#BEA16 Updates 27 days to go!

Were just 27 days away from leaving for BEA/BookCon!  I so can't wait!  Ill be picking Rachael up on the 7th then well be heading out on the 8th!  Im both excited and so scared!  Its over 1,200 miles to drive and then going to this event that ive been trying to get to for 6 years!  

I can't wait to see what they have and to meet all the people. And hopefully get to see a lot of fav authors!  Were also going to be going to Anderson Books for a signing with none other than Sarah J. Maas!  It was fate that we meet her as the signing will be 12 little miles from our hotel!  

Travel Updates:

Looks like we might end up going a different way in our driving since there is a lot of road construction going on! 

Parking has been pre paid so thats done!  

Hotel has been done 

I got some free luggage so ive got that to!  

The girls are getting excited!  They can't wait to go as well.  

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The Killing Jar by Jennifer Bosworth had a Creepy powers in a contemporary setting {Review}

The Killing Jar by 

Jennifer Bosworth 

  “I try not to think about it, what I did to that boy.”

Seventeen-year-old Kenna Marsden has a secret. 

She’s haunted by a violent tragedy she can’t explain. Kenna’s past has kept people—even her own mother—at a distance for years. Just when she finds a friend who loves her and life begins to improve, she’s plunged into a new nightmare. Her mom and twin sister are attacked, and the dark powers Kenna has struggled to suppress awaken with a vengeance. 

On the heels of the assault, Kenna is exiled to a nearby commune, known as Eclipse, to live with a relative she never knew she had. There, she discovers an extraordinary new way of life as she learns who she really is, and the wonders she’s capable of. For the first time, she starts to feel like she belongs somewhere. That her terrible secret makes her beautiful and strong, not dangerous. But the longer she stays at Eclipse, the more she senses there is something malignant lurking underneath it all. And she begins to suspect that her new family has sinister plans for her…

#Outlander! Season 2 is HERE!!!!!

    Season 2 of Outlander is here! I am such a bad fan as I still have yet to read this book!  I need to read book one but it will happen sooner or later but I so can't wait for the show to come back!  We miss them! 

Beautifully crafted fantasy with magic, twists, turns, romance & one killer ending Illusions of Fate by @kierstenwhite {Review}

  Downton Abbey meets Cassandra Clare in this lush, romantic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White.

“I did my best to keep you from crossing paths with this world. And I shall do my best to protect you now that you have.”

Jessamin has been an outcast since she moved from her island home of Melei to the dreary country of Albion. Everything changes when she meets Finn, a gorgeous, enigmatic young lord who introduces her to the secret world of Albion’s nobility, a world that has everything Jessamin doesn’t—power, money, status…and magic. But Finn has secrets of his own, dangerous secrets that the vicious Lord Downpike will do anything to possess. Unless Jessamin, armed only with her wits and her determination, can stop him.

Kiersten White captured readers’ hearts with her New York Times bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy and its effortless mix of magic and real-world teenage humor. She returns to that winning combination of wit, charm, and enchantment in Illusions of Fate, a sparkling and romantic new novel perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, The Madman’s Daughter, and Libba Bray.

romance, mystery and just enough ghosts ~The Haunting of Springiest Hall by @EB_Wheeler {Giveaway} @lovingthebook

Eighteen-year-old Lucy doesn't know why she's haunting Springett Hall in Victorian England. All she remembers of her life is that she was trying to fix a terrible mistake. Now, a necromancer's plans threaten everyone in the house--living and dead--and her only hope of stopping him is enlisting the help of a servant named Philip--the one living person who can see her. But as Lucy delves into the mystery surrounding her death, she realizes Philip may have secrets of his own.

Tells the boys its time to let the girls save the day! in Exile for Dreamers (Stranje House, #2) by @katbaldwin @TorTeen {Review & Giveaway}

  Exile for Dreamers (Stranje House, #2) by @katbaldwin Add it to Goodreads A School for Unusual Girls is the first captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure "completely original and totally engrossing."

Tess can't run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that she may be destined for the same madness that destroyed her mother. Until her disturbing dreams become the only means of saving Lord Ravencross, the man she loves, and her friends at Stranje House from Lady Daneska and her lover, the Ghost-agent of Napoleon, who has escaped from Elba. Can the young ladies of Stranje House prevail once more? Or is England destined to fall into the hands of the power-mad dictator?

