Twice Tempted Teaser Quotes!!!

The sequel to Jeaniene Frost's Night Prince series is about to hit shelves at your favorite stores in the coming days. Like every time a new book is coming out, Mrs. Frost enjoys to drive us insane with little glimpses about the story. So in the spirit of torture (^.^) I give you Twice Tempted Teaser Quotes. These can also be found at Jeaniene's Website. Can you figure out who says what?

Dying to get your hands into this book? want to get a bigger glimpse a the story before it's released? Read Twice Tempted's first 20% HERE.

Note: Some days have two quotes per day, these are not necessarily a dialog, just two independent quotes.

Follow the links to read the Teaser Quotes or My Review from Once Burned.

Quote of the Day

March 4 (Day 1)

“If Hell could fart, it would smell like this.”

March 5 (Day 2)

“He’s gone, Leila.”

March 6 (Day 3)

“Trying to whet my appetite by pretending I can’t have it?”

March 7 (Day 4)

“You need to show more discretion or the next person I mesmerize will be you.” 

“It’s fine…I’m not getting any older.”

March 8 (Day 5)

“He’s already showing signs of…mental instability.”

March 9 (Day 6)

It's Official, We Have a Policy!

Hello everyone, I wanted to late you know that I finally added the policy to the blog. It's a bit long, but you can use the links to jump to the various sections more quickly if you want to start out of order.

Just click any of the navigation links to reach a section:

Then, click on the arrow on the bottom right corner of your screen to come back up:

If you have any comments or questions drop them on the comments section below

Facebook Pages and Recent Changes

Are you following Journey with Words on Facebook? If you are, are you getting all the posts on your News Feed? I know I don’t post every single day, but you might not be getting even the ones I do post. Why? Because it seems that Facebook is changing its engine to force us to pay to push our feed unto yours.

Facebook’s new feature only shows the Page content on the feeds of those who have had more interaction with any given page. If you like to see the content but don’t comment or “like” many or any of the links and messages, you will not receive the updates on your News Feed.

But, like everything in life, there seems to be a workaround to this new “feature;” two actually. Thanks go to Cinda Baxter from Always Upward: The Blog for noticing this issue and more importantly, for letting us all know about it and how to fix it. I read about these workarounds on her blog first; I’m only re-posting it so that you, my followers, are aware. All credit goes to her (included on the credit section below).

So what can you do if you’d like to see our updates in your News Feed? Click on the links to reach their respective section:

• Be sure to have the “Show in News Feed” Checked, or 
• Create a Fan List, don't forget to 
• Read the Credits! 

So, here is how: (Psst, This can be applied to as many Pages as you “Like”)

New Blogger (sort of..)

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are all doing great today! I wanted to drop by and let you all know that my sister has joined me (again) in reviewing books for Journey with Words. She had previously joined but due to her academic load -she is a high school student- she couldn't review the books. Now it's summer and she will be guest posting here, at least until classes begin anew on August. Any post that you see signed as:

...means it was done by her.

Let's give her a warm welcome!

Silros is a 15-year-old high school student best know among her friends as the Mad Hatter's daughter. She will be reviewing Young Adult books as well as Children Books. Her first review for the blog is The Bad Beginning, the first book on Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Thank you,

Books in News #11

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.

Hello my amazing followers and lurkers. First of all let me wish you and your love ones a very Happy Father's Day to all of you and your love ones!

It’s time for Books in News #11, todays post covers news between June 10, 2012 and June 16, 2012; and it features:

Books Fighting Cancer, Jeaniene Frost, Kresley Cole, The Book Depository, Charlaine Harris, Karen Marie Moning, Catching Fire, Resident Evil: Retribution, Magic Mike.

Let’s start the show with some good biddings; Chelsea from Vampire Book Club have joined forces with various publisher houses to bring a series of special auctions called Books Fighting Cancer Charity Auctions. So what is it about? Well, as the name suggests you bid on books, but not just any book, you bid on packages of books from some of the best known Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy authors. The proceeds will go to Barrow Neurological Institute. Head over to Vampire Book Club for more information on the auctions. So that you all have an idea, the authors donating books (ARCs, signed copies, chances to name a character after you, etc.) include (info taken from VBC):

Straight to Heaven Prize!

