Unarmed

Title: Unarmed

Artist: Mariah McManus

Album: Say It Again

Genre: Acoustic

Year: 2011

The Skin Trade

The Skin Trade: It’s Not What You Think It Is
by Zoe Liew

There are no photos or decorations hanging on the whitewashed walls. A queen-sized bed lined with a brown blanket, a small bedside table and a wooden dresser complete the sparse furnishings. This is the room she takes her customers to. Anya, 28, smiles at us hesitantly while we ponder what to say.

It’s been three years since she had the operation. The buxom beauty shyly brushes her dyed blonde locks away from her heavily-lined eyes while she tells us how she became a working girl. ‘I wanted to become a woman and now I am happy. I got what I wanted,’ She cups her breasts and her buttocks as she explains the process. ‘I did my boobs and my buttocks. I have to take hormone pills.’ Seeing our amazement at the absence of her Adam’s apple, she smiles widely, ‘It was removed,’ 

Tangled Tides Launch Celebration

For as long as I can remember, I have loved mermaids. So when I found out about Tangled Tides, I couldn’t stop grinning. Literally. Couldn’t. Stop. Smiling.

From Karen’s website:

Yara Jones doesn’t believe in sea monsters—until she becomes one.

Trailer: Shut Out

I feel that the Shut Out trailer doesn’t do justice to the book.

The focus in the trailer is more on the makeout scenes than the sex strike. And okay, there are quite a few makeout scenes in Shut Out yet….

Giveaway: Missy’s Reads & Reviews 1000 Follower Giveaway

Prize:
Prize Pack 1

Prize Pack 2

Prize Pack 3

Prize Pack 4

Prize Pack 5
Write down your 6 titles of books on your wishlist and… if you win, Melissa will choose 3 out of those 6 and have them shipped to you from the Book Depository.

Prize Pack 6
3 books of your choice from the Book Depository.
2 ARCs from Melissa.
LOTS of swag.

Criteria for entrants:
Open internationally as long as Book Depository ships to your country for free.

Deadline:
September 4, 2011

Giveaway: Mimi Valentine 100 Followers

Prize:
Choose 1 book from the list below.
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Criteria for entrants:
Open internationally as long as Book Depository ships to your country for free.

Deadline:
August 30, 2011.

Giveaway: Book Angel YA 100 Follower Giveaway

Prize:
If you are the first winner, you can choose any book you want from The Book Depository as long as the price is 25 USD or less.
If you are the second winner, you can choose 1 book from the list below.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Passion by Lauren Kate
Ripple by Mandy Hubbard

Plumb – In My Arms

I love Plumb’s songs. Particularly like this one! You can get a sampler of her EP Beautiful History from Noise Trade I believe.