Angelfire

Title: Angelfire

Author: Courtney Allison Moulton

Series: Angelfire #1

Genre: YA, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Angels

Publisher: HarperCollins / Katherine Tegen Books

Release Date: 2011, February 15

Format: Hardcover, 464 pages

Source: Netgalley

Rating: 4/5

This debut, the first novel in a trilogy, is achingly romantic, terrifying, and filled with blistering action.

When seventeen-year-old Ellie starts seeing reapers - monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell - she finds herself on the front lines of a supernatural war between archangels and the Fallen and faced with the possible destruction of her soul.

A mysterious boy named Will reveals she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior, the only one capable of wielding swords of angelfire to fight the reapers, and he is an immortal sworn to protect her in battle. Now that Ellie's powers have been awakened, a powerful reaper called Bastian has come forward to challenge her. He has employed a fierce assassin to eliminate her - an assassin who has already killed her once.

While balancing her dwindling social life and reaper-hunting duties, she and Will discover Bastian is searching for a dormant creature believed to be a true soul reaper. Bastian plans to use this weapon to ignite the End of Days and to destroy Ellie's soul, ending her rebirth cycle forever. Now, she must face an army of Bastian's most frightening reapers, prevent the soul reaper from consuming her soul, and uncover the secrets of her past lives - including truths that may be too frightening to remember.

Review: I found this book to be a very easy read. The characters were likeable , though I didn't think Ellie's name fit her. I think the author did a great job laying a good foundation for the other books to come . I am looking forward to reading her next book . I really liked it !

Dark Days Ahead

These all look great. I can't wait to read. Isn't" Desires of the Dead" a beautiful cover ? I loved Body Finder so I am especially looking forward to that one . You can check out more here .

Sweet Anticipation...

Have you read the House of Night series by P.C Cast? I devoured that series . Book 8 in the series , Awakened , releases tomorrow January 4th . I have already pre-ordered and am going to finish up the book I am reading now so I will be ready !! If you haven't read the series you should !! "Marked " the first in the series is only 2.99 @ B n N and it is Lendable .

Lend Me Feature .

I have been seeing lots of posts across different boards about Barnes and Nobles Lend Me feature. So lets talk about the feature.

1. Not every book is Lendable , if a book is Lendable it will have the Lend me symbol(see above) . You can usually find the lend me symbol under the price on the B n N site . If you own a Nook color your lend me book will be draped with a Lend me banner.

2. Once a book is lent it is no longer Lendable . Each book is only Lendable one time . I have heard some say they were told it is once per contact , this is not true.

3. Once a book is lent the borrower has 14 days to read the borrowed book. It will be returned to your library after the 14 days is up . You cannot access your book while it is on loan. You can return your book early if you wish . If you wish to do this , sign into your Barnes and Nobel account , click on your nook library , find the book you wish to return and under download there will be an option to return the book . This will allow the book to be returned to the owners library so she or he can access the book before the 14 days are up.

So how do you Lend to someone or request a book to borrow?

For the Nook color

1. You will need to add a contact first before you can lend . A contact is simply the name and the email address of the person . To do this, From the home screen tap your middle button located directly above the n button .An option bar will appear at the bottom edge.Tap extras. Under extras tap contacts . In the upper right hand corner tap add contact. You will then enter the name and email of the person , click done.

2. Tap your center button again to bring up option bar ,tap library , at the top on the far right is the option Lend me, tap, you will see all books that are available for lending .

3. If you click on the red banner that says borrow from friends with the lend me app you will see your contacts listed and the number of books they have to borrow . You will have to press the little red refresh circle at the bottom when you add a new contact. You can then click on a contact and press request for a book you wish to borrow .

I usually receive a request to borrow through my email and then I just click to allow the lend and that's it.

I am aware of several glitches.

1. if you add more than 10 contacts , only ten show on your contact list . I hope they will fix this with the next update. You can still however access all your contacts books by clicking the option to books ,instead of friends in the upper right. This will allow you to still see all books available to you and you can also use the search bar if you are looking for a certain book to borrow.

2. another glitch I have found is sometimes books you have borrowed show up as lend me's to others in your library . So you have to change this manually. To do this tap library ,tap lend me, tap the red borrow banner ,in the far upper right, tap the little red circle. This will allow you to manage the books you wish to allow others to see and borrow. Make sure you check the box allowing others to see your books. I had to hide any that were not lendable because they were borrowed from others .

Are you looking for other to add ?

Here is a great group on facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122848187733477

under the discussion there is a thread for you to contact people and exchange lend me information .

Another thing I should mention, that is a feature on the nook color . Once you borrow or lend a book it will appear in your library with a little black circle on the lower right . It will show you how many days left on your loan . for example , if the little circle has a 9 , that means your book will be available to it's owner in 9 days or you have 9 more days left to read if you borrowed. you can not extend the time if the person is not yet finished reading .

Happy Sharing !!

I hope this helps some of you . if you have questions , I'd be happy to answer if I can:)

100 book challenge for 2011.

Happy New Year!! What are you reading goals for 2011? Are you up for a challenge? I am going to shoot for 100 books this year ! You can sign up for the challenge here

Server Problems and Some links..

I am guessing that Santa delivered alot of nooks for Christmas because Barnes and Nobel was experiencing some server problems . It was hard to access our libraries and I heard that alot of newbies were having problems registering and downloading their books. I am sure it will all be back to normal soon .

For those of you who received new nooks and gift cards here is a link to a blog I love and a post for some great books for $5 bucks . "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese was not on the list but it is also $5 Bucks right now.

On another note , Would you be interested in joining a nook book club? Here is a great facebook group for those of you interested and you can vote now for the January read .

Be sure to check it out .

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog. I am passionate about my Barnes and Nobel nook . I own the original nook and I own the nook color. I had preordered my nook color and received it on November 16. I wasn't sure what to expect but I loved the original so much that I thought I would give the color one a try . Sad to say ,I haven't touched my original since I got the Color. I love magazines on it . It has glorious color .The web browser is nice and I love the new social features . I am able to share quotes , reading status by posting directly to facebook or twitter .

I plan to use this blog to review books that I am reading on my nook . I plan to give attention to all things nook related . I am in no way affiliated with Barnes and Nobel ,I just love the device. I love books in general . I always have . A library to me has always felt magical , filled with new places to explore. I am embracing the new technology , it has made reading even more accessible to me.

I look forward to sharing this all with you in 2011. Is there anything you'd like to see covered? Is there a review you would like to see? What are you reading ?