Tour Highlight & Giveaway: Ungifted by Kelly Oram!

Title: Ungifted 

Author: Kelly Oram

Genre: YA paranormal/fantasy

Series: Supernaturals #2 (companion)

Expected Publication: March 2014

Even though her father is running for President of the United States, Grace St. Claire is as normal a girl as they come. She’s clumsy, shy, and an outcast among her peers. She even manages to nearly die in a freak accident in front of the entire school. But when Grace survives a vampire attack she quickly learns that she is anything but ordinary.
There’s something about human Grace that has all the supernaturals around her going crazy. Her best friend’s brother suddenly wants to date her. Her worst enemy has sworn to protect her even against her wishes. Someone with very powerful magic wants her dead, and the vampire that attacked her has developed an obsession with making her his eternal mate.
In order to survive—and not as Count Dracula’s undead bride—Grace dives head first into the terrifying world of the supernatural. She teams up with a charming but mysterious warlock who strolled into town causing trouble and spouting stories of a Prophesy and Chosen One that looks exactly like Grace. Together they must figure out why Grace is different, who wants her dead, how she’s connected to the Chosen One, and who they can really trust.

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TOUR SCHEDULE

February 25th

Nocturnal Predators Reviews (www.nocturnalpredatorsreviews.blogspot.com) - Review

Musings of Immortals (http://readers2212.blogspot.in/) – Teaser

Coffee & Books & Art (http://sarityahalomi.blogspot.com/) – Review 

February 26th

Literary Winner (http://literarywinner.com) – Excerpt 

She Dreams in Fiction (http://www.shedreamsinfiction.com) – Review 

February 27th

Up All Night Book Blog (http://upallnightbookblog.com) - Review

Avid Reader Musings (http://www.avidreadermusings.com) – Top Ten 

February 28th

Once Upon a YA Book (http://onceuponayabook.blogspot.com) – Review 

Mythical Books (http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/) – Guest Post 

March 3rd

Works of Fiction<3 (http://bkwrm29.wordpress.com) - Review 

Star Shadow Blog (http://www.starshadowblog.com) – Guest Post 

March 4th

Paulette's Papers (http://paulettespapers.com/) – Review 

A Life Bound By Books (http://alifeboundbybooks.blogspot.com/) – Review 

March 5th

Dalene's Book Reviews (http://dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com/) – Review 

Fade Into Fantasy (http://fadeintofantasy.com) – Excerpt 

March 6th

Reading Bliss (http://ashleysreadingbliss.blogspot.com) – Review 

Skye Malone's Blog (http://www.skyemalone.com) – Excerpt 

March 7th

Book Bliss (http://lbookbliss.com) – Review 

Deal Sharing Aunt (www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com) – Teaser 

March 10th

Lovely Reads (http://serenityslovelyreads.blogspot.com/) - Review 

Addicted Readers (http://addictreaders.blogspot.com/) – Top Ten 

Books are Love (http://hello-booklover.tumblr.com.) – Review

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ABOUT KELLY

Kelly Oram wrote her first novel at age fifteen–a fan fiction about her favorite music group, The Backstreet Boys, for which family and friends still tease her. She's obsessed with reading, talks way too much, and loves to eat frosting by the spoonful. She lives outside of Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and four children.

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Book Highlight & Giveaway: Growing Pains by K.F. Breene (box set)

Title: Growing Pains (series)
Author: K.F. Breene
Genre: New Adult contemporary romance

On the tail-end of her ex-boyfriend crashing through a restraining order and putting her in the hospital, Krista realizes that the only way to effectively escape her past is to put distance between it. She gets her life back on track in San Francisco with a job that has limitless potential.

Unfortunately, to achieve her dreams, she must brave the star of the company; a charming and handsome salesman that isn’t used to the word no. Krista tries to run from him at every turn, but his pull continually sucks her back in; her hesitancy to trust the only thing saving her from being another notch on a bedpost.

Sean never has to try with women. He's the type of guy to jump in with both feet, get bored, and sprint right back out. But when a geeky new hire stumbles through the company, befuddling him with a keen intellect he doesn’t expect, he starts to lose his way. Before he knows it, all his efforts are concentrated around trying to capture the interest of the only woman to run when he tries to deliver a line. As she opens up, so does he, landing him in a terrain as disconcerting as it is invigorating.

