Sunday, April 10, 2016

Meet the Newbies - Interview & Giveaway: My Kind of Crazy by Robin Reul


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Meet the Newbies is a blog event created and hosted by Rachel @ A Perfection Called Books. It is dedicated to introducing you to the “newbie” published debut authors. In this event, expect to learn more about the authors, their books, and silly fun facts! You can find out more here!
 
 
Hi guys! I'm very excited to have Robin Reul, author of My Kind of Crazy, on the blog today with some fun things to share with you. Find out more about her book down below and don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end!
 
 
My Kind of Crazy by Robin ReulMy Kind of Crazy
by Robin Reul
April 5, 2016
336 pages

Goodreads Summary:
Despite the best of intentions, seventeen-year old, wisecracking Hank Kirby can’t quite seem to catch a break. It’s not that he means to screw things up all the time, it just happens. A lot. Case in point: his attempt to ask out the girl he likes literally goes up in flames when he spells “Prom” in sparklers on her lawn…and nearly burns down her house.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Peyton Breedlove, a brooding loner and budding pyromaniac, witnesses the whole thing. Much to Hank’s dismay, Peyton takes an interest in him—and his “work.” The two are thrust into an unusual friendship, but their boundaries are tested when Hank learns that Peyton is hiding some dark secrets, secrets that may change everything he thought he knew about Peyton.


Author Most Likely To Come Up with the Most Creative Excuses to Get Out of Gym
Nickname: Snarkles
First Day of School: April 5, 2016
Homeroom: Sourcebooks Fire
Grade: Young Adult Contemporary
Extracurricular Activities: reading, writing, cupcake eating, iced coffee drinking, ABBA listening
Favorite Class: I would say lunch, but it’s technically not a class so I will go with English. (Except for the pesky grammar part.)
Favorite Quote/Motto: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you’ll miss it.” ­ Ferris Bueller

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Stacking the Shelves #90

 
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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.


Hot Dudes Reading because why not?! Thank you S&S Canada for the copy! As you can see, Ripple's in the middle of it so he didn't really appreciate me interrupting him to take this picture ;)

Ripple with Hot Dudes Reading ;)
 
Thank you Miss Becky @ Stories & Sweeties for the adorable Wag! I was showing it to Ripple but I'm pretty sure he was puzzled since, you know, he's a cat XD.

Ripple with Wag~

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Friday, April 8, 2016

Review: The Rook (The Checquy Files #1) by Daniel O'Malley


The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
The Rook
(The Checquy Files #1)
by Daniel O'Malley
January 11, 2012
486 page
 
Goodreads Summary:
"The body you are wearing used to be mine." So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.

She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Checquy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.

In her quest to uncover which member of the Checquy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, a secret training facility where children are transformed into deadly fighters, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.

Filled with characters both fascinating and fantastical, The Rook is a richly inventive, suspenseful, and often wry thriller that marks an ambitious debut from a promising young writer.