Blog Tour: Chasing Midnight by Courtney King Walker

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Chasing Midnight by Courtney King Walker
Pages: 256
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Source: jhPR
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 


ABOUT CHASING MIDNIGHT

WISH LIST
1. The biggest, fanciest house on Sea View Drive.
2. Nike Flyknits.
3. A ski-jump nose.
4. My own car. A new BMW.
5. Be a total pro at the piano.
6. James Odera to like me. Be James Odera’s girlfriend.
7. Get Spencer’s lungs fixed.


Mackenzie Love dreams of being a “lucky one”—someone who has the perfect life. Someone who doesn’t have to worry about money, a sick brother, or her high school status. So when a mysterious visitor offers to make all her wishes come true, Mackenzie jumps at the chance. But the royal lifestyle may cost more than Mackenzie is willing to pay in this modern twist on the classic Cinderella story.

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My Review
Y'all ever watch those movies on Lifetime where the person wishes for a different life, wakes up the next morning living the life the wished for only to realize the grass is not greener? The chick from Baywatch starred in one and the lady that played Jo in The Facts of Life was in another. This book is kinda like those movies though this is a Cinderella retelling. When I think of Cinderella I think of the Disney version so she is suppose to live happily ever after in her new life soooo...yeah not so much since her whole family dynamic changed and not for the better.

Mackenzie is a great kid. She has a great family with an awesome best friend. They have their issues though mainly her brother's asthma. She wishes for the type of easy going life she think rich people have only when her fairy godmother grants the wish, that rich life isn't all she thought it was.

I adored this story. I just live the way the characters speak. It's so believable. She also has fun metaphors. This is a must read for y.a. readers. Even if you not normally into retellings you should give this a chance as the retelling is not that noticeable.


Fave quote: ---My heart jumps and pops like fizzy soda bubbles 

About the Author
Courtney King Walker grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area building rocket ships and rafts out of cardboard, hoping to make it the moon or at least Niagara Falls. But a trip across the border to Tijuana was as exciting as it ever got, so she decided writing about adventure was the next best thing. She now lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband and four children, and still dreams of flying to the moon. She is the author of the young adult novel, ON THE FRINGE, and middle grade novel MOLLY PEPPER AND THE NIGHT TRAIN. Her next YA novel, CHASING MIDNIGHT, will be published January 12, 2016 by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media.

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Book Blitz: Dirty Sexy Saint by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde

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New York Times bestselling authors Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde are bringing you a dirty, sexy, smoking hot SERIES featuring three bad boy brothers bonded by shocking secrets and their damaged past. Sinful, addicting, and unapologetically alpha, these men are every woman's erotic daydream ... And your ultimate dirty fantasy.
Get started with Dirty Sexy Saint and let Clay Kincaid lead you straight into sin!

Dirty Sexy Saint by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde

Date of Publication: January 19, 2016

Blurb

Are you ready to get Dirty Sexy with a Saint?

Clay Kincaid knows he's more a sinner than a saint. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do committed relationships. But he does like sex–the hotter and harder, the better. He likes it fast and filthy, which is why he refuses to even touch someone as sweet and guileless as Samantha Jamieson. Until he discovers that she likes it just as down and dirty as he does. Let the sinning begin . . .
More Dirty Sexy Series coming in 2016!
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About Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde

***About Carly Phillips***
Carly Phillips is the N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of over 50 sexy contemporary romance novels featuring hot men, strong women and the emotionally compelling stories her readers have come to expect and love. Carly's career spans over a decade and a half with various New York publishing houses, and she is now an Indie author who runs her own business and loves every exciting minute of her publishing journey. Carly is happily married to her college sweetheart, the mother of two nearly adult daughters and three crazy dogs (two wheaten terriers and one mutant Havanese) who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. Carly loves social media and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find out more about Carly at www.carlyphillips.com.

