Book Review: Moving On (College Of Charleston #3) By Kate L. Mary

Moving On by Kate L. Mary

My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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First off I want to tell y'all that I am a huge lover of this series. The whole college of Charleston series has me wrapped up. I was ecstatic when I saw that Moving On was available to me because I could not wait to read Chris's story. After reading The List I totally felt so bad for him. Don't get me wrong I wanted Annie to find her happiness even if it was with Ryan it just killed me to have him so hurt and in the way he had to find out. I absolutely LOVED this story of Bette and Chris. I enjoyed seeing their friendship truly grow. They truly truly became best friends before anything and I really liked seeing them get to that point. I hated that they took so long but I think that it was necessary so that they could finally realize that they loved each other. Also for Chris I liked his evolution of realizing what he is really upset about when it comes to Annie & Ryan. Him realizing where his anger actually lies. Thank you for the opportunity to have read this. I loved every bit of it and I look forward to more College of Charleston!
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Book Review: Reap by Tillie Cole

Reap by Tillie Cole

My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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WoW Wow Wow... First off I received this like a day before it was supposed to archive so I rushed and bought Raze and decided sleep was NOT an option. I am a fan of Tillie Cole. Her Sweet Home series is amazing and although I know this series is polar opposites in content I still needed to read it. So here I am a day or 2 after the archive date and after its been publishes with barely any sleep utterly exhausted & laking vitamin d (because i live in Alaska) but in utter amusement and in love with the characters from the Scarred Souls series. In this second installment we meet Talia & then the primal Georgian beast Zaal aka 221. The way these stories are set up and the environment is one that DUH sparks so much interest. I mean we are talking about loosing all your humanity and every memory you have and just being a cold blooded killer. The journey that Zaal takes from (lets be honest) animal to human again is really interesting and you can really feel how he sees things for the first time. Talia is wrapped up in him even though she knows they should hate each other. This was a story that wrapped me up so quick and didn't let me go until the very very end and even then I definitely was not ready to let go. SPECIALLY after the epilogue!!!! I mean how could you Tillie. Please tell me its not long until Ravage. I am impatient and I need to know the rest of the story.
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Book Review: Dead Ringer by Jessie Rosen (Pre-Order NOW)

Dead Ringer by Jessie Rosen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Ok more like 4 1/2 stars... The only reason why 1/2 a star is missing is because HELLO that ending was brutal. That was a cliff hanger above a sea of zombies. (yes I related it The walking dead) Ok so now about this book. This was an insane read. I started this book and was instantly drawn in and couldn't drop it for about 6 chapters. I just couldn't stop reading. Then I hit a block. Now this block I hit is more so for me and not because of the writing. So let me explain. I am hispanic & nosy as all hell so when I start getting impatient with something I take a break from it and then come back to it. So because of my characteristics I was slower in the middle of the book. Not at all because of the writing because every time I went back & picked it up I would get sucked in just a tiny bit more again and then I would get impatient with myself. Every time I would get impatient I would step away because I didn't want to be that person to skip to the end and read backward for the sake of answers. Boy am I thankful that I didn't read it backwards for answers because it made the WTF moments that much better. I found myself actually screaming "WHAT THE FUCK" at the dining room table while stuffing my face with a double cheeseburger from McDonalds so it probably sounded for like "Gwuat ga fugggg" and yeah the family looked at me like I was crazy. In that moment I knew that I needed that next book asap and that this book was awesome! this was such a good read and wow the PLOT TWIST are like WOAH I had to take a snack break to continue. This was full of mystery and the way that its written already makes your wonder "what is going on?" You are reading 3 different peoples POV. You have Laura, Charlie, & Sasha! Its up to us the reader to try to put things together. So now to the important question Jessie Rosen when is the next book coming out? Don't make us wait long. So many futures are hanging in the air and and so many pasts need to be uncovered still. Amazing ride with this one and I can't wait for the next book. So many answers!!!

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Book Review: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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Is it possible to give a book more then 5 because if so I would vote for ALL 10. This book was MORE. So much more then what I thought. It was completely heart felt and gave you those teeny tiny butterflies in my stomach. Madeline was such a unique character. For someone who has never been outside due to her illness she is extremely knowledgeable of the WORLD. She knows more about what is around us then we do ourselves. She sees Olly moving in next door and she instantly feels a connection. I wouldn't say that it was like total Love I think it was also the fact that he was (what she assumed) the same age as her and for someone who can't be around anyone you can't help but be drawn to them. It was the spark to set everything in motion for Madelines world to come in full color but also to crumble. The interaction that you see through emails & messaging & on the window was absolute genius. I loved her own little pictures of what she imagined in her head. I specially loved that fact that Madelines favorite book was The Little Prince because it just so happens to be mine. She may not have gone anywhere but to her books helped her travel the world. There were so many things that I felt i could relate to with Madeline. This was a ride and it was beautiful and I can see why its such an anticipated book for 2015. I am not surprised that the books rights were bought to hopefully make a movie. I for one look forward to it! Happy reading to everyone! also thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this book. It was wow amazing, fantastic, & everything nice in this world.



