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Crying Wolf Teaser #4

"Brayleigh." She breathed. "It means ray of hope." He kissed her temple. That name was perfect, like her. She was exactly that.

Crying Wolf Teaser #3

"Amelia Brecken, we have to learn to trust each other and I know that takes time. But, angel baby, it's time we're going to have. I promise you, Amelia, you're safe with me."

Crying Wolf Teaser #2

"Hunter, you haven't been the only one taking cold showers. Take me to bed."

Crying Wolf Teaser #1

"I want a woman more like my mother. Someone I can laugh with, relax with, and shower with my love. I want a woman deserving of what I want to give her."

3 SNIFFS REVIEW: Crying Wolf by Amanda Kay #Excerpt

We find this book to have a pleasing fragrance.

The Werewolves and Shape Shifters are at war. Hunter Jackson, General of the Werewolf Army, makes one final try for peace between the two peoples. While the Shape Shifters are all for peace, his father, the Commander, will never allow that to happen.

Amid the chaos of war, Hunter meets Amelia, and quickly falls in love with her. But when he learns that she is a Brecken, and the most powerful Shape Shifter ever in existence, his hopes of a relationship are dashed. That is until she agrees to one date with him. But that one date changes everything for them both.

CRYING WOLF is your classic Romeo and Juliet type story. You have the two rival families, in this case the Jacksons and the Breckens, and two star-crossed lovers from each family risking everything to be together.

I really enjoyed this story and I'm really looking forward to the next book, especially with how this one ended. The only thing I had a problem with was some formatting issues, but that didn't stop me from reading and enjoying this read.

The Guy: Hunter Jackson is the General of the Werewolf Army, but unlike his father the Commander, he knows that peace can be achieved between them and the Shape Shifters. Hunter and his best friends, Luke, are both really different from most of the others in the Army. They both want peace with the Shape Shifters, and they both have relationships with a Shape Shifter, while most of the others in the Army are only too happy to destroy them. Hunter was instantly attracted to Amelia, and even when he learned that she was a Shape Shifter, he had to know her, spend time with her. And once he did, he knew that she was the one for him, and he'd do anything to protect her from his father.

The Girl: Amelia Brecken has a sweet voice, but she looks completely unlike her voice. She's got tattoos along her arm, and she rides a motorcycle. Amelia felt an instant connection to Hunter when she first met him, but when she learned that he was the General of the Werewolf Army, she was scared. How could she feel something for someone who wants her and her people dead? But she agrees to one date with Hunter, and when she realizes that he is nothing like his father, she decides to give them a chance, no matter how fearful she is. But when it's brought to light that she's the most powerful Shape Shifter ever, things quickly take a turn for the worse.

The villain in CRYING WOLF is, of course, the Commander. He absolutely hates the Shape Shifters and blames them for his wife's death. So he wants them to feel the same pain that he arresting Amelia, the Shape Shifter Princess.

I really didn't like the Commander. He is so set on revenge that when proof is shoved right under his nose that he may be wrong, he completely dismisses it. It also bothered me that he rarely treated Hunter like his son, only as the General. AND he even threatened to execute Hunter if he didn't bring Amelia in. What kind of father does that? I hope he eventually gets what's coming to him.

Hunter and Amelia definitely have a star-crossed lovers romance. Hunter is the General in the Werewolf Army (and his father is the Commander), and Amelia is the Princess of the Shape Shifters, both of whom are at war. Their relationship is dangerous and could cost them their lives. But they love each other so deeply that that doesn't matter. But when Hunter's father orders him to arrest Amelia, he will do anything to protect her, even if that means breaking her heart. He just hopes that she'll always remember "Love. Forgive. Trust."

This was an insta-love romance (which is getting kind of old, but it only really bothers me when the book is Contemporary, so it worked really well in this instance). With their circumstances, Amelia has a really hard time trusting Hunter, especially when he starts keeping things from her. I really loved the necklace that Hunter gave her that had the inscription "Love. Forgive. Trust." He knows about Amelia's insecurities, and with what has to go down, he also knows that he may lose her forever. So I really liked this little reminder to Amelia, that no matter what, he needs her lover, forgiveness, and trust that everything he's doing is to protect her. I'm really looking forward to seeing how thing play out in the next book.

Hunter was nervous. He was the son of the Commanding Officer of the Werewolf Army and anything he said, went. Hunter Jackson was quickly working his way up to General, but his task right now was to present a way to bridge the gap between the Werewolves and the Shape Shifters. He was going over his notes looking down at what caused this dumb ass war. He truly believed it was stupid. One little misunderstanding between his dad and the Brecken family, and all hell broke loose.

“Hi.” A female voice said from behind him.

“I’m Amelia.” Her voice was sweet. Way too sweet for Hunter Jackson, but he got the shock of his life when he turned around and saw tattoos up her arm, and hazel, greenish eyes that stunned him. She was a mixture of sweet and badass, Hunter’s perfect fit.

