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 Hey Everyone! Time for another review!  This one I listened to the other day, because I needed a break from my current main audiobook.  I'm currently listening to Spare  by Prince Harry, the memoir he released a couple of weeks ago, and while I am finding it good, I was in the mood for a rom-com, during my afternoon off the other day.  So Ali Hazelwood's novella Under The Roof , seemed like the perfect little read to fill my time! From Goodreads: A scientist should never cohabitate with her annoyingly hot nemesis -- it leads to combustion. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always.  Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn... As an environmental engineer, Mara knows all about the delicate nature of ecosystems. They require balance. And leaving the thermostat alone....

***WARNING*** ***This book contains content not suitable for anyone under the age of 18!!! You've been warned!!*** Hey Everyone! I've finally caught up on the Inside Out Series by Lisa Renee Jones! Now I can officially read the newest one, No Inbetween ! Anyway, I finished His Secrets , which is recommended to be read before reading No Inbetween , because it somehow connects to the story. From Goodreads : An Inside Out story, Chris's POV In a world where my only escape has been my art, Sara has been the light in my darkness. And there is darkness, the kind of inky black that can bleed from my life to hers. She doesn't see it. She doesn't understand what I've shown her. And my biggest fear is that soon...she will. My Thoughts: It was a little odd, reading in the point of view of Chris, because I'm so used to reading from Sara's view.  I got a little confused sometimes, because something kind of masculine would be mentioned and I'd...

***WARNING!!! THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD!!!!*** On July 7th, Lisa Renee Jones's latest continuation in the Inside Out Series is coming out!  This time a novella is out in Mark's (the Master's) POV!  It was definitely interesting getting into the head of the character we've learned so much about through Rebecca's journals!! From Goodreads : An Inside Out Novella in Mark's POV While Chris and Sara have traveled to Paris to avoid the chaos of press and police after the tragic night we’d shared, I have stayed to face the reality of what has happened. But there is no peace to be found in facing the truth, and no truth to be found in the confessions that have been made and retracted. I am a Master, all about control, and yet right now, facing great tragedy, I feel as if I have none. With my club and my relationships of the past in the spotlight, I find sanctuary in the one place I’ve promise...

Hey Everyone! Just another Manic Monday has begun, right? Well, anyway, I finished the second novella in The Bane Chronicles, The Runaway Queen  by Cassandra Clare, and co-authored by Maureen Johnson. I am a huge Cassandra Clare fan, and have enjoyed a couple of Maureen Johnson's books, but I was excited when I learned they co-authored a novella for this series, and had to of course get it for my Kindle right away. From Goodreads : Magnus Bane has a royal role in the French Revolution—if the angry mobs don’t spoil his spells. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles. While in France, immortal warlock Magnus Bane finds himself attempting to rescue the royal family from the horrors of the French Revolution—after being roped into this mess by a most attractive count. Naturally, the daring escape calls for invisible air balloons… This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the ...

Hey Everyone! As some of you may know, I'm a huge fan of Cassandra Clare's books!  So last year when I got to meet Cassie, along with Maureen Johnson and Sarah Rees Brennan, I was stoked on life to find out she had co-authored with both Maureen and Sarah and written a novella series, in the world of both The Mortal Instrument  and Infernal Devices  series! Well, a year later, I've FINALLY come around to reading the first book in The Bane Chronicles , entitled, What Really Happened in Peru ! What Really Happened in Peru  was written by both Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan! From Goodreads : Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices know that Magnus Bane is banned from Peru—and now they can find out why. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles. There are good reasons Peru is off-limits to Magnus Bane. Follow Magnus’s Peruvian escapades as he drags his fellow warlocks Ragnor Fell and Catarina Loss into trouble, learns several instr...

