2013 is at the door…
Remember
Life is short, break the rules,
Forgive quickly,
love truly,
laugh uncontrollably,
and
never regret anything that made you smile.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!


Hugs Mariska

fantastic giveaway

Woow! 2 messages in 1 day!
That's a record for me, I think. At least in the last couple of weeks ;)
I found some great giveaway and I want you to know about it.
So here it is on the blog of Chey.

Thank you very much for a chance to win this giveaway Chey.

Reading challenge 2013

Hi everybody,

First I want to tell you that I hope you got some great christmas day(s). Mine where a little short because of a ilness with my youngest nephew. But the moments that me and my family where together it was great :D

And now my second message to you.
I am such a worthless blogger the last couple of weeks or is it even months?
I am very sorry about that. But I am still reading, that would never end.

And when I was skipping true blogs I came to Evie's blog. She has got a great reading challenge on it and I like to join this.


Here are some rules:


Challenge Guidelines:
This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013.
Anyone can enter! You don't have to be a blogger, as long as you review the book you've read! (On your blog, Amazon or Goodreads/Shelfari!)
Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Only books released in 2012 and earlier! NO 2013 ARCs and 2013 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed!
You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2013 TBR PILE Reading Challenge. (If you don't have a blog, post about it on Facebook or Tweet!)
You can move up levels, but no moving down.
Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2013, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
On the 20th of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. The giveaway will be open until the next wrap up post goes up! (i.e. the entire month)
If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;)
December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - a box of books.
You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in giveaways!
Levels:
(how many books you're planning to read for this challenge in 2013)

1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children



I am aiming at Love at first sight. Sooo 31-40 books. And I think that would go with the books I got and the books I still want to read.


This would be my first reading challenge so I hope it would be fun

Have a great day and I will join you guys soon in blogworld.

Giveaway!

Again a post to let you know that I found out that there is a fantastic giveaway at the blog of chapter-by-chapter.

STS 13

It's already time for Stacking the shelves. This meme is hosted by Tynga and a fantastic idea to show other bloggers our new books.

This week I thought that I didn't get any books. Until one of my colleagues discovered that I love to read. And she also loves to read. So I lent a few of my books to her. And the next day she came with a few books of her self and lent them to me. I don't know if they really are my kind of books. But I will try to read them. :D

Could you tell me if one of these books are fantastic and which of the books shoud I start with?

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Outbreak by Robert Tine

Prophecy by David Seltzer

Men in Black

The Souvenir by Patricia Carlon

The third victim by Lisa Gardner

Cell by Stephen King

Crazy by Faye Sultan

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Did you get some great books this week?

Have a fantastic weekend!!

Fantastic giveaway....

....@ Nocturne Reads!!!

And it is internationally too! Isn't fantastic???

Have a great day everyone,

Waiting on Wednesday 1

Hi everyone!!


This is the first time I am joining Waiting on Wednesday. This meme is hosted by Jill and the idea of this meme is to show everyone wich book you can't wait to read :D


Sooo....I don't think this one would be shocking for you, because I know that a lot of people want to read it as soon as it is published :D

Clockwork Princess
by Cassandra Clare
Expected publication: March 19th 2013




From Goodreads:



Danger intensifies for the Shadowhunters as the New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy comes to a close.

If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it?

The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose.

Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment.

Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of the bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy.

Have a great wednesday everyone!!

STS 12

Hi everyone

I am sitting here behind my computer with a box full of tissues and the biggest cup full of thea with a little bit honey. Brrr...you can see fall has begun in the netherlands.

And I can tell you how happy I am that I got a lot of books that I still didn't read. Finally I can start with these books.

Okay, now lets start with the reason for this post. I am a day to late, but I hope that doesn't mind.

I got a few new books, so it's time to show you them, here and at Stacking the shelves, hosted by Tynga.

The first is a late birthday present from Nikki@reviews by Abby (thank you so very much girl, I am really happy with this book :D

The second book I got a few weeks ago but I forgot to show it to you.

And the last book was one of the books I really want to read and my friend Mandy sent it to me after she was back from her vacation.

And what books did you got in your mail this week?

I wish you all a great sunday!!

Feature and Follow Friday

Hi everyone,

Just a day to late but I hope it doesn't matter.
Because I like to join Feature and Follow Friday, this meme is hosted by Parajunky and Alison can read.

