Category: Features

Heartbeat Weekly (74): Marissa Meyer Signing

Heartbeat Weekly (74): Marissa Meyer Signing
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 28, 2016 | 6 Comments

  Books I got this week Bought: Snape Funko Pop! Vinyl After Alan Rickman died, the prices of these skyrocketed! I was panicking because I didn’t think I’d be able to find one at normal price again, so when I saw this one on eBay for $11 I jumped on it. (And of course now they’re back to normal price. Sigh.) Now I have Harry and Snape, I can’t WAIT until the Luna and Sirius ones come out! I will […]

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Books I Didn’t Finish: January & February 2016

Books I Didn’t Finish: January & February 2016
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 22, 2016 | 2 Comments

Bluescreen by Dan Wells Series: Mirador #1 Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Published by Balzer + Bray (2.16.2016) eARC, 352 pages Source: Edelweiss Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections. That connection is a djinni—a smart device implanted right in a person’s head. In a world where virtually everyone is online twenty-four hours a day, this connection is like oxygen—and a world like that presents plenty of opportunities for someone who knows how to manipulate it. Marisa […]

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Heartbeat Weekly (73): Melissa Landers Signing!

Heartbeat Weekly (73): Melissa Landers Signing!
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 7, 2016 | 5 Comments

  Books I got this week Pre-ordered: Starflight by Melissa Landers, signed & personalized This package came with a signed poster, Starflight themed nail wraps, and a bookmark! I pre-ordered Starflight from Joseph Beth because I heard that there might be posters thrown in and I didn’t want to miss my chance to get one. I didn’t expect the package to be so awesome! They had Melissa personalize my book (I didn’t ask for it, so total surprise!), the poster […]

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Heartbeat Weekly (72)

Heartbeat Weekly (72)
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 31, 2016 | 2 Comments

  4 week haul   For review: Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop (NetGalley) The Hunt by Megan Shepherd (physical ARC, for tour) Bought: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken, SIGNED (Books of Wonder) January OwlCrate – Magic theme Worlds of Ink and Shadow by Lena Coakley Paper doll Harry Potter Funko Pop! vinyl Throne of Glass Print from Evie’s Society6 Raven Boys bookmark from Evie Patronus chapstick (chocolate mint) January Fandom of the Month – Death eater theme Bellatrix Lestrange minimalist […]

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Heartbeat Weekly (71)

Heartbeat Weekly (71)
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 3, 2016 | 5 Comments

  Two month haul Bought: Marauder’s Map tank top from Lulutops Badass looking knife – from a shop in Florida, it was super cheap! Voldemort’s wand necklace – got it for free, only paid shipping Harry Potter Film Wizardry – I had a bunch of Amazon Rewards points saved up, so I didn’t have to pay for it! I am like crazy impressed with the Film Wizardry book!! It’s got a lot of really neat stuff from the making of […]

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The 2015 Novel Heartbeat Awards

The 2015 Novel Heartbeat Awards
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 31, 2015 | 7 Comments

Top ten books of 2015          I decided not to include re-reads in this category, since there were three that would have been at the top of my list – The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, and Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. Top 5 Dystopian    Top 5 Science Fiction      Top 5 High Fantasy      Top 5 Urban Fantasy        Top 3 Contemporary   Best Historical Top […]

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