Sorry I haven't been on or posting any reviews lately but on November 19th I had my son. We are happy to have a new addition to our family. I am now a mother of 3 beautiful children. I want to apologize again for me not being on, but as soon as I get the hang of everything I will post something soon. I promise! Thank you to all of my supporters who hasn't un-follwed me :)
My sons name is Blake by the way so I have two daughters one named Melanie and another name Isabella :)
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Shadows & Voices by Jason Ellis
Shadows & Voices (Holly Silverstone, #1)
by Jason
Ellis
Publication Date: March 7, 2012
Book Description: (taken from amazon)
Meet young Holly Silverstone, the girl who sees daisies turn
to butterflies ... who dreams of places that she has never been to ... who is
invited to study at the elusive and enchanting Highlands Academy of truth and
excellence.
The voices will come, one-thousand and one, the
voices will come. Fear is the key, fear to see. The voices will come,
one-thousand and one, the voices will come.
As Holly took a sip of her tea and held the piece
of paper between her fingers, veins of ink slowly crept across the paper. She
wanted to drop it and scream … yet a more powerful part of her made the fingers
on her hands grasp the letter even tighter and her eyes open wider.
The ink seeped and whirled around, forming words;
We have a question for you, Holly.
Do you want to know how the daisies turned to
butterflies?
I was given this book by the author for my honest opinion.
My Opinion:
Holly is a very special girl, she has magic. Well
she has magic in her and she goes to a school for people like her. This book is
surrounded by Holly but around magic and how to live with it. I wish I could
escape to this school. Anyways, Holly goes to this magic school and she becomes
really close friends with a teacher name Ovissa Slater. Who goes missing, and Holly is devastated. Then
decides to start her own investigating and start looking for her friend. The bad part about that situation is she gets
into trouble and danger! You start to think why doesn’t she just give up will
she?
I loved this book! I was on the edge of my seat for half of the book,
and this book had me hooked from the beginning. There was so many parts of this
book, well actually the whole book where you have to give your full attention
to understand it. Which you should in all the books yoread. I felt for Holly
throughout this book, with everything she went through even after her teacher goes
missing is amazing. This author does a great job with detail and developing
characters throughout the book without giving out everything in the beginning like
some books.
Star Rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Buy Link:
Amazon
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The Citizens by L.M Smith
The Citizens (Jazz Nemesis
#1)
by L.M.
Smith
Book
Description (taken from goodreads):
Imagine a town where
you can stay out as late as you want, wake up when it suits you, you never have
to go to work, and everything is free for the taking. Sounds perfect right? But
what if you can’t remember where you are or how you got there? What if you
can’t ever leave? And what if the only other people around are hostages, just
like you? Would you still want to stay?
Jasmine Marshall certainly didn’t think so until she met Justin Beck; a dashing active-duty member of the United States Army and fellow hostage. With him around life in Kolob might not be so bad after all … or so she thought. There are vampires and psychics at the breakfast table! Disturbing acts of torture and senseless violence are commonplace. Biochemical warfare is a very real threat, and the town’s mayor is an elusive mad-scientist obsessed with his own theories about December 21, 2012!
In a place where one has everything to gain and nothing to lose, one thing reigns true: nothing in Kolob is ever as it seems.
Jasmine Marshall certainly didn’t think so until she met Justin Beck; a dashing active-duty member of the United States Army and fellow hostage. With him around life in Kolob might not be so bad after all … or so she thought. There are vampires and psychics at the breakfast table! Disturbing acts of torture and senseless violence are commonplace. Biochemical warfare is a very real threat, and the town’s mayor is an elusive mad-scientist obsessed with his own theories about December 21, 2012!
In a place where one has everything to gain and nothing to lose, one thing reigns true: nothing in Kolob is ever as it seems.
I was given this
book by the author for my honest review!
My Opinion:
Where to begin with this book? How about AMAZING! It was also
creepy at the same time. This small town of Kolob there are many secrets
and many weird things going on. I mean really what would you do if you woke up
in this town where you had no idea how you got there or where you are? Me
personally, I would be freaking out. Then there was the thing with all the cameras.