“I’m Hunter.” He said, stretching out his hand. She took it and he felt heat, passion, desire, and the weight he was carrying on his shoulders vanish the moment her hand connected with his.

“Well, I need to head in and find my parents. This should be interesting.” She huffed. He didn’t want her to leave, but he surrendered her.

Yea, interesting was one way to put it. Hunter took his speech seriously when his father gave him the task. He spent every waking moment studying what caused the rift between the Werewolves and the Shape Shifters. What he learned was that it was no one’s fault. It was a horrible misunderstanding regarding control of certain parts of Linwynn. Most of the country was under the control of the Werewolves, but long ago, the Shape Shifters had claimed a small piece of the country. It was legit, but a weird document appeared saying the land was taken from the Werewolves and everything began to spiral out of control. There had already been tension for personal reasons. This just further pressed things. His dad was determined to take down the Shape Shifters and had arrested several that lived in the part of Linwynn controlled by them.

Hunter begged his dad to just leave things alone, but he wasn’t having it. So here Hunter was hoping he could bridge the gap. He thought his idea was pretty solid, but Hunter also knew his dad. In fact, Hunter wondered why his dad had even asked for this.

Stepping up to address the Werewolves and Shape Shifters, his eyes immediately searched for the beautiful Amelia. He didn’t see her in the Werewolf section, though when he did find her, his heart sank. She was sitting right in between Sir Reid and Mistress Lilyann. Oh shit, she was a Brecken; she was a Shape Shifter. Oh fuck! He was royally screwed unless this speech worked, and the shock on her face told him all he needed to know. She was terrified because she now knew he wasn’t just Hunter, he was Hunter Jackson. To a Brecken, that would be a major deal, quite possibly a deal breaker.

4 SNIFFS REVIEW: Conviction by Amanda Lance

Our nose would be very happy to live in this book.

Addie Bates leaves for college in California to be with her former kidnapper and current boyfriend, Charlie Hays. She's really happy to finally be with Charlie with some semblance of normalcy, but all the half truths are starting to weigh her down, and Charlie's suspicions and jealousy over her friendship with FBI Agent Adam Harpsten aren't helping. Everything starts unraveling when a violent competitor of Ben Walden's hijacks one of their airport runs. When the final straw breaks and Charlie is arrested, Addie has to choose whether she will try to move on from him, or try to figure out a way to keep Charlie in her life.

CONVICTION has some themes from Shakespeare's Othello in that we have Addie and Charlie who have a secret relationship (from everyone but their group), and someone working behind the scenes to split them up, not to mention the attack from the rival group that could be compared to the Turks attack in Othello. There are more comparisons I could make, but then I'd give away a lot of the story, so I'll leave it at that. It was also cool how Addie's roommate, who is a theater major, was acting in the college's production of Othello.

In Wanted, where they were in a secluded environment, we were shown a lot of the positive traits of Addie and Charlie, but in CONVICTION, we see more of the negative traits. While on the Diyu in Wanted, the feel of the story was or fantastical? in that they are, mostly, alone and they are able to just be and enjoy their time together. But then in CONVICTION reality sets in, and everything becomes complicated.

The Guy: He loves Addie very deeply, but doesn't feel like he deserves her love in return. He's easily jealous, and his temper can be explosive. Addie seems to be the only thing that can calm him down. He has a driving need to protect her from everything that his job could do to her, so he keeps her out of the loop about anything concerning what he does on his jobs.

The Girl: Addie has gotten pretty good at lying in order to protect Charlie and their relationship. But all the half truths are getting bunched up and she starts making little slips. Her friendship with FBI Agent Adam Harpsten is the main source for Charlie's jealousy, but she won't let him dictate who she can be friends with. But when Adam starts poking around again, she begins resenting Adam and his friendship. Addie also starts to question her future with Charlie, when she realizes that they may never be able to have a normal relationship, may never be able to get married, or have children.

Addie and Charlie have a lot more complications in CONVICTION than they did in Wanted. Lies and half truths are thrown out like candy at a parade. Addie has to lie to her family about her relationship with Charlie and her real reasons for moving so close to where she was found in California. She has to lie to the FBI to protect Charlie and her friends. And she has to lie to her new roommate to keep her from learning too much about Charlie and possibly getting him caught.

But the real problems begin when they both start lying to each other. Charlie is keeping things from her about what he's doing for his job, in order to protect her in case something goes wrong, giving her plausible deniability, but that only makes her more anxious and paranoid. Addie is keeping her friendship with Adam a secret from Charlie and the interactions between them that he does know about cause extreme jealousy and rage in him. So all of this combined is crumbling their trust and security in each other, inviting in the whispers of those who want them separated for good.

But in the end, their devotion to each other wins out and their relationship is stronger than ever. But that may not be enough to keep them together if something happens to take them away from each other permanently.

