Friday, April 9, 2010

Baby, I don't understand. Just why we can't be lovers. Things are getting out of hand. Tryin' to much, but baby we can win.

Pages: 210 | Release Date: March/April 2010

"The Unwritten Rule" by Elizabeth Scott -- Everyone knows the unwritten rule: You don’t like your best friend’s boyfriend. So, this is what happens when you do...

Sarah has liked Ryan since 8th grade, but even though she told her best friend Brianna during that time, her friend never really believed her. Now at seventeen she still likes him, but she’s to shy to do anything about it. So, when Brianna and her attend an end-of-the-summer party she’s blown away by how much cuter Ryan has become over the summer. The only problem is Sarah isn’t the only one who notices, and by the end of the party, Brianna is all over Ryan. Then starts a series of miscommunications that end up with Brianna and Ryan together and Sarah left as the third wheel.

Almost two months she has put up with them kissing in front of her and doing all of the boyfriend/girlfriend things around her, yet Sarah has taken it in stride. But one night when Ryan drops her off at her house from a party alone, Sarah realizes that they have more in common then she expected, and that moment becomes wonderful and awful all at the same time. How can she do something like that to her best friend? Then life comes into play and Sarah finds that no matter how hard she tries to do the right thing someone is going to get hurt. The question is she will to sacrifice her dearest friend for the possibility of love? Or will she give up her happiness for her best friend?

4 out of 5 stars! This novel keeps your attention the whole way through. Definitely shows a side of girl friendships that you rarely see. Since we always read or watch in movies these girls who have it all with their little sidekick best friend, but you don't always hear about the best friend's version of what goes on between them or why she really puts up with what she does, and I think this book beautifully displays it.

However, I will admit that from the middle of the book on I was deeply pissed off at Brianna, and would have loved to bitch slap her myself. *hahaa* Especially since I have a hunch that Brianna new all along about Sarah's interests in Ryan, which is why she did what she did. But I could be wrong.

Sidenote :: I LOVED THE ENDING!!! It was sooo good!!

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** Title is from the song Tearin' Up My Heart by *N Sync **



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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Boy I wanna be where you are. And I'm gunning for ya, can't even fall for some other man.

Pages: 391 | Release Date: April 2010

"The Reckoning" [Darkest Powers Series, Book 3] by Kelley Armstrong starts with Chloe and her friends staying at a hide-away location with one of their parent’s friends, just after escaping with the Edison Group for the second time. Within this novel Chloe has to deal with poltergeists, full demons, lesser demons, and just plan old ghosts either trying to kill her, possess her body,or eat her. Thankfully, Chloe is surrounded by friends [Derek – the werewolf, Simon – the sorcerer, & Tori – the sorcerer/witch aka spell caster], who try to stick together as much as possible particularly since everyone else around them are telling them lies, so they can never be sure who’s telling them the truth anymore. So, if they try to make it on their own again, where will they go? Whom can they trust? And ... will their lives ever get back to normal?

4.5 out of 5 stars! If it’s true that this is the last novel of the Darkest Powers series or at least of Chloe’s story, then I am very happy with the way it turned out as it surpassed all of my expectations! It kept me riveted with all the action scenes and the love triangle. =0) I was rooting for Chloe & Derek!!! ♥

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** Title is from the song Hip To My Heart by The Band Perry **



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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

"Waiting On" Wednesday: Something Like Fate


  • Today's "Waiting On" Wednesday by Jill - click here



  • "Something Like Fate" by Susane Colasanti
    Publication Released Date: May 4, 2010

    Book Description:
      What if your soul mate is....
    your best friend's boyfriend?
      Lani and Erin are bonded for life. One thing that connects them is their fascination of fate. Lani wonders how much of our lives has already been decided and how much we can actually influence. Since the Unknown can unexpectedly change our lives forever, how much can we really control?

      From the minute Lani meets Jason, she can't deny the intense connection they share. It feels like she's known him forever. She's not sure if he feels it, too. But it doesn't matter. Because Jason is Erin's boyfriend. Lani is determined to ignore her feelings for Jason, no matter how powerful they are, rather than risk hurting her best friend.

      What if the person who is your destiny is the one person you can't have?

    It sounds like such of an intriguing book .... and yes I'm not one that usually likes boyfriend-stealing [depending on who is stealing from whom - just kidding!] but I love the whole play on fate. You never know what could happen. =0)



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    WWW Wednesdays [April 7, 2010]


  • Today's WWW Wednesdays by MizB - click here




  • My Answers:
    • What are you currently reading?
      "The Reckoning" [Darkest Powers Series, Book 3] by Kelley Armstrong
      -- I've only read the first few chapters and I am so excited ... I can't wait to get back to reading it. However ... I will say one of the new characters named Margaret is a royal bitch and I wish I could slap her.