The growing pains box set is currently on sale for 99 cents on Amazon, for a limited time! That's three books for under a buck! 

A wine country native, K.F. Breene moved to San Francisco for college just shy of a decade ago to pursue a lifelong interest in film. As she settled into the vibrant city, it quickly became apparent that, while she thought making and editing films was great fun, she lacked cinematic genius. For that reason, her career path quickly changed direction. Her next goal was a strange childhood interest, conjured at the dining room table while filling out a form. For some reason, her young self wanted to be an accountant. Thinking on it now, she often wonders how she had any friends. Regardless, it was the direction she finally took.

While she could wrangle numbers with the best of 'em, and even though she wore the crown as the most outspoken, belligerent accountant in the world, her mind got as stuffy as her daily routine. It was here that she dusted off her creative hat and began writing. Now she makes movies in her head, not worried about lighting, shutter speed or editing equipment. Turns out, a computer is much easier to manage than a crowd of actors. She should know, she was an actor at one time.

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Drama of the Week - My Love from the Stars

» My Love from the Stars | 별에서 온 그대 «

I have been waiting for a drama with Kim Soo Hyun for a very long time. I'm not a fan of historical dramas, so I avoided his last one, Moon That Embraces the Sun.
I read the synopsis for this one and instantly got extremely excited. It kind of sounded like a Superman-esque vibe and for that reason alone, I was sold. 

This is definitely the best thing I've watched since The Master's Sun. Kim Soo Hyun's character, Do Min Joon is actually an alien who has been stuck on this planet for 400 years and he's more than ready to return home. He's done everything from being a doctor, to a lawyer, and now a professor. Now that he may actually be able to go back to his planet, he meets the crazy, funny and adorable actress Cheon Song Yi [played by Jeon Ji Hyun] and he slowly becomes attached to her. 

Min Joon's apartment is absolutely breathtaking. The library he has is to die for. 400 years of collecting books? Let me in there!! I would feel like Belle in Beauty & the Beast, with a slightly smaller room!
This drama is on every Wednesday & Thursday; there are only 3 episodes left until the finale. *bites nails*

Summary of the drama:

Do Min-Joon is an alien who landed on Earth 400 years ago during the Joseon Dynasty period. Do Min-Joon possesses a near perfect appearance and enhanced physical abilities involving his vision, hearing and speed.
Do Min-Joon holds a cynical view to human beings, but he falls in love with actress Cheon Song-Yi.

via: asianwiki.com

If you'd like to watch too, and get totally hooked, check out these sites with English subtitles: Viki | Dramafever | Hulu

If you're enjoying this drama as well; please tell me what you think!! ^_^"

January 2014 in Music!

If it weren't for music, I couldn't get a lot of things accomplished. Including life. I _love_ music. And because of that, my favorites are constantly changing. Here are the top 20 played songs that I played during January 2014! In parentheses are the number of times listened. This only included my iPod and not the amount of times I listened on my phone or CD. After this post I'll reset the plays on my iPod and start over for February!
To listen to the songs & fall in love with them too, simply click the song title!

ENJOY!!

Top songs of January:

1. “The City” by The 1975 (26)
2. “Chocolate” by The 1975 (26)
3. “Someday” by VIXX (13)
4. “LA Song” by RAIN (12)
5. “Amazing” by B1A4 (11)
6. “Story of My Life” by One Direction (11)
7. “Ringa Linga” by Taeyang (11)
8. “DOOM DADA” by TOP (11)
9. “대답은 너니까” by VIXX (11)
10. “30 Sexy” by RAIN (11)
11. “Honeymoon Avenue” by Ariana Grande (10)
12. “내가 니 남자였을 때” by BTOB (10)
13. “Window” by G-Dragon (10)
14. “상사병” by SHINee (10)
15. “Goodbye 20” by Lim Kim (10)
16. “비밀노래” by 유성은 (10)
17. “Pressure” by The 1975 (10)
18. “Miniskirt” by AOA (9)
19. “니가 뭔데?” by G-Dragon (9)
20. “Move” by Little Mix (9)

I think it's fairly obvious that I was loving The 1975 this past month. Their debut album is just so good! I can't wait ot hear more from that group. And the K-Pop group, B1A4 shocked me with their recent album "Who Am I?" It is so so good. I highly recommend it if you're a K-Pop fan or maybe a fan of 1D!

