Friday, December 21, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
I wish I had TIME
Sometimes I wish I had a little more time to read, a little more time to sit down and relax and do something that I love to do. Escape reality and run off to a faraway land where I can live vicariously through other people and experience their daily lives. Yup you know it, read. I wish I had more time to read.
What would you read?
Oh you know everything that came out this year that I did not have a chance to read yet.
Such as ...
Reached by Allie Condie
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
And really there are just too many to mention I have lists and lists of books all over the place that I haven't been able to get to. I don't think I've even read a single book I got at Book Expo, I need to find something to do with them. Maybe I"ll give them away for the new year.
I'm really addicted to my Kindle right now so lugging around a book is just not that easy for me anymore. So I have to have everything digital. So my actual books are desperately being neglected.
I can't believe it's the end of the year. Will have to do an end of the year review on what books I've read and I hope you all stop by to check it out. In the meantime keep a lookout for a giveaway coming next month of some of the books I've gotten from Book Expo, if you look at old posts you might even find a picture of some of the books I got.
I'm off next week going to go live in Flip Flops for a week and until then Happy Holidays Everyone!!!
What would you read?
Oh you know everything that came out this year that I did not have a chance to read yet.
Such as ...
Reached by Allie Condie
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
And really there are just too many to mention I have lists and lists of books all over the place that I haven't been able to get to. I don't think I've even read a single book I got at Book Expo, I need to find something to do with them. Maybe I"ll give them away for the new year.
I'm really addicted to my Kindle right now so lugging around a book is just not that easy for me anymore. So I have to have everything digital. So my actual books are desperately being neglected.
I can't believe it's the end of the year. Will have to do an end of the year review on what books I've read and I hope you all stop by to check it out. In the meantime keep a lookout for a giveaway coming next month of some of the books I've gotten from Book Expo, if you look at old posts you might even find a picture of some of the books I got.
I'm off next week going to go live in Flip Flops for a week and until then Happy Holidays Everyone!!!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
EXTREME PROMO Blitz: Michael Dadich - The Silver Sphere
The Silver Sphere
By Michael Dadich
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Description:
Shelby Pardow never imagined she could kill someone. All she wants to do is hide from her troubled father when she is teleported to awaiting soldiers on the planet Azimuth. Here she is not a child, but Kin to one of the six Aulic Assembly members whom Malefic Cacoethes has drugged and imprisoned. He seeks to become dictator of this world (and then Earth by proxy). His father, Biskara, is an evil celestial entity, tracked by the Assembly with an armillary device, The Silver Sphere.
With the Assembly now deposed, Biskara directs Malefic and the Nightlanders to their strategic targets. Unless… Can Shelby find the other Kin, and develop courage and combat skills? Can the Kin reassemble in time to release or replace the Assembly, overthrowing Malefic and restraining Biskara?
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About the Author:
Despite my frequent escapes into parallel worlds, I root myself firmly in my very real family and community. When not pacing the yard maniacally after every few pages of writing, I spend as much time as possible hanging out with my studly 9-year-old son, and my inspirational wife Jenna. I also coach several local youth sports teams in Beverly Hills, and alternate between yelling at my two crazy Corgis and hiking with my trained German Shepherd.
For more, join me in my favorite fantasy worlds, from Lord of the Rings to the creations of C.S. Lewis, Anne McCaffrey and Terry Brooks. Even more importantly, stop by and say hello on my Facebook page at AuthorMichaelDadich, tweet me at @MichaelDadich, and stalk my website at http://www.thesilversphere.org.
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Links to Buy
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Teaser Tuesday: Unmaking Hunter Kennedy
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: •Grab your current read •Open to a random page •Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) •Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Here's my teaser for the week:
Does she not know she’s constantly text-yelling? What does she mean project? And why would she not want me to come? It's a THREE day weekend. That hurts where Band-Aids can’t touch.
Unmaking Hunter Kennedy
(Kindle Locations 310-312)
By Anne Eliot
Here's my teaser for the week:
Does she not know she’s constantly text-yelling? What does she mean project? And why would she not want me to come? It's a THREE day weekend. That hurts where Band-Aids can’t touch.
Unmaking Hunter Kennedy
(Kindle Locations 310-312)
By Anne Eliot
Review: Opal (Lux #3)
By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Series: Lux #3
Description:
No one is like Daemon Black.
