Tune in Tuesday

A weekly meme by Ginger of GReads! In the meme I'll talk about music and showcase it here each week. And this week, I'm going to talk about... "Treme Song" by John Boutté. This song is such an amazing song! It gets you feeling good and the flavor of NOLA comes alive in it too. I first heard it when I watched the pilot episode of Treme on HBO last year. John Boutté is an amazing trumpet player too! What is so great about this video, is that it is the opening credits to...

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Pottermore: Beta Testing (I finally have access!)

It's official: I got my letter! My name on the website is CrimsonJinx177. And this is what it looks like inside at Privet Drive: (click on the pictures to enlarge the image!) That is all I can show for now, because there is a lot for Potter fans to discover. I'll post down the road pictures of the wand I get and what I house I'm in. Till then, you just may have to join when the official website opens, unless you are already an early beta tester, then come and find ...

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If the shoe fits...

So I came stumbling upon a link to some fantastic art work that was done on a pair of shoes. Now these are not just any style or brand, it's a pair of Vans and it has the "Hunger Games" Mockingjay and more on these two shoes! Take a look: (click the picture to go visit the Esty webpage...

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Book Review: 'The Hunger Games'

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's...

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IMM #2

In My Mailbox is a weekly/monthly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It's a great way to showcase the books you've gotten over the week, whether they are bought, borrowed or free. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (Amazon | Goodreads)Matched by Ally Condie  (Amazon | Goodreads) Books I Won Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver (Amazon | Goodreads)Darkness Falling by Peter Crowther ( Amazon | Goodrea...

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Official Book Trailer: 'The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer'

Can we say, awesome!? lol this looks amazing and makes me want to own and read the book even MORE! I'd like to thank MTV for posting this and the blog that I found it on Shortie Sa...

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New Meme Next Month!

I'm starting a new meme called: "Horror Halloween" It's celebrates everything Halloween from books, movies, television, even some myths, urban legends, and maybe some oddities? I'm going to do a teaser posting for two reasons: 1) To get everyone pumped! 2) To see who knows their Halloween season trivia!!! Okay so who can tell me what famous movie was filled here in the 1960's?(no looking it up or cheating!) I'll be back to post the answer with some facts about which movie...

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Waiting on Wednesday #1

A weekly meme originally hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine, spotlighting a soon-to-be-released book(s) that I'm very much anticipating to read. Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Author: Michelle Hodkin Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Release Date: September 27th 2011"Mara Dyer doesn't believe life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can.She believes there must be more to the accident she can't...

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Book Review: 'How I Survived My Summer Vacation'

When sophomore year ended with Buffy's defeat—just barely—of the Master, she headed off to spend the summer with her father in L.A. The theme was R&R, parties, and an occasional shopping spree. But things that go bump in the night don't take vacation. So Buffy's trying desperately to keep a lid on things in L.A.—and to keep her secret identity from her father. Meanwhile, back in Sunnydale, trouble keeps popping up in the darnedest places. Giles wants Willow and Xander...

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Great Scott! They Do Exist!

So Michael J. Fox teamed up with the NIKE company to create the fictional shoe from "Back to the Future II", the Nike Mag. Those light up, light material wearing sneakers. Now in the trailer they have Christopher Lloyd show up as Doc in his outfit from that movie looking for shoes haha. Check it out: The shoe was made and is being auctioned off ebay. They made 1500 pairs of these shoes! They are not cheap, but ALL the proceeds go to Michael J. Fox's charity to help research for Parkinson's disease and to finally...

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Unveiling: Insurgent (Cover)

Isn't it beautiful!?!?! I love how they blended the colors so magically and the image of the way the tree is captured with the swirling is so breath taking for some reason. I'm excited for this and mo...

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In My Mailbox (#1)

In My Mailbox is a weekly/monthly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It's a great way to showcase the books you've gotten over the week, whether they are bought, borrowed or free. The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I by J.L. Smith (Amazon | Goodreads)The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Amazon | Goodreads)See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Writing Chick Lit by Sarah Mlynowski, Farrin Jacobs(Amazon | Goodreads) The...

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Book Review: 'The Help'

Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something...

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More flooding! Will it ever end?

Almost everything in my county is flooded, again! Two weeks later and it's like the sun never came out to help dry up some of this ra...

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Free Reads!

If you go to Pulse It, you can read the books "Fury" by Elizabeth Miles and "Witchlanders" by Lena Coakley for FREE! It's made available for 54 days every time they added two or four books for their YA readers. Just in case you don't know the synopses of these novels, here it is: Sometimes sorry isn't enough.... It’s winter break in Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and everything looks pristine and peaceful. But not all is as it seems... Between cozy...

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Update Time!

Okay so I had a busy weekend. I attended a friends wedding that was at their parent's house and spent the weekend with my boyfriend. On top of that I'm now in my 2nd week of class for the Fall Semester, so I'm a smidge bit busy with reading from my ENG 102 class and PSY 101. But on a good note, I finished "The Help" last night! YAY! It is such an amazing book! I'm now onto reading "The Hunger Games". Review for "The Help" will be happening. I don't know when, I don't know how, but it's coming... (hehe sorry Sci-Fi movie reference!) Also lastly,...

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One Girl, Two Different Book Covers!?

It's just odd when you see two books that have the same girl for two different book series. I wonder if the people at both publishing companies know this has happen...

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