Posts By: Giselle

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Kobo Aura Giveaway! (US/Can)

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Hi peeps! I’ve got some exciting news for you today! The new Kobo Aura has just recently come out and thanks to Kobo, I have one very lucky reader who will be getting their very own! I’ve always been a fan of Kobo readers and I’ve been reading on a new Aura myself this past week and I’m already loving it! It’s eInk which is a must for me for an ereader. It also has an integrated adjustable light that makes it awesome for nighttime.

You can read all about the Kobo Aura here!

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Giveaway Details

The lovely people at Kobo have generously offered up a Kobo Aura for giveaway to one of my readers.


  • Open to US and Canada addresses only
  • Giveaway ends October 11th, 2013
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Review: All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry

Review: All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry

Posted by on 09/24/2013 • 23 Comments

A strange, yet captivating book; All The Truth That’s in Me gives a reading experience like no other. I can’t say I’ve read anything quite like this before. It’s different! This is the best, if most simple way to describe it.

The way this book is written is as if, especially during the first part, we’re seeing a story unfold through bursts of random flashes of a life. There’s an editor’s note at the beginning of my copy that describes it as “a pinhole narrative – you start out looking through a tiny hole that allows you to see only a fraction of Judith’s world, and as the story goes on, the pinhole widens” It’s the the perfect way to exemplify the storytelling style. As you can guess, it’s not…

Shadowlark Tour Stop – Sneak Peek + Giveaway!

Posted by on 09/23/2013 • 6 Comments

Today I’m happy to have the Shadowlark blog tour stop by to give you a sneak peek as well as a giveaway! I enjoyed Skylark when I read it last year and I’m excited to find out what the sequel has in store for us! If you missed if, you can find my review of Slykark here!

Chapter 1 Sneak Peek

Chapter 1:

The clockwork dawn is loudest in the old sewers. The sound of the machines pushing the sun across its track in the sky echoes through the tunnels, shaking the ground beneath my feet. Mortar crumbles from the ceiling and falls like snow- flakes, surrounding me in a column of white. “Don’t worry,” I say, reaching out for Tansy’s hand. “This happens every day. It’s…

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 22nd – 28th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 22nd – 28th)

Posted by on 09/21/2013 • 15 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Steelheart Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #1 Publication date: September 24th 2013 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics.

But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills.

Nobody fights the Epics… nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.

And David wants in. He wants…

Review: Find Me by Romily Bernard

Review: Find Me by Romily Bernard

Posted by on 09/20/2013 • 24 Comments

Find Me has a fairly strong beginning with dashes of tense, well written scenes. This made me sure that it would be an entertaining read if nothing else, but unfortunately it ended up being mostly boring with too much of the same old same old.

My first problem with this book is character development – or the lack thereof. We’re told Wick is this great hacker, a trait meant to impress but never felt genuine. All she does in this book is track an IP. Not only is the ability to dig up public information not hacking, the few examples we get are weak and some of it inaccurate. When you get a Facebook notification email, digging through the header would give you the originating IPs for the message’s relay…

Book Girls Don’t Cry: Halloween Reads!

Book Girls Don’t Cry: Halloween Reads!

Posted by on 09/19/2013 • 38 Comments

Book Girls Don’t Cry is a weekly feature where we each discuss/vent/advise on the chosen weekly bookish topic. Don’t miss Jenni on Mondays, and Amy on Saturdays:

 

Halloween Reads!

Since October is almost among us *sobs* it’s time to dish out all those fabulous books that would be perfect for Halloween!  PS – Covers link to Goodreads!

My Halloween recs! Some are horrors, some are more thrillers or gothics. I picked then for their eerie vibe!

Books on my TBR this Halloween! Obviously I won’t get through all of these read on Halloween, but I would like to get a couple of them read from now until then! 🙂

What are your Halloween recs? Any creepy ones on your…

Waiting on Wednesday (93)

Waiting on Wednesday (93)

Posted by on 09/18/2013 • 26 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

My pick this week:

Jennifer Brown is a fantastic contemporary author and every time I see a new book of hers coming out I know I just have to have it! I saw this one just recently and just the blurb alone breaks my heart so I think I will need to mentally prepare for it, but I think it will be well worth it!

What are you waiting on?

Review: 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

Posted by on 09/17/2013 • 21 Comments

For an entertaining thriller, 3:59 does a good job. Some of it is overwhelming or far fetched, and specific parts made me cringe, but it’s an action packed read that’s great for a quick thrill.

With a title like 3:59 you already know that this specific time is important to the story. So from the start, the time stamp shown on every page works to keep us on edge as we know that something is coming – and soon. Then 3:59 hits and something bizarre does happen, but we can’t make sense of it quite yet. All we know is it’s ominous, and it’s likely due to her mother’s experiments – meaning science, and alternate universes.

This is when Jo starts coming into the story. First via dreams,…