Hello Everyone!

On May 26, 2012 I had my stop as part of Michelle Scott's Straight to Heaven Blog Tour, hosted by Dani from Pen to Paper. The amazing Michelle surprised us blogger by doing a second giveaway for us as appreciation for participating on the Tour; which included book reviews (read mine here), interviews, guest posts and the original giveaway.

I was the lucky winner of the bloggers giveaway -$20 to spend on any books of my choice from The Book Depository- and the books arrived today!

I've been dying to start both these series but I hadn't had the opportunity yet. Thank you Michelle!

Here are the books's descriptions (from the back covers):

Books in News #9

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.
Welcome back my amazing followers and lurkers, today I have for you the 9th installment of my weekly Books in News. This weeks news are less than normal so this post should be shorter than the previous ones. Today’s post collects news of the week between Sunday May 27, 2012 and Saturday June 2, 2012.

Today we have news about:

Real Mermaids, The Hollows TV Show, Once Burned, The Host, a young Writer, Les Miserables, and a killer marriage proposal.

Let’s begin this post with something not entirely related to books but that nonetheless is quite a shocker. Tell me something, what is your take on Ariel from Disney’s The Little Mermaid? If I were to tell you that mermaids are real and that they are just another evolutionary branch from the apes, just like humans are, would you believe me? Would you believe it if it came from a widely recognize entity? What if either I or said entity claimed to have scientific proof, would you believe it then? Well, it seems like the Animal Planet, one of the TV channels distributed by Discovery Communications (Wikipedia), certainly wants us to believe it’s not just a possibility but a reality. Think I’m kidding? That I’ve somehow lost my wits? Possibly, but hey, I wasn’t the one who did an entire documentary based on unsubstantial evidence. So no, I’m not joking, Animal Planet televised last Sunday May 27th, 2012 a documentary called Mermaids: The Body Found as part of their Monster Week. It basically tries to convince you that mermaids are real. But there is always the other side of every coin, and there is plenty of people calling the show a mockumentary. Still think I’m not serious? Well, why don’t you watch the documentary yourself? I found this video on YouTube, it seems to be the full documentary (haven’t finished it yet, I’m writing this before it’s too late). Be warned, the video’s length is 1 hour, 28 minutes and it’s mostly CGI. Watch it, make up your own mind and write your thoughts on the comments section below; enjoy!

Once Burned Teaser Quotes!!!

Calling All Jeaniene Frost's fans! Are you waiting in line for Vlad's book? Feel like time is dragging because June 26 just refuses to arrive already? Well, I have a small solution for you.

Jeaniene Frost has allowed her amazing group of hard working Moderators from the Frost Cemetery to post One Quote a Day from Once Burned leading up to the book's release. Yup! You read it right, One Quote a Day. Now, they won't say who's the speaker; is up to us fans to figure that part out, but hey, I'm in Night Huntress withdrawal here, I'll take whatever they give ~.^

If you want to see the post in real time head over to the forums and join the party. I’ll be posting the quotes as they come along. Can you guess who says what?

UPDATE: Since the book is already out, I'm going to add who-said-what to each of the quotes. Disclaimer: I bought the Kindle Edition of the book, therefore, I can only supply the Kindle Locations of the quotes. If you'd like to check my review of the novel click on this link.

NEW UPDATE: Follow THIS LINK to read Twice Tempted Teaser Quotes, the sequel to Once Burned.

