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July 13, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday: SILENCE
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 the third (and final) book in a series that has swept the world...so I know you've all heard of it. Join me in salivating over...
Silence By Becca Fitzpatrick
Pub date 10/4/2011
product description from goodreads.com
The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark...
July 11, 2011
Review: Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
ASHES
Ilsa J. Bick
Pub date: 9/13/2011
product description from goodreads.com
It could happen tomorrow . . .
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young soldier—and Ellie, a girl whose...
July 8, 2011
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:
Blogger Confession:
you could not finish?
(or had a hard time finishing?)
This is a tough question for me, because I try not to stop reading a book once I've started. I'm a pretty good judge of character when it comes to books I like, so...
July 7, 2011
We Have a Winner!!
I want to give a huge thanks to all of you who stopped by and commented on what is probably one of the LONGEST posts in Bloggerdom...my Spellbound Blog Tour post! My apologies for the lengthiness, but honestly, I couldn't cut out any of that chat...it was too great!
And I do hope you all went and entered into the giveaway for the iPod, because that's an awesome prize!
And if you remember from all of that lengthy reading, there was also a giveaway for a chance to win your very own copy of Spellb...
July 6, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday: VANISH
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 a YA paranormal that I'm sure most of you are waiting for...the second book in an awesome series!
VanishBy Sophie Jordan
Pub date 9/6/2011
product description from goodreads.com
To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must...
July 5, 2011
Teaser Tuesday!
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!
The...
July 4, 2011
Happy Independence Day America!
For all those who live here in The States,
Happy 4th of July!!
(and for everyone else...happy Monday!)
July 1, 2011
Spellbound Blog Tour Stop - Final Day!!
I'm so excited to be a part of the blog tour for Cara Lynn Shultz ' YA debut, Spellbound . This was a quick read full of mystery and suspense and a certain swoon-worthy guy (who happens to be featured in a chat on this post!).
I'm also excited that my blog is the last stop on Cara's tour (btw, how cute is she in that pic? I mean, come on)!
If you'd like to visit all the other stops on the tour (which I recommend since there's a HUGE giveaway involved), then go visit the Spellbound Blog Tour...
June 30, 2011
My Trip to ALA11!!
Yes, that title is correct. This year I ventured out to my very first book convention, held in the historical and beautiful (though a bit smelly) New Orleans. The American Library Association (ALA) convention was actually several days long, but being the outsider that I am I had no clue it was happening until my friend @GReadsBooks mentioned it on Twitter.
Well, I went to researching, and discovered that it was being held just two short days away and only a couple hours drive from my...
Well, I went to researching, and discovered that it was being held just two short days away and only a couple hours drive from my...
June 29, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday: EVE
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'm going dystopian again. And this one sounds so promising...but you don't have to take my word for it. Check it out and see for yourself.
EVEBy Anna Carey
Pub date 10/04/2011
product description from goodreads .com
The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most...