#TakeControlTBR: Becoming Jinn (Becoming Jinn #1) by Lori Goldstein

Well first up for this month was Becoming Jinn (Becoming Jinn #1) by Lori Goldstein  and well that one just didnt work out for me.  I needed up DNFing it shortly after chapter 5.  
If you want a great book about Jinn's then check out Exquisite Captive (Dark Caravan Cycle #1) by Heather Demetrios its got snark and well just a better story if you ask me.  
So next up on the chopping block for Aprils TBR is I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies #1) by Pittacus Lore Im so excited to read this!! Really REALLY hoping that I love it!!!  
So ill see ya next week! 

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Haunting then turns boring in The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) by Kelley Armstrong {Review & TakeControlTBR}

  The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) by Kelley Armstrong Add it to Goodreads My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again.

All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don't even know what that means anymore. It all started on the day that I saw my first ghost - and the ghost saw me.

Now there are ghosts everywhere and they won't leave me alone. To top it all off, I somehow got myself locked up in Lyle House, a "special home" for troubled teens. Yet the home isn't what it seems. Don't tell anyone, but I think there might be more to my housemates than meets the eye. The question is, whose side are they on? It's up to me to figure out the dangerous secrets behind Lyle House... before its skeletons come back to haunt me.

it's more than a romance~ The Secret Life of Daydreams by @lucindafwhitney {Giveaway} @lovingthebook

Sometimes the dream you never planned for is the one you can’t live without.

Six years after a painful divorce, Josh Conrad is happy traveling the world as a photographer. When he arrives in Portugal, he plans to complete the assignment as quickly as possible. What he doesn’t plan for is Sofia, the girl he baptized eleven years earlier on an LDS mission, and soon he’s making excuses to prolong his trip.

Sofia Monteiro leads a structured life in Braga, Portugal, teaching high school by day and caring for her mother by night. After she reconnects with Josh through mutual friends, the memory of a failed relationship and her new graduate program are enough reasons to stay away from him.

As they collaborate on a project, Josh is wary of repeating his old mistakes and Sofia hesitates to spend time with an American who’s only passing through.

Can two people with wounded hearts bring themselves to trust their dreams to each other? 

#Review of iPad Pro 12.9 inches Wireless Bluetooth #Keyboard

Again a big thanks to Tomoson and zhiaihuisz for providing this product at a discount cost and for review.

This one I kinda messed up on. I don't know what I was thinking. lol.  Its been a long week.  I thought this was for the normal size iPad not the new giant pro. So although I do not have a pro I think I can still give a really good review of this product.

Ok so as for the case its pretty light weight and seems very sturdy.  The magnetic closer could use a little more power but other than that it closes and works well.

Keyboard.  As for the keyboard its NICE!  For this product being inexpensive vs. other blue tooth keyboards out there this one is great.  It pairs very quickly and even will auto repair if you turn the keyboard off.  It is not attached to the case which I loved that!  So even if you have another case you wish to use this with you CAN!  Most of the other keyboards ive seen do not do that.  So that is a def plus!

If your looking for a nice looking blue tooth keyboard for a little money then you can't go wrong with this one!

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#Review of CTA Digital Magnetic Wall Mount for Tablets #CTAPADMWM

Thanks to Tomoson and Gat Accessories the opportunity to review this item! 

I have to say that I really do love this item!  Its going to work out really well in our bedroom where it can be mounted to the wall and we can sit and enjoy movies etc without having to hold the iPad and without it having to be slanted.  I really wish that the padding would have been velcro or if it would have come with extra ones.  But this is a very nice item! And would work well for those who cook as well as those who just need to have their tablet on the wall out of the way while they work. 

I received this item at no charge.  "All opinions are 100% honest and my own." 

 Disclaimer: Thanks to Goodreads and Amazon for the book cover, about the book, and author information. Buying via these above links allows my site to get a % of the sale at no cost to you. This money gets used to buy items for giveaways. In accordance with FTC guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials for bloggers, I would like my readers to know that many of the books I review are provided to me for free by the publisher or author of the book in exchange for an honest review. I am in no way compensated for any reviews on this site. All donations are to help keep this site running via costs from shipping, .com charges, and other giveaways.

