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Back in the saddle again!
So despite my pretty consistent posting lately, would you believe that I actually haven’t BEEN here? Gasp, I know! I’ve been getting by with scheduled posts and such. That’s what happens when you get busy but you still want to make sure your lovely blog followers have something to read! (Like my horse? Safest kind there is.) Anyway I’m back! Caught up and feeling fine. I’ll be commenting on blogs more, writing random things in here again as I feel like it and probably harassing you all with tons of book reviews. I have TIME to read again. What a…
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Book Review: Nickel Plated
Nickel is a survivor. He has to be. For as long as he can remember, his life has hinged on the flip of a coin. Or, rather, the scribble of a social worker’s pen. He’s been through the system, even had a good dad for a few years, until he was gone, too. But Nickel remembers everything he taught him, and since the day he escaped from foster-care hell, he’s put that knowledge to good use. Just twelve years old, he makes a steady living by selling marijuana to high schoolers, blackmailing pedophiles he ferrets out online, and working as…
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Book Review: In the Storm
Abandoned by the world around her, Carly believes she is fated to a life of torment at the hands of her stepfather and is desperate for an escape. When she can bear the abuse no longer and gives in to a thunderous rage, she suddenly finds herself in an unfamiliar, yet beautiful, storm world. This limbo between dimensions appears to be her private sanctuary, but it may just be her purgatory. No one escapes fate without sacrifice, but is the price more than Carly is willing to pay? –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: This cover actually drew me in right away…
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Mini Challenge: Ladies and their Tramps!
To those of you who don’t know (and where have you been if you don’t) it’s time again for Princess Bookie’s massive CONTEST CRAZE! There are giveaways galore, and fun mini challenges to take part in. This one I HAD to enter. It’s hosted by my awesome friend Kari at A Good Addiction and it’s all about mish-mashing or pairing two different characters from two different books. FUN RIGHT? Here’s my pair. I think Calla from Nightshade and Jag from Possession would make a fascinating pair. See, Calla is an alpha wolf and can definitely be a little abrasive sometimes. Used…
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Talking Inspiration with Gillian Phillip
Well my friends, today you are in for quite the treat! Gillian Phillips, a.k.a Gabriella Poole, is stopping by to share some inspiration with us. If you haven’t yet put her newest book, The Opposite of Amber, on your reading list you need to go now. It’s truly amazing and I was happy to give it a glowing recommendation. You can see my review if you’d like! I’ll stop rambling now though. Gillian has the floor. Favourite Places for Inspiration This is a topic close to my heart. For me, landscape has a huge effect on my writing, but that’s…
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Movie Review: Battle LA
This weekend the BF and I took off to the movies to see the all action, all alien flick BATTLE L.A. If you haven’t stopped by one of these posts before let me catch you up really quickly. We only go to about one or two movies a month. Our stipulation? They have to be something we REALLY want to see. Then I come share it with you! Beware: Rambling ahead. In a word, this movie was EPIC. If you are a fan of movies that might not have the best plot, but make up for it with stunning visuals,…
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Book Review: The Opposite of Amber
They found the fifth girl right after the snow melted …the place where he left her was winter water, crazed with ice-feathers and dusted with snow. The traces from her body were gone, the ones that said his name, but she had an extra skin of ice that protected her and she looked perfect, like Snow White’. Ruby and her older sister Jinn live together on their own, just about making ends meet. Jinn is beautiful, with glittering blonde hair, and makes it her business to look after Ruby. They are horrified by, but try to ignore, the local newspaper…
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An Interview with Tom Kepler and giveaway!
Today I’m pleased to have Tom Kepler, author of Love Ya Like A Sister, stopping by my blog for an interview! Tom has been sweet enough to share a little bit about himself with us, and he brought a giveaway along! So let’s see what he has to say shall we? I always love to get to know authors a bit better! *** If you had to choose an animal to represent you, what would you choose and why? I know it’s cheating, but I’d choose a dragon to represent me. Now, mind you, dragons have received bad press as…
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WINNERS!
I owe you guys a LOT of winners! Sorry about that. I got so busy I’ve been neglecting my poor blog. So without further ado…. Winner of “Tempest” Lip Gloss from Tracy Deebs Cass at Words on Paper Winners of The Girl In the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman #4 Myra C and #18 Brooke Winner of The Midnight Tunnel: A Suzanna Snow Mystery by Angie Frazier Scoot at See Scoot Read Congrats again all of you! Emails will be out to you shortly. You have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. Thanks!
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Into the Past with Rebecca Fjelland Davis
Today I’m happy to welcome Rebecca Fjelland Davis, author of Chasing Alliecat, to my blog! I’m loving her dog! Anyway Rebecca is here to share her book picks for the ages with us in a game of, Into the Past. My favorite part of this game is that I get to see if we agree! Check out the bottom. There’s a GIVEAWAY too! *** Age 3: Poky Little Puppy , Nurse Nancy , and Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel were my favorites from our huge collection of Little Golden Books. I asked to have those three read to me…