Fourth Musketeer

 Don't you just adore the new look I made for Courtney's Book Nook? I mean I honestly adore it. It took 3 minutes of editing on Photobucket for all of it. It has a picture of one of the bookshelves in my closet, my nook with some of my Mother's vintage Dr Seuss books,  and then my favorite thing on the header- Maya the Stinker. I tried to do a video with her but she refused so I will try again tomorrow.   What do you think of the new background- it is the side of my bookshelf/desk. I adore it to death to be honest with you. So much more than the blue and brown one from before. What are your thoughts of the new look of Courtney's Book Nook. Any ideas on how to improve the new look? 

Review: What a lovely book! I can say I was drawn in from beginning til the very last page. I am despretly in love with the writing style. So in the future Iwill definitely be on the lookout for anything by Melissa Pearl. Sorry for the briefness, I am on Jr. Beta and am being rushed. v 

  I would like to thank Kathy at I am a Reader, Not a Writer for hosting this hop. So I have a good bit of books I will be giving one winner to pick from!So here they are: Also if you don't see one you like I will send 5 of my 80's teen books.  Mandatory-Just 1 for leaving a comment with email +1 If you follow this blog in anyway what so ever.

“You should date a girl who reads. Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve. Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn. She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls w...

  Seems like Leo Scott has it all: looks, brains, and athletic talent. He’s captain of his high school swim team with a bright future in college and beyond. But Leo has secrets. His mother’s crippling car accident has devastated his family and left Leo to deal with his father’s abuse, battered and alone.   Leo’s girlfriend Audrey Rose is poised for her own share of success. As one of Florida’s top high school swimmers, Audrey dreams of college swimming stardom. But there’s an obstacle to her glorious rise to the top. Her number-one supporter--her father--is in prison for murder.  Part murder mystery, part tale of young love in a military family, this gripping story takes readers on a journey from Pensacola to Annapolis. Leo and Audrey must band together to rise above the adversity they encounter and find their true selves in the process. When everything’s on the line . . . streamline.      I am hopelessly in love with the  cover to Streamline by Jennif...

Title: Savage Cinderella Author: P J Sharron Publisher: Indie Published: Tomorrow! March 16, 2012 Want Level: 3 & 1/2 Ereaders   Eighteen year-old Brinn Hathaway has survived alone in an abandoned cabin in the High Country of North Georgia since she was a child. If her life is lonely and less than complete, at least she is safe from the man who kidnapped her, held her captive, and left her for dead in a shallow grave in the mountains. She believes that her parents are dead, the police are her enemy, and that if she returns to the world, her tormentor will find her. With the help of some unlikely friends, she has what she needs to survive, but is surviving enough? Life takes a turn when a young nature photographer, Justin Spencer-—in pursuit of the fabled Wild Child-—captures her on film. While chasing the story of a lifetime, Justin is injured and Brinn comes to his rescue. The two build a tentative friendship, but with his own violent past, an abusive alcoholic father, a...

Title: Callum & Harper Author: Fisher Amelie Published: December 24, 2011 :Publisher Indie Source: Borrowed Rating: 5/5 EReaders Life sucks for orphans Callum Tate and Harper Bailey. Kicked out of their foster homes because they suffer the 'eighteen disease' with nothing but a hundred dollar check from the government and a pat on the back, they're forced to rely on a system that failed them miserably. So they sit. They sit inside Social Services, waiting for their social workers to call their names and offer them the miracle they know will never come but they sit anyway because they have nowhere else to go, no other options on their very literal and figurative empty plates. But as they sit, they notice the other. Although captivated, they each come to the conclusion that life is complicated enough without throwing in a boiling tension that can't ever be acted upon because they're both too busy thinking about where their next meal will come from but when their...

  1) I have just finished reading Casey Barnes Eponymous. Can I say that Casey knows her music or what? So are you a music wiz or did you do alot of research for the novel? Yes, Casey definitely knows her music.  Music is how she makes sense of the world.  I am very into music as well.  I used to write songs and be in a band.  I listened to a lot of music while writing this book and whenever I found a song that was particularly inspiring I would include it. 2) So, did you sit down and write out a diagram to help form the novel or did you just let your words flow onto the paper? For my first draft of the novel I let the words flow. Then I realized the plot needed to be tighter so I did a diagram and  a pretty extensive rewrite.  That draft worked a lot better than the first.  For the next novel I am definitely writing an outline before starting the book. 3) Who is your favorite character in the book after Casey- if she is your favorite?  After...

   We all love helping criticism. Don't we?  I know it hurts us in the insides but it helps us in what ever craft we excel in or in some cases flunk in. My case is the definition for defiantly and definitely. I signed my dad up to get email subscriptions to my blog. To my surprise when he was working on his his model airplane because he is geek for anything that requires a remote control other than the television. My little sister Tabbetha  is the one who is addicted to the T.V.     So he was working on something with his airplane and he doesn't even look up at me. His eyes were solely intent on fixing whatever was wrong with that certain plane at the moment.  I thought he was going to ignore me. "Nice review on The Moon Coin, today." he had said. I remember I was smiling with delight. "Why thank you! If you feel the need to read it also I have it on one of my nooks."  He had just smirked at me and and looked up with that sarcastic look that every...