Who could deal with your every move being watch? The only upside of all of this
is that everything is free, but I’m not sure if I would be ok with everything
else through. This book got my attention from the very beginning and kept my
attention til the end. Bad part about this book was that it kept me on the edge
of my seat for a lot of parts! I even had my husband laughing at me because I would
sit up really fast and he would ask me what’s wrong and I would go “shhh I’m at
a good part”. I’m not sure if that’s even a bad part but it certainly was
funny. L.M Smith is a talented author who wrote a book with twist after twist
and didn’t give anything away til the end. All the questions in your head while
reading this book wont be answered til the end. Trust me through that made the
book!
Star Rating:
5 out of 5
Buy Links:
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Finding Summerland by Paige Bleu
Finding Summerland
by Paige Bleu
Publication Date: July
17, 2012
Book
Description (taken from amazon):
After his
brothers recent disapearance Wesley Rochester wished he could just fade into
obscurity. Searching for closure, he's haunted by visons. Consumed with
decoding the messages, he begins turning dangerously deeper inward. Enter an
intriguing, 'not quite' human stranger, who mysteriously arrives just as he
feels all hope is lost. Together they begin to realize that their destinies are
intricately tangled in a drama reaching far beyond the realms of the wold they
know. Discovering the secrets plaguing wesley since childhood are no
coincidence, and everything he believes is shattered. Captivated by her, he
must decide between the life he has and the one he'd forgotten.
'Finding Summerland' is like 'Twilight' in the sense that it is a supernatural, coming of age romance—but has a genre bending, metaphysical element and a much deeper rabbit hole. Follow the journey of two star crossed souls as they explore who they are and the ties that bind them. Enter a world intentionally forgotten. A place buried by history, where only the chosen are aware of its existence. A place covenants are made and broken, where myth leads to truth and forbidden love threatens to destroy or be destroyed, becoming just another casualty in their shadow war.
The introductory novel in a series of five, called 'The Ameryn Chronicles'—but compelling enough to stand alone—'Finding Summerland' is sure to be savored by anyone craving to stretch the bounds of ordinary imagination, edgy enough to engage readers who enjoy unravelling a mystery, and sweet enough to grab onto the hearts of the romance lovers! Where legends breathe and dreams are alive. A 'trippy' journey to a new reality.
'Finding Summerland' is like 'Twilight' in the sense that it is a supernatural, coming of age romance—but has a genre bending, metaphysical element and a much deeper rabbit hole. Follow the journey of two star crossed souls as they explore who they are and the ties that bind them. Enter a world intentionally forgotten. A place buried by history, where only the chosen are aware of its existence. A place covenants are made and broken, where myth leads to truth and forbidden love threatens to destroy or be destroyed, becoming just another casualty in their shadow war.
The introductory novel in a series of five, called 'The Ameryn Chronicles'—but compelling enough to stand alone—'Finding Summerland' is sure to be savored by anyone craving to stretch the bounds of ordinary imagination, edgy enough to engage readers who enjoy unravelling a mystery, and sweet enough to grab onto the hearts of the romance lovers! Where legends breathe and dreams are alive. A 'trippy' journey to a new reality.
I was
given this book for my honest review by the author
My Opinion:
Wesley
Rochester was what you would call a stranger in his own family. His sister had
won every pageant and contest that she entered and his brother was a athlete, a
star athlete. To his friends his name is Wes didn’t really belong in his
family. He was told that he had a learning disability, ADD but did he? All he
wanted to do was stay in his room and play his guitar with no one around his to
bug him. What I thought the weirdest thing about this book was his dreams.
Where he was drawing and drawing but only woke up to one drawing. Everything
changed for Wes of course as soon as he met a girl who was watching him. Her
name is Olivia. From there on Wes’s life will never be the same.
This book
was filled with so much emotion, makes you wonder if the author herself cried,
laughed when was needed. I know it took me on an emotional roller coaster ride.
With Wes’s family ways and how he doesn’t fit into his own family it made my heartache
for him. I find this book a paranormal
romance genre and right up my alley on what I like to read. To think that I
read this book within 2 days, that shows you how much I loved this book and cant
wait to read more on this series. I am happy that the second book will be out
soon. I also put off on finishing this book because I didn’t want to wait to
see what happens and I wanted to stay in Wes’s and Olivia’s world. I think a
HUGE thank you is in order to the author for writing such an amazing book! And
I look forward to reading more from this author rather it’s the next book in
this series or a short story I don’t care.
