Sunday Post (7)

Sunday Post is a weekly meme originally hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer, where we recap what has happened over the course of the past week and what will happen in the coming week.

Hey guys!!

So unfortunately my empty or close to empty week equated yet again to me getting nothing done. So I apologize, I really did want to read all those books. 

This week on CA:

- Monday Musings: Reading Habit
- Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I really want but don't own yet!
- Cover Reveal! Walled by Anne Tibbets
- Book Review: Random by Lark O'Neal
- August Rewind
- Book Review Wrap Up

Next Week on CA:

- Monday Musings: What I'm Reading
- Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Book Characters that would be sitting at my lunch table
- Book Blitz! The Boys Next Door by Rosalie Lario
- Waiting on Wednesday
- Cover Reveal! Still Me by Amy Patrick
- What's Next
- Friday Finds
- Stacking Shelves
- Book Review: Only For You
- Book Review: Love Finds You

Other News:
- I completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - Did you do it?
- Tuesday I start the first day of my college program - so excited!! Can't wait!! Are you going to school?
- I got five followers this past week - my first five to be exact. Thank you, so much for following, you don't know how much it means to me!!! It means the freaking world!!
- We've almost hit 4.5k views - now this may not seem like a lot but I only did just get started being frequent on here in just the last few months so for me this is awesome!!

August Review Wrap-Up

WOW!! Can you believe it September is pretty much here. If it wasn't for the weather I probably wouldn't have noticed that the summer pretty much flew by.

I pretty much blinked and I missed it. Seriously where did it go?

So sadly this month I only got up to reading four books this month. It's quite sad and I wished I had gotten around to reading more.

Here goes:

Nora Roberts Land by Ava Miles

Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley

Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent 

Random by Lark O'Neal

August Rewind

So I decided to try this monthly rewind post after finding it here posted by Perpetual Page-Turner. It really intrigued me and so here it is:

4 Things That Happened In August

1. Peach Festival = Peaches and Ice cream = YUMMY!

2. My baby sister turned 14 

3.  Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS - with my sister

4. I read a lot less than I expected

6 Songs that were most popular on my playlist

1. Boom Clap - Charlixx

2. Theme Song (Skye Boat Song) - Bear McCreary

3. Don't Let Me Go - Raign

4. Heaven In Our Headlights - Hedley

5. All I Ever Wanted - Brian Melo

6. Falling Even More In Love With You - Lifehouse

Top 3 Books I Read This Month

1. Nora Roberts Land by Ava Miles

2. Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley

3. Random by Lark O'Neal

Most Popular Review This Month

Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent

Most Popular 5 Blog Posts this Month

1. Sunday Post #6

2. Monday Musings #4

3. Top Ten Tuesday #6

4. Book Review: Random Acts of Crazy 

5. Book Review: Own the Wind

3 New Obsessions

1. Historical Romance

2. Diana Gabaldon

3. Outlander TV Series

3 Things I'm Looking Forward to In September

1. School

2. Sims 4

3. Learning Something New

Book Review: Random

Title: Random
Author: Lark O'Neal
Series: Going the Distance - #1
ISBN-13: 978-1-9376-8848-6
Publisher: Barbara Samuel
Release Date: March 20th 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: E-Book; 265 pages
Source: Purchased

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The Blurb

Life is random... 

19-year-old Jess Donovan knows better than most that life is random. Her mom is dead, and she's on her own, patching together a living as a waitress when a car crashes through the restaurant where she works. In two seconds, she loses her job, watches her best friend hauled away in an ambulance...and meets Tyler Smith, one of the hottest, most fascinating--and mysterious guys she's ever met. 

Both for the good and the bad... 

Within days, Jess is swept up into the mesmerizing force that is Tyler. Their every touch sizzles, every kiss dissolves them both, and the sex is...fierce. But there's more to Tyler than his hypnotic eyes. He's adrift, too, and his body--and his soul--are covered with scars. How can she find herself with a guy who is lost himself? 

Until you take charge.... 

Jess is determined to find her way, and make a life that is better than the one she was given. But how?

My Thoughts

This book didn't really do it for me. It was okay, but it didn't really keep my interest, which is why it took my like eight days to read. I really liked the end, and only because it was a total blindside: Tyler's Past - I definitely didn't see it coming. But I was also quite sad because after everything that happened I felt that Jess deserved some happiness in the end. 

The novel dragged and I really didn't fully understand Lena's completely outrageous hatred towards Jess. The characters were okay...Henry was a really oddball, and the same with her "real" father. 

The book left me with a lot of questions that will probably go unanswered. I don't think I'll read the rest of the series. 

My Rating: 2.5

About The Author

Lark O’Neal has waited tables, dispensed drugs to schizophrenics, loaded trucks, answered phones in a call center and tended bar, but the only thing she ever really wanted was to write novels. She writes new adult contemporary romance and paranormal young adult. 

As a noted romance and women's fiction writers, she has won many awards for her books, and writes full time from Colorado. 

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Cover Reveal! Walled by Anne Tibbets

Walled by Anne Tibbets

Series: The Line - #2

Published by: Carina Press (HQN)

Genres: Dystopia, New Adult 

The Blurb: 

Freedom means brutal choices.

Rebel lovers Naya and Ric have survived one year in hiding, raising Naya’s twins from infants to toddlers in the shadow of the brutal Auberge dictatorship.  They’re alive, and they’re together, but the city is crumbling around them and the haunting memory of Naya’s dark days on The Line have never fully left them. Living in isolation won’t be an option forever.

When a mysterious revolutionary seeks their help to infiltrate  Auberge’s electronic heart and shut it down, it’s an opportunity—it’s risky, yes, but if it works they’ll get out of the city and taste freedom for the first time. Naya needs this. They need this.

Beyond the broken walls of Auberge, Naya and Ric find the paradise they’ve always longed for. But with anarchy reigning and Naya’s children lost amidst the chaos, they’ll need to forfeit their post-apocalyptic Eden…or commit an unspeakable act.

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About the Author

Anne Tibbets is an SCBWI award-winning and Smashwords.com Best Selling author. After writing for Children’s television, Anne found her way to young/new adult fiction by following what she loves: books, strong female characters, twisted family dynamics, magic, sword fights, quick moving plots, and ferocious and cuddly animals.

Along with CARRIER, Anne is also the author of the young adult fantasy novella, THE BEAST CALL and the young adult contemporary, SHUT UP.

Anne divides her time between writing, her family, and three furry creatures that she secretly believes are plotting her assassination.

Find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AnneTibbetsAuthor or on Twitter @WriteforCoffee. To contact Anne, visit www.annetibbets.com and click the ‘CONTACT’ tab.

Find Her Here:

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Top Ten Tuesday (6)

Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Broke and the Bookish that features our top ten bookish and not so bookish things.

Hey guys!!

So this week on CA we have 10 Books that I really want but don't own yet!! Theses are in no particular order.

Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

Forbidden Sister & Roxy's Story by V C Andrews

Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

The Host by Stephanie Meyer

Barefoot In the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire

The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin

Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

P S I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

Monday Musings (4)

Monday Musings, is a weekly meme originally hosted by Should Be Reading, where we muse about one of the following: 

- Describe one of your reading habits

- Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else and why you chose that/those books

- What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it

- Tell us what your reading right now - what you think of it; so far, why you chose it; what are or aren't you enjoying about it 

- Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us

- Instead of the above questions, maybe you want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books 

Hey Guys!!

So this week I'm going to share another one of my crazy reading habits. Though it happens before I even start to read the book. 

For me this reading habit is part of my purchasing process of physical books. Before I buy a book if I'm not solid about buying it, I'll read the last chapter of the novel. If I don't like what I find in the ending, then I'll put the book back on the shelf and walk away and I won't end up purchasing the book. 

I've found that all the books I've liked the ending of, bought and read have been amazing. Their books that I'll reread over and over again. 

Something weird about this is, that my great-great grandmother apparently who was a school teacher, used to do the same. She used to read the last chapter and if she didn't like the ending she knew it wasn't going to be a book she'd enjoy. 

Anyways guys, thats my muse for this week. What's yours? 

Happy Reading!!

Sunday Post (6)

Sunday Post is a weekly meme originally hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer, where we recap what has happened over the course of the past week and what will happen in the coming week.

Hey guys!!

So I majorly sucked at reading this week. But it's better than nothing. 

This week on Crazy Antics: 
- Monday Musings: I shared a book I was reading - Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley
- Book Review: Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley
- Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I must read that people have been telling me about
- Waiting on Wednesday - Snow Like Ashes by Sarah Raash
- What's Next - Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent
- Giveaway: Clear Your Shelf by Feed Your Addiction
- Friday Finds: 11 Bookish Finds!!
- Stacking the Shelves: No books this week!!
- Book Review: Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent
- Announcement: Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon

Next week on Crazy Antics:
- Monday Musing: Reading Habit
- Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I really want but don't own yet
- Waiting on Wednesday - The Jewel by Amy Ewing
- What's Next
- Friday Finds
- Stacking the Shelves
- Book Review: Random by Lark O'Neal
- Book Review: Don't Let Go by Michelle Lynn
- Book Review: Only For You by E L Todd
- Book Review: Love Finds You by Ivy Alexander
- Cover Reveal: Walled by Anne Tibbets
- August Rewind
- August Book Review Wrap Up

Next week is going to be a busy week, lots of things to post and hopefully I'll get those four books read and reviewed. 

I hope you all had a great week and have a wonderful week to come.
Happy Reading!!

Stacking the Shelves (3)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme originally hosted by Tynga's Reviews; where we share all the books we've added to our shelves over the past week. 

Hey guys!!

No Stacking Shelves list this week, I managed to keep my click happy fingers away from Amazon's 'buy one click' button.

I have nothing to add to my shelves this week.

Stay tuned for next week. 

Happy Reading!!

Tackle your TBR Read-a-thon Challenge

I've never participated in one of these challenges, so I thought I'd give it a go. Hopefully it will help me get a hold of my tbr pile, sometimes it looks as though it's spiraling out of control.

To sign up visit here

READ-A-THON INFORMATION

The Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon begins Monday, September 8th and ends Saturday, September 20th. You do not have to be a blogger to sign up. Just use your Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, or Tumblr instead (the place you're going to post updates on). You just need to be able to leave a link. For signing up, you should create a sign-up post and use that as your link (the URL feild) you'll use in the linky below.

Please sign up by using the linky at the end of the this post. You MUST be signed up in the linky to enter any related giveaways and participate in the challenges.

You can sign up through September 17th.

You're welcome to participate as much or as little as you'd like. The read-a-thon is to encourage us all to read so that we can tackle those tbr piles, not to cause extra stress. ;) You will see requests for updates, but there are no requirements that you leave an update every day. Daily updates are great, though, to help us all stay motivated and cheer each other on. If you do want to post a daily update, here is a simple template (omit or add things as you like):

(Day of the week)
How much I read today:
Today's finished books:
Total number of finished books:
Titles of finished books:

We will be using hashtag #TackleTBR on Twitter for updates and tweets. This is also a great way to find others participating and give some encouragement.

There will be a giveaway that I will host for all read-a-thon participants. I haven't completely decided on what all will be on there, but I'll know by the time this begins. A little mystery is always good, right? :) You should know that it will at least include a $15 Amazon gift card.

Friday Finds (1)

Friday Finds is a weekly meme that showcases the books you 'found' and added to your tbr pile, whether you found them online, in a bookstore, library or where ever. 

Hosted by: Should Be Reading

This week on Crazy Antics:

1. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
2. 17 First Kisses by Rachel Allen
3. Dear Thing by Julie Cohen
4. Invaded by Melissa Landers
5. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
6. Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers
7. Loop by Karen Hawkins
8. Pieces of You by Ella Harper
9. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
10. The Jewel by Amy Ewing
11. The Queen of Tearling by Erika Johansen

What did you find this week?

Book Review: Random Acts of Crazy

Title: Random Acts of Crazy
Author: Julia Kent
Series: Random - #1
ASIN: B00CXVTKA0
Publisher: Createspace
Release Date: May 21st 2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Ebook; 334 Pages
Source: Purchased

Goodreads

Synopsis: (From Goodreads)

I never intended to pick up a naked hitchhiker wearing nothing but a guitar. A guitar. Really. I don't collect guys like that (don't ask what kind of guys I do collect), but when you spot a blonde, tanned, sculpted man with a gorgeous smile and his thumb poking up and practically begging you to stop – you stop.

