Ten Things We Did - Sarah Mlynowski

2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house – parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have.

If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn't jump at the chance to move in with a friend and live parent-free? Although maybe "opportunity" isn't the right word, since April had to tell her dad a tiny little untruth to make it happen (see #1: "Lied to Our Parents"). But she and her housemate Vi are totally responsible and able to take care of themselves. How they ended up "Skipping School" (#3), "Throwing a Crazy Party" (#8), "Buying a Hot Tub" (#4), and, um, "Harboring a Fugitive" (#7) at all is kind of a mystery to them.

In this hilarious and bittersweet tale, Sarah Mlynowski mines the heart and mind of a girl on her own for the first time. To get through the year, April will have to juggle a love triangle, learn to do her own laundry, and accept that her carefully constructed world just might be falling apart . . . one thing-she-shouldn't-have-done at a time.

Giveaway: ARC Enthralled by Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong

A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, and Melissa Marr return to the beloved worlds of their bestselling series, while others, like Claudia Gray, Kami Garcia, and Margaret Stohl, create new landscapes and characters. But whether they’re writing about vampires, faeries, angels, or other magical beings, each author explores the strength and resilience of the human heart.

Suspenseful, funny, or romantic, the stories in Enthralled will leave you moved.

2nd Blogoversary

Happy Blogoversary to me...

Today marks my second year blogging. :)  Personally, I never understood why bloggers have giveaways to mark their blogoversaries because it's like a birthday, isn't it?  Well on your birthday, don't you get presents rather than the other way around?  ;)  Anyways...

I could go on to say how blogging has changed me and how it doesn't seem like two years, but jeepers--it feels like I've been blogging for five years, not a measly two. ;)  These two years have been great though with a few drawbacks.  I still haven't lost the joy of blogging, though and I am grateful for my experiences.

To celebrate my second year blogging and happy wishes for another year, I'm having a giveaway a week until I run out of books to giveaway!  I've been saving these beauties for a while now, just for this occasion.

• ARC - Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions by Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong
• Hardcover - Halo by Alexandra Adornetto
• Hardcover - Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
• Hardcover - Claire de Lune by Christine Johnson

And I have an extra that will be thrown in with one of these! :)

Here's the giveaway schedule:

• ENTHRALLED - 1/24 - 1/31
• HALO - 1/31 - 2/7
• NEVERMORE - 2/7 - 2/14
• CLAIRE DE LUNE - 2/14 - 2/21

Make sure to stop by!

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Blog Coding 101: Sidebar Button Code

You may have always wanted to add your blog button on your sidebar with a cool little copy-and-paste box for other bloggers to grab.  It may seem unreachable.  You may be awful at HTML.  Trust me, it's easy. :)

Recommendation: Witchlanders by Lena Coakley

SPOILER ALERT!

If you're planning to read this book,

don't read this post.

Witchlanders

Lena Coakley

{Goodreads}

{My Review}

{Author Website}

{Amazon}

{more about recommendations here}

Overlooked Contemp Novels - from Racquel @ Book Barbies

I just picked up a contemporary novel that got me thinking: most of the contemp novels I read aren't wildly popular, but they're so good they should be.  So I gave a general shout to my Twitter followers and the wonderful Racquel @ The Book Barbies replied. :)  I'm so glad she did--she listed some books that I fully agree, really should get some more airtime.

So without further ado, Racquel, take it away!