Book Blitz! Excerpt & Giveaway – Tortured Souls by Kimber Wheaton

Title: Tortured Souls (Orion Circle #1) Author: Kimber Leigh Wheaton Release Date: July 2014 Publisher: Sea Dragon Press Pages: 227 Add to Goodreads Sometimes Rest in Peace isn’t an option. Kacie Ramsey sees ghosts—and it’s ruining her life. Her mother left, her father blames her, and no matter how hard she tries, she can’t keep the […]

Top Ten Tuesday #2: Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Favorite Movies & TV Shows I’m just warning you in advance, this list is going to be all over the place… I’ve decided to divide it up into top five movies and top five TV shows, each with honorable mentions because ohmygod I love so many (and basically I can’t decide).  […]

Book Review: Splintered by A.G. Howard

Title: Splintered (Splintered #1) Author: A.G. Howard Publication Date: January 1, 2013 Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 371 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2, book 3, and book 3.5 This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers […]

Spine-tingling Saturday #3: Infected Town

Title: My friend hasn’t been in contact since this series of weird text messages. I don’t know what to think… | Woke Up with Amnesia in Chicago. Any ideas? |  Infected Town Author: HelpMeNoSleep | AlanPWtf | VainerCupid Posted on: July 2013 – April 2014 Location: Reddit As you can tell, it was difficult to list the title and author of this spine-tingling feature. […]

Potter Fans Unite!

While I doubt I’ll be the first to tell you this, I still want to shout it from the rooftops:  Harry Potter is back! When I saw a post in my news feed telling me that J.K. Rowling had decided to grace us with a new Harry Potter story, I almost came out of my […]

Feature & Follow #6

Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question:  If you had a time machine (i.e. a TARDIS), where would you go? Holy crap. Are we combining Doctor Who […]

“Waiting on” Wednesday #5: Accession

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:  Accession by Terah Edun Publication Date: August 5, 2014 Blurb:  Sixteen-year-old Katherine Thompson wasn’t trained to rule a coven. That was her sister – perfect, beautiful Rose. But when a mysterious plane crash kills off the heir presumptive of the Sandersville coven she […]

Top Ten Tuesday #1: Blogging Confessions

I’ve decided to start participating in a new Tuesday meme (well, new to me) – Top Ten Tuesday – instead of Teaser Tuesdays. Because of my blogging schedule, the teasers on Tuesday followed by the corresponding review the following Monday was getting repetitive, so I think this is going to be more fun for me! […]

Book Review: The Montauk Monster by Hunter Shea

Title: The Montauk Monster Author: Hunter Shea Publication Date: June 3, 2014 Publisher: Pinnacle Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads I received this book from the author  in exchange for an honest review! It Kills. . . On a hot summer night in Montauk, the bodies of two local bar patrons are discovered in the dunes, torn […]

Spine Tingling Saturday #2: FB messages from beyond the grave

Title: My dead girlfriend keeps messaging me on Facebook. I’ve got the screenshots. I don’t know what to do. Author: natesw Posted on: July 1, 2014 Location: Reddit The first rule of NoSleep is everything is true, even if it’s not.  It’s posts like this one that remind me why it is I love online stories so much. Of […]

School reads… I actually liked

We’ve all been there: “your assignment for this week is to read…” And then you groan, roll your eyes, and read it anyway. I will admit that 90% of what I’ve read for school has been less than enjoyable (and I’d venture a guess that I’m not alone), but every now and then a good […]

Feature & Follow #5

Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question:  What are some of your favorite picture books – either current ones or ones from your childhood? What a fun […]

“Waiting on” Wednesday #4

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:  Servants of the Storm by Delilah S. Dawson Publication Date: August 5, 2014 Blurb:  A year ago Hurricane Josephine swept through Savannah, Georgia, leaving behind nothing but death and destruction — and taking the life of Dovey’s best friend, Carly. Since that night, […]

Teaser Tuesday #4

Happy Tuesday, fellow book lovers! It’s Teaser Tuesday! Hurray!!!  The Montauk Monster by Hunter Shea Blurb:  It Kills. . . On a hot summer night in Montauk, the bodies of two local bar patrons are discovered in the dunes, torn to shreds, their identities unrecognizable. . . It Breeds. . . In another part of […]

Book Review: There’s Wild, Then There’s You by M. Leighton

Title: There’s Wild, Then There’s You (The Wild Ones #3)Author: M. LeightonPublication Date: June 3, 2014Publisher: BerkleyPages: 336Add to Goodreads I received this book as part of a giveaway! Violet Wilson is a wallflower. Shy, serious, and accident-prone, she’s got a bad habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The night […]

Spine-tingling Saturday #1: Life in the Machine

Title: The Life in the Machine Author: unpatriotic Posted on: May 27, 2012 Location: Reddit A few nights ago I was sitting in bed reading Reddit instead of my current book for review. As I was finishing a particularly interesting story on Reddit’s r/nosleep, it occurred to me that I spend nearly as much time […]

Feature & Follow #4

Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question:  Post a photo of your favorite coffee mug (or mugs if you can’t choose just one). Well, this one is […]

“Waiting on” Wednesday #3

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:  Rooms by Lauren Oliver Publication Date: September 23, 2014 Blurb:  The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, […]

Teaser Tuesday #3

There’s Wild, Then There’s You M. Leighton Blurb:  Violet Wilson is a wallflower. Shy, serious, and accident-prone, she’s got a bad habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The night she’s forced to pose with her friend might just be the worst time of all—that’s when she meets Jet Blevins. She […]

Book Review: SilverMoonLight by Marah Woolf

Title: SilverMoonLight (MondLichtSaga #1) Author: Marah Woolf Publication Date: February 22, 2014 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Pages: 161 Add to Goodreads “Even the very first time I saw you, I had the feeling that you wouldn’t be good for me.” Not even Emma’s worst nightmares could have prepared her for the dramatic change that takes […]

Giveaway Goodies!

A couple of weeks ago I started to integrate into the book blogging community and one of the first blogs I came across was Readers Live a Thousand Lives. As it happened, there was a giveaway in progress. Despite my history of horrible luck I decided to enter. Imagine my surprise when I received an […]

Feature & Follow #3

Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question:  What are your favorite books of 2014 so far? Okay, so… do they have to be books that were published […]

“Waiting on” Wednesday #2

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:  The Jewel by Amy Ewing Publication Date: September 2, 2014 Blurb:  The Jewel means wealth. The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Not just any kind of servitude. Violet, born and raised in […]

Teaser Tuesday #2

Silver Moon Light Marah Woolf Blurb:  “Even the very first time I saw you, I had the feeling that you wouldn’t be good for me.” Not even Emma’s worst nightmares could have prepared her for the dramatic change that takes place in her life. After the sudden death of her mother, she has no choice […]