ARC Review: Head Rush by Carolyn Crane {The Disillusionists Trilogy #3}

 

**This Title Will be Officially Released on December 6th**

 
 

JUSTINE JONES FACES HER ULTIMATE ENEMY: HERSELF!
In an attempt to put her unhappy past behind her, Justine Jones throws herself into nursing school and planning her wedding to Otto Sanchez, the man of her dreams. But something is off. Random details aren’tadding up…and is it her imagination, or are her friends and fiancé keeping secrets from her? And what’s with this strange sense of unease, and her odd new headaches?
Justine tries to stay upbeat as Midcity cowers under martial law, sleepwalking cannibals, and a mysterious rash of paranormal copycat violence, but her search for answers leads her into the most dangerous mindgame yet.
With the help of unlikely allies, including her paranoid dad and best frenemy Simon, Justine fights her ultimate foe…and unravels the most startling mystery of all.

From Goodreads.

 

• Publisher: Samhain
• Release Date: December 6th, 2011
• My Copy: ARC given to me by the author
• Pages: N/A
• Series: The Disillusionists Trilogy
• Genre: Urban Fantasy
• Author's Website
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Head Rush: The Disillusionists Trilogy, Book 3

*NO Spoilers.

After the heart crushing ending of Double Cross and the real life will-they-won’t-they-publish-it drama, me and everyone else who is a fan of this series, have been in a tizzy waiting for the conclusion of this great trilogy.

Carolyn Crane has created such an innovative concept within the disillusionists trilogy, not to mention such unique and fascinating characters that you can't help but being completely drawn in and becoming obsessed with them all.

I really don't wanna spoil anything, but I have a very strong feeling that Head Rush will make all of those, including me, that were screaming in frustration and hatred by the end of Double Cross, sigh in relief, smile and get ready to bow own to Carolyn for being such an awesome author.

After such a wild and unforgettable ride that this series has been, Carolyn is definitely an auto-buy author for me and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next.

 

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5 Year Blogoversary Celebration! – A Letter to Reader, Bloggers & Authors + Giveaway!

Hey everyone! I almost missed the date, I’ve so busy at work =/ But it’s here! My little corner of the blogosphere is completing 5 years today (Saturday).

It is funny to think how much things can change in a year. I look back at last year’s celebration and see an awesome event that I am very proud of, but then I look at right now and realize that not only have I almost let the date slip by, but I also have nothing planed =/

Well, I decided to do something different this year, I’m still going to give something away, but I also wanted to write a meaningful post to all my readers, fellow bloggers and beloved authors out there.

First and foremost I would like to apologize some things. Number one, I am sorry for not being around much lately and posting on the blog much less frequently than usual.

Life gets in the way and for once I have a job I actually love and it has been keeping me exhausted all the time.

Number two, I’m sorry if I still haven’t sent you your prize from this year’s Book Boyfriend giveaway =( we, my dad and I, have been having a tight year and haven’t been able to afford the posting for a couple of the prizes. I WILL be sending them out as soon as I get paid in December! I promise!

Number three, I’m sorry for not commenting on anyone’s blog lately =/ I love drowning in my reader, read your posts and comment. I was doing it at least once a week, but again I haven’t been able to lately =/

Now for the good part…

Thank you SO much for all the love you all have been giving me since I started reviewing since 2009. This blog has been around since 2007, but it was strictly a personal blog for a while, my reviewing thing came up later on and has been going on ever since.

I LOVE Blogging! It makes me so happy to share my love for books with you all and the opportunities I have had because of it were incredible!

I was Larissa Ione’s roommate for a night, had bday dinner with Lara Adrian, danced with both of them, got to be a part of a panel at AAD, got nominated for Blog of the year, was mentioned in the Acknowledgements of Eternal Ride by Larissa Ione, attending the NY Comic Con… Things I would have never have imagined in ONE MILLION YEARS! 

