Previously on… Larissa’s Life! [#6] 350+ Followers Giveaway Winner, Bloggy Award & More…

 

Hey Guys! How you all doing? I hope you’ve had a wonderful week =)

I’ve been going crazy trying to keep up with the blog and reading schedule plus packing and now Im only a week and a half away from the big move…

I hate packing, but gotta do it, right? right? LOL

Been trying to spend time with friends, went dancing this weekend and I realized why I haven’t been into dating in a while, MEN SUCK! and NOT in a good way either my darlings… never mind hehe

This week wasn’t my best in terms of reading, but I think i did well reading 5 books, bringing my total in 2010 to 61 so far =)

Book Read This Week:

• Dark Succession by Teresa D’Amario (ARC)
• Nightworld #1 – Secret Vampire by LJ Smith
• Nightworld #2 – Daughters of Darkness by LJ Smith
• Nightworld #3 – Enchantress by LJ Smith
• A Vampire’s Kiss – Vol1 No1 by Laura Stamps (ARC)
• and Falling, Fly by Skyler White (Review Request)
• The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter

Gotta say that it took me a while to dig into Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series, but Im glad I did =) review of Book 1, coming soon!

This week I reviewed 6 books, had 3 special posts as a part of the Author Appreciation Week and Interviewed Author Vivian Arend:

• Accidentally Demonic by Dakota Cassidy (4/5 Loveys)
• Dark Succession by Teresa D’Amario (ARC) (4/5 Loveys)
• Vol 2 , No 1 – A Vampire’s Kiss by Laura Stamps (3.5/5 Loveys)
• Wolf Signs & Wolf Flight by Vivian Arend (4.5 & 4/5 Loveys)
• Wolf Games by Vivian Arend (ARC) (4/5 Loveys)
• Interview w/ Author Vivian Arend
• Author Appreciation Week – Agatha Christie, the Queen of Mysteries 
• Author Appreciation Week – L.J. Smith 
• Author Appreciation Week – J.K. Rowling, The writing Wizard

*click on the titles to reach the reviews =)

This past weekend I had the event, Wolfie Weekend w/ Vivian Arend and for that reason there was no New Blogs on The Block post.

I received a few books for review and they were:

• Beauty Tempts the Beast by Leslie Dicken
• Shadow of the Vampire by Megan Hetfield (ARC – NetGalley)

Im sorry to say that I have not made a decision yet, but I will make one soon. I am still going crazy keeping up with my reading and posting schedule and organizing things here for the move. I’m really sorry for the delay =)

As soon as I settle in Brazil, I’ll get back to this feature, I promise! =)

I got a new bloggy award this week:

Thank you so much to Stella @ Ex Libris!

This award is to honor certain bloggers that are kindhearted individuals. They regularly take part in my blog and always leave the sweetest comments. If it wasn't for them, my site would just be an ordinary book review blog. Their blogs are also amazing and are tastefully done on a daily basis. I thank them and look forward to our growing friendship through the blog world.

Rule:

Nominate 5 bloggers you feel deserve the Humane Award =)

• Sarah @ Sarah’s Book Reviews
• Elizabeth @ Swords for Fighting
• bookaholic @ Bookaholics Oye!
• Melissa @ Books and Things
• Maire @ Monster of books

Last but definitely not least, I have the Winners of My 350+ Followers Giveaway to announce =)

1st Place: Precious

2nd Place: Stacy Stew

3rd Place: Justine

4th Place: Irene.olocco

5th Place: CallmeKayla

6th Place: bookaholic

7th Place: rem

Thank you all so much for the support and for making this giveaway a success! =)

CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!

You have 48hrs to contact me at larissa@larissaslife.com

or

I will pick another winner!

*I will not be emailing the winners anymore, so please contact me asap! Thank you! =)

That’s it for me today my lovelies.

Don’t Forget to enter

My Wolfie weekend Giveaway!

oh, and Please don’t forget to Vote on my poll, on top of the right sidebar!

I need your opinion!!!

Thanks so much for tuning in and I’ll see you soon!

xoxo,

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Previously on… Larissa’s Life & MORE! [#5] – News, Giveaway Winners & Bloggy Awards!

