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#027 Follow & Feature: Best & Worst Book and #004 TGIF: Social Platforms

2012-03-16T19:34:00.001-07:00

TGIF is an awesome feature created by Ginger at GReads! It's a nifty way to re-cap the week's activity on the blog, see what you might have missed, and play catch up with other blogs by linking up. There's also a question of the week you can choose to participate in if you want. Check it out sometime, you might like it. FRIDAY'S QUESTION || 03/16/12 Social Networking: Do you use Twitter or

GIVEAWAY: THE IMMORTAL RULES BY JULIE KAGAWA!!!

2012-03-14T21:03:00.009-07:00

I first discovered THE IRON FEY series last summer and I've been a fan of Julie Kagawa from that day forward. The mystical world of fae that she's created are incredibly entrancing and easy to find yourself lost or entangled in. She is now unleashing a dark world where vampires rule and humans are their playthings. Got your attention now, huh?! Harlequin Teen and Julie Kagawa will be realising

#001 Desperately Wanting Wednesday: Coming Attractions

2012-03-14T16:41:00.000-07:00

Desperately Wanting Wednesday was created by the awesome Parajunkee. It's not only for new upcoming releases, but it can be for books that were missed, books that have already been released, or even books that you want and haven't been purchased yet. This post is featuring a few of the "most anticipated" upcoming releases that I'm currently obssessed and geeking out over. Coming Attractions in

Book Review: Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

2012-03-14T15:26:00.003-07:00

Struck by Elizabeth Norris Publisher: Balzer + Bray Expected Publication: April 24, 2012 Pages: 464 Age Demographic: Young Adult Received via: ATW ARC Tours amazon | b&n Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows,

#005 Top Ten Tuesday: Featuring Anticipated Debuts In 2012

2012-03-13T20:10:00.004-07:00

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme that was created by The Broke and The Bookish. Each week there will be a new topic and a linky, for you to share your lists with everyone one else. This post will be featuring my top ten list of favorite or most anticipated debuts. Some may be carry-over's from last year and some may be coming out this year, but none-the-less they are definitely the "most anticipated".

Book Review: Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

2012-03-13T04:03:00.002-07:00

Embrace by Jessica Shirvington Publisher: Sourcebooks Expected Publication: March 6, 2012 Received From: Sourcebooks amazon | b&n It starts with a whisper: “It’s time for you to know who you are…” Violet Eden dreads her seventeenth birthday. After all, it’s hard to get too excited about the day that marks the anniversary of your mother’s death. As if that wasn’t enough, disturbing dreams haunt

Book Review: The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker

2012-03-12T23:33:00.002-07:00

The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books Expected Publication: May 1, 2012 Pages: 256 Age Demographic: Young Adult Received via: ATW ARC Tours amazon | b&n 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life. 98,409,602 seconds since the heavy, steel door had fallen shut and sealed us off from the world. Sherry and her

The Watchword: Question and Answer with Julie Kagawa

2012-03-12T01:08:00.000-07:00

The Watchword: Featuring Julie Kagawa The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa I received an ARC of this book for review through Media Masters Publicity via the publishers. Thanks, so much Harlequin Teen! About The Book: In the dark days since the insidious Red Lung virus decimated the human population, vampires have risen to rule the crumbling cities and suburbs. Uncontested Princes hold sway over

#27 Follow & Feature: Judging A Book By Its Cover

2012-03-08T22:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Follow and Feature, everyone! The long and short of it, life is crazy and reading is my life, basically. Go visit Parajunkee's View or Allison Can Read, to get the details on how to follow and have fun with everyone else. It's all about meeting new people, finding new blogs to follow, and basically just having a lot of fun. This week the two awesome features are Hesperia Loves Books and

The Watchword featuring an Interview and Excerpt with Eve Marie Mont

2012-03-07T23:40:00.002-08:00

So, a little something about me that you might not already know, I love anything to do with Jane Eyre. It has always been a book at the top of my very favorites list. I enjoy the mini-series, the movies, the book itself, and the new and interesting modern spins on it in literature. That's why, I was extremely ecstatic when I found out that Eve Marie Mont was releasing her modernized version of it

Book Review: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth

2012-03-07T13:42:00.002-08:00

Struck by Jennifer Bosworth Publisher: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Expected Publication: May 8, 2012 Pages: 384 Age Demographic: Young Adult Received via: ATW ARC Tours amazon | b&n Mia Price is a lightning addict. She’s survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her. Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes,

Book Review: Overbite by Meg Cabot

2012-03-06T23:35:00.003-08:00

Overbite by Meg Cabot ARC Provided by Publisher via TLC Book Tours Published Date: Febrary 7, 2012 Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint Book Format: Paperback; pp 305 Age Demographic: Adult/Cross-over Young Adult amazon | b&n Meena Harper has a special gift, but it's only now that anyone's ever appreciated it. The Palatine Guard — a powerful secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican —

Book Review: Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz

2012-03-02T20:43:00.005-08:00

Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz Publisher: Harlequin Teen Expected Publication: March 27, 2012 Received via Publishers: target="_blank">Netgalley amazon | b&n Finding your eternal soulmate - easy. Stopping a true-love-hungry evil - not so much… After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although...it's not easy dealing with the

#026 Follow & Feature: Who Would You Cast In A Movie or TV Series?

