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Monday, April 1, 2013

.Triangles by @KimberlyAnnNJ Win a Frikkin' Cruise Sweeps @SpencerHillP



The Triangles
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The Grand Prize Winner gets to go on a cruise!*

Two runners-up will win $50 gift cards
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Triangles


the debut of Kimberly Ann MillerComing June 18, 2013
A cruise ship. A beautiful island. Two sexy guys. What could possibly go wrong?

 In the Bermuda Triangle--a lot.

 Hoping to leave behind the reminders of her crappy life--her father's death years ago, her mother's medical problems, and the loser who’s practically stalking her--seventeen-year-old Autumn Taylor hops on a ship with her sister for a little distraction. When she wakes up in the Bermuda Triangle, she fears she's gone nuts for more than one reason: that loser’s suddenly claiming they're a happy couple... a hot guy is wrapping his arms around her and saying "Happy Anniversary"... and suddenly, she’s full of bruises, losing her hair, and getting IV medication. Autumn visits the ship's doctor, hoping for a pill or a shot to make the craziness go away. Instead, she's warned that these "alternate realities" could become permanent.








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Saturday, January 19, 2013

.Stacking The Shelves #24 Sunday Post #11


 





The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.



Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process! Tynga from Tynga's Reviews is is the host and you can Link up with her and join this meme here: Tynga's Reviews.





Hey guys this is my first STS/Sunday Post of the new year 2013.  It's been three weeks! I know I've been slacking a little on these but I've really had a busy holiday and a family emergency to deal with.
 
I've received some spectacular books the past three weeks. I also received some great wins in the mail. I've also been trying my best NOT, to purchase anymore books, but dude I. CAN'T. STOP! Between all the amazing sales on Amazon, and me going nuts at my local library used bookstore I've acquired a mass collection, so bear with me.
 
This week on the blog I posted an amazing giveaway for reaching my 1500 GFC milestone->Thanks to all of you!<-- Don't forget to enter to win some amazing prizes and enter to win 5 different giveaways. Some will be INT others US and others will include US/Canada.
 
 
 
 
 
 **Check out all the giveaways going on right now, on my left sidebar!

The rest of this weeks posts
 
 
Received for  review-Mail  -Thanks Spencer Hill Press




Received for Review via NG/Edelweiss/Publishers/Tours
Thank You!
Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)    by



The Next Forever (Pretty Amy #1.5) by
 
 
Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2) The Sea of Tranquility Recipe for Satisfaction Override (Glitch, #2)
 
 

 





  Amazon Kindle Purchase

Consequences (Consequences, #1)   by













 











Wins

I actually won this amazing set back in Dec. plus I won a Kindle!!! BUT, I still haven't received the Kindle, and I'm still hoping it will come in soon.... Most of the copies I won were signed, super excited about the whole package, and check out the Thoughtless/Effortless magnets and D-Bags tattoo -so awesome!! 

Won from author Victoria Smith-author of Crimson Hunt





  

 

                                                                  
 

              
 
 
 
 
 
                            


 
   
         


  



  
  
        

Win from Xpresso Reads  -Thanks, doll
 
Xpresso Reads
 
*Part of the package came with a coffee mug and pen, but I'm already using both!

Win from Blkosiner's Book Blog  Thank You!

blkosiner's book blog




Win from ?? -Mystery-I received this in the mail and have no clue who sent it? -Thanks Mystery person!




Purchased -New




Purchased- Used-   $14.50 for all below




 
 
 
I think that's about it, hopefully I won't wait for another three weeks to go by before posting a new STS/Sunday post, see ya soon!! :)  Link your blog below, I'll visit soon!
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Blog Tour #Review: Touch Of Death by Kelly Hashway














Touch of Death (Touch of Death #1)
Touch of Death               
(Touch of Death #1)
by
ebook, 1st Edition, 235 pages
Expected publication: January 15th 2013 by Spencer Hill Press
Purchase:
Amazon | B&N | The Book Depository
*Arc sent from publisher






Jodi Marshall isn’t sure how she went from normal teenager to walking disaster. One minute she’s in her junior year of high school, spending time with her amazing boyfriend and her best friend. The next she’s being stalked by some guy no one seems to know.

After the stranger, Alex, reveals himself, Jodi learns he’s not a normal teenager and neither is she. With a kiss that kills and a touch that brings the dead back to life, Jodi discovers she’s part of a branch of necromancers born under the 13th sign of the zodiac, Ophiuchus. A branch of necromancers that are descendents of Medusa. A branch of necromancers with poisoned blood writhing in their veins.

Jodi’s deadly to the living and even more deadly to the deceased. She has to leave her old, normal life behind before she hurts the people she loves. As if that isn’t difficult enough, Jodi discovers she’s the chosen one who has to save the rest of her kind from perishing at the hands of Hades. If she can’t figure out how to control her power, history will repeat itself, and her race will become extinct.






 
 
 
 
I was highly anticipating this book and loved the cover, and thought the synopsis told me, it was a must read, but what turned out to be me being super excited about this book set me up for failure. Now, don't get me wrong it wasn't so bad that I couldn't finish it, but at times I was struggling.

 
 



 Let's get to the positive side of this book. The story behind the whole touch of death was unique and thought provoking. I enjoyed reading about the mythology aspect behind it, I mean having the touch of death and being a descendant of Medusa is what had me drawn into the story, in the first place. The whole aspect of the 13 sign of the zodiac intrigued me. I also enjoyed the aspect of having zombie's included in the story. Zombie animals sounded so cool.

But, what started out to be a unique concept slowly failed and had me weighing in the negatives. For one, I didn't care for the repetitive aspect of the story. Many times it seems that sentences repeated themselves and it showed the lead character Jodi, as being, not very intelligent and very immature, so much so, I felt I was reading a children's book. Now, I know Miss Hashway writes children's books, and this is her first leap into the YA genre, so maybe that's the vibe I'm getting.

I felt Jodi's character as not being strong enough to face everything she goes through, and at times felt that she didn't understand the whole concept of what her powers involved, even though it was repeated to her many times. Another aspect that I felt was off, was the whole accident prone part. I mean yes, you can be accident prone, but I mean really having this many accidents in a one week period doesn't seem to fly, and if you knew you had the "touch" wouldn't you take more precautions, maybe put two and two together, at least? And if a guy was stalking you, would you just act calm if he shows up at your doorstop wearing a pizza uniform, especially after your boyfriend just called the cops on him, and the police are staking your house. To just open the door and seem to have a casual conversation with said stalker, and wonder out loud how he managed to slip past the po-po, score a pizza uniform, and knew she was ordering pizza? See, perfect example of what had me not fully enjoying this book.

I also wished the zombie animals/zombies story would of been more elaborate. Show me the what these animals are capable of, how they are eliminated, etc. I really didn't "get" the whole nonchalant attitude of the people involved with these menacing creatures. The squirrel scene was good, but I felt it could of been better. 

I will give Miss Hashway the benefit of the doubt, because I think if her second book in the series shows Jodi becoming a stronger, smarter character, than I'm in. I mean come on she has to, she does have Medusa's blood running through her veins, and Medusa is strong, powerful, and very cunning, right?



3/5




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