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Grand Prix Series - Rostelecom Cup 2017 - Men's Short Program

   Welcome to the start (technically the Challenger Series started the season but shhhh) of the figure skating season kicking off the Grand Prix Series with the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia. If you've been following me on twitter and Instagram since last year, or just the last month even, you know that I love figure skating, both the viewer aspect as well as the skater side. I've been skating myself for almost a year now, so of course I am no expert at all. So, since I am the ty...

Blog Tour: Review - Seize Today by Pintip Dunn

   Here we are for the grand finale of the Forget Tomorrow trilogy with my review for Seize Today. When I saw that there is a blog tour for it, I knew i had to be part of it, as well as get my hands on an ARC, the later coming before the former surprisingly. I've loved this trilogy to pieces so let's find out if Seize Today lived up to my expectations, shall we?   Also, before I forget, thank you to Chapter by Chapter for giving me the opportunity to be part of this b...

Release Day: Seize Today by Pintip Dunn (Excerpt)

   As you guys know I love Pintip Dunn's writing, and especially her Forget Tomorrow trilogy, so I am more than excited to celebrate today's release of Seize Today, the final book in the trilogy, with an amazing excerpt from the book. But before we get to that, if you want you can find my review of the prequel, as well as book one and two following those links to remind yourself what happened in the story so far. My review of Seize Today, which I am very excited to share with you, i...

Review: Everything, Everything

Everything, Everything
Release Year: 2017
Length: 96 minutes
Cast: Amandla Stenberg (Maddy Whittier)
Nick Robinson (Olly Bright)
Anika Noni Rose (Dr. Whittier)
Ana de la Reguera (Carla)

   A teenage girl (Amandla Stenberg) is unable to leave her home because she has an immunodeficiency that makes her allergic to almost everything. However, her life changes for the better when she begins to communicate with the boy next door (Nick Robinson). Everything, Everything was directed by Stella Meg...

Blog Tour - Review: Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn (+Giveaway)

   I'm very excited to be part of the blog tour for this book. Pintip Dunn has become one of my favorite authors so I was very excited to receive her book early and be part of this.
Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn
Expected publication: June 27th 2017 by Kensington
Number of Pages: 256 Pages (Paperback)
Series: No

   From the author of The Darkest Lie comes a compelling, provocative story for fans of I Was Here and Vanishing Girls, about a high school senior straddling two worl...

Blog Tour - Review: True North by L.E. Sterling

   Thank you so much to YA Reads for making me part of the blog tour for True North. When I saw the sign up post for this tour, and L.E. Sterling had tweeted me (and a few others) about it, I just knew I had to be part of it.
True North by L.E. SterlingPublished: April 4th 2017 by Entangled TEENNumber of pages: 400 Pages (Hardcover)Series: Yes, #2 in the True Born Trilogy
   Abandoned by her family in Plague-ridden Dominion City, eighteen-year-old Lucy Fox has no choice but...

So this happened...

   I didn't think I would get to write a post like this any time soon, especially not for this particular manuscript, but here we are and I am beyond excited. But, let's start at the beginning, shall we?
   As you guys know I've been writing, as in taking writing seriously and everything, since somewhere between age 17 and 18. In those past almost six years I've completed eight manuscripts ranging between 72.000 and 112.000 words across various genres. One of them was a YA...

Everything, Everything Trailer Reaction

Everything, EverythingIn Theatres: May 19th 2017Drama - based on Everything, Everything by Nicola YoonCast: Amandla Stenberg (Maddy Whittier)Nick Robinson (Olly Bright)Anika Noni Rose (Dr. Whittier)Ana de la Reguera (Carla)
   The unlikely love story of Maddy, a smart, curious and imaginative 18-year-old who due to an illness cannot leave the protection of the hermetically sealed environment within her house, and Olly, the boy next door who won't let that stop them. (IMDb.com)


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Triple Review #2

Under Rose-Tainted Skies Louise GornallPublished: January 3rd 2017 by Clarion Books Number of Pages: 320 Pages (Hardcover)Series: No
   Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did.   Norah can’t leave the house, but can she let someone in? As their friendship grows deep...

Ask the Author: Merrie Destefano (Lost Girls) + Giveaway

Lost Girls by Merrie DestefanoExpected Publication: January 3rd 2017 by Entangled: TeenNumber of Pages: 360 PagesSeries: No
   Yesterday, Rachel went to sleep listening to Taylor Swift, curled up in her grammy’s quilt, worrying about geometry. Today, she woke up in a ditch, bloodied, bruised, and missing a year of her life.    She doesn’t recognize the person she’s become: she’s popular. She wears nothing but black.   Black to cover the blood.   And she...