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I'm so happy to have Sophie Jordan, author of Firelight, here with us today as part of the Teen Book Scene Firelight Tour! Don't leave after the interview because I have something exciting for you!! ******** Question1) There have been many shapeshifting books out and about, what gave you the idea to switch things up and introduce dragons into the mix? Answer1) Well, you just said it! :) I approached writing this book with the attitude that if I was going to write another shapeshifter story I better switch things up. That put the burden on me to come up with something unique, but I wanted to give readers a different experience – as well as myself – in writing it. Q2) Were you thinking of any other animal before dragons or was it always that way? A2) Well, no -- no other animals. I tinkered with writing something involving witches but the idea never took hold. I was patient. I waited for an idea that could really inspire me. When I landed on the dragons, I was seized wit...

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren , which was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie. This past week has been very good to me! It def. made up for only getting two books the two weeks before! :P Purchased by me: The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan My Soul To Take & My Soul To Save by Rachel Vincent Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins The Prophecy of Sisters by Michelle Zink Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols Generation Dead & Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters For Review: Kiss Me Deadly edited by Trisha Telep Elixir by Hilary Duff The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh Ghoul Strike! by Andrew Newbound Beautiful Dead: Arizona by Eden Maguire (review copy & giveaway copy) (Special thanks to Running Press Books, Simon&Schuster, Scholastic and Sourcebooks!) Won: None So those are my books this week. Super excited to start Elixir and to finish Mockingjay! Get any good books this week?! Sherry <3

Jami over at YA Addict is hosting a Recreate-A-Cover contest featuring Personal Demons by Lisa Descrohers. Here is the original cover: And here is my recreation: The chance to enter ends tonight so hurry on over if you want to make your own recreation!! Here's the link! Sherry<3

Have you heard about this yet? If not, you should head on over to C.J Redwine's blog now to read all about Skip a Starbucks Day ! Here's some deets(but def. read the whole post): C.J and her family have been in an adoption process for the past 5 years trying to bring home little Johanna Faith. In that time frame, adoption costs have rised dramatically over in China. $8000 more is now needed to bring her home. All we are asking is instead of spending $5 on a Tall Latte with blabbity blah blah blah, you donate that $5 instead. I just donated and I'm so glad to hear that the adoption account has now hit over $2000 from everyones donations. That's so amazing! I really hope we can all help bring Johanna home. Not only are you super awesome if you donate to this amazing cause, many bloggers and authors are helping out by offering up some great prizes. You can see everything over at C.J's blog so go check it out now! Thanks for listening guys!!! Sherry <3

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren. Inspired by Alea @ Pop Culture Junkie. Yea gotta love that face. I'm practically the shyest person on the face of the earth. And this is my first vlog, and im sick and I have man voice so no laughing. :P Eleni is forcing me against my will to post this so here it goes.  O.O p.s- this will never happen again Sherry <3

Can you guys believe that Mockingjay releases in just THREE days!?!?! Neither can I! I had 123 people enter to win a hardcover copy of both The Hunger Games & Catching Fire. There was a total of 539 entries(whoa!) and the winning entry that was randomly selected was... ... .. 503. So Congrats to....   Myra M.! I will be emailing you shortly for your mailing address. You will have 48 to respond or I will pick a new winner! For those of you that didn't win, no worries. My 1 year blogoversary is coming up at the end of the month so I will be hosting some sort of contest for that(don't know what kind yet!!) ***On a side note: I am going to be interviewing Alyson Noel, author of the Evermore series and the upcoming Radiance. Feel free to leave questions in the comments. After a few days I will compile a list of the most unique/funniest/best questions and I will use them in my interview. Everyone that submits a question in the comment section will be entered to win...

*Favorite Friday is a weekly meme that focuses on bloggers or authors favorite things. You are welcome to use my meme and button, just please credit me!* Welcome to this weeks edition of Favorite Friday. Sharing with us today is Harmony from Harmony's Radiant Reads! ~~~~~~ The lovely Sherry has let me take over her blog so I’m gonna talk a little about myself! I’m 14, going into High School in exactly two days, AND am in revisions of my current novel, My Lover. (not the actual title but I’m keeping it a secret;) Oh dear, what am I gonna talk about? Hmmm…well I’m gonna talk about YOUTUBE . Why? Because I’m watching vlogbrothers videos at the moment so I’m gonna do it! Youtube is super fun and if you get past all the pointless junk you can find cool stuff! For example: Vlog Brothers: If you haven’t heard of them, they’re HILARIOUS. You probably know them though, since one of them is JOHN FREAKIN’ GREEN. You know, Looking for Alaska? Paper Towns? An Adundance of Katherines? Y...

