Blog Tour 24th - 30th May 2015 - Remembered by E.D. Brady

House Hunting.

Good day everyone.

Blogging is going to be slow this week. I'm currently out of town looking for a new place to live. As it goes with being in the military, there are times that I get uprooted and moved to a different province. In this case I'll will be moving from Ontario to Nova Scotia.

But, do stop by tomorrow for my day on the Remembered (The Vistira Trilogy #1 blog tour. I will posting my review and an interview I did with the author E.D. Brady.

I will try to get some spotlights in, and maybe a news post or two, but my time will be focused on finding a place to live. A daunting task I don't like no matter how many time I do it.

Wish me luck!

And don't for get to check out my post on the Remembered tour.

Happy Reading

-Emily.

Review Update! The Dead Days Journal

The Dead Days Journal : Volume 1
By: Sandra R. Campbell
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

( I received this book free from the author in exchange for my honest review )

3.5 Stars

I'm on the fence about this one. There are a lot of aspects I liked and a lot I didn't. Though it was an interesting read, I'm not sure if I actually liked this book or dislike it. It's hard to put down in words. I believe it's because I went into this book with a different image, (one I gather from the book cover and synopsis), thinking one thing and getting another. In any case it was misleading. (I seem to be getting a lot of those lately)Despite all that, this read did keep my interest.

2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award Winner

Spotlight Thursday! Round And Round by Terry Tyler

My Writing Progress.

I have finally buckled down and have started properly writing the novel I have been pasting together for over a year now. Pasting as in, writing down ideas here and there, research, timelines, and random character dialogue, sometimes I just get a good convo going,in my head, and I have to get it down before I forget it.

As for the book titile, I haven’t gotten the final name yet. Maybe I'll do a poll and get you guys to decide, or I'll just stress over it, until I drive myself nuts, close my eyes and, pick.

Last night I was playing in photoshop for book cover ideas, and I ended up staying up a bit too late. Time flies when you’re trying to figure out what font to use.

It's time I make my dream a reality. I will be posting a progress tracker in the side bar.

Wish me luck!

Review Update! Rebel Moon

Rebel Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel #3
By: C.D. Gorri
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

( I received this book free from the author in exchange for my honest review. )

I am raving. This book topped its predecessors in all aspects of how a story should be told. The constant struggle for Grazi to accept what she is and trying to keep her beliefs strong, is heart breaking. She has to take in, process so much, so fast, while trying to weed out the fact from fiction. Her emotions are run on high, and with no one to really talk to about it, she’s lost, confused and is still unsure of who to trust.

Liebster Award

Thanks you Dear Book Geek for nominating me for the Liebster Award.

Rules

Link back to the person that nominated you
Give 11 random facts about yourself
Answer 11 questions from your nominator
Nominate 11 new and obscure bloggers
Come up with 11 questions for them to answer
Inform your nominees

Random Facts About Me

1. I'm from Newfoundland, Canada
2. I've been in the Military, Navy, for 9 years. Time flies, can't believe it's been that long.
3. I've been to 14 different countries
4. I have two cats
5. I'm writing a novel, well trying to, wish me luck :)
6. It's 15:16 and I'm having a beer, :p
7. I can sing, not amazingly, but pretty good
8. I love to cook
9. I'm blunt, and brutally honest.
10. I love sailing
11. My favourite desert is cheesecake.

Questions From My Nominator

1. What is the first book you can remember reading?
"The Giver by Lois Lowry "

2. Which do you prefer; EBook, Hardcover or Softcover?
"Hardcover"

3. Do you read more than one book at a time? If 'Yes' how many?
"Yes, normally two or three. But I've read up to five books at the one time." :p

4. Do you prefer a Standalone or a Series?
"I like both. But series are fun, but I don't like them to long. Sometimes s story just needs to end. "

5. Who is your favourite author(s)?
"Rick Riordan, Karen Chance, Jane Austen, Ally Carter,.. are just a few, I have too many ;p "

6. Do you have a favourite Standalone or Series?
"Favourite stand alone, there's a lot, so I'll give you one, Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Favourite series again I'll give you one, or we'll be here all day, The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan"

7. Coffee or Tea?
"Tea"

8. Is there a Standalone or Series you really wanted to like but could not?
"Twilight. I read the first two books but I couldn't finish the rest of the series. After the second book I picked up the third, read the first chapter and toss it. Just couldn't do it. Hands up in the air and everything. It was painful, so painful. "

9. What is your dream career?
"Owning my own book café"

10. What was the last book you read?
"Let it Bleed (Luck Collins #2) by Francis Yamoah "

11. Night out or a night in cuddled up with a good book?
"That's a tough one. It really depends on my mood. Sometimes I love a good night out, singing, dancing, drinking with good friends. But other times I love just staying in, reading, writing, pigging out on junk food. "

Bloggers I Nominate

1. Kristen Un-ravelle
2. The Reading Queen
3. To be or not to be me
4. Tyras Bookshelf
5. PWR Spot
6. Constantly Moving The Bookmark
7. Jodie Pierce's Ink Slinger's Blog
8. Literary Musing
9. Novellarella
10. Blissful Book Reviews
11. The Book Gazer

Questions For My Nominatees

1. Why did you start blogging?
2. Who or What inspired you to start reading?
3. Do you have a special talent
4. Who's was your childhood hero?
5. What books have you re-read?
6. Do you get excited when one of your friends starts reading your favourite book or series? Do you have to hold yourself back from revealing spoilers?
7. What's your favourite all time comfort food.
8. Do you like to eat or drink (wine, tea, coffee) when reading?
9. Are you a raining day reader?
10. Do you use your favourite books quote is real life?
11. Have you ever given up reading a book because your favourite character died?

