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The Fourth and Fifth Paths revealed!
Tweet Those of you playing along at home may have wondered where my clues have been! Apologies for my lack of blogging about them, but here is a quick rundown of everything that has gone on! As always, if you need some help let me know. If you see anything intriguing, share it out! Oh, and only 8 more days left until the show debut! AHHHH! The Fourth Path began with….a bib. Yes you heard me right. A bib! We were told to look for a clue on there. So I looked and yup. A symbol was hiding on the…
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Interviewing Aleah from Stupid Fast, and a giveaway!
Tweet Please welcome the fantastic Geoff Herbach to the blog my friends! He is here to promote his book, Stupid Fast, which I absolutely loved and will gush about incessantly if you get me started. It’s true. Geoff has brought Aleah, his MC’s love interest, to the blog! He has also brought a giveaway…you lucky readers you. So spoiled ;). Be sure to thank him in the comments! 1. Hi Aleah and welcome! First, a challenge. If you had to describe yourself using only a color, which would you choose and why? Hi Jessica, thank you for asking. It’s really…
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Book Review: The Lens and the Looker
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Lens and the Looker Author: Lory Kaufman Publisher: The Fiction Studio Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: March 16, 2011 Source: Pump Up Your Book ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language, Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart It’s the 24th century and humans, with the help of artificial intelligences (A.I.s) have finally created the perfect post-dystopian society. To make equally perfect citizens for this world, the elders have created History Camps, full sized recreations of cities from Earth’s distant pasts. Here teens live the way their ancestors did,…
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Book Review: A Golden Web
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: A Golden Web Author: Barbara Quick Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 266 Release Date: April 6, 2010 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Alessandra is desperate to escape. Desperate to escape her stepmother, who’s locked her away for a year; to escape the cloister that awaits her and the marriage plans that have been made for her; to escape the expectations that limit her and every other girl in fourteenth-century Italy. There’s no tolerance in her quiet village for Alessandra and her…
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Everlasting Giveaway!
Tweet Zeitghost Media contacted me to let me know that the final book in the Immortals Series is coming up soon! I had completely forgotten how close the release date was. Everlasting hits shelves on June 7th! In honor of this awesome book, and series, I’ve been given the chance to share the trailer with you and host a giveaway! You lucky readers you! Two fold awesomeness! Isn’t it amazing? *Swoons* I do believe there are more delicious guys in this trailer than should be allowed. For more Immortals info and love you can visit the website: http://www.alysonnoel.com/immortals/ And now… it’s giveaway time!…
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Book Review: The Chosen
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Chosen Author: Andrea Buginsky Publisher: Solstice Pages: Ebook; 113 Release Date: December 14, 2010 Source: Author/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Upper Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Fantasy violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart A young dwarf leads a quiet life until she learns of her true calling and becomes a hero of her world. Halli, a shy young dwarf, discovers she’s a Holy Paladin with the power to heal. She learns of this from Queen Laurali of the Elves, who has come to see Halli after the villages of their world, Phantasma,…
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An Interview with Brian Farrey and a giveaway!
Tweet Okay really, what’s not to love about this picture? This is the amazing Brian Farrey, whose book With or Without You I’ve been shamelessly promoting these last few weeks. Oh, what’s that you say? I’m doing it again? Too bad! It’s amazing! Anyway Brian is here today to share an interview with you (which made me giggle) and I’m also giving away a copy. Aren’t you just lucky ducks? 1. Welcome to the blog! Let’s start out with a challenge! If you had to choose a color to describe yourself, what would it be and why? OK, first I have to…
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The Third Path solved!
Tweet Ready for some more Nine Paths fun? This little box showed up at my door a few days ago, and I admit that I wasn’t expecting such a small package! What on Earth could be in it? After opening it I found this little jewelry box. Ooooh. Jewelry you say? As a girl who loves a good pair of earrings or a necklace, I was intrigued! Sadly I had to wait until I got home from work to actually open it… When I finally had time to open it, look what I found! A mysterious language filling a card,…
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An Interview with Summer and Leif from Shadow Dancer!
Tweet Today Courtney Rene is here to tour her book, Shadow Dancer. Well actually, her two main characters are here! Sunny and Leif are here to share a bit about themselves with you, and banter adorably. *grins* They are just too cute. Take a look and make sure to add their story to your to read list! Please describe yourself in a tweet: Sunny: Happy. Shy but fun. Naive. Intelligent. Loveable and giving. Although not clumsy, quite un-athletic. Willing to try new things and believe in the impossible. Leif: Cold, driven, focused and demanding. World weary. Will do anything…
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Book Review: The Misadventures of PIP
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Misadventures of PIP Author: Donna Peterson Publisher: Bonneville Pages: Paperback; 96 Release Date: June 14, 2011 Source: NetGalley =================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: None HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Pip, whose real name is Phillip Isaac Penn, feels that the world is against him as he struggles to deal with angry parents, a bossy older sister, a frazzled teacher, and memorable characters such as Bully Bart, Cheater Chaz, Know-It-All Nell, Liar Lizzy, Stealer Steffan, Conman Cody, and Tattle-Tale Tess. Every day of the week brings another challenge that…