• Wrap Up Posts/Reading Lists

    October 2014 Wrap Up

    Goodbye October, and welcome November! It’s the season of delicious food, warm fires, and lots of family/friends time. I love this time of year! Before we say goodbye to October officially though, let’s take a look at what I read this month. Shall we? ************ (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in October: (YA) The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry – Review (4/5) (YA) A Murder of Magpies by Sarah Bromley – Review (2/5)…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers

    Today’s spotlight is on a book that I’ve been eagerly anticipating since I first heard that it was on its way. Not only is it written by E.C. Meyers, who is a wonderful author, but it’s a techno thriller will all the markings of a book that I’ll love. Want to see if it’s for you as well? Here’s the synopsis! Check it out! “What is the Silence of Six, and what are you going to do about it?” These are the last words uttered by 17-year old Max Stein’s genius best friend Evan just moments before he kills himself…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: A Kiss of Cabernet

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: A Kiss of Cabernet     *Series: A Love in Wine Country Novel Author: Pamela Gibson Publisher: Entangled: Bliss Pages: Kindle; 188 Release Date: October 10, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love books set in wine country, and feisty characters with big hearts. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes The sweetest vintage of all is the one you can’t have… Napa Valley vineyard manager Paige Reynoso is furious. After a six-year absence, her boss—big-city entrepreneur Jake Madison—has returned, only to announce…

  • Ramblings

    Wednesday Musings

    Happy Wednesday friends! Today you get an adorable squirrel stealing a pumpkin because 1) it’s almost Halloween and 2) cute animal pictures cheer me up. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because I love seeing how creative people can be with their costumes. The more detail the better in my opinion, even though I’m pretty terrible at costumes myself. The costumes that don’t fit through doors always make me laugh because I can’t imagine how uncomfortable it must be to have to turn sideways through every doorway you walk through. Since it’s only one day a year I suppose…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Giveaway: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

    It’s one week of the year that we dedicate to all things spooky, and I can’t think of a better time to host a giveaway of this classic story! For those of you who don’t know, Penguin Classics has recently released The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories. It’s a new package for Washington Irving’s classic stories, with an added introduction and notes by Elizabeth L. Bradley.  ABOUT THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND OTHER STORIES: Perhaps the marker of a true mythos is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as The Sketch…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Love Thy Neighbor by Sophie Wintner

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love Thy Neighbor Author: Sophie Wintner Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck Pages: Ebook; 199 Release Date: October 27, 2014 Source: Publisher ——————————————- Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy characters that start out broken and slowly change. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes He’s designed for delicious trouble… Interior designer Nikki Norris is at the end of her rope. She’s lost her business, and her fiancé who called off their engagement. Now she’s broke and on her own, living in a loft apartment she can barely afford. But…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Blitz + Giveaway: Crushed by Gina Robinson

    Are you ready for some more bookish goodness this week? I hope so, because this blitz is definitely ready for you. In the spotlight today is Crushed, the second book in The Rushed series by Gina Robinson. Make sure to read all the way to the bottom! There’s a giveaway down there for you! Goodreads | Amazon Some loves can’t be… Crushed Morgan Have you ever done something stupid? Like get drunk and hookup with a guy because your heart was broken by someone else? Like his best friend. And then done something really dumb, like fall in love with…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Bodies We Wear Author: Jeyn Roberts Publisher: Knopf Books For Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 23, 2014  Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darker reads with twists and turns. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A streetwise girl trains to take on a gang of drug dealers and avenge her best friend’s death in this thriller for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Robin Wasserman. People say when you take Heam, your body momentarily dies and you catch a…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Someday Maybe (Entangled Embrace) by Ophelia London

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Someday Maybe    *Series: Definitely, Maybe Author: Ophelia London Publisher: Entangled  Pages: Paperback; 344 Release Date: October 20, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————————– Genre: New Adult HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Entangled Embrace fans and romance readers Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Some guys are impossible to forget. Rachel Daughtry has a 10-year plan that leaves no room for mistakes. Or not-so-serious boys–including Oliver Wentworth, the freshman boyfriend she’s never forgotten. Now she’s back in San Francisco with an awesome-slash-scary new job. Unfortunately, The Plan doesn’t cover things like meeting her best friend’s new “secret” guy…Oliver. Fortunately, no one knows that Rachel…

  • Book Reviews

    Giveaway: The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts

          I hope your weekend was fabulous, all you bookish people! I know things have been a little spotty over here. I’m currently on vacation and, as I’m currently residing with my blogger partner in crime, we’ve been more lax on keeping up with this :). Sometimes vacation just needs to be filled with slacking off and enjoying yourselves.   I do, however, have a giveaway for you! The review for The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts will be up tomorrow, but in the meantime here’s a giveaway of that same book for you to win!  …