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Waiting on Wednesday...SHATTERED by Jeri Smith-Ready!

The lovely Jill (a fellow Alabamian!) over at Breaking the Spine created the Waiting on Wednesday meme for us bloggers to showcase books we're waiting on. 


This week's selection is one I'm sure lots of people are waiting on! It's sort of a companion to a most fantastic series that I love (as do countless other people, lol), told from the point of view of one of the hottest guys in YA. ;-)


Without further ado, I give you...


SHATTERED 
by Jeri Smith-Ready
pub date 2013


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Teaser Tuesday...WANT by Stephanie Lawton!

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 readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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...

Monday Must Reads!...ZOM-B!

Not familiar with this little feature? It's simple, really. Monday Must Reads! is a feature I created to showcase books that I think you, well, Must Read (ha!).


This week's pick is one that was a very pleasant surprise to me. I had actually never heard of it, but saw a stack of free ARC copies at BEA and decided to pick one up. Once I started it, I didn't stop until I flipped the last page. It's gritty and graphic and filled with gruesome zombies. It also ends with a huge surprise that you rea...

TGIF at GReads!

The awesomeness that is Ginger (or G, as I like to call her!) over at  GReads!  has created a great meme that is tons of fun. Each Friday, she poses a question for anyone to answer. Go check her out and join in the fun!


Unexpected Books:
Which book did you have
reservations about 
 reading, but ended up loving
once you did?

This one is actually easy for me to answer (surprise!) since I recently ran across such a book.
Normally I don't pay much attention to what others say about boo...

10 Truths I Learned While Re-reading The Hunger Games Trilogy

Book lovers the world over know that re-reading your favorite book (or series) is something special. There's nothing at all like cracking the spine of a cherished read and falling back into a world you've been missing, seeing old friends struggle and triumph throughout the pages, reveling in the excitement you know is waiting just around the corner.

Another great thing about re-reading old faves? You sometimes learn something new.

Which is what today's post is all about: 

10 Truths I Learne...

Waiting on Wednesday...ONYX by J L Armentrout!

The lovely Jill (a fellow Alabamian!) over at Breaking the Spine created the Waiting on Wednesday meme for us bloggers to showcase books we're waiting on.

This week's pick is a sequel to one of my favorite reads. The first book of this series was super hot, sexy, action-packed and full of win. So I know that the sequel is gonna be just as awesome and I can't wait! If you haven't already, be sure to add to your TBR lists...

ONYX
by Jennifer L Armentrout
pub date 8/14/2012

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Teaser Tuesday...HOLLOWED by Kelley York!

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 readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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...

Monday Must Reads!...THE ELEVENTH PLAGUE!

Not familiar with this little feature? It's simple, really. Monday Must Reads! is a feature I created to showcase books that I think you, well, Must Read (ha!).


I haven't posted to a Monday Must Reads! for a while (not sure why, lol) but thought I'd bring it back to help showcase some books I've truly enjoyed--and I think you might, too!


This week's choice is YA (shock!) dystopian, and one that I didn't want to end. It's gritty and powerful and very very possible--apocalyptic fiction at its bes...

TGIF at GReads!

The awesomeness that is Ginger (or G, as I like to call her!) over at  GReads!  has created a great meme that is tons of fun. Each Friday, she poses a question for anyone to answer. Go check her out and join in the fun!



Book Olympics:
In the spirit of the
Olympics, which books
 would you give the gold, 
silver and bronze?


This has got to be the toughest of all your TGIF questions, G--now we know a tiny fraction of what the Olympic judges must go through! Picking three books that w...

Top Ten Lessons I've Learned Since Becoming Published

Just in case you may not have noticed, my very first published book was released about 3 months ago (it's still crazy surreal to say that, lol), and I thought it the perfect time to take a look at what all I've learned since then. 


In the syle of David Letterman, here's 


The Top Ten Things I've Learned Since Becoming A Published Author
10. Book Two is even harder to write than Book One.
9. I'm still just as unsure of my ability to form coherent sentences as ever.
8. Promoting onesel...