Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Nov 20, 2009, 8:40 pm
I received the links to this videos two days after I saw Funny People, which was an interesting coincidence. (It is a funny movie, though I liked the first half better than the second. It is the most ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Nov 18, 2009, 12:20 am
By Alexander Gordon Smith Released 27 Oct 2008 from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Review copy provided by publisher I have been reading the survey responses, and I'm working out how to incorporate t...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Nov 12, 2009, 9:40 pm
The survey is over here. It's a brief, nine-question survey that asks a little about you and a little about how you feel about the blog. By filling it out, you could win an ARC of HOLD STILL ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Nov 10, 2009, 12:01 am
I point you to James Patterson's YA website, where you can download the WITCH & WIZARD audiobook for free from iTunes. And yes, this is one of the ARCs sitting on my TBR pile. Also in my Decembe...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Nov 9, 2009, 1:55 am
Karen White is the author of THE LOST HOURS, who I interviewed a year ago. Her newest release is THE GIRL ON LEGARE STREET, the sequel to THE HOUSE ON TRADD STREET. (Expect my review soon-ish.) It tu...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Nov 8, 2009, 7:30 pm
Sorry for disappearing for a week. The good news is I'm now officially graduating a semester early! (Also, I now belong to a frat, which is odd, even if it is an academic honors society.) I can...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 30, 2009, 1:00 am
Local Authors with Jennifer Ziegler, Varian Johnson, Shana Burg, and April Lurie Perhaps the most interesting conversation in the Local Authors panel was that of appropriate content for young adult f...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 29, 2009, 12:00 am
By Amy Efaw Released by Penguin (Viking Juvenile) Review copy provided by publisher Varian Johnson's comments about his own book, THE LIFE OF A RHOMBUS, reminded me that I'd never reviewed AF...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 28, 2009, 1:00 am
Fantasy with Libba Bray, Justine Larbalestier, Lisa McMann, and Rick Yancey This was the shortest of the panels, since lunch ran long. It began with Lisa McMann turning a broken rose into a jacket de...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 27, 2009, 12:15 am
By April Lurie Released by Random House (Laurel-Leaf) BROTHERS, BOYFRIENDS, AND OTHER CRIMINAL MINDS is April Lurie's semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in a Brooklyn neighborhood populated...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 26, 2009, 1:00 am
Zombies vs. Vampires with Cynthia Leitich Smith, Daniel Waters, Carrie Jones, and Heather Brewer First, a technical note: I wanted to use what I'm learning in school, so none of this is flash phot...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 25, 2009, 9:58 pm
The two Cirque du Freak winners are taay and celi.a. If you see this before I e-mail you, please contact me with your address. I realize that I gave people less than a week to enter the contest for ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 24, 2009, 11:30 pm
Monday: Zombies vs. Vampires with Cynthia Leitich Smith, Daniel Waters, Carrie Jones, and Heather Brewer Wednesday: Fantasy with Libba Bray, Justine Larbalestier, Lisa McMann, and Rick Yancey Friday: ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 23, 2009, 12:20 pm
I would call this set one, but the way things will be going, who knows whether I'll get to the others? Secret Society by Tom Dolby Review copy provided by HarperCollins You may wonder why I choo...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 20, 2009, 9:00 pm
Coming Nov 3 from Ace Edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Last October, I read the anthology DREAMING AGAIN, edited by Jack Dann. This anthology rightly won the Ditmar Award, as well as the new Ch...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 19, 2009, 8:30 pm
Among other things, I have two essays due this week, so I wouldn't expect my current posting track record to improve. To make up for it, I have a treat: C. Leigh Purtill discussing her short story...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 15, 2009, 11:15 pm
First, the winner of a signed hardcover of FIRE is Katie. Here is the contest I promised at the beginning of Nancy Holder's Halloween guest blog. The prizes: All three books in the Wicked serie...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 15, 2009, 12:00 am
Sorry I haven't been posting much; university just keeps getting more demanding. However, I've scheduled a great line-up of creepy author visits and contests for ya'll this month. The Cirq...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 10, 2009, 11:55 pm
By Becca Fitzpatrick Available October 13 from Simon & Schuster ARC received from publisher First, this is technically an incomplete review. I've only read the ARC; the hardcover features a diff...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 7, 2009, 7:00 pm
The Vampire's Assistant hits theatres on October 23rd, and I can't wait. (There was a sneak peek for children in my area, which made me madly jealous.) The book series, by Darren Shan, started...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 5, 2009, 6:00 pm
Content of In Bed With Books includes: Reviews: I review a variety of genres, including YA (male- or female-oriented), fantasy (traditional/high, urban/low), SF (hard and soft), horror, literary fict...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Oct 1, 2009, 12:00 pm
Banned Books Week, Sept. 26 - Oct. 3, 2009 Banned Books Week is almost over, but I like that the tradition continues. Yes, parents should be able to police what their kids read. No, they should not...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 30, 2009, 11:55 am
Want to know if you missed anything exciting this month? (Probably not, but humor me.) I nominate September as the Month of Fire, considering I reviewed two books with fire in the title and another ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 29, 2009, 12:00 am
By Cherry Cheva Released Sept 29 from HarperTeen Read her guest blog! I bought SHE'S SO MONEY, Cherry Cheva's YA debut, with my own money. (Full disclosure: it was actually a gift card from ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 26, 2009, 12:00 am
