Meet Sir Wellington!

We would like to introduce you to the newest member of our team Sir Wellington T. Novel III, Esq. but you can call him Welly. He is the head of Collectables & Antiquities and is well versed in the preservation of documents. Being an amicable and gentlemanly fellow, he makes friends easily, especially with authors. I will pass this post off to him for his recounting of the day's events.

Jolly good! Welcome, welcome! Wonderful to meet all of you!

On August 11th in the year of our Lord, 2012 only an hour after my...ahem...making I had the great pleasure of meeting author Susan Dennard of Something Strange and Deadly fame. What a lovely creature she is! There was a brilliant reading of the first few pages of her exciting book - I do so love author readings, you really get a feel for the emotions of the characters - but it was rather dark. (They kept me tucked inside a bag! The audacity! Can you just imagine?)

When we finally met face to face she was kind enough to autograph me and even gave me a gift! (I do so appreciate being well prepared and a zombie-fighting parasol is such a thoughtful gift)

I know you'll be seeing more of me around, we have lots of plans! Wonderful plans!

So, what do you guys think of Sir Wellington? We'd love to hear your thoughts.

—Tea for Three Team

WWW Wednesday (8)

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading?

Erin

 

Amanda

      

What did you recently finish?

Erin

Amanda

Still nothing, I know. I've been so behind. I blame the fact that I have a 34k+ word story in the works that is due in less than a month. D: It's stressing me out, dudes!

What do you think you'll read next?

Erin

  

These are just a few of the books I want to read, and I have no idea what to start first.

Amanda

I don't even have a clue at this point, I just want to finish the ones that I've been reading for the past month.

What are your answers? We'd love to know!

—Tea for Three Team

Top Ten Tuesday (6)

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Favorite Books You've Read During The Lifespan Of Your Blog.


Erin's Picks:
Since this blog has been up for only a month and a half, picking favorites wasn't that difficult.

1. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

2. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

3. Across the Universe by Beth Revis

4. Heist Society by Ally Carter

5. Rift by Andrea Cremer (I'm reading it now, but I love it so much already)


Amanda's Picks:

1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

2. Heist Society by Ally Carter

3. The Hallow by Nora Roberts

4. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

5. Of Posideon by Anna Banks

There are a ton of books that I would love to include in this last that I haven't even had time to read yet! Love all you wonderful authors out there! <3

We missed last week, and had this post all set, so here you go. What would your answers be?

—Tea for Three Team

Stacking the Shelves (8)

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Hey guys, sorry for all the radio silence over here. Between New York, work, and school starting up again we've been rather busy. We'll get back on the meme train here shortly with regular posts and I promise that we actually have a few reviews to post.

Amanda's Books:

The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

The Good Thief's Guide To Venice by Chris Ewan

Heist Society by Ally Carter

Uncommon Criminals by Carter

White Cat (Signed) by Holly Black

So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

The Book of Blood and Shadows (Signed) by Robin Wasserman

The Fault In Our Stars (Signed) by John Green

These were all lugged back in my overstuffed suitcase from New York. Boy was that place amazing. I already miss it!

Erin's Books:

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
Echo by Francesca Lia Block
Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund
Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
Nocturne by Christine Johnson
Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber
Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen
Fathomless by Jackson Pearce

Origin by Jessica Khoury
Bitterblue (signed) by Kristin Cashore

Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor

Rift (signed) by Andrea Cremer

Throne of Glass (signed) by Sarah J. Maas

Fathomless and Onyx are the only books I didn't get in New York.

What did you get this past week?

—Tea for Three Team

Stacking the Shelves (7)

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Erin's Books:

None

Amanda's Books:
None

We didn't buy any books this week, because we're saving up for. . .

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WWW Wednesday (7)

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading?

Erin

What did you recently finish?

Erin

What do you think you'll read next?

Erin

Amanda and Lisa haven't read anything since last week, so I just included my answers. What are you guys reading/have read/going to read?

—Erin

Top Ten Tuesday (5)

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Book Romances That You Think Would Make It In The Real World.


Erin's Picks

1. Shane and Claire from The Morganville Vampires.
If they can stay together through everything that happens in Morganville, then they can stay together in any world.

2. Alina and Mal from Shadow and Bone.
Grew up together best friends that start to see each as a boy and a girl, then become bf/gf and are together forever. That's how I think it would go.

3. Hannah and Thierry from the Night World.

It would be one of those meet→insta-click→together forever romances.

Amanda's Picks

1.  Yelena and Valek from Poison Study.

Once they overcome their differences, these two would be unstoppable.

2. Alec and Magnus from The Mortal Instruments.
I feel like their book relationship would translate well into the real world. That, and their just so dang cute together!

