How I Did in the #CleaningUpTBRPile Challenge

Well it is over and sadly I did not get all I wanted done.  I started Born Wicked 

after I did my last post and finished it up this morning.  I also finished both Masque of

Red Death and Goddess Interrupted.  I didn't get to Hallowed and Paranormalcy.

This is probably due to the trips that HAD to be made and even though I tried to

avoid it they still happened and I got behind but I got a bit done and I think I will continue this 

on in my own little way tomorrow :) 

Here's What I got done on Saturday:

I will tell you that I enjoyed ALL of these books and there will be some AWESOME

reviews posted over the next couple of weeks!!! The endings of all of them just about 

killed me though.  It was almost a theme lol

THANK YOU to Valerie from STUCK IN BOOKS for hosting

this challenge!! It was my 1st and wont be my last!!! 

Stuck In Books Read-A-Thon Fun!!

So with my TBR pile getting bigger and bigger all the time I thought I would try and join in 

Stuck in Books just happened to be having on for Friday and Saturday(today)!! I worked

Friday but today I am going to be super ambitious and shoot for 4 books!! I might get through

them and might not but I figured I should be prepared as I don't want to have to worry about picking 

anything out!! So here are the books I am going for (most likely):

Awesome books right?!  I know I should have read them before now but that is what this is all 

about :)  So wish me luck and hopefully I will finish them.  I plan on doing nothing but reading ALL

DAY!!

Oh and if you would like to join in just click on Stuck in Books and be taken there!! 

Whisper by Chelsea Cameron GIVEAWAY

I know this totally aweome lady and her name is Chelsea Cameron!! If you don't know her 

you should tototally look into her because her and her books will seriously ROCK YOU!!! 

Anyway...  She contacted me the other day and said "Hey I have some extra bookmarks do 

you want to give them away on your blog?"  So I was all like "HECK YA!!"  Oh and she threw

 in an e-book as well.  I mean how awesome is that?!  Here's the book:

People think I'm crazy. Maybe I am, since I've been able to talk to spirits for as long as I can remember. They are the forgotten, the souls who have unfinished business and can't cross over. I help them, or at least I try to. There's this one 

in particular, Jack, I call him, who's been following me around a lot. Usually they tell me what they need to do and move on. Not him. 


It isn't until he brings another spirit, Tracy, the victim of an unsolved hit-and-run accident, that I know for sure he's something more than just your average spirit. Then I start seeing him. And feeling his touch. And falling for him. 


In our quest to get justice for Tracy and help her move on, Jack and I become something more than just a dead boy and a living girl. I'm just waiting to see what happens next...

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You totally need this right?  I need it and I'm giving it away!!  So before I give you all the dtails here is a little bit on the one and only Chelsea Cameron:

Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA writer from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.

Just a little information from me as well.  Chelsea writes the awesome Noctalis Series that I love.

You should totally head over to Amazon and pick the books up!!

Nocturnal can be found HERE

Nightmare can be found HERE

Now go forth and enter!! The e-book is INT and the bookmarks are US/CAN.  I am 

letting it run until Friday 13!! LOVE the day and just couldn't resist!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

*REVIEW & GUEST POST* Royally BeSwitch by Molly Snow

Hexed from a small suburb in the U.S. back to 1700's France, a magical black cat, Surla, and her human crush, Jax Morreau, have no idea what troubles await.

When Jax’s distant relatives, a lowly maidservant and a prince, miss their chance at love, evil gains a stronghold in the Morreau Kingdom. It’s up to the duo from the future to reset the course of love before it’s too late. Surla, the cat, will do anything, including switch bodies with the maidservant, to clean up the royal mess.

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  I can honestly tell you guys that every BeSwitched novel that Molly Snow writes is better than the last one!!  The books are fun and written in such a way that you really feel like you know the characters.  They progress at an easy and practical pace, that kind of makes your attachment to them grow.

  Jax and Surla are kind of thrown back in time.  Very back in time being the 1700's.  Being unaware of the time and where they are well things happen.  You know that ripple effect, change one thing in the past and you change many things in the future.  Well they have done that and are doing all that they can to fix it.  The BeSwitching this time is by choice and kind of amusing in its own way.  Surla actually seems to be taking the switches much easier now but it's the switching back that seems harder to do.  However this one doesn't seem to work as well as the others and I have a couple theory's as to why but to avoid spoilers will keep it to myself for now.  

