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Title: Midnight Hunter Author: Bonnie Bernard Series: Midnight Hunter Trilogy About the Author: (book) Bonnie Bernard is an alter ego of a feisty redhead who lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, a dog, and two cats - one of which owns everybody and everything in the house. They share their old home with a ghost who likes to flip switches and throw power tools until he gets what he wants (bright, shiny objects to play with). Bonnie spends her time writing, hiking, and having fun with her friends. She enjoys planting obscure specimens in the backyard garden to see what pops up, and she's fascinated by unseen forces and creepy-crawly things. Midnight Hunter is her first full-length fiction work. Find out more at www.midnighthuntertrilogy.com Summary: (Amazon) Donna McCormick is a smart, pretty college student whose twenty-first birthday is a week away. Unfortunately, so is her murder - unless the mysterious man from the darkness can reach her first. Donna is pursued...

The Blogariffic Blog Hop will take place from May 13th to May 19th, 2012.  Any blog may participate, and there is no participation cost. However, each blog participating MUST have a giveaway up from May 13th to May 19th, 2012 with the ONLY requirement being that in order to enter, the participant must follow your blog. (Ex. If someone wants to enter PrincessReviews' giveaway, they must follow PrincessReviews and if they want to follow Captivated Reading's giveaway, they must follow Captivated Reading.) There is no minimum or maximum value on the giveaway prize, you just must be giving something away. A copy of the linky with all the participating blogs must also be on the giveaway post.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post so that I may answer it publicly in case anyone else has the same question.  Thank you!! Sign up by using this linky. Sign up from March 30, 2012 to April 30, 2012. Emails are needed so I may remind you about ...

Title: The Land of the Gems Author: Vanessa Rose Lee Summary: (Amazon) Kate Stanford hopes for a fun summer. Little does she know, but she is in for an adventure of a lifetime! One day, Kate and her roommates open a chest and are taken to the Land of the Gems. Kate and her friends soon start to realize that the kingdom needs their help. Join Kate and her friends on their journey to the Land of the Gems! I'd Recommend to.. Middle Schoolers and people who have a hard time believing in themselves My Rating: 4.9/5 This book is all about believing in yourself and what you can do. That's definitely what I like about Vanessa Rose Lee's books - all of her books contain a message that should be taken to heart.  In The Land of the Gems, Kate is going to summer camp for a month and a half. There she meets Meg and Amy, along with Nick, whom she already knew. Meg, Amy, and Kate go for a hike one day and Kate passes out where she has a dream about The Land of Ge...

The Good Freedom DEBT FREE, "In Jesus' Name!" by Min. Marc K. Vines Now in Print! Check out the new cover and order yours today. The tax man cometh! Book Review (originally posted September 2011) Using the 500+ financial references in the Bible and his own life examples, Marc K. Vines explains the signs and mistakes that will lead you to debt. Once you know how you got into debt in the first place, you're less likely to make those bad choices again. With 25 years in the lending business and having been a landlord, Marc has more than a good idea on how finances play an important role in our lives. The author isn't just saying "do this" and "don't do that" based on research alone. He has actually walked the walk. He tells how he was once on top of the house-flipping game, to how he fell to the bottom of the title pawn hole, and his on-going trek out of debt with the Lord's help. Stress in our finances can take a toll on our spiritual, phy...

Title: Tangled Bloodlines Author: Deborah Noel Summary: (Goodreads) This is not your sweet sparkling vampire story. Oldschool vampires have resurfaced, responsible for brutal murders and more blood than anyone can cope with. In "Tangled Blood Lines", Cianna Fitzgerald, a young but "retired" crime scene investigator, finds herself back in a world she walked away from some years ago.  She grew up in twentieth century Pennsylvania countryside knowing she possesses superhuman powers from her "Irish pixie" bloodlines. She had retired after a particularly tough case where the victim was her husband's twin brother. After her brief respite from murders and homicides, Cianna witnesses a killing where the murderer is a vampire. Her daughter goes missing soon after the killing. Cianna and the love she had once pushed out of her life, her estranged husband Declan, travel halfway around the world to try to save their child.  As the mystery unravels, she lea...