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4 SNIFFS REVIEW: Rewound by D.T. Dyllin

Our nose would be very happy to live in this book.

In REWOUND, Dez feels betrayed by her husband, Jaxson, when she finds a compromising photo of him with another woman. So she uses the time-travel technology that her husband's company has to go back into her past and start all over, to a time before she met Jaxson. What she doesn't expect is for him to follow her back and try to win her heart all over again.
I'm going to say this right now, and get it out of the way. REWOUND, in my opinion, does not have a happy ending. You could look at how the book ends as either a happy ending or an unhappy ending depending on your perspective. For me, if I'm left bawling my eyes out, in sadness, that it isn't an happily ever after ending.
I was actually really blindsided by the revelation of what was really happening. There are parts in the story where both Dez and Jaxson are having blackout, that hint that there is a lot more going on than we are lead to believe. I didn't really pay much attention to these points, so when the moment of revelation came, the impact was hard. Even now, thinking back on the story to write this review, I want to start crying again.
This book really hits your heart by the time you finish it.
The Guy: In the future, Jaxson is a successful CEO, but in his past he was a pierced and tattooed playboy. That is until he met Dez. She changed his entire life and his love for her only grows stronger with time. So when he chases her back into time and she pushes him away at every chance and insists on never being with him ever again, he takes matters into his own hands to win her heart back. He knows about her love for romance novels, and uses that to make some of her fantasies come true. Their attraction and chemistry are explosive and that is one of the things that keeps her coming back to him, but Jaxson knows that if he wants Dez to choose him again, that he needs to prove to her that his love for her hasn't changed.
The Girl: It was the anniversary of their wedding when Dez found that compromising photo of Jaxson with another woman and feeling betrayed she travels back in time to just before Spring Break, when her original choice had been what caused her to meet Jaxson. But she plans on making the opposite choice this time and try to "rekindle" her relationship with Owen. But then Jaxson shows up to ruin her plans. And no matter how hard she tries, she can't stay away from Jaxson. She still loves him more than anything, but she's going to give him one final test to prove his love for her.

For this section, I'm going to do a kind of beginning, middle, and end type run-through.
At the start of REWOUND, Dez is begging a lab technician to send her back in time, so that she can start over after she found that photo of Jaxson with another woman. She is sent back to the moment when her choice not to go to Panama City the first time changed who she would eventually end up with. If she had gone the first time, she may have been with Owen instead of Jaxson, but in her original timeline she chose not to go and that's when she met Jaxson. So she plans on doing the exact opposite this time. But then Jaxson shows up and interferes with her plans.
Then after some misunderstandings are cleared up and a few bumps in the road crossed, Dez and Jaxson are getting ready to start their lives together all over again. They rededicate themselves to each other by getting remarried and having their names tattooed on each other.
But then Jaxson has a blackout and he begins to remember what's really happening. I won't say what that is, but I will say that he chooses to stay with Dez to the very end.
Dez and Jaxson's love story is very bittersweet, and we don't even realize that until the end. During the rest of the book, their passion is scorching and their love is deeper than the ocean. Then we are slapped with the truth, and all I wanted to do was cry out their pain. I felt it that much.
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5 SNIFFS REVIEW: The Romeo Club by Rebekah L. Purdy #Giveaway

There is NO WAY you will ever get our nose out of this book!

The Romeo Club all started when Delyla simply helped her brother Drake update his image and up his confidence to ask the girl he liked out. When Drake's friends found out and saw how well it worked, they asked Delyla to help them too. And they were willing to pay her, so that she can buy her prom dress. What's not to like about that deal? The fact that she's starting to fall for her brother's best friend, Trey, who she helped get a girlfriend.

I absolutely loved THE ROMEO CLUB! The simple innocent act of helping her brother and his friends "de-nerdify" so that they can get the girls they want to take notice of them, turns into an emotionally charged roller coaster ride that leaves her emotionally drained. BUT not for long, I promise.

There are some really humorous moment that had tears streaming down my face, and then there were heartbreaking moments that had me desperate for things to work out in the end. So THE ROMEO CLUB has everything from gut-busting humor to hopeful romances, action-packed sports scenes and devious sabotage.

Delyla: All she did was help her brother when he asked her to help him ask out his crush Chloe. She didn't expect to be helping out his friends find girlfriends, too. But she needs money for her prom dress, and they offered to pay her to help them. So she agrees. It's not easy, but each of them are improving from taking her advice. What she didn't expect was to start falling for her brother's best friend, Trey, along the way. But now he has a girlfriend, one she helped him gain. So she plans to sabotage their budding relationship.

Drake: Delyla's older brother has had a crush on the popular, Chloe Anders, but didn't have the courage to approach her, so he asked his little sister Delyla for help.

Trey: He has been best friends with Drake and Delyla since they were small children. They've been through all the embarrassing childhood phases together and share a lot of the same interests. When he sees how well Delyla's makeover of Drake went, he suggests that she help him and their other friends get girlfriends too. And he wants Delyla's help landing Portia Rickard. There's a lot more going on with Trey than I'm going to say here, because I don't want to give anything away!

