Category: Features

Heartbeat Weekly (7)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 8, 2013 | 23 Comments

For review: Split Second by Kasie West (from Harper) Bite-Sized Magic by Kathryn Littlewood (Harper, unsolicited) Promise of Shadows by Justine Ireland (Edelweiss) After the End by Amy Plum (Edelweiss) The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings (Edelweiss) Don’t You Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn (Edelweiss) New Sight by Jo Schneider (from the publicist) Gifted: Proxy by Mindee Arnett (from the tour host) Champion by Marie Lu – THANK YOU Amanda!! You rock! <333 The Eye of Minds by […]

Life of a Blogger: Career

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 5, 2013 | 37 Comments

Ever since I was about 6 years old, I wanted to be a veterinarian. I never had another career in mind. In 2007 I got my foot in the door at a veterinary clinic, intending to spend 6-9 months in the kennel then move up to a Veterinary Assistant. Nearly 7 years later, I’m still in the kennel. Why? At some point along the line, I decided that I didn’t want to be a vet. I’m not sure exactly why…perhaps just […]

Heartbeat Weekly (6)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 1, 2013 | 18 Comments

For review: The Nightmare Dilemma by Mindee Arnett In the mail: A mockingjay pin! Finally! Divergent & Allegiant by Veronica Roth, SIGNED (ordered from Blue Bicycle Books) So, after I got home from YALLfest I started kicking myself for not just buying all three books (I only got Insurgent). What if one day Veronica is untouchable, and her books go for $200+ EACH (like The Hunger Games)? Then I will hate myself for not getting one when I […]

Life of a Blogger: Pets

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 28, 2013 | 19 Comments

Meet my kitties!! Gizmo, aka Gizzy: 7 years old. Likes to paw at fabric maniacally until he gets himself underneath of it. Paws at doors and cries like a kitten when I’m on the other side. Sleeps with me every night, flopping against my back. Sits in my lap when I read in my pink chair: I feel like a bad mom for picking favorites, but this little guy is my baby! He’s very special to me! He almost never leaves […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: November 2013

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 27, 2013 | 16 Comments

Unwind by Neil Shusterman Series: Unwind #1 Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Published by Simon & Schuster (11.6.2007) Hardcover, 335 pagesSource: Library Add to Goodreads Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child “unwound,” whereby all of the child’s organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn’t technically end. Connor is too difficult for his […]

Welcome to the Family: Kelly at Effortlessly Reading

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 26, 2013 | 9 Comments

I started this feature here in order to know your fellow bloggers a little better! If you are interested in being featured please fill out the form. This week’s featured blogger is a very good blogging friend of mine! <3 Meet Kelly! Hi there! I’m Kelly and I’m currently 19. I live in NYC and I read on the subway almost everyday. (Almost because sometimes I cram for exams on the subway. :P) I am really obsessed with Criminal Minds, Pokemon, […]