Teaser Tuesday # 39 - Walking Disaster

 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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This week's Tease comes from

Walking Disaster

by

Jamie McGuire

First - The Blurb:

 

 

Finally, the highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster.

Can you love someone too much?

Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.

In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees.

Every story has two sides. In Beautiful Disaster, Abby had her say. Now it’s time to see the story through Travis’s eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second - The Tease:

 

Abby leaned in again, and this time I let her come close enough to touch her lips to mine. She looked up at me, serious and resolute. "Don't make me beg," she whispered against my mouth.

 

No matter how noble I'd intended to be, those words coming from her mouth destroyed me. I grabbed the back of her head and sealed my lips against hers.

 

 

 

Third - My Thoughts:

 

After reading Beautiful Disaster and loving it, I just had to read Walking Disaster and get inside Travis's head. Seeing the story from his perspective was awesome and helped me understand him better. He is a broken soul, but not beyond saving.

 

Seeing Abby from his side was also interesting. She's the first woman aside from his mother that he has ever loved. Experiencing romantic love for the first time, he certainly runs through some very intense emotions as he tries to win Abby's heart.

 

Knowing how the story ends, made it a little easier to read through those intense emotions.

 

 

My Rating: 5 out of 5

 

 

 

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Feature & Follow # 38

 

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet new people and gain more followers in the book blogging community. If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers. But you have to know, the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

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Here’s this week’s question:

School is out! What is your favorite Summer Reading book?

I live in Australia, so currently, we are  heading into Winter.
However, no matter the season, my favorite reads are still the same.
Anything Paranormal with a strong splash of Romance.



And more recently, New Adult / Contemporary

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So what's your FF?

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Swoon Thursday # 39 - Beautiful Disaster

 

 

The fabulous girls over at YA Bound created this super HOT meme.
 

Here's how it works. From the book you're currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.
 

Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag#YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog!

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My Swoon for this week comes from
 

Beautiful Disaster

by

Jamie McGuire

 

First - The Blurb:
 

INTENSE. DANGEROUS. ADDICTIVE.

Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

 

 

 

Second - The Swoon:

 

Travis turned me to face him, and then pressed against me, leaning me back against the wall. Our eyes met, and I could see the ache in his expression as he scanned the bare pieces of my skin. I had seen him peruse women before, but this was different. He didn't want to conquer me; he wanted me to say yes.

 

He leaned in to kiss me, stopping just an inch away. I could feel the heat from his skin radiating against my lips, and I had to stop myself from drawing him in the rest of the way. His fingers were digging into my skin as he deliberated, and then his hands slid from my back to the hem of my panties. His index fingers slid down my hips in between my skin and the lacy fabric, and in the same moment that he was about so slip the delicate threads down my legs, he hesitated. Just when I opened my mouth to say yes, he clenched his eyes shut.

 

"Not like this," he whispered, brushing his lips across mine. "I want you, but not like this."

 

 

 

Third - My Thoughts:

 

I only started reading this book last night so I'm only a quarter of the way in. So far, I'm loving it. Abby is gorgeous, knows her own mind and doesn't let anyone take advantage of her. Travis! What can I say about Travis? He's the ultimate bad boy. However, I'm already starting to see cracks in his armour.

 

I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this book and discovering how things turn out between these two opposites. I'm also guessing there are still quite a few more swoon worthy moments to come.

 

 

 

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Okay, so what do you think?

If you liked my Swoon, please leave a comment below!

 

 

 

Teaser Tuesday # 38 - Sweet Evil

 

 

 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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This week's Tease comes from

 

Sweet Evil

by

Wendy Higgins

 

 

First - The Blurb:

 

 

Embrace the Forbidden

What if there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences?

This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels.
Tenderhearted Southern girl Anna Whitt was born with the sixth sense to see and feel emotions of other people. She's aware of a struggle within herself, an inexplicable pull toward danger, but it isn't until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring Kaidan Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage and her willpower is put to the test. He's the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had warned Anna.