  The relationship between Surla and Jax in this book is running a little thin.   Not that they don't like each other but knowing that Surla is a cat kind of raises some problems.  That doesn't stop either one of them from having the feeling though.  It is so clear to me between the thoughts you get to hear and the way they are around each other that they want to find a way to be together but as Jax puts it "he's not that freaky" and it makes you feel for them.  

  The last few chapters are really intense.  I mean super intense.  They are packed with this, that and everything in between.  Things that you seen coming happen and things that you never imagined possible happen as well.  The best part (meaning my favorite) is that you get to find out where Surla came from.  i mean you know that Idis got her when she was 13 but where did she come from before that?  Well you find out and let me tell you the way you get there will have you holding your breath and maybe holding back some tears.  When it happens though it is truly golden and I almost had some tears of happiness going on!

  Forget the witches and look to the black cat.  Molly Snow has turned regular witchy fun into something new and exciting.  I have enjoyed every book in this series so far and as I said before they get better and better.  This one had a bit of a leap for me at the end but I still loved it.  Can't wait to see what happens to everyone next!  Once you read this book I am sure that you will also be wanting to know what happens next! 

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Now I am SUPER lucky and have an awesome guest post from the awesome Molly snow!!

First a little info on the Author herself!

Bio:

Molly Snow, Founder of BreezyReads.com, wrote BeSwitched when she was just sixteen. As a bestselling author’s personal assistant at age twenty, she decided to do what her boss did and self publish. At age twenty-three, BeSwitched made its debut. Snow is married to her high school crush, has a set of silly twin boys and a bob-tailed cat named Meow-Meow.

Now to the awesome post on Jax!

All about Jax Morreau (Teen Heart-Throb of BeSwitched Witch and Royally BeSwitched):

• His black hair isn’t too long and isn’t too short and he looks perfect rubbing his hands through it.
• He’s a bit goth. Just enough to look hot, not creepy.
• He is strong but doesn’t flaunt it.
• He was skilled in swordfighting ever before going back to the 1700s.
• When he wears tight pants, he can actually pull off the look. So can his handsome predecessor, Prince Nicolas.
• (Spoiler Alert) Shape-shifting into a raven is one of his gifts.
• He has other special secrets as well ;)
• Sassy black cat Surla knows how to get his attention any time she switches with a girl.
• Integrity is pretty important to him.

Who do I as the author imagine him to look like?

Maybe a cross between a teenage Johnny Depp and the guy who starred as the bad boy in the Disney Movie, Prom.*Sigh* The picture of Raum on the sidebar of your blog, Tiffany, also remind me of him.

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  I have to say if Jax looked anything like Raum Molly I would be fighting Surla for him :)  Thank you all for stopping by my blog tour stop and THANK YOU Molly for letting me be a part of this!! 

*REVIEW* Oppression by Jessica Therrien

Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than the average person, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability. Or so she thinks. Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time. Among so many of her kind, she should not be very remarkable--except for the prophecy. Some believe she will put an end to traditions, safeguarded by violence, which have oppressed her people for centuries. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that. But for Elyse, the game is just beginning--and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules.

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   Being a lover of books that twist Greek Mythology and the Gods I was really excited to start this book. I mean not understanding what she really is and having to move around and hide all of the time can't be easy.  Doing it on your own just makes it harder and the fact that she can't get close to anyone ever is hard.  Getting into the book I found out that this was all I expected and some of what I didn't.  


  Elyse was interesting to read about.  Growing up and having to keep a secret has made for a lonely life and the people that she is close to she has to watch grow old and die.  Throughout this book I found that Elyse was a very strong protagonist.  There isn't much complaining and carrying on about what no one told her and why no one helped her.  She does get angry but hey who wouldn't.  There is a great many rules to learn but Elyse seems to be made to break and bend them.


  William and the others you will meet are awesome as well.  Everyone is from a different line so you get quite a mix of interesting friends.  By different line I mean they came from a different descendant and inherited something in particular from that God/Goddess.  I guess this is part of why I enjoyed this book. The fact that everyone isn't someone reincarnated but someone all their own, someone new carrying on from the original.