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Breathtaking Historical with Etiquette, Espionage, a little Romance and a hint of paranormal by @katbaldwin Check out our {Review & Giveaway} Via @TorTeen

A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House #1)   Add it to Goodreads A School for Unusual Girls is the first installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. 

It’s 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four fronts. And Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, has become one of Regency England’s dark little secrets. The daughters of the beau monde who don’t fit high society’s constrictive mold are banished to Stranje House to be reformed into marriageable young ladies. Or so their parents think. In truth, Headmistress Emma Stranje, the original unusual girl, has plans for the young ladies—plans that entangle the girls in the dangerous world of spies, diplomacy, and war.

After accidentally setting her father’s stables on fire while performing a scientific experiment, Miss Georgiana Fitzwilliam is sent to Stranje House. But Georgie has no intention of being turned into a simpering, pudding-headed, marriageable miss. She plans to escape as soon as possible—until she meets Lord Sebastian Wyatt. Thrust together in a desperate mission to invent a new invisible ink for the English war effort, Georgie and Sebastian must find a way to work together without losing their heads—or their hearts . . .

Gripping, from beginning to end ~ Numbers Game by @RebeccaRod {Giveaway} @lovingthebook

A citizen girl someone’s trying to kill. A hot military slave with a mysterious past. A dangerous game that changes everything.

In futuristic America, everyone wears a number. Treena's as ready for Rating Day as anyone can be—she's a top contender in Level Three school and has a highly-rated boyfriend. But when her number is announced, it shocks everyone.

To get her life and boyfriend back, Treena must go undercover and expose a military spy. Doesn’t sound too hard, except that someone wants her dead. And then there’s Vance, the mysterious soldier with a haunted past and gorgeous brown eyes. Together, they discover a dark numbers conspiracy, one that shatters the nation’s future. Treena must join up with Vance if she is to survive the dangerous game of numbers—and the terrible war that rages within her heart.

If you love futuristic thrillers and dystopian sci-fi adventures, you'll love this action-packed mystery with a dash of romance for fans of Suzanne Collins,Veronica Roth, and Ally Condie. This is the first book of the #1 Bestselling Numbers Game Saga.

#BookTalks: Its time to get back to loving books!

Well its been 24 hours since we have announced that were getting back to just blogging because we love books.  And well it feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.  If you missed that post ill give you a run down here.  

So after a very devastating email we received the other night we decided it was time to just start reading books because well we love books and we love sharing our thoughts on those books with you.  

So what this means is were no longer going to worry about follower and view counts.  We want you to follow us and comment etc because you like what we are posting and that you have something to say about it. 

Were also no longer going to worry about posting every single day.  Right now were posting 2 reviews then 1 meme then maybe a promo post or something.  Well coming in May/June were just going to post when we have something to post.  Were no longer going to kill ourselves to make sure we have a post up.  

So share your thoughts!  

"All opinions are 100% honest and my own." 

 Disclaimer: Thanks to Goodreads and Amazon for the book cover, about the book, and author information. Buying via these above links allows my site to get a % of the sale at no cost to you. This money gets used to buy items for giveaways. In accordance with FTC guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials for bloggers, I would like my readers to know that many of the books I review are provided to me for free by the publisher or author of the book in exchange for an honest review. I am in no way compensated for any reviews on this site. All donations are to help keep this site running via costs from shipping, .com charges, and other giveaways.

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Hilarious Illustrated & GALACTIC! {Review & Giveaway} Galactic Hot Dogs 2 by @maxbrallier @SimonKIDS

  Galactic Hot Dogs 2: The Wiener Strikes Back by Max Brallier, Rachel Maguire Add it to Goodreads Cosmoe, Princess Dagger, Humphree, and the gang are back for another wild space adventure in the second hilarious illustrated novel of the Galactic Hot Dogs series, which Lincoln Peirce calls an “an insanely entertaining, eye-popping adventure.”

What could go better with wieners than a flying space circus? Nothing! Which is why Humphree’s all jazzed up at the chance to sell Galactic Hot Dogs as the official food of Crostini’s Cosmic Carnival and Wonder Circus train. Cosmoe’s not entirely convinced—but once his skills as a monster tamer are unveiled, the deal is done and the Neon Wiener is officially hooked onto the train.