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it.
Review:
This series just gets better and better the more we read into it, no kidding. If you haven’t read the other books then there will definitely be spoilers in this review. First of all what a wonderful Christmastime joy to be able to read this book it’s like an extra gift I just gave myself. The book was a continuation of the series in a great way, showing different facets of each individual. Some you like and some you just can’t stand, but either way you can’t get enough of all of them.
We are back in this little town in the middle of nowhere, where aliens roam freely but secretly. Katy and Daemon are still at each other with their quick wits but there is more two them now, they are in love and have finally admitted just how much each other mean to the other. Through all this trial and tribulations they have still found the time to go on “normal” dates which is something Katy adores about Daemon. Even if the earth was ending soon I think he would still take her out on a date just to make her more at ease. Their relationship definitely gets closer than they have been before and it’s a beautiful thing to watch, even though sometimes their timing is just a little off with all the interruptions.
Dee is still mourning Andrew and not speaking to Katy, even though she eventually starts to let her in a little by the end. Everything has changed with that last battle. With Dawson home and his constant need to find Beth and runaway they all ban together and try to rescue her with the help of Blake who is never trustworthy, never. Daemon had it right the first time, his instincts were right on. So all of them try to devise a plan to rescue Beth and Chris from where they are being held. With impending doom and unknown factors they march on and go on with the mission. I don’t want to say what happens next but the ending was good, albeit a cliffhanger it was still really good.
Overall this book was great; it gave you more of Katy and Daemon and their relationship growth as well as a sufficient amount of other characters and plenty of action. As everyone’s powers grow and discoveries are made you want to be more engrossed in their lives. Really great series and I can’t wait to see what happens next, I mean I really can’t wait. Someone tell me please! That’s how good this book was, seriously if you haven’t read this series yet you have to crawl out from under that rock and get to it. We’re three books in already (with a novella) and each one is definitely worth the read.
Cover reveal: Lennon’s Jinx by Chris Myers
Lennon's Jinx
By: Chris Myers
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Description:
Sometimes, we don’t get to choose who we fall for.
Lennon spends most of his time raising his little sister Currie while trying to skate through his senior year of high school. He prefers groupies with no-strings attached but finds himself strangely attracted to Jinx, the straight-A student in his choir. Lennon’s curiosity overrules his good sense as he tries to peel away the layers to discover the underlying reason for Jinx’s skittishness.
Jinx conceals the black truth about herself from her friends. She won’t admit to them that she screwed up big time, losing her first love and what she once held most precious.
When Lennon’s band holds auditions to replace their keyboard player, Jinx comes to tryout and almost leaves after seeing Lennon. Despite the fact she despises him, she joins the band to nurture her love of music that will hopefully ease the guilt gnawing away at her.
Like the rest of his band mates, Jinx soon witnesses Lennon battling his infamous father. While confronting his pent-up anger at his dad, Lennon exposes vulnerabilities he had no intention of letting any girl ever see, especially Jinx. Their reckless pasts may bring them together or further complicate their already messy lives.
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About the Author:
Chris Myers suffers from an overactive imagination. In second grade, Sister Bernice produced Chris's first play about pumpkins mauling and eating children. Apparently, the nuns didn’t catch the underlying meaning. This instantly raised Chris to stardom amongst her peers for the several days off from schoolwork while in production. She spent her high school years writing torch songs for fantasy guys then moved onto writing thrillers and young adult. Chris lives in Colorado with her daughter, her better half, and BeBe, a rambunctious Bichon.
Chris literally has very few photos of herself, even though photography put her through college. Here she is with her sisters and daughter. Chris is the one with the vino.
Chris started out as an art major, then moved to bio-chem, hoping to play Victor Frankenstein as a genetic engineer or messing with people's minds as a psychiatrist. Just as she was about to graduate, she decided being broke for another four to ten years wouldn't work out for her adventurous spirt and traveling. She ended up with an electrical engineering degree then a masters. As it turns out, she should've finished her first novel twenty-five years ago and stuck in the make-believe world where she is happiest.
Chris Myers
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Chris Myers suffers from an overactive imagination. In second grade, Sister Bernice produced Chris's first play about pumpkins mauling and eating children. Apparently, the nuns didn’t catch the underlying meaning. This instantly raised Chris to stardom amongst her peers for the several days off from schoolwork while in production. She spent her high school years writing torch songs for fantasy guys then moved onto writing thrillers and young adult. Chris lives in Colorado with her daughter, her better half, and BeBe, a rambunctious Bichon.
Chris literally has very few photos of herself, even though photography put her through college. Here she is with her sisters and daughter. Chris is the one with the vino.
Chris started out as an art major, then moved to bio-chem, hoping to play Victor Frankenstein as a genetic engineer or messing with people's minds as a psychiatrist. Just as she was about to graduate, she decided being broke for another four to ten years wouldn't work out for her adventurous spirt and traveling. She ended up with an electrical engineering degree then a masters. As it turns out, she should've finished her first novel twenty-five years ago and stuck in the make-believe world where she is happiest.
Chris Myers
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Cover reveal: Tainted Love by Eva Marquez
Tainted Love
By Eva Marquez
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Series: Taboo #2
Description:
Isabel thought her life was on track – she was doing well in school, moving quickly toward her future, and deciding who she wanted to be. Best of all, she’d reunited with Tom, the love of her life. But it doesn’t take long for her history – and his – to start catching up with them, presenting a range of uncomfortable questions. Does he really love her? Are they meant to be together? And what exactly has he been doing in their time apart?
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About the Author:
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, daughter of European immigrants, Eva Márquez has spent most of her life outside of her home country. At the age of five, Eva accompanied her parents to the United States, where the family settled permanently. After graduating from university, she went on to complete graduate studies in International Relations in Spain. Eva received her Master of International Studies degree from the University of Sydney and went on to work in the global health field in Sub Saharan Africa and South East Asia. Eva currently resides in Southern Africa.
Visit Eva’s Amazon Author Central Page
Friday, December 14, 2012
Blog Tour: Doorknob Society 2: The Impossible Engineers - Review/Giveaway
By: M.J. Fletcher
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Series: The Doorknob Society
Description:
Chloe Masters’s world changes in a heartbeat and all she did was touch a doorknob.
James Nightshade has been on Chloe’s mind since the day she met him. Arrogant and frustrating, she thought she had put him behind her when she chose Michael Slade.
When the secret she is seeking leads to questions about the death of Nightshade’s former girlfriend, she has no chose but to bring him into the investigation. A move she will come to regret.
Danger awaits them around every corner as they search for answers. In the end a choice will need to be made, but is Chloe strong enough to make it?
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Review:
A very rare thing has happened today, I've read a sequel that was more amazing than the first book. The Impossible Engineers was so much better than the first and I thought the first was pretty good. This series is turning out to be action packed and full of so much intensity that I can't wait to complete this and I do hope that the author comes out with a spin off as I read on the books website. Because really this needs to be a TV show or something so I can see it all the time. That's how good this book was.
We are back with Chloe and her chaotic world of this secret society with special powers. They are just getting over their last attack when more chaos breaks out. They are in a rush to find another artifact before the First Kind does. There's danger around every corner for Chloe and her friends. While trying to deal with the fact that her Mother is working for the other side that she is trying to defeat she is trying hard to keep it all together and keep that strength she has within herself. Her boyfriend Slade is turning out to be not the person she thought he was.
Slade has been announcing to anyone who would listen to how he and Chloe were going to the school dance, and if you know Chloe that is just not the type of person she is but she does it anyway to appease him. But before this she meets his family for the first time which doesn't go as smoothly as she thought it would. There is so much tension between everyone that there are little cracks that break their barriers down and you begin to wonder exactly who is it that you can trust anymore
With her mom, the dance, Slade and of course finding the artifact there is so much going on in her life that she is all over the place. But there is one person who gets her better than anyone and that's Nightshade. In this book you explore their relationship a little further and you can plainly see how much they belong together, but sometimes things don't work out the way they should. Chloe also learns that she seems to have more abilities than her friends do but she cant trust anyone with this information and that tears her apart inside because i think all she wants is someone she can finally confide in completely.