Movie: Final Destination 5 Rating: R Genre: Horror, Thriller Length: 92 Minutes Released Date: August 12, 2011 Director: Steven Quale Writers: Eric Heisserer, Jeffrey Reddick  Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell and Arlen Escarpeta Summary: (IMDb) Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there's no way you can cheat Death.   My Rating: 4/5 I'd Recommend To... Late Teens / 20-ish year olds and parties  My Thoughts: I watched Final Destination 5 a few weeks ago at a friend's sleepover/birthday party. It starts off by this guy having a "vision" of the bridge collapsing and everyone except his girlfriend dying. Then, once it starts to happen in real life and he realizes it, he saves himself, his girlfriend, and 6 other employees of the company. But you can't cheat death. One by one, in order of how they died on the bridge accident's foreshadowing, the 8 remaining victims start to die by tragic accidents. Sam and Molly seem to mak...

Pretty Little Liars is an extremely popular television show where I live. Everyone who's anyone is watching it. This past Monday was the season finale of the current season. Pretty Little Liars will resume in 10 weeks on ABC Family.  Anyways, in the season finale, the big promotion for it was that we were supposed to find out who 'A', the omniscient being that is everywhere all the time leaving the girls notes and scaring them into doing whatever it is that 'A' wants them to do, is. People that haven't watched the show since the Pilot episode of the first season were tuning in to finally find out who A is.  It used to be that each Monday I had to be home at 8PM so that I could watch Pretty Little Liars. But then reality took a hold, life got busy, and soon I was no longer making it home by 8 on Mondays to watch Pretty Little Liars. I would end up hearing what happened in it anyways, since, like I said, everyone around here watches it. But Monday, instead of go...

Title: Beach Party Girls Author: Vanessa Rose Lee Summary: (Amazon) Welcome to Miami. The city lights up at night and parties are endless. Meet the Beach Party Girls. Kim Bailey and Stephanie Cole enjoy living a fast-paced, glamorous lifestyle. One day, an event changes their lives. What will they do to get by? Join the fun-loving Beach Party Girls and their adventures!   My Rating: 2.7/5 I'd Recommend to... Middle School-ers My Thoughts: Beach Party Girls by Vanessa Rose Lee is definitely a book for younger audiences. Not little children, but not teenagers either. I would say that Beach Party Girls is a book for a 6th-7th grade audience.  Beach Party Girls is about Kim and Stephanie being these rich girls that just want to have fun. They don't have a job because they don't need one. They only went to college to meet boys, and are still single. But one day, Stephanie's daddy gets sued and loses money. The girls get real jobs. They make new friends ...

I got a chance to interview Victoria Willis, aka toriababy22. Check out the interview and check out her YouTube page! 1. What inspires you to sing? When I have people, friends, teachers, and family that support me! I love hearing that people appreciate or like my singing! It motivates me. 2. Who is your favorite singer/band? I honestly don’t think I have a favorite. I just find songs I like, but if I had to pick I would say Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney to name a few  3. Who is your role model? My cousin Michael… he started rapping awhile back and he’s gone through so many ups and downs throughout the process. He got me back into singing, without him I’d probably still be sitting at home recording myself but not putting the videos anywhere haha! 4. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate or mint chocolate chip! 5. Do you write your own songs too or just do covers? I do both! I started writing and recording songs in November and I’m hoping to ...

