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Book Review: Freefall
Seth McCoy was the last person to see his best friend Isaac alive, and the first to find him dead. It was just another night, just another party, just another time where Isaac drank too much and passed out on the lawn. Only this time, Isaac didn’t wake up. Convinced that his own actions led to his friend’s death, Seth is torn between turning his life around… or losing himself completely. Then he meets Rosetta: so beautiful and so different from everything and everyone he’s ever known. But Rosetta has secrets of her own, and Seth will soon realize he…
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The Fanatic Report (1)
This will be a weekly feature, although I haven’t figured out what day yet, where I’ll post all the goodies I find around the Internet! Listen, read, watch. It’s all here. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Around the Blogosphere: – Reading With Tequila, one of my favorite book blogs, recently announced her new Goodreads group on her blog! I’m a member and it looks like it is shaping up to be quite awesome. – I Like a Little Science in My Fiction recently posted a great article explaining why vampires sparkle and I was intrigued! I mean isn’t that something that’s been on your…
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“Me Mondays” August 9th
It’s time for another weekly installment of “Me” Mondays! Don’t know what this is? Click HERE to visit the opening post and see how to win a prize! Oh yeah, it’s Monday alright! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Question #5 was chosen this week: Melissa of Spellbound by Books asks… What is one(or more than one because its hard to just pick one lol) of your all time favourite books and why? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Well hmmm….that is a hard one. I’ll keep it to 3 okay? If I tried to go less than that I’ll sit here for the greater part of an hour hemming and hawing…
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I’m HOME!
Well hello all you lovely new followers you! What a surprise to come home to find that I have more people who want to read what I write than when I left :). Welcome ya’ll! I hope I keep you entertained and in the know! For those of you who don’t know, this last week I was up in Big Bear with a YMCA camp. Each year I’m a counselor and I get to spend a week away from technology and the city. These were my awesome co-counselors Rachael and Dana. Two of the coolest people you’ll ever meet! Especially…
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Book Review: Friend Is Not A Verb
From the author of the Edgar Award–winning The Wessex Papers comes a hilariously offbeat novel about Henry “Hen” Birnbaum, a teenage boy who dreams of becoming a rock star despite a minor setback, namely: his girlfriend just dumped him and kicked him out of their band. Now his social life consists of night after night of VH1 marathons with his best friend and next-door neighbor, the neurotic Emma Wood. Then there’s the matter of Sarah, his sister, who mysteriously disappeared for a whole year and just as mysteriously returned. As the story unfolds, the reasons for her disappearance seem more…
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Calendar of Events – August 5th through August 12th
A new calendar of events will go up every Thursday. It’s August! How are you doing on your reading challenge goal? This week all events are being hosted at A Bibliophile’s Paradise. As you know, I’m not here right now so I can’t update the links but I DID make sure to get a calendar ready to go for all of you! Thanks to all the people that have stuck with us throughout this challenge, and hello to all the new people who are just joining us! Calendar of Events for August 5th – August 12th Friday, August 6th –…
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Waiting on Wednesday (10)
“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! The city of Isca is set like a dark jewel in the crown of the Duchy of Stonehold. In this sprawling landscape, the monsters one sees are nothing compared to what’s living in the city’s sewers. Twenty-three-year-old Caliph Howl is Stonehold’s reluctant High King. Thrust onto the throne, Caliph has inherited Stonehold’s dirtiest court secrets. He also faces a brewing civil war that he is unprepared to fight. After months alone amid a swirl of gossip and political machinations,…
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Non-Fiction Book Review: Free Wakeful Dreaming
Michel Depeyrot (Ph.D., Stanford, 1968), a multi-faceted scientist and entrepreneurial maverick, is an acclaimed practitioner of the therapeutic use of Georges Romey s Free Wakeful Dreaming and Devi Nambudripad s Allergy Elimination Technique. The former is an experience innovator who created this technique in France, then founded its promotional association ADREL and its school (EREL). With the insights and confidence of an enthused adherent and disciple, Depeyrot introduces a wide audience to Romey s theories and practices in this first primer on Romey s work since he launched this technique in the early eighties. Depeyrot translates key writings of Romey…
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“Me Mondays” August 2nd
It’s time for another weekly installment of “Me” Mondays! Don’t know what this is? Click HERE to visit the opening post and see how to win a prize! Still the best part of Monday! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Question #14 was chosen this week so let’s get to it! Cass of Words on Paper asks: What’s your daily morning routine when you get out of bed? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Ah Cass, what a perfect question for today! As I sit here trying to pack for camp and failing rather horribly (I’m a bit distracted) I keep thinking about what I’ll forget to pack and then…
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A Fanatic’s Wrap-Up: July Edition
Hello August! Nice to see you here! This blog has become so much more than a place to post book reviews for me. In the last three or so months it has become a place for me to express myself, to make amazing friends, and to just all around enjoy myself. Seriously, I’m hooked. Thank you to all my followers for sticking with me through all the craziness! I appreciate you more than you know. Books read and reviewed: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin – 5/5 My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours by Kristina Springer – 5/5 Shadow…