All in all this book was intense and had so many different things happening. You have parental issues, boyfriend issues, action, adventure, new experiences, trust issues and just everything you could think of and all this intensified greatly. Really I finished this book and all I thought man was that amazing and seriously intense. I think it was all the action that was going on, really fabulous. Once you get going you can't stop. Sure the ending isn't what I wanted because I am a hopeless romantic and wanted things to end differently but I still have hope that something will fix this. I just know it will, or at least hope it will.
Read the book, read the first book, get into this series because it will be an adventure you will not forget and what a ride it was. Intense, fun and exciting this book was great and I am loving the new covers for this series so simple yet so intriguing. AH-MA-ZING READ! I love all the characters and the story is just fun.
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Don't forget to check out the first book in the series, my review can be found here.
BY M.J. Fletcher
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Description:
Chloe Masters’s world changed in a heartbeat - and all she did was touch a doorknob.
When she was young Chloe’s mother vanished. Wracked by feelings of abandonment and anger she lost herself traveling with her father's magic act, where illusions were part of her everyday life. Yet everything changes when they are pursued by a mysterious man in black out to kill her father. Touching a doorknob activates abilities she never knew she had and she finds herself thrust into a world of ancient societies and secrets.
When her father disappears it is a race against time to find answers before she loses what is left of her family. Now Chloe must choose who to trust, the man who will do anything for her or the one she can’t stop thinking about.
Book one of the Doorknob Society series.
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Author Bio
MJ Fletcher is the creator of the comic book series Adam Zero: The Last Man of Earth published by Ronin Studios. He's also been published in Hope: The Hero Initiative and Digital Webbing Presents. The Doorknob Society series is his fist book series and he's thrilled about it. He lives near the beach with his wife, daughter, dog, and a crotchety cat.
Contact Links
Website
Twitter: @fletch125
Facebook: doorknobsociety
Links to Buy
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Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Review: Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe
By: Shelley Coriell
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Description:
Big-hearted Chloe Camden is the queen of her universe until her best friend shreds her reputation and her school counselor axes her junior independent study project. Chloe is forced to take on a meaningful project in order to pass, and so she joins her school’s struggling radio station, where the other students don’t find her too queenly. Ostracized by her former BFs and struggling with her beloved Grams’s mental deterioration, lonely Chloe ends up hosting a call-in show that gets the station much-needed publicity and, in the end, trouble. She also befriends radio techie and loner Duncan Moore, a quiet soul with a romantic heart. On and off the air, Chloe faces her loneliness and helps others find the fun and joy in everyday life. Readers will fall in love with Chloe as she falls in love with the radio station and the misfits who call it home.
Review:
This was a really sweet read. It showed you how many different people deal with different situations in their lives. While one person might find the laughter even in tough situations others might close themselves off completely. But then sometimes that laughter can be contagious.
We meet Chloe as she is being shunned by her two besties for reasons unknown to her, then to top it off her JISP was refused and now she has to find a new topic, and let’s not mention world war iii that is happening between her grandmother and her mother, but through all of this Chloe still tries to find laughter in her life. She puts on a smile and marches forward, she’s the type of person who wears her emotions right there on her sleeve for everyone to see. She hears whisperings about her, but doesn’t know why.
As she retreats to her new JISP project which is to do business models and help KRDS the Edge, the school radio station stay afloat for a while longer. Here, in the most unexpected of places she forms new friendships with people she wouldn’t otherwise converse with. She also starts to fall for the quiet broad shouldered Duncan who has plenty of baggage he carries around with him. But Chloe being the outgoing person she is, she starts to intertwine herself with this reclusive kids and she brings them out of their shell just a little bit and all the while making some new great friends.
Things escalate and deescalate at home with Grams and her mom, but nothing that Chloe can’t handle. Things also move forward with Duncan, she learns about his baggage and helps him through it, all the while trying to save the radio station for its inevitable demise because of funding.
Overall this was a really great book, think sunshiny with a purpose. It really goes to show you every little bit helps and you will find a new family in the most unexpected places if you give it a chance. The main character is very likeable, it’s try who doesn’t like Chloe and if they don’t it’s because they are obviously hating on themselves. The Radio Station staff is also very likeable and you want to learn more about their individual stories as well. The setting is very general and relatable to any high school student. The cover, super cute and I can completely picture her and all her fancy vintage shoes; oh the shoes discussed in this book are quite fabulous!