Can't wait to see what my faves are for February!

Book Highlight & Giveaway: Into the Darkness by K.F. Breene

Title: Into the Darkness
Author: K.F. Breene
Genre: New Adult Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Publication: January 23, 2014

I’d always been different. I saw objects in the night where others saw emptiness. Large, human shaped shadows, fierce yet beautiful, melting into the darkness. I collected secrets like other women collected bells; afraid to fully trust lest my oddities be exposed.

Until I saw him. He’d been gliding down the street, unshakable confidence in every step. It wasn’t just that he was breathtakingly handsome with perfect features. Something about him drew me. Sucked my focus to him and then tugged at my body. As his eyes met mine, I was entrapped.

No one had noticed him. He’d been right there, just beyond the light, but only I had perceived.

I had to know if he was real. Or maybe I really was crazy. And even when my secret box was blasted wide open, dangers hurled at me like throwing knives, I couldn’t stop until I unraveled his true identity.

I just had to know.

“She was fated to live.”
“Then why must you save her?”
“Often Fate is struck down by dumb luck.”

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Into the Darkness is currently FREE on Amazon, along with these other books by K.F. Breene!

 

Lost and Found (Growing Pains #1)

Back in the Saddle (Jessica Brodie Diaries #1)

       As I met his black eyes, his puzzled expression deepened. “You’re human…”

      “We established that, yes. What I want to know is, if I am human, what does that make you? And why do I notice you when others usually don’t?”

      His head cocked to the side. His easy balance, his lethal edge; he was like a blade resting on billowing silk. “Very few humans are able to withstand our pheromones. Fewer still to break a Kolma once it has been placed. You’ve not been trained, that’s obvious; so how is this possible when you’re definitely human? Do you possess the blood of another species?”

       I could barely think past the pounding ache of my body, begging to touch him. I needed to get a grip! He was revealing some very interesting factoids I needed to jot down in my mental notebook.

      His nostrils flared. “Charles was right; your arousal is a unique scent. Like a spicy, warm drink on a mid-winter’s night. It rises above other smells, entrancing the mind.”

      “Umm,” charged with questions, determination, anger, and demands, I thrust forward, “Listen, what did you mean about withstanding the…pher-thing? Or breaking the other thing? How can you trap someone’s head with pleasure? Because I’m pretty sure—not positive, but pretty sure—that Jared is straight. And also, I really think we should circle back to what the hell you are, and why nobody knows that you exist? Because this whole people scattering thing is not normal, and I think an explanation is probably in order.”

      He stepped closer, not hearing me, or not caring that I spoke. His eyes looked at me like I was a life-sized riddle. They delved, searching. He took another step, forcing me to retreat two steps to keep distance between our bodies. Another step back had my back to the wall. 

      A small smile curved his lips. “I exude pleasure, you run. I exude fear, you come calling. You want me, I can smell it. I can feel it, almost like a palpable thing. Give in to it. Yield to me.”

      Oh God I wanted to. His body was mere inches from mine, his intense eyes looking down into my soul from a face out of a Renaissance painting. The power of him, the sheer strength, had strange, primal fantasies running amok through my head. My core tingled, my chest surged, and my nipples were so hard they could cut this stone wall. 

      Why had I come here, again?

A wine country native, K.F. Breene moved to San Francisco for college just shy of a decade ago to pursue a lifelong interest in film. As she settled into the vibrant city, it quickly became apparent that, while she thought making and editing films was great fun, she lacked cinematic genius. For that reason, her career path quickly changed direction. Her next goal was a strange childhood interest, conjured at the dining room table while filling out a form. For some reason, her young self wanted to be an accountant. Thinking on it now, she often wonders how she had any friends. Regardless, it was the direction she finally took.

While she could wrangle numbers with the best of 'em, and even though she wore the crown as the most outspoken, belligerent accountant in the world, her mind got as stuffy as her daily routine. It was here that she dusted off her creative hat and began writing. Now she makes movies in her head, not worried about lighting, shutter speed or editing equipment. Turns out, a computer is much easier to manage than a crowd of actors. She should know, she was an actor at one time.

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