Morbid Romantic

Book Review & Personal Blog

I won Kirk Curnutt’s Breathing Out the Ghost at Diary of an Eccentric!

This book is going to be a real tear jerker, I can already tell by the description. It is one that promises to be a real emotional run through for me. I’m pretty good at holding back my tears around people and putting on a cold, controlled face, but in truth I am a big wreck. I am too sensitive for my own good. The reviews at Amazon.com speak very highly of the book. All in all, there seems to be a general consensus that this is a very painful, deep, and poignant story. Thought provoking, to say the least. From what I’ve read in reviews around the internet, I’m actually really eager to get this in my hands and open it up. You’ll definitely get a LONG review from this one if it’s as good a I think it is going to be.

Win Mallory Kane’s Juror No. 7 at Ticket to Anywhere.

A romance book? Yes! Let a girl be a girl. I’m not quite ready to give up on the romance genre yet, not until I’ve read a few books enough to tell if it’s for me or not. I won’t let one or two bad books spoil the bunch. This one is going to be fun for that reason alone! Self discovery, baby. And it will be a great addition for a challenge that I am currently doing for 2009. Like always, expect a review.

I won the book Queen of Oblivion by Giles Carwyn & Todd Fahnestock at At Home With Books.

This is volume three in the The Heartstone Trilogy, so I am off to collect the other two and read them before delving into number three. I just put them on my Amazon wishlist, in fact! I have a soft spot for fantasy because it was the genre my mother read to me to put me to sleep as a child. Needless to say, I look forward to being able to start a new series. In a way, I love books in a series more than stand alone novels because I feel closer to the characters and to the world they live in.

Here are the latest book giveaways I have come across in my travels through the world wide web. Whenever I see a book up for giveaway that I think sounds like a good read, I will post a link to the giveaway so that all of you, my readers, can go to the website and snag a chance to win for yourself. Below you will find cover images (clickable to their Amazon.com page), the name of the author, the name of the book, the link to the giveaway, and the date the contest ends. If you need any help or have any questions, feel free to comment.

If you are hosting a book giveaway and would like me to list it here, leave me a comment with the contest URL or send me an email at morbidromantic@gmail.com.

Win Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand at Bitten by Books
Contest ends January 17th

Win James Patterson’s Cross Country at A Bookworm’s World
Contest ends February 2nd

Win Judy Blundell’s What I Saw and How I Lied at Melissa Walker

Win Josh Bazell’s Beat the Reaper at:
She is To Fond of Books – Contest ends January 23rd
Shhh I’m Reading – Contest ends January 26rd

Win a copy of C.L. Wilson’s King of Sword and Sky at Yankee Romance Reviews

Win Kirk Curnutt’s Breathing Out the Ghost at Savvy Verse & Wit
Contest end January 17th

Win Vivi Anna Inferno, Alluring Tales I or Winter Kissed at Amberkatze’s Book Blog
Contest end January 18th

Win Rachel Kauder Nalebuff’s My Little Red Book or Judith Sills’s Getting Naked Again at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time
Contest ends February 10th

Win Marsha Altman’s The Darcys and the Bingleys at J. Kaye’s Book Blog
Contest ends January 31th

Win Dayana Knight’s Curse of the Marhime at Books Books and More Books
Contest ends January 16th

Win Holly Shumas’ Love and Other Natural Disasters & Five Things I Can’t Live Without at:
At Home With Books – Contest ends January 29th
Bermudaonion – Contest ends January 21st

Win Linda Rader Overman’s Letters Between Us at Fresh Ink Books
Contest ends January 25th

Win Nelson DeMille’s The Gate House at Fresh Ink Books
Contest ends January 18th

Win Brenda Novak’s Trust Me, Stop Me, and Watch Me at Stone Soup
Contest ends January 18th

Win Curtis Sittenfeld’s American Wife or Martha O’Connor’s The Bitch Posse at Janel’s Jumble
Contest ends January 26th

Win Maria Semple’s This One is Mine at Tara’s View on Books
Contest ends January 29th

Win Ben Sherwood’s The Survivor’s Club at Books Ahoy!
Contest ends January 23rd

Win Meg Cabot’s Ransom My Heart at Book Chatter and other stuff
Contest ends January 31

Win Nadine Dajani’s Fashionably Late at S. Krishna’s Book
Contest ends January 25rd

Win Kris Waldherr’s Doomed Queens at Popin’s Lair
Contest ends January 28rd

Win Erica Bauermeister’s The School of Essential Ingredients at Peeking Between the Pages
Contest ends January 24rd

Win Theresa Kishkan’s Phantom Limb at Carol’s Notebook
Contest ends January 22rd

Win Joanne Dahme’s Creepers at Bookin’ With Bingo
Contest ends January 23rd

Win Jennifer Donnelly’s A Northern Light at Melissa Walker

Win Robin Maxwell’s Signora Da Vinci
Contest ends January 22rd at Passages to the Past

Win audiobooks of Dan Simmons’ Terror or Ben Sherwood’s The Survivor’s Club at Jenn’s Bookshelf
Contest ends January 31rd

I won the book Every Good and Perfect Gift by Sharon Souza at Cornhusker Academy.

This will be my introduction into Christian literature. It has not been a genre explored by me since I am not and have never been a practicing Christian. However, I feel that there are lessons and values to be learned in any good book. A good book, one based on human nature and morality, transcends religion and digs deeper even when religion is at its fundamental core. Needless to say, I can’t wait to give this book a go and see what it brings to me. I will happily post a review once done!