One Year Blogiversary PARTY (And Giveaway)

Welcome to the beginning of my five day blogiversary celebration! 

Grab some cake, a little ice cream, a party hat and make yourself comfortable! 

I honest can't believe that I've only been doing this a year, yet at the same time it feels like yesterday that I decided to start a random book blog and see what would happen.

Boy if only I could have guessed even a small percent of what happened in the past year. 

Realizing there was a whole community of book bloggers with welcoming arms, getting to talk to some of my favorite authors, making new friends, discovering that there are such things as ARC's that get sent to book bloggers. 

This is the first 'hobby' of mine that has lasted more than a couple weeks and I can say with 100% certainty that it will continue for many years to come. 

I've learned so much in the past year and grown so much that I can't imagine ever quitting. 

Long story short, it's been a pretty epic year and I'm excited to see what comes next! 

Now for the fun part! 

For the next five days I'll be celebrating my one year anniversary. 

Tomorrow (June 2nd 2015) I'll be doing a movie night on my twitter. It's starts at 8pm MST and we'll be watching... A movie... That has yet to be decided. 

I'll post the movie sometime today on my twitter along with whatever hashtag I'm going to use! 

I'll also have random giveaways through the week, I'm aiming for three but we'll see how it goes. 

For now here is a giveaway for my all time favorite book. 

If you've never read Kevin Brooks "Lucas" you are missing out. This book came to me at the perfect time in my life and I've read it multiple times since then. Without it I doubt I would have ever had the courage to start a book blog. I figured what better way to celebrate then to giveaway a copy of it. 

Giveaway is open internationally, as long as Book Depository ships to you then you're good! 

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Keep an eye out for my next giveaway and I will talk to you all soon! 

Until next time, 
Ginger

Top Ten Tuesday Characters I'd Name My Children After

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish where each week there is a new topic for a top ten list. 

This week is "My Top Ten Characters I Would Name My Children After" 

So I have to admit I freely chose this weeks topic (it was a freebie week) and yet it gives me stress putting this where everyone can see it. 

Lets just say I had a baby name picked out for quite some time (cough, cough... Grace) and my older brother stole it right out from underneath me and I'd rather not have that happen again. 

In other words, steal my baby names and I'll have to cut you. (Kidding... Mostly...) 

Here are my top ten literary inspired baby names. 

1. Scout - To Kill A Mockingbird 

2. Lucas - Kevin Brooks "Lucas" 

3. Eloise - Eloise 

4. James Sirius - Harry Potter 

5. Scarlett - Gone With The Wind

6. Noah - The Notebook 

7. Charlotte - Charlotte's Web 

8. Ramona - Ramona and Beezus 

9. Atticus - To Kill A Mockingbird 

10. Harper - Harper Lee 

Obviously I have a tiny obsession with TKAMB (I hope my future husband doesn't mind having the entire slue of characters from the book running around the house in diapers). 

Which fictional characters are your kids going to be named after? 

I promise not to steal them ;) 

Until next time, 
Ginger 

Mini Review of "Easy"

Easy 

By Tammara Webber 

Stars: 5 

Source: Purchased 

Jacqueline never thought that following her boyfriend to college instead of following her dreams of going to a performance arts school would be a mistake, but when he dumps her, without warning or reason she realizes just how much she regrets her decisions. 

After coming to terms with the fact that she has to live with her choices she decides to attend a frat party with her best friend. But a fun night out ends with a horrible attack upon Jacqueline. It could have been much worse if it weren't for the tall, dark, handsome stranger who saved her.  

Lucas has issues of his own but the two are drawn to each other and can't seem to walk away. 

Both healing from unspeakable tragedies and both trying to learn how to trust again they realizes that while it's hard, together it might make it a little bit easier. 

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I tore through this book in one sitting. I honestly don't know what took me so long to read it it! I got it off a clearance table a couple of years ago and just never got around to reading it and now I'm kicking myself for it! 

Tammara's writing is so intoxicatingly brilliant that I felt a contact high every time I turned a page. It was like it was the drug and I was the addict.  

I adored all of the characters and their growth throughout the story. Especially Jacqueline's. 

I loved the underlining story of Lucas's history and secrets and how it all came full circle by the end of the book. 

If you're new to the NA genre and you're looking for something to entice you, or if you're a big NA reader looking for a breath of fresh air I HIGHLY recommend 'Easy'! 

Until next time, 

Ginger  

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish where each week there is a new topic for a top ten list. 

This week is "Top Ten Books of ALL TIME" 

This post may cause me to have a heart attack... I'm really not sure if I can narrow it down to just ten books... I'm going to try though... 

1. I feel like Harry Potter is just a given! 

2. To Kill A Mockingbird 

3. A Wrinkle In Time 

4. Lucas

5. The Last Summer 

6. The Forest of Hands and Teeth 

7. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt 

8. Isla and the Happily Ever After 

9. Always Something There To Remind Me 

10. The Fault In Our Stars 

10... Ascend 

10..... Covet 

10... Firefight 

10..... Calling Me Home

10.... Zoo 

10....... Breathe, Annie, Breathe

So I maaay have cheated, so what, I dare you to narrow your all time favorite books down to ten! It's hard! I'm sure I missed a ton but these are just the ones that have stuck with me long after finishing them and ones that I adore re-reading. 

Until next time, 

Ginger