Q: What are you reading right now? How do you like it?

I am reading City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare.
And again this book is fantastic. Just like the first 4. But it is a lot more exciting. Pffw...really. I can't tell you a lot about what I really think because then I will tell you the things that happened and what I think about them. And I think you should read it for your self :D And what I love about this book is the part where we read about the relationships. But again, you should read it for your self :D LOL.



What I can tell you is that I am a big fan of Cassandra Clare. I love her books.


Which book are you reading? And do you like it?

Happy weekend!

STS 11

Oooh my god!! I have my new books at home and I can tell you that I am sooo happy with them. And they are looking fantastic for second hand books. I am so happy I can't stop smiling. And I think this is my biggest STS (STS is hosted by Tynga)ever!!

Just click on the title to go to the discription on goodreads
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz
Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz
The van Alen Legacy by Melissa de la Cruz
Lost in time by Melissa de la Cruz
Velvet by Mary Hooper
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
City of lost souls by Cassandra Clare

I think I need a bigger bookcase LOL.
What did you got in the mail this week?

RAK August

It is already the last day of August! And time to show my RAK(RAK is hosted by Isalys & Vanessa) of this month.
One of the books is still on it's way and I can't show it yet.
But the other gifts I got this month are already here :D Let me show you.

The beautiful keychain did I got from Isabelle and this really cool book I got from Carien.

Thank you so much :D

Feature and Follow Friday

Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkie and Alison can read.

This weeks quistion is:

Q: Best cover? What is the best cover of a book that you've read and loved?
The girl in the steel corset by Kady Cross has a beautiful cover and is really a great book to read.

Which book did you choose?

STS 10

Finally I can show you more than one book at STS!! (STS is hosted by Tynga) That was because it was my birthday and I have something to show you :D

I am sooo happy with these gifts.

The keychain is a gift from Isabelle, Silver Borne did I received from Carien (they were also a RAK) and the 2 books by Nalini Singh did I get from a close friend of mine.

I hope you got also a great STS this week?

Have a great weekend!!!

Feature and Follow Friday

Today a new Feature and Follow Friday. This meme is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison can read .

Today's quistion is:
What is the worst cover of a book that you've read and loved?.

I don't think that I can answer this one. But I was not quiet sure so I checked my read-list on goodreads and everyone of my books (the books that I liked and finished) have a nice cover. What I can tell you is one of my not finished books. And that is Drakula. I think that would be the worst cover of a book that I read but not finished.

And now I am very curious about your answer. Was it hard to find a book cover that you didn't like? And wich one was it?

I wish you all a great weekend!!

Giveaway winner

Hi everyone.

I want to thank everyone of you for joining my giveaway. :D
And today is the end of it. The winner has been chosen and it is: ***
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Melliane!!!
Congratulations girl. I already sent you an email, so if you like to mail me back I can sent you your book.

Have a great weekend all of you!!

Giveaway reminder

Is it already monday? I can't believe it. But lets be honest. A weekend is sooo very short. Did you guys got a great weekend? My weekend was wonderful :D

Okay, now the reason for this post. In about 4 days I am going to be 28. And I have a fantastic giveaway for you guys. So this is really a reminder/invitation. Because saturday I will let you know who have won my birthday giveaway.

Just click here to go to my giveaway.

Happy Monday to all of you!!

STS 9

Hi everyone!!

Where back in town. Not that I am really addicted to internet but when you don't have it you realise how inportant it could be. Especially when you want to go to a friend and you can't look on the internet how late the bus will stop in your neighbourhood or when you want to make a payment. Oh my, I am just soooo happy that I am online again. LOL.

And the first thing that I will do is show you my new books :D. Stacking the shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga. Every saturday you can show here your new books. And thats wat I am going to do:

The first book I got was:
The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney (click on the link to go to goodreads )

And the second book was:
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs ( I am just a little addicted to here books)

What did you got this week? Was it a great haul?
And let me remind you of my giveaway, you are welcome if you want to join it. Just click HERE

I wish you al a great weekend!!

Why I am not at internet.

Hi everyone!

