Another award! yeay!

Another award! What a great day!
Thank you Spilled Ink for the Superior Scribbler award.



This award is to recognize those writers who go above and beyond, so I am giving this award to:

1. I'm Blogging Drowning Here!
2.A Writer Of Wrongs
3.365 Days of Novel Writing
4."Hey, I'm Trying To Write Here"
5. All Write With Coffee

My First Award!

Wow! My first award! Yeay! Given to me by: Tuning Into YA Books!


The rules are pretty simple. Answer the following questions with Single Word answers then pass this along to 5 other bloggers. Make sure you let them know about it though.

Your Cell Phone? invisible
Your Hair? red
Your Mother? fashion
Your Father? wonderful
Your Favorite Food? Chinese
Your Dream Last Night? uhhhhhhhhhmmmm
Your Favorite Drink? Shake
Your Dream/Goal? Bestseller
What Room Are You In? dining
Your Hobby? Reading
Your Fear? Menopause
Where Do You Want To Be In Six Years? Touring
Where Were You Last Night? Home
Something That You Aren't? tan
Muffins? chocolate
Wish List Item? books
Where Did You Grow Up? America
Last Thing You Did? Comment
What Are You Wearing? Clothes
Your TV? invisible
Your Pets? Chihuahua!
Friends? great
Your Life? interesting
Your Mood? happy!
Missing Someone? always
Vehicle? invisible
Something You Aren't Wearing? crocodile
Your Favorite Store? Target
Your Favorite Color? Pink
When Was The Last Time You Laughed? now
Last Time You Cried? unno
Your Best Friend? fiance
One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? Chinese
Facebook? never!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite Place To Eat? Chinese


Yeay! for my first award!

For my five individuals who I am passing it on to I choose:

Debbie's Book Bag
Spilled Ink
Bokheim Publishing
Reading Angel
The romantic query letter and the Happy-Ever-After

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser:

Night World No.1
by L.J. Smith

"Me? You look nice. I mean - you look wonderful. That color makes your hair look just like gold."
pg. 544

(Yes, this is one of those wonderfully long books I adore so much!!! Even if in some way it is three books all wrapped up in one beautiful package.)

Review: Lioness Rampant

Novel: Lioness Rampant
Author: Tamora Pierce
Pages: 308
Genre: YA (Fantasy)



In Book Four of ``The Song of the Lioness'' sequence, the stage is set for a series of final confrontations for Alanna, the woman who rides like a man, involving love, adventure, and power. A new romance enters her life in the person of Liam Ironarm, a Shang Dragon warrior. With others Alanna and Liam travel to the Roof of the World on a quest for the Dominion Jewel. They return home in time to play their parts in a struggle between good and evil, represented by Jonathan, now king, and Alanna's enemy, Duke Roger. If the finale seems a long time coming for some readers, the climactic conflict is worth waiting for. It's handled skillfully, with all the of tension, drama, and physical action that a good fight should generate. The ending is an appropriate mixture of sorrow and joy and hope for the future. Lioness Rampant will be confusing for readers who do not know the earlier books, but Alanna's fans will be pleased to see their heroine triumphant in all the ways that matter


(I will not be posting any spoilers! Only opinion for the sake of those of us who love to have our first look at a book be untainted by foreknowledge.)
Lioness Rampant is the fourth book in the 'Song of the Lioness Quartet' and as many of you know my last three reviews have been the other three installments in this series. Whenever I reread this series I still find myself riveted until the end. This is one of my favorites of the four books and I feel that it is a great addition. Many people who have completed the novel have had different feelings about the ending which I will not reveal. I am neutral on that point. I feel that Tamora did an excellent job and her writing style is as wonderful as ever. I love the new characters we meet in this book and some of them are actually some of my favorites. Some of you may know what I mean (if you have already read this novel) when I say there is one part I am still sore over but overall I love this book and the adventure Alanna goes through to find the Dominion Jewel. This book is a wonderful close to the 'Song of the Lioness Quartet' but by no means the end of the novels of Tortall.






Would I suggest you read it:

Definite yes! This is a wonderful close to the quartet and a great read! If you have read the other three books you will love getting to go on another exciting adventure with Alanna.

Other Covers:



Author’s Website: http://www.tamora-pierce.com

Woman Who Rides Like a Man Review!