May contain spoilers, but not details. The Other Slipper by Kenechi Udogu The story begins with the preparations for the great ball where (Cinder)Ella will meet her prince and live happily ever after. However, this story is not about her. It is about Jo, and to a certain extent, her brother Ron. When Jo stumbles across a pumpkin and glass slipper and takes them home, she alters her destiny. When the slipper starts to hum for its mate, Jo is forced to accept the rumor about Ella and an enchanted slipper. Hoping she can just return the slipper and go back to normal, she seeks out Ella who is now living in the palace. However, Ella's godmother Arla tells Jo that she must now return the pair to their rightful owner, the Lady of Ould. Jo can no longer doubt the existence of magic as everyone has heard of the great and powerful Lady of Ould. So in the company of her protective older brother Ron, Jo begins a journey that reveals truths about her family origins that expand her small world ...

Victoria ( toriababy22 ) is a wonderful singer that I think you all should check out! She is great vocally and barely misses any notes. I love her takes on her covers. She sings from her soul which is a nice thing that is not found very often. She's a really nice and sweet girl and I think you should give her a chance. Check out her YouTube page here!

1.       I had the chance to inteview Liz Botts and here it is!  PrincessReviews , Liz Botts What inspires you to write? I write because I hear a lyric from a song and it sparks an idea. Or suddenly a character jumps into my head and I have to work out the story. I find inspiration in the strangest places. Honestly, a lot of my inspiration comes from the world around me. I’ll read an article in the newspaper, and think of the perfect place to fit it into a story. I’ve even gotten inspiration from dreams. 2.       Who are your role models? I really admire strong mothers. Women who would do anything for their children. 3.        What is In The Spotlight about? Basically, In the Spotlight is a feel good story about discovering your place in the world, and falling in love in the process. Here’s the synopsis: When sixteen year old Hannah Brewster lands the lead in the school musical she hopes it will be the perfect chance...

Getting Revenge On Lauren Wood by   Eileen Cook Summary (from Goodreads) Popularity is the best revenge. In the final weeks of eighth grade, Lauren Wood made a choice. She betrayed her best friend, Helen, in a manner so publicly humiliating that Helen had to move to a new town just to save face. Ditching Helen was worth it, though, because Lauren started high school as one of the It Girls--and now, at the start of her senior year, she's the cheerleading captain, the quarterback's girlfriend, and the undisputed queen bee. Lauren has everything she's ever wanted, and she has forgotten all about her ex-best friend. But Helen could never forget Lauren. After three years of obsessing, she's moving back to her old town. She has a new name and a new look, but she hasn’t dropped her old grudges. She has a detailed plan to bring down her former BFF by taking away everything that's ever been important to Lauren—starting with her boyfriend. Watch out, ...

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Particia Highsmith is the story of Tom Ripley, a twenty-five-year-old con artist and forgerer. He is approached by Mr. Greenleaf and asked to travel to Italy to try to persuade his son Dickie Greenleaf to return to America because he has been gone a long time and Mrs. Greenleaf is ill. Although Tom had met Dickie only once, and tells Mr. Greenleaf as much, Mr. Greenleaf insists and offers to pay all his expenses. Wanting to get away from his dead-end life and start anew, Tom accepts. Neither of them knows that their arrangement will lead to multiple crimes. Entertaining storyline. However, it was a long read. The pacing was good but it sometimes read like one of the classics we had to read in English class at school. Description was heavy but not burdensome. The life of these well-off Americans living in Italy was slow and lazy so I guess the story was matching that kind of living. Interesting plot device. This is the first crime novel I’ve read outside of Ag...

Joseph Kony is an evil man in Africa who takes children and turns them against their parents and forces them to kill. We need to help spread the word to let people know that we care. Like the narrator kept saying, if this happened to just ONE kid in America, it would be all over the place and stopped within seconds. Well, this is happening to HUNDREDS and THOUSANDS of kids in Africa, and no one has cared. Until now. Help spread the word. Together we CAN and WILL make a difference. Kony 2012.

