Hourglass

Title: Hourglass

Author: Myra McEntire

Date of Publish: June 14, 2011

Type of Book: Time Travel & Ghosts

Age Rating: 13+

Review Copy From: Purchased from Amazon

About the Book:

About the Book:
One hour to rewrite the past . . . 

For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She’s tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.

So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson’s willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he’s around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

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Biography

Myra McEntire lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and two sons. You can visit her online at www.MyraMcEntire.com

The cover of this book is so neat looking.  It is unlike anything I have ever seen.  I believe that the description gives a good idea of what the book is about. With maybe some things left out.  But, that doesn't take away from the book but adds to it. 

This book started out so well!  With witty banter and wonderful characters. 

Yet as it went on it just got boring. It lost my attention and didn't do anything to grab it back.  It just kept dragging on and on.  

I did finish the book and towards the end it started pulling me back in.

I was disappointed a little that the book just went on and on and on.  I don't like books that drag.  Authors/Editors could cut it down and take out some of the nonessential crap and make such a better book with fewer pages. 

I did enjoy the ending of the book.  I think it ended with a somewhat cliff hanger but not such a big one that you would be pulling your hair out until book 2 came out.  So thats very good. 

There are so many books out there about time travel.  I LOVE that in this book it takes more than one person to do it.  I have never liked that books like Tempest, and tv shows like the Time Travelers Wife.  Where they can travel alone without help.  It never set very right with me.  (I don't know why- Maybe I was a traveler in another life) 

This book again is about Time Travel but also toward the end it turns into a love trio.  I think that could have been skipped all together.  With the connection that Em and Michael have trying to add another person to that love is just plain stupid if you ask me.  I understand why it was added.  But it could have been ended before the next book.  It added an extra element that it just didn't need.  

Ok Characters!  I LOVE EM!  She is awesome!  She will kick your ass if you mess with her or her family! I love that.  You don't get a lot of female characters that know how to use what they have.  With Em its martial arts and yes she kicks some ass.  

Michael he is a great male lead.  I do think that he was kinda of stupid towards the end of the book.  But it all works out so thats fine.  But again it kind of adds an extra twist that the book just didn't need.  

So all in all I did like the book.  I think that this is one of those books that could go either way. 

 So Ill give it two rating. 

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Places like Psychological Care & Healing Treatment Center realizes that Bipolar Disorder is a lifelong issue, with exacerbations and remissions. The Clinical Staff at PCH Treatment Center has extensive experience in dealing with this disorder. Dr. Jeff Ball has over 25 years in practice treating the spectrum of Bipolar Disorder. He served as a senior therapist in a clinical research project which looked at medication management in conjunction with family therapy in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder, working with Drs. Michael Goldstein and David Miklowitz, foremost experts in this field. In addition to Dr. Ball, PCH Treatment Center features several doctoral level psychologists who have significant expertise in dealing with Clients with Bipolar Illness.

But what is Bipolar Disorder? 

A person who has bipolar disorder has intense moods that flip-flop back and forth between the low lows of depression and very energetic, high highs, which are called mania.

So what causes this condition?

It seems that it is caused by both genetics as well as environmental factors and your first episodes will hit before the age of 30 if you have more of the genetics.   

I have many people in my family as well as friends that have been diagnosed with this condition.  Some have gotten help and some like my mother have decided that being off medication is better for her.  

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After that horrible situation she went off the meds.  Which made it that she was back in this world.  Yet she refused to try anything else.  

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Monday Note

So this past week was a big one. I got a few books in the mail. But way more online.  

So what did I finish last week. 

That would be a big nothing.  Lol Yes I know I'm slipping.  But I did get all my blogs done.  So I'm happy. 

So what am I reading right now?

Reading

Hourglass by: Myra Mcentire 

This one so far is deffently a 5 Stars.  It is great, funny, with a little danger tossed in!

Starting Next

Timepiece by: Myra Mcentire 

This is book two in this series and comes out next month.  

TBA

The ENTIRE Fallen Series by Lauren Kate 

Including the new Rapture due out June 12th. 

With this review I will be hosting a giveaway for ALL the books in the series. Including Rapture!

Die for me by: Amy Plum

&

Until I Die by: Amy Plum

Again I will be hosting a giveaway for both these books in Ebook!

And a bunch more to come! 

The Beach

This is Coco Beach.

Omg the beach is so nice today. Now if my 8 year old would listen that would be even better. She went out into the water alone and almost drown. But she's fine. A little shaken but ok.

Today the waves are not that big amd the water is a nice 76 degrees.

How are you all spending ur sunday?

