Today we have a guest post from a woman who uprooted her life in California and moved to New Zealand. Please welcome Jamie Baywood. It was always my dream to live abroad when I was growing up in California. I had bad dating experiences in California and read in a New Zealand tour book that […]
Julie’s Review: I met Rose Garcia, a local Houston author at the Houston Book Rave in the fall. I was super excited that she gave me an ARC of Final Life when I told her I’m a local blogger. I read it quickly around Thanksgiving vacation, which was quite fun since the book starts right […]
Guess what! We’re starting up a discussions feature here at Chapter Break! We’re calling it Chat Between Chapters. We hope to make this a weekly feature. Join us as we discuss bookish topics 🙂 How does book blogging affect your reading of books? Do you think it makes you pick better books? Julie: I’ve been […]
The Dystopia Reading Challenge is hosted by Blog of Erised. Challenge Details: > The challenge will run from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. Each month will have its own link form so you will be able to share your book reviews. You do not have to review the books you read to participate, but only those who read/reviewed […]
Julie’s Review: The premise was interesting, but the story itself was mostly dull. I really didn’t connect with or care for the characters by the time happy(ish) ending rolled around I was thinking “meh”. There wasn’t much of an explanation or back-story (except a little from the big bad at the end), but I guess […]
Friday, December 27th – Top 10 Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2014 (books released in 2014) Julie’s Top 10 [prw username=”juliecookies” boardname=”top-10-books-im-looking-forward-to-in-2014″ maxfeeds=”10″ divname=”myList” printtext=”0″ target=”newwindow” useenclosures=”yes” thumbwidth=”100″ thumbheight=”100″ showfollow=”medium”] Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover Uninvited by Sophie Jordan Stuck by Samantha Durante Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau Fragile […]
Heir to the local motorcycle club and crime syndicate, Cooper Johansson is accustomed to taking what he wants. His newest conquest is college freshman Farah Smith. When the tattooed bad boy reminds her of a rough childhood she desperately wishes to forget, Farah keeps him at arm’s length. Yet, Cooper refuses to give […]
Thursday, December 26th – Best Book Boyfriends of 2013 (book released *and* read in 2013) Julie’s Top 10 [prw username=”juliecookies” boardname=”top-10-book-boyfriends-of-2013″ maxfeeds=”10″ divname=”myList” printtext=”0″ target=”newwindow” useenclosures=”yes” thumbwidth=”100″ thumbheight=”100″ showfollow=”medium”] Tod – With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent Holder – Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover Travis – Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire Cade – Faking It […]
FIREFLY Part Two of the Cicada Trilogy by Belle Whittington “The darkest days are ahead of us,” Andrew whispered as the drape of shadows slipped away, allowing Blair to awaken. And in her heart of hearts she knew it was true. The unmistakable signs were all around her, growing within her. She […]
Wednesday, December 25th – Best Villains of 2013 (Reader’s/Blogger’s choice. Options included – Villains, Contemporaries, Dual POVs, Novellas, Adult titles, New Adult titles, Love Triangles, Couples, Bad Boys or Debuts. Books read in 2013) Julie’s Top 10 [prw username=”juliecookies” boardname=”top-10-villians-of-2013″ maxfeeds=”10″ divname=”myList” printtext=”0″ target=”newwindow” useenclosures=”yes” thumbwidth=”100″ thumbheight=”100″ showfollow=”medium”] Avari – With All My Soul by […]