And I definitely never thought I'd be staring into the bright blue eyes of Trevor Connor, the lead singer for Random Acts of Crazy, an indie rock star I followed like the slobbering fileshare fangirl I am. How he came to be nude and lost six hundred miles from home is quite the tale, but how we fell in love is even more unreal.

Because someone like Trevor Connor, headed to Harvard Law next year, isn't supposed to want someone like me, a rural Ohio chick majoring in Boredom at Convenience Store University who is all curves and frizzy blonde hair and manners so unpolished they have sharp edges that make you bleed.

But he did.

When his best friend, Joe Ross, the bass player for Random Acts of Crazy and a man who makes Calvin Klein models look like Shrek, drove eleven hours through the night to rescue him, though, it got real complicated. It's one thing to like two different guys and be torn.

What do you do, though, when maybe – just maybe – you don't have to choose?

As my Aunt Josie says sometimes, "It's always complicated."

My Thoughts

I was really disappointed with this book. It had great potential in the beginning but took a running start in the opposite direction.

I made a great attempt or so I thought, to like this book, but I failed. What really threw me off first was the author's writing style. The way she wrote I had to make sure who was talking because I felt that sometimes the attitude never changed. It probably also didn't help, with the vastly large amount of profanities dropped in one sentence. I understand that Darla was raised in a trailer park but there should have been a line drawn somewhere and there wasn't. There was also a large amount of inappropriate sexual innuendos every time a conversation started up between Darla, Trevor and Joe. 

I felt the characters were....they could have been a lot better. 

Joe was too shallow and way too much of an asshole. 
Trevor was shallow and selfish
Darla was pretty much the trailer trash ho she was protrayed as though she could have done better for herself but she gave up too easily. Life isn't handed to you on a silver platter. 

It was over dramatized Darla and Trevor were from too different worlds way too much. Again I feel there should have been a line drawn. 

While reading this novel I cringed. I didn't want to but it happened. I really wanted to like this novel but unfortunately it didn't happen. 

My Rating: 1/5

Clear Your Shelf Giveaway!!

Hey guys!!

Just thought I'd share:

Feed Your Fiction Addiction, is having a giveaway over on their blog, so why do you head on over there and check it out!! She's got a great selection of books you get to choose from if you win. You can check it out and read more about it here.

Hope you guys are having a fantastic week!!
Happy Reading!!

What's Next (5)

What's Next is a weekly meme originally featured by IceyBooks where we spotlight 3 to 5 books that we have to read but can't decide which one.

Hey Guys!!

So last week I put the spotlight on three books:

Innocent In Las Vegas by A. R Winters

Just One Song by Stacey Lynn

Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent

I ended up choosing Random Acts of Crazy as my next book to read and I'm currently doing so. That means that I don't have any options for you guys to help me choose. Stay tuned for another What's Next, next week. 

Happy Reading!!

Waiting on Wednesday (6)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme originally hosted by Breaking the Spine where we feature a book or two that we are waiting to be released.

Hey Guys!!

So this week I have one book for you that I've been waiting for:

Snow Like Ashes 

by

Sara Raasch

Release Date: October 14th 2014

by

Balzer & Bray

From Goodreads: 

A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making.

Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since.

Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Training to be a warrior—and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather — she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again.

So when scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore Winter’s magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. Finally, she’s scaling towers, fighting enemy soldiers, and serving her kingdom just as she’s always dreamed she would. But the mission doesn’t go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics – and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own.

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What are you waiting for this week?
Happy Reading!!

Top 10 Tuesday (5)

Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Broke and the Bookish that features our top ten bookish and not so bookish things.

 Hey guys!!

This week on Crazy Antics: Top ten books people have been telling me that I must read.

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

2. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 

3. Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley

4. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

5. Divergent by Veronica Roth

6. Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

7. The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines

8. Jane's Melody by Ryan Winfield

9. The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles

10. Shine Not Burn by Elle Casey

All the following books listed, I've been told that I must read by friends, family, colleagues and of course my favorite staff members at my local bookstore. 