Hey Everyone!! Week 6 of Meg-A Readers is over, and I'm here to share with you all the awesomeness of this week! :) We've got some awesome questions already to ask Meg for the Meg-A Readers last recap interview!   Keep asking those questions!! And then we also had the Meg Cabot Read-a-Thon to mark off the halfway point of Meg-A Readers!!  Only 6 more weeks and Meg-A Readers is already over! ;( So anyway, here's what I accomplished in this week's Read-a-Thon: I read: Short Stories by Meg Cabot, which okay, isn't really a title, but it's the series of short stories that Meg released for free last year!  If you want to read them, here is the link:  http://www.megcabot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/MegCabot-free-stories-dec2012.pdf So for this week's Meg-A Readers post, I'll be doing a review on those short stories! :) The first one: Reunion , which is written in the same format as Meg's Boy Series, aka emails, is super cu...

Hey Everyone!! So I vaguely remember hearing that Kody Keplinger was releasing two new short stories this year, but what I didn't realize was how soon!! As in June 1st soon!! So on Tuesday, as I was purchasing my copies of The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen and my copy of Entwined with you  by Sylvia Day, I got an email saying Secrets and Lies  is out now!!  And guess what it was only $2.99!!! So yeah, I got it right away!! And read it!! :) From  Amazon : Kody Keplinger both returns to the halls of Hamilton High and explores new territory in her collection of two e-book exclusive novellas. In these short stories, the author revisits a familiar cast of characters from THE DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) and A Midsummer's Nightmare. Explore the uniquely teen world of high school drama, secrets, and romantic entanglements from completely fresh perspectives that will intrigue fans of Kody Keplinger and new readers alike. My Though...

***WARNING!!! THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT! NOT INTENDED FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18!!!*** From Goodreads : An Inside Out novella... A hot new erotic story by New York Times and USA Today Best Selling author Lisa Renee Jones Connection to The Inside Out Trilogy that has recently been optioned to STARZ for TV with Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland w/Johnny Depp) producing and includes exciting clues for the series readers but stands alone as it’s own exciting erotic story. The Inside Out Trilogy includes IF I WERE YOU, BEING ME, and REVEALING US In  part three of Rebecca’s Lost Journals, His Submissive  , Rebecca must decide just how far she will go for the darkly intense man who she is falling in love with. And does she dare believe that he too, will ever love her? My Thoughts: Yay, finally got to read the third one!! And I've got #4 and the SECOND in the Inside Out  series waiting on my Kindle as well!! :) I know this is going to sound weird,...

From Goodreads : From the critically acclaimed author of Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) and the Magic in Manhattan series comes a fun short story about taking the plunge on the high seas, where not everything is what it seems. Kristin is ready to take the next step. . . . The only problem is she hasn't found the right guy to take it with her. That's why she agreed to go on the ominously named Cruise to Nowhere with her best friend, Liz. There are plenty of cute guys on the ship to choose from if only Kristin can work up the nerve—and stop worrying about the reports in the tabloids that passengers on cruises have been mysteriously disappearing and that someone suspects it has to do with . . . vampires. My Thoughts:   I read Sarah M lynowski's Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) in December of 2 011, and thoroughly enjoyed it! So when I saw Sarah came out wi th a short story via HarperTeen, and it was only 99 cents on ...

***WARNING***This Book contains graphic scenes not intended for anyone under the age of 18*** ***ALSO WARNING!***This Review contains S POILERS from Previous books in Series !!!***   From Goodreads :   Description is in my own words, since Goodreads doesn't have one... The second book in Lisa Renee Jones's Novella series, Rebecca's Lost Journals , takes off where the first volume, Seduction , left off...with the contract that is given to Rebecca by "the Master"... In this one, Rebecca has to make the tough decision, on whether she wants to risk her feelings in take part in this relationship that the mystery man, known as "The Master" has set up for her.  Will she say yes?  Is it something she can do to herself? Find out in Volume 2, of Rebecca's Lost Journals ! My Thoughts: Definitely a great continuation!  These just keep ending on such a suspenseful note, that I just want the next one RIGHT AWAY!!! When I finished ...

