Mini Vacation happening

Hey readers, I just wanted to let you know that I will be taking a mini family vacation this week (July 29th to August 4th) so if you send me emails or comments I will be unable to respond. I will have limited internet connection.

I do have a weeks worth of posts scheduled to appear on the blog while I am away.

Also the end of August will be my blogiversary so I am planning some awesome give aways and hope to pick up some goodies while I am away so stay tuned for that.

See you when I get back.

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(Meme) Sundays In Bed With…..#8

Wow is it really that time again for another Sundays In Bed With…. post? The time is flying by.

The awesome blogger behind this is Kate from Midnight Book Girl   not only is she an awesome blogger but she is was one of my roommates for BEA. YAY!!

Midnight Book Girl

Sundays In Bed With….is a meme I’ve started to share the book we’re spending the morning in bed with, or the one we’d like to stay curled up in bed with all Sunday if only our busy lives would allow! For fun, take a picture of the book in your bed, or simply write up a post or comment below sharing your Sundays in Bed With book. Quoted from Kate’s blog

This week I am in bed with..

I picked up The Land of Stories : The Wishing Spell (book 1) by Chris Colfer at the Children’s Author Breakfast at BEA this year and I have been dying to read it. With its release this month I decided to pick it up and can I just say that I LOVE the cover. Although this picture doesn’t do it justice.

I am really enjoying the book and I am sure Michael would love to read this when he is a little older.

I know when I go to the US this week I plan on picking up a finished copy of the book just because I love it that much.

Hope your having a good weekend and that you manage to find some time read this week.

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(Review & Blog Tour) Inescapable

Title: Inescapable (Book 1 Road to Kingdom Series)
Author: Nancy Mehl
Pages: 336
Pub Date: July 2012
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers

Source: I received a finished copy for my participation in the Litfuse Publicity Group

About the Book:

Lizzie Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown, Kingdom, Kansas, with plans never to return.

But five years later, the new life she built is falling apart. Lizzie knows she’s being followed, and she’s certain the same mysterious stranger is behind the threatening letters she’s received. Realizing she’ll have to run again, the only escape Lizzie can manage is a return to the last place she wants to go.

Once she arrives in Kingdom, Lizzie is confident she’ll be safe until she comes up with a new plan. In reacquainting herself with the town and its people–especially her old friend, Noah Housler–she wonders if she judged her hometown and her Mennonite faith too harshly. However, just as she begins to come to terms with her roots, Lizzie is horrified to discover the danger she ran from is closer than ever.

No longer sure who to trust and fearful for her life and the lives of those around her, Lizzie finds she has only one place left to run–to the Father whose love is inescapable.

If you are interested in buying the book please visit this link .

Enter Today – 7/11-7/25!

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I have to send out a huge thank you to Litfuse Publicity Group for putting this tour together and for allowing me to me on it. When I first got the info about the book I was really excited to read the book because this is my kind of genre and its been awhile since I have read it.

Nancy Mehl is a new to me author and I have to say that after reading this book I am excited to dip into her other books. If her other books are like this one then I am sure I will love them.

I have to begin by saying that I loved this book. There was so much action and suspense happening that I had a hard time to put the book down and over two nights reading this book I stayed up late reading until the wee hours. Everytime I thought I would put it down something would happen that left me saying just a little more.

Lizzie use to live the life the life of a Mennonite in Kansas but when she turned 18 she left the life she knew and vowed never to return.

Fast forward to five years later and Lizzie is living the life of a average person in todays world. Then before Lizzie knows it she is receiving threatening letters and she is being followed. She losses her job because she is being accused of stealing money. Lizzie is scared and does what she does best and runs. But, where will she go? Lizzie goes to the one place she vowed never to go back to and that is home.

When she goes back she doesn’t exactly get the home coming she was hoping for because her father tells her she isn’t welcomed. Lizzie is scared and doesn’t know what to do she thought if she went back that she would be okay but thankfully a kind friend steps in and helps her out with lodging and a job and I think Lizzie begins to feel that it will be okay but we all know that won’t happen because that woudn’t sell a book.

Is Lizzie prepared for what will come next and how will she handle it?

I loved the book, the storyline and the character. Sadly I have to wait until Spring 2013 for Unbreakable to come out. This is the second book in the series. I can’t wait.

