Enjoy!
There you go! I hope our post gives you some good ideas this Halloween season. Which pumpkin was your favorite?
Pumpkin carving time!!!
Halloween is just around the corner and it's time to buy the Pumpkins and carve your master pieces. What to carve you ask? Well our post today is bringing the books to your pumpkins! I have found some pretty amazing pumpkins. People and their talents leave me in awe.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
The School For Good And Evil
At first I did not know what I would think of this book. Do you know the saying, "Don’t judge a book by its cover"? I did the complete opposite when I saw this book. I saw the cover and immediately thought, "Nope. This is NOT a book for me." However, I read what the book was about and I thought, "Let's just give it a shot." I ended up liking it. I liked seeing the two main girls, Sophie and Agatha, try to figure out how to live in these schools that they obviously did not belong to at first. I loved trying to figure out what was going on and how everything was going to fit together. It is a book for younger people so the language is clean, which I always love. There are not a lot of books like this book so it was something different.
Now for the bad part. I hate saying this, but there were some things in the book I was not crazy about. Some of the things in the book were a little too weird for me. Somethings just sounded wrong when I read them in the book. (If you read it you can probably guess what I am talking about). However, do not let that stop you from reading this novel.
Overall, I thought the book was pretty good. Now it is time for you to read The School For Good and Evil and decide...are you really good...or are you evil?
Here is a look at what the book is about:
It's Time For Another Battle!
The winner from our last poll is....
Now for the next battle:
In honor of Halloween fast approaching, we are going to stop
with our "heart-throb" guys and do a “Battle of Villains”. Who doesn't love a good antagonist? Where would our story be without these villains?! So VOTE
on who makes your skin crawl the most and deserves the award for “Best Villain”. Here are your choices ...
President Snow
President Coriolanus Snow was the ruthless and tyrannical
president of Panem. He ruled with an
iron fist. He constantly threatened and
killed people who stood in his way to holding absolute power over Pamem.
Pros:
Snow possesses total power in Panem’s government and has
proven to be a cruel and manipulative dictator.
He has little respect for human life.
Hello! He REALLY supports the Hunger Games! Great idea … let’s put kids in an arena and let
them kill each other. His weapon of
choice is poison. He is intelligent and
cunning.
Cons:
This crazy ruler does have flaws of course. He is VERY paranoid that he will lose
power. As a result he tended to kill people,
enemies but also his allies. He has some
other flaws but you will have to read the books or see the next movie for
further detail. ;)
Quote:
”You fought very hard in
the Games, Miss Everdeen. But they were games. Would you like to be in a real
war? Imagine thousands of your people, dead. Your loved ones, gone.”
“And may the odds be ever
in your favor.”
Lord Voldemort
Tom Marvolo Riddle, most commonly known as “Lord Voldemort”
or “He Who Must Not Be Named”, is a half-blood wizard and considered to be one
of the most powerful dark wizards of all time.
He was a member of the Slytherin house and had many followers known as “Death
Eaters” when he rose to power.
Pros:
He opened the Chamber of Secrets and used a monster to attack
those with non-magic parents. He attained immortality during a time as he made
Horcruxes. A Horcrux came from murdering
somone. He did not mind killing anyone,
even those of his followers, his army of “Death Eaters”, made of wizards and
dark creatures. To top it off, he can
talk to snakes and has one as a pet . CREEPY!
His weapon of choice … his wand!
Cons:
Dumbledore! Dumbledore
was a wizard that Voldemort always feared.
Of course … HARRY POTTER! Harry on
numerous occasions defeated Voldemort.
For more details…read the amazing books or watch the movies! ;)
Quotes:
“Only I can live forever”
“Harry Potter, the boy who
lived... come to die. Avada Kedavra!”
There you have it!
Both villains in different ways ... so vote now!
Happy Halloween....And Then There Were None!
We all remember the great Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None.
It is Christie's best-selling novel with 100 million sales to date. This makes it the world's best-selling mystery ever and one of the best-selling books of all time. With the dark poem we are all know ...
Ten little Indian Boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little Indian Boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little Indian Boys travelling in Devon;
One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little Indian Boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little Indian Boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little Indian Boys going in for law;
One got in Chancery and then there were four.
Four little Indian Boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Indian Boys walking in the zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two little Indian Boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little Indian Boy left all alone;
He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.
I loved this story that forced the detective in me out, trying to figure out the "who-done-it". I was trapped in the story and could not put it down until I had the answer.
When my sister told me about a book called Ten that was written by Gretchen McNeil, and that she was going to be at the Vegas Valley Book Festival, I knew that was one I had to get. After the amazing day at the festival, Ten was the first book I picked up to read. I was not disappointed! The book was everything I expected ... a great modern retelling of the original.
