Friday, August 1, 2014

Book Blogger Hop: August 1st - 7th

Book Blogger Hop

Welcome to the new Book Blogger Hop!

If you want schedule next week's post, click here to find the next prompt question. To submit a question, fill out this form.

What to do:

1. Post on your blog answering this question:

  This week's question is submitted by Elizabeth!

How many bookcases do you have, and how do you organize the shelves?

2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name and the direct link to your post answering this week’s question. Failure to do so will result in removal of your link).


3. Visit other blogs in the list and comment on their posts. Try to spend some time on the blogs reading other posts and possible become a new follower.  The purpose of the hop is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
  

My Answer: 

 2 Tall Bookcases

Four Shelves Under Computer Desk

Hallway Closet (1 bookshelves, two carts, 2 wall shelves)

1 Cabinet Bookshelf in Bedroom

6 Wall Shelves in Bedroom Closet

1 Small Bookcase in Bedroom

Books Piled Up in an Old Entertainment Center


My books my not be look organized by the naked eye, but I know where each and every book is located.




Linky List:

Blu-ray Review - Need For Speed

Need For Speed
Director: Scott Waugh
Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures & Touchstone Home Entertainment
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Retail: $44.99
Running Time: 131 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Buy Link: Walmart

Review:

Arriving  on Blu-ray on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, is the supercharged action-flick Need For Speed, directed by Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) and starring Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad). Special features include Capturing Speed: Making An Authentic Car Movie, Ties That Bind, The Circus Is In Town, Audio Commentary Monarch & Maverick Outtakes, The Sound of Need For Speed, Deleted Scenes and Need For Speed Rivals Trailer.

Based on the popular video game series, the film centers on the former racer, Tobey Marshall (played by Aaron Paul), who is now a mechanic in New York. Out of nowhere, he is offered a chance to earn 25% of a $2 million from Dino Brewster (played Dominic Cooper) in exchange for finishing the rare Ford Shelby Mustang, a car that was designed by the late Carroll Shelby. Tobey and his pals, Maverick, Joe, Little Pete and Finn finish building the car just in time for Dominic to sell it to an exotic car dealer, Julia Maddon (played by Imogen Poots), for $2.7 million. Dominic doesn't want to pay the 25% share and challenges Tobey and Little Pete to a race, resulting in Tobey being sent to prison for involuntary manslaughter.

Tobey is released on parole two years later and he has one thing on his mind - revenge! He talks Julia Maddon in letting him drive the Ford Shelby Mustang in the De Leon, a underground racing event organized by local DJ Monarch (played by Michael Keaton), but there are a few catches - the race is invite only, Julia must ride with him and the race will take place in California, leaving them only two days to drive from New York to the west coast. With Maverick in the air watching the traffic and Joe and Finn in a truck behind him, Tobey races across the country with police and bounty hunters in pursuit.

Review - Kalona's Fall: A House of Night Novella

Kalona's Fall
A House of Night Novella
by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date: July 29, 2014
ISBN: 978-1250046116
Pages: 150
Buy Link: Hardback

Review:

Since 2007, the mother daughter writing duo, P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast, have tantalized readers with their vampire-themed A House of Night series. Before the series officially ends with Redeemed this fall, fans of the series can grab their hands on this week's release of the prequel novella, Kalona's Fall.

He was laughing with her as he spread his wings and lifted her from the ground, twirling her.Nyx gasped and clutched his neck. Kalona tightened his arms around her.

“Trust me, Goddess. I would never let you fall.”

The novella is an origin story of the two winged brothers, Erebus (son of the golden sun) and Kalona (son of the moon), who were created by Mother Earth to be the companions to the Goddess Nyx. The brothers are completely different from each other and Nyx loves them both dearly. She is sexually attracted to Kalona, but she is attracted to Erebus's mind and talents. Only one of these winged brothers will be worthy of being her true companion, so the brothers are tested with three tasks, which the outcome will determined their fates.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Bloggers & Sponsors Wanted for Halloween Event!


http://www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com/p/halloween-blog-bash.html
Feel free to Right Click and Save As to Share the Button on your Blog!

October is only two months away and I'm searching for bloggers and sponsors to participate in the Halloween Blog Bash, a month-long event celebrating the love of the Halloween.

Bloggers: Unlike my previous Halloween events, this year we will share the schedule and host each post on our own blogs. The posts can feature a giveaway, a review (book, movie or product), an interview with a horror author or anything with a Halloween theme.

