tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63264426755033136732024-03-13T01:10:35.152-07:00LoveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-53392331929604508602013-12-11T03:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.811-08:00YA and NA Holiday Giveaway Day Three, Kimberly Sabatini<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eDRtv3RcPVfLq4j6i4lRd2shmdRq8YfZbLHircHZszbgw-SzHJguBIgNWqJANEHqCFtwnVEQR0L2iP7c0baBgqlezGLFffZpbb_fjj9qbymJ9RsQQEc0jSNDWCYWSNga-rymJ-4N0A/s1600/kimberlygiveaway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eDRtv3RcPVfLq4j6i4lRd2shmdRq8YfZbLHircHZszbgw-SzHJguBIgNWqJANEHqCFtwnVEQR0L2iP7c0baBgqlezGLFffZpbb_fjj9qbymJ9RsQQEc0jSNDWCYWSNga-rymJ-4N0A/s400/kimberlygiveaway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittu3FG_vLdxn_pHigW6STSWdDdOU_hetfs9GOfE6iYlE8KpPQZzw8vL-D0GAtoTpQt20iS-xrwCY8GIAcKEcsg-Sr3rei1aMlmh21EY5YsEQRaX8i-ZZvZyJqoiMXCyry88qgF5wdjw/s1600/christmas+divider.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittu3FG_vLdxn_pHigW6STSWdDdOU_hetfs9GOfE6iYlE8KpPQZzw8vL-D0GAtoTpQt20iS-xrwCY8GIAcKEcsg-Sr3rei1aMlmh21EY5YsEQRaX8i-ZZvZyJqoiMXCyry88qgF5wdjw/s320/christmas+divider.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas is my favorite time of the year, so I'm kicking off the holiday season with a little YA, NA Giveaway! I will feature a different author, everyday for the rest of the week. There will be one entry form but you can choose which book you'd like to win. To see them all check back daily for the other prizes! There will be a secret word hidden in the author interview so you might want to read it! All interviews will give us a secret look at our favorite author's holiday traditions and wish lists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><b><i>Favorite holiday tradition if any.</i></b></span></div><div id=":kj"><div><div class="adn ads" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 8px;"><div class="gs" style="margin-left: 44px;"><div class="ii gt m142c40cc7aa21b6f adP adO" id=":nx" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div id=":nw" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div> Mmmmm does eating myself silly count? On Christmas Eve my mother-in-law makes these awesome fried artichoke hearts and then I married into authentic Italian antipasto. Yum! Plus I make a MEAN batch of chocolate chip cookies to top it all off. Yeah, it'a all about the food.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><b><i>It's Christmas, who's with you? </i></b></span></div> Always my husband and three boys plus extended family on both sides. A fabulous crowd.<br /><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i>Favorite holiday/christmas dessert or drink.</i></b> </div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> Hmmmm…Prosecco,cranberry juice, a squirt of lime and a frozen raspberry. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><b><i>Santa's coming, what's on your christmas wish list?</i></b> </span></div><br />This shows exactly what a geek I am, but LLBean has these great fleece vests that I love to wear everywhere, all winter long. But for the last couple of years they've taken the zippers out of the pockets. Why??? My cell phone falls out. So I wrote a review and guess what??? Zippers are back! There are new colors in my future. Woot! Maybe I should be a writer, no?<br /><blockquote style="color: #222222;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Favorite christmas song and why. </i></b></div></div></blockquote> Need a Little Christmas--it always pumps me up into the holiday zone. Anything by Johnny Mathis because I grew up listening to his Holiday records. Yup, I said records! It brings me back to dancing and singing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush.<br /><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i>It's the holiday season, and you have to spread a little Christmas cheer, who are you spreading it to? </i></b></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> Needy kids and families in my community. <3 I like to get kids books too. </div><blockquote style="color: #222222;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>It's Christmas Eve, what are you doing?</i></b> </div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> Hanging out at my Mother-in-Laws house, watching the kids almost explode with excitement. Awesome!</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i>Santa added another reindeer to the bunch, what's his name?</i></b></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;">George or Fred. I've always named everything Fred or George--long before they were Weasley's. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgDqzr9R0qaaQpzvE6fXZ3e9cOXYhPNsNGR1lAkmG_fUHcfCYUfh3xkqvuPT06hYJ44zcWeoEZQzlSrkv1VieCJV9EpmW5SJWQj6rwMZ7AQsDd8gF65D4SdasEtUjD1jPOX8TuuyjlQ/s1600/christmas+divider.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgDqzr9R0qaaQpzvE6fXZ3e9cOXYhPNsNGR1lAkmG_fUHcfCYUfh3xkqvuPT06hYJ44zcWeoEZQzlSrkv1VieCJV9EpmW5SJWQj6rwMZ7AQsDd8gF65D4SdasEtUjD1jPOX8TuuyjlQ/s320/christmas+divider.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Want more on the book? 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I will feature a different author, everyday for the rest of the week. To see them all check back daily for the other prizes! There will be a secret word hidden in the author interview so you might want to read it! All interviews will give us a secret look at our favorite author's holiday traditions and wish lists.</div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br /><div><div><div class="im"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i>What is your favorite thing about Christmas?</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I love watching the excitement on my sons’ faces increase every day Christmas draws closer. And presents…I freaking love presents </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11pt;">J</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="im"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i> If Toys for tots was only for books what three books would you include that you think is essential for a child to read?</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Giving Tree by </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Shel Silverstein<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Where the Wild Things Are </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">by Maurice Sendak<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="im"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <b><i>What's a typical Christmas dinner for you and your family like? What are you having and who's there?</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">We have a big family dinner on Christmas Eve with ham, turkey, fish, a huge array of side dishes, and most importantly DESSERT…we have so many varieties each person could have their own cake, pie, tart, etc.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i>Santa's coming, what's on your Christmas wish list?</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A new kick-ass laptop to write on ;-)<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="im"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i>Egg nog or Hot chocolate? If neither what's your favorite festive holiday drink?</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hot Chocolate with salted caramel drizzle…yummy!!!! My mom also makes hot spiced cider, which is delicious.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="im"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i>Your participating in a Secret Santa with your favorite author, what would you give them, who is it, and why?</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I love so many authors that it is impossible to choose. Let’s pretend I pulled Kristen Ashley from the name bag—I would get her a set of cosmo glasses that were etched with the name/cover image of each of her books…and cashews!<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="im"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i>Favorite holiday song if any.</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I LOVE “It Wasn’t His Child” by Trisha Yearwood for my favorite religious song. “Oh Holy Night” by Martina McBride is my absolute favorite Christmas song/version.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i>Favorite holiday movie.</i></b><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A strange choice, perhaps, but I watch the classic Judy Garland “Meet Me In St. Louis” every Christmas. It reminds me of my grandparents, and there are some fantastic winter/Christmas scenes in the movie.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I always watch Mickey’s Christmas Carole with my boys, too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8po1EIRl3rlh2dK0aQTpLk72ZdSd5oWXIq91z3DjoIk7V6S-louHczT08gTW52Lzmj_SDjrC4c4RVhFha3GloOqDxWcIHKNehau3dbYbWrhwm89rfTHcnTOMLau5fzzHdfkByj1va7g/s1600/christmasdivider.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="31" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8po1EIRl3rlh2dK0aQTpLk72ZdSd5oWXIq91z3DjoIk7V6S-louHczT08gTW52Lzmj_SDjrC4c4RVhFha3GloOqDxWcIHKNehau3dbYbWrhwm89rfTHcnTOMLau5fzzHdfkByj1va7g/s320/christmasdivider.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Want more on the book? 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Click <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18460174-pieces-for-you">HERE</a>!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/21ea8412/" id="rc-21ea8412" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-49183610837829467512013-12-09T16:41:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.835-08:00Shadow of Samhain by Dawn Colclasure Quick Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQRoYEr0lHiPG2CVFeXsOfBzVJQaXEijD8WnSA4nvDfbpzyplVVG8N2D5c5CEWdqHhdKQ5HLQ_Xxv-AfNTslu5zaiT22prdovAHrkzLvv_KtTB-Kl6b5TgCh8AWlgVLOo9hXSHJ6ESw/s1600/shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQRoYEr0lHiPG2CVFeXsOfBzVJQaXEijD8WnSA4nvDfbpzyplVVG8N2D5c5CEWdqHhdKQ5HLQ_Xxv-AfNTslu5zaiT22prdovAHrkzLvv_KtTB-Kl6b5TgCh8AWlgVLOo9hXSHJ6ESw/s400/shadow.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="border: 4px double green; padding: 10px;"><b>Shadow of Samhain by Dawn Colclasure</b><br /><b>Publisher: Gyspy Shadow Publishing Company</b><br /><b>Published Date: October 19th, 2013</b><br /><b>Genre:Paranormal, Fantasy</b><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She called him the "dark man." Who is Jonathan, a man haunting Malissa Ratham's dreams? What sort of secrets from his past does he try to keep buried? Everybody says the dreams are only dreams and nothing more. But soon Malissa starts acting strangely, knowing about ancient Druidic rituals and a history too mysterious to unearth. With the help of Jovin, an ancient Druidic spirit on a mission to stop Jonathan from his path of death and destruction, and Tessie Malkin, a psychic with an advantage over Jonathan's power, Malissa must own up to her past and walk between worlds to destroy an ancient curse . . . . . . before it is too late.</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Review+Rating</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>3 out of 5 stars</i></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">*copy provided by author in exchange for a honest review*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">This is a story about a young teenaged girl who dreams of ancestors she's never met but constantly dreams about. The same has happened to her mother who struggles to deal with it now happening to her daughter. It's an interesting story that was a little difficult to grasp at first, due to the different POV's. Sometimes a story gets a little hard to read when there is more than two point of views. Aside from that this is a decent story with an interesting and intriguing cast of characters. There is a mix of paranormal, romance, and fantasy. It has a decent blend of everything.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">Readers will struggle to get into the book but it's worth seeing through to the finish.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18960832-shadow-of-samhain?from_search=true"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4EB45WbvMZCXQyToD3BXmdovTvEtjggv-0sZ8dNDLweiAD4tTWMHf8O0X8iBtCHZhnuFp1WGQ-z6AxMapq5WQjplqDiyUCrRm3N_H0B7LUtRrmWSNBH1LBQPy-lHw9a0HH5PYI29hg/s1600/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-J1IoNwsVJP0sefEYTLiaAAmIMKeLiRrefpI82FHfuW99kKs9Shyphenhyphen5mAYMsLMAEbMxAMgPf1eZtwu_aGlHrRIHAs_8CMvG49WqclkJ1oq5O8h641WRFyHLTdGDKj7yp16CxdgqsXiTw/s1600/curly_q_blog_divider1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-J1IoNwsVJP0sefEYTLiaAAmIMKeLiRrefpI82FHfuW99kKs9Shyphenhyphen5mAYMsLMAEbMxAMgPf1eZtwu_aGlHrRIHAs_8CMvG49WqclkJ1oq5O8h641WRFyHLTdGDKj7yp16CxdgqsXiTw/s320/curly_q_blog_divider1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-73672683263616496522013-12-09T03:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.843-08:00YA AND NA Holiday Giveaway: Day One, Anne Eliot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqkxR2w0QRQ8moQb_yMJadXFnjaJJkZW-iBocy_6yHlELRwd30OmAAatFfM3eIU2tvgXTY5vrg7haasencqS45lNdbom-NgZg8eHJGMscaAup5hjIhmFrNfK31N5Sij5hm6HvC6GuYQ/s1600/almostgholiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqkxR2w0QRQ8moQb_yMJadXFnjaJJkZW-iBocy_6yHlELRwd30OmAAatFfM3eIU2tvgXTY5vrg7haasencqS45lNdbom-NgZg8eHJGMscaAup5hjIhmFrNfK31N5Sij5hm6HvC6GuYQ/s400/almostgholiday.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRfaFM2EknNF0FPHHtPKkcl68UL8usT2XuuPFy8RyuhbHnjZqWS5XgU59u2uHmGnbr9IrPYB3ENRRHuu1c3VzGitccpXyfW27JiTKrYAfibVMy_vGX9O8vjBNX76PGFGlvAl-RG5pdA/s1600/christmas+divider.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRfaFM2EknNF0FPHHtPKkcl68UL8usT2XuuPFy8RyuhbHnjZqWS5XgU59u2uHmGnbr9IrPYB3ENRRHuu1c3VzGitccpXyfW27JiTKrYAfibVMy_vGX9O8vjBNX76PGFGlvAl-RG5pdA/s320/christmas+divider.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas is my favorite time of the year, so I'm kicking off the holiday season with a little YA, NA Giveaway! I will feature a different author, everyday for the rest of the week. There will be one entry form but you can choose which book you'd like to win. To see them all check back daily for the other prizes! There will be a secret word hidden in the author interview so you might want to read it! All interviews will give us a secret look at our favorite author's holiday traditions and wish lists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>You're having christmas dinner, and all of your guests are authors. Who's there and what are you having?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This question is impossible. First because I have a list a mile long of authors I'd wish to invite and could never pick, and second, because if anyone dared to show at dinner, AT MY HOUSE, I'd freak-choke-pass-out. I've got serious star struck on author issues, so if I really love an author's work when I meet them I can't speak. If I manage to move my lips at all rocks fall out of my mouth. This has happened to me at Romantic Times and Romance Writer's of America. I finally see/meet my dream authors who inspired me and crickets-crickets-run-the-other-way'. I'm also dyslexic and at parties (and in life) I forget and mix up everyone's names, even people I know well, like my whole family.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is also how I operated back when I had crushes on boys. The bigger the crush--the faster I'd choke. I'd go to a party, the guy would be at the party, I'd freak out (call him by the wrong name, of course) and I'd feel a lot sick and LEAVE by way of RUNNING back to the dorms and sit alone. Yep…so, obviously I was single and the last living virgin on the planet because of this. Not gonna lie…but it worked out…eventually. I married a patient guy called Tom--er--Edward--Mr. Darcy--heck, what's his name?</span></div><div><div class="im" style="color: #500050;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i>If you could spend Christmas in any other place besides where you live, your family can come along, where do you go and why?</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">I would love to go to spend Christmas with my cousin Sonia and her family in Italy. She and I are so close, but now that we have kids and jobs and lives with husbands and school schedules for kids--it's too expensive to travel so far with four tickets to Italy (and same for her four tickets to the USA). This is sad so if I could go there, I would.</span></span><br /><div class="im" style="color: #500050;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i>You're responsible for making a holiday soundtrack, what's on it?</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Oh…all the campy old-school ones by Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra…all the songs where they add in extra snapping fingers and cheesy 'jingle jingle' and really campy bells and awkward 'ho ho ho's' in the background. My dad always played those so I love them the best.</span></span><br /><div class="im" style="color: #500050;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i>The elves are all sick and they need someone to get the toys ready for Santa, what toys do you put in Santa's sack?</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><div><br /></div><div>Gift cards gift cards and gift cards…I just hate shopping in every way and I hate wrapping presents more, so if I could fill that sack with cards, then people could go out and spend them and the wrapping is just an envelope!<br /><div class="im" style="color: #500050;"><br /></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i>Sometimes we don't always get what we want. What was the one thing you never got but wish you had on Christmas?</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><div><br /></div><div>Well…hmm…I got the Easy Bake Oven, and I got that Cabbage Patch Doll, but my parents would never get me one of those FURBYS. You know those? I just saw an ad that says they are back and my whole body was like…OOOOH-WANT-FURBY…so, I think I'm still harboring some sadness over that thing. </div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>Santa's coming, what's on your christmas wish list?