• Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Top 5 with MM Shelley and a GIVEAWAY!

    Tweet Today I’m pleased to welcome M.M. Shelley to the blog! Her debut book, Mishap & Mayhem, is out now and she’s on tour promoting it. I’ve started to dive into this one, and I have to tell you it’s rather amazing! I digress though. I now give M.M. Shelley the floor. She’s here to share her Top 5 Favorite Books and Movies! ******************** TOP FIVE MOVIES 1) Arsenic and Old Lace This is a Cary Grant movie and is funny from start to finish. There are two crazy aunts, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt and another one…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Tens List from Six Moon Summer

    Sporting a completely fantastic outfit is SM Reine, author of Six Moon Summer. Today we have Rylie visiting to share her tens list, and what a tens list it is! Do you know why you wouldn’t want to be a werewolf? Rylie does. Check it out. The Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Want to Be a Werewolf by Rylie Gresham, age 15 10. I didn’t choose this. 9. Werewolves have really bad breath. 8. I’m always angry, and I hate losing control of myself. 7. Animals are afraid of me now. No more pet chinchillas, no more horseback rides, no…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Wildefire

    Media Type: Book Title: Wildefire Author: Karsten Knight Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: July 26, 2011 Source: Publisher ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Every flame begins with a spark. Ashline Wilde is having a rough sophomore year. She’s struggling to find her place as the only Polynesian girl in school, her boyfriend just cheated on her, and now her runaway sister, Eve, has decided to barge back into her life. When Eve’s violent behavior escalates and she does the unthinkable, Ash transfers to…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Bloodspell

    Tweet Title: Bloodspell Author: Amalie Howard Publisher: Langdon Street Press Pages: Paperback; 369 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart The spell was simple… Cruentus Protectum (Defend the Blood) But what do you do if your blood is your enemy? Victoria Warrick has always known she was different. An outcast at school, she is no stranger to adversity. But when she receives an old journal for her seventeenth birthday, nothing prepares her for the dark secrets it holds — much less one that reveals…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    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…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    Teaser Tuesdays (2)

    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: Standing up for real, I check that the…