Kevin: Kevin is the shyest member of the Nerd Herd. He has a crush on one of his co-workers named Melanie. He actually has a lot more courage than he realizes.

C.C.: Where Kevin is the shyest, C.C. is so confident that it borders on the obscene, except when it comes the Liza. With Delyla's help he gains the courage to audition for the male lead in the school play opposite Liza, instead of remaining backstage.

This is a hard section to talk about, because if I say too much I could ruin the ending of the book for everyone. So I might seem kind of vague at times. And there might be tiny spoilers that are unavoidable.

Okay, so Delyla was completely happy with her relationship with her boyfriend, Rex. They both are popular athletes and they aren't lacking in the looks department. But their relationship becomes strained when she starts The Romeo Club to help out the Nerd Herd. She's lying about what she's doing, and dodging him whenever he shows up out of nowhere at the places she's at with the Nerd Herd. And then Trey says something to make her question her relationship with Rex. The final action that seals the end of her relationship with Rex is when she agrees to help teach Trey how to kiss...and she starts developing feeling for him.

This is where I'm going to get a little vague. After some time where Trey completely acts like the kiss meant nothing and his relationship is growing with Portia, Delyla plans to sabotage their relationship. But when that doesn't work, she decides to just go for it and confess. But it doesn't go over well. Trey is angry and Delyla is left heartbroken.

This is the relationship throughout the whole book that I was desperate to work out in the end. Trey and Delyla seems so perfect for each other. The have practically everything in common and they've known each other for like ever. They know all the embarrassing things that could pop up in learning about the person you're starting a relationship with, and they are comfortable around each other.

There is an interesting little suggestion that Delyla could possibly have a future relationship with her neighbor Carver when he comes home from college in the Summer. So that leave you wondering who she'll end up with.

Whether anything with Trey and Delyla improves, you'll have to read the book to find out!

4 SNIFFS REVIEW: Fever Pitch by Ann Marie Frohoff #Giveaway #Excerpt

Our nose would be very happy to live in this book.

Aly and Jake are back! It is now 3 years later and Aly is turning 18 years old. They've been talking via Skype ever since their disastrous breakup, and when their long distance relationship reaches a certain point Aly decides that she wants Jake for her birthday. She plans a trip to London to meet with Jake, who is touring Europe with his band. When she arrives they are both happy to be in each other's arms after so long apart. It seems like everything is finally going to work out for them, but is it really?

FEVER PITCH is just as intense as the first two book in the Heavy Influence series, if not more since Aly and Jake have been apart for 3 years. That is a lot of pent up emotion and passion. I really liked how there was a foreshadowing of something possibly life-changing for Jake when his mother makes an unexpected visit to him in London. And we don't know if it's good or bad, but from the way his mother was acting, I'd say it's probably not good and it may cause problems for him and Aly. That's just my guess, of course.

And the sneak peek at the end of the book for Broken Notes left me wanting the next book right that second. I'm really excited for the next installment in this series.

The Guy: Jake has been very successful in the 3 years he and Aly have been apart. He's currently touring Europe with his band, but even with all that success, his life has a hole in it that Aly left behind. And she is the only one who can fill it. Now that they've been together again after so long apart, he's determined to keep Aly with him.

The Girl: Aly is now a senior in high school and she has full rides to a number of colleges to choose from. After spending the last 3 years communicating with Jake over Skype, she desperately wants him in real life. Knowing that her parents still don't approve of her and Jake being together doesn't stop her from buying a plane ticket to London after her 18th birthday to see him. And once she has him in her arms again, she doesn't want to let go.

Aly and Jake have had an intense relationship from the very beginning, back when she was a freshman and he a senior in high school. But it was their very love for each other that tore them apart. It was intense and passionate, but is was also a poison eating at every aspect of their lives. Their parents were vehemently against them being together, and their relationship got in the way of Aly's academic and volleyball and Jake's music career.

Their breakup nearly destroyed them both and it took them months to get where they are today. But what no one knows is that they never stopped communicating. They never stopped loving each other, and now their love for each other is even stronger and more intense than ever. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

When they are together in London, they take their relationship to a level that it's never been to before. But there are still elements out there that could get in the way of their happiness. Aly's college plans, Sophia (you'll have to read the book to find out about her), and whatever it is that Jake's mother is hiding that could change his life.

So the big question we're left with at the end of FEVER PITCH is what happens next? Will Jake and Aly finally be together as they have always wanted? Or will something else come along to rip them apart again?

“Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.”
~Oscar Wilde

            Had I really nodded off, drool dripping out of the side of my mouth? Kill me, yes, I do. I quickly looked around to see if anyone noticed. Mr. Chapman, my Calculus teacher, looked like he was dozing off himself. His hand propped his head up. He’d allowed us the last half of class to study for our next exam. I could hear Nicole snickering while she kicked the back of my chair. I turned and glanced at her over my shoulder, frowning. Looking at the clock, I was relieved to see we only had fifteen minutes to go.
            Nicole kept tapping at the back of my seat and she whispered, loudly. “Late night?” She giggled. “How was the Skype sex?”
            Without turning around, I waved my hand at her, hoping she’d shut up. My eyes darted in every direction, hoping no one heard her. Geez. What the hell? Nicole Hamilton and I had been best friends since practically Kindergarten, and now we were finally seniors. I would be eighteen in six weeks and I had big plans. BIG plans.
I’d kept these secrets from everyone in my life, except Nadine. She was now attending Cal State Long Beach. Nadine Lewis was my rock, my confidant in every single way, much more so than Nicole. Nicole and I had never fully recovered our friendship to the level prior to my Jake meltdown. It was totally catastrophic, like movie shit, like put-me-in-the-loony-bin crazy, for real. People would pay to watch the shit that went down with Jake and I.
It was hard for me to believe Nicole’s sincerity, since she’d chosen sides (in a number of ways), and had decided not to hang out with me while I was chilling with my other dear (and gay) friend Marshall. Nicole had thought it would damage her rep if she hung out with him, since he was different. Even after apologies and tears, for two years we were distantly cordial to each other.
            The bell rang, shaking me from my memories. I bolted out of my seat, shoving past everyone. I was desperate to get home before my mother. I’d absentmindedly left the envelope that held the passport application documents, laying on the coffee table, along with the scribbled notes of where Jake was staying in London. I wasn’t ready for her or my dad to know about Jake being back in my life, and it would be immediately obvious what I was planning if she got a hold of that envelope.
            “Aly! Wait up,” Nicole hollered. “Dude, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you.”
            I smiled. Nothing could upset me these days. “No worries. I just have to get home. I left something out in plain view I don’t want my mom seeing, yet.”
            “Dish! What?” Nicole shuffled alongside me and nudged my shoulder.
            I slung my backpack over to the other side. “That passport application I told you about.”
            “Why would you care if she saw that? She has no idea what you’ve been up to. Just tell her you’re thinking ahead or something. Like we’re planning a graduation trip to Mexico.”
            “She wouldn’t care, really, but I stupidly wrote Jake’s address in London, and like an idiot, scribbled little hearts and his name over and over again all over the envelope.”
            Nicole laughed. “Aww, how cute.” She breathed in heavily, shaking her head. “I still can’t believe you guys are getting back together. I thought he had a girlfriend, that girl in all those pictures with him. What’s her name? Sophia something.”
            My heart lurched. I hated hearing her name. We strode through the parking lot to my car. “For the record, I don’t know if we’re getting back together. I have so many mixed emotions. Like, are we really right for each other? But I want to see him. I want to see how I feel when I’m with him. We’ve been talking for so long and so much has built up. You know, we kinda owe it to each other. And as far as this girlfriend, he says she’s more like a companion, and he told her that he couldn’t make any serious commitments.” I shrugged, trying to convince myself. “Who knows if he’s telling me the truth, but he’s never lied to me before.”
            Nicole tapped the window for me to unlock the passenger door. I slid into the driver’s seat. She huffed as she slammed the door shut. “Didn’t he lie to you about seeing that Eva chick, who he went on tour with?”
“No, he didn’t lie,” I sneered. “He just failed to mention it. That was a long time ago. I was a baby back then. Now I understand why he didn’t tell me.”
“You’re so lucky,” she murmured under her breath, almost like the thought slipped out by accident.
            “What?” Here we go. These were the types of comments that made me hold back confiding in her. Nicole always thought of things as a competition. I don’t think she’d ever realize how lucky and fortunate she was.
            “You’re going out with the hottest musician-rock star…in like…ages. I just can’t believe it’s Jake, of all freaking people. This is like the stuff you watch on E! True Hollywood Story.” She laughed. “And that you two are getting back together.”
            “Dude, we’re not getting back together.”
            “Uh, dude, yes you are. I can feel it in my bones.”
            Pulling up to my house, thankful that my mom wasn’t home from her volunteer job yet. I rushed through the door into the family room, and could see the manila envelope with the blazing red heart doodles practically beating. Picking it up, I looked over my shoulder like my mother would be standing there or something. On my eighteenth birthday, I would be first in line at the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard to turn in my passport application. My heart raced as I thought of Jake and how surprised he’d be when I told him he was what I wanted for my birthday.
            I sank down into the sofa thinking of what it would be like to touch his skin again and to feel his lips on mine. If it weren’t for our several nights a week Skype sessions, I wouldn’t believe it was real. He still wanted me after all these years. It bothered me that I couldn’t talk freely with Nicole about my feelings for Jake. Instead, I chose to stay on the surface with information. Maybe it was because if I admitted to too many people how I truly felt about Jake, they’d think I was losing my mind again.