Release Day! Rebel Moon (Grazi Kelly #3) by C.D. Gorri.

Featured Wednesday Hollows Charge By Arielle LeClair

Free! on Amazon from 12th-14th May - Wicka: The Chronicles of Elizabeth Blake by Christy Deveaux

Published: May 28th 2014 by Amazon Digital Services, Inc. (first published May 27th 2014)
Kindle Edition: 307 pages
ASIN: B00KN9P43Q
Edition Language: English

Book Description
Publication Date:May 28, 2014| Age Level: 12 - 18

While mourning the loss of a mother figure, Elizabeth Blake, a smart but socially introverted seventeen-year-old girl from Ann Arbor, Michigan, enrolls in an international school in the south of France to finish her final year of high school. Here she meets her true love, finds out that she is a witch from an ancient family, and discovers that her life is in danger.

Meanwhile, the Elders—the most powerful coven of witches in the world—have been tracking Elizabeth since her birth. According to an ancient legend, a battle led by “One barely born existing to lead” will cause the downfall of the Elders. Fearing that Elizabeth is the heir to this legend, the Elders try to destroy her before she can fulfill the prophecy.

With the help of her new friends, Elizabeth must travel to Greece to try and prove to the Elders that she is not a threat and to ask for their permission to exist in peace.

With the prospect of having to leave each other once the school year ends and return to their homes on opposite sides of the world, Elizabeth and her new love have to find a way to stay together. However, a rival love interest discovers their plan and causes the Elders to act against Elizabeth. As time runs out, Elizabeth must learn to use the powers she possesses to protect herself and the people she loves most.

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Review Update! Let it Bleed

Let It Bleed
By: Francis Yamoah
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

( I received this book free from the Author in exchange for my honest review. )

Let’s start with the truth, shall we.

When I first started reading this book, I didn't like it. It didn’t draw me the way it should have and I felt my eyes wonder. I wasn't reading the words so much as I was thinking, this isn't going to be an easy read. It felt choppy and underdeveloped, like uneven stepping stones.

I'm so glad I stumbled through the opening.

As painful as it was to get through those first few paragraphs, when I did I was hit with a much steadier story and solid foundation. Think of it like walking up to a hard looking house. The walk way is hard to navigate, the steps are sketchy and you're sure you’re going to fall through. But it's all for not when you enter the house and it’s simply put, blinding.

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Review Update! Fairy Tail Vo.l 9

Fairy Tail, Vol. 09
By: Hiro Mashima
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 Stars!!!!

This is probably one of my favoured parts of the whole series, manga or anime.

When I started this series I was on the fence about Lucy. But after this volume, I'm impressed and now on team Lucy.

She showed her overpowering hateful father that she doesn't want his money, she wants to work, she wants to travel, and she will not stand for someone, even family, hurting her comrades/friends/new family.

Featured Wednesday Let it Bleed (Lucy Collins #2) by Francis Yamoah

Request Page Has Been Updated!

I've been doing some tinkering and after realizing that the comments are not reliable, I created a review request form via Google Forms, it's up and running. I did test it, to make sure it works. All is green.

Check it out, and tell me what you think.

Happy Readning

-Emily

Review Update! Five Wounds

Five Wounds
By: Katharine Edgar
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

( I received this book free from the author through Goodreads group {All about YA}[R2R] in exchange for my honest review )

I'm on the fence about this one.

I found the story interesting and a bit fascinating. It flowed very well, and stayed on point, but I'm not raving over it.

Nan, annoyed the hell out of me. For a girl that was raised in a nunnery, she's basically a harlot. Not so much as she slept around, but every damn second, that she came out of that nunnery, she was having crushes left right and center. I don't even know what to called it.

Ruth Rendell, crime novelist and politician, 1930-2015

By: Barry Forshaw

With the death of Ruth Rendell at the age of 85, five months after her friend and fellow writer PD James, each of the women who in collegiate fashion shared the title of Britain’s queen of crime fiction is now gone. But of the two, both members of the House of Lords, Rendell was the edgier, more astringent novelist, more prepared to take the reader into truly Stygian territory.

The era when women writers furnished unchallenging Home Counties mysteries, while male writers handled the more violent, disturbing fare, is fading. These days, female crime novelists leap in to examine the darkest recesses of the human psyche. The progenitor of this sea change in the UK was Rendell, who incorporated layers of psychological realism into her crime fiction.

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