Series: Suddenly, #1 Publish Date: April 23rd, 2013 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – Very cute read that brings back lots of happy memories of the Princess Diaries series. About the book: Samantha Rousseau is used to getting her hands dirty. Working toward a master’s degree in wildlife biology while helping take care of her […]
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Review: Partials by Dan Wells
Series: Partials Sequence, #1 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publish Date: February 28th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – The pacing was a little up and down but overall this was a great scifi read! About the book: The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated […]
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Series: Pivot Point Publisher: HarperTeen Publish Date: February 12th, 2013 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – Cool concept, great writing. I can’t wait to read more! About the book: Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . . Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Publish Date: September 3rd, 2013 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 5/5 – Possibly the best YA time travel book I’ve ever read! About the Book: “You have to kill him.” Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list […]
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Publisher: Harper Teen Publish Date: June 4th, 2013 Source: Digital ARC Goodreads Synopsis: The premise was simple: five kids, just living their lives. There’d be a new movie about them every five years, starting in kindergarten. But no one could have predicted what the cameras would capture. And no one could have predicted that Justine would be […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: APE- How to publish a book
Source: Net Galley Goodreads Synopsis: In 2011 the publisher of one of my books Enchantment, could not fill an order for 500 ebook copies of the book. Because of this experience, I self-published my next book, What the Plus!, and learned first-hand that self-publishing is a complex, confusing, and idiosyncratic process. As Steve Jobs said, “There […]
Read the rest of this entry »Zombie Week: Rhiannon Frater Interview
This is the day I’ve been waiting for all week, Rhiannon Frater Interview day! Woop, woop! Alright, official business time… enjoy! Today at ReaWrite we have the wonderful Rhiannon Frater, author of the ‘As The World Dies’ trilogy you have been seeing all over ReaWrite this week. If you’re just tuning in, the series is […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: The Walking Dead, Volume 1
Publisher: Image Comics Publish Date: September 26th, 2006 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Walking Dead agree… these comics are awesome! Summary: An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Fighting to Survive by Rhiannon Frater
Publisher: Tor Books Publish Date: November 8th, 2011 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Zombies Synopsis: Picking up where The First Days ends, Fighting to Survive features the further zombie-killing, civilization-saving adventures of a pair of sexy, kick butt heroines and the men who love them. A hundred or so survivors of the zombie plague have found tenuous safety in the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Interview: Andrew Carl and Chris Stevens of Once Upon A Time Machine
Today is Once Upon a Time Machine’s book birthday. I’ve posted a fair bit about this fantastic comic collection that retells some of our favorite fairy tale stories with a sci-fi twist, as I really cannot get enough of it. I will definitely be picking up a copy as soon as I make a significant dent in […]
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