</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><div>On my wish list…(besides the new Furby) I've got my eye on some seriously nerdy things. I love any and all office supplies and lap desks, any and all soft blankets, pillows and whatever it is--if it's made of strange fleeciness--I WANT IT. I also have always wanted one of those 5gajillondollar massage chairs. So…(true confession here) during the holidays, I convince my daughter to dress up a bit, and we waltz into the Relax the Back store where we pretend we that we are going to by one of these chairs for my 'oh-so-rich' husband for Christmas. Then we totally sit in the chairs and get a full demo and chair massage. We really spend extra time pushing all the buttons in them (side by side) and milk it for all we can--and then we dash out. Is that sad and bad and pathetic? We were just talking about how it's THE SEASON last weekend. THE GO SIT IN THE FANCY CHAIR SEASON… Don't laugh…we live in a town where there is not much to do, okay? (hah-lol)</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span><b><i>Today's christmas eve, what kind of cookies are you leaving for santa?</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><div><br /></div><div>Oh, warm chocolate chip (the kind you cook off the ready-made cookie dough--don't get any ideas that I was adding baking soda or anything like that) and a half glass of milk (because we know he's so full by the time he gets to our place).<br /><div class="im" style="color: #500050;"><br /></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i>Are you on the naughty or the nice list?</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><div>I hope I'm on the nice list...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQ1FUZ0MOaYAcxvxMeZl5Qkd6is-QxOidIqzdKEtgbMHm6saeePV2djjzaON66wTAGPsL7DsJdmgaicEdIM-Xd3sGOaa_W2h1SHbrIDf-Grj5RpdGJUFsm1dHGKLwQKPIkv_48xl0TA/s1600/christmas+divider.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQ1FUZ0MOaYAcxvxMeZl5Qkd6is-QxOidIqzdKEtgbMHm6saeePV2djjzaON66wTAGPsL7DsJdmgaicEdIM-Xd3sGOaa_W2h1SHbrIDf-Grj5RpdGJUFsm1dHGKLwQKPIkv_48xl0TA/s320/christmas+divider.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div>Want more on the book? Click <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16112452-almost?from_search=true">HERE</a><br /><br />Like Anne on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anneeliotauthor">FACEBOOK</a><br />Follow Anne on <a href="https://twitter.com/yaromance">TWITTER</a><br />Enter the Giveaway BELOW----></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/21ea8412/" id="rc-21ea8412" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-40164864577231337492013-12-08T05:26:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.852-08:00Blogger Spotlight Sunday, Sophia of Bookwyrming Thoughts Blog<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C7VXMQ0XPtjHgQ2Oz8aPNVxnk9q5eQghrLxnn3q0SaiMSZQPDrj_9V7GQuqQjuBX2tqEF6eBLtlnaTMYIgBvnNHgmVOLf_O5RNfmS4MuDHmhTsENbtIW35bKKAou7s5YDmhfZJ475w/s1600/bloggerspot.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C7VXMQ0XPtjHgQ2Oz8aPNVxnk9q5eQghrLxnn3q0SaiMSZQPDrj_9V7GQuqQjuBX2tqEF6eBLtlnaTMYIgBvnNHgmVOLf_O5RNfmS4MuDHmhTsENbtIW35bKKAou7s5YDmhfZJ475w/s320/bloggerspot.jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;"><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Blogger Spotlight Sunday is a meme hosted by yours truly, and it spotlights and promote bloggers in order to gain page views and followers. But, it only works if we support one another. So stop by the featured blogger's blog, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>comment, say hi, and follow.</b></span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: separate; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Today I welcome Sofia from <a href="http://bookwyrming-thoughts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">BookWyrming Thoughts Blog</span></a>.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCaOMSr8GzLc1VnS6zRpYwQrU1prZ82qMKL5vBUK01Oo1-SpO2JojZAcgecZsSJ2t1RWSC-g72u2QXzUmDqWA5uNdWTJXPm2v_ZGIDG5o6amJl82oYF7uFBUQS3jEHrzM93njeAklSA/s1600/BeFunky_bloggerspotlight.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="43" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCaOMSr8GzLc1VnS6zRpYwQrU1prZ82qMKL5vBUK01Oo1-SpO2JojZAcgecZsSJ2t1RWSC-g72u2QXzUmDqWA5uNdWTJXPm2v_ZGIDG5o6amJl82oYF7uFBUQS3jEHrzM93njeAklSA/s320/BeFunky_bloggerspotlight.png.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookwyrming-thoughts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJAhV2o0al-MtcCVvGTlOS24SmjOZQ5NWKiKfwi-JLQSZ3H-1IfqmU4iZ52z73MOISdrNhxgadm8BwTNVsJcWOIBiEroqtuge2qmRdh2m9nE_YWTm-cp0nJRUz-HGsoLVDiWVaWWMiw/s200/bookwormying.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">(Click the icon above to visit Sophia's blog)</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Tell me a little bit about your blog. When did you start blogging and why?</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;">In a few words (well a tweet I guess, lol), Bookwyrming Thoughts is a book blog aimed toward Young Adult, Middle Grade and now New Adult reads. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;">I officially started blogging in February 2012 (specifically</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #002060;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #002060;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_198942403" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">February 5</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #002060;">...) but it was about gaming (Wizard101). Apparently gaming was absolutely not my type no matter how much I enjoy it. Several months later, I decided to try out book blogging, which sort of makes sense since I would probably keep at it for quite awhile because I enjoy reading. But I also began book blogging to talk about my thoughts and opinions on books instead of keeping it all bottled up except to a few close friends/book club members.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. What is the best thing you've learned while blogging?</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just be yourself. ;)</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Least favorite food</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Anything spicy. And garlic. Unless the garlic is virtually not there (but it is).</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4. Favorite place to read</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Anywhere comfortable... that includes the bed, chair, sitting on the stairs, etc.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Where do you see yourself in five years?</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have no clue - I'm still deciding! But I'm running out of time. I'll probably be a nurse (yippee, tech school!) and maybe something else. Oh, and definitely in college... junior year. O_o</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">6. Dream fictional boyfriend</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So many to name. Let's see... if I can't get Prince Ash, I'll go after Puck. But then there's Ezekiel Crosse, James Carstairs, Adrian Ivashkoniv (how do you spell the Bloodlines dude's name again? Don't tell my friend I said that; she'll kill me! O_o)....</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">7. Do you always finish every book you read? If not what causes you not to finish?</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Almost always. It's <em>extremely</em> rare for me to not finish a book, mainly because there's lack of action or it's just the same action repeating over and over again. So far, that seems to be the only thing. Maybe I have an eye for catching good books, but I don't know how I manage to avoid DNF books the majority of the time. (And I'm curious as to how since I have bad eyesight. </span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">8. One of the greatest moments of your life.</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Greatest moment? Let's see... *shifts through 16+ years of memories* Can't think of any. Sorry! Well, there are the few years when I was waddling around that I certainly don't remember... but I was a toddler. What do I know? :p</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">9. Favorite movie</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I hardly watch movies. >_< Mom, we need to have a mother-daughter talk of going to the movies one day... no buts about it! O_o</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">10. What do you like to do most besides read?</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Graphic designing, web designing (sort of), writing (does journaling count?!), listening to music (kpop anyone?), etc. Okay, I'm not an outdoors person.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;">Want more of Sophia?</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;">Find her on:</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BookwyrmingThoughts" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Facebook</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;">/ </span><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/follow?source=followbutton&variant=1.0&screen_name=SophiWaterheart" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Twitter</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;">/ </span><a href="http://bookwyrming-thoughts.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tumblr</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;">/ </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/sophiwaterheart/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Pinterest</span></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-82899010975293952842013-12-06T04:51:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.863-08:00Favorite Book Friday # 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_dQ_QhrfbAtdksn34ZGN8qdPGMf8ZCdvqs6Bf1nPpFS1YxHfRqO6rC9CD6jxpYZ-x95xcKww_MHpMd1K31L0Tl5PuTb6_OfriEGtGe0fWGTiDpWTGkbJZt57AmfGyuLGaa3OezUOfw/s1600/fav.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_dQ_QhrfbAtdksn34ZGN8qdPGMf8ZCdvqs6Bf1nPpFS1YxHfRqO6rC9CD6jxpYZ-x95xcKww_MHpMd1K31L0Tl5PuTb6_OfriEGtGe0fWGTiDpWTGkbJZt57AmfGyuLGaa3OezUOfw/s1600/fav.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It's Favorite book Friday and I haven't done one in quite a while. Here's my choice for today:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What happens Next by Colleen Clayton. I have a special place in my heart for Contemporary fiction, when it's written well it can be a beautiful thing, and most of all for the most part they're emotional one way or the other. You laugh, you get angry, you cry. They touch on some part of real life and make me feel something. I love that about contemporary novels. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This book is no different. It is as beautiful as it is heartbreaking. I recommend it all the time now I'm recommending it to you. Just prepare for the feels.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEVDt_qTOLsXJ_wop_opgZTmb0K26N8cUmqQB-xYhXhy5sB3ChjXjKZb9ZlsHHJ022SO-Eg02Jz8ERr6LoJa416SJ4BrWPIf9rG4sX9qSQJEMhrP0SVvfbyWLw6CBoE_et8dsDr1NDw/s1600/ihaveso.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEVDt_qTOLsXJ_wop_opgZTmb0K26N8cUmqQB-xYhXhy5sB3ChjXjKZb9ZlsHHJ022SO-Eg02Jz8ERr6LoJa416SJ4BrWPIf9rG4sX9qSQJEMhrP0SVvfbyWLw6CBoE_et8dsDr1NDw/s320/ihaveso.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/435735282">My Review on Goodreads</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton</span></i></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Publisher: Poppy (Little Brown Books for Young Readers</span></i></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Published Date: Oct 9th, 2012</span></i></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction</span></i></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><em><br /></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><em>How can you talk about something you can’t remember? </em></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXNTV7xKe8gh0j-c5I4x_9Mjuzjpe5gY_CunsypCIcmECOtvbuHDlM9dyzn-8a_K3ZqiQCJqfOWcLqpuHqw8Iv7LNlFW4z-n4_9zlsNWsn2VjwwrjEpokC5oxfax1l_8_VvnTfBYL6Q/s1600/whathappensnext.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXNTV7xKe8gh0j-c5I4x_9Mjuzjpe5gY_CunsypCIcmECOtvbuHDlM9dyzn-8a_K3ZqiQCJqfOWcLqpuHqw8Iv7LNlFW4z-n4_9zlsNWsn2VjwwrjEpokC5oxfax1l_8_VvnTfBYL6Q/s320/whathappensnext.jpg" width="210" /></a></em></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Before the ski trip, sixteen-year-old Cassidy “Sid” Murphy was a cheerleader (at the bottom of the pyramid, but still...), a straight-A student, and a member of a solid trio of best friends. When she ends up on a ski lift next to handsome local college boy, Dax Windsor, she’s thrilled; but Dax takes everything from Sid—including a lock of her perfect red curls—and she can’t remember any of it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Back home and unable to relate to her old friends, Sid drops her college prep classes and takes up residence in the A/V room with only Corey “The Living Stoner” Livingston for company. But as she gets to know Corey (slacker, baker, total dreamboat), Sid finds someone who truly makes her happy. Now, if she can just shake the nightmares and those few extra pounds, everything will be perfect... or so she thinks.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Witty and poignant, Colleen Clayton’s stunning debut is a story about moving on after the unthinkable happens.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12819342-what-happens-next"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivWIoUOqPbUpw-ye_NrIt9303pmHGbBQkwqUJ9O55Xxw6zHqozr8PFE2Nd0Og69qLAj_8Yyzl_E1jKzt05h8zvDAasXdGbdVUerc7Y2KipqUq7-90fkKn0a9uF_Vz5pD8DjRtnkoALQ/s1600/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-3955794805202417232013-12-06T03:05:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.872-08:00The Saving of Benjamin Chambers by Anna Bloom Book Highlight, Excerpt+Giveaway!<div class="separator tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDqmrv9zHdxo9VsYm-HukHnr3JDgTCM8Bpxm07X9S6-zFOh4DgGRPEHcER_dyriUMrC4GhPaKB5UoQJlLiKwGTl5Y3ujDgAyUDylvzqV3Go_lauh3tYzoOfcbDL0FZQp3rCsJxLa6PqM/s1600/ben_cover_no_spine+-+The+Saving+of+Benj,im+Chabers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDqmrv9zHdxo9VsYm-HukHnr3JDgTCM8Bpxm07X9S6-zFOh4DgGRPEHcER_dyriUMrC4GhPaKB5UoQJlLiKwGTl5Y3ujDgAyUDylvzqV3Go_lauh3tYzoOfcbDL0FZQp3rCsJxLa6PqM/s400/ben_cover_no_spine+-+The+Saving+of+Benj,im+Chabers.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>The Saving of Benjamin Chambers by Anna Bloom<br />New Adult Contemporary Romance<br />Published December 4th, 2013<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Benjamin Chambers needs saving, he just does not know it yet. Bored of his life of repetitive gigs with a band going nowhere fast and one night stands with girls who are only interested in his role as a lead singer, something has got to change. It’s just what do you do when the only life you know involves messing around with guitars and attempting to run away from any female attention that comes your way.<br /><br />Ben has a New Year’s resolution and one that he is determined to keep, quit the band and get a life of his own. Little does Ben realise that on his last night with his band Sound Box he is going to meet a girl who will turn everything he knows upside down.<br /><br />As Ben sets himself the challenge to find ‘The Girl’ again, he may be about to learn that in an effort to rescue her, he himself will be the one to be saved.</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18619492-the-saving-of-benjamin-chambers"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB412NaLeW2Th0dQO2sJbB_XNwuXiwQwY6cKgeERhyphenhyphenZ9SFZ6ROVn6DOalY9jVWAtkGZcat24lbRxcC4vJOiqx2S0x-0WVMx7BkoCP1znrof06Msv0dRvYlEnltWr6P_Le18_0XjcQU9I/s1600/AddtoGoodreads.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Saving-Benjamin-Chambers-Files-ebook/dp/B00H30B4ZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386265546&sr=8-1&keywords=the+saving+of+benjamin+chambers">Amazon</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVjn7Bbve4Kf1cAmdWxq_LQi_W0Boiqufxmg_QruO0TKvsKmZ81kxmkW2VbF5nlxqrUVkqsVvZCSe7dUK7mKgdmi7nBgQ69DkKDiCSDUSV9D9yT_lyVfTyhZgYTcq-93jZRiIP5qLPBE/s1600/Excerpt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVjn7Bbve4Kf1cAmdWxq_LQi_W0Boiqufxmg_QruO0TKvsKmZ81kxmkW2VbF5nlxqrUVkqsVvZCSe7dUK7mKgdmi7nBgQ69DkKDiCSDUSV9D9yT_lyVfTyhZgYTcq-93jZRiIP5qLPBE/s1600/Excerpt.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Delilah, Lilah or whatever she is called is, standing over on the far side of the room, her back against the wall wearing a figure-hugging red, floor-length dress. Her dark hair and eyes stand out in contrast. She looks like a Forties movie star, all curves and perfect poise, watching everyone with a critical eye. She hates this place and she hates the people that are here, that is clear to me straight away.<br /> I want to jump off the stage to get to her. I can’t tear my eyes away, even though Dave has picked up my guitar and shoved it back into my hands, hissing, “play, you idiot.”<br /> I am walking to the front of the stage still staring when I notice that I am being watched but not by her.<br /> Some guy who looks like a pretentious arsehole is watching me watch her and then he starts to move across the floor to get to her before I can leave the stage. I am stuck like a rabbit in headlights, rooted to the spot as I watch him clearly move towards her like he is proving he has ownership.<br /> When he gets to her he pulls her in close and winds his hands around her waist. I have to physically restrain myself from leaping off the stage and punching him. That’s what I want to do, a deep urge burning inside me. Jump from the stage, bop him on the nose, hopefully causing significant blood loss, and then throw her over my shoulder and march her off with her someplace. Someplace where I can kiss her and talk to her, in no particular order. Then I may well ask her to marry me because I am pretty sure that I want to.<br /> I don’t though, I don’t move from my spot on the edge of the stage. I start to play my guitar instead but not the song the rest of the band are expecting. Luckily it has a long intro so they are able to catch up.<br /> As I start to sing ‘Wonderwall’ I watch as the banker wanker twirls her onto the dance floor.<br /> It’s not a song for twirling, what is he doing the bloody arse?<br /> She has her hands on his shoulders and her back to me but I can clearly see an enormous diamond ring sitting on her left hand from my spot quite a distance away on stage.<br /><i> Damn it to hell.</i><br /> I nearly stop singing, but I hold it together and as I head into the second verse my choice of song becomes even more appropriate.<br /> The banker wanker pulls her in even tighter and I get a nasty taste in the back of my mouth. I am just in the middle of the chorus when they take a turn and I catch a glimpse of her face.<br /> That’s what does it. That very moment gives me something completely different to live for.<br /> Her.<br /> She is biting her lower lip and the beautiful eyes are staring far away in the distance, framed by a frown. She looks like she would rather be anywhere then where she is right now. She looks lost, but on top of that she looks lonely and I feel a bubble of something well up inside me, something like joy. Joy at the fact that this guy holding her, who’s obviously bought her the ring, has no idea what she is feeling. I don’t think he has looked at her face once, not to read it the way that I am. This is good. It means that if I can get to talk to her again then I can make sure my words are the right ones, the ones to make her notice me, the ones to make her want to at least talk to me. And, well, if that fails then I will just crinkle my freckles at her, pick her up and throw her over my shoulder and march off with her hoping for the best.<br /> I know that I will do anything to save her from whatever is causing her sadness and by doing that I have a feeling she will save me.</blockquote><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Fuqbxn8ZHnxyZSm6p6_yBRM2J73GdVM9Mkj2X64nytheBdpyUboSt12rSzo9gXAJME6fG89buzgXk6WlKUZYPhdMYEjGLOozgx3RghgFoM_uJjhvdiQiERTXbnD3yMgqoV1bhTuQKRU/s1600/About+Anna.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Fuqbxn8ZHnxyZSm6p6_yBRM2J73GdVM9Mkj2X64nytheBdpyUboSt12rSzo9gXAJME6fG89buzgXk6WlKUZYPhdMYEjGLOozgx3RghgFoM_uJjhvdiQiERTXbnD3yMgqoV1bhTuQKRU/s320/About+Anna.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnE37xjKvxE8cH6iXxc4HNdfkI1RqhoSKZwYoYwRHEPSdnE8bNmyXEIz35bvYMktLU7DFeJuoPCEgT2UFaSktz3aticKN-bYVHkqGWux5IZ_F2zne3TT0jgbVOaqsHVq5IX4RTPDjqok/s1600/photo+me+andlana_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnE37xjKvxE8cH6iXxc4HNdfkI1RqhoSKZwYoYwRHEPSdnE8bNmyXEIz35bvYMktLU7DFeJuoPCEgT2UFaSktz3aticKN-bYVHkqGWux5IZ_F2zne3TT0jgbVOaqsHVq5IX4RTPDjqok/s200/photo+me+andlana_edited.jpg" width="111" /></a></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Anna Bloom is a contemporary romance writer who writes about life as it happens. Combining a busy schedule of looking after two small children whilst working in a local school and completing The Uni Files series she also spends a lot of time imagining kissing hot guys – all in the name of her art.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://annabloomwrites.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnnaBloomBooks">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/annabloombooks">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7200943.Anna_Bloom">Goodreads</a> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZVr6r19-Fz7_DF5za8Y1tkl1-cNzfkAsp2XmeTjH7eTjXi13t3BT2dOL6y4B0r1D23P-MtXsIscjCconee6oDbasyCIliZlY6SO3vwhyphenhyphengpfAE_oOhGxySSa_DDmDZwm_XsWOsdAxoQY/s1600/Giveaway.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZVr6r19-Fz7_DF5za8Y1tkl1-cNzfkAsp2XmeTjH7eTjXi13t3BT2dOL6y4B0r1D23P-MtXsIscjCconee6oDbasyCIliZlY6SO3vwhyphenhyphengpfAE_oOhGxySSa_DDmDZwm_XsWOsdAxoQY/s1600/Giveaway.png" /></a></div><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/74d2e532/" id="rc-74d2e532" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hosted by </span><i style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://gcrpromotions.blogspot.com/">Good Choice Reading Blog Tours</a></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-90235411447022851102013-12-05T19:46:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.880-08:00Feature and Follow #13<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0NVmsRIXAbIdTRVH6VGAlbf_6qOhjE9K53GPfLFVeR_tYI5D0NTP70OnYAwWcpfK0VfNbyP3T8w6lVxyeSYtkR6Qa-hInYOfYbMfS16RcqnQR9swN1r_dht8996kzdDW_-oYqzSj2A/s1600/fffriday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0NVmsRIXAbIdTRVH6VGAlbf_6qOhjE9K53GPfLFVeR_tYI5D0NTP70OnYAwWcpfK0VfNbyP3T8w6lVxyeSYtkR6Qa-hInYOfYbMfS16RcqnQR9swN1r_dht8996kzdDW_-oYqzSj2A/s1600/fffriday.png" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Neucha; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Feature & Follow Friday and How it Works:</strong></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! 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This week's F&F topic/question is: </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tell us at least one new or unusual thing you’ve done in 2013.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I moved to a new state. I moved from New York City to Atlanta. I want to say that I've loved it here the past year but unfortunately it hasn't gone as planned, and I'm far from enjoying it. I'm not cut out to be a southern girl. I'm trying to get back to New York City where I belong! There is officially no place like it in the world and I miss it terribly. I'm going to go back and hug a taxi cab or something :P</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-65488257480832982622013-12-04T06:27:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.888-08:00A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford Book Review~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hL2J4ojE8HDQNWE3-p7mtz7ZdOQtyVNGpLUAaLdIkPdV_hwh84dkiSLzXZ2B0QvfDRhuRB65BA8ltxNM9H_7W8gQM0J9xpms1ogC_E_GheRMo7cm5cvjFvL1ZnOAqXTsuK4Crj4DCA/s1600/atouchmortal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hL2J4ojE8HDQNWE3-p7mtz7ZdOQtyVNGpLUAaLdIkPdV_hwh84dkiSLzXZ2B0QvfDRhuRB65BA8ltxNM9H_7W8gQM0J9xpms1ogC_E_GheRMo7cm5cvjFvL1ZnOAqXTsuK4Crj4DCA/s400/atouchmortal.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="border: 4px dashed pink; padding: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford</i></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Publisher: Greenwillow Books</i></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Published Date: February 22nd, 2011</i></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy </i></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Eden didn't expect Az.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Not his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick up line. Not the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Yeah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">So long happily-ever-after.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Now trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch, Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">She may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most. But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else's game. Her heart is her own.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">And that's only the beginning of the end.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS3CiSu4V9Bl6WbBswZSgssDohyTE3jtaR6xKb0l_S233vmDvSHZcfB0-mifukpP2Tsps1hnepCuVed__C6qEpnS7NWlp1ri9OAb7Q46UnSdnizwujzmM8OwgXut6mGywvg8N3Vx2ug/s1600/divider2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS3CiSu4V9Bl6WbBswZSgssDohyTE3jtaR6xKb0l_S233vmDvSHZcfB0-mifukpP2Tsps1hnepCuVed__C6qEpnS7NWlp1ri9OAb7Q46UnSdnizwujzmM8OwgXut6mGywvg8N3Vx2ug/s320/divider2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Review+Rating</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>4 out of 5 stars</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I picked this book up at the library a year ago and returned it before getting very far in it. It felt a little too dark so I returned it before finishing it. When I noticed it again I felt like I needed to give it a solid chance and I'm glad I did. The story is more than I initially thought. Its a story that plays with a balance between good and evil.<br /><br />There are people who don't die but should be dead, there are people who should die but so die, there's angels who should be angelic but aren't quite. Its a twisty sort of dark goodness.<br /><br />There's betrayal, angst, romance, and suspense, all the makings of a great story. I loved the characters in all of their multi layered goodness. Every character is able to stand alone without the support of another. I always like when I can love a character separately without having to think about another.<br /><br />I love the MC she's all smart mouthed and bad a**. I love strong female lead characters, especially ones that have weak moments but know how to bounce back.<br /><br />A Touch Mortal is an amalgamation of light and dark, good, and evil. What makes it so good is that neither side really wins. It's kind of tough to get into at first but once you delve into the story you won't want out. Not if you're the kind of reader willing to take chances.<br /><br />The book kicks off pretty quickly. There's a climatic event at first but then it slows down (slightly) building up with the action developing quickly and purposefully towards the end. You get enough taste of the world its building, just enough to whet your appetite for the sequel. The fact that the author gave so much in the first novel let's me know I'll like the second book even more. Definitely worth reading!</span></span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48eNXqfrirjUNQtKenC0xP6yZMjxVSiAmatNIWj_6DKg87TaM_VMoVXU9EX55BGB_vMwQYgyHnldU4zJyJ_yUG6oo72uRWD-JfCyGxTHha2W3zAJgp0C2d8QcYXFxz0yx1MaAa2hBxA/s1600/worth_reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48eNXqfrirjUNQtKenC0xP6yZMjxVSiAmatNIWj_6DKg87TaM_VMoVXU9EX55BGB_vMwQYgyHnldU4zJyJ_yUG6oo72uRWD-JfCyGxTHha2W3zAJgp0C2d8QcYXFxz0yx1MaAa2hBxA/s320/worth_reading.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-74398351861828543482013-12-03T03:00:00.001-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.906-08:00Shelf Life by Stephanie Lawton Book Highlight+Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjkqsvbKh_Bdcnsv37WQQHiphVJNAra9BscxyV_f0rHa3onkOTWOxUqWFnVUR-I0H148nJRF4KX9VYWsaNbuwZbFOseexu-21G6NXWNTU1W6KtBsqZbW2v7mELzwiHDzh-VupY6KHY78/s1600/Shelf+Life+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjkqsvbKh_Bdcnsv37WQQHiphVJNAra9BscxyV_f0rHa3onkOTWOxUqWFnVUR-I0H148nJRF4KX9VYWsaNbuwZbFOseexu-21G6NXWNTU1W6KtBsqZbW2v7mELzwiHDzh-VupY6KHY78/s400/Shelf+Life+cover.jpg" width="266" /></a><b>Title</b>: Shelf Life </div><b>Author</b>: Stephanie Lawton<br /><b>Genre</b>: Contemporary New Adult<br /><b>Publication date</b>: December 3, 2013<br /><br /><blockquote><b>*Mature situations and sexual content - recommended for ages 17+*</b><br /><br />It’s impossible to focus on college biology when your family believes doomsday is imminent and the government is out to get you.<br /><br />All Pete Wilson’s ever wanted is to become a veterinarian, but those dreams are going up in flames. Commuting to an urban college and helping his parents with their apocalyptic prepper crap is more than he can handle.<br /><br />Worse, Pete’s asshole neighbor is stirring up trouble, his family’s stockpile has been destroyed and farm animals are turning up dead.<br /><br />Lindsey Linger is the tomboy sister of his best friend. Now a sexy spitfire, she and Pete are liable to set the barn ablaze as their romance finally heats up. But she’s hiding a terrible secret, and rural life isn’t all bonfires and hayloft romps. That becomes clear one icy winter night when the survival of everyone Pete loves hangs in the balance.<br /><br />Can Pete be the hero they need, or will this be the end of the world as he knows it?</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17605381-shelf-life"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiAeK7KHPRM5cvh2yfK1YJQ9xIxrJJ9rmTg0M61_ciQ2wRd_2J4VW-j9OL1g2ci0uzve2jGO1_ClYe4LvjGsaUu3KRiaWLlfxJGC5xOLj3jqN8KaySmUrO6KFWJfat7zU-fCrObtn4uQ/s1600/AddtoGoodreads.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shelf-Life-Crestlane-County-1/dp/0991161114/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385741262&sr=1-3&keywords=Stephanie+Lawton">Amazon Paperback</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shelf-Life-Crestlane-County-Series-ebook/dp/B00H06D7TS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385820060&sr=8-1&keywords=Shelf+Life+by+Stephanie+Lawton">Amazon Kindle</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsfEFMWxKIyb6HwLJSRAMw3j6x6BJooWA6KEa1wtJ2oaAemEvkUhdl7ys2JhZi63SZOHku80-KD3aXKr3FLQa0JHE5Xqa4_k8PESTkud0BA3pkXIyQGULlzNnHkAtEZuk-bz4BBl35PY/s1600/Divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="18" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsfEFMWxKIyb6HwLJSRAMw3j6x6BJooWA6KEa1wtJ2oaAemEvkUhdl7ys2JhZi63SZOHku80-KD3aXKr3FLQa0JHE5Xqa4_k8PESTkud0BA3pkXIyQGULlzNnHkAtEZuk-bz4BBl35PY/s320/Divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiP4kbc47QZtV2_iGwEjrehChhnuH5Ut5F_0g7jDdwsdKVAY3IBw28JuxgCiL3ABTsA02A5FzjSwp6DNAwyy83pGXQ2juHjJ6z9ZUTrRi68qieiJLp_ci-uXOltnds2Wz_eIp3OHSpq8/s1600/Fbparty.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiP4kbc47QZtV2_iGwEjrehChhnuH5Ut5F_0g7jDdwsdKVAY3IBw28JuxgCiL3ABTsA02A5FzjSwp6DNAwyy83pGXQ2juHjJ6z9ZUTrRi68qieiJLp_ci-uXOltnds2Wz_eIp3OHSpq8/s320/Fbparty.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/561394640600962/"><span style="font-size: large;">Join the SHELF LIFE Release Party & Chat on Facebook! </span></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Join us all day TODAY on Facebook as we chat with Stephanie, as she celebrates Shelf Life's launch day with giveaways, excerpts, special content, free downloads, & more!<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/561394640600962/"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nfdKexwNNnLxaKEynsrvzkDeijNvG_uBcieBmlOk8muqMsS7A7Sewzg_LaUvw-f5AqIih_GpgmGH_5Nrvne_PWIuMm3Hqgz-g9SgCR8cR1WNgjH_tMKlevCNcZOl7JFc-8bVZGooiHA/s400/Release+Party+Banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY0YzSDlk_sc-21u9-ygcSXSsxbdD_M6QN8ivXN_zD2WyO4mm5mbHQ7Zp6iY1X9RS8X_dERLfAXUvi8E6pULY-XYM8TYj8TAz5ZdPMk4PYHuc7MQ2CNdQ32XTG0NCTfWFYNc_zamcQ2Y/s1600/Divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="18" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY0YzSDlk_sc-21u9-ygcSXSsxbdD_M6QN8ivXN_zD2WyO4mm5mbHQ7Zp6iY1X9RS8X_dERLfAXUvi8E6pULY-XYM8TYj8TAz5ZdPMk4PYHuc7MQ2CNdQ32XTG0NCTfWFYNc_zamcQ2Y/s320/Divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcXW7HX5jDK_NmOTgsGBB3igq3Lcky3fp4_EVrgN3NZ_QShpyAAW2cfYsl4-ZqDqNfCwJ8cMVllZ4VCeA8DoNAm0ZPVQJ1WQdJb97qcuVqy26CUaAK5iAzKSB354o1kEKcRPukUNZch0/s1600/About+Stephanie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="43" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcXW7HX5jDK_NmOTgsGBB3igq3Lcky3fp4_EVrgN3NZ_QShpyAAW2cfYsl4-ZqDqNfCwJ8cMVllZ4VCeA8DoNAm0ZPVQJ1WQdJb97qcuVqy26CUaAK5iAzKSB354o1kEKcRPukUNZch0/s320/About+Stephanie.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-tmDaidq6NxJMZ-ntzN9mTx9NCQGaV7vx2ngZYv0zxJl64jfpLUA5HolExrXmWmjft6Oe04CGz3nR3-y5IHweksbGEpF3i6Z75ATagmmFRwkrNKwH1D9dGkpcc6Fw2Tb59_bNcfO4iA/s1600/author+headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-tmDaidq6NxJMZ-ntzN9mTx9NCQGaV7vx2ngZYv0zxJl64jfpLUA5HolExrXmWmjft6Oe04CGz3nR3-y5IHweksbGEpF3i6Z75ATagmmFRwkrNKwH1D9dGkpcc6Fw2Tb59_bNcfO4iA/s200/author+headshot.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">Always a misfit, Stephanie Lawton writes twisted romance that tugs the heart strings then punches you in the gut.</div><div style="text-align: left;">She has a tendency to psychoanalyze people, which comes in handy when creating character profiles. She has a fascination with teacher-student relationships, bullies, psychics, doomsday preppers and larger-than-life characters.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Making readers squirm is her greatest pleasure. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Proceed with caution.</div></blockquote><br /><a href="http://stephanielawton.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Steph_Lawton">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StephanieLawtonWriter">Facebook</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY0YzSDlk_sc-21u9-ygcSXSsxbdD_M6QN8ivXN_zD2WyO4mm5mbHQ7Zp6iY1X9RS8X_dERLfAXUvi8E6pULY-XYM8TYj8TAz5ZdPMk4PYHuc7MQ2CNdQ32XTG0NCTfWFYNc_zamcQ2Y/s1600/Divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="18" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY0YzSDlk_sc-21u9-ygcSXSsxbdD_M6QN8ivXN_zD2WyO4mm5mbHQ7Zp6iY1X9RS8X_dERLfAXUvi8E6pULY-XYM8TYj8TAz5ZdPMk4PYHuc7MQ2CNdQ32XTG0NCTfWFYNc_zamcQ2Y/s320/Divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-39057937039202814792013-12-03T03:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.897-08:00Top Ten Tuesday, 2014 Releases I'm dying to Read<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFyNtJa_QIqtNAx32RzoZ_lsyMdOOK8U-ieDuXfNJlgQIRs5coyANGhWRKpALj6xG_GL9-NzLCypHyH4GgfgXXeFq_Ftr1AJ1NLpb50RmPJ3XTjwq5hB1ucq5UCyK0Rk6VZ8zivBbOQ/s1600/toptentuesday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFyNtJa_QIqtNAx32RzoZ_lsyMdOOK8U-ieDuXfNJlgQIRs5coyANGhWRKpALj6xG_GL9-NzLCypHyH4GgfgXXeFq_Ftr1AJ1NLpb50RmPJ3XTjwq5hB1ucq5UCyK0Rk6VZ8zivBbOQ/s400/toptentuesday.