Vonnie's Reading Corner

Monday, December 9, 2013

Progress: End of the Year 2013 Reading Cram Read-a-thon!

Juliababyjen's Reading Room and Dana Square are hosting a Read-A-Thon from December 9th to December 22nd! I'm very excited about this last Read-A-Thon.

HERE'S WHAT I GOT GOING ON:

My Goals/TBR

Tour Schedule

Spell Fire, The Teen Wytche Saga #3 By Ariella Moon

New school. New friends. New reputation. High school sophomore Ainslie Avalon-Bennett works hard to hide her Crazy Girl past. But as long as her best friend’s disappearance remains unsolved, she can’t shake the depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder that once landed her in a mental ward. Ainslie’s tenuous control over her life shatters when her warring parents ditch her at Christmas. While they take a cruise to “work things out,” Ainslie must spend the holiday in Palm Springs with her aunt and uncle, owners of a struggling Mystery School and occult store. Plunged into the world of fire fortunes, dragons, entity eaters, and an ailing spell book, Ainslie is well beyond her comfort zone. Then she meets a boy who spikes her pulse and calms her OCD. But will she lose him once he discovers her past? Or will his deadly secret, hidden in plain view, be their undoing?

Blog Tour: Review + Giveway of Desire by B.L. Wilde (18+)

Genre: Erotica
Cover Design by Jo Matthews
Scheduled Release: December 6, 2013

Jade has worked as a Seductor in a secret organization for five years now. Her main job? To earn the trust of her targets and secure the object or information her company was hired to steal—by any means necessary. She’s damn good at it, too. With five years left on her contract, she is handed an assignment that turns her world upside down.

Oliver Kirkham is the attractive, young CEO of Kirkham Industries, a weapons manufacturing company, and is currently in possession of some very important blueprints—blueprints that could change the way war, as we know it, works. He’s extremely focused and doesn’t have time to date, at least until he comes to the rescue of a shy but very alluring Jade Gibbs.

Author Interview with Jamie Baywood

Interview with Jamie Baywood, author of Rooted in New Zealand

1. Welcome to Vonnie’s Reading Corner. Can you please tell us a little bit about yourself in one sentence?

I’m a sarcastic, wanderlust, accidental author trying to find my place in the world. (Good thing the world has many places for you to find yourself.)

2. You moved from California to New Zealand. What inspired you to move?

Teaser Tuesday #67

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

Interview with Keith Maginn

Interview with Keith Maginn, author of Turning This Thing Around

1. Welcome to Vonnie’s Reading Corner. Can you please tell us what your book is about in one sentence?

Thank you for having me, Vonnie. Turning This Thing Around is an inspirational memoir about overcoming personal struggles.

2. What inspired you to write Turning This Thing Around?

When I started writing what eventually became Turning This Thing Around, I had no plans of ever publishing it. I wrote for myself, for my own sanity. But what started as a personal diary evolved into something that I wanted to share with others.

What another eventful month. Not only was I able to spend time and stuff myself with delicious food over the Thanksgiving holiday, but I started the month with a full week of dancing. I had 16 hours of dance workshops with an amazing master dancer from Cairo and we had a huge show at a Mediterranean restaurant to honor him. Here are some pictures: