Top Ten Tuesdays is a weekly feature at The Broke and the Bookish featuring her love of all things lists! Top Ten Righto, in no particular order, these are the books where the cover grabbed my attention before I even knew what the book was about. Click the cover to go to the review page (where available) or Goodreads page (where not) if you want to know more.
Reviews Posted: Review: One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy (NA Contemporary Romance) Review: 365 Days by K.E. Payne (YA Contemporary / LGBTQI) Review: The Order Of The Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger (YA Contemporary / LGBTQI) Review: 15 Days Without A Head by Dave Cousins (YA Contemporary) Review: Double Feature: Attack Of The Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride Of The Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies by Brent Hartinger (YA Contemporary / LGBTQI) Review: Tamed by Douglas R. Brown (Adult Urban Fantasy / Horror) Review: The Elephant Of Surprise by Brent Hartinger (YA Contemporary / LGBTQI) Review: Dash & Lily’s Book Of Dares by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (YA Contemporary Romance) Audio Review: Trapped by Kevin Hearne (Adult Urban Fantasy) Series Spotlight: Codex Alera by Jim Butcher (Adult Epic Fantasy) Blog Tour Stops: Review: Surrender by Rhiannon Paille (YA Fantasy) Review: Disconnect by Imran Siddiq (YA Sci Fi) Review: The Game by Shane Scollins (Adult Thriller) Memes / Events Participated In: Top 10 Tuesday: Books I HAD to buy, but are still sitting on my shelf unread Bloggiesta Stacking the … read more
Sharing the new books weighing down my to be read pile. Hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs Slashback by Rob Thurman The Archived by Victoria Schwab Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland (audiobook) Splintered by A.G. Howard (audiobook) Playing Hooky by Rita Webb (book tour)
Top Ten Tuesdays is a weekly feature at The Broke and the Bookish featuring her love of all things lists! Top Ten Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread I am SO glad I am not the only person doing this. I always feel like a terrible person for letting the books just lay there sad and alone. One day, man, one day. 1. Huntress by Malinda Lo 2. Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr 3. Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout 4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 5. Gravity by Melissa West 6. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins 7. Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith 8. Providence by Jamie McGuire 9. Possess by Gretchen McNeil 10. A Devil in the Details by K.A. Stewart
Reviews Posted: Series Spotlight: Cal Leandros series by Rob Thurman (Adult Urban Fantasy) Book Review: Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey (YA Paranormal / Urban Fantasy) Book Review: Catching Jordan by Miranda Kinneally (YA Contemporary Romance) Book Review: Trickster by Jeff Somers (Adult Urban Fantasy) Book Review: Geography Club by Brent Hartinger (YA Contemporary / LGBTQI) Book Review: Looking For Alaska by John Green (YA Contemporary) Guest Book Review: Wings by Aprilynne Pike (YA Paranormal) Blog Tour Stops: Book Review: Writing Scary Scenes by Rayne Hall (Non Fiction – Writing Craft) Challenge Status: 2013 Debut Author Challenge: 0/12 2013 Ebook Challenge: 4/15 2013 Young Adult Audiobook Challenge: 0/24 2013 TBR Pile Reading Challenge: 5/20 Giveaways Held: Win 1 of 6 LGBT YA Books for the Follower Love Giveaway Hop – over Win Slashback by Rob Thurman Leap Into Books Giveaway Hop – still accepting entries! Coming … read more
Sharing the new books weighing down my to be read pile. Hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Writing Scary Scenes by Rayne Hall Surrender by Rhiannon Paille Disconnect by Imran Siddiq For Review – Netgalley Approvals Trickster by Jeff Somers Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan The Elephant of Surprise by Brent Hartinger 15 Days Without a Head by Dave Cousins Moonset by Scott Tracey
Hosted by Kathy @ I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. This week’s Questions Is there anything you would like to say to or ask your favorite author? Are you a dreamer or a realist? Theater or Rental? Share a family tradition. Favorite late night snack? Is there anything you would like to say to or ask your favorite author? Uh… can we be BFFs forever? Can I sleep over at your place and rifle through your rough drafts while you’re not looking? Can I go all Misery on you? Yeah, no, it’s probably for the best that I not be allowed near famous people. I have a 39% chance of being scary, a 60% chance of just giggling and knocking things over, and a 1% chance of wetting myself in joy. I am bad at social situations, yo. Are you a dreamer or a realist? I call myself a realist, … read more
Hosted by Kathy @ I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. This weeks Questions Top 5 songs on your playlist? How much time do you spend reading each week? What is the last thing you Googled? Favorite places to travel? What is your favorite way to spend a rainy day? 1. Top 5 songs on your playlist? *sorts via amount played* *is a little surprised by the results* 1. Less Than Jake – Hopeless Case I can’t seem to find a better video for this. Anyway, this has been pretty much my life’s theme song for a couple of years now. 2. Night Ranger – Sister Christian My dad pretty much brain washed me growing up in that he inspired about 80% of my choice in music. You can’t not like this song, dude. And it’s on the soundtrack of so many cool movies. If nothing else, enjoy the 80s hair! … read more
Sharing the new books weighing down my to be read pile. Hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Print Books Bought The New Kid by Temple Mathews Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally Storm by Brigid Kemmerer EBooks Bought Reaper’s Novice by Cecilia Robert Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey Demon Kissed by H.M. Ward Son of Eden by Brianna Merrill Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase Death Whispers by Tamara Rose Blodgett Silver by Cheree Alsop Darkhouse by Karina Halle Beautiful Sins by Jennifer Hampton Now just to find time to read them all. Eish!
Yes, 2 badges. I got nominated twice. I am supermegaawesomefoxyhot like that. This made me squeal like a hungry piglet Also, when put together like that, they look like boobs. The rules of the Liebster Award are as follow: 1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog and link back to the blogger who presented this award to you 2. Answer the 11 questions from the nominator, list 11 random facts about yourself and create 11 questions for your nominees 3. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen. (No tag backs) 4. Copy and Paste the blog award on your blog. I was nominated by: AND Questions they asked me (yeah, I am combining them as there were couple of … read more