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOprH-6TBhUShNdwGZo4boZ_p6lWt0A00_MSINBFLTT4QrkUj14M2p3S2RD2-WzYEwaPbVeKVh9Jq8mRq1L3PQF_MdMyWuYIpv70Xep8a-sCf8m_jQzYELIuvvpAyKoksAcnt-zQ1vZQ/s1600/divider2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOprH-6TBhUShNdwGZo4boZ_p6lWt0A00_MSINBFLTT4QrkUj14M2p3S2RD2-WzYEwaPbVeKVh9Jq8mRq1L3PQF_MdMyWuYIpv70Xep8a-sCf8m_jQzYELIuvvpAyKoksAcnt-zQ1vZQ/s320/divider2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by <a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The Broke and the Bookish</span> </a>. This weeks topic is: 2014 Releases you're dying to read. Here's my list:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17899846-erased"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Erased (Altered, #2) by Jennifer Rush</span> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15768409-the-retribution-of-mara-dyer?from_search=true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3) by Michelle Hodkin</span></a> <---I want this so bad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9627755-isla-and-the-happily-ever-after"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3) by Stephanie Perkins</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16007855-sweet-reckoning?from_search=true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Sweet Reckoning (The Sweet Trilogy #3) by Wendy Higgins</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18626527-don-t-let-go">5. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Don't Let Go (PERSEFoNE, #3) by Michelle Gagnon</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6.<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13601681-after-the-end"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">After The End (After the End, #1) by Amy Plum </span></a> (I'm excited to see what Plum can do outside of the Die for Me series)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18627443-untitled">Quarantine #3 by Lex Thomas</a></span> (It's currently untitled, and I haven't gotten number two yet but I don't need to I want this one just as much!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13412377-enders"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Enders (Starters, #2) by Lissa Price</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13574417-alienated"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Alienated (Alienated, #1) by Melissa Landers </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18187275-mine-to-spell">Mine to Spell (Mine, #2) by Janeal Falor </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wIiSPuoDzHEy7a3-tN5KhW4xzCEWuHhV6EKuBDZd7_MuBMSKmacHIxkW8h8GFket-7M9YW3vrhHU5PRcVdPpPzy6CWXB6tddt1l7b6y4AM5i4ps8k2Ub9Q1SokREIcd3bM3BnudGcQ/s1600/divider2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wIiSPuoDzHEy7a3-tN5KhW4xzCEWuHhV6EKuBDZd7_MuBMSKmacHIxkW8h8GFket-7M9YW3vrhHU5PRcVdPpPzy6CWXB6tddt1l7b6y4AM5i4ps8k2Ub9Q1SokREIcd3bM3BnudGcQ/s320/divider2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeX_oWOWemRA7jnjZsw0MzoFaAd3WGj7cmLF6RwxTqo7xk25mbBTFRf191MDjcI68BP3ERzXMZRss_GWxJRSWJgtxc9ZDQsd8xde7ps0XhCHkKjyL4twsaKnVTuV02gZhDEekAXwwqg/s1600/BeFunky_whatsonyourlist.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeX_oWOWemRA7jnjZsw0MzoFaAd3WGj7cmLF6RwxTqo7xk25mbBTFRf191MDjcI68BP3ERzXMZRss_GWxJRSWJgtxc9ZDQsd8xde7ps0XhCHkKjyL4twsaKnVTuV02gZhDEekAXwwqg/s320/BeFunky_whatsonyourlist.png.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-25872344635364254042013-12-02T07:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:24.962-08:00Manic Monday #4, Onyx (Lux, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcDWiFwphrHKPaQYw21NH5m_YSOP6PDpD27W078J_kPzr6_V-Ey0bX-6A9E5mxCnXmQWN6CDXmSQexNpPDuhFblb5jc8uzzGwc7oTVt-7bICUlAhK9cNXXQsVwWjwWG4u7UY4cqA41g/s1600/manicmon.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcDWiFwphrHKPaQYw21NH5m_YSOP6PDpD27W078J_kPzr6_V-Ey0bX-6A9E5mxCnXmQWN6CDXmSQexNpPDuhFblb5jc8uzzGwc7oTVt-7bICUlAhK9cNXXQsVwWjwWG4u7UY4cqA41g/s320/manicmon.jpg.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Manic Monday is a meme hosted by myself in which I post about a book I am manic about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The definition of Manic is defined as "pertaining to or affected by mania. Mania is defined as "excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze." (courtesy of dictionary.com)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's choice for Manic Monday is Onyx (Lux #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOz5Dz4TY-tBtxDaAGBDef-TcAcXozqttbpBZJBUsZWoNQ0_UbV7IB7QOqB6s2Zkpzs3T2p_dRl7ePMpt5tEkyYvoQSJBZznHlNBLJBLAveEeB9KhJlxGxTGXrNQVd2dAhpFpXUZZOQ/s1600/onyx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOz5Dz4TY-tBtxDaAGBDef-TcAcXozqttbpBZJBUsZWoNQ0_UbV7IB7QOqB6s2Zkpzs3T2p_dRl7ePMpt5tEkyYvoQSJBZznHlNBLJBLAveEeB9KhJlxGxTGXrNQVd2dAhpFpXUZZOQ/s320/onyx.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I just started this series about a week ago, and I seriously feel like I can't wait to get my hands on this book but sadly I do have to...wait. I can't get the copy from the library until I'm in the area where the library is and I'm miles and miles away. It sucks that they only had an eBook copy of only the first book. I mean geez? I knew I shouldn't have started but now that I did I NEED IT!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTfoFpfaPC0urPicQ5jEtcrcl6Xv6rYvpg5ZrxIVCVU8sN8yTnSAqU1fiT-uEfq0QNggDBN3uCXeECJPKeYQeNPCu45V0ISG90zZ1BRRdZSWJxPMYfDHK2kpzmG7RlkXj5cn5flOgvw/s1600/dontcare.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTfoFpfaPC0urPicQ5jEtcrcl6Xv6rYvpg5ZrxIVCVU8sN8yTnSAqU1fiT-uEfq0QNggDBN3uCXeECJPKeYQeNPCu45V0ISG90zZ1BRRdZSWJxPMYfDHK2kpzmG7RlkXj5cn5flOgvw/s320/dontcare.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">*sigh* Is there any book you want really bad, so bad, that you are manic about it?</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-10768968272450117772013-12-02T03:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.017-08:004 to 16 characters by Kelly Hourihan, Interview with the author+Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Please welcome Kelly to ThisGirlReadsAlot. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">For those of you unfamiliar with her debut novel here's some info on the novel including the blurb:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEN_If_9e6dNW768tOgzSj3c4xAnBBrk9hpUsyqOtAwCRRL8BliHt72x_VLLqsusGwfjesuhDqLSEy3ebIvVDqGvFJua4ca2p4o5ry4gjSS5UiAIgcVGDpff36I3f8-E6c9kDcHZ8Gw/s1600/4to16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEN_If_9e6dNW768tOgzSj3c4xAnBBrk9hpUsyqOtAwCRRL8BliHt72x_VLLqsusGwfjesuhDqLSEy3ebIvVDqGvFJua4ca2p4o5ry4gjSS5UiAIgcVGDpff36I3f8-E6c9kDcHZ8Gw/s400/4to16.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="border: 5px solid grey; padding: 10px;">4 to 16 Characters by Kelly Hourihan<br />Publisher: Lemon Sherbet Press<br />Published Date: November 7th, 2013<br />Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Fifteen-year-old Jane Shilling’s best friends don’t know her real name. In fact, they don’t know anything about her at all. Jane’s life has collapsed in the last few years; following the death of her mother, her father turned to drinking, and Jane is reeling from the double blow. To escape, Jane devises a number of online personas, each with a distinct personality, life history, and set of friends. But things become trickier when she finds herself drawing close to some of her online friends, and winds up struggling with the question of how to maintain a real friendship while masquerading as a fake person. With the help of Gary, a socially awkward classmate and competitive Skeeball player who is Jane’s only offline friend, and Nora, her therapist, Jane begins to sift through her issues. The only catch is that that involves taking a long, hard look at what her life’s like when the computer is shut off, and that’s a reality she’s been fighting for years. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red;"><b><i>How did you come up with the concept of 4 to 16 Characters?</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Honestly, a lot of it is drawn from my own life. I began it years </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">ago, shortly after I'd come out of a major immersion in fandom and was</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">beginning to contemplate the reasons behind that. For me, as for Jane,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">fandom was in large part a place where I could escape from a bad </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">personal situation, and the Internet provided me a way to dodge my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">typical social awkwardness and form solid friendships. As for the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">concept of multiple online identities, I never took it to the lengths </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">that Jane does, but I had a habit of coming up with new online</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">usernames, some of which had vaguely defined life stories that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">differed from mine, and using one until it felt too much like</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">real-life me, at which point I'd switch to another one. Jane isn't </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">much like me personality-wise, but her emotional journey has a lot in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">common with mine.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">-Jane is such a fangirl. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Do you know any Janes, are you a Jane? </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Oh, as far as fangirling goes, I've known so many Janes! I think it's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">impossible to spend a lot of time in fandom without knowing a bunch of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">people who are as into it as Jane is. Yes, there are definitely plenty</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">of people in fandom who aren't totally possessed by it, but there are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">also plenty of people who live more in the world of fandom and the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Internet than they do in their physical lives. And I think a lot of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">people in the latter category are at least partially impelled by lousy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">crap happening to them in their physical lives.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Tell me something you fangirl about?</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Right now I'm not in a particularly fangirly place, because things </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">have been good in my life for some time. I'm a big fan of The Hunger </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Games, but I'm not really in the fandom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b><i>-Have you ever written any fanfics? If so where and what about?</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I have written so many fanfics and so many of them have been so bad.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">My first experience in fandom was, bizarrely, for the TV show Frasier.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> I wrote hundreds of thousands of words of crazy-angsty fanfics about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">that show, which, since it was a sitcom, was not something that made a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">whole lot of sense on any logical level. The page that hosted all my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Frasier fanfics disappeared from the Internet years ago, for which I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">am extremely, extremely grateful. Eventually I drifted out of Frasier,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">and then a couple years later things went south for me again and I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">wound up writing fics for Law and Order: SVU. My fics for that were a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">little better but I'm still glad that I posted them under a pseudonym.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> A little later I found myself in the Desperate Housewives fandom,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">cementing the fact that there is absolutely no rhyme or reason to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">which fandoms I wind up in. Anyway, these days I still write some</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">fic, but it's mostly for fic exchanges or ficathons and is usually</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">written to other people's prompts. All the "fic" I am currently willing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">to admit to having written is posted at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/slightlykylie/works" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://archiveofourown.org/<wbr></wbr>users/slightlykylie/works</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">.</span></div><div class="im"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Are the characters inspired by any real life persons?</span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Some of them, primarily Gary and Jane's dad, started out echoing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">people I knew in real life, but they quickly developed into their own</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">people. The guy whom I originally associated with Gary, for example,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">was a real grind who was very serious most of the time and who wound</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">up going to MIT. He did ask me if my math teacher drank more coffee</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">or more tea though.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">-</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Tell us something about 4 to 16 Characters that is not included in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">the story that you might want a reader to know?</span></span></i></b><br /><div class="im"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">I have a lot of headcanon that didn't turn out to fit in the book.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">One thing that readers often ask me is what ended up happening with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">the Lookies. So, spoiler alert: TealDeer wins the grand prize, but</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">the fandom doesn't come anywhere near to hitting the $15,000 goal, so</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">she doesn't get to go to the script reading. Jane and Audra's</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">collaboration wins the drabble category.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">-Why did you choose to write a story like this as opposed to maybe a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Dystopia or a Mystery?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">I like dystopias and mysteries (particularly dystopias), and I</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">actually have some back-burner ideas for novels in both of those</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">categories, but I think 4 to 16 Characters was just the story that I</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">had to tell at the time in my life when I started it. Also, in terms</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">of technical issues, I was interested in exploring a new form of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">storytelling; there have been novels written all in IMs and all in</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">blog posts before, but I hadn't seen anybody trying to make use of a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">broad range of elements from the Internet, and I wanted to try it.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="im"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Have you always wanted to be a writer or was this something you just</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: inherit;">wanted to do?</span></span></i></b></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">It's been sort of sporadic. I started my first novel when I was in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">fifth grade, which I (naively) intended to submit to publishers, but</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">that never got finished, which was not much of a loss. I started a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">few other novels over the years, only one of which was ever finished,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">but the one that did get finished was atrocious and I never followed</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">through on trying to publish it – definitely a gift to the world of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">literature. In between these forays I convinced myself that I didn't</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">have enough talent to make it as a writer, but then 4 to 16 Characters</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">began to take shape, and I decided to see it through. That changed my</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">self-perception and made me decide to keep writing. I have a few books</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">in the hopper now, one of which is in what I think will be its final</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">round of edits, so I'm hoping that you'll see more from me in the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">future.</span></span><br /><div class="im"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tell me something interesting about yourself.