Author: Jessi (Geo)

Books I didn’t finish: July 2012

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

Hardcover, 390 pages Published by HarperTeen (9.27.2011) Series: A Beautiful Dark (#1) Source: LibraryAdd to Goodreads On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites—like fire and ice—Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye’s life into a tailspin. She has no idea what they want, or why they seem to follow her every move—only that their presence coincides with a flurry of strange events. Soon she […]

New on Auntie Spinelli Reads: Featured Blogger Interviews!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 29, 2012 | 8 Comments

Alright guys, I’ve realized recently that there’s only a small handful of fellow bloggers that I’ve gotten to know on a personal level, and I would definitely like to get to know more of you! So, starting this coming week I am going to be doing a spotlight post on a different blogger weekly. This new feature will be every Tuesday (assuming I can get enough participants). It will just be a relatively short interview consisting of questions to help […]

Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 27, 2012 | 8 Comments

I’ve been wanting to read this book forever, and with the depth of that desire and all the hype surrounding the book, I was afraid I was going to be disappointed. That was definitely not the case. Meyer painted a beautiful and vivid world that I enjoyed living in! This is only the second fairytale retelling that I’ve read (Beastly being the first). While there were a few similarities between Cinder and its inspiration, Cinderella (evil step-mother and two step-sisters, the shoe, […]

Review Copy Cleanup Challenge

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 26, 2012 | 4 Comments

Hosted by Nyx Book Reviews and Books, Biscuits, and Tea I have gotten SO behind on my NetGalley books it’s not even funny! Hopefully in the next month I can fix that problem :) My challenge books, in no particular order: Read: Reviews will be linked. The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne (DNF) Defiance by C.J. Redwine Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry Eve […]

Something Strange and Deadly Blog Tour: Dream Cast + GIVEAWAY

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 26, 2012 | 11 Comments

The year is 1876, and there’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia… Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to what she’s just read in the newspaper— The Dead are rising in Philadelphia. And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter […]

Review: Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 26, 2012 | 1 Comment

I had some trouble getting into this one. To be honest, I wanted to put it down in the first half. I’m glad I didn’t, because the last quarter was pretty good! I think I was bored early on because there wasn’t much happening action-wise. This is only the second true zombie book I’ve read, and I was expecting an overload of flesh-eating zombies. But, they hardly had an appearance except for the very beginning and very end, which disappointed me […]