Category: Giveaways (Ended)

Review & $25 Giveaway – Missing Lily by Annette K. Larsen

Tour Schedule Title: Missing Lily Author: Annette K. Larsen Release Date: May 15th, 2014 Pages: 259 Goodreads Rating: 4.32/5 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: PG (Nothing more than kissing; Some mild violence) Summary from Goodreads: “You don’t know who I am,” I whispered. He didn’t move—either away from me, or closer—and after an interminable moment, I stepped back and hurried out of the house. He didn’t follow me as I fled into the night. Lylin is not used to being alone—much […]

Posted May 21, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments

Review, Author Interview & Giveaway – Mine to Spell by Janeal Falor

Title: Mine to Spell Series: Mine #2 Author: Janeal Falor Release Date: May 5, 2014 Pages: 291 Goodreads Rating: 4.28/5 Stars My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars My Content Rating: YA (Nothing more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: Cynthia has always hidden from her father’s hexes behind her older sister. When her family gains independence unheard of for women, she’s relieved that her days of harsh punishments are over. But as her seventeenth birthday approaches—the typical age to be sold to a new master—death threats endanger […]

Posted May 8, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments

Review & Giveaway – Seeress by Ednah Walters

Title: Seeress Series: Runes #3 Author: Ednah Walters Release Date: April 28th, 2014 Genre: YA Paranormal Romance Publisher: Firetrail Publishing Presented by: As You Wish Tours Pages: 296 Goodreads Rating: 4.61 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: YA (Making out and some brief talk of sex) Summary from Goodreads: I love Torin St. James… I need his strength… But someone from his past wants me dead. Raine Cooper is certain of two things: her love for Torin St. James and her destiny to be a […]

Posted May 2, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments

5 Star Review & Giveaway – Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman

“Debut novelist Blankman’s account of life in Munich prior to Hitler’s 1933 elevation to the chancellorship is completely engrossing….Blankman creates riveting tension for her heroine and pulls readers through with an irresistible subplot featuring forbidden love.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “I’m in awed envy of the daring with which Anne Blankman plunges into her difficult and sensitive subject matter. To read Prisoner of Night and Fog is to be immersed in a breathtaking evocation […]

Posted April 18, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments

5 Star Review & Giveaway – The Mind’s Eye by K.C. Finn

There are so many reasons that I loved this book! While historical fiction isn’t always my thing, I’ve always been interested in World War II – not necessarily the battles, but the human stories that played out in that time (in fact, I’m reviewing another WWII book on Friday – I think that these are the only two WWII books I’ve read since Anne Frank when I was in middle school and I’ve managed […]

Posted April 15, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 1 Comment

Review & Giveaway – The Unwanted by Jeffrey Ricker

Title: The Unwanted Author: Jeffrey Ricker Genre: Gay YA Fantasy Release Date: March 18th, 2014 Pages: 264 Goodreads Rating: 4.7 Stars My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars My Content Rating: YA (LGBT – Nothing more than kissing, Sex implied, but not shown) Summary from Goodreads: Jamie Thomas has enough trouble on his hands trying to get through junior year of high school without being pulverized by Billy Stratton, his bully and tormentor. But the mother he was always told was dead is actually alive—and she’s […]

Posted April 4, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments

Middle Grade Spotlight – Grimmtastic Girls by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

I thought I’d highlight another middle grade series that I reviewed over on my MG blog – Best Kids’ Reads. This series features super cute retellings of some of our favorite fairy tales, It includes lots of fun nods to the original stories, but gives them all a definite twist. And it’s perfect for middle grade girls! You can read my review of the first two books in this series (including some of my daughter’s impressions) HERE! […]

Posted March 30, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Middle Grade / 1 Comment

Review & Giveaway – The Violet Hour by Whitney A. Miller

Tour Schedule Title: The Violet Hour Author: Whitney A. Miller Release Date: March 8, 2014 Pages: 312 Goodreads Rating: 4.11 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: 16+? (Gory violence, Nothing more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: The voice inside me is breaking free. I can’t stop it. Some call VisionCrest the pinnacle of religious enlightenment. Others call it a powerful cult. For seventeen years, Harlow Wintergreen has called it her life. As the daughter of VisionCrest’s patriarch, Harlow is expected to […]

Posted March 10, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments

5 Star Review & Giveaway – That One Summer by C.J. Duggan

Tour Schedule Title: That One Summer Series: Summer #3 Author: C.J. Duggan Release Date: December 17, 2013 Pages: 349 Goodreads Rating: 4.29 Stars My Rating: 5/5 Stars My Content Rating: Mature YA/NA (Sex – not super explicit, but described) Summary from Goodreads: Loving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted […]

Posted February 24, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 3 Comments

5 Star Review & Giveaway – My Date From Hell by Tellulah Darling

***This review may contain spoilers for the first book in the series. To read my review of My Ex From Hell click HERE.*** I LOVED My Date From Hell!! This book included everything I loved about the first book, but it was even better because I was totally on board with Kai and Sophie this time! The negatives: Annoying deities. This is nitpicking, but Aphrodite was really annoying to me. I hated her New York accent (which often […]

Posted February 13, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 1 Comment