Pushy and Danny here and we want to talk about one of our most favorite series! *insert happy dance* Last year, book 1 of the series, Shadow & Bone, totally blew our minds and we were so incredibly and epically in love!!! Now, with Siege and Storm, being a sequel, how afraid were you picking it up? Danny: Oh .. holy cow.. I was scared shitless!!! As much as…
Hi, all! It’s Pushy here today and I’m RIDICULOUSLY thrilled to be hosting the final stop on the Loki’s Wolves tour!! Today, Melissa Marr stops by to discuss Loki, the Trickster God! First off, here’s a short quote from the book to set the scene: The lighter clicked off, so they couldn’t see each other again. Laurie was glad they couldn’t see the shock on her face. Loki? The god Loki?…
Katie McGarry’s Second Book Takes Angsty Contemporary Romance To New Levels of Awesome! Beth…a girl with a past Pushy: Oh man, I was so excited when I heard the next book would be about Beth. And then I realized she wouldn’t be with Isaiah at the end. ENORMOUS FROWNY FACE!!! Beth and Isaiah go together like tattoos and hot guys!!!! Still, you know there’s no way I wasn’t going to read this book!…
Norse Mythology Comes Alive In This New MG Series The Gods Are Dead In Blackwell, South Dakota, all the children know their Norse mythology. The legends of Thor and the Valkyries are as common place in this small town as tales of Santa and the Easter bunny. However some know the truth…the gods may have died, as their legends say, but not before they sired children of their own. And…
Happy Monday, Dear Reader!!!! We’re SUPER-DE-DUPER excited today because we’re helping to kick off an amazing tour!!! Most of you know how much we ADORED Katie McGarry’s debut YA Contemporary, Pushing The Limits, and so when we had the chance to be part of the tour for it’s follow up, Dare You To, we SQUEED big time! Then we said, HELLZ YEAH!!!!!!! For those of you who haven’t yet experienced…
Intense Action is a Reading Rush Better With Science Anna’s world at the beginning of this book is fairly enclosed. Homeschooled by her scientist father, living in a remote location where he conducts his work, she spends the formative years of her life living with few interactions with her peers. Still, she has her boys, the subjects of her father’s research, that she gets to help with. They seem to…
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to: In My Mailbox Weekly meme from The Story Siren. The idea is to post the books you got this week, whether you bought them, got them as a gift,from the library, or received them to review. Hi, all! *waves* It’s Pushy here this week! I’ve had a lovely few weeks and gotten some great books I’m excited to share: Audiobooks for Review Thank you…
Hardcore West Grayer lives in a bleak world. In her walled off, sectioned up city of Kersh, she’s seen in a lot in her 15 years. Her parents have died. Her siblings have been slaughtered. All she has left is her brother and the knowledge that one day her turn will come. She will be tested and only the strongest will survive. While I loved the premise of this book…
Beautiful Sorrows by Mercedes M. Yardley (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: Fantasy Publication: 2012 by Shock Totem Publications eBook gifted by friend Get your own: Amazon | B&N synopsis from Goodreads Rating: There is a place where sorrows pile up like snow and rest in your hair like cherry blossoms. Boys have wings, monsters fall in love, women fade into nothingness, and the bones of small children snap like twigs. Darkness…
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to: In My Mailbox is a weekly meme from The Story Siren. The idea is to post the books you got this week, whether you bought them, got them as a gift,from the library, or received them to review. Hi, all! *waves* It’s Pushy here this week! I’ve had a lovely few weeks and gotten some great books I’m excited to share: Books I Purchased…
Happy Friday, and welcome to the latest installment of our monthly feature where we review Children’s books. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs By Mo Willems Amazon / B&N / Indiebound / Goodreads 112 pages (Hardcover, Paperback and eBook) Published September 4th 2012 by Balzer + Bray Received as gift Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to…
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Paranormal Publication: January 15th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Three levels. Two loves. One choice. Debut novelist, Lenore Appelhans has written a thrilling otherworldly young adult novel about a place that exists between our world (Level 1) and what comes…
Good Morning, Happy Saturday and Happy Spring! Today, we have another topic to be .. In the Groove… You know that perfect moment when all the pieces come together and you have that oh-my-goodness-I-love-this-genre-so-much-I-want to marry it moment? Or when you realize, “Holy Cow!..this is, by far, my go-to book genre? Well, we’re here to talk about just that today! Right now I’m in a YA groove. It’s not that I don’t love me…
