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• Friday’s Favorite: Friendship

  

  It’s been a long time since we’ve done a Friday’s favorite, yeah? To be honest it’s because we’ve scaled back on the quantity of entries and try to concentrate... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Sky by R.E. Palmer

  

  Tomas Moone has a secret – he’s terrified if anyone finds out, he’ll lose the girl of his dreams he’s so desperate to meet. Selene has a secret – she fears if... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Prodigy (Legend #2)

  

  I received an ARC of Prodigy from Marie Lu’s lovely publicist at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con. It was a little difficult to get and I waited in the wrong line... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Upcoming Books We’re Excited About

  

  My to-read list is ever deepening these days with all of these wonderful books coming out. Thank goodness for the Barnes & Noble gift card my father in law got... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Event: Author Signing Lisa McMann

  

  A great local bookstore in our area is Changing Hands. Since we like them so much, we follow them on facebook and happened to see Lisa McMann was going to be... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith

  

  After reading Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and giving it a really positive review I was anxious to start another novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Oxford Whispers by Marion Croslydon

  

  Madison LeBon is dead set against the dead. Her fresh start at Oxford University is a brand new beginning. She finally has a chance to turn the page on her... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2012 Roundup: Our Favorites

  

  Happy 2013 everyone! We couldn’t finish out 2012 without featuring again our favorite books. It was so hard to decide so we restricted ourselves to one per... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Stories Behind Our Pictures

  

  We’ve had a lot of fun posting pictures on our Instagram account recently. Since Instagram doesn’t provide the best platform for a long story I figured I’d do... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Brain On Fire” by Susannah Cahalan

  

  I’m so excited to share this book with everyone! I haven’t reviewed any non-fiction books here in a while and this is a good one. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Quantum Coin” (Coin#2) by EC Myers

  

  You may remember that I went to comic con. I actually can’t shut up about it and the awesome panel I went to where Fair Coin was recommended. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Aurora Sky Vampire Hunter ( Transfusion Vol. 1) by Nikki Jefford

  

  A little while back, I started the Spellbound series, by Nikki Jefford and fell in love with her writing style. This month I had the opportunity to read a new... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Insight Into Our Review Style

  After being in the book blogging world for about six months now I’ve discovered so many great reviewers out there. Some bloggers specialize in a certain genre... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

  

  Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past. She can’t. She used to think her problems were all in her head. They aren’t. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Ghosts of Manhattan” by Douglas Brunt

  

  I first heard of this book when my husband was watching news anchor Megyn Kelly interview the author on her show, you can see the interview here:Turns out the... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Guest Review! “The Sparrow” by Mary Doria Russell

  

  You have certain friends that you know so well, and they know you so well, that you take their word as solid gold. That’s how my friend Emily and I are. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Twihard Alert: Breaking Dawn Part 2!

  

  Ready for one of the nerdiest confessions I have? Justine and I both went to the all day Twilight marathon. Yep, we started at 10:45 AM and watched every... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 BOOKS

• Review: Onyx ( Lux #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

  

  Being connected to Daemon Black sucks… Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Twilight: Book Vs. Movie

  

  Okay, so with the newest and last “Twilight” film being released this week, we wanted to have some fun with it. So many of you read the books, and waited... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review! “Fair Coin” by EC Myers

  

  I’ll get to the review in a second, but let me first geek out for a moment so I can explain how I found this book.One of my favorite panels at the 2012 San Dieg... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 BOOKS