</span></i></b></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">I sleep-talk (so I'm told), and apparently I say really ridiculous</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">things. I just asked my wife what the weirdest thing I ever said was</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">and she said it was probably "There is no way of knowing what would</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">happen if you put a Transylvanian hop in your bed." There was even a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">period of time when, thanks to a sleep medication I was on, I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">developed a habit of sleep-tweeting. All of my sleep-tweets were</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">completely nonsensical, and they really amused a bunch of my followers</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">and really annoyed a bunch of others.</span></span><br /><div class="im"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tell the readers why they should read your book?</span></i></b></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">4 to 16 Characters is meant to be a book that reaches out to anyone</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">who has gotten lost in the Internet from time to time, which I think </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">means almost everyone under 35 years of age these days. I think</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">people who are familiar with the Internet will recognize and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">appreciate the all-Internet style of storytelling, but I think the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">story and themes will resonate on a deeper level as well.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red;"><b><i>Twitter or Facebook?</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">My Twitter handle is @MostlyKelly. My personal Facebook is private,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">but there's a fan page for the book at</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/4-to-16-Characters/427769727330452/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>pages/4-to-16-Characters/<wbr></wbr>427769727330452/</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">. I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">enjoy both, but I'm not fabulous at the short-form writing that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Twitter requires and I tend to get frustrated by the fact that nuance</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">is hard to convey there, so I guess I prefer Facebook.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Contact the author on: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mostlykelly">Twitter</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMxcQYq_FhfI5EewsyANIUjf71wd3hufEMYyHtKzeBjK-ws7GT7pUbWq9DIJoQTZHd4sMzz8hAFftBjfVnowg0_I97S6MBeDYbpAnR-2Ad1KNEKOyYsIZjLYI5DJUOwNUDkwJfAtt1Q/s1600/divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="33" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMxcQYq_FhfI5EewsyANIUjf71wd3hufEMYyHtKzeBjK-ws7GT7pUbWq9DIJoQTZHd4sMzz8hAFftBjfVnowg0_I97S6MBeDYbpAnR-2Ad1KNEKOyYsIZjLYI5DJUOwNUDkwJfAtt1Q/s320/divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now for the giveaway, yay!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/21ea8411/" id="rc-21ea8411" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-16473484980778460382013-12-01T07:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.076-08:00Blogger Spotlight Sunday, Sandee of Sweet and Sexy Book Reviews<br /><div><div class="im"><div class="separator" style="border-collapse: collapse; clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAPeXTZ1vZ7tZDfmWadWqxUx4tWZ0RDijanFeOtr8bXuNtWvJna16lroxNeXOGCiG-wRCowINzThZnP2sc3dvkz4WFnDxka401OW5i_gSg2A82MZvTzcOFebAuXYprwkyB5ThIvPOtQ/s1600/bloggerspot.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAPeXTZ1vZ7tZDfmWadWqxUx4tWZ0RDijanFeOtr8bXuNtWvJna16lroxNeXOGCiG-wRCowINzThZnP2sc3dvkz4WFnDxka401OW5i_gSg2A82MZvTzcOFebAuXYprwkyB5ThIvPOtQ/s320/bloggerspot.jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">Blogger Spotlight Sunday is a meme hosted by yours truly, and it spotlights and promote bloggers in order to gain page views and followers. But, it only works if we support one another. So stop by the featured blogger's blog, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>comment, say hi, and follow.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>This week I welcome Sandee, of <a href="http://www.sweetandsexybookreviews.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Sweet and Sexy Book Reviews</span></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-collapse: collapse; clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVJfz08fIARtTZQIh-MWVzPM4kV5ulIvgtSBBqxdf_aNStcY-yCdqTgfRE79ByWhnzRjnDSzywaqrZGnaR9mPh3RduPOhFrb6vM4MvRFmaPa0LibpsPuzdvIRNT2PwJFh4uKfco4pPQ/s1600/BeFunky_bloggerspotlight.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="43" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVJfz08fIARtTZQIh-MWVzPM4kV5ulIvgtSBBqxdf_aNStcY-yCdqTgfRE79ByWhnzRjnDSzywaqrZGnaR9mPh3RduPOhFrb6vM4MvRFmaPa0LibpsPuzdvIRNT2PwJFh4uKfco4pPQ/s320/BeFunky_bloggerspotlight.png.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-collapse: collapse; clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sweetandsexybookreviews.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mJAVtMy8l5D5sfLvxME4JGn0F81JfmeQBViE9vL8p0PA0nind_Sx1WqZEfDShXUxFdY__JH5Af4WEP3DlTToYUfTzbPf8c_dkJNwfjkJUtZ0eAV-9mhMtVO7LGegrX6U1VSTR0nK_A/s200/sweet.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-collapse: collapse; clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><i>(Click the icon above for quick access to Sandee's blog)</i></b></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><i>1. Tell me a little bit about your blog. When did you start blogging and why?</i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">I actually started blogging January 2012. My original blog is <a href="http://sandeelovesbooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://sandeelovesbooks.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</a>. I started blogging about YA books but recently I have been wanting more and more of the New Adult stuff so I decided to make a new blog. Since I'm a sucker for love stories, I made a new Romance book review blog. I read and review YA/NA or Adult books that have romance on it. It doesn't really matter if its contemporary or paranormal, as long as it has ROMANCE! :)</div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>2. Recommend one book that you think everyone needs to read. If you can't break it down to one lets make it three the most.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Hmmm. That's a hard one. Okay so my favorite Contemporary book right now is The Edge of Never by JA Redmerski. For contemporary, I'd have to go with the Lux series by Jennifer Armentrout.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><i>3. Favorite tv show</i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Oh dear! I have a lot. But currently, I am crazy over Family Guy! I love CSI *all three of them* and Hannibal. The series is just so dark and mind-boggling. </div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>4. If you could put any two characters together from any book, who would they be, and why?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">That's a good question. Can I just put one character and match it with myself? Because that's going to be easier. LOL. If yes.. Then I'd love to be paired with either Daemon Black or Andrew Parrish. LOL. But if not, I would be interesting to pair Daemon Black with Beth from Dare You To. Beth is kind of a skater girl with a bad mouth. I kind of want to see how Daemon with react to wildchild Beth.</div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>5. If you could live anywhere in the world, outside of where you live, where would that be and why?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Probably Australia. I actually stayed in Sydney for a while recently because of work and I absolutely loved it there. But I'd probably want to say there only on Winter time as right now my friends there are saying it is terribly hot there now. But other than that, I loved Australia!</div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>6. You're planning a dinner party, and you're inviting 10 authors and characters. who are they and where are they sitting?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">I'd probably have Andrew Parrish first and obviously I'll be sitting on his lap. LOL. Just kidding. Okay I'll list the 10 authors and characters below.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">1. Andrew Parrish - Edge of Never</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">2. Daemon Black - Lux series</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">3. Gus Waters - The Fault in Our Stars</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">4. Prince Ash - The Iron Fey series</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">5. Katy - Lux Series</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">6. Woods - Twisted Perfection</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">7. Warner - Shatter Me Series</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">8. Kaidan - Sweet Evil Series</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">9. Jace - Mortal Instruments</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">10. Four - Divergent</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Authors:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">1. JA Redmerski</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">2. Jennifer Armentrout</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">3. Abbi Glines</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">4. Jessica Sorensen</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">5. Cassandra Clare</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">6. John Green</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">7. Wendy Higgins</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">8. Julie Kagawa</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">9. Veronica Roth</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">10. Tahereh Mafi</div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>7. Tell me about something you've always wanted to do but haven't yet.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Ah. Maybe backpacking. I love travelling but don't have the money to. LOL</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><i>8. Favorite beverage</i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Iced Tea. Or Toffee Nut Frappucino from Starbucks. Too bad its only available during Christmas.</div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">9<b><i>. What do you want people to understand about your blog, that they may not initially?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">They may think its all about NA books but its not. When I say Sweet - it usually refer to innocent romance or basically YA romance books and the Sexy part is mostly for New Adult/Adult books. I read and review both as long as romance is a big part of the book.</div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>10. One thing you can't live without besides books.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Probably my liptint from Etude House! :)</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><i>Thanks Sandee!</i></b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-73574469474041760362013-11-30T06:49:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.132-08:00Shelve it Saturday ( I got a little click happy!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1BUqq7NdvhyeiTfSO_luu6UFaZEWf4nKtYn4VblCk63FtlNoGQ_I8tXPRMkQF1h7TDkOLetSvY56uOpFGY8dqBDVxxNPf8gW14OhqEB3xNS1QR1Tfx7wugpQbAB4ZFW7POQ2CKpaLg/s1600/saturday.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1BUqq7NdvhyeiTfSO_luu6UFaZEWf4nKtYn4VblCk63FtlNoGQ_I8tXPRMkQF1h7TDkOLetSvY56uOpFGY8dqBDVxxNPf8gW14OhqEB3xNS1QR1Tfx7wugpQbAB4ZFW7POQ2CKpaLg/s320/saturday.jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I got a little carried away yesterday I just saw free and I couldn't stow my twitchy one click finger (Haha! FSOG reference) Today is the first Shelve it Saturday that I actually added a lot to my "shelves." There were so many free books yesterday that I just went off and kept clicking, some others I got off review sites!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><i>My Kindle Finds from Black Friday: (All were free except for Hopeless which was 0.99cents, and The Secret of Ella and Micheal which was 0.49 cents)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy9AKuVZyjGNgPqTizy7Gy0vEtoE6acrEphMeSV5ZDvb_o2gg6b7EG8JFGuFmHXeC5WPiQjE0F1m5XhXzwk7xos4skp0jSwYbzp1GKossJ_F5cTmagxakDgSZBst9MbjNrsaqbB0jAw/s1600/kinetic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy9AKuVZyjGNgPqTizy7Gy0vEtoE6acrEphMeSV5ZDvb_o2gg6b7EG8JFGuFmHXeC5WPiQjE0F1m5XhXzwk7xos4skp0jSwYbzp1GKossJ_F5cTmagxakDgSZBst9MbjNrsaqbB0jAw/s200/kinetic.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I couldn't shop so I stuck to one clicking. Anybody score anything good?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVg3on-IsX0qMF0EshfYrYpadLHmnP2JOMTeMBUUXV71OIL6vYgj5QXhsiOYhMd8jxDd7P20dfDRKtTFLf4NGs5ZLGJLosdBoQ6nIlJMpO38L5Nz0c6WMSB2PDmWPgu4U5wOgUVzZVA/s1600/divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="33" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVg3on-IsX0qMF0EshfYrYpadLHmnP2JOMTeMBUUXV71OIL6vYgj5QXhsiOYhMd8jxDd7P20dfDRKtTFLf4NGs5ZLGJLosdBoQ6nIlJMpO38L5Nz0c6WMSB2PDmWPgu4U5wOgUVzZVA/s320/divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-63562491958028951432013-11-30T06:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.188-08:00Shadow of the Mark by Leigh Fallon Quick Book Review~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTx8ir5sloaFf7w3m28sZNdUmcSicUkDUbglmmc7NUE0QzP5s7ewMYwpI3pKcV1hDuu504BLLA-2e5Op2dSA0O2jCrX6hKAcHBuYxhY2jmThKenS8G5cD3XUIJsS1sbxGbsZkyJ85iew/s1600/shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTx8ir5sloaFf7w3m28sZNdUmcSicUkDUbglmmc7NUE0QzP5s7ewMYwpI3pKcV1hDuu504BLLA-2e5Op2dSA0O2jCrX6hKAcHBuYxhY2jmThKenS8G5cD3XUIJsS1sbxGbsZkyJ85iew/s400/shadow.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="border: 3px dashed purple; padding: 10px;"><b><i>Shadow of The Mark (Carrier #2) by Leigh Fallon </i></b><br /><b><i>Publisher: Harper Teen</i></b><br /><b><i>Published Date: July 9th, 2013</i></b><br /><b><i>eBook, 320 pages</i></b><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12543750-shadow-of-the-mark" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1RilXbh8DGsLt6jNkeQnoH77gGf1Vf5hwF4iUSpVGWTuWpJiBVIyK2CZ_qXyHwm5FC1Ipab5xk7LPAz0YARwcXSAE1XTMt1dr0HWzy7NTm_Gmh3QzjwHch_DUKlUP1DbK1biSzwKFQ/s320/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a><b><i>Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Magic</i></b><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Leigh Fallon’s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><em>Shadow of the Mark</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">, the sequel to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><em>Carrier of the Mark</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">, is a captivating love story set against the lush backdrop of Ireland.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Megan knew she was destined to be with Adam from the first moment she saw him and now they are determined to be together. But Megan and Adam are Marked Ones, and a romance between two Marked Ones is strictly forbidden…and could cause worldwide devastation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Leigh Fallon’s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><em>Shadow of the Mark</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">is a great choice for readers who love Becca Fitzpatrick's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><em>Hush, Hush</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">.</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Quick Review+Rating</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">4 out of 5 stars~</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">This book picks right off where the carrier of the mark ends. Its substantially better than the first as we're taken further into the back story. It allowed me to better understand the characters and the story behind their powers. There was quite a bit more action and suspense in the second book. There were a lot of chapters that held unexpected surprises which made reading it more exciting. The characters had some juvenile moments but it was to be expected. The world building was also better than the first, you get more back story. I'm intrigued by the twist at the end. There is so much at stake. I'm excited to see where the author takes the story in the last book.<br /><br />Check out the section below for info on the first book ------------><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganeaCpnHUPl-FdBQlx3dDFKXPlYDQdn0HSdHKSKspjwo8MHl8UExcEvxR3EQr71Yl08cLJdZpCrL3RL194MQoOZqp1Q-6ZZp3lHDQvsAJ0_1GUSFBF_VMzGRLwfrPc6CvMVWddymhtQ/s1600/carrier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganeaCpnHUPl-FdBQlx3dDFKXPlYDQdn0HSdHKSKspjwo8MHl8UExcEvxR3EQr71Yl08cLJdZpCrL3RL194MQoOZqp1Q-6ZZp3lHDQvsAJ0_1GUSFBF_VMzGRLwfrPc6CvMVWddymhtQ/s400/carrier.jpg" width="266" /></a></div></div><div style="border: 3px dashed blue; padding: 10px;">Carrier of The Mark (Carrier #1) by Leigh Fallon<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><em><br /></em></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10335701-carrier-of-the-mark"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUwqi1StW0g8mfqQEqm7HhhrHqKO6J6DhziMcAEpbbwgmnky_n2awLQebtcaSaaYaE61w-uPHLXfFQV487IFcWoe1YZqxlgPOiR5m2bg8mlGrpCiSKUzkEBZqPaq79TmRD9PNZDn5Bg/s320/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><em>T</em></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><em>heir love was meant to be.