3. Emma and Galen from Of Poseidon.
Soul mates. Enough said.

4. Kate and Edgar from Shadowcry.
Best friends. Boy has terrible crush, girl doesn't realize it. Boy saves girl time and again. Girl starts to notice. Love. Tah dah!

Lisa's Picks

1. Phillip Crane and Eloise Bridgerton from To Sir Phillip, With Love. 
These two start as pen-pals and finally decided its time to meet. It is a shaky beginning, but these two hazard the storm of angry older brothers, prank pulling children, and undeniable attraction. Their love could last through any time period. 

2. Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington from Romancing Mr. Bridgerton.
Another Bridgerton family member makes it into my pick. Penelope has always loved Colin, but he is a very clueless man. Yet, once Colin opens his eyes, this romance blossoms into a love that even you would be envious of. 

3. Bran and Liadan from Son of the Shadows. 
This isn't a happy story, most of the time you are sobbing and crying for the two characters and the way they have to live without each other. I think that is what makes their love so great. They are tied together even when they cannot physically be. They can't stay away from one another. Love like that always endures.

—Tea for Three Team

Stacking the Shelves (6)

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Erin's Books:

Libriomancer (signed) by Jim C. Hines

The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

Skylark postcard (signed)

Something Strange and Deadly "Aim for the Knees" t-shirt

Amanda's Books:

Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines

Something Strange and Deadly "Aim for the Knees" t-shirt

What did you guys stack your shelves with this week? We'd love to hear!

—Tea for Three Team

WWW Wednesday (6)

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading?

Amanda

         

Erin

    

Lisa

Not currently reading anything.

What did you recently finished?

Amanda

Haven't finished anything since last week. :(

Erin

I haven't finished anything since last week either. D:

Lisa

  

What do you think you'll read next?

Amanda

 

Erin

Lisa

-Tea for Three Team

YA Giveaway Hop Aug 8th-14th {CLOSED}

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Reading Teen

The Rules:

- Must be 13 years or older to enter

- Open to US and Canada ONLY.

- Giveaway ends 8/14/2012

- Winner will have 48 hours to respond to our email, if no response is given a new winner will be chosen.

The winner of this giveaway will receive the following:

1 signed copy of Something Strange & Deadly by Susan Dennard

1 signed set of character cards.

1 "Aim for the Knees" sticker/bookplate

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Check out the other blogs participating!

Teaser Tuesday (2)

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.

Amanda:

This week's teaser comes from:

Ree snorted. "Are you some kind of ghetto Kenobi? Come to teach me the ways of the Force so I can become a Jedi like my father?" Eastwood flashed her a surprised look, then shook it off and pulled the lightsaber prop from his coat. "It's what I had on hand."

If you're any kind of geek, this book is epic, awesome, and funny. Buy yourself a copy (ebook only) and read it, you won't regret it.


Erin:

My teaser is from:

To their credit, every single person at Interpol's world headquarters reacted in the calm, orderly way that one would have expected. To anyone observing from across the river, it looked like nothing more that a minor inconvenience—a drill. Exploding toilets, after all, did not an international incident make.

I wonder who caused the exploding toilets? *wink, wink*

-Tea for Three Team

Read-A-Thon: Summer Reading Wrap-up

I am a day late to the game but I'm participating in the Summer Wrap-up Read-A-Thon hosted by In Between and Some Like It Paranormal. Here is the list that I'm starting with, we will see how this goes. If I finish all these I will post more. 1. The Nine Lives of Chloe King by Liz Braswell (I'm 153 pages in) 2. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard  3. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor 4. Wither by Lauren DeStefano 5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 6. The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle (I'm 209 pages in) 7. Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder -Amanda

Stacking the Shelves (5)

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Amanda's Books:

The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Library Tent Sale buy, wanted a second copy for notations and highlighting)
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher (Library Tent Sale buy, my copy has been misplaced.)
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard SIGNED 
Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown SIGNED 
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
On Writing by Stephen King

Lies Beneath and Something Strange and Deadly were both from a signing that Erin and I attended with Anne Greenwood Brown and Susan Dennard. A post about the signing (along with videos) is in the works. We're also having a giveaway next week for a signed copy of Something Strange and Deadly and a bunch of signed swag to go along with it. Be sure to check back for that!

Erin's Books:

Poison Study, Magic Study, and Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
The Goddess Legacy by Aimée Carter
Something Strange and Deadly (signed) by Susan Dennard
Lies Beneath (signed) by Anne Greenwood Brown

Thanks for stopping by! What did you pick up this week?

-Tea for Three Team