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• Funny Book Meme Monday!

  

  Hello all, and welcome to another installment of Funny Book Meme Monday!  What are you going to be reading this week? Tweet Pin It Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review & Blog Tour Stop: “Sovereign” by E.R. Arroyo

  

  I am so excited to be one of the blog tour stops for this great book, Sovereign by E.R. Arroyo. Here is the synopsis from its Goodreads page: Chemical warfare... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Funny Book Meme Friday

  

  Happy Friday everyone! Tell us about your weekend reading plans and which of these memes is your favorite in the comments There is no pun like a book pun... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Dare You To by Kate McGarry

  

  PLEASE, if you haven’t read Pushing The Limits, don’t read this review, this story has a few spoilers for the first book. After I finished Pushing The Limits(... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “God and Boobs” by Angie Wyatt

  So there’s this website/ministry/blog that Justine and I are a little in love with called The Good Women Project. I found the site through social media and... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Just Added : New Mugs to the Appraising Pages Etsy Shop

  

  We are excited to announce that we have added a new item to our Etsy shop! In honor of our new mug, we are having sale! For all our readers, enter the code:... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• NEWS: “Odd Thomas” Finally Has A Trailer!

  

  SERIOUSLY GUYS. This is huge. One of my favorite books that I’ve spent years waiting to be turned into a movie, only to be teased with tiny bits of informatio... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Beyond the Power of Love” by Janice Romney

  

  I first heard of this book through a review request. The memoir’s synopsis mentioned religious abuse, which I thought was an interesting idea, so I decided to... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Story-Inspired Experience: Playlist to “Time Between Us” by Tamara Ireland Stone

  

  It’s been awhile since we’ve done a Story-Inspired Experience post, which are both my favorites and Justine’s favorites to write. There hasn’t been any real... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Time Between Us” by Tamara Ireland Stone

  

  I bought this book at the Tucson Festival of Books where Justine and I met Gayle Forman, we talk about it in our video review of Just One Day. I hadn’t heard o... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Video Review: “Just One Day” by Gayle Forman

  

  We met Gayle Forman at the Tucson Festival of Books (we’ll have to do a separate post on this when we get a chance because the festival was a blast and Gayle... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Gold” by Chris Cleave

  

  I first heard of Gold from that little website I’m just a teensy-weensy bit obsess with, Goodreads. I love how it connects readers from all over, and my friend... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Video Review: Requiem by Lauren Oliver

  

  Both of us did a video review together for the third and final book in the Delirium series: Requiem. If you want to read our review of the previous novels in... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Questionnaire Meme

  

  We wanted to do something new and very different from anything we’ve done before on the blog. Our absolute favorite part of having this site is getting to... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Books & Bonding, Parents & Teens

  

  I was recently inspired by an article ( read the article here) I read, the author had listed books she felt parents of teens should read. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Cherished” by Polly Wright

  

  An old friend posted the cover of this book on her Instagram feed and, to be honest, it was the cover that drew me in.  Yes, I’ve been honest before about my ba... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Everything Is Perfect When You’re A Liar” by Kelly Oxford

  

  I started following Kelly Oxford on Twitter after Andy Levy, a co-host of a late-night news show I used to watch, retweeted her. I never regretted it. She is on... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Funny Book Meme Monday

  

  Remember when we used to do Funny Book Meme Friday? I miss those! Alas, today is not Friday.  BUT!  When do you need more cheering up than on Monday?!  Enjoy, m... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WINNERS of the Signed Copies of “The Host” by Stephenie Meyer

  

  Wow, we had so many entries into this giveaway.  There was so much participation, overwhelmingly more than we’ve had for any of our past giveaways.  We had... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Amber Frost( The Lost Magic #1) by Suzi Davis

  

  Grace Lynn Stevenson is an eighteen year old girl who recently moved with her wealthy, but busy parents to a new city. She’s popular, pretty and rich – what mor... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE