The Footsteps I Follow: Authors I Admire - Guest Post: Kristin Flynn

I love the imagery and emotion that Nicholas Sparks brings in his work. He holds his audience captive, and that is something that I am hoping to achieve. This can also be said for Alison Gaskin Bailey. S.C. Stephens can have you rooting for the bad boy and that has to be saying something. Kelly Elliot has the sweetest saga out there, I think. I can read a Michelle Valentine book in two days. Oh and Kristen Proby too. Tara Sivec has me spitting my coffee/wine out at the computer screen. She’s hilarious.

Review: Saving Georgia by Kristin Flynn

Title: Saving Georgia

Author: Kristin Flynn

Format: E-book (Kindle)

Date Read: November 10-11, 2013

Rating: 4/5

Recommend: Definitely

Summary: Senior year isn't supposed to suck, but the normal stresses of Senior year, for a girl who suffers mental and emotional issues the normal stresses are compounded and feel like torture. This is Georgia's life. Orphaned and tortured, she finally has found some peace and is thrown into a love triangle between a cowboy and the popular quarterback. Will Georgia be able to choose who she wishes to persue a relationship with or will she crumble under the pressure as prom and graduation lurk just around the corner.

Review:
I was given an ARC of this book by the Author in exchange for an honest review.

OH MY GOODNESS! I devoured this book in a matter of hours truth be told. I don't think I actually slept and just read it straight through in one sitting. It was that good. I was instantly sucked into the story spun by Kristin Flynn, and am desperately waiting for the next book in this series, which will no doubt have me just as sucked into Georgia's story.

The characters are absolutely fantastic, and even if I were a normal girl, trying to decide between the two guys vying for Georgia's attention would be a difficult decision! The characters are so well written and make me want to have them in my life. Seriously.

I do not have any complaints about this book at all, and I would greatly recommend this story to anyone who loves strongly created characters. We've all known someone like the mean girls in this story, the hot male best friend, the hot quarterback, and even the reformed mean girl.

Okay, I lied, I have one complaint...THAT CLIFF HANGER ENDING!! I want more damn it, seriously give me more. Next book please! I advise you to also check out the playlist that goes with this book, it's a really good one and definitely fits the story crafted by Kristin Flynn.

Can't wait for book two to get here.

Bibliophile's Wish List: 11.10.13

There are quite a few good books that have caught my attention this week! Here they are just for you to lust after or ultimately add to your own bookshelves!

This book caught my attention, not necessarily for the story that is being told - which is definitely a good story and one that I will enjoy reading - but for the title.  Ketchup Clouds is just a nifty little title and I enjoy it! The story, itself is a unique one, about fifteen-year-old Zoe has a secret, and there is no one that she can share her story with.  However, she soon learns of a criminal, Stuart Barnes, who is locked up on death row.  He is no stranger to secrets, lies or murder.  Ultimately, Zoe begins writing letters to Stuart on the back of a geography worksheet.

Tess and Ian have been living in the high city of Esperanza for years, along with Tess's niece, Maddie, and her partner, Nick Sanchez. They thought they could rest, that they had defeated the brujo threat to our plane of existence. But they were wrong.  This book caught my attention by the cover, I love covers that have mysterious men on the cover...or sexy men, or all of the above.  Beyond that, the concept seems interesting, and I am greatly looking forward to reading this book as soon as I can.

This is the second book in the Elemental series by Antony John, and I am greatly looking forward to it.  I will hopefully be reading the first book in this series before this one comes out - otherwise, I will be waiting until I can get my hands on Elemental, the first book in this series, simply because I cannot allow myself to read books out of order...ever. 

The Granger brothers left behind their family's Virginia estate-and the bad memories it holds-years ago. But their dying grandfather's request brings them home:to a failing business, a legacy of secrets and a deathbed promise to make things right.  This is a new series by New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson.  Yes, this is a romance, and yes I do have a soft spot for them at times.  So, I will be adding book one of the Granger Brothers series to my bookshelf.

Okay, I have to admit, the title of this one is what caught me first and foremost.  The F--- It List by Julie Halpern is a book that encourages you to simply live.  Becca and Alex are friends, they have always been friends.  However, Becca does something unforgiveable at Alex's dad's funeral.  Eventually, Alex decides to forgive Becca, however, Becca has cancer and will not be able to complete everything on her bucket list.   This is where Alex comes in, along with a mysterious and guarded boy, will Becca get to cross things off her bucket list, and just maybe Alex will get to cross a few things off hers. 

