Monday, March 31, 2014

Book Review: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars) by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

Ten years after graduating from high school in Neptune, California, Veronica Mars is back in the land of sun, sand, crime, and corruption. She’s traded in her law degree for her old private investigating license, struggling to keep Mars Investigations afloat on the scant cash earned by catching cheating spouses until she can score her first big case.

Now it’s spring break, and college students descend on Neptune, transforming the beaches and boardwalks into a frenzied, week-long rave. When a girl disappears from a party, Veronica is called in to investigate. But this is no simple missing person’s case; the house the girl vanished from belongs to a man with serious criminal ties, and soon Veronica is plunged into a dangerous underworld of drugs and organized crime. And when a major break in the investigation has a shocking connection to Veronica’s past, the case hits closer to home than she ever imagined.

In Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas has created a groundbreaking female detective who’s part Phillip Marlowe, part Nancy Drew, and all snark. With its sharp plot and clever twists, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line will keep you guessing until the very last page.


Best Bits: This month has made my little fangirl heart sing with joy. Not only did we get a movie, but we also get a book that picks up right where it left off. I'll spare you that recap, and instead say that the book was the perfect way for readers to see more of Neptune. Side-characters make more appearances, particularly Wallace and Mac (who, let's be real, were my favorites). Despite the time between the end of the show and the movie these relationships haven't faded. I appreciated that Veronica could pick back up where she left off with them. Personally, I'm also hoping for a bit more Weevil in the next one. His story hasn't wrapped up...so I've got hope!

What made this book work was the set-up. The book gives us a new mystery, and is akin to a long episode. We're given a missing girls, the idiot sheriff who fails at everything, and Veronica jumping into it. Veronica definitely hasn't learned much about avoiding danger (see Seasons 1-3, basically every episode). It always put me on edge during the show, and the book was no different. If I had been watching on-screen I probably would have been peeking through my fingers. The girl gets herself into trouble. Age has seemed to change her just a bit, though. She doesn't recover the same way, and it seems to hit her how much she puts herself in harm's way.It's nice because everyone else has seen that, she just never really accepted it.

Nit Picks: As someone who has watched Veronica Mars (even the third season) a couple different times, I feel pretty confident when I say that the book took a little while to find it's voice. Once the mystery picked up (and it was less of a summary of the movie) it fell into place. The snarky voice of Veronica was back. I also know that some people have been thrown off that the book isn't written in first-person. Quite honestly, I didn't really notice. So, I'm going to chalk that one up to personal preference.

The Thousand Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars 1)
By Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
Published by Vintage
324 Pages

 

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Stacking the Shelves (March 29)



Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews! It's a way to highlight the books that everyone got throughout the week.

Purchased:

Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

From Rob Thomas, the creator of the television series and movie phenomenon Veronica Mars, comes the first book in a thrilling mystery series that picks up where the feature film left off.

Ten years after graduating from high school in Neptune, California, Veronica Mars is back in the land of sun, sand, crime, and corruption. She’s traded in her law degree for her old private investigating license, struggling to keep Mars Investigations afloat on the scant cash earned by catching cheating spouses until she can score her first big case.

Now it’s spring break, and college students descend on Neptune, transforming the beaches and boardwalks into a frenzied, week-long rave. When a girl disappears from a party, Veronica is called in to investigate. But this is no simple missing person’s case; the house the girl vanished from belongs to a man with serious criminal ties, and soon Veronica is plunged into a dangerous underworld of drugs and organized crime. And when a major break in the investigation has a shocking connection to Veronica’s past, the case hits closer to home than she ever imagined.




For Review:

The Shadow Prince (Into the Dark #1) by Bree Despain

Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, has been sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead. Posing as a student at Olympus Hills High—a haven for children of the rich and famous—Haden must single out the one girl rumored to be able to restore immortality to his race.

Daphne Raines has dreams much bigger than her tiny southern Utah town, so when her rock star dad suddenly reappears, offering her full tuition to Olympus Hills High’s prestigious music program, she sees an opportunity to catch the break she needs to make it as a singer. But upon moving into her estranged father’s mansion in California, and attending her glamorous new school, Daphne soon realizes she isn’t the only student in Olympus who doesn’t quite belong.

Haden and Daphne—destined for each other—know nothing of the true stakes their fated courtship entails. As war between the gods brews, the teenagers’ lives collide. But Daphne won’t be wooed easily and when it seems their prophesied link could happen, Haden realizes something he never intended—he’s fallen in love. Now to save themselves, Haden and Daphne must rewrite their destinies. But as their destinies change, so do the fates of both their worlds.


 Published by EgmontUSA

The Body in the Woods by April Henry

In this new series told from multiple perspectives, teen members of a search and rescue team discover a dead body in the woods.

Alexis, Nick, and Ruby have very different backgrounds: Alexis has spent her life covering for her mom’s mental illness, Nick’s bravado hides his fear of not being good enough, and Ruby just wants to pursue her eccentric interests in a world that doesn’t understand her. When the three teens join Portland County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, they are teamed up to search for a autistic man lost in the woods. What they find instead is a dead body. In a friendship that will be forged in danger, fear, and courage, the three team up to find the girl’s killer—before he can strike one of their own.

This first book in April Henry’s Point Last Seen YA mystery series is full of riveting suspense, putting readers in the middle of harrowing rescues and crime scene investigations.


Published by Henry Holt and Co. 
Release Date: June 17, 2014

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met.

On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assasin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.


Published by Henry Holt and Co.
Release Date: July 15, 2014




I've also apparently never shared a photo of my cat, Zeus (gasp!). He may look cute and cuddly at first, but he may be a zombie...








Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (March 26)


Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This weekly meme shares the upcoming books that I'm most excited about.


 The Shadow Prince (Into the Dark 1) by Bree Despain

Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, has been sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead. Posing as a student at Olympus Hills High—a haven for children of the rich and famous—Haden must single out the one girl rumored to be able to restore immortality to his race.

Daphne Raines has dreams much bigger than her tiny southern Utah town, so when her rock star dad suddenly reappears, offering her full tuition to Olympus Hills High’s prestigious music program, she sees an opportunity to catch the break she needs to make it as a singer. But upon moving into her estranged father’s mansion in California, and attending her glamorous new school, Daphne soon realizes she isn’t the only student in Olympus who doesn’t quite belong.

Haden and Daphne—destined for each other—know nothing of the true stakes their fated courtship entails. As war between the gods brews, the teenagers’ lives collide. But Daphne won’t be wooed easily and when it seems their prophesied link could happen, Haden realizes something he never intended—he’s fallen in love. Now to save themselves, Haden and Daphne must rewrite their destinies. But as their destinies change, so do the fates of both their worlds.


Published by EgmontUSA
Release Date: March 11, 2014

*So, this one is out now but aahhhh so excited. 

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Teaser Tuesday (March 25)

What is teaser tuesday?
It's a meme hosted by Should Be Reading and here are the rules: 

• 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 & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 


"I tore a sheet from a notebook on the desk and quickly copied the symbols, then shoved the paper in my pocket and headed to the study. I passed James on my way down." 
-Secret Letters, Page 161, by Leah Scheier

I've been enjoying this one, although life has been getting in the way of reading time.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Book Review: I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!

Well, perfect except that the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn’t agree. He wants his phone back and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life.

What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other’s lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents . . . she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.


Best Bits: There's something about good chick lit that lifts my spirits. Maybe it's because winter has gone on so long, but I was really in a rut. This book helped me get through that by laughing hysterically, and face-palming repeatedly. Poppy is a fun character, and she's really likeable. I think it's because she's a little bit of a mess (aka human), and I totally connected with that. When she takes over Sam's phone (sort of, it really used to belong to his PA) she accidentally snoops through his work emails and eventually intervenes in what she views as a helpful way. The romantic aspect was fun, too. I think my favorite romance/romantic comedy reads have lead pairs who round out the other's personality. In this case, Poppy shows Sam how to take himself less seriously. Sam teaches Poppy to really investigate what she's passionate about and to trust herself. There are also a bunch of background characters who are jerks, and seeing them get some sort of comeuppance was totally satisfying. 

Another fun tidbit about this book: it has some great footnotes. When a book can pull this off well, I want to dance for joy. Kinsella manages to make these footnotes a great, hilarious addition. Plus, any book that references QI, one of my favorite British quiz shows, gets a high-five from me.

Nit Picks: This book was predictable, and I knew that Poppy and Sam would end up together, despite the different obstacles getting in their way. I can't say this is a major nitpick, though. In much the same way that I enjoy knowing a couple in a romcom will have a happy ending, I was glad to know it would happen in this book.

