Author: Jessi (Geo)

Undersea Spoils (32): More signed goodies!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 4, 2013 | 12 Comments

This is my replacement for IMM. So Friday night while perusing twitter, I saw a retweet of this tweet from Julie Kagawa and immediately was like, CINCI, WHAT THE WHAT?! So I clicked, realized it was Saturday at 1, and decided to go! This is the first time I’ve heard of anything awesome coming to Ohio. I got to see Julie again, as well as meeting Mindee Arnett, Aprilynn Pike, Liz Coley, Kristina McBride, and Saundra Mitchell. I learned some cool […]

BtH Readathon Mini Challenge: Name That Cover!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 1, 2013 | 8 Comments

Sign up HERE. Hi everyone! We’re starting day four of the Beat the Heat Readathon. How’s everyone doing so far? We’ve seen lots of updates on Twitter, which makes us *happy dance*! Keep sharing your progress using hashtag #BtHReadathon. We love seeing how you’re all doing! Now on to the fun part – our first mini challenge! Welcome to Name That Cover, which is exactly what it sounds like. Below are clips of ten different covers. Just identify the cover and enter it […]

Movie Review: Pacific Rim

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 31, 2013 | 1 Comment

May contain spoilers if you haven’t seen the movie Pacific Rim Directed by Guillermo Del Toro 7.12.2013 Rated PG-13 131 minutes See on IMDb

Undersea Spotlight: Melanie at YA Midnight Reads

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 30, 2013 | 6 Comments

I started this feature here at ASR in order to know your fellow bloggers a little better! If you are interested in being featured please fill out the form. This week we’ve got a good bloggy friend of mine! Meet Melanie! Hello guys! My name is Melanie and I’m a 13 year old YA book blogger. I am (or I think) far far far away from all of you, as I’m from Melbourne, Australia! If you are planning to come down here, you’ll get […]

The Beat the Heat Readathon Kicks Off!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 29, 2013 | 18 Comments

Welcome to the start of the Beat the Heat Readathon! We are excited to be hosting this readathon and are thrilled that so many of you decided to join us! Here’s a quick overview for the next two weeks: The readathon runs from July 29th at 12:01 AM to August 11th at 11:59 PM. There will be three mini challenges – a cover challenge, an author challenge, and a matchup challenge. The challenges will contain YA titles on Auntie Spinelli Reads and […]

ARC August Challenge

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 25, 2013 | 9 Comments

What is this, you ask? Well, the lovely Octavia over at Read. Sleep. Repeat. is hosting this fabulous challenge: Get through as many review copies as you can! Not that I need any more motivation to join (seriously, my review list is embarrassingly long), but she’s also giving away a $20 gift card! So what are you waiting for?! Go sign up! My goal: 10 books Ten books in a month at the rate I’ve been reading lately would probably […]