Quote of the Day

June 1 (Day 1)

"People can perfect whatever façade they want, but everyone holds their sins close to their skin." --Leila (Kindle Location: 928)

June 2

"If electrocution is your way of flirting, I commend you on your originality." --Vlad (Kindle Location 782)

June 3

“I never do anything unless I’m sure.” --Vlad (Kindle Location 1018)

June 4

“Okay, now I know you’re not suffering under a delusion from too much role-playing.” --Leila (Kindle Location 1159)

June 5

“We’re all ruthless at one time or another, but he’s in a class by himself.” --Marty (Kindle Location 1228)

Giveaway and Apology

100 Followers Giveaway and an Apology from me to you.

When I started blogging last October I wasn’t even sure what I wanted to do with the blog to begin with. I knew I wanted to be involved in the literary community but I didn’t know how. At first I was just doing the occasional review. See, I want to write my own series, I’ve been having these characters doing the rounds in my head for such a long time now that I was thinking that maybe by starting a blog I could somehow get them out. Feat that I started but I’m nowhere near half way through, let alone finishing it. So slowly I shifted my blog’s focus from me into book reviews. And I have to say that so far I have found an incredibly supportive community that I had truly no idea of its magnitude. Still, 7 months later, I’m not sure I can fully grasp it.

UPDATE: The Giveaway is over and the WINNER IS.....

Apology

So why am I apologizing? Because I’ve been so focus on getting my Google Friend Connect (GFC) to reach the first 100 followers (currently at 87) that I had completely bypassed and ignored all of you that have so amazingly follow me through email. Yes, I had not realized that as of today I have 121 followers through email. So I’m sorry, I should have seen this sooner. But, I have some news for all of you.

Giveaway, Open Internationally!

In honor of my blog breaking through the first 100 followers milestone I’m having a Giveaway beginning today and going through all the month of June.

What’s the prize?

A $25 Amazon Gift Card to the lucky winner.

1st Snail Mail Paperback!!

Hello everyone, I'm so excited!! Today I received my first paperback novel from an author! I have received books for reviews before, some of them through NetGalley, others thanks to the various blog tours I’ve participated (and will continue to), and some because the authors actually contacted me (email me) asking for a review.

But all of them have something particular in common, all of them are ebooks. Don’t get me wrong, I love ebooks, my kindle currently houses 414 of them; most of are still unread, but there at the ready thanks to the wonderful eReader IQ site which sends me a daily email warning me of free books on Amazon. Anyways, I digressed, back on topic; I’m a big ebook supporter and, with a boyfriend that works in the computer industry (which means I have to hear about it day and night), I consider myself pretty technologically savvy. However, that doesn’t mean I no longer care for physical copies.

Books in News #8

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.

Welcome back my amazing followers and lurkers, today is Books in News #8, your weekly fix of all things written and other related matters.

Let’s begin this round with positive news. The comic books fever has never truly receded. Each year we see announcements of any given attempt at reinventing the genre and bring it forth to a new generation. Although I don’t personally read comic books, not currently anyways, I have grown loving them and respect the various forms of empowerment that they inspire. So this particular bit of news brought a smile to my face when I read it, and still does. Being a comic book fan has no age, gender, or even nationality, it has become a multicultural phenomenon. So it’s really no surprise that little kids want to emulate their favorite powerful and cool characters. So is the case of Anthony Smith, a 4-year-old who refused to wear a hearing aid because superheroes do not wear them. This kid’s parents contacted none other than Marvel, asking whether or not there was a superhero that had some extra help. Marvel replied that yes, Hawkeye had used a hearing aid before his hearing was restored. However, in true superhero fashion, Marvel went above and beyond and created a completely new super called Blue Ear, a hero that can rescue the innocent bystanders thanks to his hearing aid. Inspire kids’ dreams and help them realize that they are incredible no matter what, now that is what I call Super!

News: Goodreads Q&A with Jeaniene Frost (Original Transcript)

Hello my amazing followers and lurkers, I’m calling forth all Jeaniene Frost’s Fans to come out of the woodwork!! The Goodreads Group Gotta Have Paranormal Romance with a Kick had a Q&A with the author of the Night Huntress, Night Huntress World and Night Prince novels! I went through the thread and have prepared a transcript for your enjoyment; get ready to get some first-hand news straight from Jeaniene Frost’s keyboard ~.^

The dynamic was that fans will write questions and for two hours Mrs. Frost answered them. The questions will be in bold and the name of the user that originally posted it will be underlined. If I have to make a comment of any sort the text will be in pink. I will transcribe them as the original posted wrote them; I will not change their questions, or the answers.

