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Monday, February 23, 2015

Cover Madness Giveaway: Winter 2015!

Posted by Giselle • 12 Comments

There are some great covers that have been popping up this winter, and what better way to show them off than with a Cover Madness giveaway!? For those who are not familiar with this giveaway (we’ve been doing one every few months for a couple of years, now), basically it’s to feature some of our favorite new covers of upcoming books, and you get to win one of them! Since none of these are actually released yet, you’ll be winning a pre-order of the book of your choice from the pretty selection below! 🙂

What’s up for grabs:

Two winners will have their pick from the new covers below:

**If the book chosen happens to become unavailable at TBD the winner will have to choose another book**
**If the book is part of a series, you may choose book 1 instead**

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Giveaway Details

Two winners for a book of choice from the list above (or the first in the same series).

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Giveaway ends April 1st, 2015
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Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [February 22nd]

Posted by Giselle on 02/22/2015 • 23 Comments

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books we got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week. Hi bookish lovelies! I hope you’re all having a great weekend! I’ve been fighting off a cold for the past week so I’m mostly doing nothing or watching TV – which I’m not complaining about I guess 😉 Any good movies you’ve seen lately? I’ve been binge-watching The Good Wife but once that’s done I’ll need some new entertainment! So this week I only got a few eBooks. I think our city and driveaway are so deeply buried in snow that no mail could even reach be to be honest >.<

BOOK HAUL:

I received for review:

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

Posted by Giselle on 02/21/2015 • 10 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

A Darker Shade of Magic V.E. Schwab Series: A Darker Shade of Magic #1 Publication date: February 24th 2015by Tor Books

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Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit.

Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London is ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. People fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. Once there was Black…

Review: Monstrous by MarcyKate Connolly

Posted by Amy on 02/19/2015 • 8 Comments

This was a book that I was really excited to read. I didn’t like it quite as much as I had hoped, but it was really enjoyable. The characters were wonderful, especially Kymera. It was a bit predictable and long, but it was interesting so it kept me from getting bored with it. Even at its slow pace, the way things all came together was great and it was easy to get lost in.

Kym is a creation intended for the purpose of saving the sick girls from the wizard. She is very naive and only knows what her father has told her. She is happy with her mission and truly has a huge heart. She wants to do what is right and she wants to save everyone. She…

Review: Little Peach by Peggy Kern

Posted by Giselle on 02/18/2015 • 17 Comments

Wow… this was a very harsh read. Like, I felt sick to my stomach while reading most of it. It deals with incredibly heavy subjects – disturbing, even – but it is, in my opinion, one very important story. It’s a real eye opener regarding the sex trade. We all know that it exists; we all hear about the projects and the poverty and the hard knock life, yet it never quite hits home until you encounter an up close and personal story like this. The story of a young girl who is so innocent, so oblivious to what’s even happening to her. She’s only known fear and abuse, she thinks this is her way out. Her “daddy” is showing her the love and affection she’s been craving since childhood…

Review: Jinn and Juice by Nicole Peeler

Posted by Giselle on 02/17/2015 • 12 Comments

I love chips. I know they’re unhealthy and will probably shorten my life span and that I will regret it later when I’m old and senile and cranky as frack, but I just can’t help it. I love chips of all flavors – cheese, BBQ, sour cream, cheesy jalapeño – you name it. I see a bag of chips and I brighten up quickly. They’re one of my guilty pleasures.

However, there are exceptions. There are times a bag of chips make me unhappy and unsatisfied. Like, you open one and realize that puffy bag of chips was actually made up of 25% fatty goodness and 75% air.

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT THAT BLOODY SUCKS, DUDE.

You’re probably wondering the relevance of my silly “bag-o-chips” drivel. Well, to be completely honest, there’s…

Review: Better Than Perfect by Melissa Kantor

Posted by Amy on 02/16/2015 • 12 Comments

I almost stopped reading this book because I didn’t really like the MC very much. I am glad I continued it though because it really was a good book. I still never really liked Juliet much, but I thought that the story itself was well done and loved the subject matter that it covered. You know when you look at someone who is pretty, smart, has a perfect looking life and family? Well, who is to say that their life isn’t completely fucked up? That is what this story is about and that is why I enjoyed it. I don’t agree with some of the things that Juliet did, but it doesn’t mean that I didn’t think this was a really well told story, that holds a lot of important…

Fresh Batch (New Releases February 15th – 21st)

Posted by Giselle on 02/14/2015 • 8 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Distance Between Lost and Found Kathryn Holmes Publication date: February 17th 2015by HarperTeen

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Ever since the night of the incident with Luke Willis, the preacher’s son, sophomore Hallelujah Calhoun has been silent. When the rumors swirled around school, she was silent. When her parents grounded her, she was silent. When her friends abandoned her … silent.

Now, six months later, on a youth group retreat in the Smoky Mountains, Hallie still can’t find a voice to answer the taunting. Shame and embarrassment haunt her, while Luke keeps coming up with new ways to humiliate her. Not even meeting Rachel,…

Monday, February 23, 2015

Cover Madness Giveaway: Winter 2015!

Posted by Giselle • 12 Comments

What’s up for grabs:

Giveaway Details

Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [February 22nd]

Posted by Giselle on 02/22/2015 • 23 Comments

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

Posted by Giselle on 02/21/2015 • 10 Comments

Review: Monstrous by MarcyKate Connolly

Posted by Amy on 02/19/2015 • 8 Comments

Review: Little Peach by Peggy Kern

Posted by Giselle on 02/18/2015 • 17 Comments

Review: Jinn and Juice by Nicole Peeler

Posted by Giselle on 02/17/2015 • 12 Comments

Review: Better Than Perfect by Melissa Kantor

Posted by Amy on 02/16/2015 • 12 Comments

Fresh Batch (New Releases February 15th – 21st)

Posted by Giselle on 02/14/2015 • 8 Comments

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