The Story takes place on a secluded Island (already creepy). A bunch of kids get together for what is supposed to be an epic house party. Even the swoon worthy T.J. was going to be there. What more could a girl want? However, when a storm blows through and there is no way off the island, the party turns into a nightmare. One by one, people start being killed off and red slashes start to appear on the wall for every body that turns up.
I read the book in 24 hours! I couldn't put it down. The best friend drove me crazy, but trying to figure out the puzzle that was Ten, kept it a "couldn't-put-down" book. I wish I could say this book is for everyone but unfortunately I can't. :( I understand that when faced with death you're not going to use the best language. For that reason I have to say 17+ is my recommendation. With all this said, it's a good Halloween read full of murder and suspense and whole lot of sexy.
To find out more about Ten keep reading ...
MY 3 WISHES WEDNESDAY!!!
IT'S MY 3 WISHES WEDNESDAY!
My 3 Wishes are in Celebration of
Halloween next week!
WISH #1
Halloween Drink Bottle Labels. Apply these fun Halloween Drink Bottle adhesive labels to your soda bottles to make guests look twice! Partygoers will enjoy these fun Halloween drinks when grabbing a drink. "100% Pure Juice of Fire Newt", "Dried Feet of Black Crow", Witch's Potion" and
"Unfiltered Poison". My Sister started our Family with with this tradition years ago and I know you will all LOVE them too. You can purchase them at Oriental Trading Company OR Do It Yourself and print them on a 4 X 2 mailing label and apply.... Easy Peasy!
WISH #2
The Dremel® 7000-PK 6 Volt cordless pumpkin carving tool kit allows you to create intricate pumpkin designs by using the included patterns or by using your imagination.
The kit comes with the tool, a 191 high speed cutting blade, a adjustment
wrench and 10 carving templates. This is the "Mack-Daddy" of carving Pumpkins!!
WISH #3
What's Halloween without Creepy, Crawly and incredibly huge spiders?! I can totally see this over my fireplace OR in front of my house! This just gives me the CHILLS! You can find this at
Party City and put it together any way you would like it, it's your own Masterpiece!
TOMORROW IS FACTION DAY!
Tomorrow is the day!!!
October 22nd is “Faction Day”!
Have you made your plans for the day yet? Have you picked out what you are going to
wear? Or ... have you decided what
faction you belong with? Not sure
yet? Time is running out! Well, this post may help you decide! Today, we are focusing on the last faction …
Dauntless!
Ready to jump off the train and face your fears … then
Dauntless is your faction! In this
faction you will be worked into your tip top physical shape. They accept nothing but the best of the best
in Dauntless. You must be brave.
What kind of books would they be reading? Here are some from our list:
These books might get members of the Dauntless faction in
Divergent to take a break from jumping off trains or practicing knife-throwing
long enough to read because they feature brave characters going on adventures
and are full of action.
Keep reading and you can find out more about these
books! Here's a look:
Another Give-Away And The Vegas Valley Book Festival
Yes ... it's time for another GIVE-AWAY!!! Want a peek at what we are sending your way if you win? Here it is ...
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(Signed bookmarks ... pins ... "The Twisted Take of Ruby Hood" bracelet ... "So Many Books So Little Time" charm necklace ... and Princess For Hire by one of our favorite authors!)
SOOOO CUTE! I actually want it for myself but it's yours ... if you enter ... and if your name is drawn. We LOVE giving out fun books and amazing items to go with it! And this time ... I am so thrilled with our latest one! So keep reading and we will tell you how to enter!
This past weekend, Christmas hit early! We had the opportunity to attend the "Vegas Valley Book Festival" and it was AMAZING!!! Armed with our suitcases full of books, we hopped around from tent to tent, listening to authors and getting our books signed.The Festival kicked off Thursday evening at 7:00 pm. B.J. Novak was the keynote speaker. He spent the hour talking about his time on The Office and the behind the scenes writing process. He also spoke about his first book, One More Thing: Stories And Other Stories. He read passages from his novel and we all laughed. He also introduced his children's book ... The Book With No Pictures. He asked all the kids in the audience to come on stage and he proceeded to read the story to them. They, as well as all of us in the audience, were pulled into his tale and we laughed along with each line he read.
Saturday was our busy day! Young Adult authors from all over the country came to speak to those gathered about their latest books. They also shared with us news about upcoming projects they are working on and gave helpful hints to aspiring authors. We also found out that Channing Tatum was in town filming Magic Mike 2! (Look at all the helpful information we came away with. haha) It was AWESOME! The authors all took the time to speak with us as a group and each individually. They were so nice and kept us entertained the entire time.
By the end of the day, we were exhausted! However, we walked away with smiles on our faces and arms full of books. Here are the books we picked up this year:
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OK ... so here is your part ... how do you enter?! Go down to the very bottom of this post and simply ENTER!!! You have almost two weeks!!!
Here are some of the authors who came to the Vegas Valley Book Festival this year:
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To see a list of the authors who attended, keep reading ...
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