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Blog Tour – Author Interview: Brenda Pandos
Continuing on with the epic Sapphire Talisman tour, today I have Brenda Pandos stopping by my blog for an interview! If you haven’t read my review of The Sapphire Talisman, I can assure you it’s great! In fact, you should totally go and pre-order a copy here. Signed copy. Ooooh. Shiny! Without further ado, I give my blog over to the very lovely and talented Brenda Pandos! 1) Welcome Brenda! I always like to start out my interviews with a challenge. If you had to create a catch phrase for one of your characters, what would it be and who…
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Book Review: Boys That Bite
Technically Sunshine can’t get killed-because she’s immortal. Well, not quite yet. Due to the worst case of mistaken identity with her dark-side-loving twin sister at a Goth club called Club Fang, Magnus, a vampire hottie, went for Sunshine’s innocent neck. Now if she doesn’t reverse it in time, Magnus will be her blood mate forever and she’s doomed to be a blood-gulping, pasty, daylight-hating vampire. That would seriously bite. And now, after the unfortunate slaying of the vampire leader, Sunshine, her sister Rayne, and Magnus must find the one thing that can solve her problem: the Holy Grail. They wish…
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Tyger, Tyger Trailer and GIVEAWAY!
For those of you who may not know, I’m a HUGE Tyger, Tyger and all around Kersten Hamilton fangirl. It is my aim to spread the love of this book and, well, of course bribe you with a giveaway. Let it be known that I am definitely not against bribery. *insert maniacal laugh here* I’m quite happy to be able to share the new book trailer with you. It’s amazing! I’ve seen many a book trailer, but this one seriously blew my mind. It might be because I’m in love with this book. If you haven’t read my review you can…
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Book Blogger Hop and Follow Friday time!
Before I begin this post, a quick announcement. I’ll be out of town for the next four days! Does that mean I won’t be posting? Of course not! I wouldn’t leave you all hanging :). For the next four days I have posts scheduled to go up on their own, to amuse you all. Hopefully. Now let’s get down to business! *** Today’s question is: How long have you been blogging? A little over 7 months as of this month! My little blog is growing up so fast, but I’m so proud of how much it has become. It is…
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Book Review: Scones and Sensibility
Media Type: Print Book Title: Scones and Sensibility Author: Lindsay Eland Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: December 22, 2009 Source: Library ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Too much cuteness perhaps? —————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love a great protagonist and a bit of old world romance in their reading! Add it on : Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Polly Madassa is convinced she was born for a more romantic time. A time when Elizabeth Bennet and Anne of Green Gables walked along the moors and…
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Blog Tour: Book Review – Everything I Never Wanted to Be
Everything I Never Wanted to Be by Dina Kucera is the true story of a family’s battle with alcoholism and drug addiction. Dina’s grandfather and father were alcoholics. Her grandmother was a pill addict. Dina is an alcoholic and pill addict, and all three of her daughters struggle with alcohol and drug addiction including her youngest daughter, who started using heroin at age fourteen. –More at Goodreads Why I chose this: I didn’t choose this book, so much as it chose me. It showed up at my door one day and I read the back of the book, completely blown…
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Book Review: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
“I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.” So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across…
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Teaser Tuesdays (9)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My Teaser: “Outside the salty breeze tousled my hair, and I…
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WINNERS!
I am SO sorry my friends! I completely forgot about the giveaways I had on my vlog last month! Without further ado, let’s get to some winners! Winners of Firelight Swag! Katie at Katie’s Amazing Book Reviews Yllektra Winners of She Smells the Dead Prize Packs! Stephanie Saunders Jeremy West at Novel Thoughts Congratulations you four!!! I’ll be emailing you shortly to get your information!
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Random Books: The Waiting Edition
Welcome to another edition of Random Books! This is a feature where I type a chosen word into the Goodreads search bar, and choose three books that catch my eye. You then get the random thoughts that go through my head as I learn about the book. It’s a fun way to discover new books! *** This week my theme is “waiting”. I’m currently waiting for a lot of things. Winter break. A better job. Thanksgiving turkey! NOM NOM NOM. So away we go! *** Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother’s erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved…