The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Review

I've read and reviewed this a while ago, just never posted the review on the blog.

Let me start off by saying, unless you want to cry miserably, don't read this book. Heck, don't even read this review, as you'll get tempted to read the book.  It's at your own risk, if you can handle tears. In this book, 15 year old Charlie (last name not revealed) is trying to deal with the death of his friend, Michael, who committed suicide. In the book, he writes letters, trying to cope.

A little summary:
In this book, 15 year old Charlie (last name not revealed) is trying to deal with the death of his friend, Michael, who committed suicide. In the book, he writes letters, trying to cope.

He's kind of a misfit. Well, a wallflower.
"He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand." ~ Stephen Chbosky
He meets two people a grade older, Sam and Patrick, and they become great friends. He develops a love interest for Sam. Anyways, Sam, Patrick, and Charlie hang out all the time.
Basically, to sum it up, this book deals with bullies, sex, being gay, smoking/ drugs, being a misfit, drama, and so much more. Honestly, it's too hard to talk about this book, there's just so much that happened.

My review:
This books deals with hard topics to talk about, like the ones mentioned above. Bullies, being gay, smoking, being a misfit, drama, and so much more. I couldn't get through the book without having horrid memories of what had happened in my life. But it was so beautifully written, that I cried.  The movie was great too, just not as good as the book. I wish there was a book two, but it'd be too hard to beat book one. It has a great lead to it. It hooks you in right in the first page. Great job, Chbosky. You did a great job.

Note: This book may not be suitable for readers under the age of 12/13.
My review... *drumroll please*
5/5 stars! It's hard for a book to get a full 5 stars from me, but in this case, it did. It was great, and I'm so thankful for whomever gifted this to me. I don't remember, hehe.

Average rating: 4.5/5 stars

Final Verdict: Now I know why this is a bestseller! :)

Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Perks-Being-Wallflower-Stephen-Chbosky-ebook/dp/B003TSEEDY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391036939&sr=8-1&keywords=perks+of+being+a+wallflower

Barnes and Noble Link : http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/perks-of-being-a-wallflower-stephen-chbosky/1100365675?ean=9781451696196

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22628.The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower

Meet the Author: 

Stephen Chbosky grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Southern California's Filmic Writing Program. His first film, The Four Corners of Nowhere, premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win Best Narrative Feature honors at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. 

He is the recipient of the Abraham Polonsky Screenwriting Award for his screenplay Everything Divided as well as a participant in the Sundance Institute's filmmakers' lab for his current project, Fingernails and Smooth Skin. Chbosky lives in New York. 

Fighting For You by January Valentine

Fighting For You

New Adult Romance

372 pages Paperback also available in Kindle & Nook formats

Author: January Valentine

Author Page :http://www.januaryvalentine.com

Author blog: http://victoriaskyline.blogspot.com/

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-You-January-Valentine-ebook/dp/B00B7NAUGI/ref=sr_1_13?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1390681906&sr=1-13&keywords=fighting+for+you

Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fighting-for-you-january-valentine/1118174291?ean=2940015948035

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20629796-fighting-for-you?from_search=true

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorVictoriaJanuaryValentine

Rebecca Hamilton- Blog Tour- Ophelia

Welcome to the Forever Girl Character Tour. We’re celebrating The Forever Girl’s one year anniversary—that means it’s been one year since The Forever Girl was released! Copies are still available at the same low price of $2.99 for ebook and $10.95 for print. But fear not, this tour is not without some really cool prizes for you to win, whether you already own a copy of The Forever Girl or never plan to read it. Each stop on the tour will feature one of the main characters from the book, and you can easily enter to win some of their favorite things! For a full list of stops on this tour, visit the author’s blog at www.beccahamiltonbooks.com.

MEET OPHELIA

At the end of The Forever Girl, Sophia receives a small helping hand from a small woman with a big heart: Ophelia. To Sophia, Ophelia has come out of nowhere, but to Ophelia, Sophia is the girl she waiting for—the person she needed to help before she can be set free from her duty to stay with the Maltorim. Readers can learn more about Ophelia in her personal novella, “Her Sweetest Downfall”.

Here’s the top five fast “fun facts” about Ophelia.

1)       Favorite Color: Yellow.

2)       Favorite Drink: She resents her need to drink to blood, the only thing that her vampiric nature will allow her to consume.

3)       What he’s afraid of: Losing Ethan, Losing herself.

4)       Likes: Quiet walks, Dressmaking, Cooking.

5)       Dislikes: The Maltorim, her own nature, and her obligations as enforced by the marking of a serpent on her neck.

