Heartbeat Weekly (88): YA Beach Bash Recap & Giveaway

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 21, 2016 | 7 Comments

What I got this week From the signing: All of these are signed! Talon by Julie Kagawa, German edition Talon by Julie Kagawa, ARC The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa, original cover Soldier by Julie Kagawa Polaris by Mindee Arnett Signed swag (not pictured – oops) From the publisher: Metaltown by Kristen Simmons The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey (for participating in the tour) THANK YOU Kristen for having your publicist send me a review copy! You’re the best!! Traded: […]

Bout of Books 17: Goals & Progress

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 20, 2016 | 2 Comments

Sign up for Bout of Books 17 HERE I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS YOU GUYS. I’m going to admit, I’m pretty behind on ARC August. Yay procrastination! I was hoping for a readathon to use as an excuse to catch up on some reading, so this one came at the perfect time! The last readathon I did was #makemereadit and I managed to read just over 1,500 pages. So, I’m going to aim for that again! Goals Finish current reads […]

Review: Soldier by Julie Kagawa

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 19, 2016 | 2 Comments

Oh how I love anything and everything Julie writes! I have yet to find something of hers that I didn’t like, and I’m pretty sure that will never happen. IT’S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. I have to say, this series just keeps getting better and better! I love Ember’s story and the world that Julie has created. I mean, can you go wrong with dragons?! “Then, as you Americans say, the shit is about to hit the fan.” I loved Jade! […]

The Show That Kept Me Up Until 3 AM

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 18, 2016 | 3 Comments

**SPOILER FREE*** As I mentioned in this past week’s Heartbeat Weekly, we finally got internet. On Saturday I was perusing Netflix and stumbled on the Stranger Things, which looked intriguing. I watched the intro of the first episode, and I was hooked! I stopped it and waited for Aaron to get home so that we could watch it together. And you know what? We binge watched THE WHOLE DAMN THING. IN ONE NIGHT. Seriously, we were up until 3 am […]

Furthermore Giveaway: Tahereh’s Favorite Things!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 17, 2016 | 17 Comments

I’m so excited to be teaming up with Penguin Teen today to bring you some awesome pre-release goodies for Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi! For those of you who didn’t know, Furthermore is one of my most anticipated releases of 2016. In inspiration of the colorful world of Furthermore, I’ve created a colorful rainbow mood board of some of MY favorite things! About the book Release date: 8/30/16 The bestselling author of the Shatter Me series takes readers beyond […]

Review: Vicarious by Paula Stokes

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 16, 2016 | 2 Comments

Before I picked this book up, I was in a massive reading slump. (No seriously, I’d picked up like 5 different books in succession with no luck, I didn’t finish any of them.) Perhaps all I needed was to step outside of my genre comfort zone! I love Paula’s writing, and this one was no different. And such a cool concept, too! I loved the idea of ViSE – Vicarious Sensory Experience – basically, you can live vicariously through someone else’s […]