Grease: Live!

Grease: Live! by Fox TV (TV Movie-Concert, 2016)

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Rated TV-PG
2 Stars

Lead Cast: Juliann Hough (Sandy), Aaron Tveit (Danny), Vanessa Hudgens (Rizzo)

Plot Summary:

“After enjoying a summer romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High. There Sandy must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies in attempt to win Danny’s heart again.” -IMDB  Continue reading

Lions in the Garden

Lions in the Garden (The Uprising #1) by Chelsea Luna (2016)
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Lions in the Garden

YA Fiction | Historical Romance

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Blurb:

“Prague, 1610

Ludmila Novakova–Mila–has barely set foot outside Prague Castle in her seventeen years. But with the choice between braving the bandits and wolves of Bohemia’s uneasy roads or being married off to a disgusting old baron, she’s taken what she can carry and fled.

Escape won’t be easy. Even Mila has heard the rumors of a rebellion coming against the court. The peasants are hungry. The king hasn’t been seen in months. Mila’s father, the High Chancellor, is well known and well hated.  Continue reading

Passenger

Passenger (Passenger #1) by Alexandra Bracken (2016)

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YA Fiction | Time Travel | Romance
4.5 stars
Blurb:

“passage, n.
i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes.
ii. A journey by water; a voyage.
iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time.

In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard of. Until now.

Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s known at their hands. Continue reading

Broken

Broken (Cage of Lies #3) by Susanne Valenti (2016)
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YA Fiction | Dystopian Sci-Fi
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“Since all of her hopes were dashed, Maya is struggling to adapt to her new life. Where dreams and wishes once kept her going now there is only the burning desire for revenge. She’s changing, hardening into the person she needs to be to hold it together but sometimes the cracks still show. She wants nothing more than to go back and become the person she used to be but sometimes she can’t even remember who that was. Nothing will be right again until she resets the balance. Blood will pay for blood and she won’t give up until the final drop has been spilled. Some say she’s taking it too far, others say it isn’t far enough.”
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Expected Publication Date: January 31, 2016  Continue reading

Blog Tour & Giveaway | Exclusive Interview with Lena Coakley!

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WORLDS OF INK AND SHADOW

2016 BLOG TOUR


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Book: Worlds of Ink and Shadow by Lena Coakley

Publication Date: January 5, 2016

Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Amulet

Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The Brontë siblings have always been inseparable. After all, nothing can bond four siblings quite like life in an isolated parsonage out on the moors. Their vivid imaginations lend them escape from their strict upbringing, actually transporting them into their created worlds: the glittering Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy Gondal. But at what price? As Branwell begins to slip into madness and the sisters feel their real lives slipping away, they must weigh the cost of their powerful imaginations, even as their characters—the brooding Rogue and dashing Duke of Zamorna—refuse to let them go.

Gorgeously written and based on the Brontës’ juvenilia, Worlds of Ink & Shadow brings to life one of history’s most celebrated literary families. Continue reading

Blog Tag | The Book Fangirling Blog Award

Thanks to Dee & Dre with CABESWATER for nominating me! I’m still a bit of a newbie here on the book blog circuit but I’ve loved every minute of it and cannot wait to do more! Alrighty, let’s get started…

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RULES:

  • Create a post to accept your award
  • Add the blog award button into your post (just save the picture to your computer and upload it) and put it on the side of your blog as a widget
  • Answer the questions we have below
  • Nominate between 5-10 book bloggers who you think deserve this award
  • Come up with your own 5 questions for your nominees

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Top Ten Anticipated Books for 2016

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Here we go! Here we go! Welcome to year 2016 on planet Earth! I’m ready for loads of exciting and new things this year but one of my most anticipated “events” is the release of new and fantastic books! I’ve already read quite a few ARCs for books that will be published in 2016 and I’m incredibly excited to read more! Here is just a small selection of books (not including the ARCs I’ve already read) that are to be published in 2016, all of which I am most excited to read.

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Top Ten Books Read in 2015

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I hate when people ask me what my favorite book is because that is utterly impossible to answer! More than that I can’t even come up with a list of favorite books because the order in which I love them changes depending on where I’m at in life, when I last read it, or even what I had for breakfast (well, you get the point). So, with all of that said I did try my best to come up with a few “Top 10” lists for you all and feel free to comment below with some of your own favorites and any suggestions you have for me to read in 2016!  Continue reading

Bookishly Ever After

Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandeira (2016)
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Bookishly Ever After
Teen Fiction | Contemporary Romance | Rom-Com
4 Stars
Blurb:

“In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins’ life would be a book. Preferably a YA novel with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn’t even qualify for a quiet contemporary. But when Phoebe finds out that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her, she turns to her favorite books for advice. Phoebe overhauls her personality to become as awesome as her favorite heroines and win Dev’s heart. But if her plan fails, can she go back to her happy world of fictional boys after falling for the real thing?”
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Expected Publication Date: January 12, 2016  Continue reading