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I am super thrilled to be hosting author Jennifer Jabaley today as part of the blog tour for her recently released novel Crush Control (June 9th from Razorbill Penguin). A YA novel about hypnosis (It's pretty great, make sure you stop back by tomorrow to check out my review!). Since Crush Control is about hypnosis, I asked her who she would hypnotize and why if she had the ability to. Please welcome Jennifer! :) * * * * *  When I was writing CRUSH CONTROL I did a lot of research on hypnosis. Hypnosis is a form of unconsciousness that resembles sleep but actually the person is fully awake and hyper aware. Under this state, they show a heightened suggestability, therefore it's easy to get someone to do something, however crazy, when they are in this trance-like state. Naturally, this leads to endless possiblities of humor which is the basis of stage hypnosis. This is the kind of hypnosis that leads Willow to perform a hypnosis show at a party and eventually try and control...

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Publication Date: December 2nd, 2010 Published By: Dutton (A Penguin Group) Hardcover, 372 Pages Source: Gift Summary from Goodreads: "Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Claire: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home. As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near-misses end with the French kiss Anna—and readers—have long awaited?" My Review: *****+ = 5+ Stars Anna and the French Kiss is as mouthwatering as the parisian treats that Stephanie describes throughout the pages of this book. As the stor...

There have been a lot of books from this year that I absolutely love and adore, but the one that gets the top spot is Matched by Ally Condie. I attempted to do a mini-review of it a few months ago but it mostly consisted of me going over and over about just how much I loved it. Before I get into the giveaway, let's learn five fun things about Ally! ~Five Fun Facts~ I have one brother and two sisters and I am crazy about all of them. My husband and I have trained for and finished two marathons together. I've lived in three different states/countries: Utah, New York, and London. I've been to four Neil Diamond concerts. Before writing Matched, I published five other books with a smaller publisher.     ******   Ok.. so I'm jealous! I've always wanted to go to London!!   You've learned some new things about Ally, and now you can win her upcoming release Matched!   As long as The Book Depository delivers to your country, you can enter. All you have t...

The much talked about Across the Universe by Beth Revis is being released in just 3 months (or something like that)! How would you like to win yourself an ARC?! Well, now you can! I've got a copy that I snagged from NY Comic Con and you can win it! I have so many leave a comment to enter contests going on and I wanted to switch things up. To enter this contest, you have to create a haiku, or a poem with three lines, 5 syllables, then 7 then 5. Here's an example just in case you have no frakking clue what I'm talking about: This book is awesome You know you really want it Go write your Haiku! Bam! It's that simple!   You can write it on anything you like, but I would to see your enthusiasm for this book! Only one Haiku per person to enter pleaseeee! I don't usually do international contests because shipping is so much but I know a lot of people want this, so international it is! (If you really can't figure out how to do this, leave a list with your thre...

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...