</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">When Megan Rosenberg moves to Ireland, everything in her life seems to fall into place. After growing up in America, she's surprised to find herself feeling at home in her new school. She connects with a group of friends, and she is instantly drawn to darkly handsome Adam DeRÍs.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">But Megan is about to discover that her feelings for Adam are tied to a fate that was sealed long ago—and that the passion and power that brought them together could be their ultimate destruction.</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-36154277828852494832013-11-30T05:20:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.244-08:00Jumping Ship by Janice G. Ross Book Review <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwxRB5a3q35ngFlfv7ziv2DuO0rLpxaoGN83zxVzokFomByHxIFu2HKHwoJRLnAP_qjzcujcsQr34acMYOG_ubi-FNI6-7D4j2z9KYQ06sZdhjayKfq1wQT07uZNB1JmBHBqOtaUjOA/s1600/jumping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwxRB5a3q35ngFlfv7ziv2DuO0rLpxaoGN83zxVzokFomByHxIFu2HKHwoJRLnAP_qjzcujcsQr34acMYOG_ubi-FNI6-7D4j2z9KYQ06sZdhjayKfq1wQT07uZNB1JmBHBqOtaUjOA/s320/jumping.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="border: 5px solid beige; padding: 10px;">Jumping Ship by Janice G. Ross (A prerelease novella to Island Hopping)<br />Published Date: August 16th, 2013<br />Genre: Historical Fiction, Carribean<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">The year was nineteen seventy-five. Pregnant seamstress, Petrina Dugal, became a runaway at the age of twenty-six. She ran away from a brutish husband, Roger, and a well-loved South American home in Georgetown, Guyana; at the heart of her rebellion – an enigmatic lover named Michael Chen. Pet and Mikey, as they became affectionately known, allowed love to blossom in front of her police officer husband and an intrusive community. Were they not aware of the dangers? Or did the pursuit of love trump obligations?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Pet and Mikey’s journey to their new life took them through a multitude of the Caribbean’s treasure trove of islands – Antigua, Martinique, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, and Saint Lucia. More than a month later their voyage landed them at JFK airport, in New York USA. And they disappeared, as though their existence was a myth. During this time, barren couple, Pearl and Edward Riley stumbled upon a newborn baby girl. Her cries could only be heard by a true mother, which Pearl immediately became. Bundled up with their new child, they discovered a parcel of artifacts and a scribbled note that read: Sakkara.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Sakkara Riley grew up with two loving parents – adoptive parents to be exact. She never knew the circumstances surrounding her discovery, until the age of sixteen. The personal artifacts that were handed over had haunted her from that point on. After eight more years, including much research and probing, she was given the opportunity to begin her journey of self-discovery.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">“Jumping Ship” provides the introduction to Sakkara’s attempts to commune with her true heritage.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18332410-jumping-ship"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKNXOknphyCUVx5VfRAd-FEQW20haP_H_xx6uFfxOGBH8cLmdxao9_LdssaEzOGjGnc_dqPfZe-8VjCw4sqcxqYPX37BSJm0BEELI37TenzmYTi0D1pEM1epuD9vt05Mx_HQThQef0Q/s1600/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Review +Rating</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>4 out of 5 stars</i></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Jumping Ship is a entry into stories that mix culture, love, life, and discovery. There is a marriage of cultures and lifestyles that weave a tale of adultery, new beginnings and most of all love. The characters carry an ethnic essence that is written so realistically throughout the short novel, with the use of native food and language. I always enjoy when a story has that realness and diversity. The author has a firm grip on life in the Carribean and its obvious in her writing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">The story centers around many characters but they're weaved together in a way that they all connect and it doesn't take away from the fluidity of the story. For a short novel I was completely entranced in the journey and thirsting for more. This author is someone to watch and I look forward to the continuation of Sakkara's journey. I can only imagine that it gets better with each step. For a starter (intro) novel it does its job and then some.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcUiicu3G5lm86e3_7GnqsRqrB0w6tBzVIQDNuNn4hHUHc4-TAtfF4RT-BFrwdeteeSmcWibZvQ62w-kZev1EHfQK40m11pU9dn_wA0PyQlm7PBD5ccxBP58mRBlkZHm5u4G3ILCKmQ/s1600/divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="33" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcUiicu3G5lm86e3_7GnqsRqrB0w6tBzVIQDNuNn4hHUHc4-TAtfF4RT-BFrwdeteeSmcWibZvQ62w-kZev1EHfQK40m11pU9dn_wA0PyQlm7PBD5ccxBP58mRBlkZHm5u4G3ILCKmQ/s320/divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-61309281757173618132013-11-30T03:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.298-08:00My Date From Hell (The Blooming Goddess Trilogy, #2) by Tellulah Darling Book Highlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiP_cxm1L-eBemp5YWw51VqRfYZK-RugqG5Gw8vRD0DRN5ZwHHjArPUdeDrRMQhSIk7fmBzB2-sOObEr3P6JGFDy_1Hws_z5cfDzV-s2hxIVudwt3Fqih9fxFNYJT35cDgzTojutLKMU/s1600/tellulah_darling.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiP_cxm1L-eBemp5YWw51VqRfYZK-RugqG5Gw8vRD0DRN5ZwHHjArPUdeDrRMQhSIk7fmBzB2-sOObEr3P6JGFDy_1Hws_z5cfDzV-s2hxIVudwt3Fqih9fxFNYJT35cDgzTojutLKMU/s400/tellulah_darling.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-mwC3Hhkb0G0UdS6frqq4xzgwJBuaaRdJiEmppmFupHi3GzPEMybZMGm6XH0RHUTBdCqlxqGMDa-RP6dEP4yWsg7og4lCgTIMMgst6TP6uCcSWLWTdtV_UUIpJ-Zv18-myuY_OkRerg/s1600/MyDateFromHell_600x800px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-mwC3Hhkb0G0UdS6frqq4xzgwJBuaaRdJiEmppmFupHi3GzPEMybZMGm6XH0RHUTBdCqlxqGMDa-RP6dEP4yWsg7og4lCgTIMMgst6TP6uCcSWLWTdtV_UUIpJ-Zv18-myuY_OkRerg/s320/MyDateFromHell_600x800px.jpg" width="240" /></a><b>Title</b>: My Date From Hell by Tellulah Darling<br /><b>Genre</b>: Young Adult<br /><b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/83095-the-blooming-goddess-trilogy">The Blooming Goddess Trilogy, #2</a><br /><br /></div><blockquote>Sophie Bloom’s junior year has been a bit of a train wreck. After the world’s greatest kiss re-awakened Sophie’s true identity as Persephone (Goddess of Spring and Savior of Humanity), she fought her dragon-lady guidance counselor to the death, navigated mean girl Bethany’s bitchy troublemaking, and dealt with the betrayal of her backstabbing ex, Kai (sexy Prince of Darkness). You’d think a girl could catch a break.<br /><br />Yeah, right.<br /><br />With Zeus stepping things up, it’s vital that Sophie retrieve Persephone’s memories and discover the location of the ritual to stop Zeus and Hades. So when Aphrodite strikes a deal that can unlock Sophie’s pre-mortal past, what choice does the teen goddess have but to accept?<br /><br />The mission: stop media mogul Hermes from turning Bethany into a global mega-celebrity. The catch? Aphrodite partners Sophie and Kai to work together … and treat this suicide mission as a date. Which could work out for Sophie’s plan to force Kai to admit his feelings for her–if she doesn’t kill him first.<br /><br />Add to that the fact that BFF Theo’s love life and other BFF Hannah’s actual life are in Sophie’s hands, and suddenly being a teenager—even a godlike one—seems a bit like … well, hell. Whatever happened to dinner and a movie?<br /><br />The YA romantic comedy/Greek mythology fireworks continue to fly in My Date From Hell. Love meets comedy with a whole lot of sass in book two of this teen fantasy romance series. Breaking up is easy; dating is deadly.</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45lkuRDvk-MhpEu4eZIXhniA44AV2o6HSwxAE0eccXreQiBZ2oGQW0eBSaK031F8lxIrv1RjN9JNWo_TruIVsAvtFI9I80OnpyDcphL5R40rUcHkc09N9iwWAl-gMF-w13ld5UJTqCSg/s1600/99cents.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45lkuRDvk-MhpEu4eZIXhniA44AV2o6HSwxAE0eccXreQiBZ2oGQW0eBSaK031F8lxIrv1RjN9JNWo_TruIVsAvtFI9I80OnpyDcphL5R40rUcHkc09N9iwWAl-gMF-w13ld5UJTqCSg/s400/99cents.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://amzn.to/1auqxsM">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://bit.ly/HylYFe">iTunes</a> | <a href="http://bit.ly/18nja7w">Kobo</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa8o5MtpdLd6QS7JrbCtU83Yko2gd4QqNAQYCE4jYvxdTiSWXnaFgREQo_sS3ZGaDBLnSppKY2LNMBKRWm0APbR6707GFmoDZDgQbjljcgBwiTnCeX8hcIhuHz8Ubs3udNYQrZSx9ROE/s1600/Divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="16" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa8o5MtpdLd6QS7JrbCtU83Yko2gd4QqNAQYCE4jYvxdTiSWXnaFgREQo_sS3ZGaDBLnSppKY2LNMBKRWm0APbR6707GFmoDZDgQbjljcgBwiTnCeX8hcIhuHz8Ubs3udNYQrZSx9ROE/s320/Divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwwBX517EhVgVjQmVUHLKkp7eZbwofC6YteSaNWw7V3gTf-Uu43Kqp2Kz27G3P4YzqVmJM3SJOthc3ZgkYg8CaMkkIl4DlEUprtsvJDP9_d8nZiimhbH8VCckcagLKBV50Yo5nOkS9Yg/s1600/Excerpt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwwBX517EhVgVjQmVUHLKkp7eZbwofC6YteSaNWw7V3gTf-Uu43Kqp2Kz27G3P4YzqVmJM3SJOthc3ZgkYg8CaMkkIl4DlEUprtsvJDP9_d8nZiimhbH8VCckcagLKBV50Yo5nOkS9Yg/s1600/Excerpt.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Aphrodite pointed her gun at me again, kind of casually. “Your problem is you’re too hung up on the past. You gotta move forward with yer life.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">I heard Hannah give a smothered laugh.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“You got this cutie pie in love with ya, and instead of enjoying his company, all you do is whine.” With a quick flick, Aphrodite opened the cylinder to reload.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“He’s not in love,” I said.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">She peered at Kai. “Whattya talkin’ about? Sure he is. Everyone knows <span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.3in;">Kyrillos loves Persephone.”<br /> “I’m Sophie,” I ground out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">She waved the gun around. “Ya ya. That too.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">That too? I took a deep breath, folded my fingers over my palms and looked slightly to the left of her in case I accidentally started blasting. Didn’t want to go down in history as the girl who killed the Goddess of Love.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Nope. It’s just desire,” I said with faked calm. “Kai is so resistant to the idea of being in love with me that your arrows don’t work. Besides which, when he actually does fall so hard for me that he doesn’t know which way is up, I want him to know he chose that of his own free will. That he chose me.” I threw him a sweet smile.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Chose you?” Kai got this look of “have we had this conversation before?” on his face. My smile got tight.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Aphrodite scooped up a saclike pink purse laying on the ground. She rooted <span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.3in;">around in it. “Desire is part of romantic love, silly,” she said to me.</span></div></div><div class="WordSection2"><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">She pulled out a handful of bullets and dumped them in Festos’ hurriedly outstretched hands before turning back to Kai. She gestured with the still-open chambered revolver toward him. “Your body knows what’s what. Stop fighting it.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Kai glowered at her.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">She laughed it off, reloading. “And you,” Aphrodite said to me, as she plucked more bullets from Festos’ hand to load into the chamber. “Yer just as bad with your own issues.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">She couldn’t know about my insecurities around Persephone could she? Aphrodite narrowed her eyes at me.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">I gulped.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Aphrodite shot me a look of disgust and popped the final bullets into the chambers. She gestured at each of us in turn with one pink, sparkly manicured finger. “I’m gonna start gettin’ real mad about how youse is all dealin’ with love.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“There’s a whole bunch of drags around here where love is concerned,” Festos agreed.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Thanks so much for inviting him along,” Theo said to me.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">I grimaced an apology at Theo, then shot back at Festos, “Seems there’s a whole bunch of dogs here, too.” I looked between him and Kai.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Oh don’t forget Pierce,” Festos replied cheerfully. “He’s a total mimbo.” “He is not,” Hannah defended. “He’s pure love.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Aphrodite threw her a fond smile. “I like you, girlie.” “Love in name, hormones in game,” Theo countered. “Look at us all in agreement,” Festos replied.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“No, because you’re talking about lust,” I protested.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Lust is pretty good too,” Aphrodite said, “but it ain’t nothin’ like the real thing.” She clicked the cylinder into place and looked at me. “We got a deal? You’ll get Jack to kill the campaign?”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“You’ll undo the love thing?” I asked.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Nope. You could do with a little love in your life. Kyrillos is obviously brimming with love for ya now,” she ignored Kai’s snort, “so you’re gonna enjoy it.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Meaning what?” I asked.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“A date,” Kai piped up. “I’d say I’m ready now.” He arched an eyebrow as if to say “ball’s in your court.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“I think it’s a great idea,” I slid my arm around his waist and pressed myself <span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.3in;">up against his side.</span></div></div><div class="WordSection3"><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">A look of surprise flashed across his face. “Perfect.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">I could outdate him any place, any time. I brightened. This was going to be fun. The touching part wasn’t a downside either.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“The fate of the world does dee-pend on you loving each other,” Aphrodite said. “So, good. We’ll start with a date.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Still say it’s a euphemism,” Festos burst out. “And Kai doesn’t date.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Kai snaked his arm around my waist before pressing his fingertips into my hip. “Never wanted to before. Sophie’s the exception.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“The euphemistic exception?” Festos asked. “Shut up,” Kai and I fired at him in tandem.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Festos took it in stride, waggling his eyebrows cheerfully at Theo who pretended to look disapproving but totally wasn’t. Even Hannah didn’t bother to hide her smile.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Only thing is,” I told Aphrodite, “I have to be back at school by Sunday morning. I have a meeting I can’t miss. So I’ll have to get this thing with Jack done quickly to have time for the date.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Going together to find Hermes is the date.” Aphrodite looked at me like I <span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.3in;">was an idiot. “You two need as much together time as possible.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">No way. I needed all my wits about me to handle Kai. Something that couldn’t happen if I had to track down Hermes at the same time. I tried a new tactic. “A date involves dinner and a movie. Something romantic. Finding Hermes hardly counts.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">She pinned me in her gaze. “Had so miny of them, Miz Expert? All a date is, is two people spendin’ time to deepen their attraction.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Or kill it,” Hannah piped up.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Aphrodite scrunched up her nose. “Huh?”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“There are far more first dates than second,” Hannah explained. “Which means that after spending time, those people realized they were not a match.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“What she said,” I seconded.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Aphrodite narrowed her eyes at Hannah. “I don’t get ya. You talk like that but you’re so brim up with love.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“I’m a confounding enigma,” Hannah replied cheerfully.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">Aphrodite threw her hands up. “Enough’a this nonsense. You’ll go together to find Hermes. And you’ll be date-like doin’ it.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">That sounded like a threat.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Almost like you planned it that way,” I said to Kai.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;">His smile grew wider as he gave my waist a squeeze. “Told you I get what I <span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.3in;">want. Feel free to let that sink in.