 

 

Hey everyone! How you guys doing? I hope you’ve had a wonderful week =)

New week just starting and it’s getting closer to my big move. I’ll be going to Brazil on April 1st and no, it’s not a joke =P

I am really looking forward to going, my best friends are really happy to have me back closer to them and since I haven’t seen my “husband”, Moischa in almost three years, it will be be an amazing reunion =)

Well, enough about m… oh, it’s Welcome to Larissa’s Life, so i guess it’s never really enough about me =)))

This week has been pretty weird for me… I went out with some friends and there is so much I will miss about Tel Aviv, but at the same time I spend so much time at home, reading and blogging/tweeting right now, that it doesn’t feel like it will make much of a difference where I am LOL

I really tried to get my reading on this past week and was able to read 6 books, bringing my total in 2010 to 55 so far =)

Book Read This Week:

• Abandon The Night by Joss Ware
• Roadkill by Rob Thurman
• Wolf Games by Vivian Arend (ARC)
• Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl
• Start Me Up by Victoria Dahl
• Lead Me On by Victoria Dahl

The books written by Victoria Dahl, were my first foray into contemporary romance and I have to say I enjoyed them much more than I thought I would. I mean, I still crave the supernatural/paranormal/preternatural elements UF and PNR bring, but I will definitely read some more books like hers =)

Right now I am reading the eARC for the second book in Teresa D’Amario’s True Mates series and I am really happy do get me some werewolf loving hehe

This week I reviewed 2 books and 2 full series:

• Her Vampire Husband by Michele Hauf ARC (4/5 Loveys)
• First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost (3.5/5 Loveys)
• The Adrien English Mysteries Series by Josh Lanyon (4.5/5 Loveys)
• The Awakening Heroes Series by Joss Ware (3/5 Loveys)

*click on the titles to reach the reviews =)

I also had Helen from Helen’s Book Blog on my New Blogs on The Block feature and had the immense pleasure of interviewing one of my favorite author’s EVER, Jeaniene Frost… and she is also giving away a signed copy of her new book, First drop of Crimson to one of my lucky readers =) You can get more info HERE!

I think that after having Jeaniene Frost at my blog, the biggest thing that has happened around here this week was the debut of my new design! Created by the amazing Rachel from Parajunkee’s View. She put to life all my crazy ideas and I just am IN LOVE with it =)

I bought so many books this week that i am not even going to announce them LOL =) I did receive a few for review and they were:

• Dark Sucession by Teresa D’Amario (ARC)
• Vampire Kisses by Laura Stamps (ARC)
• The Killing Edge by Heather Graham (ARC – NetGalley)
• When Good Wishes Go Bad by Mindy Klasky (ARC – NetGalley)

I have received some requests from bloggers to have a supporting role on Larissa’s Life and I want to say that I have not made a decision yet, but I will make one soon. I have been going crazy keeping up with my reading and posting schedule and organizing things here for the move. I am really sorry for the delay =)

This week Sherry from Flipping Pages for All Ages announced the winner of her Sherrilyn Kenyon giveaway, reviewed Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkele, had an Author Chat with C.J. Omololu, remade the cover for City of Angels by Cassandra Clare and Participated in the Author Appreciation week =)

I got some bloggy awards this past 2 weeks. a couple of them were repeats, so i will only mention the bloggers who were very sweet in giving them to me =) I will be passing along the one that I had not received before now…

I received the One Lovely Blog Award and the Beautiful Blogger award from:

• Amanda Makepeace from Daydreams and Wonderings
• Melanie from Melanie’s Random Thoughts, Book Reviews & More…

I got the Kreativ Blogger Award from:

• Amanda from Not-really-southern Vampire Chick
• Paranormal Haven

Rules:

List 7 things about yourself and pass this award to 7 blogs you find to be creative…

About me:

1. I Love the color orange… well, duh! LOL
2. I have duo citizenship, Brazilian and Israeli
3. I speak 3 languages. Some Hebrew besides Portuguese, English and Spanish.
4. I name all my gadgets after male fiction characters from TV, movies or books.
5. I am an only child.
6. My mom lives in Portugal.
7. My first and last car was a purple Ford KA and I called it the “Great Grape”

I will pass this award along to these 7 great blogs:

• Book Lovers Inc.
• Jojo’s Book Corner
• Paranormal Haven
• Not-really-southern Vampire Chick
• Melanie’s Random Thoughts, Book Reviews & More…
• Daydreams and Wonderings
• That’s what I’m talking about… by Twimom227

Last but definitely not least, I have some Giveaway Winners to announce =)

Terry Spear Giveaway!