***About Erika Wilde***
Erika Wilde (aka Janelle Denison) is the USA Today bestselling author of over 50 contemporary romances for multiple print publishers.
So, why the new pen name?
As Janelle Denison I've always written sexy books, but lately my writing has taken on more erotic elements that I wanted to keep separate for readers because not everyone likes their reading material on the spicier, kinkier side of romance. However, please be assured that even as Erika Wilde, you will still get an emotionally layered story with characters you'll care about and fall in love with. That is always my goal, whether I'm writing straight contemporary romances, or more erotically charged stories.
Currently, I'm working on The Marriage Diaries and making sure that Dean and Jillian enjoy exploring the more erotic side to their marriage. The series will be on-going, with no foreseeable ending as of right now, for as long as readers want to be voyeurs to Dean and Jillian's sizzling new relationship.
I'm also planning a spin-off series in the future, featuring the hot military men that work security for Dean at Noble and Associates.
You can find out more about Janelle at www.erikawilde.com

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Book Blitz: Immurement by Norma Hinkens

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Immurement
Norma Hinkens
(The Undergrounders Series, #1)
Publication date: December 16th 2015
Genres: Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult

The earth’s core overheats. The sovereign leader vanishes. A young girl is the survivors’ only hope …
What little land is habitable is patrolled by cutthroat gangs of escaped subversives, but that’s not the greatest threat facing sixteen-year-old Derry Connelly, her brother Owen, and a ragged band of Preppers holed up in a bunker in the Sawtooth Mountains. Mysterious hoverships operated by clones are targeting adolescents for extraction.
Owen, is one of the first to disappear. To save him, Derry must strike a deal with the murderous subversives, and risk a daring raid to infiltrate the heart of the extraction operation.
But will the rookie leader falter when forced to choose between her brother and a clone who ignites something inside her she didn’t know was possible?

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EXCERPT:

Someone gives a feeble clap. “Magnificent! A most rousing speech to rally the heathens, Mason!”
My feet fuse to the floor at the raspy voice that wafts into the room. Tucker strains at his collar. I yank him back, my heart pounding.
A shrunken man with an unnatural stoop steps into view. My skin crawls with a new level of fear. My gun’s in the Crematauto, along with the rest of the weapons. I fumble around in my pocket and latch onto my switchblade. A trickle of sweat runs down behind my ears. The man standing in the entry looks freakishly old and frail. Tucker could take him down in a heartbeat, but my brain sounds an inner caution. He probably didn’t come alone.
Before I even finish my thought, the doorway darkens and four armed men in black fatigues troop through. Big-shouldered, faces set like flint on necks thick as tree stumps. Schutz Clones! I tighten my grip on Tucker and command him to stay. One false move and he’ll end up another carcass waiting to be incinerated. He minds me, but tension radiates through his collar.
“Welcome to the Craniopolis,” the old man says. “My apologies for the modest welcoming committee, but your timing is most unfortunate. Everyone is at the unveiling of our new Hovermedes prototype.” His body shakes out a shallow breath, as he shuffles toward me. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Lyong.”
I slide my gaze in Mason’s direction. His face registers confusion. Then a flicker of recognition.
“What … happened to you?” he asks, in a half-whisper.
Dr. Lyong jerks to a stop in front of me and lets out a long, trembling sigh. It’s all I can do not to gag. His breath smells of decaying compost.
“Restructuring DNA proved more complex than I had hoped.” Dr. Lyong runs a finger under his beaked nose and waves it dismissively in Mason’s direction. The skin is stretched so tight over his hand I can see the grape-colored veins forking out beneath it. He barely looks human.
I can’t repress a shudder.

Author Bio:
Norma Hinkens grew up among vibrant storytelling traditions in her native Ireland. A Celtic bard at heart, she wields her wordsmithing sword with as much wit and eloquence as a bard can muster. She's a legend-loving author who takes a fiendish delight in pushing reluctant characters over cliffs to find out what they're made of. Epic odds, seemingly impossible missions, pasts that haunt, intrigue and misadventure. She's happiest when wrangling provocative big picture ideas that are never black and white when you turn them inside out. It's all about the tension in the journey. She lived and worked in Germany for several years, and currently resides in California with her husband, three children and Chihuahua extraordinaire. She is the author of The Undergrounders Series, Immurement, Embattlement and Adjudgement, a Young Adult post-apocalyptic, sci-fi adventure trilogy.