What's on your list?

Book Review: Own the Wind

Title: Own the Wind
Author: Kristen Ashley
Series: Chaos - #1
ISBN-13: 978-1-4555-9925-7
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date: January 1st 2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback; 389 pages
Source: Purchased

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Synopsis
(From Goodreads)

Tabitha Allen grew up in the thick of Chaos--the Chaos Motorcycle Club, that is. Her father is Chaos' leader, and the club has always had her back. But one rider was different from the start. When Tabby was running wild, Shy Cage was there. When tragedy tore her life apart, he helped her piece it back together. And now, Tabby's thinking about much more than friendship...

Tabby is everything Shy's ever wanted, but everything he thinks he can't have. She's beautiful, smart, and as his friend's daughter, untouchable. Shy never expected more than friendship, so when Tabby indicates she wants more--much more--he feels like the luckiest man alive. But even lucky men can crash and burn...

My Thoughts

The novel overall was good, it started out pretty awesome but I was really disappointed in the end. The ending was good too, but it just felt like it took forever to get there, and it dragged to the point where I admit I started skimming pages.

I loved Tabby from Motorcycle Man and I felt bad for her having to go through all that bullcrap her mom put her through. Her life also leading up to the start of her relationship with Shy was quite sad and there were a lot of tears shed.

This book did drag in the end with the bit about her friend and after everything that happened I'm very disappointed with the results = it was all for nothing!

Needless to say the end wasn't my favourite part. But the beginning was.

I didn't like how some of the characters acted in the novel, when Shy and Tabby came out of dating in secret. I thought the way they were treated was unjust and unfair considering their both consenting adults.

I feel my least favourite character who has made an appearance in ever novel I've read so far including this one is now to me an attention hog. Like why does she keep popping up!

My Rating: 3.5/5

About the Author

Kristen Ashley grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana, and has lived in Denver, Colorado, and the west Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least), but loopy is good when you want to write.

Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a small farm in a small town in the heartland, and Kristen grew up listening to the strains of Glenn Miller, the Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon, and Whitesnake. Needless to say growing up in a housefull of music and love was a goodway to grow up. And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.

You can find her here:

Goodreads
Website
Facebook & Twitter

Monday Musings (3)

Monday Musings, is a weekly meme originally hosted by Should Be Reading, where we muse about one of the following: 

- Describe one of your reading habits

- Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else and why you chose that/those books

- What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it

- Tell us what your reading right now - what you think of it; so far, why you chose it; what are or aren't you enjoying about it 

- Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us

- Instead of the above questions, maybe you want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books 

This Week on Crazy Antics:

I'm going to Muse about the book I'm currently reading.

Own the Wind

by Kristen Ashley

Series: Chaos - #1

Synopsis (from goodreads)

Tabitha Allen grew up in the thick of Chaos--the Chaos Motorcycle Club, that is. Her father is Chaos' leader, and the club has always had her back. But one rider was different from the start. When Tabby was running wild, Shy Cage was there. When tragedy tore her life apart, he helped her piece it back together. And now, Tabby's thinking about much more than friendship...

Tabby is everything Shy's ever wanted, but everything he thinks he can't have. She's beautiful, smart, and as his friend's daughter, untouchable. Shy never expected more than friendship, so when Tabby indicates she wants more--much more--he feels like the luckiest man alive. But even lucky men can crash and burn...

My Thoughts...so far

I got this great recommendation from my local book store about Kristen Ashley and her Dream Man series. I was beyond thrilled and I absolutely loved her series. It was fantastic and I've decided to read the rest of the books she's written and so far I haven't been disappointed. 

Own the Wind has a favorite character from the previous series who stars as a main character in this novel, and like the rest that I've read I haven't been disappointed. There are a few things that are starting to lag mind you it's parts of the book that I haven't been looking forward too and parts that I can tell where their going to end up and I'm just like "can't we skip all this, I know your going to get over this eventually". But other than that the novel is nothing less than I expected and I can't wait to read more. 

What are you reading this week?