Cover Reveal: I Choose You (Friends & Lovers, #2) by Bethany Lopez
By: Bethany Lopez
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Series: Friends & Lovers
Description:
Up until now, Nicole's life has been mapped out for her. She'd go to college, marry Jake and become the upstanding minister's wife. When she leaves that life to begin again in a small town in Texas, she finally has the freedom to live as she chooses. There, she meets Kent, a guy whose charm and passion make it hard to stick to her morals.
Dodging his father’s fists and protecting his twin sister made Kent into the man he is today. He learned by watching his mother stay by his father’s side that it’s better to keep relationships simple. Then he meets Nicole. Her sweet smile and genuine response to him land like punches to his resolve. After a lifetime of learning to protect his heart, can he finally let down his guard?
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Make sure to check out the first book in the series, my review can be found here.
Make It Last By Bethany Lopez Release Date: November 12, 2012 Description: In a small town, it's hard to recover from being dumped by your high school sweetheart. That's just what Briana has to do after Colin leaves her to follow his dreams. She focuses her energy into her friendships and the pursuit of her own goal of becoming a chef. Just when she finally feels like she's on the right path, he comes back to town.
Colin knew breaking up with Briana before leaving for college was the right thing to do. He was determined to leave small-town life behind forever, and that included his high school girlfriend. But when a sports injury puts him on the sidelines, he's forced to return home. Seeing Briana again brings back a lot of memories, and Colin wonders if he made the right decision. It doesn't take long for him to realize he wants her back, and this time, he wants to make it last.
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About the Author:
Bethany Lopez was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Michigan and San Antonio, Texas. She went to High School at Dearborn High, in Dearborn, Michigan, which is where she has set her Young Adult novel. She is married and has a blended family with five children. She is currently serving in the United States Air Force as a Recruiter in Los Angeles, California. She has always loved to read and write and has seen her dream realized by independently publishing her contemporary Young Adult series, Stories About Melissa. Ta Ta for Now!, xoxoxo, and Ciao are available now. Bethany is currently working on a Contemporary Fantasy YA and a Contemporary New Adult Trilogy.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Waiting on Wednesday:
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week I'm "Waiting on":
This is What Happy Looks Like
By: Jennifer E. Smith
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Description:
If fate sent you an email, would you answer?
When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds.
Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs?
This week I'm "Waiting on":
By: Jennifer E. Smith
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Description:
If fate sent you an email, would you answer?
When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds.
Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs?
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Teaser Tuesday: Impossible Engineers
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: •Grab your current read •Open to a random page •Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) •Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Here's my teaser for the week:
“You did what anyone would have done. It wasn’t your fault.” This was yet another person the First Kind had a hand in hurting. The list was growing very long and I was getting very angry. Something inside me told me that when I came face to face with my mother it wasn’t going to be a very happy reunion.
Chapter 9
Impossible Engineers by MJ Fletcher
Review and Blog Tour to come on the 14th make sure you come check it out, there will be a giveaway!
Here's my teaser for the week:
“You did what anyone would have done. It wasn’t your fault.” This was yet another person the First Kind had a hand in hurting. The list was growing very long and I was getting very angry. Something inside me told me that when I came face to face with my mother it wasn’t going to be a very happy reunion.
Chapter 9
Impossible Engineers by MJ Fletcher
Review and Blog Tour to come on the 14th make sure you come check it out, there will be a giveaway!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Musing Monday: Unfinished!
This week’s musing asks…
What was the last book you could not finish and why?
This happened quite recently actually. I don't like not finishing books but sometimes you just can't get into it. it happens very rarely with me but it happens. It was the Dream Slayer by Jill Cooper. I don't know what it was about it, we didn't click at all. I couldn't finish it and had to opt out of doing a review. Again this actually hasn't happened to me in a really long time. Even if I don't like the book I could finish it with a valiant attempt. But this one, I just didn't want to do it, didn't want to waste my time. The story was really out there and semi confusing and just eh. Not to say the book was bad it's just that it wasn't for me. Simple as that. How about you? What book couldn't you finish and why?
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Teaser Tuesay: Hello Caller, It's Chloe
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: •Grab your current read •Open to a random page •Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) •Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Here's my teaser for the week:
“Sometimes you’re so self-centered, I can’t stand it.” She punched the gas, and a blast of exhaust enveloped my peep-toe swing heels.
Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe (Kindle Locations 80-81).
By Shelley Coriell
Here's my teaser for the week:
“Sometimes you’re so self-centered, I can’t stand it.” She punched the gas, and a blast of exhaust enveloped my peep-toe swing heels.
Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe (Kindle Locations 80-81).
By Shelley Coriell
Monday, December 3, 2012
Musing Monday: Organization
This week’s musing asks…
How do you organize/store your books? Do you go through them often? Or do you pretty much just shelve them and then leave them alone until you need them?
Organization - what's that? I'm probably the most unorganized person, definitely do not put any books in order by author, genre, anything really. They are just all piled around in various closets around the house and shelves here and there. I usually only read on my e-reader and don’t pick up regular books, I know, I know, how horrible of me. It just makes my life easier to have everything in one location. Although I will say this again none of my books are organized on the kindle so if you have one you know what I mean when the scrolling can take forever when you are looking for something, but then again they do have that nifty search bar that I use quite regularly. Oh yeah and the ones on my shelves, I haven't looked at them in a while, tsk tsk I know. Sometimes I take a peak and then I look for the e-book version of it, ha.
Yeah so how about you, are you organized?
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Blog Tour: Stalk Me - Review/Giveaway
By Jillian Dodd
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Description:
Gossip girl meets Hollywood in this new series by That Boy author, Jillian Dodd.
Keatyn has everything she ever dreamed of. Her life is following the script she wrote for the perfect high school experience. She’s popular, goes to the best parties, dates the hottest guy, and sits at the most coveted lunch table.
She’s just not sure she wants it anymore.
Because really, things aren’t all that perfect.
Her best friend is threatening to tell everyone her perfect relationship is a scam.
Her perfect boyfriend gets drunk at every party they go to.
It’s exhausting always trying to look and act perfect.
And deep down, she isn’t sure if she has any true friends.
To add to the drama, her movie star mom’s long-time fan has turned stalker.
An older man is flirting with her and telling her they should make a movie together.
And she’s crushing on an adorable surfer. Dating a guy like him would mean committing social suicide.
So she writes a new script. One where all the pieces of her life will come together in perfect harmony.
But little does she know, there’s someone who will do anything to make sure that doesn’t happen.
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Review:
This book did not disappoint in the least, when I was reading the book I really felt that whole Gossip Girl meets Hollywood (Malibu) vibe. You have main characters who are all children of famous celebrities, producers etc, all living a luxurious life but trying to be normal. There is no such thing as normal as soon as everyone realizes that we can all get along, he he, and back to the book.
We meet Keatyn whose boyfriend is drunk somewhere during the party and never wants to pay her any mind. I immediately had my suspicions about him; I can’t believe how some people just don’t notice what is right in front of them, seriously. Anyway so she spends time with her good friend Cush, who is always hitting on her, she realizes maybe it’s time to dump her boyfriend and go for the surfer boy she’s been in love with for years, Brooklyn. Which I absolutely love the name. She does just that but then it seems as if maybe Brooklyn really isn’t that into her.
She moves on to Cush, who seems to have it bad for her, who knew he could have a girlfriend. But things transpire and there is a bad breakup which leads her back to Brooklyn. It’s all very much back and forth with the different guys; she just doesn’t know who she wants. Then comes the stress of a stalker out on the loose looking for her mother, or is he now looking for her?
Things become more intense and throughout the whole thing Keatyn is still confused about which guy she wants in her life. When the stalker turns out to now want her she is shipped off after her birthday party. She’s now attending a new school and has to try living a slightly different lifestyle, and yes you’ve guessed it there’s a new guy she’s got her eye on, Aiden. Can’t wait to see what progresses with those two in the next book.
Even though the book description seems to be more about stalking I think that’s more of a side story here. It focuses a lot on Keatyn and who she is, who she wants to be, who she turns out to be and also of course all the many men in her life. Who to choose it’s so hard, which team are you on? Make sure you check the book out especially if you like things such as Gossip Girl, The OC, and Mean Girls and even dare I say a touch of Sex in the City. It was an interesting read that really surprised me because I didn’t think I was going to like it but now I can honestly say I’m hooked, can’t wait for the next one!
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About the Author:
She is the author of the That Boy Trilogy and The Keatyn Chronicles Series.
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