoyed the last part and I finished it within two days. John Vorhaus's writing style was special, sometimes the book had this magical tone, that hypnotized me,

Sweet Delaney at  The Random Ranterer  nominated me for this award. Thank you! Delaney has a wonderful blog, and she is very funny. I love her posts and I'm seriously stalking her. I recommend you to check out her blog!  Rules:   1. Write a little something about the Beautiful Blogger who nominated you with the award. See above. Don't forget to visit his/her blog.  2. Share 7 things about yourself.  7 things about me.   I love rain, and nights when I lay in my bed just listening to the pouring rain. I love it when it's lightning, thundering and raining at the same time.  Music are my other half, I listen to music all the time, now I'm listening to Ignorance by Paramore. But I don't have any favorite music genre.  I always wear nail polish, right now it's red.  Owls are my biggest obsession. I have owls jewelry, earrings and clock. I forgive people way to easy.  At school I learn psychology  I love cute stuff; like Hello Kitty, frogs,

Feature and Follow is a weekly meme hosted by  Alison Can Read  and  Parajunkee Q: What hyped up book do you think was not worth all the talk? A:  The book   The Angel's Game  by Carlos Ruzi Zafon. A lot of people were saying it was amazing, and I did start on that book, but I never finished it. The book was so hard to read, I really don't think it was worth all the hype.

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at  breaking the spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Title: Nobody Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Release Date: January 22, 2013 This book sounds amazing! Summary:  There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away. That's why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they're young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute's monitoring. But now they've ID'ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can't make the hit. It's as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they a

Title: Jabin and the Space Pirates Author: Bev Allen Pages: 294 Published: June 1st- 2012 Summary:  In the space colony of New Wales, the pirate attacks are both relentless and merciless. Having lost both his parents, Jabin had been adopted by his austere and spiteful uncle and aunt who lice in the space colony of New Wales which is riven with religious and political rivalry, and prey to the vicious maraudings of pirates whose cruelty and greed are beyond all imagination. When Jabin volunteers to surrender himself to a pirate raiding party to save a friend, he does so believing that nothing can be worse than his current suffering. However, he is soon to discover that things can always get worse when the stakes are high, the rewards are vast and slave labour is there for the taking. When the King of New Wales is assassinated, the colony threatens to collapse into total anarchy, leaving the pirates free reign to mutilate, kill and profit as they will, but the forces of

Feature and Follow is a weekly meme hosted by  Alison Can Read  and  Parajunkee Q: What book(s) are you reading right now? What do you think of it?  A: I'm reading Jabin And The Space Pirates by Bev Allen. It's really great and I enjoy it very much. Even though I kinda feel that the ending is soon. But I'm only 66% finished, so why do I keep feeling that the book is soon over? I really hope for some more action!

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at  breaking the spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Title: Pretty Little Liars #12: burned Author: Sara Shepard Release Date: 12/04-2012 I'm really looking forward to this book! Summary:  It's spring break, and the pretty little liars are trading in Rosewood for a cruise vacation. They want nothing more than to sail into the tropical sunset and leave their troubles behind for one blissful week. But where Emily, Aria, Spencer and Hanna go, A goes, too. From scuba diving to tanning on the upper deck, A is there, soaking up all their new secrets. Emily is smooching a stowaway, Aria's treasure-hunting partner is a little too interested in her booty. Spencer's going overboard trying to land a new boy. And a blast - or rather, a crash - from Hanna's past could mean tough waters ahead for everyone. The liars better tighten their life jackets. A perfect storm is b