I know it is quiet at my blog. But that is because of a little fire that I got at my house. It was my internet modem. And because of this I have no internet and also no phone. Aaaah! And the last books that I got are also finished. Of course I am not an internet junky, but I can tell you that I really miss it. It's just a week ago that this happened and I still don't get a new modem. Cant you believe it?

I realy want to share this with you. So that you know why I am not on my blog.

I let you all know when I am back on internet.

I wish you all a great week.

RAK July

Hey Everyone.

Just another month that was gone to soon. Cant you believe it? It is already August. And I am really excited about this month. Because it is also my birthday month. Did you see that I got a birthday giveaway? If you like to join it just click on the logo on the left of my blog.

But that is not the most imported thing today, it's time to show each other how big your RAK is. RAK is hosted by Isalys & Vanessa I didn't received any books this month :( But I send to books this month :D

Let me show you:

First I gave Carien a book. It was a second hands book called Linger by Maggie Stiefvater. (just click on it to go to goodreads)

And the second one that I gave was Kiss of Fury by Deborah Cooke. I gave this one to Isabelle.


















And I am happy to tell you that these girls where happy with there books. :D
I hope you all got a great month and that August would be a much better month for you :D

Memorable Monday

Hi everyone.

Why in the world should a weekend be so short? It's to soon monday :( LOL.
I don't really like mondays. But what I do like about mondays is this meme Memorable Monday, hosted by Mari. Here you can show everyone what your favorite quote of this week is. But my quote is not a quote of a book that I read this week.
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But I really like this quote, so let me show you. It's from the book Entice by Carrie Jones.

“Nobody is perfect, though. We all want everyone to think we are, but perfection is some crazy mythical state that we can never achieve. It is a goal beyond our grasp, always shifting and changing and taunting us, because it knows...it knows we can never reach it.” ― Carrie Jones, Entice (click on the title to go to goodreads)
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Okay, this was my quote. Do you like to share your quote with me?
And let me tell you that I got a birthday giveaway, it would end august 17th. Just click here to go to the giveaway.

Have a great monday everyone!

STS 8

Woops! My last post was also Stacking the shelves hosted by Tynga. But the summer was finally there in the netherlands so I was most of the time outside or at my work.
But in my free time (mostly at night) I was surfing on ebay. And I can tell you that I find out that Ebay is a great please to buy some great books. I am a little bit addicted. ^^ But you can't blame me. Did you ever buy something from ebay? It is sooo very cheap. :D

This week I got two second hand books from ebay. And I am sooo happy with them.

The first one is the third book of the serie (I still should buy the second one but I couldn't find him on ebay)Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane (just click on the link so you can read on goodreads al about this book)

Okay, now my second book: It's a new serie for me. But I wanted to read it for a long time. It is Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh .

I hope this is a great serie. Did you read it? And can you tell me what you think of it?


Did you got some great books this week?
Btw, I also got a great birthday giveaway. If you like to join it just click here. It is international. :D

I wish you al a great weekend!

STS 7

Just another saturday and time for a new STS. Hosted by Tynga. This would be a quick post because the sun is finally shining :D.


This week I got this book Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane (just click on it to see it on Goodreads:

I hope this book would be a great book. Can you tell me if it is?
And what kind of books did you got this week?

Giveaway (international)

Hi everyone!!

First of all I want to tell you how happy I am that you are my followers :D
I don't let you see that enough, because I am constantly busy with other things. But, hey, it's summer and I don't have some great phone with internet, so I can't check on you guys everyday, because I am to much outside. :D I hope you understand.

Okay, now the fun part!! I will give a giveaway because a month from now it would be my birthday. 20-something (almost 30-something ;)) And I think it would be great to give you guys some nice book.

Now let me tell you what you can win. *drum roll*.......A book of your choice or more than one book because you can choose till 15 euro of books at the bookdepository.

GIVEAWAY TERMS

*You need to be 13 years old or older to enter the giveaway.
*This giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. (as long as bookdepository ships to your country you can check that over here)
*Use the Rafflecopter below to enter
*Grab the button!
*Make sure you stop by the 18th of august to see of you are the winner. If you don't reply within 48 hours, then a new winner will be chosen.

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a Rafflecopter giveaway

Who can help me?

Hi everyone!