    • What did you recently finish reading?
      "The Avenger" [Time Raiders Series, Book 3] by P. C. Cast
      -- 3 out of 5 stars. I finished that book yesterday ... it was good. I did like it but it was not my fave book by P. C. Cast, I was kind of disappointed in how it didn't really break at all from what she normally writes. Which can be a good and bad thing. =0/

    • What do you think you’ll read next?
      "The Unwritten Rule" by Elizabeth Scott!!!!!!!




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    Tuesday, April 6, 2010

    The Unwritten Rule is FINALLY here!!!

    Okay .... some of you probably have already gotten your copy of "The Unwritten Rule", but if you read this posting then you know that I had some trouble getting it on March 16th. But today is April 6th and I finally got it!!

    Ms. Scott was/is doing a contest [through her blog] for those who purchased the book up until today ... with sending in proof of your purchase but I thought I would take more then just the required pics .... so here is me going to Page After Page Bookstore to pick up my copy:


    I can't wait to start reading it!! For more information on this book and/or any of Elizabeth Scott's other books, then please check out her Amazon Page.

    Page After Page Bookstore is located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina - contact them at 252-335-7243!



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    Teaser Tuesdays: The Avenger


  • Today's Teaser Tuesdays by MizB - click here




  • "The Avenger" [Time Raiders Series, Book 3] by P. C. Cast

    My Teasers:
    "Tell my strong, brave son, these exact words-that his mother would ask him to, once more, wait-think-and consider, or he may once more find himself naked and shoeless and dodging from briar patch to briar patch all the way home." ~ within Chapter 7

    "Blonwen, Alexandria, Alex-her name made no difference, nor did he care that she wouldn't tell him everything about herself." ~ within Chapter 16







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    The Pines at Elizabeth City - Promo Video


    If you can't see/watch the above video then click here to watch it on vimeo or click here to watch it on youtube.


    This a promotional video for The Pines at Elizabeth City -- now called YMCA at the Pines -- which is a golf course located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

    YMCA at the Pines
    1525 North Road Street
    Elizabeth City, NC 27909

    Office & Membership: 252-335-7245
    Pro Shop & Instruction: 252-335-0278

    https://www.ymcashr.org/facility/ymca-pines

    Old Business Name: The Pines at Elizabeth City



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    Thursday, April 1, 2010

    This paranoia is distressing. But I spend most of my night guessing. Are we not, are we together? Will this make our lives much better?

    Pages: 443 | Release Date: September 2007

    "Divine By Blood" [Divine Series, Book 3] / [Partholon Series, Book 3] by P. C. Cast -- Morrigan’s life has been riddled with things around her that if she told her friends that might just think she was crazy; like the fact that she hears whimpers in the wind or how she is able to create a small spark in her hands. Since both her parents are dead, her grandparents, who have always believed in her and her uniqueness, raised her.

    The day her friends and her decide to hangout together at the Oklahoma Alabaster Caves before they head off to college, Morrigan’s life abruptly changes. She realizes that she is more comfortable inside the caves then outside, when touching the rock wall or any of the stones she knows that they talk to her, and if she leaves her hands on them for a while she can even make the stones/wall glow! Once she goes home to her grandparents to explain what happened within the caves, they choose to finally tell her everything about her parents and who she really is (her mother is really a priestess from another world, who also made a lot of bad mistakes). Which leads to an argument between them and when Morrigan leaves the house, she finds herself drawn back to the caves. Once there again, she taps more into her new-found power, a cave-in happens, and suddenly she discovers she’s being sucked into the stone and ultimately the other world / her mother’s world.

    Once there Morrigan tries to learn of the place around her and fit in, but that can be hard to do when she really has never seemed to fit in anywhere. Then there is the slight problem of her looking exactly like on of the High Priestess’s daughter who recently died. Or the fact that the whispers are growing stronger and if she listens to them it could be the destruction of those she loves around her, along with everything else.

    3.5 out of 5 stars. It could be because this is the first book out of this series that I’ve read, even though Ms. Cast has stated that she’s made each novel from this series able to stand alone if need-be, but if I hadn’t liked the House of Night series so much I would have probably stopped this book without finishing it. I say that since the book is divided into parts and the prologue and the first part/section I had to force myself through it was so slow. But thankfully, the middle section I loved!! The ending made me cry but I like how it all got wrapped up, yet it was so good I now want more about the main characters (i.e. Morrigan & Kegan) – but since it was the last in this series it seems unlikely that I’ll get that wish.

    For more information on this book, series, and/or any of P. C.'s other books, then please check out her website.

    ** Title is from the song Pumpkin Soup by Kate Nash **



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