The winner of one Signed Book from Terry’s Heart of The Wolf Series is:

Patti

from Book Addict

Rob Thurman Giveaway!

The 4 Winners are:

1. Signed copy of Deathwish: madmagz
2. Signed copy of Deathwish: Stephanie G.
3. Signed copy of A Trick of Light: donnas
4. Signed copy of A Trick of Light: Reena

Seanan McGuire Giveaway!

The winner of a Signed copy of A Local Habitation is:

Abigail

CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!

You have 48hrs to contact me @ larissa@larissaslife.com

or

I will pick another winner!

*I will not be emailing the winners anymore, so please contact me asap! Thank you! =)

That’s it for me today my dear readers.

Don’t Forget to enter

To Win a SGNED Copy of First Drop of Crimson,

Click HERE!

This Giveaway will run until March 18th!

It’s INTERNATONAL!

Thanks so much for tuning in and I’ll see you soon!

xoxo,

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Previously on Larissa’s Life… [#4]

 

Hey there, everyone! This week has been pretty intense for me. Didn’t do much reading unfortunately, but have been working on getting things ready for the big move =)

I got a new camera, flexible tripod and a new Laptop. As you know, I name all my gadgets, and I follow some simple rules for that. It has to be the name of a fictional male character of movies, TV or Books.

The new camera is named Shade (yep, from the Demonica series =]) and the new Laptop is named Sholto (from the Merry Gentry series) =]

This week I also added 2 extra winners and 1 extra prize to my 350+ Giveaway! I have reached over 500 Blog Followers and 1000 Twitter Followers. You guys are the best and thank you every single one of you for the love and support!

Posts of the week:

March 1st - ARC Review of The Wish List by Gabi Stevens.

March 2nd - Previously on Larissa's Life... & More! [#3] - Giveaway Winners, News & Blog Awards!

March 3rd - Review of Ashes of The Red Heifer by Shannon Baker

March 4th - Review of Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

March 5th - Author Interview & Giveaway w/ Seanan McGuire

March 6th - New Blogs on The Block! - A Hidden Haven

- 350+ Followers Giveaway! UPDATE #3!

March 7th - Review of Captured by Julia Rachel Barrett

I also debuted this week my bi-weekly column on Book Lover Inc. called: Bookish Rants or Raves. I spoke about the ludicrous way we eBook readers are treated by publishers. You can check out my article HERE.

I will be posting this column bi-weekly along with my regular weekly or so reviews on Book lovers Inc. =)

Books Read This week:

Embrace The Night Eternal by joss Ware

Her Vampire Husband by Michele Hauf

Books Bought This Week (including pre-orders):

Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian

Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn

Kitty Goes to War by Carrie Vaughn

Darkness Calls by Marjorie M. Liu

A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire

Labyrinth by Kat Richardson

Tracking The Tempest by Nicole peeler

Chimera by Rob Thurman

Books Received in the mail This Week:

Roadkill by Rob Thurman (bought)

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This week Sherry from Flipping Pages for All Ages announced the winner of a copy of Firespell by Chloe Neill and set off another give away. She’s giving away a hardcover copy of Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon HERE.  She also posted about a bad day and told us about the great books she got on her In My Mailbox post =)

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I also got some awards this week. However, I am not feeling very well right now, so i will be posting them and passing them on another day this week along with the winner of my Terry Spear giveaway. Im sorry! Thanks for understanding!

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Don’t Forget to Check out My Giveaways!

Enter to Win a SIGNED copy of “A Local Habitation”!

U.S. only! Ends March 11th!

Click on the HERE to enter!

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Win 1 out of 4 SIGNED Books by Rob Thurman!

Click on the image bellow to enter!

