Book Loving Mommy

Top Ten Tuesday

2013-05-14T12:50:00.002-07:00

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is the top ten books dealing with tough subjects. Here are my top ten "tough" books to read: 1. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. This books deals with WWII but it's not your typical WWII book about Hitler. It is about Stalin and his abuse of the Lithuanian people. It was heartbreaking but a

Book Review: Parallel by Lauren Miller

2013-05-11T19:13:00.001-07:00

**Thank you to HarperCollins for a review copy** Synopsis (from Goodreads): Abby Barnes had a plan. The Plan. She'd go to Northwestern, major in journalism, and land a job at a national newspaper, all before she turned twenty-two. But one tiny choice—taking a drama class her senior year of high school—changed all that. Now, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Abby is stuck on a

Spring Fling Giveaway Hop Winner Announced!

2013-05-08T11:17:00.000-07:00

It's time to announce the winner for the Spring Fling Giveaway Hop! A big congratulations goes out to..... Tabitha S.! The winner has been emailed and has 3 days to email me back with an address or I will pick a new winner. Thank you to all who entered and all my new followers! I now have over 1,000 followers! So....stay tuned for another giveaway coming up in the next couple of

Teaser Tuesday: Parallel by Lauren Miller

2013-05-07T14:42:00.000-07:00

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 read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE 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 &

Book Review: Insomnia by J. R. Johansson

2013-05-06T12:32:00.001-07:00

**I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): It’s been four years since I slept, and I suspect it is killing me.Instead of sleeping, Parker Chipp enters the dream of the last person he’s had eye contact with. He spends his nights crushed by other people’s fear and pain, by their disturbing secrets—and Parker can never have dreams of his own.

Book Review: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

2013-05-02T13:18:00.002-07:00

Synopsis (from Goodreads): They come first.My vision was growing dimmer, the blackness and ghosts closing in. I swore it was like I could hear Robert whispering in my ear: The world of the dead won't give you up a second time. Just before the light completely vanished, I saw Dimitri's face join Lissa's. I wanted to smile. I decided then that if the two people I loved most were safe,

Spring Fling Giveaway Hop

2013-04-30T19:48:00.001-07:00

This hop is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Eve’s Fan Garden. It is open from May 1 to May 7. I am giving away an ARC copy of September Girls by Bennett Madison. Synopsis: When Sam's dad whisks him and his brother off to a remote beach town for the summer, he's all for it-- at first. Sam soon realizes, though, that this place is anything but ordinary. Time seems to slow down

Book Review: All I Need by Susane Colasanti

2013-04-20T10:43:00.003-07:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Summary (from Goodreads): The last night of summer is only the beginning.Skye wants to meet the boy who will change her life forever. Seth feels their instant connection the second he sees her. When Seth starts talking to Skye at the last beach party of the summer, it’s obvious to both of them that this is something

Book Review: The Beginning of Everything by Robin Schneider

2013-04-16T13:58:00.000-07:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: in one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic

Teaser Tuesday: Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn Schneider

2013-04-16T11:30:00.000-07:00

Book Review: Hourglass by Myra McEntire

2013-04-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

Synopsis (from Goodreads): One hour to rewrite the past . . . For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions

Teaser Tuesday: Hourglass by Myra McEntire

2013-04-09T13:27:00.001-07:00

Book Review: Night School by C.J. Daugherty

2013-04-09T13:12:00.000-07:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Around the World ARC Tours): Allie’s world is falling apart… She hates her school. Her brother has run away. And she’s just been arrested. Again. Now her parents are sending her away to a boarding school where she doesn’t know a soul. But instead of hating her new school, Allie finds she’s happy

Book Review: Spellbinding by Maya Gold

2013-04-06T20:04:00.000-07:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): There's more than one way to be powerful . . .It is during a routine school project that Abby Silva--sixteen and nearly friendless--makes a startling discovery: She is descended from women who were accused of witchcraft back in 1600s Salem. And when Abby visits nearby Salem, strange,

Teaser Tuesday: Spellbinding by Maya Gold

2013-04-02T11:09:00.002-07:00

Book Review: Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland

2013-03-31T21:36:00.000-07:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): For Cricket Thompson, a summer like this one will change everything. A summer spent on Nantucket with her best friend, Jules Clayton, and the indomitable Clayton family. A summer when she’ll make the almost unattainable Jay Logan hers. A summer to surpass all dreams.Some of this turns out to

Book Review: Born of Illusion by Teri Brown

2013-03-28T10:59:00.001-07:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): Anna Van Housen is thirteen the first time she breaks her mother out of jail. By sixteen she’s street smart and savvy, assisting her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, and easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums and

Waiting on Wednesday: Insomnia by J.R. Johansson

2013-03-27T09:18:00.003-07:00

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine. It's a quick sneak peak at the books we are looking forward to. I'm looking forward to Insomnia by J.R. Johansson. Publication date: June 8, 2013. From Goodreads: It’s been four years since I slept, and I suspect it is killing me.Instead of sleeping, Parker Chipp enters the dream of the last person he’s had eye

Cover Reveal: Frigid by Jennifer L. Armentrout writing as J. Lynn

2013-03-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They'd been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the 'man' in man-whore. He's never stayed with a girl longer than a few

Book Review: Imposter by Jill Hathaway

2013-03-14T22:02:00.004-07:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): What if a killer took control of you?Vee Bell’s gift (or curse) of “sliding”—slipping into the mind of another person and experiencing life, briefly, through his or her eyes—has been somewhat under control since she unwillingly witnessed the horrific deaths of her classmates six months

Book Review: The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston

2013-03-11T16:50:00.004-07:00

**I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review** Synopsis (from Goodreads):She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will be her last.Witness Protection has taken nearly everything from her. But for

Book Review: The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett

2013-03-10T11:21:00.002-07:00

**I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare.Literally.Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into

Book Review: Apollyon (Covenant #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

2013-03-01T14:05:00.000-08:00

**I received this book from the publisher for an honest review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): Fate isn’t something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex.Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her

Book Review: Golden by Jessi Kirby

2013-02-19T21:19:00.000-08:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost may be a distant relative of Robert Frost, but she has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. So when fate drops a mystery in

Book Review: Pretty Girl 13 by Liz Coley

2013-02-15T10:09:00.001-08:00

**I received this book from Around the World ARC Tours for review** Synopsis (from Goodreads): Reminiscent of the Elizabeth Smart case, Pretty Girl-13 is a disturbing and powerful psychological mystery about a girl who must piece together the story of her kidnapping and captivity.Angie Chapman was thirteen years old when she ventured into the woods alone on a Girl Scouts camping