***WARNING*** ADULT Novel, containing mature content, not intended for anyone under the age of 18!!*** I read Lisa Renee Jones's If I Were You last July, and got absolutely hooked!  So when Lisa emailed me a few weeks ago, asking me to read her new novella series (volume 1), I accepted ecstatically! From Goodreads :   An Inside Out novella... The secret life of Rebecca and the men who have seduced her. These are the journals Sara never sees, but you the reader, will! More details! The journals read like stories and begin the first time Rebecca visits the gallery in the INSIDE OUT TRILOGY. You will meet Mark, Chris, Ava, Amanda, Ricco, and all the series characters as she does AND there are tons of clues to what happens in BEING ME in the first 4 serials. They are woven within the story ready for your discovery, as is Rebecca's dark, erotic journey. My thoughts: This is a great read, when you are just looking for something short!  It's quite the...

Let me just begin by saying that I have looking forward to Scarlet by Marissa Meyer since reading Cinder last February! So when I received my paperback version of Cinder last week, and found Marissa's short story Glitches, I was thrilled to say the least! :) About Glitches : Picture from Goodreads   Glitches is pretty much Cinder 0.5.  By that the half, I mean it is the story BEFORE Cinder's story in Cinder begins! It's the story of when Cinder first joins her adopted family.  Of her coming home to meet her not-so-friendly step-mother, Adri, her also not-so-nice stepsister, Pearl, and her actual loving other step sister, Peony; while also still having her loving step-father around. That is before her world is even further ripped apart, when her stepfather is taken from her and his family from the terrible disease, called letumosis, aka the plague of the future. My thoughts: If you've read and loved Cinder, and, like me, have been wai...

I received Foretold from Meg Cabot this summer in a surprise package thanking me for Meg-A Readers.  Believe me I was jumping up and down with excitement! I don't receive many ARCs that are hard copies, so it extra exciting having it be one that not only contained a short story from Meg (my all time favorite author) but also Simone Elkeles!!! (one of my other all time favorites!) Gorgeous cover right?! But you want to know what the most surprising part was? Their stories weren't even my favorite in this anthology! 14 Different Stories!  From Best Selling authors including Meg Cabot ( Princess Diaries ), Simone Elkeles ( Perfect Chemistry Trilogy ), Richelle Mead ( The Vampire Academy ), Laini Taylor ( Daughter of Smoke and Bone ), Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures ), and many more; this is ultimate book to get stories out of so many of your favorite authors! And all with a theme! Foretold contains 14 different stories each with the theme of proph...

So a few weeks ago I saw this book called When We Touch by Brenda Novak...and it was FREE!!! How awesome is that?! I just love cute free Kindle books!! :) Anyway, so the story behind When We Touch is that Olivia is planning her sister's wedding, who just happened to be pregnant, and not only that...but also the Groom?  Yeah, it's Olivia's ex-boyfriend of three years, with whom she'd only taken a "break" with FOUR MONTHS earlier!! Yeah, things are definitely moving fast! While in Whiskey Creek, her home town, Olivia runs into Kyle's (her ex) stepbrother, Brandon. Dealing with Noelle, Olivia's sister, who happens to be one of the most egotistical people a reader will ever meet, Olivia has Brandon by her side, giving her advice and keeping her company during a time when everyone seems to be on the wrong side.  But at the same time, Brandon has always been more into the casual affair, that comes and goes without problem... Will Kyle marry Noelle...

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 ...

  After having read both Something Borrowed & Something Blue by Emily Giffin, and absolutely falling in LOVE with them both, I couldn't help but jump up and down with excitement when I read somewhere that Emily Giffin had written a PREQUEL to this lovely series!  And not only was there another book in the series, but it was also FREE!!!  Yup that's right, yet another fabulous book (okay, so in this case SHORT story) offered for FREE on AMAZON!! Got to LOVE Amazon!! Right?? Well anyway, The Diary of Darcy J. Rhone is a short Prequel (only about 75 pages) (and only available through Ebook, as of right now, I believe) of the story of none other than Darcy, who was featured in both Something Borrowed & Something Blue , but was the Main Character in Something Blue .   In Diary of Darcy J. Rhone is the story of Darcy at the age of fifteen-eighteen.  It's an inside look of how truly witchy Darcy was back in her good-old high school days....