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Book Review: Fallen
There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move. Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel…
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“Me Mondays” June 28th
It’s time for the second installment of “Me” Mondays! Don’t know what this is? Click HERE to visit the opening post and enter to win fun prizes! The Random.org gods have spoken and this week the question is #6. Vanessa Di Grigorio of Let the Words Flow asks “What is your favourite (non-reading related) thing to do?” ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Oh! I’m so glad that you asked this question because, although there are about a million answers I could put down, I know exactly what my answer will be. Hello, my name is Jessica and I’m addicted to bike riding. This here is my mighty…
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Summer “Beach Reads” Reading Challenge
Welcome, welcome to the 2010 Summer “Beach Reads” Challenge *throws confetti* I’m sure you’re asking yourself, but Jessica, what exactly is a “beach read”? A beach read by my definition is any book you’d choose to take with you to a day at the beach. Think something light, airy, perhaps a romance or two? It’s really all up to you! Beach reads are what you make them! I’ve been known to take a vampire novel with me to the beach…. vampires and sand? Yes! This challenge is being hosted by myself, Raila of Books Out of the Bookshelves, Linna of…
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In My Mailbox (9)
In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren and inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. IMM explores the weekly contents of our mailboxes, as well as books we might have bought this week! This was a really great book week! There were definitely some SQUEE moments and I forsee many more in my future. Yup, I went crazy at the B&N Summer Clearance so….come Monday I should have a very large box of books showing up at my door! For Review: Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When by Annette Laing (Thank you Annette!) Prophet of the Pentacle by…
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On My Wishlist (4)
On My Wishlist is a weekly feature run by the great book blog, Book Chick City. This feature is used to list books that we desperately want but haven’t gotten to read yet! Rampant by Diana Peterfreund Published by Harper Teen Hardcover; 402 pages ISBN: 0061490008 Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns… Real unicorns are venomous, man-eating monsters with huge fangs and razor-sharp horns. Fortunately, they’ve been extinct for a hundred and fifty years. Or not. Astrid had always scoffed at her eccentric mother’s stories about killer unicorns. But when one of the monsters attacks her boyfriend—thereby ruining any chance of…
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Some help please!
So next month is both my birthday month, and the month I’ve decided to celebrate the amazing two months that have gone by so far on this blog! I’m going to be giving away 4 books, one for each week in July, but I need some help. What would YOU like to win? Leave me some suggestions in the comments and then I’ll make a list of the most popular ones and put up a poll later on! Just FYI I do have an ARC of Low Red Moon and Shadow Hills if you want those to be up for…
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Book Review: Zan-Gah and the Beautiful Country
The prehistoric saga continues in Zan-Gah and the Beautiful Country, the sequel to the award winning Zan-Gah: A Prehistoric Adventure. In this story, Zan s troubled twin brother, Dael, having suffered greatly during his earlier captivity, receives a ruinous new shock when his wife suddenly dies. Disturbed and traumatized, all of his manic energies explode into acts of hostility and bloodshed. His obsession is the destruction of the wasp men, his first captors, who dwell in the Beautiful Country. When he, Zan-Gah, and a band of adventurers trek to their bountiful home, they find that all of the wasp people…
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Welcome to my new affiliates!
So I know I’m still relatively new to this whole book blogging world, but I also know that it is always good to have people who you can support and who can support you! It is with that knowledge that I present my new affiliates….. The lovely Raila from Books Out of the Bookshelves The fantastic Heather from A Bibliophile’s Paradise The sweet Kailia from Reading the Best of the Best & The amazing Linna from 21 pages Expect to see end of the week posts with news from their blogs from now on! Hurray support!
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Book Review: Zan-Gah
The hero, Zan-Gah seeks his lost twin in a savage prehistoric world, encountering suffering, captivity, conflict, love, and triumph. In three years, Zan-Gah passes from an uncertain boyhood to a tried and proven manhood and a position of leadership among his people. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Love the lion! First Thoughts: This is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. *** My Review: Zan-Gah is a new taste for my literary palette, and I admit that when I first finished reading it I wasn’t sure exactly what I thought. My head was still reeling from all the action that I had just…
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An Interview with Allan Richard Shickman
As I mentioned yesterday, I was privileged enough to be asked to read the Zan-Gah books for Allan Richard Shickman, and they were very good! Today he has agreed to stop by for an interview! Enjoy! 1. Where did the idea for a Prehistoric Fiction series come from? Sometimes it is hard to know where ideas are born, but it seems to me the Zan-Gah books began with geography. A change in geography is good for an artist or author because he sees things with “fresh eyes,” and what might be ignored by a long-time resident can be dramatically new to a visitor.…