I will try to get reorganize the questions so that I can distill the information for easier (and faster) access. Those will go on another post later this (or next) week; in the meantime, here is the original transcript in the order that Jeaniene answered the questions:

Jeaniene: Hi everyone! Thanks so much to the moderators for inviting me to come out tonight, and thanks so much to YOU for keeping me from being lonely ;-). I'll start answering the questions already posted, but please feel to free to ask away on any new ones.

Elizabeth wrote: "Are u gona write more then nine Cat and Bones books?Please say yes"

Jeaniene: Sorry, I have to say no. Since I started their series, I knew how it would end, and each book brings Cat and Bones closer to their final resolution. Besides, they've earned some time away from the evils of my keyboard, righ? *wink*

Emily wrote: "Ms. Frost, How did you come up with your first book idea? Also, how long did it take you to write it?"

Jeaniene: I came up with the idea for Cat and Bones from a dream. I've always had very vivid dreams and as a teen, I used to write them down and make little (unfinished) stories out of them. Anyway, right around the time that I was having a mild meltdown about turning 30 and having done nothing toward my goal of being an author one day, I had a dream where I saw a half-vampire woman arguing with a full vampire man about why she'd left him years before. In the dream, I knew she still loved him and hadn't wanted to leave, but felt like she had no choice. I also knew he'd been looking for her that whole time and was NOT going to go away quietly. When I woke up, I kept thinking about those people and wondering who they were and how they'd gotten to that point (let alone a half-vampire and a vampire together? How did that happen?). Answering those questions eventually become my first book, Halfway to the Grave.

As for a timeline, I have some detailed information about that here: http://frost-light.livejournal.com/107613.html

t'irla ~aka s'layer~ wrote: "I adore your books! When can we expect Ian's book I love his bad boy self:) Will Tate and the boys be making a come back in the future? I also get a big kick out of Cat's Mom and I know she loved Rodney but Will she be meeting someone else and getting her HEA? I have a million more questions but will give others a chance :)"

Books in News #7

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.

Welcome to the 7th installment of Books in News. Today’s news are from the week between Sunday May 13, 2012 and Saturday May 19, 2012.

Let’s begin with some TV news, the CW has officially canceled two of its new series, The Ringer and Secret Circle, while renewing Hart of Dixie and ANTM. Now, I actually like (and might be one of the apparent few by the sounds of the fans) Hart of Dixie, but I think that ANTM has run its course, but that is just me.

In book news, a study suggests that you are what you read, yup, just like you read it. According to a new study published at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, connecting with our favorite characters might, unconsciously, make us replicate their actions and belief systems in real life. Apparently those who read books with good protagonists do more good actions, while those who read books with evil protagonists (say, a serial killer) are more inclined to justify the character’s actions. It's an interesting concept, I guess the same can also be argued about TV programs and movies.

Books in News #6

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.

Hello my amazing followers and lurkers and welcome to another edition of Books in News. Like I mentioned in last week’s meme, May is a pretty busy academic month for me so today’s meme will be on the short side. Sorry for that, I’ll try to make it up on future posts.

If you are a Jeaniene Frost fan you most know by now that a new spin-off series of the Night Huntress will hit stands next month. The new series, called Night Prince, will feature the always funny, hot, Romanian vampire Vlad Tepesh and his Leila, his love interest. Well, reviews from the ARCs of the first book, Once Burned are popping up in various blogs, among them, author Charlaine Harris added her two cents to what I know will soon turn into an avalanche of reviews. Another post and giveaway of the book is being currently hosted by Vampire Book Club.

