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January 11, 2013
Feature and Follow Friday (6)
Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison can Read. Each week, they ask bloggers a question they respond to in their Feature and Follow post.
I would like to be followed through Networked Blogs, Linky Followers or Google+ Circles. You can find all three of these in the sidebar.
This week’s question: If you could choose one supernatural being/creature to really exists what would it be and why?
That’s vampires, hands down. I know that they’re usually the bloodsucki...
January 10, 2013
Friday Film Review: Hotel Transylvania
Ever since I saw the trailer of this film, I desperately wanted to watch Hotel Transylvania. I mean, how cool can it be? A vampire, Dracula none the less, who was an eighteen-year-old daughter and who runs a hotel for Monsters. Appearances from his best friends, the Wolfman and Frankenstein, guaranteed. There was also a mummy (at least, I think he was a mummy) and the Invisible Man, and tons of other monters. This couldn’t go wrong, right?
Well, turns out that it could. Sort of. The story star...
January 9, 2013
Book Review: Destiny Rising (The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters #3) by L.J. Smith
To start right off the bat, I pray to God and all that is holy in this world that there will never be another Vampire Diaries book, except if it were one to set right every crap-tastic thing that happened in this one. As you probably know from my previous reviews, I’m a huge Delena fan, and this book completely ruined every chance Damon and Elena ever had. Very well, I could’ve lived with that. What I can’t live with is that in the nine or more books this series has taken, nothing ever change...
January 8, 2013
Book Review: Destiny’s Mark by K.H. LeMoyne
I’ve reviewed a few of K.H. LeMoyne’s books before, and enjoyed reading them every single time. K.H. LeMoyne succeeds to bring something new to the table in every book. It’s obvious, in Destiny’s Mark that once again, she’s done her research and has come up with an unique, original story that kept me on the edge of my seat. She doesn’t deliver sloppy work: what you get is a strong, detailed, realistic setting with three-dimensional characters with their own sets of flaws and insecurities, exc...
Teaser Tuesday (18)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. In this meme, we grab our current read, open it to a random page and share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page with our readers.
Click HERE to view all my ‘Teaser Tuesdays‘ posts.
Here is my teaser:
“Then what is it? You want me to make a thorough investigation, yet you’re banning me from key areas.”
“I wasn’t joking. It really is for your own safety.” HIs shoulders jerked as he suppressed another chortle. He did h...
Book Review: Blood and Thunder (The Grimm Chronicles #5) by Ken Brosky and Isabella Fontaine
Blood and Thunder is the fifth installment in The Grimm Chronicles by authors Ken Brosky and Isabella Fontaine. I didn’t read the previous parts – although I fully intend to, after reading this one – and I had a bit of a tough time understanding the story because of that. But here’s what I gathered.
Hundreds of years ago, the Grimm brothers unleashed fairytale characters upon the world. For a while, everything went great, until the characters began to get Corrupted. Since they didn’t belong in...
January 6, 2013
Starter Day Party Destiny’s Mark
I’m hosting the starter day party for Destiny’s Mark, a paranormal romance/urban fantasy novel by author KH LeMoyne. I’ve read and reviewed some of KH LeMoyne’s work, and I can’t wait to read this newest volume in the Guardian series.
Tour Schedule
January 7th: Starter Day Party @
I Heart Reading
January 8th: Guest Post and Giveaway @
Oh Chrys
January 9th: Book Review @
I Heart Reading
January 10th: Guest Post and Giveaway @
Reading Romances
January 11th: Book Excerpt and Giveaway @
Night Owl Reads
Janu...
Manga Monday: Vampire Knight #1 by Matsuri Hino
Vampire Knight is the manga that actually got me addicted to…manga. And anime. Not only is this a successful, still ongoing manga series in Japan and the rest of the world, it also served as the base for an intriguing anime series existed of two seasons: Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight: Guilty. Each season has thirteen episodes of anime goodness. If you’re a fan of vampires you definitely shouldn’t miss out on this series. Even if you’ve never read manga before or if you’re not generally an...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (20)
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. It’s where book bloggers gather to talk about what books they read and reviewed last week, what books they’re currently reading and what books they’re planning to read. This is a great way for me to plan my reading week, and to take a sneak peek at what others are reading.
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Finished Reading Last Week
Don’t Fear The Reaper by Michelle Muto
T...
January 5, 2013
Book Review: Miss Abigail’s Room by Catherine Cavendish
I’m a huge fan of paranormal horror stories, so the moment I read the blurb for Miss Abigail’s Room, I knew I wanted to read this book. I requested a review copy from the publisher, and was thrilled when I received it and could start reading. I finished the book in little more than an hour, and had a blast. Chills crept down my spine from the very first page, and I grew more frightened with every passing page.
Something is wrong in Miss Abigail’s room. There’s a bloody stain on the floor that...
