Theresa M. Jones

Sorry guys.. . but I thought I should let yall know that Im taking a little mini vacation from the blog (its actually already started! I just dont have much time right now to read or even write . And definitely hardly any time to blog! :( Hopefully Ill come back on Monday! :)

So, this will be a post completely unrelated to books (Crazy, I know… but I guess there’s gotta be a first for everything!) So… this weekend I started Christmas shopping and decorating! My sister wanted to tell me im ridiculous for being one of  those people … those crazy people that decorate for Christmas before we have even gotten to Thanksgiving… but oh well. I AM one of those people. AND- you know what I did? (other than spending too much money on presents and buying a tree and decorating it with my family…)

I read Hush Money a while ago and LOVED it!! So when I saw Ill Tell You Mine, it immediatly reminded me of it. This is the one I noticed a LONG time ago, and could never find it. I knew it was just like Smokeless Fire by the amazing Samantha Young, but it took me until today to find this one again. And this was just one I saw on Goodreads...

So... Im not hosting the Giveaway, but Beth Revis is, over on her BLOG . Share the Love of YA- I love YA because it I love how everything always turns out for the best. The good guy always wins. And it makes life more fun, to imagine these heroines or heros doing amazing things (often saving the world, or falling madly in love) when they are so young. I think YA  novels give me hope! :)

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! Thank you for stopping by my blog! I will follow back, just leave your link in the comment box! Have an awesometastic weekend! Make sure to check out my giveaway page for lots of awesome giveaways! Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book? A. Believe it or not, I have NEVER thought about this before! So... at first I thought Avatar, only because it was such an awesome movie. BUT- it was so visual, that on the one hand, it might have made an awesome book, but so much of it wouldhave been visual, that its really best as a movie. So, I actually  decided on Cast Away with Tom Hanks, because that was such a great movie, and it would make a killer book!   Let me know if you are a new follower, so I can...

Title: Spellbound (Hex Hall #3) Author: Rachel Hawkins Summary: Hailed as “impossible to put down,” the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a winning combination of romance, action, magic and humor, this third volume will leave readers enchanted. Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident. Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late ? Review: I am officially glad I read this series. From the first to the last, it got exceedingl...

Title: Demonglass (Hex Hall #2) Author: Rachel Hawkins Summary: Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch, which was why she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered she's a demon, and her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping her kind off the face of the earth. What’s worse, Sophie has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is why she decides to go to London for the Removal, a risky procedure that will either destroy her powers forever—or kill her. But once Sophie arrives, she makes a shocking discovery: someone is raising new demons in secret and planning to use their powers to destroy the world. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Acher to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she? Review: So, this book was exceptionally better than the first. There was ...

Title: Hex Hall Author: Rachel Hawkins Summary: Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father--an elusive European warlock--only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters. By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire student on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect. As a series...

; Title: Onyx (Lux #2) Author: Jennifer L Armentrout Summary: Being connected to Daemon Black sucks… Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems. Something worse than the Arum has come to town… The Department of Defense are here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we're linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And there's this new boy in school who’s got a secret of his own. He knows what’s happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that's possible. Against all common sense, I'm falling for Daemon. Hard. But then everything changes… I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? W...

Title: Obsidian (Lux #1) Author: Jennifer L Armentrou t Summary: Starting over sucks. When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up. And then he opened his mouth. Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens.  The hot alien living next door marks me. You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.  If I don't kill him first, that is. Review: So, I actually read this bo...

I would like to congratulate the winner of my Fall in Love Blog Hop Giveaway!! a Rafflecopter giveaway   Congrats Kah!! Everyone can go say Hi to her at her blog , Not Just Nonsense !! She will have 24 hours to respond to me either through this post or via the email I sent her. 

HEY EVERYONE Im having a GUEST POST (my first on someone else's blog) over on Misha Gerickes blog My First Book Make sure to go check out her blog and read my post!! the theme is Keeping Track, so you can figure out what I love keeping track of! Also, this is the last day to enter my giveaway !

Title: Death (Deck of Lies #3) Author: Jade Varden Summary: All In I never wanted to get in this deep, but I did go looking for the truth before I was prepared to handle it. But how do you close the lid on Pandora's box? You can't unlearn something, or forget a dark secret once it's been revealed. I have no choice but to do my part to bury the truth again -- this time, someplace no one will ever be able to find it. But that's the problem with lies. Once you start pulling threads, everything unravels. No one is who they seem to be...not even me. Review: Wow! So, I know its hard to believe, especially considering all the lies uncovered and truths revealed in the first two books, but there was even more in this one. And I was SO right to hold onto my love for River!! Thankfully, there was a lot more of him in this one!   YAY! Anyways, Rain (aka Chloe, aka Glory) is now getting ready to face change, severe change. She is trying to find a way to get Ri...

