Exclusive Book Cover Reveal

I'm excited to reveal the cover for Book of Bart, a young-adult, humorous, satirical paranormal-fantasy by Ryan Hill, which is scheduled for release May 22nd, 2014.

About Book of Bart:

Genre: young-adult, humorous, satirical paranormal-fantasy Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press Date of Publication: May 22^nd, 2014 Cover Artist: Conzpiracy Digital Arts Blurb: Only one thing is so powerful, so dangerous that Heaven and Hell must work together to find it: the Shard of Gabriel. With a mysterious Black Cloud of Death hot on the shard’s trail, a desperate Heaven enlists the help of Bart, a demon who knows more about the shard than almost anyone. Six years ago, he had it in his hands. If only he’d used it before his coup to overthrow the devil failed. Now, he’s been sprung from his eternal punishment to help Samantha, an angel in training, recover the shard before the Black Cloud of Death finds it. If Bartholomew wants to succeed, he’ll have to fight the temptation to betray Samantha and the allure of the shard. After an existence full of evil, the only way Bart can get right with Hell is to be good.

Add Book of Bart to your Goodreads 'to-be-read' list.

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About Ryan Hill:

Growing up, Ryan Hill used to spend his time reading and writing instead of doing homework. This resulted in an obsession with becoming a writer, but also a gross incompetence in the fields of science and mathematics. A graduate of North Carolina State University, Ryan has been a film critic for over five years. He lives in Raleigh, NC, with his dog/shadow Maggie. Ryan also feels strange about referring to himself in the third person.

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April Book Photo Challenge Day 8 Nostalgic

I have quite a few of these books that I used to look at a lot as a really little kid. The second picture here is the key to why I did that.

I had/have a bit of a thing for books that have dust covers when the hard cover underneath has something different on it to the dust cover. Its like a secret world only you know about, or so I thought when I was little. I still, to this day check under dust covers to find hidden pictures but they are few and far between. 

This particualar book is one of my favorites. It Faeries illustrated by Brian Froud. Never actually read it (it is not a story book but and art book with anotations) but the pictures are so familar that they are like old familiar friends.

April Book Photo Challenge Day 7 Socially Awkward Character

I have two favorite socially awkward characters that I just couldn't split and I just relised that they sit together on a shelf.

Dirk Gently knows so much and can read so much into everything that people miss judge him to be socially awkward. Abit like Sherlock Holmes but without the class. I use one of his phrases all the time when I'm doing bugger all and people think I'm smart; "What are you doing?" I'm making a topographic map of my navel" It a great way to shirk people off without them feeling like they are being shirked off.

I love Rincewind. I have loved Rincewind for as long as I can remeber. His pathological fear of just about anything has never stopped the world from inflicting his destiny on him wheather he is having fun or not, usually not. He knows he is socially awkward and would just like to left along but the rest of the world and even some magic spells don't notice or just don't care. Good thing he is a wizard otherwise he might have to deal with the oppiste sex too.

I love these two and have taken on board a lot of their traits over the years. They have a special place in my heart.   

April Book Photo Challenge Day 6 Book and Animals

"Nothing cracks a turdle like Leon Uris"  Does this count? (You can't tell me you didn't just read that in Cletus' voice!)

No, but seriously. The only animal I have is my fur baby Colin and he loves books! I have caught him licking books in the library a few times, thats why he is not allowed in there when one is home. But who couldn't love this face?

Or this:

Of course that is why he gets away with so much.

My afternoon is set

I love tea and reading. What more is there to say. Other than sometimes it is coffee.

April Book Photo Challenge Day 5 Favourite Cover

This might seem a little strange but this really is one of my favourite covers and no it's not suposed to be ripped.  The whole ripped thing comes from the fact that a little bit of me feels like I need to rescue books that no else wants. It was on one of those really cheep book sale tables in the middle a shopping center.

The second thing is that this is the book that sparked my love for Gregory Maguire's re-told fairy tales. This was long before the whole Wicked phenomenon (I'm totally not knocking that cos I have been to see it when it came to Burswood.) Thankfully now people actually listen to me when I say  how awsome this book is. 

As far as the cover thing goes though, all of his books have this peek-a-boo thing going on and I love it.

April Book Photo Challenge Day 4 1990's

The Tales From The Wyrd Museum series by Robin Jarvis published in the 90's

I have a weakness for second hand books and this often leaves me in the predicament of getting the first book in a series and looking for the rest for, I think I'm going on for a decade, later. I picked up the first one and was completely taken and have yet to find the second book in the series. The Fatal Stand  on top there is the 3rd in the series...... unbelievably frustrating. But I just can't help thinking the second book it out there somewhere I I am ment to rescue it. 

April Book Photo Challenge Day 3 Spring

Well once agian I live in opposite land so we are not coming into spring, we are in autum. But I don't really think we have and autum here becasue isn't that traditionally when things start to die or shutdown? Plants here are just starting to recover and put on new growth since we have just move away from our summer position 3 metres from the surface of the sun. 

Anyway, its coming into Autum/Winter here and I just finished my Doctor Who scarf that only took me 4 months (considering I haven't done any knitting since I was in single figures and I didn't stuff it up I think I did a really good job) I will be putting it in a lot of photos. A little bit proud of my self.

It is currently keeping my Doctor Who book collection warm. I promised myself that I would read this collection this year and I think this holiday coming, when it is all wet and gloomy (we get about 2 weeks of that total a year) would be the perfect time.

Next project, thigh high grey woolie socks for reading at home in. Top cozyness level will be achieved. 

April Book Photo Challenge Day 2: Newest Purchase

Day 2: Newest Purchase

This is one of those things I have said that I would do for years and never really did. 

When I got my kindle all those years ago I said "It won't stop me from buying books!" which it most defiantly has not and "If I read a book on kindle that I really love, I willl buy it as a physical book as well."

Up until this point, this has never happened. I have read a truck load of fabulous books on my kindle and not added them to my physical book collection. Most of them are classics that I have got from Project Gutenberg and still no classics sit on my selves. 

Then came A Song of Ice and Fire. I am not ashamed to admit it, I am a band wagon jumper and hadn't hear of A Game of Thrones until I saw the first episode on Foxtel but from that first watching I was hooked. I read the all just after the most recent one come out but now with three days to go till the next season, I having withdrawal and I'm going to re-read the series and commit to my promise that I would buy books that I really like if I read them on Kindle.      

April Book Photo Challenge Day 1: Currently Reading

Day 1: Currently Reading

I have been drawn in once again to the YA "girl who is special and there is also a special boy" genre. Not only with Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi but I have also been asked to review the newest book in the Five series by Holli Anderson so I'm currently reading Five - Out of the Darkness.

I'm 50 pages into Shatter Me and I am hopful (but doubtful) I'm not going to disapointed by the old "I need a boy to show me I'm special" 

I am 7% of the way through Out of the Darkness and i'm feeling a bit "I want hogwarts but in America" but it doesn't have the old world charm that other books of this genre has. We shall see.

Early days yet.