I've Got Your Number
By Sophie Kinsella
Published by Dial Press
433 Pages
Borrowed

  
 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

After Spending Hours on Pintrest...

http://www.shelterness.com/20-cool-home-library-design-ideas/pictures/869/

Now that I finally have a new job (hurrah I can pay my student loans...wait, that's not very fun), I've been working on creating a library in my house. I've spent so much time on pintrest that my eyes are strained, so I wanted to see if anyone had any decorating advice? It's a pretty small space, but it does have a window.

My must haves:

A throw rug

An overstuffed chair or chaise (chair with an ottoman is probably best, so I don't take as many surprise naps).

Bookshelves!

Any decorating websites you love? Are you experienced in making smallish spaces cozy? Ahh, help me!!

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Teaser Tuesday (March 18)

What is teaser tuesday?
It's a meme hosted by Should Be Reading and here are the rules: 

• 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 & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 


"We were interrupted by a tall footman bearing a steaming food tray to the dining hall. As he passed us, Agatha and I scurried backward into the shadow behind the plant."
-Secret Letters, Page 118, by Leah Scheier

Friday, March 14, 2014

Books to TV: The Song of the Lionness

So, I don't want to give false hope to those of us who are dreaming of this series becoming a tv show, but I did want to do a what if post.

Series Synopsis: Alanna and her twin brother Thom are about to be sent off to two very different places. Alanna to a convent, and Thom to become a knight. Unfortunately, they both crave something other than the futures that have been predetermined for them. So, being twins, they switch places. Over the course of four books Alanna experiences the fears of being discovered (she's pretending to be her brother), dealing with love, and who she can trust.

This was the first "YA" series that I read as a pre-teen, and Pierce has a special place in my heart.

Of course, the books begin when she is very young, so the characters would have to be aged up. I sort of also wish that it could be a Netflix/HBO/Showtime series. Shorter seasons, and not as much focus on love triangle stuff (I fear this would happen on the CW). So, the characters...

My Cast:

Dakota Blue Richards as Alanna -

Alanna and Thom have red hair and purple eyes, and she's acted in a variety of different roles that lead me to believe she'd be able to capture the character's ability to show strength and determination, while also feeling vulnerable.

See her in: The Secret of Moonacre (on Netflix) and Skins.



Freddie Fox as Thom

He's a bit older than my Alanna pick, but it is super difficult to find actors who are gingerish and in their early 20's. Still, I think he'd be a fine pick.

See him in The Three Musketeers, and the upcoming Frankenstein movie.






Rafi Gavron as George the King of Thieves

First of all, George was one of my favorite characters (much to the annoyance of some of my friends). In the books there's a big age difference between Alanna and George, but I think the show could overlook that. Plus, I liked Life Unexpected...sadly I was one of only three people who liked it and it got cancelled. So, I have faith that he can play the lovable rogue.

See him in: Life Unexpected, Inkheart.



Nicolas Hoult as Prince Jon

For some reason this was the hardest pick for me, so I'm not really 100% on my choice, but I think he would be fine as Jon. I don't think it's a spoiler to say that he's one of the first people to learn of Alanna's secret, and one of her closest friends.

See him in: About a Boy, X-Men, Warm Bodies





For some reason I picked all British actors...it's probably because every fantasy/adventure series must have accents. I was also expecting this to be an easy task and it took forever. Phew. So, what books would you like to see turned into a TV series?

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (March 12)


Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This weekly meme shares the upcoming books that I'm most excited about.



Chasing Before by Lenore Appelhans

*This synopsis contains some spoilers for the first book!

Felicia and Neil have left Level 2 behind, but another level stands between them and Heaven: Level 3. While the purpose of Level 2 is to relive your time on Earth and make peace with your memories, the objective of Level 3 is to completely detach from life and prepare for your divine vocation.

During Felicia and Neil's training period, a series of explosions destroy the portals out of Level 3. Tension is high, and casualties are mounting. Though Neil wants to become either a Muse or a Healer to help, Felicia is drawn to the Seraphim Guard. A rift forms between the pair, one that grows wider when Felicia receives memories from the Morati. The memories cast doubt on the people she loves the most, but Felicia can't stop her curiosity. She has to know the truth about her life before she moves on--if she can manage to evade old enemies long enough to find a way out of Level 3.


