Title: Wind and Shadow Series: Book One of the Talbot Trilogy Author: Tori L. Ridgewood Publisher: Melange Books Released on: June 20, 2013. Blurb: After a series of misadventures including being accused of attempted murder in high school, Rayvin Woods, a photographer and natural witch, left her hometown of Talbot in Northeastern Ontario, hoping to […]
Julie’s Review: My Creatures book club read Lord of Thunder for our January meeting, and had the author, Linda Mooney, attend in person! She’s local(ish) and we’ve had her attend a meeting in the past and had a really fun time. This time was no different. We had a blast chatting with her about this […]
Feature for February 7, 2014 – Question: If you could read a book for the “first time” again, which book would it be? Why? Julie: I think the book I would want to read for the first time again would be With All My Soul (Soul Screamers, #7) by Rachel Vincent. It is the final book in my favorite YA paranormal […]
I’m super excited to be participating in my very first scavenger hunt on this blog! Hurray! The book we are featuring for the scavenger hunt is The Deaths of Me by Cydney Lawson. A special excerpt has been written exclusively for this event and can’t be found anywhere other than participating blogs. This excerpt […]
The 2014 YA Audiobook Challenge is hosted by A Book and a Latte. Reading Challenge Details: Listen to and review at least 12 YA audiobooks (Easy Listening level) in between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014 Reviews should include the length of the audiobook, name of narrator(s), and include your opinion of the narrator(s)/production as […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books That Will Make You Cry Rose’s List of Top books that make you cry: The Fault In Our Stars by: John Green The Bronze Horseman by: Paullina Simons Dragonfly In Amber by: Diana […]
Julie’s Review: I put off reading Requiem because I was a bit disappointed with Pandemonium and read so many mixed reviews of this final book in the trilogy. Many reviews were critical at the open ending, but I’m happy to say, I found the ending satisfying enough. This review contains spoilers so you’ve been warned. […]
Genre? Color? Title? Hardback/paperback? Height? Alphabetical by author last name? How do YOU organize your bookshelves? Julie: So I’m moving into a bigger house and will finally have my own library (OMG! yes!). Currently I have random books on random bookshelves all over the house where I had room. As you can see below, this […]
Julie’s Review: I definitely didn’t know what to expect with this book since the blurb is a bit mysterious but I admit this is a great book club selection. I was expecting some deep dark family secrets, but instead the “secrets much darker than she could have guessed” refers to the laws and practices in […]
The ELE Series by Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckels Amazon (Free), Amazon, Exposing ELE, Surviving ELE and Ending ELE. Available Now Through: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBookStore and Smashwords Millions have already died, and thousands more are perishing daily. As a last ditch effort to preserve the human race, the government implements Project ELE. With the earth heating at […]