I hope you can help me. Because I see a lot of you got a button on your blog. Me to, but I don't have a html code to put under my button so you can grab it and put it on your blog.
I hope someone can tell me how you do that:D

Have a great tuesday!

Memorable Monday

Hi everyone!

Today the weather really sucks (sorry for my language) so I have all the time to go on the WWW, blogging :D

And because its Monday it time for Memorable Monday, hosted by Mari. I choose a quote that possible could happen to me. And of course I laughed at this quote just like so many in the fantastic books of Darynda Jones.

This one is from the book: Second grave on the left (this link is from goodreads)

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“Make it quick," I said when I picked up. "Okay. Two men from the FBI are here." Cookie said. Quickly. Crap. "Men in black are at the office?" "Well, yes, but they're actually in more of a navy." Crapola. I so don't have time for men. In any color. "Okay, two questions. Do they look mad, and are they hot?" After a long, long, pause, Cookie said, "One, not really. Two, no comment at this time. And three, you're on speakerphone." After another long, long pause, I said, "Okie dokie then. Be there in a jiff.” ― Darynda Jones, Second Grave on the Left
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How about your quote for this monday? Do you like to share it with me?
Happy monday!!!

STS 6

Hi Everyone!

I am back again. Not for long, because I am sooo busy and I love to spend time outside with this beautiful weather.

Here is my STS, this meme is hosted by Tynga.
And I want to show you my new book. I am sooo happy that I got it finally.

Did you got some great books this week. Let me know, I am curious :D
Happy Saturday and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Random Act of Kindness June

Hi Everyone.

I know it's been a while since I got here but I am really busy.
And with the beautiful weather I am nowhere near a computer.
But it's time to let you now how my RAK was. Isalys & Vanessa are hosting this fantastic meme and since 3 months I join it everytime.

This time Petra was the lucky girl who get a book from me. I hope it wil come soon, because by accident I send it to my house and a week a go I send it to her. It is this book:









This time I didn't got any book.

I wish you all a great sunday and I hope you got a great RAK.

My Wishlist RAK for July

Feature & Follow Friday (8)

It's time for another Feature & Follow Friday. This meme is Hosted by Parajunkee and Alison can Read.

This week it's about Fatherday.

Here is the quistion:

Happy Father's Day! Who is your favorite dad character in a book and why?


I think that would be Charlie from the Twilight saga. He is such a great dad. And you can see how much he loves Bella.


Who is your favorite dad character?

Happy weekend!!

Problems with goodreads

Hi everyone!

I hope you have got some great week and a better weekend.
My week was very busy again.
But now I want to check on Goodreads and again I got problems with this site. This site doesn't open when I want to look at it. Is it just me? Or do you guys also got problems with this?
I really want to look on it and just go to my messages but I can't. So it is nothing personal. And I hope that one of you can tell me what the problem is. Is it my computer or is it the site?

Have a great evening everyone!!

STS 5

It's time for STS everyone!!:D
And I got some great books this 2 weeks. Let me show you.
The first books are from netgalley by Harlequin for review. And these are:

And these 3 books came with the mail this 2 weeks:

So I got some fantastic books as you can see.
And if you like to show me what books you got this week, you are more than welcome:D

I wish you all a great weekend.

Random Act of Kindness May

Hi everybody.

It's been to quiet around this blog. I know that and I am sorry. But there where a lot of good things around here. And than you have to make choices. And one of the choices I make was to spend a smaller time on the internet. So that is why you don't see me around as much as a few weeks ago.

And now let me tell you what was in my RAK this month, because I love to participate in this meme.

This book I got from Petra. Thank you very much :D
And I also gave a book to Erika.
It was the pledge by Kimberly Derting.

I hope everybody got a great RAK.
And I wish you all a great weekend!!

STS 4

Hi everyone!

It's already time to show you my STS. STS is a meme created by Tynga. And here we show each other our new books.

Let me tell you that I got a lot of books the past few weeks. But that's because I ordered al lot of new books. I am sooo happy with them. And this week I got 2 books to show you guys. One of the books I got from Petra at a RAK . That is Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs. And the other book I got is Until I Die by Amy Plum. And I really can tell you that Until I Die is such a great book. I like it a lot. :D

And what kind of books did you get this week?
I am very curious :D


I wish you all a happy sunday and enjoy the weather!!