Believe by Erin McCarthy review

Believe
by Erin McCarthy
ISBN: 9780698148710
Publication Date: January 21, 2014
Reviewed from: an ARC provided by publisher--Thank you Penguin!!
Purchase Notes: I have since purchased a copy for myself

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Take Control of Your TBR Pile Read-a-Thon

Hosted by Kim at Caffeinated Book Reviewer 

Happy March everyone! I am thrilled to be participating this read-a-thon this month as I desperately need to be working on my TBR pile. I have brought home such a huge pile of books from the library, not even counting the amount of books from my own collection.

I try to take into account my work schedule and family life when outlining my plans for a read-a-thon. With this being over a full month, I am trying to account for a whole month of what could happen--which can be hard to do. :-) 

If you are participating--be sure to let me know if the comments so I can come visit you! 

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That One Summer by CJ Duggan Blog Tour Review and Giveaway!

That One Summer 

By C.J. Duggan

Publication date: December 17, 2013

Reviewed from: a copy provided by Ms. Duggan and YA Bound Tours--thank you!

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Why I Love Being a Reader and a Blogger

Hosted at The Broke and the Bookish

Reasons I LOVE Being a Reader and a Blogger

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1) Reading is a way for me to escape reality because lets face it--sometimes reality sucks. I can escape to another world, be another person or take a vacation without leaving the comfort of my own couch on any given day.

2) Being an avid reader led me to spending a lot of time in a library as a young person and started working in libraries in high school.

3) Blogging allows me to connect with other readers, including internationally! That is such an amazing experience to be able to connect and chat with readers all over the world. 

4) Reading challenges me to consider viewpoints I may not otherwise do so.

5) On a similar note, I am able to explore topics, places and discover new interests by being introduced to them in books. 

6) Blogging has helped challenge me to read out of my comfort zone by reading all the great reviews, participating in challenges and blog tours. 

  

These are just a few of the reasons I can put into words at the moment. What about you--what is your favorite reason for being a reader and/or blogger? Be sure to tell me in the comments below and leave me your link if you participated this week. 

The Sunday Post #1

Hosted by Kimberly at Caffienated Book Reviewer, it is our change to highlight our week here on our blogs. For the rules, visit here.

What I Read:

• Fighting for the Edge by Jennifer Comeaux
• Full Throttle by Erin McCarthy 
• Summer Love by Jill Santopolo

What I Reviewed:

• Fighting for the Edge by Jennifer Comeaux (see below)
• Several rough drafts are in progress as well

Other Happenings:

• I participated in TTT: Swoon Worthy Reads, which I broke up by young adult, new adult and adult titles for my organizational soul. 
• I helped to revealed Cora Carmack's All Lined Up--I'm uber excited for this book because I am a college football fan and I love her books--a winning combination in my playbook. 
• I participated in the Fighting for the Edge blog tour & there is a $25 Amazon gift card up for grabs with it!!  
• I am gearing up for my March read-a-thon: Take Control of Your TBR Pile. 
• I had an amazing edible chocolate art program at my library, a Harry Potter movie marathon and have been prepping for a huge program in April. It has been consuming lots of my energy.

Books I Received this week:

Through various means, I received the following books for reviews:

  

   

Special thanks to Danie, from The Bookish Brunette, for passing along:

I had a blast doing a read along with Danie and Katie (Spirit of Children's Literature) with Pivot Point by Kasie West so we were thrilled when Danie graciously shared her ARC with us of Split Second. :-) I will be passing it along to Katie once I am finished with it. We had so much fun we are going to do another read along soon!

Upcoming this Week:

• I am participating in the Love for Books Read-a-Thon
• Hopefully several reviews if I can finalize their drafts
• Let's Talk About It: my discussion post here at Love. Life. Read will hopefully be up on Wednesday. I hope you join me in discussing BOOK OBSESSION!