Thursday, 6 November 2014

Book Blitz: Diamonds in the Rough





Diamonds in the Rough (The Secret Diamond Sisters #2)
Release Date: 10/28/14
Harlequin Teen
448

Summary from Goodreads:
All-access doesn't mean no problems.

The three Diamond sisters survived the summer in style after coming to live with their long-lost billionaire father. But making a place for themselves at their exclusive new Las Vegas private school is throwing them any number of gold-plated curves. Savannah's YouTube stardom turns into a Sweet Sixteen reality show extravaganza—with complimentary enemies on the side. Dangerous flirtations don't keep Peyton from a gamble that will risk far more than she planned to bet. And when Courtney and the sisters' archenemy, Madison, uncover two explosive secrets, it will rock even this town of glittering illusion—and turn their lives upside down all over again.

Sisterhood, first crushes, and scandalous secrets explode in book two of Michelle Madow's riveting series, The Secret Diamond Sisters.


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Courtney is sixteen years old, and is the middle Diamond sister. She’s the responsible one—she studies hard, does well in school, is a student tutor, and works after school and on weekends to help out her family. Her main goal is to keep up her grades and do well on her SATs so she can get into Stanford, her dream school. She wants to major in English and someday get a career in publishing. She’s competitive with herself and always strives to do her best.
Courtney’s closest friends are her sisters—with all the time she spends on school and work, she doesn’t have time for anyone else. She’s never had a boyfriend and is fine with waiting to date until college. (She doesn’t need any distractions right now!) She’s not into the high school party scene, and whenever she has time in her busy schedule, her favorite thing to do is read novels. She also loves listening to Broadway music (Phantom of the Opera and Wicked are her favorites) and would love to see a live show someday.
She’s a natural early bird, and is always awake before her sisters. She could happily wear jeans, t-shirts, and flip-flops every day, and always goes natural with her makeup. Her favorite drink is chai tea. She’s quiet and reserved while first meeting someone, but she will do anything for the people she loves. She would love to travel the world to see historic sites and well-known museums, but it’s always felt more like a dream than a possible reality.





About the Author
Michelle Madow was inspired to write The Secret Diamond Sisters series while walking through her favorite hotel in Las Vegas. The next book in the series, Diamonds in the Rough, launches in October. Prior to The Secret Diamond Sisters, she successfully self-published The Transcend Time Saga. A tireless promoter of her work, Michelle is active on social media networks and has toured across America to promote her books and encourage high school students to embrace reading and writing. A graduate of Rollins College, Michelle lives in Florida ... but she loves going to Vegas.

To chat with Michelle and other fans about her books, joinMichelle Madow's Street Team on Facebook!


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Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (#70)

 
 "Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases.


 

 Expected publication: June 9th 2015 by Dial/Penguin
 
 
When seventeen-year-old Minnow stumbles out of the woods one winter morning, she is haunted and handless and covered in someone else’s blood. She has just escaped the strict religious commune run by a cruel man named the Prophet. In exchange for freedom, she leaves behind her family, her home, and Jude--an outsider boy who changed everything.

But the real world isn't the sanctuary Minnow imagined. Soon, she gets arrested and placed in juvenile detention. Now, Minnow is being questioned by an FBI psychiatrist about the night she escaped, the same night the Prophet was burned to death in his own home—a murder Minnow may be responsible for.

A modern retelling of the Grimm fairy tale, "The Handless Maiden," in which the Devil orders a girl's hands cut off, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly is the story of a girl growing out of the wreckage of corrupted faith.
  



At first I didn't think this would be for me, since it's also about Religion, but it screams Cult and then I saw Grimm, so I'm in.

What're you waiting on?

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award

 
 
I usually don't do Awards, but this one seemed too much fun to pass up, besides, I was nominated by these two lovelies, Saruuh and Petra.


The rules ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
1) Thank the blogger that nominated you, and link back to their site.
2) Post the award's logo on your blog.
3) Answer the 10 Questions That you have been asked.
4) Nominate 10 other bloggers and ask them 10 questions
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Saruuh's Questions
 
1 - What was the first book you bought for yourself?
 
Holy crap that was a long time ago, I can't remember that, but I think the first book I remember buying was Harry Potter and the Philosophers  Stone, bought it second-hand with pocket money (the same with up to The Goblet of Fire, so my first full set is half second-hand, half brand new.
2 - Which book did you just finish?
 
Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
 

Monday, 3 November 2014

Morganville Rewatch


MORGANVILLE MARATHON REWATCH ON GEEK & SUNDRY

Author Rachel Caine is Joined by Morganville: The Series Cast for Live Twitter Event

 

Mondays can be miserable… it’s a thing; however this Monday – November 3, 2014 –  will be marvelous since the Morganville Marathon rewatch is happening on Geek & Sundry! Join us (@MV_The_Series) and Rachel Caine on twitter tweeting your reactions and questions with the hashtag: #MorganvilleLive.