By Maggie Stiefvater Coming Oct 1st from Flux A little less than a year ago, I received an e-mail promising me homicidal faeries. I, being the sort too dumb to know when a deal is too good to be true...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 24, 2009, 9:00 am
Psst! I interviewed Libba Bray. She's hilarious and put up with the million questions I sent her. I've finished all of the books from my first RR post, in addition to UNDERSTANDING COMICS b...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 23, 2009, 9:00 am
Before you read the review, please tell me how you feel about the new layout! Both by Kristin Cashore. As a child, Lady Katsa killed her cousin when he reached out to her, because something in he...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 22, 2009, 8:00 am
Kristin Cashore's first novel GRACELING received various accolades and is now available in paperback. But it's companion, FIRE, won't be available until October 5th. However, you can get t...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 21, 2009, 8:45 pm
NEVER CRY WEREWOLF by Heather Davis Summer's finally closing, but there are a few summery books still coming out, like this recent offering from debut author Heather Davis. Shelby's at camp,...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 16, 2009, 10:45 am
Ya'll probably already knew I wanted to read BALLAD, based on my review of LAMENT and my intro to her guest blog. But it's almost here (October 1), and it bears repeating, especially since coo...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 14, 2009, 1:10 am
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd Edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci Stories by John Green, M.T. Anderson, Kelly Link, Cassandra Clare, Greg and Cynthia Leitich Smith, Kelly Link, Libba...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 11, 2009, 11:30 pm
I am cancelling the Prophecy contest due to a lack of entries. Don't forget the giant Maximum Ride prize packs, which are still up for grabs! I hate physics. Maybe if I were doing real physics ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 5, 2009, 2:50 pm
I took this meme from Maggie Stiefvater's awesome el jay. She released SHIVER last month, and in October we'll be graced with BALLAD, the sequel/companion novel to LAMENT. CREATE YOUR DEBUT Y...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 3, 2009, 12:00 pm
The Story Siren's '09 Debut Authors Challenge is well underway, and my goal is 30 books by debut YA or MG authors. I've read quite a few more since my original post. So far I have read: ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 2, 2009, 12:00 am
I've been sitting on this cover since June, but it's time to discuss a HOTTIE cover once more. (Yes, that has has been done here three times. But the trailer is still a saving grace.) Now, I ...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Sep 1, 2009, 6:30 pm
By Suzanne Collins Official site This should post on September 1, CATCHING FIRE's release date. But I read it and wrote this before then, thanks to Lenore. She let me read her (signed!) ARC as lo...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 31, 2009, 10:20 am
So I'm way behind on the "Books Read in 2009" list and don't know if I could remember everything I read since I last updated. So I'm going to try something new and tell you about what I&#...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 30, 2009, 10:20 pm
SURF MULES by G. Neri Summer's almost over, but the Books of Summer list is yet to be completed! Here's another hardcover for the list - one that's far better than it ought to be. I pic...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 24, 2009, 8:30 pm
ENTER TO WIN A SET OF JAMES PATTERSON PAGETURNERS! MAXIMUM RIDE – IF SHE LIVES, THE WORLD LIVES, IT’S THAT SIMPLE. Read “MAX” - the newest book in the bestselling Maximum Ride series. On sale...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 23, 2009, 3:48 pm
Hey guys, I don't have internet at my apartment yet. Sorry, but I'm going to have to leave ya'll with even fewer posts for awhile. But don't worry, my roomie and I fully intend to in...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 21, 2009, 2:10 pm
I totally forgot I was participating in the PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS launch. Bad word ninja! (What can I say? England is distracting. And I miss it.) But I'm hosting a really cool "Gorgeous Go...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 19, 2009, 4:45 pm
My mom has read Harlequins for years - mostly the Intrigues - but it took the ladies over at TGTBTU to get me to really give Harlequins a chance. Now, during the publisher's 60th anniversary, Harl...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 17, 2009, 11:15 pm
I know I haven't been around, but I'm working on a million reviews, so expect real content soon. Sorry that the blog has been so lame . . . but real world fun comes first. And speaking of fu...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 11, 2009, 12:33 pm
Aren't Emmy and Finn adorable curled up together? Why yes, those do look like Lenore's cats . . .
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Aug 10, 2009, 5:50 pm
I really have no excuse for not posting in so long. I was busy with other things some of those days, as you'll learn soon . . . but for now enjoy the pic spam. I believe this is Jesus College, bu...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Jul 31, 2009, 11:00 am
Both of these are taken from Robbie, over at Boy With Books. What author do you own the most books by? No clue, but probably K.A. Applegate as I still have a nearly complete set of Animorphs and Eve...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Jul 30, 2009, 5:35 pm
Thursday just kept passing me by, but I know ya'll where waiting with baited breath to see what I've been reading. Week Twenty-Seven The King of Attolia (The Thief, Book Three) by Megan Whal...
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Liviania S. posted an article on In Bed With Books - Jul 30, 2009, 12:30 pm
This is apparently my 300th post. Pretty exciting, no? By the way, I finally added an end date to the SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE contest. August 17th, my sister's birthday. By Zoey Dean My confessio...
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