Now let’s move on from vampires to witches. Kim Harrison’s next installment on The Hollows series has a new publication date. Lately the books have been published on February of each year, but not the next book. Ever-After, the next book about Rachel Morgan and her journey is expected to hit stands on January 22, 2013.

And in news of another of my favorite authors, the next book on the Fever Series, Iced: A Dani O’Malley Novel, is already available for pre-order. Check your favorite buying spot for the book. In the meantime here are the links to Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

That is it for today, thank you for stopping by.

Books in News #5

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.

Welcome back my amazing followers and lurkers to another ‘Books in News’, your go-to meme for book related news.

First of all let me apologized for last week’s miss. May is the end of the road for the academic year and this is the month that we are stretched thin by the professors. Last weekend I was so overwhelmed by work that I didn’t had a chance to even look for some news.

Now, while searching this week I did come across some of the news from the previous week so I’ll incorporate them on this post; a two in one sort of post, please bear with me.

Let’s start the mega post with the previous week, the one between Sunday April 22, 2012 and Saturday April 28, 2012.

Exclusive content from the next installment in the Mortal Instruments series has been and will continue to be posted on Mundie Moms, one of the main go to blogs when it comes to all things TMI. The series of posts are called City of Lost Souls Celebration and they will continue until May 7, 2012. The posts will include deleted scenes, press release, snippets, and more.

In Hunger Games news, Catching Fire has begun its pre-production process, while the DVD (and I’m assuming Blu-Ray) release can be expected to hit stands around 5 months after the movie’s theatrical release day. Since they movie came out on March, we should be expecting it by the end of August. Meanwhile, the newspaper The Guardian did an article on “the woman behind the phenomenon” and her lack of public appearances.

Books in News #4

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.

Welcome back again my amazing followers and lurkers. I ended up posting this week’s wrap-up a bit later than I wanted, but here it finally is. Here are the news that took center stage in between Sunday April 15, 2012 and Saturday April 21, 2012.

So on Monday Karen Marie Moning posted on her Facebook Page that she will do a one-quote-a-day type of mini event in celebration of Into the Dreaming hitting shelves on April 24, 2012. If you want to catch up with them head over to my Into the Dreaming Teaser Post.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday we were treated to the official book trailer for City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare; judging by the trailer seems like this time we are going to hear more from Sebastian’s POV; I have to say, the trailer is a bit creepy.





If you wanted to watch the movie Underworld: Awakening at the theater, but for some reason you couldn’t, fret not, the Blu-ray and DVD will be hitting shelves on May 8, 2012.

Speaking of vampires, Julie Kagawa’s new series, Blood of Eden Series, has been sold to Palomar Pictures and it all points out that the first book, The Immortal Rules, will be getting the Hollywood treatment and will be turned into a movie.

Into the Dreaming Teaser Quotes

Hello my amazing followers and lurkers. Are you a fan of Karen Marie Moning? If you are, and in case you didn’t knew, Into the Dreaming –a novella from the Highlander Series– is being re-released as a hardcover book and with a bunch of bonus material on the 24th of this month. In light of this, Miss Moning has decided to treat us fans with a series of quotes (a quote a day) leading up to the release day.

The quotes will be posted on her Facebook Page; you can keep on coming here, I’ll keep this post up to date as new quotes are unveiled.

For some ICED Teasers follow this link.

Monday (April 16, 2012)

I'm going to be doing a quote a day from INTO THE DREAMING, leading up to its release on April 24th. Some are from the bonus material, like today's. It was a blast re-visiting my Highlander notes and old files, sorting through deleted scenes. They were totally fresh to me, I'd forgotten I'd even written them. Here's a little about one I chose to use in ITD: 

On Deleted Scenes from KISS OF THE HIGHLANDER: 

“Halfway through Kiss of the Highlander, I took a wrong turn. In these deleted scenes, rather than confronting Dustan with the truth, Gwen claims amnesia—and nearly has sex with the laird of the castle up against the wall in a corridor shortly after arriving! In this version, she doesn’t get confronted by both Dageus and Drustan the first morning she’s there, and still believes Dageus is dead . . .”