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode: char; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: .3in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUcNe8f0ot8shkFfsbJDGv7WLjBBxDAE3Rff_GEl8NxTZCHtMAdQ24gA87yA1W6vHfVhlSZ0MYJYPHtIAfpd01FFmsg-PMm3l_IVn9iIA5K8id4DxoATqlGpE0S8nCroD5amurqO8PLs/s1600/Divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="16" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUcNe8f0ot8shkFfsbJDGv7WLjBBxDAE3Rff_GEl8NxTZCHtMAdQ24gA87yA1W6vHfVhlSZ0MYJYPHtIAfpd01FFmsg-PMm3l_IVn9iIA5K8id4DxoATqlGpE0S8nCroD5amurqO8PLs/s320/Divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDwDSGf2aJh6YwBCUS69JB5jrAc0k6kmsXZrZcichJRoocLBKQ5hAbhyphenhyphenLW09abqNEiNEZeFh59OoMqvzf3LxWXVDv2BrASOsKQWwHpqDr7V26RsB_kDstvEO4wFHWGr6TBNriKb5XAmE/s1600/about+tellulah.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDwDSGf2aJh6YwBCUS69JB5jrAc0k6kmsXZrZcichJRoocLBKQ5hAbhyphenhyphenLW09abqNEiNEZeFh59OoMqvzf3LxWXVDv2BrASOsKQWwHpqDr7V26RsB_kDstvEO4wFHWGr6TBNriKb5XAmE/s1600/about+tellulah.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwrqmJjSPKqn8pyVCHGgpRi2Hd0sPRiCNejn9gehazcZ5FrALTTCqsr0WvySjHa8beT4aZH5P4Wj94H2kMJuuphXxpjv9LReLW3XKxzguaO5wWnp5yTzI3OdkhdPlPwEye_pOAcLipws/s1600/Deb-author-photo-small3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwrqmJjSPKqn8pyVCHGgpRi2Hd0sPRiCNejn9gehazcZ5FrALTTCqsr0WvySjHa8beT4aZH5P4Wj94H2kMJuuphXxpjv9LReLW3XKxzguaO5wWnp5yTzI3OdkhdPlPwEye_pOAcLipws/s1600/Deb-author-photo-small3.jpg" /></a><br /><blockquote>Tellulah Darling<br /><br /><i>noun</i><br /><br />1. YA romantic comedy author because her first kiss sucked and she's compensating.<br />2. Alter ego of former screenwriter.<br />3. Sassy minx.<br />Geeks out over: cool tech.<br /><br />Squees for: great storytelling.<br />Delights in: fabulous conversation.<br />Writes about: where love meets comedy. Awkwardness ensues.<br /><br /><b>Sassy girls. Swoony boys. 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Spencer-Upton Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAZknav0wzBR4dRKzaJ_qfmE4sFmUg333-vH1smqdrO2DC-s0teFUbO3mkQxXxg_ft5Ld_6U7gqjqbTylt4hYKkOxdbLXqWcs1fqwRXfjJKMtYRavb2jqDcc-FX7JUyVqV8YJWXghIg/s1600/eme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAZknav0wzBR4dRKzaJ_qfmE4sFmUg333-vH1smqdrO2DC-s0teFUbO3mkQxXxg_ft5Ld_6U7gqjqbTylt4hYKkOxdbLXqWcs1fqwRXfjJKMtYRavb2jqDcc-FX7JUyVqV8YJWXghIg/s400/eme.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="border: 5px double black; padding: 10px;">Emeralds and Pearls by C. Spencer-Upton<br />Published Date: October 11th, 2013<br />eBook<br />Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">I've spent seventeen years being a wallflower. Seventeen years, watching people live their lives, whilst mine stood still. I was happy for those years, nothing new happened because i never let it, every day was the same and predictable.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">When my parents told me we were moving...to another state, I freaked.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">I spent the first week, after the move, wishing i could move back. But then something changed, i became a someone, and to begin with i enjoyed it, but i soon learned, some things aren't always as they seem.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">I have two lives now. Both of them are testing me, pushing me to my limits.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17466528-emeralds-and-pearls"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVceEobjnohgmxh5aSrBNgRe22d8MzRYHv3zIKb9cjubDCDyeFl0CAMdE738OR3nyas_LW2SOjbnwWBp_jtHoRFSAa7LUiXoEmziLAnFYayjX5GsDHnGw_QV5F_N8PCOS87zB5lnoEQ/s1600/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Review+Rating</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>4 out of 5 stars</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>*copy provided by author in exchange for a honest review*</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Let me start off by saying the blurb and book cover don't do this book justice. (Although it totally makes sense, once you read it.) This book is much more than the blurb and the cover, which is why it caught me by surprise the way it did. I definitely had a whole different scenario in mind. I thought it would be more of a Young Adult Contemporary novel its way more fantasy, science fiction than that. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There is a nice pace to the beginning of the book. You kind of get the feeling that its more contemporary romance because there is such a heavy focus on Chelsea (our main character) and her development of romantic relationships, and how she's coming out of her shell and beaming a more confident outgoing person but then the unexpected happens. It changes the entire book, but in a good way. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have to admit that this change in plot brought something to the story I thought it would be lacking. I won't say what it is because that would be a major spoiler. This is like a pandora's box just when you think you've gotten tot he last box there's one more. It was very enjoyable to read once things really started kicking off. Although I would've liked the MC to be a little more brave with this new change. You'll have to read to find out. Also the ending was very unexpected. I'm quite surprised and pleased with the direction the author took. I think readers will definitely underestimate this book but once they've read will realize how much they love it. It's definitely worth checking out. It does not disappoint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwRk-ys6AsuaNlr_i30MmfOa_ahyeSd25-dwbVFMAlcJl91piUhCep0fhKtEGdHJwfSDT3ExSTzPedOjyofnAPWj0Qmeea8Nm6pruMzAEr2ZZAWdF7aiB6psyCnIJD0xJL2ZpaGu4Pg/s1600/worth_reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwRk-ys6AsuaNlr_i30MmfOa_ahyeSd25-dwbVFMAlcJl91piUhCep0fhKtEGdHJwfSDT3ExSTzPedOjyofnAPWj0Qmeea8Nm6pruMzAEr2ZZAWdF7aiB6psyCnIJD0xJL2ZpaGu4Pg/s320/worth_reading.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-89018266461047183662013-11-29T10:47:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.412-08:00Black Friday "One-Click" Shop A Thon Cheapies and Freebies!<div style="text-align: center;">I've ate more thanksgiving food than I should have, and I had to sleep it off because I felt like a stuffed turkey myself lol. I don't know if any of you are like me but, I have NO money. This is the first year I'm not working in retail. My black friday is free but my pockets are empty! I'm sad. Sure there are worse things to go through or whatever but I LIKE to shop. What's so wrong with that?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIEY0VhWIweldJ5iDq8EMUmt7k5cMudP2YU0g05w8F-xSvCj2JRFUBRnV7YKzwUgRSch4Gr9o_zstOTdJJWAH6KApBiTesNyGhnwlVp1zhu85Kv9btzKkDKfkyr6QuF7adoDZw1HqyA/s1600/tumblr_m6ijbycBwn1rsrbj9_large.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIEY0VhWIweldJ5iDq8EMUmt7k5cMudP2YU0g05w8F-xSvCj2JRFUBRnV7YKzwUgRSch4Gr9o_zstOTdJJWAH6KApBiTesNyGhnwlVp1zhu85Kv9btzKkDKfkyr6QuF7adoDZw1HqyA/s1600/tumblr_m6ijbycBwn1rsrbj9_large.gif" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Well if you're like me and you have no money (or very little money), you might want to check out these amazing deals I found on Amazon for kindle books. If you do not have a Kindle you can always download the app on your tablet or smartphone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some of the deals I've found, I can only download the free ones personally but they have tons of books that are free or very cheap.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">*These are US prices*</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Allegiant-Divergent-Veronica-Roth-ebook/dp/B00BD99JMW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385746927&sr=8-1&keywords=allegiant">Allegiant by Veronica Roth</a> 3.49 (three friggin' forty nine)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Thief-Markus-Zusak-ebook/dp/B000XUBFE2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385746967&sr=8-1&keywords=the+book+thief">Book Thief by Markus Zusak</a> 2.49 (Amazing!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Edge-Never-J-Redmerski-ebook/dp/B00BL3P5E6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385747022&sr=8-1&keywords=The+edge+of+never">The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski </a>0.79 (Come on!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0043RSK3U/ref=s9_al_bw_g351_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ZYD0Z9FNG2P1KZQTYZ7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1681637122&pf_rd_i=154606011">Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion</a> 1.99 </div><div style="text-align: center;">5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ANSSDC/ref=s9_simh_bw_p351_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1SB3X7WGQ67PYAW274M4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1560405482&pf_rd_i=154606011">Silver Linings Playbook</a> by Matthew Quick 2.49</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DBE1P2Y/ref=s9_al_bw_g351_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=1SB3X7WGQ67PYAW274M4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1681972262&pf_rd_i=154606011">World After by Susan Ee</a> 3.99</div><div style="text-align: center;">7. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052RDJAO/ref=s9_hps_bw_g351_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1E00FKAMJ8AX1GVA1WNJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1670434082&pf_rd_i=3511261011">Legend by Marie Lu</a> 2.49</div><div style="text-align: center;">8. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044UHVR2/ref=s9_hps_bw_g351_i15?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1E00FKAMJ8AX1GVA1WNJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1670434082&pf_rd_i=3511261011">The Knife of never Letting Go</a> by Patrick Ness </div><div style="text-align: center;">9. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Fault-Stars-John-Green-ebook/dp/B005ZOBNOI/ref=pd_ts_zgc_kstore_3511261011_9?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&pf_rd_p=1593703382&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=3511261011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1E00FKAMJ8AX1GVA1WNJ">The Fault in Our Stars by John Green</a> 2.99</div><div style="text-align: center;">10. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Bones-The-Mortal-Instruments-ebook/dp/B0013TXA5Y/ref=zg_bs_3511261011_14">City of Bones by Cassandra Clare</a> 2.49</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Free Notables</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kinetic-Luminaries-S-K-Anthony-ebook/dp/B00FAWI2QM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1385747564&sr=1-1&keywords=kinetic">Kinetic by S.K. Anthony</a> *Free*</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/B-Side-Diaries-Brian-Joyce-ebook/dp/B00GDM2V24/ref=sr_1_1?s=digit%E2%80%A6">The B-Side Diaries by Brian Joyce</a> *Free*</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/TRAGIC-Rook-Ronin-J-Huss-ebook/dp/B00CTUWEFI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1385747918&sr=1-1&keywords=tragic">Tragic by J.A. Huss</a> *Free* *Adults Only*</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dollhouse-Books-1-Anya-Allyn-ebook/dp/B007PLAVH4/ref=sr_1_561?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1385748196&sr=1-561">Dollhouse by Anya Allyn</a> *Free*</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/BECOME-Desolation-1-Ali-Cross-ebook/dp/B0064NRHMG/ref=sr_1_654?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1385748367&sr=1-654">Become by Ali Cross </a>*Free*</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bane-Eden-Trilogy-Keary-Taylor-ebook/dp/B00BP1ZKJ4/ref=sr_1_801?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1385748804&sr=1-801">Bane by Keary Taylor (also known as Eden)</a> *Free*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-56556973220326759512013-11-29T03:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.466-08:00Feature&Follow Friday #12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0NVmsRIXAbIdTRVH6VGAlbf_6qOhjE9K53GPfLFVeR_tYI5D0NTP70OnYAwWcpfK0VfNbyP3T8w6lVxyeSYtkR6Qa-hInYOfYbMfS16RcqnQR9swN1r_dht8996kzdDW_-oYqzSj2A/s1600/fffriday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0NVmsRIXAbIdTRVH6VGAlbf_6qOhjE9K53GPfLFVeR_tYI5D0NTP70OnYAwWcpfK0VfNbyP3T8w6lVxyeSYtkR6Qa-hInYOfYbMfS16RcqnQR9swN1r_dht8996kzdDW_-oYqzSj2A/s1600/fffriday.png" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Neucha; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Neucha; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Feature & Follow Friday and How it Works:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.</span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by <a href="http://www.parajunkee.com/" style="color: #f40000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Parjunkee</a> and <a href="http://www.alisoncanread.com/" style="color: #f40000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Alison Can Read</a>. This week's F&F topic/question is: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite thanksgiving food? If you are not American or Canadian, what is your favorite holiday food?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ahh Thanksgiving! I love all the options of great foods!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I just want to eat it all up!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVW0gBbRUVirbpnsp_5kIRuNoEG_XDZ2JbMtZYSMzgz9sicDyoAnIjiovVv28PAXXAbNasrNtFe8lmCCyLfW81NpvujyznNdnyO17XTe9W6fHtfOchT3ywJaavzWaH18OKYHVkbjauow/s1600/thanksgiving.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVW0gBbRUVirbpnsp_5kIRuNoEG_XDZ2JbMtZYSMzgz9sicDyoAnIjiovVv28PAXXAbNasrNtFe8lmCCyLfW81NpvujyznNdnyO17XTe9W6fHtfOchT3ywJaavzWaH18OKYHVkbjauow/s320/thanksgiving.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My favorite thanksgiving dish has to be rutabagas/turnips. I know it sounds weird but the way my mother makes them I could just eat an entire bowl of them. I would tell you what's in it but then I'd have ta' kill ya'. LOL. (Not really)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What's your favorite thanksgiving dish?</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-21411953451707143322013-11-28T08:46:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.520-08:00Happy Thanksgivukkah!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGQwMRgRxiWfGnhc95ns0jcm2-vCW-1zfcXAOarthqKKHPjLu95sGzP5llfDoTUFfiXvu8LxbpNfRFEisS9MsvlgwwdcM1UNeXPIHkvejk-HcmvDHec-SIlnRzcyD_esUUqoMIZ56Yg/s1600/thanksgivukkah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGQwMRgRxiWfGnhc95ns0jcm2-vCW-1zfcXAOarthqKKHPjLu95sGzP5llfDoTUFfiXvu8LxbpNfRFEisS9MsvlgwwdcM1UNeXPIHkvejk-HcmvDHec-SIlnRzcyD_esUUqoMIZ56Yg/s320/thanksgivukkah.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hello fellow bloggers, authors, and friends. I want to wish each and everyone of you a Happy Thanksgivukkah! Whichever you celebrate have a happy one. I'm thankful and grateful for each and everyone of you. To the bloggers I've met, to the author's that have given me books, and the one's I read on my own. You rock and I'm so thankful for you not just today but everyday!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will be eating and reading, and reading and eating. I may also watch a little television, most of all I will be spending it being thankful for all that have and all that I don't because if I don't have it, it's for a reason. Enjoy your day and your family, love you guys!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyL20Pv4iAtLlbMxsjUhFTBfrQMZ-P0Fpmk8BgTPVL23X2ZlOtZwMDxYjVdGGcXhVTeKAYvgWGOa_0OeqbwoTdXg0CVXiLSsfkyGgW-v9VGwtVhAWlMH0WipNZwRYs3ODHL_ZVdfeH7A/s1600/eating.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyL20Pv4iAtLlbMxsjUhFTBfrQMZ-P0Fpmk8BgTPVL23X2ZlOtZwMDxYjVdGGcXhVTeKAYvgWGOa_0OeqbwoTdXg0CVXiLSsfkyGgW-v9VGwtVhAWlMH0WipNZwRYs3ODHL_ZVdfeH7A/s320/eating.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xg5YLYIfqRcK75n6kAMFDm_zHAxDkBbNpkuREXsbZ3EyZL0-5bRMuR7YYNkUcLVGcq8a3YtLPUKjVjbuRVf6PPQpXJC0OyxmUhyphenhyphennUVjaCgQmjScW4gzzdEIgbBaw2KdmSXDMW6ZXZA/s1600/food.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xg5YLYIfqRcK75n6kAMFDm_zHAxDkBbNpkuREXsbZ3EyZL0-5bRMuR7YYNkUcLVGcq8a3YtLPUKjVjbuRVf6PPQpXJC0OyxmUhyphenhyphennUVjaCgQmjScW4gzzdEIgbBaw2KdmSXDMW6ZXZA/s320/food.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-78016710270728185452013-11-28T03:00:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.574-08:00Don't Look Now (PERSEFoNE #2) by Michelle Gagnon Book Review~<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8edMM8edvGWF8OHT9qKHKwwY668pX9VebNY6mhyphenhyphenZP_S90H8rtax997l6Zu7XEsB5pi_Tv_oEKPre3gR1wlboV3pCNntUV0f9rtHRTCR_BYAyEdXobxfXMbftm8kqUhnIl9GB4nA1Eg/s1600/dontlook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8edMM8edvGWF8OHT9qKHKwwY668pX9VebNY6mhyphenhyphenZP_S90H8rtax997l6Zu7XEsB5pi_Tv_oEKPre3gR1wlboV3pCNntUV0f9rtHRTCR_BYAyEdXobxfXMbftm8kqUhnIl9GB4nA1Eg/s400/dontlook.jpg" width="266" /></a><br /><div style="border: 3px double orange; padding: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><i><b>Don't Look Now (Persefone #2) by Michelle Gagnon</b></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><i><b>Publisher: Harpercollins</b></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><i><b>Published Date: August 27th, 2013</b></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><i><b>eBook, 336 pages</b></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><b><i>Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller</i></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><i><br /></i></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17332508-don-t-look-now" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7l50DkXhZwJO-2WKbyF9nD660TOuP79Y4Qa2nXOyodpd6V2zTmvNvwZ8Asr0yKHkbIrVfv8YLgXX9Wi16D9YjL53p0Hyj9-kq7RN7tshAeAJCYPwp5gl9H3dEao8qb4tkmlIsgceuQ/s320/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Noa Torsen is on the run. Having outsmarted the sinister corporation Pike & Dolan, Noa and her friend Zeke now move stealthily across the country, protecting runaways before they become test subjects for P&D's horrific experiments. Noa knows all too well what that feels like: Whatever they did to her has left her exhausted and scared.<br /><br />Back in Boston, Peter anxiously follows Noa's movements from his computer, using his hacker skills to feed her the information she needs to stay alive. But he's desperate to do something more, especially when he learns what P&D has done to his ex-girlfriend Amanda.