Challenge 2012: Speculative Romance

As part my come back into book blogging I thought I'd jump into a challenge or two.  The details of BookChickCity's Speculative Romance Cghallenge 2012:


Challenge Details
Timeline: 01 Jan 2012 – 31 Dec 2012
Rules:  There are 4 levels to choose from -

• One Sexy Demon: Read 6 Speculative Romance novels in 2012
• Two Sexy Werewolves:  Read 12 Speculative Romance novels in 2012
• Three Sexy Vampires:  Read 18 Speculative Romance novels in 2012
• Four Sexy Archangels:  Read 24 Speculative Romance novels in 2012

Genres permitted:  Paranormal, Dark Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Sci-Fi and Apocalyptic romances.

I am going to shoot for Two Sexy Werewolves, that's 12 books! :-) I'll post my progress on the challenge page.

Feature & Follow Friday

Welcome to my resurrected book blog!  

It's really strange coming back, feels like I'm a newbie again but not! Looking forward to catching up with old friends and making lots of new ones.  Please excuse the jumbled look of my blog just now, I'm giving it a serious makeover :-)


What is Feature & follow?


Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.


The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

The featured blogs:

This weeks question

Q: Do you read one book at a time or do you switch back and forth between two or more?

A: I ususally only read one book at once as it seems to suit me better

Lets get following!

What are the rules of Feature & Follow?

To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
5. If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn't have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
6. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
7. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
8. If you're new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

Thoughts on re-entering the book blog world

I have really taken my eye off what is happening in the world of book blogging (but not blogging as a whole but that's another story!) so now that I'm back I need to get up to speed!  What have I missed?

Which are the must reads blogs now?
What should I take part in?
Are people still using Blogger or have lots of people gone over to Wordpress?
What's happening about GFC that I keep seeing?
Does everyone have Twitter now?
What about a Facebook page?
What else do I need to know?

I have so many questions and things I want to know! I feel like I'm returning to a friendly world which I have missed but that life made me take a break from.

I'm Back! My book blog rises again like a Phoenix!!!

Eternally Books
Welcome to my book blog!!

I love to read and I love to write so I love to book blog :-)  I have not had much time to do either in the last few months as life has got in the way. I was forced to suspend my book blog but now I am all sorted and want to revive my book blog which I loved doing so much! 


Some of you reading might even remember my book blog known as Magic Faerie's Paranormal Review. I have decided to revive my old blog rather than start a new one but I am giving it a complete overhaul including a new name.


Over the coming days (weeks?) I will be updating the look and content of my blog. I look forward to sharing it with you. Among other things I will be:

• Changing the name to refresh the blog (done)
• Updating the look of the blog
• Checking out what is going on in the book blogging community
• Clearing out old or irrelevant content, side bars etc
• Writing some fantastic reviews
• And more.....

I'm really looking forward to this!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

In My Mailbox #15

In My Mailbox is a bookish meme hosted by Kirsti @ The Story Siren and was inspired by Alia @ Pop Culture Junkie.


I am very happy to have received Toil and Trouble from  H.P. Mallory for review this week.  I really enjoyed Fire Burn & Cauldron Bubble (click the title to see my review) so am looking forward to the second Jolie Wilkins book!

Title: Toil and Trouble
Author: H.P. Mallory


The Underworld in civil war. 
The cause? A witch who can reanimate the dead. 
A sexy as sin vampire determined to claim her. 
An infuriatingly handsome warlock torn between duty and love. 
Who says blonds have more fun? 

After defending herself against fairy magic, Jolie Wilkins wakes to find her world turned upside down—the creatures of the Underworld on the precipice of war. 

The Underworld is polarized in a battle of witch against witch, creature against creature, led by the villainous Bella, who would be Queen. 

While Jolie has one goal in mind, to stake the vampire, Ryder, who nearly killed her, she also must choose between the affections of her warlock employer, Rand, and the mysteriously sexy vampire, Sinjin. 

And as if that weren’t enough to ruin a girl’s day, everything Jolie knows will be turned inside out when she’s thrust into the shock of a lifetime. 

Toil and Trouble is the second book in the Jolie Wilkins series, the follow up to Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble.

Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2011

Another challenge I'm going to attempt in 2011!!

The Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2011 is hosted by Book Chick City.

Sign Up Details

• To sign up you MUST make a post on your blog about participating in the challenge - you then use the URL of the post to sign up to the challenge by adding it to Mr Linky below. DO NOT just add your blog URL - this will be deleted.

• You must add the button to your sidebar - make sure that it links back to this post so others can join the challenge if they wish. Easiest way to do this is to copy and paste the code displayed below!

Challenge Details

• Timeline: 01 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011

• Rules: To read TWENTY FOUR (24) horror & urban fantasy novels in 2011 (24 is the minimum but you can read more if you wish!)

• You don't have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront you can change them, nothing is set in stone! The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go.

• You can join anytime between now and the later part of next year.

• At the beginning of Jan 2011, you will find a link to add your reviews.

• You don't have to have a blog to join in - for those without a blog just FILL IN THIS FORM and I will add you to the list - just join the discussion in the comments section to let us know when you've read a book and what you thought of it! :)