Title: Tower (Deck of lies #2) Author: Jade Varden Summary: Death brings some families closer, but it’s ripped mine apart. I wanted to convince the police that they had the wrong suspect...but I never expected them to start suspecting me. Now, I have no choice but to keep searching for the truth, even if all my relationships fall to pieces around me. Someone is trying to make me look guilty. I never thought my mission to prove my own innocence would lead me to more family secrets. I thought I had already discovered the truth about myself. But every answer raises more questions, and everything I think I know is about to change...again. I have to find the truth, no matter how much it hurts -- before I get charged with murder. Review: So, after reading Justice (Deck of Lies #1) I immediately bought and started reading Tower. And boy, I still couldn’t put it down. It seems like on every page you are learning something new, more truths revealed. The story starts rig...

Title: Justice (Deck of Lies #1) Author: Jade Varden Summary: A House of Cards... When you build an entire life on a foundation of lies, it only takes one truth for the whole thing to come crashing down. I never invited the truth in. I never went searching for it. I never had any reason to suspect that the two people I loved most were dishonest with me every second of every day. I made one bad decision, and in a single day my entire world changed. If I'm ever going to discover the truth about myself and my parents, I have to trace all the lies back to their source. I have to try to find the truth that they're hiding. The more I discover about myself, and my past, the more I realize that lies really are better than the truth. But now that I know the lies are all around me, I can't stop until I've discovered them all. I'll pull each lie away, one by one, and examine it to see what's underneath...until this house of cards crumbles into dust at my feet...

Title: The Bar Code Prophesy Author: Suzanne Weyn Summary: The third book in the Bar Code series, in which one girl struggles to escape the conformity of a dystopian world. Just as in the original Bar Code Tattoo, the year is 2025 and the mysterious, ubiquitous, and seemingly omnipotent multi-national corporation, Global 1, is in power through their agent President Loudon Waters. But now this ominous situation is experienced through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Grace Morrow. When Grace finds out that she's adopted, her biological father, who's the head of the Global 1 nano-bot injection project, urges her against getting the bar code tattoo when she turns seventeen. Stunned by the revelations, she goes home to find her adoptive family vanished, and she's determined to find them, turning to the anti-bar-code group Decode. As they uncover more information about tracking, Grace must hide deep underground and under cover, trying to discover information that wi...

So... In October I... Posted this : Things YOU NEED to know! (Great Blog post!) Reviewed: Pulled-AL Jackson The Lost Prince- Julie Kagawa Starters- Lissa Price A Puppets Secret Exiled- Rashelle Workman Kindred- JA Redmerski Mayfair Moon-  JA Redmerski Sweet Venom- Tera Lynn Childs Was a Part of my FIRST Book Tour for Wicked Rose Posted about whether its better to write a nice review or a fake one, mean or honest? Gave a lot of info on Query Letters and how to write one . Gave a couple of updates on my debut New Adult Paranormal romance novel, POWER (The Descendant Trilogy #1)- by the way, you should go add it on your TBR list on GOODREADS !! Here Here Also.. Im having a GIVEAWAY , so go enter it for a chance to win ANY book (under $10 USD) from the Book Depo!

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 is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can’t deal with bad editing? A. I dont like poorly edited books, but if its only a few mistakes, thats ok. What I really cant stand is when there is a grammatcial error, or misspelled word on EVERY freakin page. When its so obvious, it makes you wonder what the heck the author was thinking even publishing it. (i suppose this is more with self-published books) Also, I am SOOO tired of love triangles. Anyways, let me know if you are a new follower, so I can come follow back AND dont forget to enter my GIVEAWAY

Falling in Love with Books Hop!  Since Fall is here and 2013 is just around the corner, I figured we'd talk about new books or authors we have fallen in love with this year . Is it that new phenomenal indie author or new series that has blown you away. Who have you been gushing about all this year? Is there a new genre you found and  now love. Tell your readers more about it. Well, since this is my first year blogging, it is also a year that I have fallen in love with a MILLION books! Some of my favorite new authors are: Jennifer L. Armentrout Gretchen McNiel Julie Kagawa Rae Carson Brodi Asthon Amanda Hocking Suzanne Collins and Lauren Oliver                               My Prize is   ANY book     from The Book Depository (can be one of the ones listed above, or any other book under $10 USD) Just enter the Raf...