Star Rating:
5
out of 5 star
Buy
Links:
Amazon
Smashwords
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Stereotypical Freaks by Howard Shapiro
The Stereotypical Freaks
Book Description (taken from goodreads.com)
Four disparate high school seniors come together to compete in their school's battle of the bands. Sharing a love for playing rock and roll, the members name the band "The Stereotypical Freaks" because they feel stereotyped by their classmates - smart kid, geek, star athlete and quiet weirdo… when in fact they know they are much more than those labels that have been placed on them.
When one member reveals life altering news, winning the competition takes on more of a meaning to each member. Scared and angry, upset and yet still with a lot of resolve they set out to win one for the good guys… will they?
When one member reveals life altering news, winning the competition takes on more of a meaning to each member. Scared and angry, upset and yet still with a lot of resolve they set out to win one for the good guys… will they?
I was given this book from the author for my honest opinion
My Opinion:
I have to admit this was my first graphic novel. I normally say no to reviewing them because I'm not really sure on how to review them. Plus, I really thought why read a graphic novel when you can read an actual book.WELL, I was so wrong!! This novel was awesome! Granted it was weird reading a graphic novel compare to a regular book but in this case who cares! This book made me laugh because I can relate to it since in high school I was a geek. It was funny how you can relate to books. Anyways, about the book now, there are 4 boys that are misfits as I call them in high school who aren't your normal kids there is a geek, weirdo, smart kid and a star athlete. Well they started a band for a contest, and as you can imagine what they went through as this band came about. But there is one down side with having all of them in one band, there is one member of their group that is keeping something from all of them and that secret might keep them from keeping the band together and from letting them complete in the contest. This book teaches you so many things, not to judge people by what they look like, what they are involved in, and who they hang out with. I would highly recommend this book to anyone even if you're not a fan of graphic novels trust me you will love this book! I think it's a great book for anyone teenager, parent, anyone!
Star Rating:
5 out of 5
Author pages:
Goodreads:
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Since this book isn't out yet I can't post the where to buy the book yet :) But go out and get this book the Day it comes out!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Moon Sealers book 2 by Tim Flanagan
The Moon Stealers and the Queen of the Underworld (The Moon Stealers #2)
by Tim Flanagan
Book Description: (taken from goodreads)
After finding the magical Silver Bough in the first Moon Stealer book, the portal to the underworld opens enabling Sir Edgar and the children; Max, Joe and Scarlet to jump through. They find themselves in a world at war and quickly become involved in an uprising against the Faerie Queen.
Their quest to find Peter Crisp continues, but the threat of the alien bacteria back home looms over them. Sir Edgar's attempt at gaining the Faerie Queens help in ridding the Moon Stealers from Earth looks like it may be a fruitless task.
In such an unchartered land it's difficult knowing who is friend and who is foe. Danger lurks in the most innocent of places.
Their quest to find Peter Crisp continues, but the threat of the alien bacteria back home looms over them. Sir Edgar's attempt at gaining the Faerie Queens help in ridding the Moon Stealers from Earth looks like it may be a fruitless task.
In such an unchartered land it's difficult knowing who is friend and who is foe. Danger lurks in the most innocent of places.
I was given this book by the author for my honest review
My Review:
No words can describe how excited I was to read this book especially how after the first one ended. When I had gotten the email from the author saying he would like me to review this I was jumping up and down and rushed through the book I was reading at just to get to this book! Crazy Edgar,Max, Joe and Scarlet have no idea what they are getting into when trying to help the Faerie home from the evil queen. The adventures or fights they get into had me on the edge of my seat for most of the book! I couldn't put it down at all til I had it finished, which took me 2 days. I'm not sure if that part will upset the author or make him proud that his writing is amazing! The bad part (yes there is a bad part) is that this book in this series ended in another cliffhanger! UGH! Tim Flanagan how can you do this to me again! Not to mention I have to wait til book 3 comes out, trust me I will be bugging you and stalking your facebook page to see how far along you are and when this book is coming out! I hope this series never ends and that all the adventures everyone goes through never stops. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read and a adventures that add in paranormal side.
My Star Ratting:
5 out of 5 stars
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