Of Winning on Goodreads

Man Hayley & I have won twice on GoodReads this past week. We LOVE that because sometimes.....well most of the time we lose, so it's always refreshing when we win! Soooo that means, when we get the books (one for win for me and one win for Hayley) that there will be new book reviews coming your way!!

So this is what you all have to look forward too:

Myth and mayhem inhabit a richly reimagined New Orleans in this sequel to Darkness Becomes Her.After the epic graveyard battle at the end of Darkness Becomes Her, Ari and her friends know what they’re up against: Ari is facing the Medusa curse and is haunted by the image of what she will become. To make matters worse, the heinous goddess Athena has kidnapped young Violet and is threatening to destroy Ari. 

Ari, along with the superhot Sebastian, is doing everything she can to learn more about Athena and to get Violet back. But the battle of good and evil is bigger than she realizes, and she’s about to be pulled into a world more horrific than she could ever imagine.... 

If you love something, let it go? 

Rykken Camacho wants to find the seven archangel stones and save his girlfriend--well, ex-girlfriend, officially. But can he really dig up a secret that’s been buried for a hundred years? 

His best friend Pilot is mad at him, President Vega is suspicious of him, and Thessa’s visions are slowly killing him... 

Worst of all, Brie is getting darker and darker... and if he can’t solve the mystery, he’ll lose the girl he loves forever. 

What they want and what they need are at odds in Tin Soldier, the thrilling sequel to Silver Smoke.

Of In My Mailbox (9)

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IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE PARTNERED WITH A VAMPIRE, YOU HAVE TO WORK THE NIGHT SHIFT. 

By her wits, blood, and sacrifice, so far Drew has survived the intensive training on the Isle of Night. As a second-year Acari, her ultimate goal is to become a Watcher, and now she has a shot at her first mission. Except nothing is as it seems. The vampire Alcántara is as sinister as he is sexy, Ronan is more distant than ever, and it turns out there are other vampires out there. Bad ones. 

Ancient, bloodthirsty, and powerful, these undead are really old school. They’ve captured one of the Watcher vamps and are torturing him for information. The only chance to save him is to infiltrate a major summit the baddies are holding on their own island. There will be mortals there, serving as butlers, maids, and various hired help. Drew had better brush up on her skills as a serving girl, because she’s about to go undercover… 

But, when their vampire prisoner turns out to be a gorgeous bad boy, Drew’s first mission quickly turns into more than she bargained for…

Gilbert

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Gomez

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If you love something, let it go? 

Rykken Camacho wants to find the seven archangel stones and save his girlfriend--well, ex-girlfriend, officially. But can he really dig up a secret that’s been buried for a hundred years? 

His best friend Pilot is mad at him, President Vega is suspicious of him, and Thessa’s visions are slowly killing him... 

Worst of all, Brie is getting darker and darker... and if he can’t solve the mystery, he’ll lose the girl he loves forever. 

What they want and what they need are at odds in Tin Soldier, the thrilling sequel to Silver Smoke.

- Gilbert & Gomez

Of The Cinnamon Challenge

So, I don't know if you guys know what THE CINNAMON CHALLENGE is, but I attempted it, twice, and succeeded, once. LOL. 

The Cinnamon Challenge is when a brave, or crazy, person tries to swallow a table spoon full of cinnamon. It's not as easy as you think, because you lose if you either spit it out or throw up. YES, that actually happens. Cinnamon is a spice and it's extremely dry so this isn't that pleasant. 

Anyway, my friend Brittany and I attempted to do this. The first time we both spit it out and were choking. The second time she got it down but then she threw up. I got it down but thought it was choking so I swallowed some milk after I swallowed the cinnamon. 

Overall, it wasn't the best idea we've ever had, but it was highly entertaining. :)

I challenge everyone to at least try the Cinnamon Challenge, just to see if you can do it. LOL. 

- Gilbert 

Of Gilbert's Birthday

Yesterday was Gilbert's birthday...YAY! She turned 19, even though 19 isn't such an eventful time in your life. Actually it's kind of like 18 plus 1 LOL. But anyway, let's all wish he a HAPPY , HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! 

Eh, 19 isn't that different. I feel the same, smell the same. Only difference is that I'm older by a year. I'm just hoping that I live a long, long life. But only the higher power will know. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ENJOLI!!!!!! 

Of Determination, Time Travel, & the Hero Complex

Tempest by Julie Cross

The year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.

That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.

Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.

But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler.  Recruit… or kill him.

Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.

Finally there's a book with a guys perspective! It seems like if it's a series the book is always from the girl's view and almost never from the guy's. That's what initially drew me to this book; the fact that it was from a guy's perspective, though that didn't keep me interested in the book. I don't know what it was about the book, but I just couldn't keep reading it. It was like instead of a magical force pulling me in the force was pushing me away. I have this theory, that the reason so many authors do girl perspectives is because it's easier to relate to. Once the plot or storyline is set from the girl's perspective it's easier to build a view on what the guy is thinking. An example would be Julie Kagawa and the Iron Fey Series.