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It Comes In Waves - WRI Reviews: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

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The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Pages: 457
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Source: Public Library via Overdrive
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ 

Summary:
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.


Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.

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This book took me forever to finish. I just couldn't get into it. We all know that the movie adaptation is coming out on the 22nd. If I go just from what I've seen on the commercial, did it look like they changed some things which is expected though how hard is it really to stick to the damn book!

Cassie is alone. Her parents are dead and he brother is gone. I never felt like it let me in on what her life before the Arrival was like though. People keep saying that her brother was taken. No he wasn't. His father made him go. He was being deceived, yes but at the end of the day, he convinced him and Cassie to get on that he had to get on the bus.

Once you get to the point where other character beginning talking the pace picks up a bit. The characters are okay but I never made a connection with any of them. The plot is an interesting one if you think about it. It's an alien invasion that really isn't an invasion because they've been here for years. The storyline is there but the characters just wasn't that interesting to me.

I just realize what it is that bothered me about this book. When things happened we were told about it but it wasn't explored enough for me to experience any of the events that went down in the book. There was so much that had to go on in the book that no one thing could be lingered on.

It is an okay book. I do wonder what will happen next. It's just that I'm not running off to read the next book right away. I'm pretty sure that the movie will be one of those rare times when I like the movie better.

Of note:
"If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans," Stephen Hawking

 Cassie for Cassiopiea - will that become significant in the second book?

About the Author
Rick is the author of fifteen novels and a memoir. His books have been published in over thirty languages and have earned numerous accolades and awards from around the world. His young adult novel, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, was named a "Best Book of the Year" by Publishers Weekly and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. In 2010, Rick received a Michael L. Printz Honor for The Monstrumologist. The sequel, The Curse of the Wendigo, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His latest novel, The 5th Wave, the first in an epic sci-fi trilogy, made its worldwide debut in 2013, and will soon be a major motion picture for GK Films and Sony Pictures.

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Discussion with WRI: Giving Up On A Series That's Too Long

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I got to say it. Janet Evanovich please stop. I got into reading the Stephanie Plum series years ago. A woman I worked with at the time would go to the library and get audiobooks. Why she took the time to get them for several of us I will never know. A Stephanie Plum book (it wasn't the first book that isn't that great) was one of the ones she kinda made me try.

The Good:
Stephanie Plum, friends, and family are funny. This is chick lit. The humorous kind not the weepy type. There is always something going on. It's wacky. It's funny. It's kind-hearted. It's a light and quick read.

The Bad:
At the time of this post there are 22 books in the series. Yes twenty-two books! They are all the same. If ever a book has been written by an outline it is the Stephanie Plum books. Stephanie is a horrible bounty hunter but is also horrible at everything else so she has no choice but to be a bounty hunter. I don't find her to be that strong of a character since she is almost always rescued by a man for a situation she put herself in.

Lula is a stereotype of a loud and fat black woman. Connie is a competent office manager or whatever her title is. Vincent is a creepy jerk. Grandma Mazur is a nosy horny old lady always ready for an adventure. Stephanie mom is a constantly concerned about what the neighbors think. Joe is the solid bad boy turn good guy cop. Ranger is the hot Latino with a mysterious nature. Stephanie bounces back in forth between Ranger and Joe.  Now just insert an obscured criminal chase and there you have it the plot for all the novels. Oh and at some point a car will blow up or get totaled in some way.

There has been no development in the character of Stephanie. She is the same character she was in book one especially in her relationships. It is time to either put the book to rest or make a major shake up already! I mean have her pick a man for heaven sake. And the choice is easy. Do you want the man who wants a future or the man who will never settle down? Hell have her have a baby even. Do something different.

Now the series is on its own timeline. So even though the books come out once a year it may have only been a few months in Plum time. Knowing this doesn't make the stagnant nature of the series more bearable. I have long since stop reading the series. I just can't do it anymore. Nothing changes in that world. I have experience a couple of ruts in my life the last thing I want to do is kept reading a series that's stuck in one.

You turn: Is there a series that you liked but now think the end should come...swiftly?

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