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The Avengers movie

Went to see the movie tonight in normal not 3D or anything. And it was AWESOME! I haven't laughed so much in a long time. It was great. And don't forget to stay after the credits for a sneak peek. And after the long credits for a funny clip.

5stars!

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FINALLY!!! I know I don't post on weekends. But I had to tell everyone about this. The app store has a FREE APP for BLOGGER. I'm posting this from my iPhone right now. Yay

So now I'll be able to post more things on the go. I can't wait!!

So expect more from this site as I'll be blogging up a storm.

Kiss the cutie little girl. That's my almost 2 year old sending her daddy some sugar.

Tour: Morbid Seraphic

Even the divine have a dark side…

Take a journey into a world where the forgotten reign as King and Queen.  Explore a “reality” where the divine give meaning and substance to the concept of IMMORTALITY. 

These menacing tales feature beings of divinity from angels, demons, gods, goddesses, to personifications of divine principals.  No other worldly being is safe.  The sparkly undead and wild shaggy dogs have no place in this anthology of dark proportions.

Can you handle it?

 

Edited by S.K. Whiteside

Fallen From Grace ~ SK Whiteside

S(a)TAN ~ Nathan Squiers

Assassin's Rose ~ KaSonndra Leigh

The Demon's Playground ~Amanda R. Browning

Better the Devil You Know ~ Stephen B. Pearl

From Hell ~ Dominique Goodall

I Could Not Stop For Death ~ Jana Boskey

Illusions ~ Lisa Goldman

Haunted ~ S.K. Whiteside

Teaser Excerpt

Malachi landed gracefully in the alleyway next to the coffee shop. He enfolded his wings and put on his white knee length wool duster. It wasn’t particularly cold outside but a continuous cool breeze did warrant some coverage. He was growing bored. It had been a while since he was assigned to watch over anyone and the lack of occupation was beginning to aggravate him. To combat the growing feelings of loneliness, Malachi had taken to spending afternoons in a pub in lower Scotland reading books. It didn’t squelch the loneliness but it did give him some sort of comfort being near his home of birth. At least what was left of what he considered his “home.” It had been centuries since he had actually lived here, or lived at all for that matter and the last of his living relatives were long deceased…just like him.

Well not completely like him…

About S.K. Whiteside

S.K. Whiteside is a writer of Paranormal/Fantasy, Horror, and Suspense. As a full time Mental Health Counselor, she started writing in Academia but decided writing about things on the “other side of the veil” was a lot more interesting. Living in the Paranormal capital of the world makes it fairly easy for her to come up with characters, many of which are based off of real personas in her life that are so vibrant they can’t help but carry over into her writing.

S.K. Whiteside is a Fiction Weaver and World Creator. It just so happens that the worlds she creates are often filled with things that go bump in the night. A New Orleanian at heart, the Deep South often serves as the setting for her Paranormal Tales of the unknown. Her Charismatic characters and snarky banter often derive from the various personas of those she loves and the voices in her head. When not writing she spends her time telling everyone else in the world that they are completely bonkers but yet she often channels Napoleon Bonaparte. During her down time she pokes at the massive giant whom holds her captive and runs from two monsters that she swears are out to kill her. Some people call them her husband and children but she knows the truth...

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Review: Wilde's Fire (Darkness Falls, Book 1)

Title:		Wilde's Fire
SubTitle:		Darkness Falls, Book One
Publisher:		Curiosity Quills Press
Pub Date:		May 13, 2012
		Review Copy: Netgalley

About The Book:

“There is no pain in this death, only peace, knowing I am going to die with the one I love the most.”—Katriona Wilde. Katriona Wilde has never wondered what it would feel like to have everything she’s ever known and loved ripped away, but she is about to find out. When she inadvertently leads her sister and best friend through a portal into a world she’s dreamed of for six years, she finds herself faced with more than just the frightening creatures in front of her. Kate’s forced to accept a new truth: her entire life has been a lie, and those closest to her have betrayed her. What’s worse, she has no control over her new future, and it’s full of magic and horrors from which nightmares are made. Will Kate discover and learn to control who she really is in time to save the ones she loves, or will all be lost?

Amazon Link: Coming soon!

This book I was kinda worried about because of the length.  I haven't had a lot of good experiences when it comes to books past 250 pages.  So this one being 324 I was very scared to read it.  

Well after a few chapters into it I was hooked.  I couldn't put it down.  I did end up taking three days to read it to my horror.  But thats just cause I have had a stupid summer cold and dealing with new puppies.  

So this book was great!  It is fast paced and has a great story!  So deff check it out!