Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

 

Blurb:

Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible.

And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison, and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know.

 

 

My Thoughts:

 

Wow, I was not nearly prepared for this book. 

 

I've had a long hide and seek game with this book in the library. I kept finding the second book in this series, but not the first so when I finally (and I do mean FINALLY) I grabbed it without thinking about it.

And of course, out of my library stack I kept picking this book up and looking at it. Then I decided, oh what the heck, I'll read it now. I love the cover, the intrigue behind what will happen, and I love the idea of the prison being alive.

Then I read it. And couldn't put it down. This book is just ridiculously good.

And yes, I said it: This book is ridiculously good.

Now why did I say, good instead of great? Well, I have one huge issue, but I think it could just be me. 

So let's tear this book apart and analyze it! Yippee!

A New Review of Everblossom: A Short Story and Poetry Anthology

Guess what lovely followers? I got another lovely review of my anthology here and here.

And it's a near perfect! This is like my fourth and fifth great review! :) Yippee skippee!

Who loves great reviews!? Larissa loves great reviews! Is it true?

I do! I do, I do, I do, I DOOOOO!

:D

Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs

Blurb:

Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it's not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you're a normal teenage girl, but when you're half human, half mermaid, like Lily, there's no such thing as a simple crush.

Lily's mermaid identity is a secret that can't get out, since she's not just any mermaid—she's a Thalassinian princess. When Lily found out three years ago that her mother was actually a human, she finally realized why she didn't feel quite at home in Thalassinia, and she's been living on land and going to Seaview High School ever since, hoping to find where she truly belongs. Sure, land has its problems—like her obnoxious biker-boy neighbor, Quince Fletcher—but it has that one major perk: Brody. The problem is, mermaids aren't really the casual dating type—the instant they "bond," it's for life.

When Lily's attempt to win Brody's love leads to a tsunami-sized case of mistaken identity, she is in for a tidal wave of relationship drama, and she finds out, quick as a tailfin flick, that happily ever after never sails quite as smoothly as you planned.

Editing Frenzy

You know that game, Feeding Frenzy?

If you haven't played Feeding Frenzy, then you are missing a treat! :) Awesome game! Anyway, I'll stop promoting Feeding Frenzy and get to the main point.

Lately, I have been discussing my frustration over finding an editor within a reasonable price and getting that high quality. Well, I found an editor that's reasonable and I got the results back from his editing my whole book.

And guess what? Great news: I need to completely revamp it!

1000 Views and 100 Followers Giveaway Update!

Hello all! This is just going to be a quick update to let you all know what's going for the next couple of weeks on my blog. I know I've mentioned giveaways, and now that I went to BAM (Books A Million) and got what I needed to conduct this giveaway correctly, I can now give you all the details. Sort of. Here it is so far:

There are going to be three giveaways.

The first giveaway will start very early morning August 1st then ends on August 5th. The winners will be announced Saturday and will get their stuff mailed that day. This giveaway is going to be wonderful for paranormal lovers. I'm super psyched about it and I think you will be too once it's up! But that's all I'm going to say on the matter.*zips lips*

The second giveaway will start early morning August 8 then ends on August 12th. The winners will be announced Saturday and will get their stuff mailed the day of. This particular giveaway will probably not be for everybody but more for writers, just to let you know.

The third giveaway is a mysterious giveaway. You will not know what you're going get but I will leave clues so that you don't go in thinking you'll get a boatload of one type of books and you'll get another. This particular giveawya will begin August 15th then end August 19th.

Now, I know you guys are wondering, so I'll just say it: How is this all going to work?

Well, I will post about the giveaway, you leave your name and e-mail address in the comments section. At the end of the week, I will place everybody's name and email address in a hat and pick out three names.

Now for my faithful followers, they will get the special advantage of getting their names dropped into my special hat twice! :) So they will be twice as likely to get a prize.

Anyway, at the end of the week on Saturday, I will post the winners and send them an email to let them know that they won! And then I will get their shipping addresses and ship the prizes on out.

It's that simple.

Any questions? :)

Oh, what did the picture have to do with this post? Absolutely nothing. ;) Or does it?

*dramatic music with wiggling mysterious eyebrows*