Randomly stumbling upon a giveaway on twitter is honestly one of my favorite things to do. And that is exactly what happened a couple of weeks ago when I saw someone retweeted a tweet from author Edie Harris where she was giving away copies of her new e-book Stripped to a select few who replied […]
Allison: The Wolf Princess | Cathryn Constable | Book Review
October 2, 2013
You ever have that moment when a book reminds you of something else and you have the hardest time getting it out of your head? That is exactly what happened to me while I was reading The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable. Almost from the very beginning, the premise of the book reminded me of […]
Allison: Top Ten Book Turn-Offs
October 1, 2013
Top Ten Book Turn-Offs Weak Characters I can handle a weak character that eventually along the way finds their inner strength or grows and develops in some manner. I can’t handle them when this does not happen and all that you hear about it how they “can’t do anything”. Weak characterization simply just makes my […]
Allison: Eleanor & Park | Rainbow Rowell | Book Review
September 30, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, I was checking out twitter, and I couldn’t help but notice how it was blowing up with another big book controversy and as per usual, I was quickly drawn into the conversation. This time the controversy involved the book Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. I hadn’t read the book […]
Allison: The Longest Ride | Nicholas Sparks | Book Review
September 18, 2013
When I was younger, Nicholas Sparks was my go-to author. Whenever I found out he had a new book coming out, it was on my shelf or in my hands within a couple days of the release. Now that I’m a little bit older and maybe a little bit wiser this is not necessarily still […]
Allison: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR
September 17, 2013
Top Ten Books on my Fall TBR The Lightening Thief by Rick Riodan Why? It’s one of my best friends favorite books and she has been pestering me FOREVER to read it. And now she’s starting to refuse to read the books I tell her to check out until I read this one. Fangirl by […]