Author: Jessi (Geo)

Blogiversary Week: Name Change + Giveaway!

Blogiversary Week: Name Change + Giveaway!
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 21, 2013 | 65 Comments

It’s official! After 2 years, Auntie Spinelli Reads has now become Novel Heartbeat!  If you are following by Bloglovin’ or email, you don’t have to do anything. I have already changed both feeds! If you were following by GFC, Networked Blogs, or Linky, please follow by Bloglovin’ (or email) instead, as I have decided to get rid of those options completely.  Follow my blog with Bloglovin I do, however, have a new Facebook page. I’d love it if you could […]

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Undersea Spoils (37) + Blogiversary Week Announcement

Undersea Spoils (37) + Blogiversary Week Announcement
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 20, 2013 | 20 Comments

This is my replacement for IMM. From the library:Feed by Mira GrantSiege and Storm by Leigh BardugoThe Prey by Andrew FukudaUnwind by Neal ShustermanThornhill by Kathleen PeacockThe Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black From the publisher:Unhinged by A.G. Howard (YAY!!)Copperhead by Tina ConnollyThank you so much to Abrams and Tor!!    Weekly Recap Posts on the blog New Design & Giveaway Discussion: Horror in Film Unbreathable Blog Tour: Interview & Giveaway Find Me Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway Review: […]

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Reader Feedback Survey Results

Reader Feedback Survey Results
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 18, 2013 | 13 Comments

Thank you SO much to all that participated in this survey! It really means a lot!  I am very excited to share these results with all of you. I got a lot of insight and some great input! A few of the things I knew I needed to work on, but there were things on there that surprised me. I’m going to be honest, some of it was disheartening. Looking over the results, I feel like no matter what I […]

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Review: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Review: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 16, 2013 | 9 Comments

 This book was very tough to rate for me. I had extremely bipolar thoughts about this book, and the rating should be broken down as such: Scenes with the Anthropophagi Scenes without the Anthropophagi It’s no secret that I am NOT a fan of historical by any means, and I had no clue going into this that it would be historical (I saw Rick Yancey + gruesome horror and didn’t bother to read anymore). So, I was bored to tears in the […]

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Review: Parasite by Mira Grant

Review: Parasite by Mira Grant
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 15, 2013 | 6 Comments

The uniqueness of this book was the selling quality for me. The idea was crazy, but also completely logical. It was done so well that I felt like it could actually happen! I didn’t really care for Sal, to be honest. She was rather flat and dull to me, and I couldn’t connect with her at all. I felt nothing reading from her perspective because she was so detached and clinical about everything. The emotion just wasn’t there. There were a […]

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Find Me Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

Find Me Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 14, 2013 | 7 Comments

I do love the occasional mystery, and this one was pretty darn good! It gave you several options without giving away the ending. I have to admit, while I suspected the person at one point (although I suspected a couple different people), I didn’t figure it out until the end. I love that it wasn’t predictable! I tend to figure things out before the characters do, so it was refreshing to be surprised. Norcut says that was probably why my […]

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