<br /><br />Then, in an explosive confrontation, Noa and her team are trapped in the one place they thought was safe. It will take everything Noa and Peter have to bring down the corporation before it gets them first. And with no one to trust and enemies hiding at every turn, they may be the only people alive who can.<br /><br />This stunning second book in the critically acclaimed Don't Turn Around trilogy raises the stakes to their absolute limit and will leave readers begging for the exciting conclusion, Don't Let Go.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Reiew+Rating</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">4 out of 5 stars*</span></i></b></div>Gagnon does not disappoint in this sequel. There is just as much action, and just as much suspense as before. If not more. There is an addition of new characters, and more back story than previously before. I am even more in love with the characters than I was previously. I'm literally bouncing in my seat with excitement for the release of the next book, and I've merely just finished the second one. Our young Lisbeth Salander is a bit more emotional in this book but still very tough. She's learning things about herself, about PEMA, and about other characters. The same goes for Peter. Peter struggles with maintaining everyday life, his conflicting feelings for his ex, and trying to save the world--one kid at a time. This book is an extension and development on the previous novel, and it leaves no stone unturned. Don't Look Now is a fast paced, unputdownable, ride for the ages. I devoured this book with zest and there is not much I can say besides read it! DLN has great characters, witty writing, and great world developing. Just read it, you'll thank me later! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-54413063123639548892013-11-27T15:25:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.629-08:00~My Favorite Fictional Love Triangles~<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">LOVE TRIANGLES</span></b></div>I know some of you groan when you hear the term love triangle but I tell you for me personally when it's done right, it works. Also I like them best when there's a resolution, meaning the center of the love triangle decides which one of her pursuers she wants. Although a lot of times I'm disappointed that they have to choose or who they choose. Here are a few of my favorites:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>1.Katniss, Peeta, and Gale, Hunger Games Series</i></b></div>While I think Peeta is a total sweetheart and good for Katniss, I secretly really root for Gale. I admire his strength, and their friendship. He's strong and real in a way that Peeta somewhat lacks.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMn6k41stCDHkEzT_GEKVAzyfDVrLRv87-Oxumye_MU1tHCTnjNaNZjDl1ijGhERafVUeAbEz-FjV7G5AWm_NquBiVf5ENqbw7x9eMOQ7luW3Lje0AfrBMZluan2hX86UtW1YCTVk9Q/s1600/Peeta-katniss-and-gale.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMn6k41stCDHkEzT_GEKVAzyfDVrLRv87-Oxumye_MU1tHCTnjNaNZjDl1ijGhERafVUeAbEz-FjV7G5AWm_NquBiVf5ENqbw7x9eMOQ7luW3Lje0AfrBMZluan2hX86UtW1YCTVk9Q/s320/Peeta-katniss-and-gale.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>2. Stephanie Plum, Morelli and Ranger, Stephanie Plum series</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the Stephanie Plum series and although I am a fan to the core and will continue to buy and read each book that comes out for the series, I'm slowly growing tired of it. I have a strange love hate relationship with this love triangle, honestly it's lately leaning more towards hate. For the love of all things fictional, Evanovich, please make her choose!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me also note that none of these characters that played in the first Stephanie Plum series movie work for me. I think my imagination is far better. Jus' saying.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HcI7r5-sW42BYPf64YHRBMZhmLRMaRFHwb03qILI7g2rfluhKQFPi5Qrud6wIii4nvGXbUd1BHPSpX0hBTaY8Vg1nxesgaK4xEIuoLcYNHNUvq9RjPl0Ovvv-MUTzyrDuZqdrB_UeA/s1600/plumtrio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HcI7r5-sW42BYPf64YHRBMZhmLRMaRFHwb03qILI7g2rfluhKQFPi5Qrud6wIii4nvGXbUd1BHPSpX0hBTaY8Vg1nxesgaK4xEIuoLcYNHNUvq9RjPl0Ovvv-MUTzyrDuZqdrB_UeA/s320/plumtrio.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>3. Bella, Edward, and Jacob, Twilight Series</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know a lot of people dislike Twilight but I am a self proclaimed Twihard and you know what I'm okay with that. I liked it. So what, sue me. In this instance I totally rooted for Bella and Edward but I still felt so sorry for Jacob.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkDSmkSwR4PoLUwYp2iPsg2QgJZ1Q5tZYYc-1lpxr7XkZ4EU0K5EVmjPVuhgG_fin3AqM0jQw5wpa11N_o6FE7Qnn6DpCvq3tz2v0KrOQ7B34kphHP75PtawyhgSDdDs0rZlN1bwGTw/s1600/twilight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkDSmkSwR4PoLUwYp2iPsg2QgJZ1Q5tZYYc-1lpxr7XkZ4EU0K5EVmjPVuhgG_fin3AqM0jQw5wpa11N_o6FE7Qnn6DpCvq3tz2v0KrOQ7B34kphHP75PtawyhgSDdDs0rZlN1bwGTw/s320/twilight.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Simon, Clary, and Jace, The Mortal Instruments Series</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. I've only read the first two books and I know that things change eventually between this love triangle but I still enjoyed this mix. Not to mention I think Simon is just a cute as Jace and he wears glasses which I think is adorable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOxG-uI19d1FwOK7PVRxV43yKX1MAuM9Z0WlWhElt_otJhsURkj24IU0VQSet636stOFqyLHX-pFK41oXWnTx1NxCxcPRCtab72jIuXOzdaJRID2B-ZEsLaPmpdEkkgIqZIfKt0ySpw/s1600/Cob_-_jace_clary_simon-700x325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOxG-uI19d1FwOK7PVRxV43yKX1MAuM9Z0WlWhElt_otJhsURkj24IU0VQSet636stOFqyLHX-pFK41oXWnTx1NxCxcPRCtab72jIuXOzdaJRID2B-ZEsLaPmpdEkkgIqZIfKt0ySpw/s320/Cob_-_jace_clary_simon-700x325.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Lucy, Daniel, and Cam, The Fallen Series</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daniel is a dream but I'm rooting for Cam. I love his edge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3fH-6IzUDCC3tQiPqO3MyQ139BH7Z3Khqu9J1-tLAUgyo0l_SCjXQhJ3R2BwA8cB_GI3F9mjP4T2n3VKiGyskwR7XyWo-54xZaESVncVm9tATC3ALkDRlWivroL0aW12niFh1VPkXg/s1600/fallen+series.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3fH-6IzUDCC3tQiPqO3MyQ139BH7Z3Khqu9J1-tLAUgyo0l_SCjXQhJ3R2BwA8cB_GI3F9mjP4T2n3VKiGyskwR7XyWo-54xZaESVncVm9tATC3ALkDRlWivroL0aW12niFh1VPkXg/s320/fallen+series.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are there any love triangles any of you like?</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSoL7XO996aiTqKuLyLvT90H3exieHgCAWKI4a8Tg7lCKLJ1_4YesOVU28l0fkcMntAUer6cJ-kVlJxkCZbsrsnAHezzeXXLzcPwQzbPHbufqAsSskYMeG2Jq_xZA6I7u4r-gISyJtg/s1600/divider.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="33" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSoL7XO996aiTqKuLyLvT90H3exieHgCAWKI4a8Tg7lCKLJ1_4YesOVU28l0fkcMntAUer6cJ-kVlJxkCZbsrsnAHezzeXXLzcPwQzbPHbufqAsSskYMeG2Jq_xZA6I7u4r-gISyJtg/s320/divider.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326442675503313673.post-56655076905444549872013-11-27T09:26:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:54:25.684-08:00Book Spotlight+Excerpt Horse Sense by Lapo Melzi <br /><div style="border: 6px double brown; padding: 10px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGNAMUgHb7d_JEs1olBp-cy469VE2TbhNg-clD7OuX8BA5hLpU3cflWMq8e_P1kgXLRrIrR9mKebjFtpu1FAvqsgBZ8gP74-1jA5lvx0yAXkFR2OM84E010uVCfhGpFjoLPrqgximFw/s1600/horsesense.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGNAMUgHb7d_JEs1olBp-cy469VE2TbhNg-clD7OuX8BA5hLpU3cflWMq8e_P1kgXLRrIrR9mKebjFtpu1FAvqsgBZ8gP74-1jA5lvx0yAXkFR2OM84E010uVCfhGpFjoLPrqgximFw/s320/horsesense.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18684917-horse-sense?from_search=true" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuN3Acp0xwKzvNfQiEKGT8ZMODmAUdw8_w8gC32IWJQLhRu0ulF5L9A40nyfJ4hW9fgfqOA7-XAFcPnYwAgLqUjbTe8l7_GVHkDMv4loHYIEpJt3Ii0UbW3VWICEmiiMhilL1Ul4ltQ/s1600/add-to-goodreads-button.png" /></a><b><i>Horse Sense by Lapo Melzi</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Publisher: Irbis Books</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Published Date: October 14, 2013 </i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There’s nothing easy about being an eleven year old boy, especially for Jamie. As he takes the unsteady steps into adolescence, his days of knowing who his friends are and trusting the adults in his life are numbered. The only thing Jamie can really count on in this changing world is the love of his best friend, a horse named Acorn. Jamie and Acorn’s friendship has a magic that comes once in a lifetime—but the bullies around them want to rip that to shreds. Can their kindred connection survive as Jamie strives to carve out his identity?</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="border: 6px double brown; padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BOOK EXCERPT:</b></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Now it was time to do justice to his brilliant idea. He reached the edge of the paddock and stopped in front of a trough filled with water and dead leaves that lay in the shade of tall black locust trees.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">He cast a quick glance back and his wild, ash-brown hair swung back with him. Seeing Acorn hadn’t spotted him, he sat down on the brim of the trough. He hesitated a second, then he propped himself up and sank his feet into the water. A chilling stream gushed through the holes in his shoes’ soles and soaked his socks almost instantly. Goose bumps ran from his legs all the way up to his arms and he shivered, breathing quickly—it was just May after all and the trough stood all day in the shade. There was no time to waste on second thoughts. Jamie willed himself to withstand the cold and slowly lowered his body into the trough. He winced as the chilly water licked the whole length of his back, shooting prickling shivers up to his ears, but he didn’t make any sudden movement. He didn’t want to spill any water and give away his whereabouts. His heart was beating fast. It was awesome!</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">He took two big breaths, pinched his nose shut between his fingers and sank his head underwater, then he pressed his feet and hands against the inner walls of the trough to keep himself from floating up. Inside this shell of wood and water, the calm was eerie, even if the cold was so intense that it felt like entombing yourself in ice. Nevertheless, Jamie felt his mind relax—it was cozy in there. He pondered that perhaps that’s how Acorn had felt in his mom’s belly—apart from the cold, of course. Above him, through the settling water, the tree branches swayed dreamily in the breeze. Cast against the bright sky, they looked like giant feelers carefully searching the air.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Jamie stretched his ears, listening for any signs of Acorn approaching. Holding his breath underwater, still as a statue, he looked like a weird submarine stick-bug ready to pounce. His ash-brown hair fanned out around his face like wild thoughts, while his grass-green eyes gleamed with anticipation. His hiding spot was perfect! Acorn would never think of that. He really wanted to burst into an evil chuckle, but kept himself in check—he didn’t want to blow his cover.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">A sliver of froth drifted lazily on the surface of the water. Jamie wondered whether it was Acorn’s saliva or the sheep’s and he realized that he was probably lying in a tub of spit. He grinned, thinking himself daring, even though he knew that most kids at school would likely consider him disgusting. Well, who cared what they thought; they didn’t know anything about adventure. Spit you just washed away, but adventure staid for the rest of your life!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"> </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">A constricting sensation, as of a belt tightening steadily around his chest, made his head lighter. His lungs started screaming for air, but he was resolved to stay put. He fidgeted at the bottom of the trough, worried that Acorn wouldn’t show up. Where the heck was that knucklehead? What if he didn’t turn up and ruined his awesome ambush?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">A wave of fretting panic seized him. Maybe he should have left a string of Menthos leading to the trough. Man! That’s exactly what he should have done! Why hadn’t he thought about that before? Why would Acorn come straight into the paddock? He could easily walk into the school instead. He hadn’t planned this thing properly—that was going to be his downfall!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Dark thoughts of failure clouded his brain as the air in his lungs quickly expired. He reckoned he had no more than a dozen seconds left in him, then he’d have to take a breath or die in his watery tomb. Another five seconds elapsed. It was over…</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Presently, a shadow draped across the trough. The temperature dropped a couple of degrees. Jamie wondered how on Earth he could feel colder than he already was, but apparently he could. The shadow moved in a little closer. He saw the darkness break up at the fringes, drawing the rough outline of a mane. Excitement fired through his skin—Acorn had come at last! He let go of his supports and kicked hard toward the surface.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">He exploded out of the water in a huge splash, flailing his arms like a madman, roaring, “Raaaaugh!!”</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"> Acorn shied back, flaring his nostrils in shock.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">“Got you! I got you!” Jamie taunted. “Spoooky!”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Acorn bared his teeth and snapped at him, outraged.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Jamie plunged his hand into the frigid water and splashed him treacherously.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Acorn let out a grunt and bucked away, kicking and neighing. He shook his head around to show his disapproval for the scandalous treatment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Jamie watched him with satisfaction, overjoyed by the result of his ambush. Best! Prank! Ever! He jumped out of the trough and romped around the paddock.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">With his tail high, Acorn trotted about jerkily, wheeling his head in quick bursts, flaring his nostrils noisily at anything he laid his eyes on, as if purposefully looking for something else to get scared by. It seemed like he was actually enjoying the rush of adrenaline running wild in his veins. Jamie ran beside him, roaring and laughing, his sneakers squeaking and sloshing loudly.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">At the ruckus, a few sheep poked their heads out of their shed, while the horses in the stables pricked </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">up their ears, wondering what it was all about.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></span></div><br /></div><div style="border: 6px double brown; padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align: center;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwDBuwytGL1zlClhoIELjNuyFsMgX7vrcMni6wpeab4dEQrVOjyHbzxXNeb8hj4Pxi1RIdcO9d8nJc5Se4UiA32trKHuJsa3HPzuvVp-u89id_rHCdQj-QWRQvn_amVO3Qo9U0ty-hQ/s1600/Looking.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwDBuwytGL1zlClhoIELjNuyFsMgX7vrcMni6wpeab4dEQrVOjyHbzxXNeb8hj4Pxi1RIdcO9d8nJc5Se4UiA32trKHuJsa3HPzuvVp-u89id_rHCdQj-QWRQvn_amVO3Qo9U0ty-hQ/s320/Looking.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Lapo Melzi is a poet, writer and filmmaker. He grew up in a little town in the north of Italy and went on to study writing and filmmaking in New York. He received his MFA from renowned NYU Tisch School of the Arts and now spends his time between the United States and Italy.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b></b></span><br /><div class="gmail_default"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b><br /></b></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b></b></span><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b>Links:</b></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;"><b><a href="http://lapomelzi.wordpress.com/">Author's Website</a></b></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222;">Horse Sense <a href="https://www.facebook.com/horsesensethebook">Facebook</a>/ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18684917-horse-sense">Goodreads</a>/ <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13814343">Library Thing</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;">Buying Links:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;">Paperback <a href="https://www.createspace.com/4466379">Direct</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;">Paperback and eBook Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/8890715448/ref=cm_sw_su_dp">US</a>/ <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/8890715448">UK</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;">eBook Only <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/horse-sense-lapo-melzi/1117305880">Barnes and Noble</a>/ <a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/books/Horse-Sense/iVvOD5rSz0Gm_npezB7CJg">Kobo</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;">Merchandise/Gifts Horse Sense Zazzle Store <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/horsesensestore">US</a>/ <a href="http://www.zazzle.co.uk/horsesensestore">UK</a>/ <a href="http://www.zazzle.ca/horsesensestore">CA</a></div></b></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661533004691309605noreply@blogger.com