Q: What is your preferred reading format? Hardcover, eBooks, paperback etc?
This one is very easy for me. I love paper books. It doesn't matter to me if it's hardcover or paperback. I love running my fingers through pages and the noise that it makes, and of course I love scent of books. I like e-books too, it's great for traveling, but I always find myself more captured by book when I can hold it in my hands.
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Q: Activity: Favorite Literary Quote
There's so many quotes that I like, but I've picked up some. Some of them are from book, but some of them are just quotes that I like a lot.
"Love is not the absence of logic but logic examined and recalculated heated and curved to fit inside the contours of the heart." - Tammara Webber, Easy
"If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison
"People who stop laughing are always the ones who get hurt." - Josh Sundquist, Just don't Fall
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Fall For Me by K.A. Last
Series: The Tate Chronicles #1
Genre: YA Paranormal/Fantasy
Released: January 17th, 2013
Pages:237
My Rating: 3 Stars
Synopsis
“Angels aren’t supposed to fall in love, especially with each other. But for the record, you were worth it.”
Grace Tate is a Protection Angel and Vampire Hunter, and she has always followed the rules. But some rules are made to be broken…
Until now the fight against evil has been simple, and falling in love was never part of the plan. So what happens when it’s beyond Grace’s control, and when she least expects it she falls for the wrong person?
All hell breaks loose, that’s what.
At Hopetown Valley High, not everything is as it seems, and the one person Grace thought was her enemy becomes her most important ally.
Blood will be shed, lives will be lost and friendships will be tested. It all comes down to one decision, and when Grace tries to save all those dear to her, she realises not everyone can be—or wants to be—saved.
My Review
This book was for me a very quick read. There were some moments that I found a little too cheesy for my taste, but there were nice moments too. I particularly enjoyed the fighting scenes at the beginning of the book.
The plot itself wasn't hard to follow, but I've had problem connecting with the characters. There was just something missing what would drawn me to them more. However it might have been just me. I'm most likely fed up with vampire stories, even thought I must say this one was different since it was combined with angels.
I would like to pin point that this book is interesting and easier to read because it's written in POV's, which is awesome. I was also interested in this book because of its cover. It's simple, but it has certain charm.
Fall For Me is great start to the series, it offers excitement and action, but also love triangle and emotional roller coaster. The story was super fast paced, after all the whole plot happened within 3 weeks. I think this book is definitely something for YA paranormal lovers. There's definitely room to grow for the sequel, so I think it will be interesting read too.
Giveaway
About Author
K. A. Last was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, and moved to Sydney with her parents and older brother when she was eight. Artistic and creative by nature, she studied Graphic Design and graduated with an Advanced Diploma. After marrying her high school sweetheart, she concentrated on her career before settling into family life. Blessed with a vivid imagination, she began writing to let off creative steam, and fell in love with it. She now resides in a peaceful leafy suburb north of Sydney with her husband, their two children and a rabbit named Twitch.
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As many of you know,
Ripley Patton's first novel, Ghost Hand, is also the first book in a series known as
The PSS Chronicles. While Ghost Hand has been getting rave reviews on Amazon
and was recently chosen as the June Book of the Month for a Goodreads Book Club
with over 1300 members, Ripley has been hard at work writing the second
book, Ghost Hold.
Ghost Hold is in the
final stages of publication, which will ultimately be funded through the GHOST HOLD KICKSTARTER
PROJECT,
just as Ghost Hand was funded last year. The current Ghost Hold Kickstarter
project was 41% funded in the first week, and when it reaches the halfway mark
of $1250, Ripley is going to release the first chapter of the new book to all
backers, with more chapters to come later as funding builds.
So, in order to
celebrate, and perhaps entice you to back the project and help make Ghost Hold
a reality, Ripley is revealing the cover of Ghost Hold this weekend here and
all over the internet.
AND HERE IT IS!
This compelling cover,
featuring main characters from the book, Olivia Black, Marcus Jordan, and
Passion Wainwright, was designed by Scarlett
Rugers Designs of Australia.
Curious to know what
the book is about? Here's the blurb:
Olivia Black is back.
Only this time she's not the one in need of rescue.
Samantha James, rich, popular, and an award-winning composer at age seventeen,
is the next target on the CAMFers' list. And in order to convince Samantha to
come with them, Olivia and Passion must pose as cousins, blend into the most
affluent high school in Indianapolis, and infiltrate a mysterious cult known as
The Hold.
