The Sowing K. Makansi Publication date: August 19th 2013Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult Remy Alexander was born into the elite meritocracy of the Okarian Sector. From an early age, she and her friends were programmed for intellectual and physical superiority through specialized dietary regimes administered by the Okarian Agricultural Consortium. But when her older sister Tai was murdered in […]
As you can see, I signed up for way too many challenges this year. Since I’ve been super busy with the move, reading time hasn’t really been easy to find. So I thought I’d do a quarterly wrap up rather than monthly wrap up posts. Goal: Easy Listening Listen to and review 12+ audio books. [Requires […]
Do you prefer reading stand alone books or books in a series? If you like series, do you have a preference in the number of books in a given series? Do you prefer new main characters in each book of a series or a continuation/progression of storyline in a series? Julie: Honestly I’m not a huge […]
Feature for March 28, 2014 – Activity. Snap it Time! A picture is worth a thousand words. Anything and anything. Just give us a pic. This awesome photo is of us with Colleen Hoover and Griffin Peterson in Portland at the Maybe Someday release party! The Feature and Follow Friday blog hop is hosted by […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a brand new meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Rose’s Quote: I can’t take you tonight…I had my heart completely broken about an hour ago by a psychotic bitch and I need a little more time to […]
Author Interview: Leandra Martin At what point did you decide to be an author and what was your path to publication? I decided to be an author in the winter of 2009 when I went to a writer’s workshop on the coast led by my mentor, a columnist at the paper where I work. […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List Rose’s List of Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List: Read all of Jane Austen’s books because I have yet to do this. Meet Diana Gabaldon and get […]
Julie’s Review: *Sigh* I really liked The Headhunter’s Race when I first started reading it. See? Look at this tweet below. Started reading The Headhunters Race eARC on my lunch break. I’m already a fan. — Julie S. (@juliecookies) February 3, 2014 I thought the premise was interesting, and the set up was good. The […]
Have you ever experienced one? How do you handle a book hangover? Julie: Ah, the dreaded book hangover. You read an amazing book, just simply amazing, and you can’t seem to pick up any new book. Or, when you do pick up another book, it just is meh since it isn’t as good. Yea I […]
Feature for March 21, 2014 – Question: How have your reading habits changed in the past few years? Did you get interested in a new genre? Do you read more? Less? Why do you think your habits changed, if they did. Julie: I used to read a lot of thriller/mystery genre books. In fact, when the local […]