Theresa M. Jones

Title: Insurgent Author: Veronica Roth Summary: One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so. Review: So… Again, this surpassed my...

Title: Intangible Author: J. Meyers Summary: Twins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve always thought of their abilities as being a gift. Then Luke has a vision that Sera is killed. That gift they’ve always cherished begins to feel an awful lot like a curse. Because the thing about Luke’s ability? He’s always right. And he can’t do anything about it. Find it on Amazon or Goodreads Find J. Meyers at Twitter , Facebook , or Her Website . Review: So, I have been seeing this book all over the blogosphere lately, and was lucky enough to be offered a free copy for review from the author. This story is so much!! Its about twins, Luke and Sera, who are the prophesied gifted twins that will either save The Realm or destroy it. Only, they don’t know anything about it. You see, Luke can see the future, while Sera can heal people, but they just ke...

Title: Arcadia's Gift Author: Jesi Lea Ryan Summary: Most people who experience death don’t live to tell about it. When sixteen year old Arcadia “Cady” Day wakes in a hospital after experiencing what can only be called a psychic episode, she finds her family in tatters. With her twin sister gone, her dad moved out, her mom’s spiraling depression and her sister’s boyfriend, Cane, barely able to look at her, the only bright spot in her life is Bryan Sullivan, the new guy in school. When Bryan’s around, Cady can almost pretend she’s a regular girl, living a regular life; when he’s not, she’s wracked with wild, inexplicable mood swings. As her home life crumbles and her emotional control slips away, Cady begins to suspect that her first psychic episode was just the beginning… Review: So… let me first start by saying that the author gave me this book in return for an honest opinion. Thank you Jesi! You can find her on Twitter at:  @Jesilea On Face Book HERE and Go che...

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!  Q. Which hyped up book did you think was worth all the talk? A. OH SO MANY... Ill start with Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (even though Im sure everyone is choosing this) Also, Divergent FOR SURE!!! AWESOME book! And the Iron Fey Series!! What about you? Also, let me know if you are a new follower so I can come follow you back :)

So… As you may (or may not –if you are kinda new to my blog) know, I am not only a book blogger, but also an aspiring author. I finished my first Manuscript, POWER , in January and have been revising/editing it since then. Also, I have been working on my second book, HOPE , while I was having my beta readers and Critique Partners read and critique POWER. Now, I have revised POWER 3 times , and am about half way done with HOPE (with the first draft only!) I think POWER is about as good as I can get it. I plan on reading through it one more time to look for ANY misspelling or grammatical errors I can find. (You can see my progress on my books HERE ) Then the plan was to self publish... BUT-   I just kept thinking about what to do... Self publish or go the traditional route. There is a lot of debate about which way is better, and which way is right. Really, I think both option has pros and cons.   So, here we go, Pros and Cons of Traditional vs Self...

So… something very sad an unfortunate happened yesterday. The company I work for just layed off 220 people , which is HUGE because I live in a small town. Many of my close friend and neighbors were laid off .   So many people have been affected. Layoff definition from wikipedia. Layoff (in British[1] and American English), also called redundancy in the UK, is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or (more commonly) a group of employees for business reasons, such as when certain positions are no longer necessary or when a business slow-down occurs. Originally the term layoff referred exclusively to a temporary interruption in work, as when factory work cyclically falls off. The term however nowadays usually means the permanent elimination of a position, requiring the addition of "temporary" to specify the original meaning Quote from the News: “Tim Zipp, the company’s senior vice president, said Tuesday the eliminated jobs ...

Title: The Covenant Within Author: R.A.R. Clouston Summary: Most people dream, many experience déjà vu; some believe in reincarnation. But what if it really was possible to relive the lives of your ancestors? American CEO, Jack Sinclair, is tormented by dreams of people he doesn't know and places he's never been, making him wonder if he is going insane. A phone call from a psychiatrist in Edinburgh wakes him out of another dream. She tells him that his estranged twin brother has committed suicide. Filled with mixed emotions, Sinclair travels to the Orkney Islands off northern Scotland to attend the funeral and soon discovers troubling circumstances surrounding his brother's death. To uncover the truth, he journeys into the shadowy world locked behind the veil of consciousness via what the psychiatrist calls genetic memory. This vast ancestral inheritance is passed down through DNA and surfaces only in dreams, déjà vu, or visions of past lives. With the doctor...

Title: An Abundance of Katherines Author: John Green Summary : From Amazon : When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He's also a washed-up child prodigy with ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a passion for anagrams, and an overweight, Judge Judy-obsessed best friend. Colin's on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, transform him from a fading prodigy into a true genius, and finally win him the girl.Letting expectations go and allowing love in are at the heart of Colin's hilarious quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere. Review: This is my first John Green book. Since people kept talking about him, I just dropped by the school library and picked out the first one that stood out. While I ...

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!  Q. Which hyped up book did you think was not worth all the talk? A. There are two books that come to mind immediatly. Wither - which was a HUGE disappointment for me (see review here ) and Hush, hush - which I couldnt figure out why everyone was talking about it, BUT I did end up liking the story and Patch after reading Silence! (See my review here ) What about you?? Make sure to let me know if you are a new follower so I can follow you back! :)

Title: Ironskin Author: Tina Connolly Summary: Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin. When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation"—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help. Teaching the unruly Dorie to suppress her curse is hard enough; she certainly didn’t expect to fall for the girl’s father, the enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. But her blossoming crush is stifled by her own scars, and by his parade of women. Ugly women, who enter his closed studio...and come out as beautiful as the fey. Jane knows Rochart cannot love her, just as she knows that she must wear iron for the rest of her life. But what if neither of these things is true? Step by step Jane unlocks the secrets of her new life—and discovers just how far s...

Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Summary: In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it ...

This week has been very successful for me. I finally started writing again!! Last week i wasnt able to write at all due to a special project I was part of at work... So now that its over, I was able to write again. I wrote an awesome 6000 words this week. YES... sometimes I can write that much in ONE day... but this week I didnt JUST write. I also read a lot too!! I read City of Ashes and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare and also Matched and Crossed by Ally Condie!! And on top of reading and reviewing those four books , I was still able to write 6000 words!!! So... as I said, feeling pretty successful! And now Im reading Divergent and its... AWESOME!!! Also... now that Amazon has released their newest Kindle, I plan on replacing my sad broken one!!! (I SOOO cannot wait!!!!)

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs! Q:What book(s) are you reading right now? What do you think of it? A. Well... you arent going to believe it. But right now, at this moment , Im not reading anything. I started reading an ARC of The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa, but then my Kindle broke... So... I started reading Hourglass by Myra McEntire...  but then stopped because I couldnt get into it. Its still sitting at my desk at work. Then I read the Mortal Instruments Series and Matched and Crossed...and wrote reviews. So.... now Im reading nothing. I have been writing for the last 2 days (and today too) and when I write, I dont have time to read.  Tomorrow Im starting Divergent. Let me know if you are a new follower so I can follow you back!!!

I've been nominated for the Beautiful Blogger Award by Erika Anderson! Thanks for nominating me!  I'm honored to accept this award. I've been following Erika on her blog and I know her from Goodreads. She is young, and very nice. Her blog is still VERY new, so everyone should go over there and check her out at Living for the Books ! Rules: Write a little something about the Beautiful Blogger who nominated you with the award. See above. Don't forget to visit her blog!  Share 7 things about yourself. So here's 7 things about me that you probably didn't know: I wish I had more time to read!!  I'm currently writing several books, and hope to have the first Book out before the end of this year ! I'm a Mom and my children are my life. I love where I live, but wish it was fall/winter more often! The heat SUCKS!  I have written all of my books while at work! Shhh dont tell my boss. haha. I Love to eat and am not picky at all! Which sucks.....

Thank you to EVERYONE who participated in my First giveaway ! Today the giveaway closed... and the winners are: VERONIKA and DANIELA Congrats guys!!! I will email these two and they will have 24 hours to respond or I will choose a new winner!

Title: Crossed (Matched #2) Author: Ally Condie Summary: Rules Are Different Outside The Society. Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky–taken by the Society to his sure death–only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life and the enthralling promise of a rebellion. But even as Cassia sacrifices every thing to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game once again. Narrated from both Cassia’s and Ky’s point of view, this hotly anticipated sequel to Matched will take them both to the edge of Society, where nothing is as expected and crosses and double crosses make their path more twisted than ever. Review : So… as I was reading this book, I was amazed by how slow it felt. Nothing huge ever happened. There was no climax. They were travelling alone, in the outer provinces… to what? Find each other. We...

Title: Matched Author: Allie Condie Summary: Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow. Review: So… to be honest, I was not expecting to like this book very much. I recent read Delirium and heard this book was very similar, but that it wasn’t as goo...

Title: City of Glass (The mortal Instruments #3) Author: Cassandra Clare Summary: To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters - never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight. As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Gla...

Title: City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2) Author: Cassandra Clare Summary: Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father. To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the te...