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[Tour Review] Suzanne van Rooyen : Scardust

February 18, 2016 16:06 / Leave a Comment /

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English \ eBook, 266 pages
Debut: February 8, 2016
@: Goodreads

Read: February 1-4, 2016

Dead Rock, Texas, 2037
Raleigh Williams made a promise to his brother before he died, that he'd scatter his ashes on Mars. Desperate to leave a life of bad memories behind and start over in the Martian colony, Raleigh fully intends to keep that promise. But his plans are thwarted when a meteor near-misses him in the desert, and Raleigh finds in its crater not debris or even a spacecraft, but a man covered in swirling scars and with no memory of who he is. At least he looks like a man—a man Raleigh can't seem to keep his eyes off of—but whenever they touch it ignites a memory swap between them.
Raleigh agrees to help Meteor Man piece together his life through their cosmic connection. But the memory share goes both ways, and Raleigh becomes inexplicably entangled with a guy who is everything he needs—everything good that Raleigh is not—but might not even be human. As their minds and worlds collide, reality unravels and Raleigh must face a painful truth, one that could shatter his dreams of finding love, reaching Mars, and fulfilling his brother's last wish.

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[Tour Review & Giveaway] Jennie Bates Bozic: Damselfly

January 10, 2014 07:36 / 1 Comment /
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About the Author

jennie bates

I'm a visual effects artist for film and television by day, and at night I don my author cape and pen stories for the YA crowd. I love a good fairy tale, especially if there's a creepy twist, so that's what I write.

I met my husband in the World of Warcraft and we live in Los Angeles with our cat. We spend our time playing video games, reading, hiking, sweeping up cat hair, and cursing the terrible traffic.

I have a bachelor's degree in Religion and Philosophy from Hillsdale College, and some of my past jobs have included: swimming lessons teacher, lifeguard, furniture salesperson, barista, and loan officer. I was especially terrible at the loan officer bit and that's what prompted me to make a major change and go off to Canada to get a diploma in 3D Animation and Visual Effects. After that, I moved to Los Angeles by myself and roomed with two crazy sisters I found on Craigslist. But that's another tale.

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Format: eBook ARC
Language: English
Pages: 242
Debut: November 11, 2013
@: GoodReads

Snuck from: YaBound
Read: Dec 31, 2013 - Jan 7, 2014

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In 2065, the Lilliput Project created Lina - the first six-inch-tall winged girl - as the solution to a worldwide energy and food crisis. Isolated in a compound amidst the forests of Denmark, Lina has grown up aware of only one purpose: learn how to survive in a world filled with hawks, bumblebees, and loneliness. However, on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, she discovers that she's not the only teenager her size. Six 'Toms' were created shortly after Lina, and now her creators need to prove to the world that tiny people are the next logical step in human evolution. In other words, they need to prove that reproduction is possible.

Um. No thanks. Lina's already fallen in love with a boy she met online named Jack. Only he has no idea that thumbelina1847 could literally fit inside his heart.

When her creators threaten to hurt Jack unless she chooses a husband from among the 'Toms', Lina agrees to star in a reality TV series. Once the episodes begin to air, the secret of her size is out. Cut off from any contact with the outside world, Lina assumes Jack is no longer interested. After all, what guy would want to date a girl he can't even kiss?

Slowly, very slowly, she befriends the six young men who see her as their only ticket to happiness. Perhaps she can make just one guy's dream of love and companionship come true. But her creators have a few more twists in store for her that she never thought possible.

She's not the only one playing to the cameras.

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[Tour Review & Giveaway] Samantha Durante: Shudder

September 1, 2013 07:40 / 3 Comments /
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Welcome at another stop of the Shudder Blog Tour!!
This time, it's not only Samantha running the tour,
but Laura @ Prism Book Tours is also a host.

>> The second installment in the electrifying Stitch Trilogy, Shudder follows Samantha Durante's shocking and innovative debut with a heart-pounding, paranormal-dusted dystopian adventure sure to keep the pages turning. <<

Author Info

Samantha Durante lives in New York City with her fiancé, Sudeep, and her cat, Gio. Formerly an engineer at Microsoft, Samantha left the world of software in 2010 to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams and a lifelong love of writing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, Samantha is currently working full time for her company Medley Media Associates as a freelance business writer and communications consultant. Stitch is her first novel.