            I looked up at the clock and it was three-thirty. I needed to talk to Nadine. I had to figure out how to tell my parents that I was going to see Jake. They had no idea that we’d been carrying on, since they’d thought it ended. Guilt rushed through my veins as I thought of how disappointed my dad would be. Ugh. Would he really be? I mean it’s not like Jake was some loser; he actually did make something of himself with his music and has stayed drug free. My dad should really be proud of Jake.
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            I sent a text to Nadine, asking her to come over as soon as possible.
            “So you’re gonna do it? For reals?” Nadine chomped hard on her gum like her life depended on it. She dropped her keys and purse on the floor next to the coffee table. “I’m thirsty. You’re giving me cotton mouth, making me all nervous for you.”
            My hands tingled thinking about it. “Yeah. I need to plant the seed, you know.” I sighed, covering my eyes. I could feel the blood pumping behind them. “How do you think I should do it? How do I go about telling them that Jake and I have been talking?”
            “Aly, you can’t really sugar-coat it. Just tell ’em how it is. You’re practically an adult. You’re going away to college soon. Speaking of, have you decided where? How many colleges did you apply to?”
            “Twenty, but two have already offered me a full ride. I have to make a choice, soon.”
            “Wow.” She said shaking her head. “You’re so fucking lucky.”
            Maybe I really was. I smiled at Nadine. The way she said it, she was really happy for me, unlike Nicole’s edgy tone. “I worked hard at it, you know.”
            “I know you did.” She said and went into the kitchen and grabbed a drink from the fridge. She cracked the top of the Gatorade bottle and looked around. “Where’s your sister?”
            “She’s working at HBO now. She got her marketing dream job and decided to take the last year of college classes at night. I have to say I didn’t think she could do it, but she’s doing it.”
            Nadine nodded her head and concern dashed onto her face. “I don’t know what I wanna do with my life.”
            I cracked a week smile. “It’s ok. I still don’t know what I wanna do either. I’m going to play volleyball and hope to figure it out along the way. I’m going to major in Communications. My dad was hoping I’d be a lawyer like him, ain’t happening.”
            She opened the cupboard and grabbed a bag of chips. “Can I open these? I’m feelin’ snacky.”
            “Help yourself.” I waved her off, my mind elsewhere and reached for my phone. It was five o’clock and the middle of the night in London. Jake would usually hit me up right around this time, with one simple text – ‘How’s my beautiful Alycat?’  I was anxious for his message. It was like a daily drug dose, my fix. I tingled all over thinking about him. I swallowed. “I’m thinking about moving to New York and going to NYU.”
            Nadine eyes sprung wide open as she lifted the lid of the trashcan, spitting her gum into it. “Ummmm. NYU is not on the volleyball school list. Do they even have a team? This is totally all about Jake.” She smiled mischievously at me, opening the bag of chips.
            I sighed. “Why can’t I have it all? Why can’t I have Jake and volleyball and get my degree?”
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            “There’s no beach volleyball in New York City, Aly. Do you hear yourself?” She stuffed a few potato chips into her mouth. “I’m all for love and shit like that. Jake with his hot ass and lifestyle, fucking pick me! You’d be living the dream, that’s for sure, but be real, Aly.” She slumped into the chair across from me, filling her mouth with more chips. I watched her chew and talk with her mouth full. “You have a real chance at playing beach volleyball and traveling around the world. Like gold medal shit, you’re that good. You need to be where you can train.”
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            I narrowed my eyes at her and my stomach flipped. She was right, but I didn’t want to hear it. I wanted her to back me up. “Look at you being all mom-ish. You don’t think it’s a good idea? Really? I can play indoor. I kinda don’t care if the team is division 3 if Jake means what he’s saying. I can get the degree that I want.”
            She sighed loudly and put her feet up on the coffee table. “It sounds perfect. I mean, I guess you can play anywhere, but what’s your coach gonna say? You’ve been playing and winning these beach tournaments, Aly. Pepperdine and USC are offering you something that people would sell their souls for.”
            “I applied to NYU, and I’ve been talking to the girls volleyball coach there.” I blurted out and paused when Nadine’s voice cracked with a hack. “You’re the only one who knows.”
            Nadine coughed more and sat up, grabbing her Gatorade. She took a huge swig and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. “Wow. Does Jake know?”
            “It was his idea.” My hands trembled with nerves from hearing myself admit to what had been churning below the surface.
            My parents were going to shit a ton of bricks.
            I sat in front of my laptop with my wet hair wrapped in a towel. Jake finally sent me a text a few hours later than he normally did. He’d been in rehearsal most of the day with the band, for an upcoming tour through Spain and France. We had a Skype chat set up. It was just about seven in the morning for him. I pulled the towel from my hair and checked my image on computer screen. My heart raced from the excitement streaming through me. I couldn’t wait to talk to him. You’d think after all these years and all that we’d been through that I wouldn’t be reacting this way. Every time I heard his voice or thought about what it would be like to touch him again, my insides fluttered.