Morganville: The Series brings to life Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires in a whole new format and sucked in fans rapidly. Over the span of its debut week, the six-episode series has drawn thousands of viewers, with the first episode already surpassing 50K. A feat that gives fans hope for more seasons!

If that weren’t exciting enough, tomorrow’s Morganville Marathon rewatch will include two of the lead actors. Both Jordan Taylor Farris (Shane) and Lindsay Seidel (Claire) will be joining the live tweeting during the day, so you are going to have to follow the hashtag #MorganvilleLive to keep up with all things Morganville: The Series. And you will definitely not want to miss the Amber Benson Skype session giveaway. Oh yeah, one lucky fan tomorrow will win a live Skype session with Buffy alum and now Morganville: The Series founder vamp, Amelie. The giveaway goes live at 11 AM PST tomorrow, November 3rd.

To find out more, check out these sites for the scoop on Rachel Caine, The Morganville Vampires Books and Morganville: The Series.
Episode 1 -- Glass House -- http://youtu.be/fcoe2nCFYuQ
Episode 2 -- Bite Me -- http://youtu.be/sRhZwjrIKYg 
Episode 3 -- Sucks to Be You -- http://youtu.be/WELLA-_y4Cw
Episode 4 -- High on Life -- http://youtu.be/n9npivV3jHA





 

Morganville: The Series – The show stars fan favorites Robert Picardo as Oliver (Star Trek: Voyager) and Amber Benson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) as Amelie, as well as Lindsay Seidel (Claire), Jordan Taylor Farris (Shane), Haileigh Todd (Eve), Ben Easter (Michael), Nikki Donley (Hannah), Afomia Hailemeskel (Monica), Jessi Mechler (Gina), Taylor Murphy (Jennifer), Gregory Connors (Brandon) and Chase Ryan Jeffery (Myrnin). It is directed by Blake Calhoun, known for his award-winning and groundbreaking digital series Pink and Continuum, the show was filmed on location in Texas on a Blackmagic camera.

Rachel Caine –  is a fictional character herself … a pen name of writer Roxanne Conrad. Since 2003, Rachel has written in the adult Urban Fantasy genre (the Weather Warden, Outcast Season, Revivalist and Red Letter Days series) as well as in Young Adult fiction (the Morganville Vampires series and award-winning novel Prince of Shadows). She is the author of more than forty novels and many short stories, and is regularly featured in anthology collections, most recently the Charlaine Harris edited Dead But Not Forgotten.

Summary -- Morganville - a brave teen (Claire Danvers) moves to the very isolated West Texas town to attend the local university, only to (a) run afoul of the local mean (very mean) girls, and (b) move to the safety of off-campus housing with three strangers. 

But the plot thickens when she discovers that her new housemates aren’t crazy: Morganville really is run by vampires. They own it, and every one in it. And now ... they own her. 

Review: Killer Instinct






Killer Instinct
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Publication Date: November 6th 2014        
Publisher: Quercus
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother’s murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance.

But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean’s incarcerated father—a man he’d do anything to forget. Forced deeper into a murderer’s psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer’s brutal mind games before this copycat twists them into his web for good?

With her trademark wit, brilliant plotting, and twists that no one will see coming, Jennifer Lynn Barnes will keep readers on the edge of their seats (and looking over their shoulders) as they race through the pages of this thrilling novel


 
The first paragraph has a major spoiler from The Naturals, so if you haven't read The Naturals yet, skip the first paragraph, you've been warned.

After the aftermath and betrayal of finding out that the serial killer the FBI and The Naturals were after was one of their own, and a pretty important one involved in The Naturals training, The Naturals programme is coming under fire. Everyone's still shaken, Deans closed off as usual, Michaels using his humour mechanism, you never know what Lia's feeling, Cassie's second guessing herself and her ability and feeling guilty for how and what she's feeling and Sloane...is Sloane.

Sunday, 2 November 2014

Stacking the Shelves (#69) & Recap

STSmallStacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

So, how was everybody's week? Mines been...interesting. I was really ill Sunday night, started being sick around 8.30PM, come 10PM I was being sick every couple of seconds, and it literally didn't stop until 12PM Monday afternoon, so I got no sleep at all, wasn't keeping water down, my face looked like I had an allergic reaction to something, so had to go up the doctors as soon as they were open and I was dehydrated, if I would've left it any longer it would've been a hospital trip for a drip. Luckily, the anti-sickness tablets and rehydration salts worked quickly.  Even if they were disgusting. It's almost been a week and I still feel like crap, haven't really eaten anything and don't really want to go through that again anytime soon.

Everybody have a good Halloween? :)