High & Dry by Sarah Skilton Genre: Young adult contemporary Publisher: Amulet Books Release date: April 15 2014 Source: eARC from publisher via NetGalley Pages: 272 The nitty-gritty: A tantalizing mystery, an unreliable narrator, high school hijinks, and one of the worst fictional high schools I’ve ever run across. When you find yourself tied up […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is a fun way to share the books you’ve acquired recently. Thankfully, I’ve had a very slow couple of weeks on the book acquisition front…I cannot even begin to tell you how behind I am with review books! I received a couple of surprises in the […]
Yesterday I introduced you to Operation Fourth Story, Apex Magazine’s official digital magazine drive. And today, I have an interview with Managing Editor Cameron Salisbury. Please give Cameron a warm welcome! Hi Cameron, and welcome to the blog. I’m thrilled to have you visiting today! Hello! This is my first interview as an Apex editor, […]
I’m super happy and excited to be part of the Apex Operation Fourth Story Digital Subscription Drive from Apex Magazine! (Wow, I know that’s a mouthful…) If you’ve never heard of Apex Magazine or Apex Books, now is your chance to catch up! Apex Magazine is a monthly digital magazine featuring short fiction from some of […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books that you’re excited about. This start of a new series looks like a fun mash-up of fairy tales, fae, and it has an urban fantasy vibe as well. Here’s what I’m waiting on: Free Agent (Grimm Agency […]
Welcome to my stop on The Ophelia Prophecy Blog Tour presented by Tor Books! I’m pretty excited to have author Sharon Lynn Fisher visiting to talk about a topic that I know you’ve been dying to read about: Interspecies Couples. I loved this book (you can read my review here) and I was curious to […]
Welcome to the March Book Review Giveaway! I posted seven reviews in March, and you can enter to win one of those books! No five-star reviews this month, but I did read three books that received four-and-a-half stars: Stolen Songbird, The Ophelia Prophecy, and Under Nameless Stars. Of these three, I’m going to have to […]
Yeah, so I’m a little late getting this post up. Life is kind of crazy from now until the end of the school year, with my daughter’s choir Pop Show next week, and 8th grade promotion in May. The end of the school year is always busy no matter what grade your kids are in, […]
Welcome to the Cover Reveal for Crown of Ice by Vicki L. Weavil presented by Month9Books! You can win an ebook of Crown of Ice & a $10 Amazon gift card! Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post! Thyra Winther’s seventeen, the Snow Queen, and immortal, but if she […]
Maze by J.M. McDermott Genre: Adult science fiction/fantasy Publisher: Apex Publications Release date: January 2014 Source: Finished paperback from publisher Pages: 205 The nitty-gritty: A mind-bending journey through a terrifying landscape, a violent survival story, filled with monsters both hideous and wonderful. There are deer here, and they’re very tasty. They all have horns along […]