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New Winner Chosen!

Since I received no response from the original winner of the Eternal Starling Blog Tour giveaway, I've selected a new winner...and that person is...




SupaGurlBooks!!!




Congrats, Supa! (ha, love that!) Please email me (jmanni32 @ yahoo dot com) with your mailing address, and I'll pass it along to Angela so she can mail you your prize!

Thanks again to everyone who entered, and be sure to stop by from time to time, because I'll be hosting an ARC giveaway for my own book very soon!

Waiting on Wednesday: DESTINY'S FIRE!

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 I've chosen something kind of new to me: Historical YA. Of course it's YA (gee surprise, right?!), but I've never read historical, so I'm venturing out (hey, I am!). And what better book to start with than...


DESTINY'S FIRE (no cover available)
by Trisha Wolfe
pub date 1/10/2012

product description from goodreads.com



Sixteen-year-old...

Teaser Tuesday...Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols!

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 teasers!





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Monday Must Reads!...THE BOYS NEXT DOOR!!

Monday Must Reads! is a feature I created to showcase books that I think you, well, Must Read! (ha!).

Today's selection is from one of my favorite authors. I only recently discovered her, thanks to my friends @MandieBaxter and @GReadsBooks (thanks ladies!), but so far I have loved everything I've read...and this one is no exception!



The Boys Next Doorby Jennifer Echols
product description from goodreads.com

Cute, available, and one cabin over....


Lori lives for summertime on the lake. She spends...

Happy Turkey Day...see you Monday!

Just wanted to say a quick Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate! And to those of you who don't...Happy Thursday!! :-)

I'm taking a couple days off from the ol' blog, but I'll be back on Monday...have a great weekend everyone!

Eternal Starling Giveaway Winner!

I first must say thanks to those of you who stopped by on Friday and commented on the Eternal Starling Blog Tour post...you guys rock!

Now, on to the winner!

Using random.org, the winner of the Eternal Starling giveaway (a signed ES bookmark and some awesome jewelry inspired by the book) is...





Krystal Larson!!

Congrats Krystal! If you will email me your mailing address (just click on my name for my email addy), I'll forward it on to the author Angela Corbett, and she'll get your prize out to...

Eternal Starling Blog Tour Stop...with giveaways!!

Today I am so happy to be a part of the blog tour for my friend Angela Corbett's debut YA novel, Eternal Starling. Be sure to read through this post, because there are some awesome giveaways at the end!

Here's a bit about Angela...(as a side note...I have no clue why this section is highlighted in white...grr Blogger!)

As a child, Angela Corbett's most prized possession was a set of read-along books. She used to follow along with the narrator on the stereo and dream of when she would be able...

Review: The Boys Next Door by Jennifer Echols

The Boys Next Door
by Jennifer Echols
pub date 6/26/2007

product description from goodreads.com



Lori lives for summertime on the lake. She spends all season wakeboarding, swimming, and hanging with her friends—including the two hotties in the house next door. With the Vader brothers, Lori's always been one of the guys.



But while Lori and the "baby" brother, Adam, are inseparable friends, she can't deny a secret crush on Sean, the older Vader boy. This year Sean's been paying Lori a lot of...

Waiting on Wednesday: ANNA & the FRENCH KISS! (yeah, I know)

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.

So as you could most likely tell from the title of this post, my WoW pick this week is a weird one. Mainly because it's been out for like a year. Yes, I am aware that I'm a loser when it comes to keeping up with my reading. :(

But, now that I will be gainfully unemployed in 3 weeks (cue the band!), I will have some time to catch up. And my pl...

Review: Touch by Jus Accardo

TOUCH
by Jus Accardo
release date 11/1/11

product description from goodreads.com



When a strange boy tumbles down a river embankment and lands at her feet, seventeen-year-old adrenaline junkie Deznee Cross snatches the opportunity to piss off her father by bringing the mysterious hottie with ice blue eyes home.



Except there's something off with Kale. He wears her shoes in the shower, is overly fascinated with things like DVDs and vases, and acts like she'll turn to dust if he touches her....