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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Unstoppble - S.R. Johannes



Unstoppable - S.R. Johannes (author)

Overview: 

After everything that has happened, Grace moves to the Everglades to live with her grandmother, Birdee, and hang out with old man Rex, Birdee's "friend with benefits". Grace quickly befriends Dylan, Rex's nephew, and Dylan's girlfriend, Sadie, who is a die-hard teen activist. Sadie spends her time leading protests against the roadside zoos that run rampant in Florida with a total disregard for animals or the flimsy law.

One day while out in the marshes of the Everglades, Grace and her friends rescue an abused—and endangered—Florida panther. She and Birdee spend time rehabilitating the animal. But when the panther runs off, Grace follows it to Uncle Bob's, a large roadside zoo they all have been protesting. One that is illegally filled with a variety of endangered and exotic animals. Before she can rescue the panther, she and her friends are kidnapped by the ruthless owner and dragged deep into the Everglades for a hunting challenge. 

Only this time, Grace is the prey. 

During a sick game of cat and mouse, Grace and her friends are offered one chance at survival, but only if they reach civilization before being caught. With a small head start and very little supplies, only time and skill stand between the hunter and the hunted. But out in the Everglades, there may be more dangers than Grace realizes.

Against all odds, Grace must make it out alive and win, or everything she holds dear could be lost.

My Thoughts:

Unstoppable was a fast paced, action filled book. It was over way too quickly. Being an outdoor lover, I easily fell in love with the outdoorsy nature of these books and the conservation that is added throughout. You don't see these outdoor type books often enough these days. I think that is what draws me to these books. 

Grace is a little too impulsive and there are times I want to tie her up, just to make her stop for two seconds before running off wildly into danger as she is so good at doing. In reality, however, she is a great character. I love Mo, always to her rescue, her knight in shining armor, or should I say ranger in shining armor? I gotta admit, the bird stole the show for me.  Love, love, loved the bird in the book. What a crack up and I am pretty sure I would have reacted the same way Grace does to him. Hard not to love the little nuisance. 

This is a great series to check out if your looking for a change of pace from your typical reads. Highly recommend them.

Author's website: S.R. Johannes 


Sunday, January 5, 2014

Flowers in the Attic Revisted

Flowers in The Attic - V.C Andrews (publisher)

Overview

A major Lifetime movie event—the novel that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. Book One of the Dollanganger Family series.
At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent, and struggling to stay alive…
They were a perfect family, golden and carefree—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother’s vast mansion, their loving mother assures them it will be just for a little while. But as brutal days swell into agonizing months and years, Cathy, Chris, and twins Cory and Carrie realize their survival is at the mercy of their cruel and superstitious grandmother…and this cramped and helpless world may be the only one they ever know.

My Thoughts:
I have always loved this book and when offered the chance to feature it, I jumped at it. This author is one my mom and I read together when I was a teenager and it brings back so many memories.  Imagine spending your life in hiding under the thumb of a crazy woman. Everytime I think about this book or re read it, it never fails to give me the creeps. A book that can do that over and over again is worth reading in my eyes.
It was re released because Lifetime has made a movie for it. I was not a fan of the first rendition but I do have higher hopes for this one and will be checking it out on Lifetime Movies January 18th.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Tyger Tyger Free for a limited time!



Also will be free on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. October 29th - November 5th only!

Fabulous book for those that haven't read it. Go check it out!!

Friday, October 11, 2013

The Heaven's Rise - Christopher Rice Coming October 15, 2013


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The Heaven's Rise - Christopher Rice

New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou—where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface—in this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller. It’s been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred…and kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destruction…and who alone knows the source of her very bizarre—and very deadly—abilities: an isolated strip of swampland called Elysium. An accomplished surgeon, Niquette’s father dreamed of transforming the dense acreage surrounded by murky waters into a palatial compound befitting the name his beloved wife gave to it, Elysium: “the final resting place for the heroic and virtuous.” Then, ten years ago, construction workers dug into a long-hidden well, one that snaked down into the deep, black waters of the Louisiana swamp and stirred something that had been there for centuries—a microscopic parasite that perverts the mind and corrupts the body. Niquette is living proof that things done can’t be undone. Nothing will put her family back together again. And nothing can save her. But as Niquette, Ben, and Anthem uncover the truth of a devastating parasite that has the potential to alter the future of humankind, Niquette grasps the most chilling truths of all: someone else has been infected too. And unlike her, this man is not content to live in the shadows. He is intent to use his newfound powers for one reason only: revenge.

This book sounds really great! I can't wait to squeeze it into my schedule and read this. He will be doing a book tour, some of them with Anne Rice, who is releasing a book around the same time. 

Book tour dates:

Events with Christopher Rice.  Combined events with Anne Rice denoted by a star.  Anne will be promoting her own new book which will also publish on October 15th!

LOS ANGELES, CA
Sunday, September 29th, 11:00 am
West Hollywood Book Fair
Interview with Christopher Rice
by Eric Shaw Quinn, Co-Host of the
Internet radio program The Dinner Party Show
with Christopher Rice & Eric Shaw Quinn

*MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Monday, October 14, 6:00 pm
Mall of America
60 East Broadway
Bloomington-Minneapolis, MN

*NEW YORK, NY
Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
33 East 17th Street

*SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY
Thursday, October 17, 7:00 pm
Saratoga Hilton
Ballroom, 534 Broadway

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Saturday, October 19, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Giovanni’s Room
345 South 12th Street

*LEXINGTON, KY
Monday, October 21, 7:00 pm
Joseph-Beth
161 Lexington Green Circle

FORT WALTON BEACH, FL
Tuesday, October 22, 7:00 pm
Books-A-Million
417-C Mary Ester Cut-Off NW

DECATUR, GA
Wednesday, October 23, 7:15 pm
DeKalb County Public Library
215 Sycamore St.

*NEW ORLEANS, LA
Friday, October 25
LeStat Ball

COVINGTON, LA
Saturday, October 26, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
2nd & Charles
401 Highway 190

*NEW ORLEANS, LA
Sunday, October 27, 1:00 pm
Garden District Books
2727 Prytania St.

*DALLAS, TX
Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
7700 W. Northwest Highway

*LOS ANGELES, CA
Saturday, November 2, 2:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
189 The Grove Drive

*SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tuesday, November 5, 7:00 pm
Books Inc.
Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness

TORONTO, CANADA
Wed., Nov. 13, 8:00 – 11:00 pm
Augusta House
152 Augusta Ave.
Toronto, ON
Group reading and signing
with Michael Rowe & Melia McClure

*TEMPE, AZ
Thursday, November 14, 6:00 pm
Changing Hands
6428 S McClintock Dr.