International! Ends March 11th!

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Enter to Win Great Books & Swag

@ My 350+ Followers Giveaway!

5 Winners! Click on the Image bellow to enter!

Thanks so much for tuning in and I’ll see you soon!

xoxo,

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Previously on Larissa's Life... & More! [#3] - Giveaway Winners, News, Bloggy Awards!

Hey there everyone! I a couple days late with my weekly round up post and I apologize. With the blog going haywire, me being a pain crisis and having to study for an exam, I just wasn't able to get this post up and stuck with a couple pre-scheduled reviews. I didn't even have a New Blogs on The Block post up. I am really sorry for that.





Well, good news is that the blog seems to be working ok now, not perfect, but functioning. Im still in a pain crisis and I had to drop out of school. Why? You might ask... My dad has just lost his job and we have come to the decision that we are moving back to Brazil. If you didn't know, I'm originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and now I'll be going back to it after living out of Rio for 10 years. I am terrified, but surprisingly excited about this new challenge.





Enough about me hehe Let's get to the week in Review!





Posts of The Week:

Feb. 23rd - Review of Road Trip of The Living Dead by Mark Henry

Feb. 24th - Review of Battle of The Network Zombie by Mark Henry

Feb. 25th - Review of The Heart of The Wolf Series by Terry Spear

Feb. 26th -Interview and Giveaway w/ Author Terry Spear

Feb. 27th - Review of The Cal Leandros Series by Rob Thurman

Feb. 28th - Interview and Giveaway w/ Author Rob Thurman

March 1st - 

ARC Review of The Wish List by Gabi Stevens

 





Books Read This Week:





The Wish List by Gabi Stevens (ARC)

Shift by Rachel Vincent

Captured by Julia Rachel Barrett

Beyond The Night by Joss Ware

Crux by Moira Rogers

Crossroads by Moira Rogers





Books Bought This Week:





Little Red and The Wolf by Alison Paige

Abandon The Night by Joss Ware





Books Received For Review This Week:





The Wish List by Gabi Stevens (ARC)

Her Vampire Husband by Michele Hauf (ARC)

My Soul To Keep by Rachel Vincent (ARC)

Into The Dark by Gene Showalter (ARC)

Demon Hunts by C.E. Murphy (ARC)

Hard Magic by Laura Anne Gilman (ARC)

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This week Sherry from Flipping Pages for All Ages reviewed "Going to far" by Jennifer Echols and updated her 2010 Debut Author reading list. She also announced the winner of her The Body Finder Giveaway!

I have not decided on the other supporting roles on Larissa's Life spots that are still available. If your interested, please check the info HERE! There are still 4 spots left!

Thank you!

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This week I also got some Bloggy awards from some bloggers!

I got this one from Anna @ Good Gone Girl!

Thank you soooo much!

I will be passing this one along to:

Chick Lit Plus

Strictly Reviews

Welcome to Midnight Glance

I got this one from Chick Lit Plus!

Thanks! I feel honored! =)))

I'll pass this one to:

Lilium's Realm

Twimom 227

Sagi's Randomness

I actually received I third award this week, but I can't seem to find the email that notified me which post that person commented on. I am sooooo sorry! If you have given me an award this week and I have not posted it here, please let me know. I'm so sorry for this and please know that I really appreciate the love!!!

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Last, but not least, I have a couple Giveaway winners to announce!

The winner of My Michele Bardsley Giveaway is:

bookaholic

You win a SIGNED copy of Come Hell or Hight Water!

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The Winner of My Lexi Ryan Giveaway is:

Jacabur1

You have won a SIGNED copy of a Stilettos Girls of your choice!

You both have 48hours to respond to the email I am going to send you now!

Thank you all for participating!

and

Don't Forget to enter my other Giveaways:

Enter to Win a SIGNED "Heart of The Wolf" Book!

Click HERE to enter!

Win 1 out of 4 SIGNED Books by Rob Thurman!

Click HERE!

International!

Ends March 11th!

and

Enter to Win Great Books & Swag @ My 350+ Followers Giveaway!

5 Winners!

Click on the Image bellow to enter!

Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you soon!

xoxo,

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