            I leaned back into my pillows and pulled my comforter over me. It was cold, the first of December, and Christmas was just around the corner. My big February birthday was just on the horizon. Jake kept asking me what I wanted for my birthday. He was beyond thoughtful. I didn’t want anything from him. Last year he’d surprised me with a Hermés watch. I totally had to lie to my parents, saying it was a knockoff I’d gotten in Venice Beach. I took in a deep breath, trying to calm my nerves. I only wanted him, and tonight I was going to tell him just that. I would inform him of my plans to visit him in London during our Ski Week winter break. My hands became damp just thinking about it, wondering how he would react.
            The familiar ping of Skype rang out, sending my heart into my throat. I took one last look at my reflection in my closet mirror and answered the call.
            “Hey Alycat.” Jake’s voice streamed through my computer. His eyes sparkled so blue, I was desperate to touch his unshaven face. He looked beyond hot, sitting there shirtless. I wanted to kiss every inch of him.
            “Hey you.” I giggled. “You better go put a shirt on. You’re killing me.”
  “Mmm. I think you need to take yours off.”
            “How was practice?” I giggled, brushing off his pervy come-on.
            “Long and sweaty.” He smirked. He was trying to egg me on, and normally I would have bitten, but I was so anxious to share my surprise.
            I clasped my hands under my chin. Here it goes. “So I have something to tell you. I know what I want for my birthday.”
            “Ok, let’s hear it…and don’t tell me ‘nothing’, and leave me to my own devices like you did last year.”
            “Shush.” I teased, placing my index finger over my lips. “I want you for my birthday.”
            A sly, sexy grin spread across his face. “You already have me, Alycat.”
    I squirmed, shifting my legs into a new position. “Not physically, I don’t.” My heart thrashed in my chest, forcing the words to come out. “I want to feel your body next to mine and I don’t want to wait until summer. I’m planning on visiting you about a week after my birthday.” Holy shit, I said it! I’m not sure if it was surprise on his face or what.
            Jake leaned in closer to his screen. “Do you know how badly I want to kiss you? Do you know how you make me wanna do bad things to you, bad good things?”
            I felt the heat rise through my body and an ache penetrated every inch of me. It literally made me wet hearing him say those things to me. “You take my breath away,” I whispered, smiling at the screen. I reached out to touch the image of his face that smiled back at me. I wanted to melt into the screen. “Soooo, to continue,” I said quietly, trying to keep my composure, “I bought a plane ticket already. I haven’t told anyone of my plans, other than Nadine, and I’m gonna spring this on my parents as soon as I grow some balls.”
            He gave me a hearty laugh. “I prefer you without balls, but ok.” He winked at me and shook his head. “Aly I want nothing more than to have you with me, but I don’t know about this. Your parents already hate me…”
     “They don’t hate you,” I interrupted. At least my mom doesn’t.
            “I know they don’t think too highly of me.”
            “They’re actually proud of you, Jake.” My mom was, but my dad had no idea what Jake was up to. Jake’s eyes softened and his mouth clamped shut. “I bring you up every now and then, you know. They’re very aware of all your accomplishments.”
            He sighed, running his hands through his hair. His image became pixelated to match his mood. “I’d love to be a fly on the wall when you tell them what your plans are.”
            I laughed nervously. “I know, right?”
“So when do you think you’ll do it?”
“I don’t know, but the longer I stare at you, the braver I get. Sooooo?” I hummed and propped my chin in my hand. I leaned in closer to the computer. My question lingered, and he just stared back at me, dreamy and perfect.
            “So, the so is I want to touch you so bad.”
            “Ditto,” I purred.
            “I want to kiss you all over.”
            His words made the butterflies swarm. “Mhmm. What else?”
            “I wanna make you…”
            “Alyssa?” I heard my mom’s voice squeeze through my door, and it nearly launched me to the ceiling. My heart thundered like I’d been shocked by a defibrillator and little white dots floated in my vision. My immediate reaction was to slam my laptop lid shut. Oh my god! Did she hear us? Fuck. The doorknob rattled. “Are you alone?”
            I was beyond agitated. What was she still doing up? It was midnight. “Yes, Mom!” I hopped off the bed and grabbed the doorknob, unlocking it. I stalked away getting back in my bed, pulling the laptop back on my lap.
“What’s up?”
            She stalled, blinking twice. “Are you okay?”
            “Yes, Mom,” I growled. “I was watching YouTube. What is it? Shouldn’t you be sleeping?”
            She gave me a stern look to quit it with my attitude.
            “Mom, I’m sorry. I was just starting to nod off and you scared me. You’re usually asleep by now.”
            “I forgot to tell you that the doctor called and rescheduled your physical therapy appointment to five-thirty tomorrow. I’m leaving early in the morning and didn’t want to forget.”
            I sighed, leaning back into my pillows. “Ok. Thanks.” She eyeballed me a little longer, like she was about to call me out or something. Then she shut the door without another word. I opened my laptop and began to write Jake an email. I was too fearful that my mom was lingering at my door to try for another Skype session.
            OMG! I am soooo sorry. My mom came knocking at my door and I freaked out. I thought she heard us, but she didn’t. Thank God. I would have died. Ugh… you have no idea how bad I want February to be here. I think about you every moment of every day. I dream about what it’ll be like to feel you again. I can’t wait to kiss you. I can’t wait to feel your body against mine.
            Love you madly, Aly.
            I hit send and stared at my screen. I kept hitting the refresh button, hoping that he’d answer back right away. He finally did…fifteen minutes later.
            Hey Alycat – Oh man... I needed to cool off anyway ;) You have no idea how bad I want you. You really don’t. I don’t think words or songs or anything can truly describe my feelings for you. I have to show you, touch you...send me your flight info so I can pin it to my wall or somethin’.
            You’re my everything. J