About Nancy:

Nancy Mehl, the author of 12 books, received an ACFW Carol Award in 2009 for her novel For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls. She has a background in social work and is a member of ACFW and RWA. She writes from her home in Wichita, Kansas, where she lives with her husband, Norman, and their puggle, Watson. Visit her website at www.nancymehl.com.

To check out the rest of the tour please visit this link  http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13514299/inescapable

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(MEME) Sundays In Bed With….. #7

This is my sixth time taking part in Sundays In Bed With…. and I’m on a roll. Yea me LOL

The awesome blogger behind this is Kate from Midnight Book Girl   not only is she an awesome blogger but she is was one of my roommates for BEA. YAY!!

Midnight Book Girl

Sundays In Bed With….is a meme I’ve started to share the book we’re spending the morning in bed with, or the one we’d like to stay curled up in bed with all Sunday if only our busy lives would allow! For fun, take a picture of the book in your bed, or simply write up a post or comment below sharing your Sundays in Bed With book. Quoted from Kate’s blog

This week I am in bed and hoping to finish up this:

Its Inescapable by Nancy Mehl. I am on the blog tour for this on Tuesday. I started to read this on yesterday (Saturday) and I am loving this. So I really hope that I can finish this today.

Hope your enjoying your weekend and that you are curled up in bed with a good book.

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Cover Reveal for Hereafter & Give Away

I am so excited to be able to take part in the cover reveal for Hereafter by Terri Bruce. It sounds like a fantastic book.

HEREAFTER
By Terri Bruce

Why let a little thing like death get in the way of a good time?

Thirty-six year old Irene Dunphy didn’t plan on dying any time soon, but that’s exactly what happens when she makes the mistake of getting behind the wheel after a night bar-hopping with friends. She finds herself stranded on Earth as a ghost, where the food has no taste, the alcohol doesn’t get you drunk, and the sex…well, let’s just say “don’t bother.” To make matters worse, the only person who can see her—courtesy of a book he found in his school library—is a fourteen-year-old boy genius obsessed with the afterlife.

This sounds suspiciously like hell to Irene, so she prepares to strike out for the Great Beyond. The only problem is that, while this side has exorcism, ghost repellents, and soul devouring demons, the other side has three-headed hell hounds, final judgment, andeternal torment. If only there was a third option…

Book Details:
Publication Date: August 1, 2012
Publisher: Eternal Press
Number of Pages: 356
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy

About the Author:
Terri Bruce has been making up adventure stories for as long as she can remember and won her first writing award when she was twelve. Like Anne Shirley, she prefers to make people cry rather than laugh, but is happy if she can do either. She produces fantasy and adventure stories from a haunted house in New England where she lives with her husband and three cats.

Contact Details:
Email: tbruce@terribruce.net
Website/Blog: www.terribruce.net
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/8244272-terri-bruce
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Terri-Bruce-Fan-Page/325830544139030
Twitter: @_TerriBruce

Short Excerpt Hereafter:

A boy appeared in her path. She veered around him and then skidded to a halt. Something about him made her stop. She turned around to look at him and realized he was staring at her, his face a mask of astonishment, his mouth hanging open.

“Hey kid, watch where you’re going!” she said, more surprised than annoyed.

He was maybe fourteen and nearly as tall as her, at that “beanpole” stage, as her grandmother had called it—the tall and scrawny look of one growing too fast. What little of his face visible under a curtain of straw-colored hair was pointed and sharp—cheekbones, chin, and nose. His hair, cut in an asymmetrical bob that left it longer in the front than the back, was parted on the side and hung in his face, concealing his left eye. Somehow, the way one washed-out hazel eye was visible and the other hidden reminded her of Pete, the dog from the Little Rascals.

She realized he hadn’t moved a muscle and was still staring at her gape-mouthed.

“Did you hear me?” she asked.

He gave a little shake of his head, as if he was doing a double take. The motion caused the curtain of hair hanging over his eyes to sway. “Yeeesss,” he said in a slow, cautious, drawn-out way.

“Why are you staring at me?”

“Well, it’s just, because…you know. You’re…” He trailed off.

Irene narrowed her eyes. “I’m what?”

The boy turned beet red and took a step back, giving a hard gulp that made Irene fear he had swallowed his tongue. “Well…dead,” he stuttered.

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Taken By Storm Promo Blitz

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Date to be Published: ebook Release June 2012

Synopsis:

Mormon girl Leesie has life figured out until devastated Michael lands in her small town high school. He needs her like no one has before. A rare journey into a faithful LDS teen’s intimate struggle.

