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500 Followers! And a giveaway!!

My blog just hit 500 followers.
That's crazy.
Seriously.
I can't believe that 500 of you actually care what I have to say (which isn't much), but thank you!! Honestly, truly, thank you so much! I've been trying to get more reviews going, maybe throw in some posts on writing and the whole "getting published" process, so I promise...it'll get better! ;-P
Now, in honor of you guys clicking that little follow button, I wanna reward you somehow.
What can I do, what can I do...
Oh! I know!
How about an A...

Review: The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols

The One That I Want by Jennifer Echolspub date 12/6/2011
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Gemma can't believe her luck when the star football player starts flirting with her. Max is totally swoon-worthy, and even gets her quirky sense of humor. So when he asks out her so-called best friend Addison, Gemma's heartbroken.

Then Addison pressures Gemma to join the date with one of Max's friends. But the more time they all spend together, the harder Gemma falls for Max. She can't help thinking...

Review: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkinspub date 9/29/2011
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Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn't believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild -- the better. But even though Lola's style is outrageous, she's a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins...

Review: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkinspub date 12/2/2010
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Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only...

TGIF over 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!

This Friday's Question:

Book to Movie:

Which book-turned-movie
do you feel did the best adaptation?
What about the worst?


I must admit that I am a sucker for movies made from books. Especially if I love said book. And I also must admit that even though the...

Review: Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols

Endless Summer
by Jennifer Echols
pub date 5/25/2010
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Two irresistible boys. One unforgettable summer.

Lori can't wait for her summer at the lake. She loves wakeboarding and hanging with her friends--including the two hotties next door. With the Vader brothers, she's always been just one of the guys. Now that she's turning sixteen, she wants to be seen as one of the girls, especially in the eyes of Sean, the older brother. But that's not going to...

Waiting on Wednesday: OBSIDIAN!

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 actually came out yesterday (12/6 is quite a day for releases!), but I'm still waiting on it, so I thought it fit for today's post. I'm super-excited to read this one, not only for the whole alien storyline, but also because it comes from Entangled Publishing, and they're kick-butt novels are all winners! Please, if you...

It's Eternal Starling Day!!

You heard it here first, folks...today, the 6th of December in the year 2011, is officially deemed


ETERNAL STARLING DAY!!!



What is "Eternal Starling Day", you're all asking? Why, it's the day that my good friend Angela Corbett's book, Eternal Starling, makes its world debut!

I'm so over-the-river-and-through-the-woods excited for her, and I just wanted to tell everyone about it. So please, go visit her website, blog, or follow her on Twitter, or like her Facebook page, and give Angela a HUGE...

Review: Hushed by Kelley York

Hushed
by Kelley York
pub date 12/6/2011

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He's saved her. He's loved her. He's killed for her.

Eighteen-year-old Archer couldn't protect his best friend, Vivian, from what happened when they were kids, so he's never stopped trying to protect her from everything else. It doesn't matter that Vivian only uses him when hopping from one toxic relationship to another—Archer is always there, waiting to be noticed.

Then along comes Evan, the only person...

I'm Outta Here!

I know this is a lame-o blog post, but I didn't have time this week to come up with anything else. Just a quick note to say that today is my last day of employment (as of right now), and I'm actually kind of excited about it (I'm probably gonna get hate mail now).

I had been thinking a lot about taking some time off to really focus on my writing (you know, to actually get good at it!), and this happened. Coincidence? I think not.

So, the plan is to take the next few months to churn out some gre...