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Weekly Book Review: July 8th 2015

Now and Then by Brenda Rothert

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Now and Then (Now Series)
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I was recommended this book from Amazon & I absolutely enjoyed it very much. I loved the characters and the fact that the characters had history and their very own personal conflict that they had to endure and grow from to then be able to come together and grow together as well. It was wonderful and I just loved the whole journey that they took. Its awesome to have a character who is used to being in the background come out on top and see their self worth. I loved it and enjoyed it!



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Book Review: "Between Now & Never" By Laura Johnston

Between Now & Never by Laura Johnston
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Between Now & Never

****I was gifted with an ARC of this book for my honest review****

So where to begin? hmm lets start with how much I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I loved it from beginning to end. Plot twist doesn't even begin to explain what happens in this book. Like WOAH! I will not give anything away of course but wow what a great read. At the time when I got this book I was in need of a contemporary read and I got that and more. Cody & Juliana's journey together & seperate was what really made me appreciate this book. I love a good lovey story but when you have actual character development between the 2 and actual real life conflict that they must both get through on their own emotionally thats when the story really draws me in. Those are the best in my opinion. So often today contemporary love stories are so focused on getting the couple together but don't give them actual conflict and situations that they must grow from.

This book gave me everything that I look for in a contemporary read. Conflict, character development of both characters separately and together and a plot twist to give you whiplash. Thank you for letting me read this book and I hope everyone read this book because it was pretty much amazing!!! My only question would be what does Cody do with the memory card. But other then that i love love love it!

A favorite quote of mine from the book was:

"The major problem with falling is this: Its rarely a pain-free experience."

Thank you again for letting me read this!


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Book Review: "Where The Road Takes Me" by Jay Mclean

Where the Road Takes Me by Jay McLean
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

**I was gifted with an ARC of this book for my honest review**

WOW... So I was able to finish this book in about 2 or 3 days. This book pulled me in from the prologue. THE PROLOGUE people. I couldn't put it down. But of course we do need sleep as human beings and I am a mom of 2 kids so life happens.

So lets talk my thoughts before I started this book. I thought it would be about this couple that just go on the road together. That they just up & left for the purpose of just wanting to. Which did intrigue me I love very random spur of the moment events like that in a book. But to my surprise that wasn't the case and it was actually SO much better.

The conflict and the whole story within itself is so consuming. You feel for Chloe and for Blake and even Josh. I loved their way of clicking. How people so different and in different places in their life can still find a common ground was so beautiful. You appreciate everything. There were times when Chloe really did make me upset but at the same its part of her story. We cant ask for perfect characters. They wouldn't be lovable if they were perfect. Its the imperfections that make them more approachable or in this case relatable. I loved this whole story and Blake wow... He has became a new Book Boyfriend to add to my list. I have no shame in saying that. Thank you for that epilogue. Nowadays so many books either don't have an epilogue or leave with this rushed ending that your kind of left with questions and I didn't feel that at all. I was completely happy with it. Thank you for letting me read this.

I definitley recommend adding this book to your "TO BE READ" list... as a matter of fact if you CLICK HERE you will be taken to the contest entry to win a copy of this book. SOOO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!!!

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Reckless & Fearless by Priscilla West Review (from the Forever series)

Reckless by Priscilla West
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

**I was provided with an ARC by Netgalley for my honest review**

First let me say that I have quite a few books by Priscilla West on my "To be read" list but as usual, "So many books so little time..."

Secondly I also know that this book already came out in August on 2014 so I am late on picking this up and technically it shouldn't even be called an Advance Readers Copy since I am reading it now in February 2015. But what can you do... better late then never.

Thirdly here is my actual review of this book. I absolutely loved everything about this book. I loved Riley so much. You don't understand my deep love for her. She was strong & bad ass yet so vulnerable. Made me relate to her so much more. I love when characters you love actually show their flaws & weakness's. Lets not forget Jax, I mean hello wow just wow and as damaged as he is he still found a way to be desirable and lovable. I loved Sky, Kev, & Chewie they were definitely those supporting characters that you wanted to see more & you wanted them to make more & more appearances throughout. I will say Priscilla if you are reading this (not likely!!!) I would love to read more about them. Specially since you described Kev as a Ryan Gosseling look alike. I think it had all the elements of a good interesting read. It had the right characters that intrigued you, the conflict, & the plot twist to pull you in even deeper into the book. So much so that half way through reading Reckless I went online & purchased Fearless for my Nook. I wanted to be ready to start the next book. I wanted to know what was happening and how it ended. I was totally sucked in. I finished both Reckless & Fearless in 3 days. Yes its that good. I am so wrapped up in these characters that I am actually going to read the rest of this series. Incase you didn't know this is part of the Forever series. Each couple (a total of 3) has their own little standalone series so you don't really have to read the very first book in the series you can pick up whichever couple you would like to read about & then pick up the first book in their miniserisePriscilla WestReckless. In my case I was given this one so I read it but I am going to pick up the other 2 miniseries so I can have the whole Forever series read. I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this book and I look forward to reading the others!