Only things aren’t quite what they seem at this circus, and pretty soon Cosmoe realizes he and his buddies are in more danger than ever. To get to the bottom of it all, they have to travel somewhere pretty familiar, providing a glimpse at last into Cosmoe’s past and how he ended up aboard the Wiener in the first place.

#WOW with Sunborn Rising: Beneath the Fall by @sunbornrising

Welcome to this weeks edition of WOW.  So this week is a wonderful book that the full review will be posting this Sat.  But I so had to share! 

One Small Step can Change your life! ~ See for Me by @Writertpeck {Giveaway} @lovingthebook

One wrong step changes Jocelyn’s Prima Ballerina life...
One choice results in Jeremiah facing unbearable consequences... 
When these two meet, it could be catastrophic or the answer to unspoken prayers.
Can love be tested too far? Will hearts soften and hurts be forgiven?
Or will too much loss be too devastating to find hope?
One thing is for sure, lives are about to change forever…

Updates are coming! We love Books!

In the past few months or so blogging has become more of a job than a hobby or just something that I love to do.  And well after last night and a horrid email I recieved I have come to the realization that we need to get back to reading just for the fun of it!   So what does this mean?

Were no longer going to be worried about follower counts

Follow us because you want to see what were doing not because were doing a giveaway 

Were no longer going to be worried about viewer counts

View the site because you want to see our posts 

Were no longer going to be worried about having posts every day 

Posts will still go up but starting in June were going to be slowing down so you may see more posts some weeks and less on others. 

Giveaways and Reviews via Publishers 

Were still going to do these! So don't worry we love doing giveaways and reviewing for publishers 

Other little things will be changing as we go but I really hope that this will take off some of the stress thats been going on.   Because in the end we want to read because we love books and sharing our thoughts not because we have to.  

"All opinions are 100% honest and my own." 

 Disclaimer: Thanks to Goodreads and Amazon for the book cover, about the book, and author information. Buying via these above links allows my site to get a % of the sale at no cost to you. This money gets used to buy items for giveaways. In accordance with FTC guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials for bloggers, I would like my readers to know that many of the books I review are provided to me for free by the publisher or author of the book in exchange for an honest review. I am in no way compensated for any reviews on this site. All donations are to help keep this site running via costs from shipping, .com charges, and other giveaways.

Comments are DELICIOUS! and now that were using this new format for comments the TOP 3 Commenters will all win bookish goodies each month! So that is just one more reason to comment!  This is open to everyone!  So get commenting!  

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Slightly predictable perfect blend of love, hate, and friendship ~ {Review & Giveaway} of Billy and Me by @mrsgifletcher #Thanks @GriffinTeen

  Billy and Me (Billy and Me #1) by Giovanna Fletcher Add it to Goodreads In this utterly sweet and moving women's fiction novel, a celebrity comes to town and sweeps a young woman - who is used to being overlooked - off her feet.

Sophie May is content with her life in her small English village, working in the local coffee shop and living with her mom. But when famous actor Billy comes to town to play Mr. Darcy in a new film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Sophie's quiet life is quickly turned on its head. Billy is adored by women around the world, but he only wants Sophie on his arm. But being with Billy comes at a price, and Sophie is thrown in the spotlight after years of shying away from attention. Can she handle the constant scrutiny that comes with being with Billy?

Brimming with humor, wit, and genuine warmth, Billy and Me is a book about taking a chance on life and on love.

Read a Book where old has become new again! Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, Paul Galdone #Thanks @SimonKIDS {Review}

  Basil of Baker Street (Basil of Baker Street #1) by Eve Titus, Paul Galdone Add it to Goodreads Named one of “13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed over as a Kid” by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective series is now available to a whole new generation of readers!

Basil—the famous sleuth of mousedom—lives in the cellar of Sherlock Holmes’s house. A devoted admirer of the great detective, he has learned his craft by listening at the feet of Holmes himself. But will it be enough to help Basil solve his most baffling mystery yet?

The Mystery of the Missing Twins is one of the strangest cases in Basil’s career. With only a few crumbs of clues with which to find answers, how is he ever going to figure out where Angela and Agatha are being kept—and, of course, who mouse-napped them! Will Basil’s mouse sleuthing skills be up to the task of finding the twins before it’s too late?