Blood,Sweat and Books

After a psychopath tried to kill his friends, Josh Schuyler figured 'normal' was far off. The real problem: Josh's friends have all acquired supernatural abilities, while he's still the same average guy. Josh has always believed he was destined for greatness, but he's been out of college for two years without a clue of his purpose. After watching his friends and siblings develop superhuman traits, he wonders if he might be meant for something grand, too. Can Josh even hope for an extraordinary event in his own future? And how long must he wait for this transformation - if there is one? When Alex met the Schuylers, she was grateful for new friends to whisk her away from her lonely life in California and give her an escape from her divorced, bickering parents and aimless future. But Josh won't drop his defenses, and Alex isn't sure she wants to trade her old life for this new, uncertain one. Nicodemus has an amazing ability he's been milking for years t...

This week on From Page to Screen I'll be tackling The Giver by Lois Lowry. First let's discuss the book. Here is a bit of back story in case some of you aren't familiar with the novel. The Giver is a young adult dystopic novel written by Lois Lowry. The book was originally published in 1993 by Houghtin Mifflin. The Giver  follows the story of a boy named Jonas going through the twelfth and thirteenth years of his life. The society Jonas lives in has successfully eliminated all pain and strife by converting to Sameness.  After Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory( the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness) he learns the truth about his supposed "utopian" society and struggles with the weight of the meaning of it all. Since publication, The Giver has won a slew of awards and consistently remains a beloved book by many. Let's take a look at some of the characters. Jonas - Sensitive and intelli...

 For my Final Trailer Tuesday of 2014 I want to take a look back at the past year and share my favorite Book Trailers released this year. As many of you know I love Book trailers and when done right they can create that much more anticipation and excitement for me in conjunction with the normal promotional stuff. I want to say a big Thank you to all the people who continue putting out High Quality Book trailers. I really appreciate the time, thought and creativity put into them and look forward to each new one I find. So let's get started, shall we! 10.) Uninvited by Sophie Jordan 9.) Half Bad by Sally Green 8.) Bird Box by Josh Malerman 7.) Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick 6.) Messenger of Fear by Michael Grant 5.) Monument 14: Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne 4.) Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers 3.) Dystopia by Anthony Ergo 2.) The School For Good & Evil:  A World Without Princes by Soman Chanani And last up is..... *drumr...

It's time for another edition of Freebie Friday! Each week I compile a list of books that I've found for FREE and share them with all of you! All you have to do is click on the title and it will take you to the purchase page for that book. Unless noted all books are first in the series. Science Fiction & Fantasy After the Ending by Lindsey Fairleigh & Lindsey Pogue [ Purchase ] [ Review ] The Virus spread. Billions died. The Ending began. We may have survived the apocalypse, but the Virus changed us. When people started getting sick, “they” thought it was just the flu. My roommate, my boyfriend, my family…they’re all gone now. I got sick too. I should have died with them—with the rest of the world—but I didn’t. I thought witnessing the human population almost disappear off the face of the earth was the craziest thing I’d ever experience. I was so wrong. My name is Dani O’Connor, and I survived The Ending. The Virus changed everything. The world I knew is g...

Whether your a fan of the Classics or slapstick Holiday fare, Christmas Movies are an integral part of the Holiday season for many of us. We all have our favorites and this year I figured I'd share some of mine with all of you. So in no particular order (Save my #1 pick), Here are my Top Ten Favorite Christmas Movies! 10.) Gremlins (1984) Warner Bros. Studios "Don't expose him to bright light. Don't ever get him wet.  And don't ever, ever feed him after midnight."  9.) The Polar Express (2004) Warner Bros. Studios "The thing about trains... it doesn't matter where they're going.  What matters is deciding to get on." 8.) The Children (2008) Chrysalis Films "Come on now, Daddy's not angry!  No, Daddy's very angry!" 7.) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Touchstone Pictures "Forgive me, Mr. Claus. I'm afraid I've made a terrible mess of your holiday." 6.) Barbie ...

  This week I have some awesome and best of all Free Zombie E-books to share with you all! All books listed are Kindle Editions unless noted differently. All titles are linked to Goodreads for your convenience. Zombie Society by K. Bartholomew [ Purchase ] In August 2016, the President of the United States announced to the nation that he was signing into law Executive Order 14245, The Zombie Assimilation Act. The following day, millions of zombies who were being imprisoned in camps around the country were released into the general population. This is the story of the Quinn family of Boston, Massachusetts, an ordinary American family as they adjust to their new lives, living among zombies in their schools, hospitals, workplaces – Everywhere Victim Zero by Joshua Guess [ Purchase ] Kell McDonald isn't your average guy. He's a brilliant biologist and geneticist, a leading researcher in the constant fight against disease and death. He works in secret on a miraculous ...

Author: Josh Malerman Genre: Horror, Thriller, Post Apocalyptic Publisher: Ecco Books Publication Date: May 13, 2014 Most people ignored the outrageous reports on the news. But they became too frequent, they became too real. And soon, they began happening down the street. Then the Internet died. The television and radio went silent. The phones stopped ringing. And we couldn't look outside anymore. Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors. The house is quiet. The doors are locked, the curtains are closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows. They are out there. She might let them in. The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall. Soon she will have to wake them. Soon she will have to blindfold them. Today they must leave the house. Today they will risk everything. Review Bird Box, how do I describe thee? Part Horror, part psychological thriller this book takes the term Mind #$%^ to the extreme. No lie, I read Bird Box well over a month ago and to ...