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* Signed print copy of Stitch & Shudder for you and two friends (USA only)
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* $10 Amazon Gift Card (Int'l)
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Series: Stitch Trilogy 2
Format: eBook ARC
Pages: 314
Language: English
Debut: June 15, 2013
@: GoodReads | Facebook

Read: August 24-31, 2013

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It's only been three days, and already everything is different.
Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa's life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her sister for that of her true love, losing a vital partner she'd counted on for the ordeal ahead. Her comfortable university life is but a distant memory, as she faces the prospect of surviving a bleak winter on the meager remains of a ravaged world. And if she'd thought she'd tasted fear upon seeing a ghost, she was wrong; now she's discovering new depths of terror while being hunted by a deadly virus and a terrifying pack of superhuman creatures thirsting for blood.
And then there are the visions.
The memory-altering "stitch" unlocked something in Alessa's mind, and now she can't shake the constant flood of alien feelings ransacking her emotions. Haunting memories of an old flame are driving a deep and painful rift into her once-secure relationship. And a series of staggering revelations about the treacherous Engineers - and the bone-chilling deceit shrouding her world's sorry history - will soon leave Alessa reeling...
The second installment in the electrifying Stitch Trilogy, Shudder follows Samantha Durante's shocking and innovative debut with a heart-pounding, paranormal-dusted dystopian adventure sure to keep the pages turning.

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[Tour Review] Samantha Durante: Stitch

August 20, 2012 08:26 / 1 Comment /

Welcome at another stop of the Stitch Blog Tour!!

The opening installment in a twist-laden trilogy, Stitch spans the genres of paranormal romance and dystopian sci-fi to explore the challenges of a society in transition, where morality, vision, and pragmatism collide leaving the average citizen to suffer the results.

Author Info

Samantha Durante lives in New York City with her fiancé, Sudeep, and her cat, Gio. Formerly an engineer at Microsoft, Samantha left the world of software in 2010 to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams and a lifelong love of writing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, Samantha is currently working full time for her company Medley Media Associates as a freelance business writer and communications consultant. Stitch is her first novel.

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Book Stats

Series: Stitch Trilogy 1
Format: eBook ARC
Pages: 314
Language: English
Debut: August 1, 2012
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Her heart races, her muscles coil, and every impulse in Alessa’s body screams at her to run… but yet she’s powerless to move.
Still struggling to find her footing after the sudden death of her parents, the last thing college freshman Alessa has the strength to deal with is the inexplicable visceral pull drawing her to a handsome ghostly presence. In between grappling with exams and sorority soirees – and disturbing recurring dreams of being captive in a futuristic prison hell – Alessa is determined to unravel the mystery of the apparition who leaves her breathless. But the terrifying secret she uncovers will find her groping desperately through her nightmares for answers.
Because what Alessa hasn’t figured out yet is that she’s not really a student, the object of her obsession is no ghost, and her sneaking suspicions that something sinister is lurking behind the walls of her university’s idyllic campus are only just scratching the surface…

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[Movie Reivew] Priest

July 9, 2012 08:05 / 3 Comments /
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Year: May 13, 2011
Length: 87 min
Directed by: Scott Stewart
Starring: Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Christopher Plummer, Allen Dale
Based on the manhwa by Min-Woo Hyung.

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The powerful fighters known as Priests are no longer needed since the last vampires were sealed into reservations years ago, the surviving people were jammed together into large cities, while most parts of the land are no longer able to support life, and the world is at peace under the rule of The Church.
Then a Priest is called out of hiding by sheriff Hicks because the Priest's brother Owen and his wife Shannon were killed - by vampires - and their girl, Lucy, was kidnapped. However, The Church refuses to let him go look for her, because the war is over. As the Priest and Hicks move out against orders, more Priests are sent to hunt them down, and now they have to fight on two fronts - and they are running out of time.

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I'm about to love Paul Bettany just as much as Anja does. x) I couldn't do anything but love this for the action and the characters; this was an awesome cast for a second rate movie! And I don't mean second rate in a degrading way, just that it didn't get soo famous. Really, it was an exciting journey, intoxicatingly dynamic, with just a chunk of everything without actually getting the action part all mushy with the love and drama. And those vampires, they looked awesome! Plus, I love this even more because it's based on a manhwa. 😉

Area Scan: Plot: 4/5 -- Characters: 3/5 -- Drama: 4/5 -- Style: 4/5 -- Action: 4/5 -- Romance: 3/5 -- Fantasy: 5/5
Overall Rating: 4/5

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