Published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Release Date: August 26, 2014

Monday, March 10, 2014

ARC Review & Giveaway: Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington

When Liv Bloom lands an art scholarship at Wickham Hall, it’s her ticket out of the foster system. Liv isn’t sure what to make of the school’s weird traditions and rituals, but she couldn’t be happier. For the first time ever, she has her own studio, her own supply of paints. Everything she could want.

Then she meets Malcolm Astor, a legacy student, a fellow artist, and the one person who’s ever been able to melt her defenses. Liv’s only friend at Wickham, fellow scholarship kid Gabe Nichols, warns her not to get involved, but life is finally going Liv’s way, and all she wants to do is enjoy the ride.

But Liv’s bliss is doomed. Weeks after arriving, she is viciously murdered and, in death, she discovers that she’s the latest victim of a dark conspiracy that has claimed many lives. Cursed with the ability to see the many ghosts on Wickham’s campus, Gabe is now Liv’s only link to the world of the living. To Malcolm.

Together, Liv, Gabe, and Malcolm fight to expose the terrible truth that haunts the halls of Wickham. But Liv must fight alone to come to grips with the ultimate star-crossed love.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18077961-liv-forever
  
Best Bits: As a reader, I appreciate a spooky mystery/ghost story. Liv, Forever didn't disappoint, and I was totally surprised by the ending. This is a feat in itself, because private school books have become popular over the past couple of years. I know part of the appeal is that many of us didn't go to schools like this, and there are so many things that could potentially happen that probably aren't going to occur at your average high school. In this particular book, I really enjoyed the way that Liv felt out of place because she was there with a scholarship, and not because she grew up with a wealthy family. She knows that she doesn't fit in, yet she doesn't throw in the towel. Yes, it's difficult for her to be an outcast, but she perseveres. Perhaps this is what drives her determination to figure out what's going on at Wickham Hall.

Hurrah for the lack of a love triangle. It's not that a great love triangle isn't appreciated, but lately it's felt like every YA book I pick up has one. I've felt this way since you-know-what series was released. So, it was nice to have Gabe as a male friend, and not have Liv struggling between two guys (even in the afterlife). In a way, it allowed me to appreciate Malcolm a bit  more, because he's supportive and not competing for anyone's affections. At the beginning I was a bit skeptical because he's the rich, popular guy...but I'll leave it up to you to decide if he's a good guy deserving of Liv's feelings, or he's her killer.

Nit Picks: I think I would have liked a little bit more exploration into the school itself. We're given bits and pieces of the history, but I'm all for creepy private schools to becomes characters themselves. They have the potential to be ominous, and I felt like I missed a little bit of that here. The ending was left open, so I'm hoping for a follow-up that might explore a bit more of that.

Liv, Forever
By Amy Talkington
280 Pages
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Published by Soho Teen
Received for Review



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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Stacking the Shelves (March 8)

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews! It's a way to highlight the books that everyone got throughout the week.

Borrowed (Thanks Jenn!): 

I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

I’ve lost it. :( The only thing in the world I wasn’t supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It’s been in Magnus’s family for three generations. And now the very same day his parents are coming, I’ve lost it. The very same day! Do not hyperventilate, Poppy. Stay positive :) !!

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!

Well, perfect except that the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn’t agree. He wants his phone back and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life.

What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other’s lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents . . . she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.


The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins

What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise?

Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now — a mere three weeks later — Mr. Perfect is engaged to her best friend. But resilient, reliable Honor is going to pick herself up, dust herself off and get back out there…or she would if dating in Manningsport, New York, population 715, wasn't easier said than done.

Charming, handsome British professor Tom Barlow just wants to do right by his unofficial stepson, Charlie, but his visa is about to expire. Now Tom must either get a green card or leave the States — and leave Charlie behind.

In a moment of impulsiveness, Honor agrees to help Tom with a marriage of convenience — and make her ex jealous in the process. But juggling a fiancĂ©, hiding out from her former best friend and managing her job at the family vineyard isn't easy. And as sparks start to fly between Honor and Tom, they might discover that their pretend relationship is far too perfect to be anything but true love…





Book Review: The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant

So many secrets for such a small island. From the moment Anne Merchant arrives at Cania Christy, a boarding school for the world’s wealthiest teens, the hushed truths of this strange, unfamiliar land begin calling to her—sometimes as lulling drumbeats in the night, sometimes as piercing shrieks.

One by one, unanswered questions rise. No one will tell her why a line is painted across the island or why she is forbidden to cross it. Her every move—even her performance at the school dance—is graded as part of a competition to become valedictorian, a title that brings rewards no one will talk about. And Anne discovers that the parents of her peers surrender million-dollar possessions to enroll their kids in Cania Christy, leaving her to wonder what her lowly funeral director father could have paid to get her in… and why.

As a beautiful senior struggles to help Anne make sense of this cloak-and-dagger world without breaking the rules that bind him, she must summon the courage to face the impossible truth—and change it—before she and everyone she loves is destroyed by it.



*I originally wrote this article and Blogger had a bit of fun and totally deleted it. Good times. This review isn't as well-written because I was trying to recapture what I originally had written and was happy with. I'm off to sulk now.

Best Bits: What I really appreciated about this book was the meta moments. About halfway through she has this moment where she realizes how unreal her experiences have been. Anne attends a dark and creepy school (*thunder crashes and lightning flashes*) filled with the world's elite. You don't often find characters who are self-aware enough to say, "That's more than enough Crazy for one lifetime, never mind one week." These moments were peppered throughout the book, and were a nudge and a wink to the reader. That tone kept the book from being too over-the-top and cheesy.

I'm not sure that many readers will have seen the movie that I'm about to reference, and if you haven't then I fully suggest that you don't. The divide between the school and the villagers reminded me a bit of The Wicker Man (the 70's Christopher Lee version, not the even more ridiculous Nicholas Cage version). The reader sees some creepy rituals that the villagers partake in, and although it felt really sinister I wanted to know more about why the villagers were doing these things. Seriously, don't watch the movie. I had to watch it for school and write a paper about it. I'm having awful flashbacks. I digress...

Nit Picks: I think that this one was more of a NA than a YA read. I don't feel like it's spoiling too much to say that at Cania Christy the race for valedictorian depends on an individual's abilities (i.e. seduction). This is an area where I feel that the book missed it's potential. Why not give the girls abilities (there are a few that are also learning how to manipulate via seduction), and make them vastly different? This piece of the plot had the opportunity to be great, but it missed the mark. I also thought that this one took a long time to get going. It did take over a hundred pages to get through the first week of school, in which not a lot happened. Yes, the second half was suspenseful, and allowed the reader to figure out the motives behind many characters, but if it hadn't been for the humor I'm not sure it would have kept me reading.

The Unseemly Education of Anne merchant
By Joanna Wiebe
Published by BenBella Books
272 Pages
Received for Review

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (March 5)


Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This weekly meme shares the upcoming books that I'm most excited about.


Reckoning by Kerry Wilkinson

The first book in a new trilogy by UK author Kerry Wilkinson, Reckoning is the story of one girl's determination to survive the whims of a cruel king whom she has been chosen to serve. 
One girl. One reckoning. One destiny.
In a far-off future, after years of war and famine have eliminated all technological advancement, returning society to a fuedal system, in the village of Martindale, hundreds of miles north of the new English capital of Windsor, sixteen-year-old Silver Blackthorn takes the Reckoning. This coming-of-age test not only decides her place in society – Elite, Member, Inter or Trog – but also determines that Silver is to become an Offering for King Victor.
But these are uncertain times and no one really knows what happens to the teenagers who disappear into Windsor Castle. Is being an Offering the privilege everyone assumes it to be, or do the walls of the castle have something to hide?
Trapped in a maze of ancient corridors, Silver finds herself in a warped world of suspicion where it is difficult to know who to trust and who to fear. The one thing Silver does know is that she must find a way out . . .

Published by St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: July 1, 2014

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Teaser Tuesday (March 4)

What is teaser tuesday?
It's a meme hosted by Should Be Reading and here are the rules: 

• 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 & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 


"'Obviously they don't trust us." 
'Or it's a new computer and they didn't put anything on it yet.'"
-Liv, Forever, Page 43, by Amy Talkington

Saturday, March 1, 2014

February Comment Contest Winner!

The Winner Is....


Monique M.

I've sent a message with the details. Remember, you're automatically entered to win every time you comment on a non-meme post (reviews, cover reveals, etc). You can choose from any book I have reviewed during 2014!

 

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