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Fallen By Lauren Kate Review

Fallen by Lauren Kate
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was dark & light, riveting, intense, and so full of mystery. I couldn't put it down even if I wanted to. I was trying my hardest to piece it all together. Still I will continue to piece it together because I for one can't turn away from this series. I have to read them all and find out what happens with ALL of these characters. Addriane is probably my favorite. She is soo out there & different I just love any scene with her. Movie is supposed to hit theaters Fall 2015 so I'm looking forward to this! I don't like to spoil so I will not post any but if I had to combine any past reads to compare to this one I would say that this has a dash of The Mortal Instruments & a sprinkle of Mara Dyer. Honestly thats the best I can do & I hope that sparks your reading bug! Happy Reading ya'll!!

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Q&A fun!

Thought a really fun way for readers to get to know me would be to just plainly do a Q&A.. so here it is!

1. How tall are you? well all my life I thought I was 5’2 and turns out I am only 5 foot… so yes a fabulous 5 feet tall! 2. How old are you? I am 27 years old!

3. When's your birthday? My birthday is December 13th

4. Zodiac sign? I am a sagittarius

5. Favorite food? I just plainly love food i don’t necessarily have a favorite. But I guess I can say I love pastas, shrimp, chicken. I am from the south & right now I am dreaming of some baked mac & cheese and fried chicken a roll & sweet tea from Minnies Uptown Restaurant in Columbus GA. AMAZE-BALLS!!!

6. Ever been in love? I am right now & married to him too!

7. Ever had a terrible breakup? i don’t believe I have ever had a terrible break up. I have had a break up in the past and it was with my husband when we first started dating years & years ago but it wasn’t terrible really.

8. Are you still friends with any of your exes? I married my ex… lol

9. Any tattoos? yes I do! i have a total of 6 tattoos. My forearm, wrist, feets, & my side.

10. Any piercings? i have my ears pierced and belly button that i have had for years now… lol

11. Favorite show? as of right now i have a few i can’t just narrow it down to one but my top is of course Game of Thrones, Once Upon a Time, The Originals, & Reign

12. Favorite movie? my favorite movie… hmmmmm. This is truly a hard one because I am a big movie lover. I love too many movies but if i have to name a few that come to mind right now. I guess Divergent was pretty bad ass (also an amazing book series) & The Fault In Our Stars, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Superbad & Catching Fire. I have too many to name honestly. I can't just pick one...

13. Besides your favorite movie, what movies could you watch over and over and still love? uhhhhhh… First off any Harry Potter film & I could watch Silver Linings Playbook over & over again. Also Hocus Pocus & Nightmare Before Christmas. Sweet Home Alabama (DUH!) Mean Girls (sorry! LOL!)

14. Favorite actor? well lets see… my favorite actress which i think a lot of my friends already know is Jennifer Lawrence. She is sooo damn talented and from when I first saw her in Poker House i just was just in awe of how amazing she was and such a young age. A favorite actor of mine would have to be Peter Dinklage and I selfishly say that because he portrays Tyrion in Game of Thrones and his portrayal deserves an award. I have never loved a character so much from the first moment I was introduced to them in the first season and he did that. He made me love Tyrion from the beginning and i still do.

15. Favorite talk show host? Ellen DUH! lol

16. Favorite bands? Mumford & sons, Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Kings of Leon, Young The Giant, The Neighborhood, American Authors, Passion Pit, AFI, its honestly too many!

17. Favorite song? so right now I am kinda jamming out to Twenty Pilots “Car Radio”

18. What is your song of the week? “What you wanted” by One Republic

19. First concert? Oh goodness kind of embarassing but my first concert was a B2K concert years ago and that was my last one too… haven’t been to another but i want to sooo bad!!! 20. Who would you like to see in concert? Mumford & sons & Imagine Dragons & Ellie Goulding

21. Quality you look for in a partner? Funny

22. Where do you go when you’re sad? ummm no where in particular. I guess I turn to my books.

23. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? it all depends on where I’m going. If I’m just taking my daughter to school then just 5 minutes but if i actually got somewhere to run errands and i want to look a bit more put together then maybe 30 minutes.

