~GIVEAWAY FEBRUARY~

How about a couple of giveaways in Feb?

That is what I am thinking book lovers!!

One will be for an author and some of her swag..

the other will be a NarlyNut giveaway.

Why you ask?

Because I LOVE YOU all!

Fun prizes!!

~See you there~

NarlyNut
   

~New Review~

Tales Of Aradia

The Last Witch

Volume One

by: L.A. Jones

 

Synopsis

Unknown to the humans who hanged innocent people at the Salem Witch Trials, Real witches of the hidden race were slaughtered on the belief that they had betrayed the hiddens to the humans.  Not one witch survived the genocide, or so it was believed for more than three hundred years.  Until one day a girl named Aradia moves to Salem, Massachusetts, and all that changes...

 

 

~My Review~

Aradia is found by her adoptive parents Ross and Liza in the wilderness.  From the moment they adopted Aradia ,they know something is special.  As Aradia grows up she finds that she can do magical things that no one else can do. 

     Aradia is not your typical teenage girl.  Her parents move Aradia to Salem, due to a job transfer for her dad.
 She dreads a new school, but soon will find out she is entering a world of vampires and werewolves. Among these worldy creatures, there are many hiddens around Aradia.  At first she has no idea;  She also has no idea what she is.

Aradia's dad is the DA to whom of which comes in to try and help solve a murder.  Aradia has powers to see things that have happened in the past and wants to help her dad solve the murder.

As time goes on Rai (Aradia), makes friends and realizes the school she is now attending has some very peculiar things happening.  Her and her new found friend Roy, and her love interest Dax, go through out the story trying to figure out who is responsible for the murders. Along the way Aradia also discovers she is a witch;  The last witch!

I have mixed feelings on this book.

There were parts to where it would grab my attention and I would be very entertained.  Then I would come to a part to where it would drag on and explain much more than needed be.  I would easily get bored and it took me longer than usual to finish this book.  Don't get me wrong, I loved the story line L.A. Jones put together.  It just didn't hold my attention the way I wanted it too.

There were a few editing issues, but nothing to make a huge stink over.

In my honest opinion, it is one of those books that an individual would have to pick up and see for themselves.  There were so many lighthearted and humorous moments.  Aradia is a beauty to love. You have my opinion, but I also think you should judge this book for yourself!

I give this book 3and a half NarlyNut stars 

******COVER REVEAL******

 Temptation. Desire. Deception.

Everything about her is enthralling, enticing… until everything about her becomes deadly.

Alluring you into the center of her world, she’ll deprive you of reason, breath… life. And because you can’t help it, you’ll let her, and death never felt so good.

There is only one rule where she is from: Don’t become attached to your Allure, and Ryleigh has already broken that rule.

The decision to stay was easy, but being ready to handle everything that comes with her choice, is more then she bargained for when something unexpected happens. Ryleigh is thrown into a world she knows nothing about, and a past she can’t remember. Time is not Ryleigh’s only enemy, but the lack of it, will be the end of her immortality if she doesn’t remember what she is or the life she needs to take.

When the cost of immortality means consuming the life of someone you love, could you do it?!

                                 

LP DOVER~COVER REVEAL

*L.P. Dover's Cover Reveal*

                                                 

1. Amy Richie: Author Page -- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Richie-Author-Page/167413166631322

2. Amazon link for Willow -- http://www.amazon.com/Willow-Blood-Vine-Series-ebook/dp/B0091YHBNA/ref=cm_rdp_product

3. Barnes & Noble link for Willow -- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/willow-amy-richie/1112708724?ean=9780988270749

4.Willow Trailer -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvEF2XnBi3k

5. Smashwords link for Willow -- https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/233669

6. Goodreads link for Willow -- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15851037-willow

7. Amy Richie website -- http://amyrichie.weebly.com/

A New Year

Well a New Year is upon us.  I am excited for change.  I want change in many areas of my life. 
One would be health.  Two would be to lose weight, which comes with health.  Three, well I am setting a goal for reading and reviewing and of course blogging.

 My love for reading and reviewing has escalated beyond my wildest imagination.  I knew I loved to read, but starting my book page was on a whim.  I went from starting a book page called "50 Shades of Books" to "NarlyNut's Book Lovers."  It just seemed more like me.  I wanted all of me involved and I do believe the name speaks volumes. 