Novel: Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Author: Tamora Pierce
Pages: 228
Genre: YA (Fantasy)



The third in the "Song of the Lioness" series finds the title heroine, Alanna; her psychic cat, Faithful; and the older man-at-arms, Coram, among the desert tribes of the Bazhir. Here Alanna breaks with tradition by training three gifted youthstwo of them girlsas shamans. She also sets out to tame the evil in a substitute crystal sword that she suspects belonged to her enemy, Roger, whom she killed in Book Two. Her ambitious brother, sorcerer Thom, is experimenting with raising the deadand new trouble brews. Meanwhile, she has a misunderstanding with Prince Jonathan, her lover who has assumed their betrothal and a romantic reunion with George, King of Thieves. A coming-of-age fantasy-adventure that can be read by itself, thanks to smooth backgrounding, and one that leaves readers wanting to read further in either direction.


(I will not be posting any spoilers! Only opinion for the sake of those of us who love to have our first look at a book be untainted by foreknowledge.)
For those of you who have read my last two reviews for both Alanna: The First Adventure and In the Hands of the Goddess you know that Tamora Pierce's novels were very influential to me. This one is not my favorite. To be perfectly honest some of the time when I reread this series I skip this one. It is still worth reading and especially if you are reading this series for the first time. There are a lot of new characters introduces and you start to realize a few differences between Jonathan and George that grow to be more important later on in the series. Alanna has to confront her feeling over what happened in book two but she also has to confront her feelings about her gift. Overall it is not my very favorite read but it is a good addition to the series and one that is worth the time to read. Hope you enjoy!




4 Stars!

Would I suggest you read it:

Yes! Especially if you have read the first two books in the series.

Other covers:



Author’s Website: http://www.tamora-pierce.com/index.html

The Espressologist Review

Yes, I realize that I am not sticking to my old favorites for this review and am a little off schedule because today was supposed to be Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce but I just read this book yesterday and loved it so wanted to get to share it with you all and will be back to my normal reviewing soon! Hope you all are doing well!




Novel: The Espressologist
Author: Kristina Springer
Pages: 184 (hardcover)
Genre: YA (Fantasy)



What’s your drink of choice?
Is it a small pumpkin latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium Americano? You must prefer simplicity in life. Or perhaps it’s a small decaf soy-free hazelnut caffe late? Some might call you yuppie.

Seventeen-year-old barista Jane Turner has this theory that you can tell a lot about a person by their regular coffee drink. She scribbles it all down in a notebook and calls it Espressology. So it’s not a totally crazy idea when Jane starts hooking up some of her friends based on their drink orders. Like her friend, Em, a medium hot chocolate, and Cam, a toffee nut latte. But when her boss, Derek, gets wind of Jane’s Espressology, he makes it an in-store holiday promotion, promising customers their perfect matches for the price of their favorite coffee. Things are going better than Derek could ever have hoped, so why is Jane so freaked out? Does it have anything to do with Em dating Cam? She’s the one who set them up! She should be happy for them, right?

In Kristina Springer’s frothy, sweet debut, a young woman unwittingly starts a love and latte craze that readers will savor.
(From inside flap of book. Yes, I enjoyed this book enough to open the book and type it in myself.)


(I will not be posting any spoilers! Only opinion for the sake of those of us who love to have our first look at a book be untainted by foreknowledge.)
I fell in love with this book without even realizing it. I was looking for a, easy read to get my mind off of other things and I got a coffee filled adventure of romance. Normally I don’t like this type of novel. Every once in a while I will like something that gives you that warm fuzzy feeling but more often than not if it is realistic it might not be my thing, though I am open to reading anything. I ended up really enjoying this and even enjoying the pop culture references. They refer to things that most other novels wouldn’t because it isn’t what would be considered an important detail but our main character loves those details because they are what got her started with Espressology. This novel kept me laughing and loving it! I am truly impressed with Krinstina Springer’s debut!





Would I suggest you read it:

Yes! I almost never enjoy this type of book but I found myself falling in love with this novel! I would suggest it to anyone. Especially, someone looking for a frothy romance or a bit of pumpkin spice in their reading.

Book website:
http://www.espressologist.com/

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:


*Grab your current read
*Open to a random page
*Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
*BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
*Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My current read:



"Okay, Darla. age and an interesting tidbit?"
"Oh, I am forty-five years young, baby doll. And bowling average is 180. That's pretty interesting, isn't it?"

The Espressologist by Kristina Springer (Pg. 123)]
I know it is a bit longer than normal but this book is just so cute!!