The Romance Bookie

Hey everyone!! So I'm participating in the Clear Your Shelves Giveaway Hop hosted by  I am a Reader, Not a Writer ! I have decided to give to one lucky winner ONE of the following choices: You can have either: Patrick Swayze's Memoir: The Time Of My Life  (Hardcover, pretty much brand new!) Chloe Does Yale by Natalie Krinsky Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon In her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner So you Want to be Wizard by Diane Duane Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman (ARC) OR Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen This giveaway is US ONLY!!!! Sorry shipping is too expensive Internationally!! a Rafflecopter giveaway Thanks Everyone!! :) The Romance Bookie <3

So excited!! My computer's all better, so for the first time here's the Vlog for my IMM!! :) So here's the written version of my IMM, for anyone who doesn't feel like watching the video (it was just fun to make ;)): Traded: The Karma Club: Jessica Brody (hardcover) Wonderstruck: Brian Selznick (Paperback, ARC) Vampire Academy #1: Richelle Mead Borrowed: The Diviners: Libba Bray (couldn't finish this one, unfortunately, wasn't really my thing) Little Women and Me: Lauren Baratz-Logsted   For Free (Gifted): Where the Sidewalk Ends: Shel Silverstein   Purchased: Son of a Witch: Gregory Maguire (only $1.25 at a used book store in town! And in Hardcover!) Catching Fire: Suzanne Collins (Hardcover copy, I picked up! I figured it would make a great giveaway right before the movie gets released in November!)   Four to Score: Janet Evanovich (another Stephanie Plum books for the shelf!) Away Laughing on a Fast Camel: Louise Renniso...

Hey Everyone!! Today's a sad day... Why? One word... School. Summer has come and gone, way too fast, friends have left to head off to their schools, and now it's time to get back to business. Luckily, I believe I will still have time for reading, because my online classes allow me to do that!  Which is AWESOME!!! Reviews might just not be coming in as normal as usual.  But I'm hoping to have at least one up a week! :) So now to my review!! Actually before I go into The Next Best Thing , I wanted to say some back ground information about Jennifer Weiner, the author. Jennifer Weiner is not only the bestselling author of books like In Her Shoes , which was made into a movie quite a few years ago, featuring Cameron Diaz; but she was also the writer and creator of the ABC Family TV series State of Georgia , which featured Raven Symone ( The Cosby Show & That's So Raven ). Why am I bringing this up, you may be wondering? Well, after reading The Next...

I have heard so many fabulous things about Jennifer Weiner! Her name seems to be everywhere! She wrote the novel In Her Shoes which inspired the movie with the same name featuring Cameron Diaz (I will admit, I wasn't a big fan of the movie). However, a few weeks ago I was scrolling through the free books on Amazon, and I came across Jennifer Weiner's new short story Swim ! I had a late night yesterday, a childhood friend of mine got married, and we were all celebrating (I had my first Mojito!! And it was pretty good!), so this morning as I was waking up, I really wanted something easy and short to read...and that's when I thought of Swim ! I was contacted by someone from Simon & Schuster's Atria Publications, because of a review of mine, and they offered to send a copy of Jennifer Weiner's newest novel The Next Best Thing .  I was super excited, because I've always wanted to read something by Jennifer! Swim is actually a prequel short story ...