I am going to set a goal for reading.  Not sure how many I will set for one year, but it will be my biggest ever.
Reviewing?  I am just going to go with it and review for authors that ask for a review.  It never gets old helping an amazing author out.

The last six months I have gotten the hang of my book page.  Pretty easy.   Reviewing I am loving it and pretty much go with what I feel about the book.  I am enjoying the books, the reading and the reviewing process.  It just brings me joy to no end. 

On to the blogging part of it all.  Well I am not so good at staying on top of it on a daily basis.  I also tend to stress my self out wondering if I will bore you guys to death. LOL.  Seems rational in a Narly kind of way.
I have come to realize that is o k.   This is a time for me to learn about blogging and to learn about myself, so I am hoping that the 23 of you that I am taking on the beginning of this journey hang in there with me.  That is all I ask. 
With all of this said....lets make a change individually and together.

Here is to 2013 and change....;)

Narly~

Love's True Second Chance

Love's True Second Chance

~by~

Jeff Dawson

 

  Synopsis

What ever happened to your first love?  How did their lives turn out?  Do they ever think about the wonderful times we spent together?  Those care-free days when the only thing that really mattered was walking hand in hand on long walks or hanging out with friends at the arcade.  Do they remember the first date and the first kiss?  Do they still remember us and what would happen if we w ever saw each other again?  Would the old feelings of the past be reignited, or would it be a simple hello, how have you been and we part paths again?

I always wondered how her life had turned out.  Through the years a business card would be left in a mailbox with no return call, letter or email.  I guess the memories would be just that, memories.  But in December of 2008, it was worth one more shot.  One more attempt to make contact with the one girl whose memory remained strong.  The one girl, who no matter how far I traveled or how hard I tried to suppress the memories of the past, they were always lying under the surface waiting to reawaken.  One more time, one more attempt, just one more try, and if nothing happens, let her memories fade, never to surface again.

It has been two weeks since the card was dropped off.  Well, I gave it my best shot.  I tried one more time and since there has been no contact, her memory is starting to fade.  I take our prom picture out of my wallet and place it in a small box with all of the remaining reminders of our love from so long ago.  The phone rings.  Must be someone with more bad news about why they can't deliver the materials ordered.  "This is Jeff"(what do you want!),  "This is Debbie."  My response was cold and quick, "And?"   A very long pause, "Jeff....this....is....Debbie."  I slowly remove both feet from my mouth.  It is her!  The long lost connection has been made.  Now what?

Join us for the most intense seven month "true love" one could ever have dreamed.  Travel back to high school when life was so easy, so care-free and the word worry didn't exist.  The chance meetings at college that at times were better forgotten.  To present day when we are both trying to figure out if the feelings from the past should remain in the past or is there still something there; unfinished business.  There is plenty of time to figure it all out, or is there?

~My Review~

This book is based upon Jeff's real life story of himself and his one true love, Debbie.

Debbie is dating Jeff's friend Clay while Jeff is dating Betsy.  The connection with Jeff and Betsy just isn't there and Clay and Debbie's courtship fades when Clay's new car puts Debbie in the back seat, so to speak.Debbie is very interested in Jeff, but Jeff tends to not see this so clearly at first.  Jeff realizes Debbie is into him and they begin dating.

It is a fun, beautiful, every chance spent together kind of courtship.  They can't seem to get enough of each other.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.  Jeff heads to college after graduation.  Jeff and Debbie try to make it work, but it proves to be too much for Debbie.  They part ways and life goes on for them.  They both marry and have children of their own.  Little do they know, each marriage has come to an end.

Every ten years Jeff would drop off a business card in Debbie's parents mailbox hoping to reconnect with Debbie.

One day in mid December Jeff receives a call at work.  It is Debbie.........

Book lovers~I refuse to spoil the rest of this beautiful love story.  It is a riveting, delicate lamentable ride.

Jeff takes us on his journey of reuniting with his "One True Love."  He takes us to a place of the joys of love.  He teaches us that the little things should not be taken for granted.

While reading this I knew there were moments to where I would be left in tears, there were also moments that Jeff made me laugh.  Jeff has a truly humorous side that you can't help but love.  Jeff is quite the character.  Very fun and a wonderful man to have on your side.  

There are parts of this story that make you laugh, make you cry, and leave you breathless......