Today’s character giveaway features some of Ophelia’s favorite things: a Black Romance Bracelet, a Forever Girl candle, and a wooden longhorn cattle necklace.

If you want to snag Ophelia’s favorite items for yourself (or as a gift for a friend or loved one!) simply enter the Rafflecopter giveaway below!

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Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to follow the lovely blog tour host on their blog, Twitter, and Facebook! If you also want to connect with Rebecca, she can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and her Blog as well.

Learn more about Rebecca’s books and where to purchase them HERE.

BLURB

"Whatever you do, fight."

Sophia's family has skeletons, but they aren't in their graves.

At twenty-two, practicing Wiccan Sophia Parsons is scratching out a living waiting tables in her Rocky Mountain hometown, a pariah after a string of unsolved murders with only one thing in common: her.

Sophia can imagine lots of ways to improve her life, but she'd settle for just getting rid of the buzzing noise in her head. When the spell she casts goes wrong, the static turns into voices. Her personal demons get company, and the newcomers are dangerous.

One of them is a man named Charles, who Sophia falls for despite her better judgment. He has connections that might help her unveil the mystery surrounding her ancestor's hanging, but she gets more than she bargains for when she finally decides to trust him. 

Survival in his world, she learns, means not asking questions and staying out of the immortal council's way. It's a line she crossed long ago. If Sophia wants to survive the council and save the people she loves, she must accept who she is, perform dark magic, and fight to the death for her freedom.

The Forever Girl is a full-length Paranormal Fantasy novel that will appeal to lovers of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, witches, vampire fiction, ghost stories, paranormal mystery, and paranormal horror.

Release Day Blitz: Raving Violet by Valerie Gilbert

Release Day Blitz: Raving Violet by Valerie Gilbert

Raving Violet

By Valerie Gilbert

Pub Date: January 19, 2013

$11.99 Trade Paperback 7.5” x 4.75”

Isbn: 978-1-937329-84-6

e-book $2.99   Isbn: 978-1-937329-83-6  

Non-fiction/Humor

Black Opal Books www.blackopalbooks.com

238 Pages

Contact:   ravingviolet@verizon.net

ravingvioletvalerie.blogspot.com

Audio book to be released shortly, 7 hours length.

Raving Violet

Dead Mothers, Missing Husbands, Disgusting Dates, Perverted “Reverends,” Seductive Gurus, Infamous Ingrates and Cheese Thieves. These are a few of the cast of characters that pepper Valerie Gilbert’s true tales in “Raving Violet.”

Enter the world of a solitary but intrepid New Yorker. Orphaned since (relative) youth, this divorced, smartass metaphysician has sought solace and insight from philosophers, séances, channels and mediums, a path that has, inevitably, led her back to her formidable fortress within.

Join Valerie as she scales the castle walls on her journey for love, sex, sass, a chuckle, and really good chocolate.

Love and Loss! Love and Glory! Love and Nausea! “Raving Violet” has it all.

“Valerie lives and breathes New York City and is also a gifted guide for truly magical healing meditations. She’s Ms. New York, and my virtual sister. Damn, I’m so proud of her! You will treasure this book, re-read it repeatedly, and tell your friends to buy it. Yeah. She’s THAT good!”   Bridgett Walther, author, Conquer the Cosmos, (Penguin/Plume) owner http://www.bridgettwalther.com

Valerie Gilbert

Having told funny stories her whole life, Valerie started putting them on stage as solo shows, stand up comedy, in storytelling competitions and gigs, and finally (saving her breath) committed them to the written page A native New Yorker and Harvard graduate, Raving Violet is Valerie Gilbert’s literary debut.  

Actress, storyteller, solo performance artist, tap dancer, rollerblader, environmentalist, animal and peace activist, Valerie has given voice to her passionate political, personal, and metaphysical beliefs in her blog, “Raving Violet,” and here in her book of the same title.  Valerie’s second book, Memories, Dreams and Deflections will be published by Black Opal in late 2013. 

To read more about Valeria Gilbert visit: As You Wish Reviews

Obsidian Blog Tour- Day 3

Hi there! Natasha is hosting me for the Obsidian: Mystic Stones Series #1 Blog tour! Today I am revealing another calendar page and the Psytech training video!

So, first the calendar page:

Now you can watch the Psytech Hawaii Branch Training video! Don’t get brainwashed!

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Don’t forget to enter the giveaway too!

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Here is where you can find Obsidian and Kayla Curry:

Obsidian buy links:

Amazon Kindle

Smashwords

Kayla Curry links:

Website

Blog

Twitter

Facebook

You can see the Obsidian Tour Schedule HERE to see what you've missed and what is coming up!

