Of books, writing, and life in general
Happy New Year, folks!
2012 was one helluva year and I can’t wait to start the next one. 2013 will be as epic, if not more, don’t you think? I can feel it. ;)
And what’s a more perfect way to start spreading the good vibes than a New Year Giveaway Hop! This hop is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Babs Book Bistro, and there are over 200 bloggers participating! How’s that for a new year kick off?
Nope, this is not that Shades of Gray. This is a different kind of book and I’ll be doing a review of this next year. In the meantime, read more about it and see if this is something that interests you! Download a preview by clicking on the link at the bottom of this post. :)
About the book
In inner-city New York, horrors lurk in the unruly hallways of Malcolm High School. As in-school riots and gang violence consistently envelop the classroom, Olivia Dalton attempts to teach her students while simultaneously directing a drop-out prevention program that embraces an ever-increasing group of at-risk students. Left with little hope she will ever have children of her own, Olivia becomes entrenched in her students’ lives, partly out of love, but also out of an unconscious desire to avoid her own internal anguish.
Meanwhile, Olivia’s devoted husband, Tom, is having trouble facing his own disappointments in not being able to create a family. In an effort to protect Olivia, he attempts to hold her back from the one place she feels useful and fulfilled-her career. But despite her husband’s efforts to quell her desire to help the troubled and confused, Olivia presses on and believes in change, even in the face of her students’ continual mistakes and poor choices. Neither Tom nor Olivia have any idea that everything is about to change when an unassuming gift is left at their door.
Shades of Gray is the profound story of one woman’s unpredictable journey to the truth, new beginnings, and a kind of love she never knew before.
SUSANNE JACOBY HALE, a former drop-out prevention teacher in a New York City high school, earned a master’s degree from New York University in education and creative writing. Although, when she began teaching in the real ACE program, depicted in Shades of Gray, she had no idea that it would change her life forever. Having been out of the classroom for a few years, Jacoby Hale still felt the need to make a difference in the lives of students.
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Download a preview of Shades of Gray here.
“It’s the end of the world as we know it. It’s the end of the world as we know it. It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. ” – R.E.M.
Welcome to the End Of The World Giveaway! Woot. Yep, when the world ends, we party.
This hop is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and My Life With Books. This giveaway hop runs from December 14th to the 21st.
Welcome to Book Club Bash! From December 10 to 14, we’re celebrating our love for books and book clubs! We’re also featuring five awesome books that are great for book clubs during this event. You can find more details about these fantastic books below.
Today we’ll be sharing why we love books and book clubs. On the 12th, I’ll be posting a review of one of the five fabulous books featured in this event.
Click on the banner above for more details on the fun activities lined up for the week, and check out the huge Rafflecopter giveaway at the end of this post!
Sometimes–well, most of the time, rather–I judge books by their covers. Lovely covers just have a way of making me want to hold them, squeeze them, and call them George. What do you think of this cover?
Blood Rush (Demimonde #2)
Sophie doesn’t believe in happily ever after. These days, she’d settle for alive after sunrise.
Advice columnist and newly-appointed oracle to the demivampire, Sophie Galen has more issues than a Cosmo collection: a new mentor with a mean streak, a werewolf stalker she can’t shake, and a relationship with her ex’s family that redefines the term complicated. And then there’s her ex himself, who is more interested in playing leader of the vampire pack than in his own salvation.
Becoming a better oracle is tough enough, but when Sophie encounters a deadly enemy – one she never dreamed of facing – it will take everything she’s ever learned in order to survive.
About the Book
Claudia Emerson has a good friend who shares the same first name and last name. That friend unfortunately dies in a tragic accident during homecoming dance. Claudia is distraught at the loss of her friend, but is even more disturbed by her dreams, which seem to take her to another place called Crossroads. Unknown to her, Crossroads is like a second heaven, a place between heaven and earth. It is where the souls of humans in comas or near death experiences may wander.
There, Claudia meets Michael, a nephilim, a half angel, half human, whom she often meets in her dreams. It turns out that this isn’t her first visit to Crossroads, which is an enigma for no human can ever travel there until Claudia. Now the fallen and demons are after her, suspecting she must be special and it is up to Michael and the other nephilims to protect her.
Can Michael fight his growing feelings for Claudia and protect her as a guardian angel should? The answer awaits you! Follow the exciting path to Crossroads! — Get this book for FREE on Amazon Kindle.
Welcome to the Imperfectly Beautiful book blast and $100 giveaway! Check out this intriguing novel and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway for a chance at $100 (choice of Amazon gift card or PayPal cash)!
Imperfectly Beautiful by Diony George
At 1:30 am, in New York City, Regan Wright is ripped out of a sound sleep with a jolt – her heart thuds in her ears and her face feels flushed. Straining to hear anything out of the ordinary, she fumbles to turn on the bedside lamp. Nothing seems out of place. Suddenly her stomach twists in knots – it’s her identical twin, Rebecca. Something is terribly wrong…
Though twins, Rebecca and Regan couldn’t be more different.
Independent and outspoken, Regan chose a high-profile career as a fashion designer in New York City. Despite her hard-earned success, Regan’s become disillusioned by the glamour and the glitz. She’s tired of coming home to a lonely penthouse apartment welcomed only by her cat and has all but given up on ever finding “Mr. Right.”
Steady and reliable, Rebecca chose to be a wife and stay-at-home mom. From the very first moment she met James Conrad—tall and muscular with eyes as blue as a cloudless sky—she was captivated. Married and four children later, Rebecca’s life is not what she expected. Her marriage has lost its shine and her sweet babies have become challenging and often unappreciative children.
Both Rebecca and Regan must discover, a higher power has the answers to what matters most, but when a serial killer strikes nearby, and his victims look eerily similar to the twins, will it be too late? –Get this book on Amazon.
Yup, decided to join another giveaway hop! I was thinking of doing another giveaway as a thank you to new followers and this giveaway hop is just perfect!
The 3rd Annual Gratitude Giveaway Hop is hosted by I Am A Reader Not A Writer and will run from November 15th to the 25th.
You can win $10 to buy a book of your choice. Enter below. :)
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Imperfectly Beautiful by Diony George