Review: Jane In Bloom

Book: Jane In Bloom
Author: Deborah Lytton
Pages: 182
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Cover Rating: 4 out of 5
Disclosure: I won this book from a contest on In Bed With Books blog

Review:

Jane and her sister have always been close, telling each other all of their secrets. However, Janes sister has been acting strange lately, refusing to eat and acting secretly and somewhat depressed like. However, Jane never expected Lizzie to not be with her on earth, living in the bedroom next to her own and sharing the same bathroom together, but it happens and Jane finds herself having to learn how to cope with the results and her feelings, and through the midst of it all, she finds out that she has a talent for photography.

This was a sweet but sad novel that makes you want to keep reading, in fact, I finished "Jane in Bloom" in one day. The reason that I rated it a 3.5 is because I felt as if there was something missing and like the plot should have had something more to it. Even so, I did enjoy "Jane in Bloom" and am looking forward to Deborah's upcoming novels.

Win "I Can't Keep My Own Secrets!!" Twitter Contest!

Win A Copy of "I Can't Keep My Own Secrets"

It has been a long time since I hosted a contest to win a book....

....And since today is such a beautiful Fall day.......

....Lets Celebrate!!

This contest is going to be a bit different than all of my other ones! It is going to be a Twitter contest.

How to enter:

Simply follow me on Twitter @polopony95 and tweet this message:

RT: Be entered to win a copy of "I Can't Keep My Own Secrets" by following @polopony95 and tweeting! http://bit.ly/4goNmJ


You get 1 enter every time you tweet this message out. You will NOT be entered unless you tweet and follow!

Note: This is an ARC

This contest will end on November 15th!

Good luck :) This is a GREAT book!

Book Page Wreath - Make it yourself!

Over on Lindsay's blog she has posted this neat wreath that she created, out of pages from books! How unique is that?

Wouldn't this make a lovely Christmas gift to a book lover...plus it would be from the heart since its handmade! Lindsay posted her tutorial here!

If you decide to make this, please show me some pictures! I would love to see how yours turn out! This project is going to go on my list of things to do!

*1'st Edit*

I just saw this adorable wreath that Lindsay also made! Tutorial is on her blog for this one as well! This wreath would be perfect for a bird lover or as a Spring decoration! Its never to early to start making decorations :)

*2nd Edit*

Sorry guys, but I just found ANOTHER gorgeous wreath that Lyndsay has made. I hope I'm not boring you yet, but aren't these wreaths just beautiful? This one is another egg wreath, I like it better than the other egg wreath, what do you think? I think it is beautiful! Tutorial here!

*3rd Edit*

So sorry, but I just had to include this one last one!!! What can I say? Lindsey's wreaths are gorgeous! I would love to make this one for our front door! Its perfect for fall! See more pictures here!

Dark Guarding Novels Mini Reviews

Mini Review for the Dark Guardian Series by Rachel Hawthorne



"Moonlight" by Rachel Hawthorne
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Kayla has just recently found out about what she really is. She is now dealing with overwhelming feelings with quiet, dangerous, Lucas who acts more like a older brother to her, or maybe he's just buffering his wild emotions for her. Romance isn't the only exciting happening in "Moonlight," the first novel of the "Darklight" series, though. Humans have discovered the shape shifters and they all risk a frightening ending if much more information about them is spread.




"Dark Guardian" by Rachel Hawthorne
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Lindsey's mate had been chosen for her years ago...ever since she was a little girl everyone new that her mate was going to be Connor. They had it all planned out, however, they left out one thing...Lindsey's decision. Lindsey had always thought she loved Connor, she does love Connor, however, once she starts to feel attraction to Rafe things begin to change and she feels as if she may not have known what "real" love really felt like.....




"Dark of the Moon" by Rachel Hawthorne
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Brittany has been looking forward to the night of her change for a long time, however, she people begin to be worried for her own safety as she still has not found a mate to be with her the night of the change. It is said that every young women that has went through the change alone - has died. That's not all however. People begin to see other things that are different about Brittany than the other wolves. For one thing, she has to work to be fit. Could she be different than everyone else?

My thoughts on the Dark Guardian Novels

I enjoyed this series so much! They are somewhat short, but they have just enough mystery and romance to make for a great read. Once I started reading them, I was pulled in and was excited to continue reading on. I was disappointed at first when I started reading the second book, "Full Moon" and found out that the book wasn't about Kayla, but rather Lindsey, however, still enjoyed it and wasn't to disappointed in the end! I really enjoyed this series and can't wait for the next one coming out!



Wouldn't this make a great holiday gift? Especially if you pledged to give books for the holiday's!

The Latest Scandal....well, according to us bloggers maybe

Twitter has been filled with talk this afternoon all about the new FTC regulation that is supposed to begin to take place starting December 1st.

In a rush of confusion, questions, and other ramblings, all of us has come to a agreement that this is definitely not something we are looking forward to.

According to the FTC, we need to disclose every review we post with where we got the book - for example, if we receive an ARC in the mail from say Harperteen, we need to write somewhere in the post a disclosure on it. Unless of course we either want to send the book back to the publisher after reviewing it or getting charged an $11,000 fee.

Does this also mean that we must include disclosure on swag that we have received for free? And it looks like we can't be doing IMM posts anymore. I think I shall do two a week until December 1st (lol)! And what about all of the Goodread users who write reviews?

One things for sure, there's going to be some changes in the blogsophere to come.

The question is...why are they doing this?

Check out this interesting post on this

89 out of 1,000 newborn babies die in Malawi

Did you know that Malawi is one of the least developed countries in the world? How about the fact that 89 in ever 1,000 babies born die? Or that the average life span is 44 years? Malawi is a small country that is slightly smaller than Virgina.

Hearing those facts, doesn't it just make you want to help them out?

Imagine, 89 babies out of 1,000 die, isn't that horrible? How can we help the mothers and babies?

A while back my friends and I started a organization called "Hats of Love" where we knit baby hats for newborn babies. I would love to move further and put together care sets for new mothers in Malawi, however, as teens in 4-H, we don't have the funds to be able to do this all on our own. That is were you can come in.

In each kit we will include:

-A hand knit baby hat
-A Receiving Blanket
-2 Washcloths
-S.C. Johnsons Baby Shampoo
-1 Onesie

The total cost per a kit will be $10 + the cost of shipping which brings it up to around $15

We would love to accept any donations of yarn, baby hats, baby blankets, new washcloths, new baby shampoo, new onesies, or money to pay for the supplies and postage.

If you are interested in donating, please send me an email at: countrystars95@yahoo.com

We are excited to help make babies lives in Malawi healthier! Thanks for helping out!

Review: And Then Everything Unraveled

Book: And Then Everything Unraveled
Author: Jennifer Sturman
Rating: 5 out of 5
Cover Rating: 3.7 out of 5


Delia lives in an area were everyone's a genius....the parents have online businesses of some sort of an other, and most of the kids do as well. And it is practically rare to see someone that isn't driving a hybrid. And super organized Delia's mom, is one of them. So, when her mom goes on a boat to Antarctica for research and the entire boat mysteriously disappears and everyone believes that she is dead, Delia knows that this is not the case. So she starts researching herself to try to solve the mystery. However, she soon finds out that someone is out to get her, the question is, who?

I loved this book! I found it very entertaining and well written. This book funny even though it is covering a serious topic - finding ones missing Mom in Antarctica when everyone believes shes dead. The book just seemed to have the right mixture of ingredients to make it a great read! I'm looking forward to reading more from Jennifer!