Year: 2013

Review: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Title: Anna and the French Kiss Author: Stephanie Perkins Publisher: Dutton Release Date: December 2, 2010 Pages: 372, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.19 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris–until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, […]

Posted June 7, 2013 in Reviews / 24 Comments

Teaser Tuesday – Viral Nation

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: ~Grab your current read ~Open to a random page ~Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on the page ~BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! ( make sure that what you share doesn’t give away to much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) ~Share the title & author too, so that […]

Posted June 5, 2013 in Teaser Tuesday / 2 Comments

The Best Book Ever Giveaway Hop

I am participating in The Best Book Ever Hop hosted by The Best Books Ever and I Am a Reader, Not a Writer. There are LOTS of blogs participating, so be sure to visit them all for the chance to win lots of awesome prizes!! (See the linky below for list of participating blogs – sorry that the right side is cut off slightly, but the links all work fine). For my part of the […]

Posted June 4, 2013 in Giveaways (Ended) / 157 Comments

June Random Read – The New Hunger by Isaac Marion

It’s time for my June Random Read (a fun meme hosted by I’m Loving Books). The idea is to pick one random book out of your Goodreads To-Read list (using Random.org) to read within the month. Can I just tell you that I am in love with this meme?! Since I’ve started blogging, I’ve added so many books to my TBR list that I know it’s impossible for me to read them all. Somehow, it makes me feel […]

Posted June 3, 2013 in Random Reads / 13 Comments

Review: Parallel by Lauren Miller

Title: Parallel Author: Lauren Miller Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: May 14, 2013 Pages: 432, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.1 stars My Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: Abby Barnes had a plan. The Plan. She’d go to Northwestern, major in journalism, and land a job at a national newspaper, all before she turned twenty-two. But one tiny choice—taking a drama class her senior year of high school—changed all that. Now, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Abby is stuck on a Hollywood […]

Posted June 3, 2013 in Reviews / 11 Comments

Challenges – NetGalley Reading Challenge, Goodreads Challenges and DAC Update

I just signed up with NetGalley and was approved for most of the books that I requested, so I thought this challenge would be perfect for me. It’s hosted over at Red House Books. Since I’m starting halfway through the year, I think I’ll aim for green star status (reading and reviewing 11-20 books in 2013). Hopefully this isn’t too ambitious. I’ve been reading A LOT, but I’ve got lots of books besides the NetGalley books […]

Posted June 2, 2013 in Challenges / 1 Comment

Review: The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) by Julie Kagawa

If you haven’t read The Immortal Rules yet, go get it NOW (and then come back and read this review later—it contains spoilers from the first book in the series). Oh, Julie Kagawa, why do you torture me so? That ending, REALLY? REALLY?! Okay, I think I can calm myself enough to write a review now, but honestly it’s going to be hard. Let me start by saying, I could not wait for this […]

Posted June 2, 2013 in All-Time Favorites, Reviews / 10 Comments

Feature & Follow – Blogger Friends

Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! This is a blog hop that allows bloggers to gain new followers and find some awesome new blogs to follow themselves! The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host has a blog that they feature each week! So, if you’re a blogger, come join in on the fun! Here’s today’s question […]

Posted May 31, 2013 in Feature and Follow / 9 Comments

What’s Next? – Parallel, Viral Nation, or Pretty Dark Nothing

What’s Next? is a weekly meme hosted by Icey Books. Here’s how it works – I show you 3-5 books that I’d like to read soon and you vote on which one I should read next! Since I’m so indecisive, this is perfect for me! So…what do you think? Which one should I read next?? Parallel Lauren Miller Abby Barnes had a plan. The Plan. She’d go to Northwestern, major in journalism, and land a […]

Posted May 30, 2013 in Uncategorized / 13 Comments

Let’s Discuss – What do you use for your comments?

Okay, so I have a question for all you more experienced bloggers out there – Do you use a third party tool (like Disqus) for your comments? If so, what do you use and how well has it been working out for you? I’ve been very disappointed to discover that people don’t get notified if I reply to their comments. I always just assumed that if someone left me a comment on my blog and […]

Posted May 29, 2013 in Blogging Tips, Let's Discuss / 29 Comments