This is a must read book lovers and I give it 5 NarlyNut stars!        

 

Review of Treachery at Martinique Isle

Treachery at Martinique Isle

by

Rachel Cherie

Synopsis

In the mid 1600's, when King Charles I reigned England and pirates controlled the seas, twins separated at birth are reunited under dire circumstances in the sleepy town of Port de Couler de Bateaux, Port of Sinking Ships.  Jacqueline and Alexandria settle into the Midway Zebra inn with their new surrogate parents, innkeepers Jemima and Fred Bumbleridge.  Eight years later, the inn burns to the ground taking beloved Bumbleridges with it.  The twins are abandoned once more, but their guardians have left something to remember them by.  Two small bags of gold, two cloaks, two flintlocks, and two gold lockets.  A riddle is inscribed on each locket, finishing not only a tale of piracy but also opening a door to the girls' mysterious past.  Partnered with a thier, a butler, and a wannabe Viking, the two sail across the ocan in search of the answers.  Together the twins discover that not everyone is who the seem, and sometimes things take a turn for the worse especially when there is Treachery at Maritinque Isle.

  

My Review

Alexandria (Alex) and Jacqueline (Jacq) are twins.  They find this out after both of them have to say goodbye to the ones that love them.  Captain Taylor didn't want to leave Jacq, but has no choice. Madam Thorpe is sick and dies at the Midway Zebra inn leaving Alex alone.  Jacq and Alex are then put in the care of Fred and Jemima Bumbleridge owners of the inn.

The girls grow up at the inn until one day a fire breaks out.  The girls frantically look for Fred and Jemima.  They refuse to leave.   The girls are shocked and sad at this.  Then they see it and cannot believe their eyes.  A pirate yelling Black Fred and Gold Gem.  This scares the girls and they run for they're lives.

They then find Miata the town thief.  Alex and Jacq tell him what has happened and he offers to help them.

The girls were given matching gold lockets by Fred and Jemima. Inside each bag they find a compass, money, a letter, a gun, gun powder and bullets.  Among a few other items.  After exploring the contents of the bags the girls discover there are riddles inscribed on each locket.   They then realize they are on a hunt for a treasure.   Little do Alex and Jacq know on this big adventure they will discover enemies, find love and unravel the mystery before them.  Secrets will be revealed and family members united.

I have to say I was highly entertained by this fun and easy read.  I would recommend this book to book lovers of all ages. I give this book a 4 star rating.:)   

YA AUTHORS

I have to say that I have been a YA reader for many years.  I have never strayed and I never will.  Yes there are the obvious ones, but there are so many to discover.  There is something so entertaining and enthralling about these reads.  I remember thinking to myself quite a few years ago how funny it was that I was so in love with the "Harry Potter books."  Or as time would go by, "The twilight series."  The of course "The Hunger Games."  I couldn't help myself.  I was intrigued and before I knew it one of the biggest 30 year old fans. lol
Now at 38 years old, I still can't get enough.  If I hear of a YA about to be released or one I haven't heard of...I am on it.
These authors have to be some of the best writers around.  Not only do they suck us into their books, they make us want more!

S.L. Dearing

"The Gathering"

 by

S.L. Dearing

 Lia Fail means the great stone of destiny.

Just a tad bit of history for you before I give you my review.  To me this was an important thing to know.

S.L. Dearing has brought so many elements to this story line.  It is everything I love rolled into one.

Romance~Villains~Mythical Creatures~and of course Love.

In a post apocalyptic world this medieval fantasy brings other families together from different villages. This is known as "The Gathering."

Alia Stark is a headstrong queen of Lia Fail. She has 11 kids.  In this book you get to know them one by one.  They will captivate your heart.  You will take the journey along with them and their mother. Love will be found among many and villains are exposed.

Little do they know there is an evil force that desperately wants something from Alia.  A gift that Alia doesn't even know she has hidden within her.

Alia will discover the goddess that is waiting to be unleashed.

This book is a definite must read!  I can't say that enough. I was on my toes until the very end.  Turning page after page with the anticipation of what would happen next. I was rooting for the characters in this book and for they're fight and will to survive.

The last few chapters literally gave me chills.

I was beyond saddened that it came to and end.

Then I brought myself back to reality and realized that S.L. Dearing is working on book 2.

I cannot wait for it and you will feel the same way.