I have met amazing bloggers like Damaris from a Good Choice Reading, Danielle from ALPHA Reader, Jackie from Literary Escapism, Terry from Reading on the Backseat, the girls from Paranormal Haven and so many more,  both in person and online,

I have met as well, incredible authors that not only write well but are fantastic people as well like Kitty Thomas, Gini Koch, Carolyn Crane, Dakota Cassidy, Nancy Holzner, Jeaniene Frost, Jocelynn Drake and SO MANY more that I adore!

Last but not least, I have been able to be silly, try new things and expand my reading horizons all because of YOU!

So I need to say…

THANK YOU!

~I’m so sorry if I forgot to mention someone! I love you all!

 

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Top 5 Sundays #57 – Worst/Best Cliff Hangers!

 

 

Hello everyone! I loved that this theme won!

I have such a Love/Hate relationship with cliff hangers that it makes them so fascinating to talk about them =D

How do YOU feel about Cliff Hangers?

Love’em or Hate’em? Why?

  

This week’s results:

Worst/Best Cliff Hangers! = 15 (60%)

Books that Should be Movies! = 10 (40%)

 

The theme for today is:

Worst/Best Cliff Hangers!

 

But first, a little bit about this feature and the rules to join in…

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1. Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.

2. Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.

3. Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)

4. After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.

5. If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

This week’s theme is Favorite Book Boyfriends! Part II

*in no particular order

 

Double Cross by Carolyn Crane 

OMG Packard! I need the Third Book stat… I running out of hair to pull LOL 

 

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

 

The wait between Catching Fire and Mockingjay was HELL! Wasn’t it?

 

Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning 

Who didn’t feel their heart breaking at the end of this one, huh?

 

Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead 

Ugh! I cannot wait for the next book!

 

Blood Challenge by Eileen Wilks

With ONE word, Eileen changed everything!

 

Special Mentions:

   

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AAD {Authors After Dark} Philly 2011 Wrap-Up Post! + Top 11 Reasons I Loved it & 3 Things I Wasn’t Fond of

 

Hey Everyone! I know I’m probably the last one to do this, but here is my AAD wrap-up post =)

I wanted to do Vlogs, so it took me a while to get someone to film it (since I lost my tripod). I finally got the BFF to do it last night, so here I am LOL

Picture Time:

Pics staring from the left: Lara Adrian, Larissa Ione, Me and both of them, Me with Karin Harlow, Me with Jess Haines, Leana Renee Hieber and Lia Habel, Alexandra Ivy, Lea and Jojo, Leanna’s BF and Leanna, My roomies J.A. Saare and Sarah, Binah the bold, Heather from Decadent Pub, Best night ever!, Dakota Cassidy, The Blogger (missing some though), Kat, me and Bells (KLB), Damaris (Good Choice Reading), UK Bloggers (Sarah and Minx) and Philly Cheesesteak! 

For MORE and LARGER Pics check out my Facebook AAD Album!

 

Top 11 reasons I loved AAD Philly 2011!

• Had my Bday Dinner with Lara Adrian and my roomies!
• Got to be Larissa Ione’s roommate for a night.
• The sisterhood of The Werefly!
• Having Dinner with Larissa Ione on her Bday!
• Meeting AMAZING Bloggers that were also incredible people: Spaz, Bells, Tigris Eden, Sarah, Minx, Twimom, Jen (Not now, Im reading), Smexi, Dren, Penny, Lush, Marq, Rayna, Damaris…
• Seeing some of my fave ladies again! – Jojo, Robyn, Jess Haines, Leanna Renee Hieber + meeting Jojo’s mom!
• Meeting some of the authors I have been talking on twitter for like forever and simply LOVE! – Carolyn Crane, Nancy Holzner, Nicole Peeler, Dakota Cassidy, Jennifer Estep.
• Getting to know some great authors and people that are new to me, but I can’t wait to read: Karin Harlow, Jessa Slade, Erin Kellison, Anton Strout, Alexandra Ivy, Meljean Brook, Heather, Kristin Painter, Lia Hieber, Mel Schroder, PJ Schnyder, Sahara Kelly and so many more!Airport Adventures with Jen from Not Now I'm reading.
• Getting soma awesome books signed!
• Getting Bday gifts from both Lara Adrian and Larissa Ione! WOOT!