Sea by Heidi R. Kling Publication date: June 10th, 2010 Published by: Putnam Juvenile Hardcover, 336 Pages Source: Won copy from Author Summary from goodreads: "Haunted by recurring nightmares since her mother’s disappearance over the Indian ocean three years before, fifteen-year old California girl Sienna Jones reluctantly travels with her psychiatrist father’s volunteer team to six-months post-tsunami Indonesia where she meets the scarred and soulful orphaned boy, Deni, who is more like Sea than anyone she has ever met. She knows they can’t be together, so why can’t she stay away from him? And what about her old best friend-turned-suddenly-hot Spider who may or may not be waiting for her back home? And why won’t her dad tell her the truth about her mother’s plane crash? The farther she gets from home, the closer she comes to finding answers. And Sea’s real adventure begins." My Review: ****.5 = 4 1/2 Stars (very minor spoilers below) When a book can make me cry, t...

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer Publication Date: October 19th, 2010 Published By: Philomel Hardcover, 464 Pages Source: ARC from BEA Summary from Goodreads: " While other teenage girls daydream about boys, Calla Tor imagines ripping out her enemies’ throats. And she wouldn’t have it any other way. Calla ...more While other teenage girls daydream about boys, Calla Tor imagines ripping out her enemies’ throats. And she wouldn’t have it any other way. Calla was born a warrior and on her eighteenth-birthday she’ll become the alpha female of the next generation of Guardian wolves. But Calla’s predestined path veers off course the moment she saves the life of a wayward hiker, a boy her own age. This human boy’s secret will turn the young pack's world upside down and forever alter the outcome of the centuries-old Witches' War that surrounds them all." My Review: ***** = 5 Stars This is one of those books that after you finish reading it, you spend hours thinking abou...

Favorite Friday is a weekly meme that focuses on the favorite things of our fellow bloggers or authors. You are welcome to use my meme just please credit me. :) This week we are featuring Kate from I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read ! *** Thanks Sherry for giving me the opportunity to share my favorite thing with you and your followers! Since I am a book blogger, everyone already knows I love books, so I thought I would share something favorite that is a bit more personal. My darling doggie, Jamie! For those who follow me on my blog or twitter, you know that my icon (& favicon) is my doggie, Jamie. The one I use is when she was a puppy (insert attached picture). But she is two now and is the love of my life (besides my guy ;) ). She is a Wheaten Terrier and for any that have come into contact with one, know the hyperactive nature of these lovable dogs. Although she definitely tried our relationship in the beginning, I cannot imagine my life without her. She is the sweetest girl...

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. My pick for this week is Timeless by Alexandra Monir. Summary from goodreads: "When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion filled with a century’s worth of family secrets, Michele discovers a diary that hurtles her back in time to the year 1910. There, in the midst of the glamorous Gilded Age, Michele meets the young man with striking blue eyes who has haunted her dreams all her life – a man she always wished was real, but never imagined could actually exist. And she finds herself falling for him, into an otherworldly, time-crossed romance. Michele is soon leading a double life, struggling to balance her contemporary high school world with her escapes into the past. But when she stumbles upon a terrible discovery, she...

Phew! So I want to thank everyone who took the time to look and then vote for a cover. Considering what people said on twitter and on here the votes were pretty even. So I still don't know what to choose. Instead I made a new cover, because I obviously have nothing better to do then keep remaking the same cover :P Here is the original Losing Faith COVER: And here is my final entry: Thanks for your help, and sorry I didn't even use one of my earlier covers. Go check out the contest page now, at Princess Bookies Blog . Good luck everyone who enters! :) Sherry <3

Hey guys & gals! I have recently become addicted to these things. Princess Bookie is hosting yet another Remake A Cover contest. This time for Losing Faith by Denise Jaden. Here's the problem... I can't decide which cover to enter. Would you mind letting me know your favorite of the following three??? *pretty please with sugar on top** :) Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 I really appreciate the help!!! Thanks! Sherry <3

