My Initial Reaction: I think this gif covers everything I felt reading Splintered by A.G. Howard. I’m not even really sure how to begin! The concept of the story, a re-telling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, intrigued me, yet I put off reading the book until just this week. I’m sorry to say that I’m glad […]
My Initial Reaction to this Book: So yeah, I’m torn on loving this book and being a tad confused. Ever Darkening is just that, an extremely dark and twisted fantasy adventure. What it essentially boils down to though is a story of good vs. evil and the natural balance of the world. Kaylyn is destined to bring […]
So I enjoyed Dusting off the Shelves so much that I decided to join the next read-a-thon and it’s a scavenger hunt 😀 The premise is that we are given a list of 25 topics and we then find books that match them, read them, and mark them off to get points. These points […]
A cyborg Cinderella….really?! So that was my initial reaction a few years back when Cinder by hit the shelves. In fact, if I’m being honest, that was my reaction to ALL fairy tale retellings. My thoughts were why mess up a good story. Well, I’m here to confess something to you… Cinder is just…I was just so…OMG!!! […]
Persuaded by is a modern day re-telling of the Jane Austen classic Persuasion and follows the relationship of Hanna Elliot and Captain Derick Wentworth. Hanna is a school teacher, 28, and unmarried, heading to the beach to spend the summer with her younger sister and her family when she runs into her ex. Derick is an accomplished sailor, […]
I seriously enjoyed reading Fast Forward by [book-review]. The story was sweet, funny, and showed how one decision can affect your entire life! On the eve of Kelli Crawford’s twenty-fifth birthday, she seems to have everything she’s ever wanted in life: a successful career as a model, a best friend to share her secrets with, and a […]
Waking-up Married by is about Connor Reed and Megan Scott who after a wonderful evening wake-up to find themselves married! I have to say I enjoyed this book. It was a fun, light-hearted read that tugged at my own emotions just a little. Megan is an independent woman who isn’t looking for love. In fact she’s […]
Ice Country by David Estes is book two of the Country Saga, the sister series of the Dwellers Saga, and takes place during and after the events of Fire Country. Dazz is a young, bull-headed Icer who at the beginning of the story is nursing a broken-heart. After a bar fight leaves him and his best friend […]
Woohoo for read-a-thons 😀 Dusting off the Shelves is a part of the COYER Reading Challenge so how could I not participate in it. Plus it’s a great way to start weeding through my ever-growing TBR pile. The point of this read-a-thon is to find the oldest UNREAD books on your ebook shelf and read […]
Oh my!! I seriously loved this book….it’s dark, gritty, and the main character is not the good heroine. Oh no she’s the bad guy and I sorta love her 😀 The Young Elites by is the first in a new dystopian, fantasy series about a group of young men and women who have special “gifts” granted […]