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TGIF is a weekly feature created and hosted by GReads! that has a different question each week. This week's question: Reading Resolutions: What are some of your reading goals for the new year? On Goodreads, I challenged myself to read 130 books (30 more books from my 2011 challenge) I have challenged myself to read at least 12 young adult debut books I have also challenged myself to read at least 11-20 books that have been sitting on my TBR shelf -Kristen ♥

Title: Darker Still Author: Leanna Renee Hieber Series: Magic Most Foul, #1 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: November 8, 2011 Synopsis: The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. New York City, 1882. Seventeen-year-old Natalie Stewart's latest obsession is a painting of the handsome British Lord Denbury. Something in his striking blue eyes calls to her. As his incredibly life-like gaze seems to follow her, Natalie gets the uneasy feeling that details of the painting keep changing... Jonathan Denbury's soul is trapped in the gilded painting by dark magic while his possessed body commits unspeakable crimes in the city slums. He must lure Natalie into the painting, for only together can they reverse the curse and free his damaged soul. Verdict: When I read a book, it usually has to really grab me and reel me in for me to continue to read it. If it doesn't then I usually end up putting it down and abandoning...

"In My Mailbox" is a meme created by Kristi at The Story Siren that features books that I've received/purchased/borrowed during the current week. Before we begin, I just have to say that I can't believe it's already 2012!!! Happy New Years everyone!  :))   2011 has been a great year for books, but 2012 is here and it's already shaping up to be a great one!!!  <3 For Christmas, I got: Delirium (Delirium, #1)  by Lauren Oliver __________________ (Someone bought me a book I already have, so they are returning it and getting me a new one, that's why this one is still blank.  lol) The Hunger Trilogy Box Set by Suzanne Collins A Hunger Games T-Shirt I bought: The Hunger Games Soundtrack: Safe & Sound (Single) by Taylor Swift (feat. The Cold Wars) Obsidian (Lux, #1)  by Jennifer L. Armentrout From Sand Dollar Press Inc. Publishing, I received: Revealing Eden: Save The Pearls Part One  by Victoria Foyt -Kristen ♥

TGIF is a weekly feature created and hosted by GReads! that has a different question each week. This is my first and last TGIF of 2011! It seems befitting, considering what the question is!  lol  :)) This week's question: First & Last: What was the first book you read in 2011 and the last you finished in 2011? How do you feel about these books? Would you recommend them to other readers? The first book I read in 2011 was: The last book I read in 2011 was: I loved both of these book very much! Even though they are the exact opposite of each other- A Walk to Remember made my cry...... like a baby, while Deadly Cool had me laughing out loud....... like a lunatic. I definitely reccommend these books to everyone! A Walk to Remember it deep and inspiring. Deadly Cool is light and inspiriting. And I am proud that these two books mark my start and finish! -Kristen ♥

Welcome to the Happy New Year 2012 Giveaway Hop!, which was organized by Kathy @ I'm a Reader, Not a Writer and Babs @ Babs Book Bistro . A "hop" is when participating blogs hosts a giveaway and then we link up together allowing our followers to hop easily from one giveaway to another. So, to find the linky all you have to do is click the link for one of the above blogs. The Cozy Reading Corner's prize for this hop will be a pdf file ebook of Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake!!! Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake Synopsis: Just your average boy-meets-girl, girl-kills-people story. . . Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with ...

Welcome to the Best of 2011 Giveaway Hop!, which was organized by Kathy @ I'm a Reader, Not a Writer . A "hop" is when participating blogs hosts a giveaway and then we link up together allowing our followers to hop easily from one giveaway to another. So, to find the linky all you have to do is click the link for one of the above blogs. For this giveaway I will be giving away one of my favorite reads of 2011 which was really hard to narrow down! But I've decided that the prize will be a pdf file ebook of Delirium by Lauren Oliver!!! Delirium (Delirium, #1) by Lauren Oliver Synopsis: Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’l...

"In My Mailbox" is a meme created by Kristi at The Story Siren that features books that I've received/purchased/borrowed during the current week. First off, I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas ! I hope your day is as special as you are! Next, I'd like to give a huge thanks to Jessica @ Book Bound ! I won her YA Christmas Giveaway and you won't believe the mystery haul I got! I won: A signed copy of Twisted (Intertwined, #3)  by Gena Showalter Unearthly (Unearthly #1)  by Cynthia Hand Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)  by Tahereh Mafi The Iron Knight (Iron Fey, #4)  by Julie Kagawa Divergent (Divergent, #1)  by Veronica Roth The Scorpio Races  by Maggie Stiefvater The Future of Us  by Jay Asher  and Carolyn Mackler The Seven Rays  by Jessica Bendinger Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1)  by Colleen Houck Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)  by Cassandra Clare Signed by Gena Showalter! From Negalley, I got:...