2012-03-01T22:26:00.007-08:00

Book Review: Perception by Kim Harrington

2012-02-27T21:43:00.001-08:00

Perception by Kim Harrington Publisher: Point Expected Publication: March 1, 2012 Received via: ATW ARC Tours amazon | b&n When you can see things others can't, what do you do when someone's watching you? Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her hands on something and see hidden visions from the past. Only Clare would rather not

Book Review: The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell

2012-02-27T20:48:00.004-08:00

The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Expected Publication: April 17, 2012 Received via: ATW ARC Tours amazon | b&n It’s a long way from Baltimore to Oklahoma Territory. But Zora Stewart will go any distance to put the tragic events of her sixteenth summer behind her. So this city girl heads to the tiny frontier town of West Glory to help her young widowed aunt

Book Review: A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink

2012-02-21T02:08:00.002-08:00

A Temptation of Angels By Michelle Zink Publisher: Dial Publish Date: March 20, 2012 Format: Hardback, pp 448 Age Demographic: Young Adult b&n // amazon Even angels make mistakes in this page-turning epic romance... When her parents are murdered before her eyes, sixteen-year-old Helen Cartwright finds herself launched into an underground London where a mysterious organization called the Dictata

Book Review: Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

2012-02-18T23:51:00.003-08:00

Scarlet By A.C. Gaughen Publisher: Walker Childrens Publish Date: February 14, 2012 Format: Hardback, pp 304 Age Demographic: Young Adult b&n // amazon Many readers know the tale of Robin Hood, but they will be swept away by this new version full of action, secrets, and romance. Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept

#025 Follow Friday featuring Favorite Character Names

2012-02-17T21:34:00.001-08:00

Happy Follow Me Friday, everyone! The long and short of it, life is crazy and reading is my life, basically. So, yeah this feature is awesomesauce. Go visit Parajunkee's View or Allison Can Read, to get the deets on it and start having some fun. It's all about meeting some new people, finding new blogs to follow, and basically just having fun with awesome people. This week the two awesome

#001 Thoughtful Thursdays

2012-02-16T00:20:00.000-08:00

I thought I would bring Thoughtful Thursday's back, to let you guys know that if you've received a really weird email (in the form of spam particularly talking about a trip to Spain) to please ignore it because I did not send it to you even though it came from my email account. My primary email account (susanhaugland@att.net) was hacked and all of my information such as publicists contacts,

Book Review: Goddess Interrupted (The Goddess Test, #2) by Aimee Carter

2012-02-15T23:15:00.001-08:00

Goddess Interrupted By Aimee Carter Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publish Date: March 27, 2012 Format: Hardback, pp 304 Age Demographic: Young Adult b&n // amazon Kate Winters has won immortality. But if she wants a life in the Underworld with Henry, she’ll have to fight for it. Becoming immortal wasn’t supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she’

Book Review: This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman

2012-02-14T21:59:00.001-08:00

This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman ARC Provided by Publisher via TLC Book Tours b&n // amazon Published Date: Febrary 7, 2012 Publisher: Harper Prerennial; Reprint Book Format: Paperback; pp 256 Age Demographic: Adult/Young Adult amazon | b&n When fifteen-year-old Jake Bergamot receives—and then forwards to a friend—a sexually explicit video that an eighth-grade admirer sent to him, the

Guest Post: Class of 2k12 features A.C. Gaughen and Scarlet

2012-02-13T23:30:00.000-08:00

In April of 2011, I was contacted by Caroline Rose about participating in the Class of 2k12. At that particular time my blog was less than three month's old, however, I was thrilled with the opportunity nonetheless. So, I set to work compiling a list of questions that would be circulated between 20 different new upcoming debut author's for 2012 and 15 of them generously responded by picking

Author Interview & Giveaway: Featuring Janet Lee Carey and Dragonswood

2012-02-13T03:49:00.000-08:00

Dragonswood By Janet Lee Carey b&n // amazon Wilde Island is in an uproar after the recent death of its king. The uneasy pact between dragons, fairies, and humans is fraying, and a bloodthirsty witch hunter with a hidden agenda whips villages into frenzies with wild accusations. Tess, a blacksmith’s daughter from a tiny hamlet near the mysterious Dragonswood, finds herself caught in the

#013 In My Mailbox featuring Books For Review

2012-02-12T19:02:00.000-08:00

Basically, In My Mailbox or IMM was originally inspired by Althea of Pop Culture Junkie and is now hosted by the lovely Kristi over at The Story Siren where you talk about the awesome books that you received in the mail, via the stacks of your local library, recent purchases, ARC's or any books that you might have received for review, etc. This vlog is about two weeks worth of review books and