This is a message I recieved via facebook from Neal James who would like people to vote for this book for the People's Book Prize 2012. It's up to you if you want to vote; I'm just helping him spread the word. Thank you.  ‘Two Little Dicky Birds’ (ISBN 9781905809936) has been nominated for the Peoples Book Prize 2012. In order to progress beyond the first round and into the short list, it requires your vote. Please follow the link below to the appropriate page on the award website, and add your name to a growing list: http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/book.php?id=718 Please feel free to share this with any of your contacts, and accept my apologies if you have already voted Thank you Neal

Sparkle's Song is a wonderful children's book! You can check out my review of the book here !  I planned on doing an interview, but it completely slipped my mind and I am SO sorry about that!! I'll have an interview up soon, just not with the tour (though I missed my date anyway!) Please forgive me, and don't take my laziness out on the book!  It truly is a wonderful children's book that I recommend. See the review for more! Thank you! 

Country Dance (2) is just like any of the Just Dances, except the only songs it has are country songs. So, if you can't stand country music, you might as well just not even read this post, though it's not what most people think it is. I love my Country Dance 2; I play it all the time! I like it more than Just Dance 2, but that's only because I like the songs better. The dance moves are on the same difficulty level and some songs are harder than others. With Country Dance 2, you can play Freeze Dance, battle dance, or just dance by yourself. You can also do a rehearsal version where they teach you the dance moves, or an exercise dance to burn the maximum amount of calories. But even without the exercise mode on, Country Dance 2 is a mega fun way to get your daily dose of exercise done in no time!

This is a comparison I did on the poems "Fireworks" by Amy Lowell and "It's Raining Love" by Richard Brautigan. "Fireworks" by Amy Lowell and "It's Raining in Love" by Richard Brautigan are very similar in many ways. For example, they are both about love. Both speakers are unsure of love and afraid to admit their feelings. The speaker of "It's Raining Love" gets so unsure and confused about his feelings, he starts to distrust himself. In "Fireworks" the speaker covers her true feelings by stating she hates her lover. "Such fireworks as we make, we two! Because you hate me and I hate you" (Lowell 21-22). A common theme between the two is that love is not easy. "It makes me nervous" (Brautigan 5). "But whenever I see you I burst apart" (Lowell 3). As with any two items, anyone can find similarities. "Fireworks" and "It's Raining Love" happen to be very similar. ...

"Santa" brought this for the family this past Christmas. We played it all Christmas day: from 9am until right before dinner at 6pm and then after. We love it! I had seen a commercial for Just Dance with Dora the Explorer. I was thinking that this would be great for my daughter because (1) she loves to dance, (2) exercise, and (3) this was something active we could do when it is cold or raining out. I read the reviews for the Nickelodeon version and a lot of reviewers did not like the game because the real artists were not singing and the kids dancing on the game were kind of "creepy." Many recommended just getting the regular Just Dance. "Santa" got ours from Target and the guy behind the counter recommended getting the latest version which was Just Dance 3. Although it did not have my daughter's favorite song on it, she has found many others that she likes including Laura Bell Bundy – "Giddy On Up (Giddy On Out), and Kiss - "I Was Made For L...

I went with my sisters for a Girls' Night Out to Yuki Japanese Restaurant. This was my first experience with the grill where the chef prepares the food right in front of you. I did not know what to order so I went with one of my sisters' recommendation and ordered Chicken and Shrimp Hibachi. I also shared an appetizer of sushi-like rolls but they had cooked salmon and chicken. I also had a virgin strawberry daiquiri. Delicious. The server took our drink and food orders and then we were served in courses: drinks, appetizer, soup, salad, rice, meat. Everything was tasty and we did not have to wait long. The chef went by the name of Rambo and he cracked jokes and made us ooh and ahh by starting small fires on the grill. But they were pretty fires. He kept us entertained and although he made the fires shoot straight up, I retained what was left of my eyebrows. A bit of advice: Don't get your brows arched while holding a kid on your lap. But back to the meal. I was practically f...

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