24. Ever been in a physical fight? uhhhhhh. yes! lol

25. Turn on? pretty teeth lol

26. Turn off? stench… if you stink i just can’t!

27. Last book you read? The last book I thoroughly enjoyed & fully read was The Mortal Instruments City of Heavenly Fire.

28. The book you’re currently reading? ok so this is embarrassing. I have a total of 3 books that I’m currently reading which are the 6th book in the Vampire Academy series Last Sacrifice. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green & and Forbidden. 

29. Last person you talked to? hmmm… my BFF Mary. and it was about books! lol

30. The relationship between you and the person you last texted? My bff and fellow book clubie & my Parabatai lol

31. Something you miss? all my family back home… all of them!!!

32. Place you want to visit? Egypt… Please & thank you in advance!

33. Last time you hung out with anyone? What did you do? well this past weekend my friend Brit invited me over for dinner and its was absolutely AMAZING... dat peach cobbler dou...lol

34. What are three things on your bucket list? Go to a Music Festival. Go to Egypt & visit Universal Studios to go visit Hogwarts & Diagonally!

35. What is your biggest pet peeve? Liars…

36. How many languages can you speak? 2… english & spanish

37. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? hahaha i always watched this show and always wanted to say she was in Egypt!

38. Your proudest moment? when i became a mom to 2 amazing little monsters lol!

39. Happiest day of your life? i can’t just pick 1 day thats the happiest day of my life… I have too many to choose from but my kids being born when i got married and when i have done something that people have doubted me about... :)

40. Favorite Authors? this goes to 2 people and I like to refer to them as my king & queen of authors and thats John Green & Cassandra Clare.

Hope y'all have enjoyed getting a little insight into my life...

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Sherley

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Busy Bee & Parentals!

So my fellow friends here we meet again at another blog entry and honestly i feel like its a very boring one. So an early warning for you & I will insert apology... NOW " Im sorry!" 

This week has been an extremely busy week & as I am typing this for y'all I am literally only an hour and a half away from seeing my parents. Excited is an understatement right now. Next month would have been a year since I seen my parents so this visit is long long overdue!!! I have missed them sooo much!!!! 

This the last picture of me with my parents & my brother as well at the airport before I left on my journey to AHHHHHHHH-LASKA! 

So besides getting ready for their visit this week it has also been my daughters last week of Gymnastics & they had a show today that they put on for all the parents. She had been practicing this week specially because she wanted to get the moves down packed. She is so cute and boy was it exciting just to see her face after she performed. It wasn't even about me being proud of her because let be honest I was over the moon proud of her but she was proud of herself. Seeing her being proud of herself made me even more proud of her. I want to really instill this self gratification in her. I believe that the happiest people are those who know their self worth and do things for themselves because they know they can. Its not that she should be selfish I just want her to know that she can achieve anything on her own because she knows she can. 

Here is my awesome daughter right before she performed & my husband! :)

Also as I am typing this cool doubly dooo my friend Johnny & I are talking about starting a collaboration blog together. It will definitely have a lot more content and honestly I am starting to find my solace in writing again (or typing in this case) but basically putting my thoughts down on some kind of media. I am far from being the best writer but for me its just soothing. So that pretty exciting!!! we will have lots fun stuff and once details are final I will link it here so that y'all can go & check it out! 

Lastly another super cool thing that happened this week was that I was a part of a collab photo shoot with my friend Meghan & Sophia. So here is the super rad thing about these 2 ladies. Meghan makes jewelry for her shop on Etsy called Swallows Heart and if your not already a fan of her stuff well then you will be. I am obsessed with her jewelry. Its so unique and I am all about unique & stylish pieces. Then there is Sophia who is a photographer & she is absolutely talented. So here is the thing I am not a model and i don't like to smile. Its not because I'm not happy its because I just have always felt like I have a fake smile. Sophia totally had me actually laughing and it looked natural she took hold of the shoot and no matter how I look in the picture I gotta give her all the modeling credit because she totally told what to do right down to my fingers and she is truly talented! i can't wait to see these pictures. I was the makeup artist for the shoot so its showcasing a few things all in the one. Sophia's editorial side, Meghan's gorgeous jewelry, and my makeup and I couldn't be happier. Cant wait to post all the photos when they are finally done! Cross your fingers for something soon!!!!! here is just a little taste of my Thursday night! :)

I am linking both Meghan's Jewelry shop & Facebook page here & also Sophia's photography page! 

Swallows Heart Etsy Page

Swallows Heart Facebook Page

Sophia Jordan Photography

Check those out for some awesome work!!! 

Anyways guys I have to get back to enjoying my family. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend & also coming up week! Stay Awesome!!!

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Sherley

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