“[Morrison] handles the topics of religion and premarital sex gracefully without passing judgment. The message has less to do with religion than learning to respect and cherish others while staying true to one’s own beliefs.” – Publisher’s Weekly, starred review

Brand new paperback and reformatted ebook with fully scalable fonts. Includes bonus, never-before-published scene, “Airport Good-bye!”

When I got the email to inquire if I would be interested in taking part in this promo blitz I knew I wanted to because the book sounded so good and I can’t wait to read it. I have read Angela’s book Sing Me to Sleep and loved it. If you haven’t read it yet, you should its really good.

#1
Short, short excerpt:

I’m lost to his firm chest,
his slender fingertips, his long wavy hair,
his mouth sucking my bottom lip—
The world spins, the stars shift,
and I can’t see anything except his smoky
gray eyes gazing into mine.

You scare me, whispers
from my mouth across his.

Good, he breathes into me.
I need you to save me.

#2

Meet Leesie:

from Leesie’s Most Private Chapbook, Prologue, Taken by Storm, “What does it Matter?”

What does it matter if
another jock pinches me
as I walk down the hall to Physics
and high fives Troy, celebrating
like he just scored
the season’s first touchdown?

As I stalk past Troy,
architect of my torture,
I’m frozen, a block of ice—
not a single drop melts.

All hail the Mormon Ice Queen.

What does it matter?

I know the commandment,
but I don’t even consider
turning the other cheek.

And, yes, it hurts, but
life without pain
isn’t much of a test.

This feeling can’t be lonely—
I’m not alone.

I walk with His hand on my shoulder,
His voice whispering in my soul,
His love soaring in my heart,
His suffering
my
salvation.

What else could possibly matter?

Author Bio

Angela Morrison is the award-winning YA author of Taken by Storm (Books 1-3) and Sing me to Sleep. She graduated from Brigham Young University and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She grew up in Eastern Washington on the wheat farm where Taken by Storm is set. She’s an advanced NAUI, Nitrox certified scuba diver. The hurricane that kills Michael’s parents was inspired by a real-life diving accident.

After over a decade in Canada, Switzerland, and Singapore, Angela and her family are happily settled in Mesa, Arizona. She enjoys speaking to writers and readers of all ages about her craft. She has four children–mostly grown up–and the most remarkable grandson in the universe.

Website

Facebook

Twitter

Goodreads

Contest Link

Blog

Opposite poems for younger readers

Links to Buy:

Amazon Author Page

Taken By Storm
Unbroken Connection (Book 2)
Cayman Summer (Book 3)

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I have been a bad blogger but I have some good news

I am sitting here tonight and looking briefly at my blog telling myself that I have been such a bad blogger lately. This month I have hardly been posting. What’s up with that?

When summer vacation started I had all kinds of plans and goals for my blog but sadly real life has taken over. I figured that I probably couldn’t blog during the day but I had hoped my evenings would be blog time.

My days are filled with swimming lessons for Michael (four days a week) and throughout the week various library activities which is always a given every summer but throw in various appointments and family members who aren’t doing so well health wise and that leaves no time to blog and I hate to say this but honestly after supper I am so exhausted and tend to sit down to read and head to bed early.

Sounds like fun right?

Anyways I thought that I would share some good news with you. The week I was in NYC, I had my dentist office calling constantly but leaving no message so I kind of thought that perhaps it was due to a dental procedure I have to have (root canal and cap) done in August but why wouldn’t they leave a message?

So finally my dental hygienist got a hold of me to tell me some good news. If you are on my facebook page you might already know this but if you don’t well I found out that I won…….

Its a iPad. I was so excited and well so was Michael.  We have had the iPad for well over a month now and love it. Its a great way to check email and go online to check facebook and so many other sites that you need to get to quickly.

We have various game apps downloaded and I was able to download the Kindle app so I have been able to download a few books to read off of and I really like the Kindle app. With all the problems I had with Kobo I was thinking of getting a kindle when I went to the US in August but since winning the iPad I don’t have to now.

Michael has been loving all the free game apps and has gone on to purchase a few of the game apps. I am loving all the additional magazine apps that I can now use.

I just want to send out a huge thank you to my dentist office for this amazing win. We love it

Do you have an iPad? What apps should we download?
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