COVER REVEAL- Lesser Evils by Christi Goddard

When young Jakorus is hurled twenty years into his future, he's confronted with a horrifying truth—the world has changed for the worse, and it's his fault.

Now in the twenty-first century, the hidden island of Cybraxas teeters at the brink of civil war. Paranormals of all races have secretly coexisted with humans for centuries, but the illusion of peace crumbles when a rebellious faction fights to overturn their primary law: humans are not food. They assert the human herd needs thinning if the planet is to endure.

In his youth, an angry and embittered Jakorus believed in the rebellion's rhetoric and joined its ranks. Repentant of his sins when he is older, a young Jakorus sent from the past seemed the perfect solution to fix his mistakes. But each Jakorus trapped in this time loop only makes things more perilous. In order to restore the original timeline, the newest Jakorus learns he must murder innocents, betray friends, and repeat the same immoral choices the original Jakorus made. If he fails, the rebellion will blossom into civil war.

But through it all, Jakorus has his own problem—both he and his future self are in love with the same girl.

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The Chronicles of Fire and Ice.- Blog Tour- Day #18

Synopsis:

Is love stronger than race?

The world is changeing as we know it, the human race is dwindling, but so are the angels. In order to preserve their bloodlines they have bred with humans, creating a new race called Nephilim. But there is one race that is more endangered than humans or Seraphim, Archangels.
As most people believe the Archangels have become extinct, rumours surface of a Legend; that a baby was born out of flame, the offspring of an archangel.

Dyston Blackbell is tasked to find and protect this child. He sends her strange dreams in hope that she will find him. When he discovers that she has enrolled at his family’s angel academy in Melbourne, he will do anything to protect Scarlett. But when he finds himself falling for her the Heavenly realm rejects him.

But 21-year-old Scarlett Porter realises that being half Archangel has some advantages. She has developed a unique trait, one that marks her as an Archangel. Will she keep it to herself or use it to fight back?

When an old enemy resurfaces, The Lucifites, Scarlett discovers that Dyston’s older brother Lakyn is at the helm of their sinister plans; to destroy the Nephilim race or use Scarlett for their own selfish purposes when they find out who she really is.

And when Lakyn discovers that Scarlett had only seduced him to rescue Dyston from his prison in the Realm of Light, it sends him on a journey of self-discovery and destruction. One that sees him venturing farther off course than his father would like. Will he choose a new life of love or his old life of darkness?

Author Bio:

I am an Australian author who began writing when I was fifteen or sixteen, originally song lyrics, but then moved onto fanfiction when I was nineteen. Having published over 20 stories online. One of which was nominated for an award. I have also written, directed and starred in two original plays entitled, “No Frills Airlines: Flight 123,” and the sequel, “No frills Airlines: Come Fly with Us.” The latter of which was a musical.

I have studied everything from veterinary nursing, forensic science and dramatic arts but have always known my true calling was writing.
My hobbies include, writing my books and scripts, reading, singing, acting, directing, watching movies, 50’s fashion and playing with my animals. When I am not writing I can be found reading somewhere comfortable with one or both of my ‘furbabies’.

ONTO THE INTERVIEW!!!

Q1.When did you start writing? And when did you become an author? I began writing when i was about 15 and became an author of fan fiction at 19 and an author of original work officially this year. Q2. When was your first book released? My first book was released on November 9th 2012 Q3. Do you have more books that you have written? I have written a short story to be published around christmas or the new year and i am working on two more novels - book 2 of the Legend of the Archangel series and Book 1 in the Garden of Eden series - the sister series to the Legend of the Archangel. Q4. When you were younger did you like to write? I didn't really get into writing until high school. Q5. Is there a certain thing you do before writing your books? I have to plot it out so i know where its going and what will be in each chapter. Q6. How long did it take you to write a book? It took me about 4-5 months to write The Chronicles of Fire and Ice Q7.How many books have you read? And did you like to read when you were younger? I have read a countless number of books lol. And i didn't really start reading novels until high school. Q8.Do you have another author or person or even place who/that  gives you inspiration? The city of Melbourne, Australia gave me inspiration for The Chronicles of Fire and Ice, and the authors that inspired me would have to be Cassandra Clare, Phillip Pullman and Dan Brown. Q9. Do you write everyday? I try to write everyday, but i generally write on the week days, i am too busy on the weekends. Q10.How did you get your book published? I shopped around and looked at all the options and got quotes for everything. Then i got a good deal with my current publisher, Xlibris, got my cover designed and went from there. My friends helped me edit to save on costs too which was lovely of them. Thank you! <3