Story Starters

Use these prompts for writing inspiration.  For an extra challenge, us all of them in one story. First Line: The first person I murdered was the person that taught me how. Story Idea: You see a man finish a 3D chalk drawing and joking with your friends go to jump into it.  On doing so …

Check the Shelf Book Review: The Young Elites

The Young Elites  by Marie Lu | website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year:  G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers | October 7, 2014 Pages: 368 Audiobook Publisher/Year: Listening Library | October 7, 2014 Read by Caria Corvo and Lannon Killea Time: 10 Hours and 9 minutes Series: The Young Elites Book 1 Genre: …

Be Kind Please Rewind: July

Crazy Dash-  So this is an internet based program that has you run all over a city doing crazy things scavenger hunt style.  We obviously were in Cincinnati and had a blast dragging my cousin around as part of her high school graduation present.  After two hours in downtown, we went for pedi’s, which was …

Check the Shelf Review: The Heir

The Heir  by Kiera Cass| website |  twitter | Publisher/Year: HarperTeen | May 5, 2015 Pages: 342 Series: The Selection Book 4 Genre: YA Dystopian, Fiction Format: Hardback Source: Borrowed from my Sister Amazon | Goodreads   Shannan’s Summary The cast system has been ended.  Eadlyn, Maxon and America’s oldest and heir to the throne, …

Stacking The Shelves: July

Stacking the shelves is hosted over at Tanga’s Reviews Paper Books The Magic of Time by Felix J.Palma Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Ebooks: The Forgotten Ones: Book 1 (the Danaan Trilogy) Laura Howard Desperate Hope: When Faith in God Overcame My Despair by Candi Pearson-Shelton Insanity (Mad in Wonderland) by Cameron …

The Selection VS The Jewel

This is a cover matchup.  I know we’ve all noticed that book covers start to develop a trend, especially inside certain genera so I thought it would be fun to do a verses that puts books that look similar against each other. Goodreads Selection|  Goodreads Jewel First Off: the spoiler free points So I just finished …

Check the Shelf Book Review: Twinmaker

Twinmaker by Sean Williams | website | twitter | Read by Katie Koster Publisher/Year: Balzer + Bray | November 5th, 2013 Pages: 496 Time: 12 Hours and 6 Minutes Series: Twinmaker book 1 of 3 Genre: Sci-Fi Young Adult Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through Cincinnati Library Amazon | Goodreads               …

Recently Reread Book: The Selection Review

The Selection Review The Selection by Kiera Cass | website | twitter | Read By: Amy Rubinate | website | twitter | Publisher/Year: Harper Teen | April 24, 2012 Pages: 336 Time: 8 hours and 7 minutes Series: The Selection Book 1 of 5 Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through the Cincinnati …