Month: December 2015

Hotel Ruby | Stay Tonight or Stay Forever

Posted December 7, 2015 by Christy / 6 Comments

Not What I Was Expecting Hotel Ruby was one of my most anticipated books of the year. If you know me then you know I love horror and thrillers and if you combine those them YES, PLEASE. And that’s what I was expecting to get with Hotel Ruby. Unfortunately, that wasn’t what I got. Yes, there were aspects of each and I guess to someone who isn’t a hardcore horror fan, they would probably get more out of this one. But I didn’t get that gut wrenching scary feeling while reading this one. Maybe my expectations were too high going in, but whatever the reason, I didn’t love this like I was hoping. Lack of Connection I also wasn’t very invested in any […]

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The Ridealong by Michaelbrent Collings : You blew me away!

Posted December 6, 2015 by Erica / 4 Comments

This book was absolutely outstanding. The story is told in first-person, from the main character, Melissa. The book starts off with you learning about an accident her father had. You are taken on a journey as soon as this story begins. Mel doesn’t want to leave her father after the accident…she definitely doesn’t want him going back to work. With her unease she heads out with him for a ridealong – a perk of being a cop’s daughter. Once the ridealong starts…it starts off rough. A dispatch comes on the radio and it’s not a voice Detective Latham has heard before. This voice, the voice of Jack, is eerie and is leading them to the scene of a murder. The […]

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Sign-Ups: Clean Slate Read-A-Thon

Posted December 5, 2015 by Erica / 7 Comments

Clean Slate Read-A-Thon Welcome to the sign-ups for the Clean Slate Read-A-Thon! Latte Nights Reviews, Novel Ink & Lost in Lit are all excited to have you guys here for this awesome read-a-thon. A time to read and slim your TBR. Not only are we going to be reading our little hearts out, but we will have some mini-games & a few giveaways. Nothing can go wrong when you have a giveaway! More books = happiness. So, what exactly is the Clean Slate Read-A-Thon? This read-a-thon is only for books that we didn’t get to in 2015…that were released in 2015. Any 2015 released we didn’t read is eligible for this read-a-thon. We want to start this year off […]

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Stacking the Shelves (97)

Posted December 5, 2015 by Christy / 14 Comments

CHRISTY’S HAUL It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these since I was on a break so while my haul won’t be HUGE (it will in a few weeks when my Book Outlet order comes in though 😉 ) but I do have a few that I’m really excited for! Bought: FINALLY my copy of November 9 came in and I can’t wait to read it! For Review: Thanks, Merit Press! Gifted: Thanks to my amazing #OTSPSecretSister for Black Widow and Happily Ever After!! I’m so excited about both of these and I can’t wait to read them! Life and Death was supposed to be a Christmas present from my husband but he left the Amazon box on the […]

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Come Back to Me by Mila Gray

Posted December 4, 2015 by Erica / 4 Comments

Welcome to my stop on the Come Back to Me tour hosted by Fantastic Flying Book Club! A story of romance, friendships and lots of tears! Make sure you check out the giveaway! “Come back to me,” I whisper. “Always,” he answers, kissing me for the last time.” If you read the synopsis to this before diving in you surely know some tears will be shed. The prologue to this book basically shares with you what the synopsis does. You have the wondering fear throughout the whole book, who will it be? Kit, her brother’s best friend, her boyfriend or will it be Riley, her brother? Who will come back to her and who will pass away? This whole idea had me […]

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Christy’s Finally Going to See What All the Harry Potter Fuss is About

Posted December 2, 2015 by Christy / 15 Comments

Yes, you read that right. But, it may not be in the sense that you think. I’m not going to be reading the books (at least not right now), BUT I did order this…. So I’m going to be watching all 8 movies for the FIRST TIME!! And this is honestly a big thing for me because I was never all that interested in them and I really thought I would never watch or read the books. And while I’m still not sure that I’ll ever read the books (they are huge and intimidating to me), this is my compromise. It seems like EVERYONE loves Harry and tired of being in the dark, I want to see what all the […]

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I am so ready for December…cya later November!

Posted December 1, 2015 by Erica / 10 Comments

New on the blog OTSP Secret Sister » Made You Up by Francesca Zappia » Little Peach by Peggy Kern » A ‘Books Are My Happy Place” notebook A huge thank you to my sister, everything was great 🙂 Venturing Around the Blogosphere check out these lovely posts that I adored this month: » Nereyda @ Nick and Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist shares with us her thoughts thoughts on book excitement and social media interaction! » Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight asks us what’s up with all the meme hate? Seriously, I ask myself that all the time! » Cait @ Paper Fury talks about things we all have… Book Blogger Problems! » Grace @ Rebel Mommy Book Blog gives us some kick-ass gifts for book […]

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These 2016 books make me excited for the new year!

Posted December 1, 2015 by Erica / 20 Comments

December here we are, you came so quickly. But, technically I’m not focusing on you. I want to focus on the new year and what awesome ass books are coming my way. I know there are tons, but for this week’s topic…I’m choosing the 10 debut books I am looking forward to the most. This week’s topic: Top Ten 2016 Debuts Novels I Am Looking Forward To Also, with This Is Where It Ends being one I am looking forward to I would love to show this awesome giveaway for you guys! There are two ways to enter! 1 – If you pre-order a copy of This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp, submit your name, mailing address, email address, and order […]

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