3 Things I Wasn’t Fond of

• The hotel messing around with the convention rooms
• The Steampunk Sideshow
• Not getting the meals I thought I was getting

All in all I LOVED it for the most part and will be surely attending AAD in NOLA 2012!

Check out the awesome books I got and some swag and also a bit more about the experience I had on the Vlogs bellow:

 

 

Hope you enjoyed it! and Im sorry if I forgot someone! I love you, but I suck at the same time hehe

 

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#BHSV – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT! {25 Winners}

 

 

Hey Everyone! They’re here! The Winners of the Bookish Have Summer Vacation Event, that me and the girls from Paranormal Haven Hosted, are here! All 25 of them! YAY!

If you entered the giveaways at Paranormal Haven, you need to check out there winner announcement, to see if you’ve won.

PARANORMAL HAVEN

Before we get to the good part, I wanna take a minute to thank my fellow bloggers, Athenna and Stephanie from Paranormal Haven for hosting the event with me and of course, ALL the awesome authors that contributed to make this event so awesome!

Alice Clayton
Carolyn Crane
Dakota Banks
Eileen Wilks
Gini Koch
Jeaniene Frost
Jeanne C. Stein
Jess Haynes
Jocelynn Drake
Kelly Gay
Lara Adrian
Larissa Ione
Vicki Pettersson
Laura Bickle / Alayna Willams
Linda Robertson
Michele Barsdley
Michelle Rowen
Nancy Holzner
Seanan McGuire

 

THANK YOU!

 

Remember…

 

 

ALL winners and have 72hrs to contact me at:

larissa@larissaslife.com

*please state in the email your prize choice if it’s the case.

 

 

Now to the winners:

 

Giveaway	Winner	email {1st part}
1of3 "Redhead" eBook Sets by Alice Clayton	Anne Reeths	areeths
1of3 "Redhead" eBook Sets by Alice Clayton	blodeuedd	blodeuedd1
1of3 "Redhead" eBook Sets by Alice Clayton	Melliane	delhia_1
Signed "Mind Games"	Pam S /pams00	pams00
Signed Copy of "Sacrifice" + 25$ Amazon Gift Card	jc	yumihamano
"Blood Challenge" by Eileen Wilks	SweetShenanigans	girl23rocks
A SIGNED "Alien" Book by Gini Koch	Meredith Miller	meredithfl
Signed "This Side of The Grave" or "One Foot In The Grave"	Brittany Gale	quixoticdreamer
Full set of the Anna Strong series by Jeanne C Stein	JenM	jen
H&W 3Book set {Signed} by Jess Haines	Christy M	practimom
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Wait For Dusk" by Jocelynn Drake	Dovile	spamscape
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Wait For Dusk" by Jocelynn Drake	Midnite	lady.midnite
SIGNED Copy of “Darkness Becomes Her” + NEW Copy of “Natural Born Charmer” from Kelly Gay/Kelly Keaton	Kristen My Bookish Fairy Tale	mybookishfairytale
Signed Taken by Midnight/Bk1 Audiobook/Bkmarks	Nanni Clover	nanniclover
SIGNED Larissa Ione Book (winner's choice)	Naty Gry	natygry
Signed Neon Graveyard + Poker Chip	Naty Gry	natygry
Signed "Embers" & "Dark Oracle" by Laura Bickle / Alayna Willams	Mish@	misadevilgirl
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Arcane Circle" or "Fatal Circle" {US}	Ash	ashley.mckinsey
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Arcane Circle" or "Fatal Circle" {US}	Anne	acm05
SIGNED Copy of "Arcane Circle" or "Fatal Circle" {Intl}	Nanni Clover	nanniclover
25$ Amazon Gift Card from Michele Bardsley	Bethany C.	b.cardone
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of “Bloodlust" by Michelle Rowen	erin	efender1
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of “Bloodlust" by Michelle Rowen	Cathy M	caity_mack
Pair of Sea Glass Earrings from Nancy Holzner	Leni	lenikaye
SIGNED "Late Eclipses" by Seanan McGuire	Rachel Leigh	TheOneRing111

 

 

 

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