What's On My Kindle? Series Overload part 2

Welcome to the newest edition of What's On My Kindle?

Series, trilogies, and collections! Love them.  Can't get enough of them.  I enjoy them as much as I enjoy stand alone novels.  Here are some of the series that I wish to get to on my Kindle, some of which I have already read, but will be getting back to.   Like this month I will be re-reading The Hunger Games, I will be working to get my hands on the newest book in Veronica Roth's Divergent series (NO SPOILERS!), and may be starting something new, or returning to an old favorite epic fantasy, or finishing up the Black Dagger Brotherhood (through the ones that I have).

This month, I will be re-reading this series because Catching Fire premieres in theaters on the 23rd of this month and I want to see it! Seriously want to see it! This series is seriously one of my favorite and I will constantly be willing to going back to this series.  The interaction between the characters, the tension within the heroine and the villain. It is also one of those that will always make me cry at certain points.  I've seen the first movie, and I've read all three books, but as always I will re-read them before seeing Catching Fire.  

Okay, who doesn't want George R.R. Martin to write faster damn it? I am among those who are desperately waiting for him to release book number 6, The Winds of Winter.  I want to know what happens damn it, and the television series is already starting to pull from book five, which means soon they will not have enough material to ensure the series continues along with the books.  But, these are some of my favorite stories to read and despite the fact that Mister Martin happens to kill of everyone of his characters that I enjoy, I will always read it.  

Divergent, this series is a Young Adult Dystopian and I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Seriously.  The stories spun by Veronica Roth are some of my absolute favorite.  All of it, I have not yet found anything not to love with this series.  I laugh, I cry, and I have the urge to pitch the books across the room.  I've not yet gotten my hands on book three in the series, as it just recently came out, but I will be getting my hands on a copy soon! I really, really will! 

Bibliophile's Wish List: 11.3.13

So many books coming out this week, I've chosen a select few that I desperately wish to add to my bookshelves!  They all look like so much fun!

Yes! Book three in Marie Lu's Legend series is coming out this week...and I CANNOT WAIT!! Desperately want this book.  I've read the other two books in the series - and will be re-reading them as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of this book.  Really, really.  This series has captivated me from the start, and I look forward to seeing how this next and final installment plays out. This is by far one of my favorite trilogies, and is right up there on my list with Divergent, Hunger Games, and Matched. 

This book caught my attention a few weeks ago, when I was looking for something new and interesting to capture my attention.  This book did it.  I love the concept, Ryan is from the future, and has come back to save the world.  Eden's friend Connor is soon to discover a planet that can support human habitation, after the girl of his dreams breaks his heart.  Connor's discovery will bring him fame but it will also bring about the ruin of the world as we know it.  Eden's falling for Ryan - will she break Connor's heart and bring about the ruin of the world or will she somehow manage to save it?  I am definitely looking forward to this and will be getting it as soon as I can.

The concept of this new release from Penguin USA is definitely one that caught my attention.  The tension in this book is going to no doubt capture my attention and keep me riveted throughout the story.  Mara Holdfast, the daughter of Autarch's Master Maskmaker, is reaching her fifteenth birthday and ultimately her Masking and becoming recognized as an adult.  As an adult she would have to wear the magically infused mask marking her profession, become her father's apprentice and be gifted with the same magical abilities of her father.  However, on the day of her Masking ceremony things go horribly, horribly awry.  Mara's mask, which like all the others can reveal traitorous thoughts, marks her as a traitor and she is soon swept away and she is carted off to be a slave in the mines until she dies.  What fate truly awaits Mara?

Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab is definitely a book for the scientific minded - or someone looking for a cute story.  Nick and Tesla are 11-year-old siblings who love science and have a tendancy to get in trouble.  Living with their Uncle Newt after their parents mysteriously disappear, they are embarking on their own adventures with MacGyverish contraptions!   Each story contains blueprints for five different projects! In this story, we meet them and also learn how to make things like rocket launchers and soda-powered vehicles...it makes science fun and perhaps dangerous!

Just the concept of this book makes me giggle like a mad woman.  There are over 100 fairy tales that have been reimagined and reillustrated for today's world.  We get to see our favorite fairy tale characters try dating and navigating their way through the 21st century.  Some of our favorite fairy tale characters using things like: Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, etc.  Instead of fairy godmothers we have Siri, and Godilocks has gone gluten free! What manner of other things will we see reimagined in this book?  Definitely got to get it, add it to my shelves.