The New Look!

Alright my friend’s check out the new look! Isn’t it GREAT?! Sara over at Subjective Beauty did the design for me, and I am over the moon happy with it. I admit I was a little nervous to get a design done. Only because I have had bad experiences in the past with designers. Well Sara erased it all, she was so easy to work with and the place looks GREAT. I hope you all enjoy the new layout as much as I do! If your looking at getting something custom on your blog give Sara a visit and look at her portfolio I will sing her praises til I run out of voice!

Teaser Tuesday: Tease 5

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read.Let the book fall open to a random page.Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!Please avoid spoilers!
“Than the man approached the fourth teenager saying, “You don’t look to bad here is another.”He pulled the trigger and shot the teen in the spinal cord, instantly paralzying him.
~ page 95 True Stories of Law and Order

Musing Mondays: #5

How many bookstores do you frequent? Do you have a favourite? If so, which one and what makes it so?

I have several I go to. Borders, Barnes and Noble. But my fav locally is Half Price books because, well the books are so affordable! They dont always have new releases but with the stack of books I have to read I can wait a little bit. Online my fav shopping placeis bookcloseouts.com the books are scary affordable and they often have free shipping coupons.

Quotable Sunday #4

Welcome to Quotable Sunday! I can’t wait to get around and read your quotes today. The rules of course are never changing but in case this is your first time joining in, I would like to welcome you and let you know the basics:~Post one or more of your favorite quotes on your blog in a post.~Come back here and link your post in the mister linky below(on http://www.juststopscreaming.com/ ).~Check back throughout the day and go read some awesome comments and leave some luv!

It has been a very busy Sunday..so I have just one quote. I am in a Twilight Mood.

Better Hang on Spider Monkey.~Edward

Dirty little angel’s by Chris Tusa


Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of 16-year-old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses’ lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses’ twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

My first thought about this book is that I am stunned into silence. My second thought is to tell my friends to head out and pick this one up. Chris Tusa drags you down into the world of muck and mire with the story of Dirty little Angels.

You are utterly drawn into the characters and you feel like your right along side them with everything that goes on. You can feel every emotion that comes through Hailey and you wish you could reach into the pages and help her. At least I know I did.

The way the prose is strung together, while not the usual writing I prefer is perfect for the story. You truly do feel like your reading this through a 16 year old girl’s point of view. The book is deep, gritty and violent. If you are easily turned away by violence this book wouldn’t be for you. But if you can handle it in doses that propel the story into a deeper understanding. You should not miss Dirty Little Angels. You will feel raw and maybe a little bit exposed when you finish this book. But it is a feeling well earned and may open your eyes to a few things.

Book Review: Perfect Day by Imogen Parker

On a perfect spring morning, Alexander catches a train into London, but never reaches work. Instead, he spends the day with Kate, a waitress he met the night before. Such a perfect day, Nell goes to the seaside, hoping that the sea air will blow away the doubts she has about her life. As Nell ponders why falling in love is so different from loving someone, Alexander allows himself to imagine leaving his old life behind and starting afresh. And by a strange turn of fate, there’s an opportunity to do just that.


Honestly I almost didn’t finish this one. I really was looking forward to reading this one, and the book let me down. The writer’s style is chopping and confusing. Right off you’re a bit lost as to what’s going on, and the book just does not grab you. To me the characters are just unlikable. And over all it’s just a dragging book. I will have to be forgiven for a short review but honestly there is not much to say. The book had a weak style and unlikable characters, it was not enjoyable.

Book Review: About Face by Robert Levin & Steve Weiss


ABOUT FACE is an introspective tale of love, hate, and the uncommon, spirited relationship that envelops the turbulent lives of Travis and Damion Face. Victims of their widowed father’s abuse, teenagers Travis and Damion meet, and vow to help, Lincoln Calloway, a young African American who suffers similar mistreatment. Unfortunately for the Face brothers, this is not an easy path, and the results are not what they had planned.

This book is well written and full of emotion. But over all it did not end up appealing much to me. It could have been my reading mood or perhaps I just didn’t click with the material. I do not hold the author at fault at all for my not liking the book. It is fast paced and very human. It has some very witty points as well. If you usually like this genre of book I would give it a read.

Book Review: The Huntress by Susan Carroll

In a time of intrigue and betrayal, the huntress is on a quest that could jeopardize two empires and two great queens: Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth I.

year is 1585–and prophecy has foretold the coming of a daughter of the Earth whose powers are so extraordinary they could usurp the very rule of the Dark Queen herself, Catherine de Medici. Dispatched from Brittany to London, Catriona O’Hanlon, known as the Huntress, must find this mysterious young girl and shield her from those who will exploit her mystic abilities, which have the potential to change the course of history.

Catriona’s skill with weaponry is all she has to protect herself and her young charge from spies who snake through the courts of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen–including the girl’s own father, whose loyalties are stretched to the breaking point. But Catriona will soon face menacing forces and sinister plots unlike any she has ever encountered.







The Huntress is another stunning chapter in Susan Carroll Dark Queen series. In this book we once again find ourselves brought into the world of those in Faire Isle, Ariane and her husband Justice are present but the main story focuses on the fiery Irish woman Catriona or simply Cat.

With the ageing Dark Queen having found out that little Megera or The Silver Rose was not killed, there is a grave danger to the girl. And so Ariane sends her Gallowglass Cat to find the girl and her father the roguishly handsome Martin Le Loup and bring them back to Faire Isle. And once again Susan Carroll wraps you up in the world of magic and intrigue. There are so many delightful twists and turns you hardly know where to look.

Cat finds Martin and Meg in England, Martin having established himself well and with ambitions for more. While Meg has to be a lovely young Lady and she is in love with the Tudor Queen of England, Elizabeth. I have thoroughly enjoyed every single book in this series. Generally when I read series the fourth book starts to drag. But not this one. The Huntress does not disappoint with intrigue, love and danger. Cat proves to be the fiercest of the heroines yet. She can easily stand up to any man; handle a sword, and most of all a bow. She protects Meg, and earns a friendship with her and her father. And so much more. If you love historical fictions you must read The Huntress, I promise you it will not disappoint. Susan Carroll’s writing style is exciting and I know I am eagerly awaiting her next release in this series.

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Booking Through Thursday: Worst Book

“What’s the worst ‘best’ book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?”


So far for me this year it’s been Six Reasons to Stay a Virgin. All of my friends really enjoyed the book and I thought it was just horrible. I didnt care for it at all. I try not to give books negative reviews, as I know it is just my humble opinion. But it is what it is.

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