  The other fun thing is the bad guys.  The bad guys are kinda supposed to be the good guys.  Like they genuinely believe that they aren't the bad ones.  At some points I wanted to believe it too but then they do something (not going to say what) and I shake myself out of my little bubble and smarten up!   There is actually a lot of interesting things that I have to say about these people but I will let you come to your own decision about them.


  There is a good and steady plot that keeps you interested throughout the book.  I found that there was a couple spots that were a bit repetitive to me but it was only upon reflection that I noticed this because I was so involved that I didn't notice while reading!  Overall this is a fun and steady read.  Also forgot to mention that this is Jessica Therrien's awesome start to what seems like a great series!

Waiting on Wednesday: Undeadly by Michele Vail

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spineand spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This Week I am Waiting on:

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper—and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. 

Within days, she’s shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. Who seems to hate her guts.

Rath will be watching closely to be sure she completes her first assignment-reaping Rick, the boy who should have died. The boy she still wants to be with.

To make matters worse, students at the academy start turning up catatonic, and accusations fly—against Molly. The only way out of this mess? To go through hell. Literally.


Expected Release:  November 20, 2012
Published by:  Harlequin Teen
Paperback: 304 pages

Why am I waiting on this book:

1.  LOOK at the cover.  Tell me that it isn't attractive, seriously LOVE.


2.  Anubis... Did you see that?!  How often do people use the Egyptian Gods? Once again LOVE IT!


3.  The fact that Molly is going to have to be a strong MC.  I mean you have to be to go through hell
       right?!

Well that's what I am waiting on this week.  What are you waiting on?! Please leave me a link

to yours!! I love adding to my want/need list!

*REVIEW* Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

With Felipe de Castro, the Vampire King of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada), in town, it’s the worst possible time for a body to show up in Eric Northman’s front yard—especially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank.
Now, it’s up to Sookie and Bill, the official Area Five investigator, to solve the murder. Sookie thinks that, at least this time, the dead girl’s fate has nothing to do with her. But she is wrong. She has an enemy, one far more devious than she would ever suspect, who’s out to make Sookie’s world come crashing down.

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  I seriously love this series.  Every year when the new book releases I am all but breaking down the book store doors to get my copy and read it.  This year the excitement was still there, not quite as intense but still there.  I just found that even though I love the books, I feel that Charlaine Harris has let True Blood effect her characters and standards.  I did enjoy the book but not like I used to.

  Sookie just isn't who she used to be for me.  She doesn't really seem to worry about much more than her relationship with Eric and what she is going to about what happened with Eric.  This is sad for me because there is so much going on in this book that if she had put her mind to it, she could have figured it out.  Basically she was blinded to everyone and everything that wasn't Sookie/Eric based.  Not that I didn't want her to figure it out because I did.  I am such a big fan/supporter of their relationship and wanted things to work out.  I did find that she was herself when it came to her family and friends though and still found myself smiling with her stubborn ways.


  Eric *sigh* is a little preoccupied in this book.  With the king in town his mind is not on Sookie and if I am honest with you there really isn't much of him in this book at all.  Actually there isn't much of Eric, Bill or Pam in this book.  Which was disappointing to say the least.  These three people have become such a large part of the story and the book felt empty at times.  I would have to say I missed Pam the most with her soft spot for Sookie and hard facade.  Eric is changing/changed and I found my heart breaking over this but it must be for a reason.


  I would like to now point out the awesome job that Charlaine Harris is doing an awesome job tying up all of the loose ends.  I mean she is even making everything neat for all of the secondary characters.  I mean Kennedy and Danny are.. I don't want to give it away but it's super awesome that Charlaine Harris has let her amazing writing ability shine with all of these characters.  To me it shows how much love she has for all of her characters and wants to make sure they all get their own "Ever After".  I am not saying that everyone will get a happily ever after but they are getting something.  


  I am sad to see this series coming to an end.  Even with the ending provided (yet another cliffhanger) I just felt sad knowing that there is only one more instalment.  Maybe that is why this book almost had an urgency in it to me.  Everything is being tied up but I think I had hoped it would happen differently.  This could be a part of my problem, the fact that I know it is all coming to an end but it's not going how I thought it would.  In one way I am eagerly awaiting the next book like I always do because of my love of this series (you don't read a series 1-2 times a year because you don't love it) but I am also dreading the next book.  Charlaine Harris showed both her wonderful strength and writing style in this book but also fell short on what I feel the books have been.