Olivia doesn't expect it to be easy, even with the PSS guys backing them up.
But what she discovers over the course of the mission will call into question
everything she ever believed about herself, her ghost hand, and especially
about Marcus, the guy she is undoubtedly falling in love with.
Be sure and
visit Ripley's Kickstarter Project and let her know what you think of the
cover there, or here in the comments. But don't delay. The project ends
July 1st and is the only way to pre-order the book before its
September release.
Haven't read the first
book, Ghost Hand, yet? Well you're in luck. Ripley's gift to you,
6/14/2013-6/18/2013, Ghost Hand is FREE for Kindle, so please go grab a copy.
Q: Activity: Spine Poetry. Create a line of poetry with your book spines (take a picture). Not feeling creative? Tell us about your favorite poem.
This is super creative activity, but not for me. Poetry and me, we are like water and oil, we don't mix very well. However, I've attempted a little book spines poem. Hope you enjoy it.
If I stay Fearless,
Everneath Wuthering Heights,
Where she Went?
City of Lost Souls.
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Secret for a Song by S.K. Falls
Genre: NA Coming-of-Age
Released: June 3rd, 2013
My Rating: 5 Stars
Synopsis:
Saylor Grayson makes herself sick. Literally.
She ate her first needle when she was seven. Now, at nineteen, she’s been kicked out of college for poisoning herself with laxatives. The shrinks call it Munchausen Syndrome. All Saylor knows is that when she’s ill, her normally distant mother pays attention and the doctors and nurses make her feel special.
Then she meets Drew Dean, the leader of a local support group for those with terminal diseases. When he mistakes her for a new member, Saylor knows she should correct him. But she can’t bring herself to, not after she’s welcomed into a new circle of friends. Friends who, like Drew, all have illnesses ready to claim their independence or their lives
For the first time, Saylor finds out what it feels like to be in love, to have friends who genuinely care about her. But secrets have a way of revealing themselves. What will happen when Saylor’s is out?
My Review
You know how with some books there's this instant pull, and you can't put the book down until you finish it? Well, that happened to me with this book. I was hooked up literally from the first sentence. Which by the way, caused me to stop and read it twice before I moved to the rest of the page. Here's the mentioned first sentence: “She ate her first needle when she was seven.”
What the ...?! I don't know about you, but for me this was quite an intense start.
Apart from the first sentence, I must say that this book to me is a masterpiece. Catching, thrilling, fast paced, beautiful,touching, and I can go on and name million other superlatives. Why? Simply because this book is so different from other New Adult books. The plot of this book was for me an undiscovered territory. It's not your typical New Adult book at all, no stereotypical characters and situations. It will most likely cause you to cry and not breath at some points in the story.
I fell in love with characters, especially Saylor. Saylor Grayson is super unique character, that makes pretty unpredictable decisions, and always surprises you. I honestly don't know, what I would do if I was in her place. Really, this girl is just one big trouble. But in this case, that is what makes this book so great.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention the cover. It's super duper pretty. I think I will buy this book for my collection in paperback, just so I can look at it, and possibly decorate my dorm room with it next year, haha.
I don't really know, what else I should say about this book, how else I can describe how much I enjoyed this book. I was also very pleased that this book was written in psychological view for the most part. I think that is, again, one of the things that made this book unique.
So, after all this praise, I must take of my hat, Ms. S.K. Falls. I will definitely look for some of your other books and add it to my TBR. This book touched my heart, made me cry and at some parts laugh too. As you probably assumed by my review, I can't give this book no less than 5 stars.
Giveaway (only US/CAN)
[3 winners] Secret for a Song e-reader/tablet covers
Author's Bio
Adriana Ryan is the pen name of writer S.K. Falls.
A huge fan of spooky stuff and shoes, I enjoy alternately hitting up the outlet malls and historic graveyards in Charleston, SC where I live and imbibe coffee. My husband and two small children seem not to mind when I hastily scribble novel lines on stray limbs in the absence of notepads.
Since no writer’s biography is complete without mention of her menagerie of animals, you should know I have one dog that doubles as a footstool, a second that functions as a vacuum cleaner, and a cat that ensures I never forget that my hands are, first and foremost, for pouring cat food.
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