Friday Firsts: A Book #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts All participants will have their entry tweeted about, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in [...]

Born of Fire (Giveaway & Book Trailer)

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes I was checking out this series by Sherrilyn Kenyon, as it’s come up a few times on blogs I have discovered as of recently. The novel Born of Fire, is the second in the League Series and you can’t help but be drawn to the cover (at least – [...]

REVIEW: #40 101 Habits of Hightly Successful Novelists

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Title: 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists- Insider Secrets from Top Writers Author: Andrew McAleer ISBN: 1598695894 Pages: 240 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) This title focuses on the behaviors necessary to succeed in the dog-eat-dog world of fiction writing by asking successful authors how they practice their craft. [...]

REVIEW: #39 Nana

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Nana, Book 1. Author: Ai Yazawa ISBN: 1421501082 Pages: 192 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Nana Komatsu is a young woman who’s endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she’s hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: How NOT To Write a Novel

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes It’s hard to tease using guides and/or non-fiction books. They aren’t made for suspense.. but for guidance. But hopefully you can see the sort of tips you may get from this book and realize that it’s worth picking up! Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB [...]

It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading?

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. The books I have read in the past week: Night Runner by Max Turner Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins [...]

REVIEW: #38 Cats, The Musical (Show)

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Title: Cats, The Musical. Date: October 24th 2009 Location: Carr Performing Arts Centre in Orlando, Florida. Directed by: Richard Stafford Rating: Review: Yesterday was the first time I saw Cats on stage. Being a former Thespian – I still have such an immense passion for the arts so it’s [...]

Friday Firsts #Meme will resume next week

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Carli is sick with an ear infection and high fever and no appetite. Plus, she has suddenly become my best friend and hates for me to be anywhere away from her. As I cannot update my blog this way – I will have to resume Friday Firsts next week [...]

REVIEW: #37 Honey Mustard

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Honey Mustard Author: Ho-Kyung Yeo ISBN: 1595322396 Pages: 176 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) It’s love at second site! When Ara works up the nerve to ask out the boy of her dreams, she gets all glammed up and boozed up.. and ends up kissing Young-Woo, [...]

REVIEW: #36 The Hunger Games

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins ISBN: 0439023483 Pages: 384 Rating: Sypnosis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Befriending the Library

Reading time: < 1 minute This meme is hosted by Wordless Wednesday. The library that has been closed for remodeling finally opened – and yes, it’s in walking distance of where I currently live! Gah! The gloriousness that is the library.. so close! Unfortunately we will be moving in the next few months.. so I [...]

REVIEW: #35 Night Runner

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Title: Night Runner Author: Max Turner ISBN: 0312592280 Pages: 292 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon) For Zack Thomson, living in the Nicholls Ward isn’t so bad. After his parents died, he developed strange and severe allergies, and the mental institution was the only place where he could be properly [...]

REVIEW: #34 Dead as a Doornail

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Dead as a Doornail Author: Charlaine Harris ISBN: 0441012795 Pages: 295 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) When Sookie’s brother Jason’s eyes start to change, she knows he’s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his [...]

Author Interview: Sasha Soren of Random Magic #Giveaway

Reading time: 26 – 43 minutes I have had the pleasure of exchanging emails with the author of Random Magic (Sasha Soren) for the past month. Delightfully clever, Sasha Soren always has something interesting to say – as well as the power to make you feel good about yourself with a single thoughtful sentence. I [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Because most of the books I am reading this week are guides – they aren’t really “tease-able”. Instead, I will give you one word of advice from the book I am reading now, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists. Yes, I realize it is much longer than the [...]

Mailbox Monday #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Yay! I just ordered some books, due to some recommendations. So now, I can officially do my Mailbox Monday (a #meme hosted by The Printed Page). I was talking to @BriMeetsBooks today and she recommended a book to help me write a YA novel. So I sat at the [...]

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