Bloggers can signup up here!

Sponsors: The Halloween Blog Bash will not be successful without sponsors. I'm looking for publishers, studios and companies to sponsor reviews (books, movies and products) and giveaways for the event.

Sponsors can sign up here!





Review - Cattle King for a Day

Cattle King for a Day
Director: Jim Meskimen
Voice Cast: Michael Yurchak, Corey Burton, R.F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, PhilProcter and
Studio: Galaxy Press
Release Date: September 21, 2010
ISBN: 978-1592123650
Running Time: 2 hours 4 minutes
Buy Link: Audiobook, Paperback

Review:

Step back in time with the Stories from the Golden Age series, featuring classic tales of adventure, mystery and thrill rides from the 1930s and 1940s, all written by the late author L. Ron Hubbard. Galaxy Press is releasing all over Hubbard's short stories (over 150 tales) to paperback and audiobooks.

Originally published in the March 1937 issue of All Western Magazine is the exciting western Cattle King for a Day. This tale centers on the cowboy Chinook Shannon, who heads out for Arizona after learning of his grandfather's sudden death. He plans on running his grandfather's cattle ranch Slash S, which he inherited upon his grandfather's death, but he is in for a huge surprise when he learns that the ranch has less than 24 hours before it is foreclosed. To make matters worse, all the cattle on the land have died. To get the answers of who or whom has put his grandfather's ranch in jeopardy, Chinook heads into town, but there are three road agents blocking his path. With time running out, Chinook is in a race against time to find his grandfather's murderer and save the Slash S cattle ranch.

For an added bonus, there is one additional western tale, titled Come And Get It, which first appeared in the October 1938 issue of All Western Magazine. The story centers on Bill Norton stepping off of the train at Wolf Junction, Wyoming and is excited to take over the Bar N, which was left to him by his late father, whom was supposedly killed by a wild horse, but Bill is shocked to learn that the bank left Red Mike Doherty as the trustee of the ranch. With nowhere else to go, Bill settles as second cook at the ranch, biding his time until he can find out who is really responsible for his father's death.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Blu-ray Review - Dom Hemingway



Dom Hemingway
Director: Richard Shepard
Starring: Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke
Studio: 20th Century Fox Entertainment
Release Date: July 22nd, 2014
Retail: $27.99
ASIN: B00KCFC9JI
Running Time: 93 minutes
Rating: R
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Available now on Blu-ray from Fox Searchlight Pictures is the dark comedy and crime drama, Dom Hemingway, directed by Richard Shepard and starring Jude Law in the title role. Special Features include: Who Is Dom Hemingway, The Story, The Look of Dom Hemingway, A Conversation with the Cast Director, Ping-Pong Loop and Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Richard Shepard.

Jude Law stars a Dom Hemingway, a safecracker with a short fuse, who has spent the last twelve-years in prison. While during his time away, his wife remarried and later died of cancer, and his daughter Evelyn (played by Emilia Clarke) grew up without a father. On the day of release, Dom has one thing on his mind - receiving what it is coming to him for not ratting out his boss, Ivan Fontaine (played by Demián Bichir).

With his one-handed best-friend, Dickie (played by Richard E. Grant), by his side, Dom heads to the French countryside to retrieve the £750,000 from Ivan, but Dom's lager-than-life ego gets the better of him, leaving him buried, bleeding and broke. The only choice he has is to crash at his estranged daughter's apartment, where he is shocked to learn that he is grandfather. Once he is able to stand on his own two feet, he is asked to leave, as Evelyn wants nothing to do with. Now desperate for cash and the love of his daughter, Dom will do anything to get a second chance.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Review - Batman: Catwoman's Nine Lives



Batman: Catwoman's Nine Lives
By: Matthew K. Manning
Illustrated By: Luciano Vecchio
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date: August 1, 2014
ISBN: 9781434291363
Pages: 88

Review:

Its hard to believe it has been nearly 75 years since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics. The Cape Crusader has been entertaining fans for generations with films, live-action series and animated series. With children fascinated with comic book heroes, Stone Arch Books has released a line of chapter books involving DC superheroes.

The newest chapter book release is titled Batman: Catwoman's Nine Lives which features 12 unique comic book style pages in this intriguing adventure.

It all starts with Catwoman stealing a cat statue, only to run into the Penguin, who makes an offer she can't refuse - to steal the Ventriloquist's dummy, Scarface in exchange for cash. It seems like a great offer that is until Catwoman runs into Batman.