Month: August 2015

More Than Words by T. T. Kove

Posted August 19, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 9 Comments

More Than Words by T. T. Kove Review by Lauren Source: copy from Netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Alex has had about all he can take. He doesn’t want to keep enduring one misery after another. All he has to do is clean out his locker, take his stuff home, and then […]

Book Spotlight: Riding by Cassia Cassitas

Posted August 18, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 8 Comments

Riding by Cassia Cassitas Amidst real events and landscapes, men and women like us wander the cities we inhabit, rehearsing happier lives in the pages of this motivational narrative. From each one, destiny took a part to make them perfect. When he is born, Andre propels his mother’s life in a new direction. His father, […]

Crossing Borders by Z.A. Maxfield

Posted August 17, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 13 Comments

Crossing Borders by Z. A. Maxfield Review by Lauren Source: copy from Netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary:  Tristan knows he’s got issues. His latest ex-girlfriend knows it too. He can’t blame her for dumping him—even though she gets her brother to do it for her. Since he can’t stop staring at said […]

Getting to Know (3) + Questions Answered

Posted August 16, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 24 Comments

Don’t you just love my official button for the Getting to Know feature? I have Kelly over at the amazing blog Diva Booknerd to thank! She’s fantastic. Thank you so much, Kelly! Getting to Know (3):  In a week and a half I’ll be starting my final semester in Graduate school. Some of you know […]

Waiting on Wednesday and More!

Posted August 12, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 7 Comments

Hello everyone! I’ve been reading a lot lately, but I’ve also been sick and not really in the mood to write up reviews. Therefore, I have a lot I need to get scheduled. There will be a new one tomorrow, so look out for that! For now though, I wanted to share some of my […]

Joyland by Stephen King

Posted August 10, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 17 Comments

Joyland by Stephen King Review by Lauren Source: copy from library; all opinions are my own Official Summary: After realizing his romantic life is not going in the direction he’d hoped, Devin Jones decides to take a summer job at an amusement park. There he makes friends with Tom Kennedy and Erin Cook, also summer […]

Getting to Know #2

Posted August 9, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 7 Comments

Welcome back to Getting to Know. Thanks for all the lovely comments last week! Getting to Know (GTK #2): I have spent the entire night in a library. I used to volunteer with the teen librarian at one of my local libraries and at least once a year they have a Teen Overnight, where teens […]

Author Interview: Adi Alsaid

Posted August 6, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 12 Comments

Photo Credit: Peter Ross 1. What made you interested in writing YA? Would you ever write an adult novel? I have written adult novels before, and I expect I will again. But a few years ago, when I was still unpublished, I was starting to read more and more YA. I absolutely loved some of […]