Hey everyone! In case you aren't aware, I recently started a book blog with my mom. We hit 50 followers already so we are having a giveaway to celebrate! So far there will be two winners, but we will add another once(if) we hit 100 and possibly more after that! One winner will get a little plaque that says "I cannot live without books." (US only) Which I thought was freaking perfect because obviously none of us can! :P Also a book of choice up to $10 from the book depository- so international!! Go check it out now! :) Sherry <3

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren , that was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie . This is what I got these past two weeks! :) For Review &/or Blog Tours: Scars by Cheryl Rainfield The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell Love Sucks by Melissa Francis (Special thanks to Cheryl Rainfield, Goodman Media and HarperCollins.) Won: Brusier by Neal Shusterman Hearts at Stake & Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey The Starlet by Mary McNamara The Alchmyst, The Magician, The Sorceress & The Necromancer by Michael Scott (Special thanks to Stacey @ A Novel Source , Shannon @ Literati's Literary Library and Liz @ Cleverly Inked !) Purchased: Dark Visions by L.J Smith Bite Me by Melissa Francis For Cover Recreation: Tell Me A Secret Chapter Sample and Bookmark (Special thanks to Holly Cupala!) What did you get this week? Sherry <3

So I used to secretly want to be a writer(not so secret anymore). I still toy with the idea, but in my mind I'm a much better reader than a writer. :P And that's fine with me because I love to read. But the other day over at Novel Novice I entered one of their Short Story writing contests. It was The Naughty List Writing Contest, with first place getting signed copies of both The Naughty List and So Many Boys by Suzanne Young. Well to my amazement, I won first place! I really didn't think my entry was that great but it was so much fun to write. We had to use three key words, naughty, ninja and smitten. And I had a great time writing it. You can check out my entry here . Thanks to Novel Novice for thinking my entry was good! :) Sherry <3

Firelight by Sophie Jordan Publication Date: September 7th, 2010 Published by: HarperTeen Hardcover, 336 Pages Source: ARC from friend Summary from Goodreads: "With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s rebelliousness leads her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can’t resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she’s risking not only her life but the draki’s most closely guarded secret." My Review: ***** + = 5+ Stars I love, love, LOVE this book. One, shapeshifting is awesome. Two, dragons are awesome. Put them together and what do you get? A one of a kind, action packed story, full of danger and a romance that you can't get enough of. I have always loved dragons, I mean I even have a dragon tribal ...

Hey Everyone!! I can't believe I've been blogging for almost a year. In some ways it seems much longer and it others, shorter. I am glad to have met so many amazing people and I look forward to meeting many more along the way. As tradition goes, a celebration ensues at the mark of our blogs one year anniversary. And I want mine to be EPIC ! So here's what I'm looking for from you. Input. What would you like to see, contests, interviews, etc etc?? Also what books are you most looking forward to? Please feel free to throw in any kind of idea that you come up with. I will be looking into each and every idea given. I obviously won't be able to give you all everything you want but I will certainly try my hardest! So go ahead and spill! :) Thanks so much! Sherry <3

I am thrilled to be considered a CSN Preferred Blogger. You know what that means right? Since last time I got to give away a gift certificate to one lucky follower, this time I get to do another review. The choice will much harder this time, as I don't think I have enough space for another bookshelf in my room. Perhaps I will browse the table lamps  since the one in my room is bent and missing the shade. I like my lamps to be somewhat simple.. like this one. And I love that color too!! I think I'll go keep browsing, but be on the lookout for my upcoming review! Sherry <3

Summary from goodreads: "In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s barely any pr...more In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s barely any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one . . . until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion. Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic." Now I don't usually do mini reviews. I usually read books after they are released or about a month ahead of time. I saw Matched sitting on my shel...

  I am thrilled to be participating in the blog tour to promote Brenda Pandos' debut release, The Emerald Talisman. First, if you haven't heard of it, check out the summary below.  Summary from Goodreads: "To be normal, sixteen-year-old Julia Parker would shed her empathic gift in a second. Life has been difficult since her mother's mysterious disappearance ten years earlier - an event she witnessed, but can't remember. Julia's situation becomes more complicated after a near death experience from a blood thirsty stalker. As high school students go missing it is clear there is a connection to her own experience--past and present. Someone has to stop the madness and a chance encounter with a creepy psychic foretells that only Julia is the key to stopping the madness, but it may require the life of the one she loves." Now, we have a special guest post from the author herself. I asked her "What are your top five vampire books of all time and why?...