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Waiting On Wednesday (3)
“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! Paranormalcy by Kiersten White Sixteen-year-old Evie’s job is bagging and tagging paranormals. Possessing the strange ability to see through their glamours, she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency. But when someone–or something–starts taking out the vamps, werewolves, and other odd beasties she’s worked hard to help become productive members of society, she’s got to figure it out before they all disappear and the world becomes utterly normal. Normal is so overrated. Release Date: September 21, 2010 This sounds…
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Teaser Tuesdays (3)
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: I told her how strong she was and…
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Book Review: Never After
There is no place like a dysfunctional home. Leaving everything behind for the Island was Ricky’s dream come true. When his happily ever after is not quite what it seems, he discovers that running away means running toward bigger problems. Trapped on the Island, Ricky must join together with the only people he can trust to help him face his fears and return home. But the only way off the Island is to confront the person who trapped Ricky and his friends in the first place. With countless enemies and true peril staring them down, Ricky’s mission to leave this…
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Oh happy day!
Hello hello to all my new readers! *gasp* Almost 50! I am SO excited! It’s nice to know someone wants to read my crazy rambling thoughts :). I have some news. The lovely Kirthi over at Pages blog interviewed me today! If you’d like to see my silly answers you can go to my interview and leave some love. In fact, I do believe some of you new readers came from over there so hi again and thanks a million to Kirthi! Also I helped out the sweet Susan over at her blog. She was having difficulty making a blog…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
“It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list. Click on the button above to be taken to Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through A World of Books and see her weekly post! Read this Week: Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black Need by Carrie Jones The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan Never After by Dan…
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In My Mailbox (2)
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! Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people’s dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true power. (From Goodreads) I was so excited to get this book! The Book Depository was down for a bit after the…
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The Unwritten Rule – Giveaway!
Well I can’t declare this to be a certain amount of followers giveaway, however I can say that I am quite happy that any amount of people find my book ramblings worth reading :). Thank you to each and every person that has chosen to follow me so far. I appreciate you! In honor of all of you, I have another copy of The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott to give away! It is a brand new, hardback copy just for you. You can find my review for this book here, but needless to say I loved it! Elizabeth Scott…
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Book Review: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
In Mary’s world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and…
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Book Blogger Hop 4/30
The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Books so that readers and bloggers can visit one another and get to know new blogs! In Jennifer’s words: This is a weekly event where book bloggers and readers can connect to find new blogs to read. It’s a great way to network with other bloggers and make new friends! Every day I seem to find another book blog that I start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all bookies a…
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Tech Talk for Book Bloggers! Round 2!
I had pretty good feedback on last week’s post, so I thought I’d give it another go! I didn’t see a meme for this yet, so I decided to test this out and see how people respond. If you’d like to participate at all, please feel free to leave me a link in the comments and I’ll go and visit your post! I hope for Tech Talk to be a way for book bloggers to talk about the technology out there that helps us feed our habit, whenever and wherever! *** This week’s feature is: The Gimble Hands Free Book Holder…