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 […]
Join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name. Also, do not forget […]
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 want you and only you and I can’t bear the thought of sharing you. I’m sorry… I want to be with you in the right […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books I Read in 2013 Rose’s List of Top Ten (in no particular order): Between the Lines Series (#1-4) by: Tammara Webber Thoughtless Series (#1-2) by: S.C. Stephens Breathing Trilogy by: Rebecca Donovan The Vincent Boys […]
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 […]
Join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name. Also, do not forget […]
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 […]