Tuesday (April 17, 2012)

ICED Teaser Quotes

So far (or rather, as far as I know) Karen Marie Moning has given us three teaser quotes from her next novel ICED, a continuation of the Fever Series from Dani’s POV. Today, she gave us a short (fourth) quote. So I decided to dedicate a post to the torturing times that are sure to come with a series of quotes; October can’t get here soon enough!

I’ll be reposting the first three quotes plus today’s quote and any future one as well, so stay tune…

For some Into the Dreaming Teaser follow this link.

First ICED Teaser

Four nights he’s come to me, murmuring my name, making it an exquisite melody with which not even the divine orchestral choir of all the angels in heaven could compete.  He chimes my name in the language of the Unseelie and it makes my ears ring until my mind is emptied of all thought, until my eyes are incapable of beholding any vision other than him. He is so beautiful that merely looking at him makes me weep and when I brush tears from my cheeks, my hands come away stained red with blood. He wakes me but doesn’t wake me. He takes me to a place that is so perfect and serene and free of worry that I want to stay there forever. My name is Cruce, he says. Not V’lane. I was so weary of wearing his golden shining face. He was never half the Fae I am. I have you in the Dreaming, is it not beautiful? Do you not feel divine here with me? You need not fear me. I am not what I seem.
 I’m in danger.

Second ICED Teaser

Books in News #3

A wrap-up of recent events, announcements, releases, or other news circulating the web.

Hello my amazing followers and lurkers, belated Happy Easter and Passover and my most sincere Congratulations to all librarians on this past week; National Library Week.
Today’s meme collects news for the week between Saturday, April 7, 2012 and Friday, April 13, 2012. And what a busy week this one has been.

I know today’s post is a bit long but stick with it; there are some interesting news (and some infuriating ones) coming up. If you’d like to skip most of the regular news, please search for the eBook news near the end. I want as much people knowing about this as possible.

Let’s kick things off with The Hunger Games News. There’s been a back and forth about the movie sequel and whether or not director Gary Ross will continue and work on Catching Fire. Some say that he was negotiating with the studio. But in the end it was not meant to be, and it is official; Catching Fire is looking for a new director. Regardless of this, The Hunger Games has continued to do amazingly at the box office, passing the $300 million mark; remaining in the number 1 spot.

But apparently driving throngs of teenagers to discover the wonderful world of books isn’t enough for some people. Some parents want to ban the Hunger Games Trilogy from schools and libraries; both book and movie shelves. I don’t understand how could they find the books to be satanic but apparently they do. Like everything that attracts the masses, various spoofs and satirical videos have sprung on YouTube; this one is just a taste of what people are laughing about:






Now, in case you heard/read the rumors that Jamie Campbell-Bower had bowed out from The Mortal Instruments, rest assure that he is very much so still on board (whether we like it or not). Cassandra Clare has confirmed it on her website in a post titled “Jamie is Jace”.

Speaking of movie magic; did you know that they were making a movie about one of the top fairytale evil characters? They are! And not only have they chosen an Evil Queen capable of turning into a dragon, they have cast Angelina Jolie to play her role. Maleficent is a re-tale of the classic Sleeping Beauty from the Mistress of All Evil’s perspective and will be hitting theaters near you on March 14, 2014.

Back to books:

VOTE for Journey with Words!!

I'm so excited for this! The Association of American Publishers and Goodreads have partner up to bring the first Independent Book Blogger Awards to celebrate us bloggers all around.

The contest will have two rounds. The first one opens up today April 10, 2012 @ 12:00am EST until 11:59pm EST on April 23, 2012. The first round is for public voting and you most be a member of Goodreads in order to vote; the following is taken from the Contest Terms:

Voters are limited to one vote per person per category. Voters will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Independent Blogger during the Voting Period by reviewing the Posts each blog, using as a suggested guide the following criteria:

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