Forced to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?

 

 

 

Second - The Tease:

(Couldn't make up my mind this week so I decided to post two. Hope you like them!)

 

 

"I need you to trust me and stay relaxed. I'm just going to raise your shirt a bit so that I can get to your back." I shivered at the tug of my shirt upward and the cool air brushing my bare skin.

 

AND:

 

I threw down the paper in heated passion and felt his hand cup my cheek. I hadn't even noticed him sitting up during my tirade. My heart was already pumping hard when I turned my face to him. Kaidan's eyes were on fire, and his sweet, earthy scent slammed my senses.

 

"Seriously," I whispered, unable to look away. "You're doing that bedroom-eyes thing again."

 

 

Third - My Thoughts:

 

I'm a couple of chapters short of finishing this book. So far it's been a great read although there have been a few frustrating moments. More so for Anna than me.
Kaidan - the son of the Duke of Lust - is a hottie who can be extremely infuriating at times. Don't you just love a bad boy!

I'm looking forward to completing this book to see how it all ends.
 

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Stacking the Shelves # 30

 

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. It is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks.

This week I had a number of books I had to return to the library, and while I was there, I picked up two that have been on my TBR for a while now.

Sweet Evil

by

Wendy Higgins

 

&

 

Poison Princess

by

Kresley Cole

 

Okay! So what did you add to your shelf this week?

I'd really like to know.
 

Please leave a comment below.

Feature & Follow # 37

 

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet new people and gain more followers in the book blogging community. If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers. But you have to know, the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

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Here’s this week’s question:

Happy Mother's Day! Who is your favorite mom from fiction?

Mmm... I don't actually have a favorite fiction mom.
I guess the one which stands out the most in my mind is Katy's mom in Obsidian (Kellie Swartz).
I like her character. She's kind, caring and seems pretty cool about most things. I particularly liked the way she tried to team  Katy with Daemon in the first few chapters of the book.

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So what's your FF?

To play along visit Parajunkee & Alison Can Read
 

Follow them, follow their Featured Blogs and then visit as many blogs as you can, posting your answers.

And don't forget to leave your link in the comments section below!

Swoon Thursday # 38 - Easy

 

The fabulous girls over at YA Bound created this super HOT meme.
 

Here's how it works. From the book you're currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.
 

Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag#YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog!

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My Swoon for this week comes from

 

Easy

by

Tammara Webber

 

First - The Blurb:

 

Rescued by a stranger.
Haunted by a secret
Sometimes, love isn’t easy…

He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…

The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart.

Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.

A groundbreaking novel in the New Adult genre, Easy faces one girl's struggle to regain the trust she's lost, find the inner strength to fight back against an attacker, and accept the peace she finds in the arms of a secretive boy.

 

 

Second - The Swoon:

 

He leaned up on his elbow, closing the distance between us, pushing his hand into my hair and moving it to cup my face. "I did have one other concealed motive for bringing you here." Leaning down slowly, his lips met mine and the fire that had been embers since he left my room over a week ago flamed. I opened my mouth and his tongue pressed inside, stroked mine and withdrew. Turning his head, he moved his mouth over mine, sucking my lower lip into his mouth, caressing it with his tongue and releasing it to pay attention to the upper. His tongue ran over the sensitive space above my top teeth and I gasped.

 

And then his hand started moving.

 

 

Third - My Thoughts:

 

Okay, so this book is not one from my usual genre (Paranormal / Fantasy Romance) but after reading several compelling reviews and a few very swoon worthy moments (similar to the one above), I just had to give it a shot.

 

 I found it to be an intense read, one filled not only with moments of overwhelming saddness and heartache, but also with deep passion and joy. Tammara is an extremmely talented writer and I was drawn into Jacqueline's world right from the start. Lucus is amazing and it is easy to see why Jacqueline feels safe around him.

 

I have to admit, I had a hard time putting this one down.

 

My Rating 5 out of 5

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Okay, so what do you think?

If you liked my Swoon, please leave a comment below!