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4 SNIFFS REVIEW: Twelve Steps by Veronica Bartles #Giveaway

Our nose would be very happy to live in this book.

TWELVE STEPS brings us the story of Andi, a girl who feels eclipsed by her older sister, Laina. Everything she does and who she is is compared to Laina - her grades, her actions, etc. The interesting thing is that as the truth of Laina's imperfections come to light, Andi learns that her sister feels like she's in Andi's shadow. So both sisters feel like they are being overshadowed and are trying to find a way to shine.

What I really liked was that, even though they both feel like they need to prove themselves in someway to step out of their respective shadows, they both still love each other very much. Sometimes when one sibling feels like they aren't being treated fairly or the same as the other, they feel resentment and hatred for their sibling. That's not the case in TWELVE STEPS. Both Andi and Laina love and support each other, despite feeling like they aren't seen as equals. Andi, in particular, is very protective if Laina, and I thought that it was really cute and sweet that the younger sibling wanted to protect her sister.

There is also a sort of rivalry (mostly on Andi's part) over the guys they both like. I'll talk more about that in the Romance section of this review.

But I was really happy that TWELVE STEPS ended the way I was hoping that it would!

Andi: She feels like she is never treated with the same treatment as her older sister, Alaina. She always feels like the little sister of Alaina. Everything she does is compared to what Alaina has done before her, instead of being given her earned praises. What she doesn't realize is that even though Alaina may seem like she is perfect - grades, looks, and her male admirers, Andi is right up there with her. She had good grades (except in Biology), she's a beautiful girl, and she has her own fair share of male admirers. Andi is so focused on being blinded by her sisters light that she doesn't see her own.

Laina: And the same could be said for Alaina. She can't see her own light because she is hiding behind her sister's. Alaina had a bad experience with a guy who attacked her and she has a "best friend" who is always tearing down her self esteem, so she doesn't realize (or refuses to acknowledge) that there are a number of other guys who like her and that her best friend is just using her. Alaina is kind of, as Andi's friends say, "Snow White" like. She has this innocent aloofness that prevents her from seeing how her very best friend, Jarod really feels about her.

Jarod: He and Alaina are practically inseparable. They are the very best of friends. When is comes to Alaina, Jarod only has eyes for her and is very protective of her. Especially after he saved her from being attacked further by a male classmate. The only problem is that Alaina is totally unaware of how he really feels about her. So he recruits Andi's help to get Alaina to realize and believe his feeling for her.

Shane: Unfortunately for Jarod, Shane also has feeling for Alaina and also asks Andi's help in telling her. And although Andi is friends with Jarod, she likes him, so she helps Shane in an effort to make Jarod hers. But Shane screws up every chance that Andi makes for him to tell Alaina how he feels.

Dave: On the other hand, Dave has feeling for Andi. As she is trying to get Jarod to choose her, Dave is becoming her best friend, and they form a relationship that is exactly like Alaina and Jarod's. But the difference with Dave is that he sees behind the mask that Andi wears and sees who she really is.

Okay, so this is where is gets interesting. The romance is TWELVE STEPS is not a triangle, but this whole tangled mess, which makes for some really fun and entertaining moments. Which is why I would say this is more of a romantic comedy.

Here's how the tangle goes: Dave likes Andi but Andi likes Jarod, and Jarod like Alaina, and she likes Shane. Both Shane and Jarod ask Andi for her help in confessing their feelings to Alaina. She helps Shane because she sees it as her chance to make Jarod hers, which shouldn't be hard because Alaina already has a crush on Shane. While helping him, Andi and Jarod become closer, and she feels like he's finally seeing her as more than Alaina's little sister. But Jarod is still hung up on Alaina, and while Andi is being jerked back and forth between Jarod's conflicting feelings, Dave is able to make his move. It can go on and on from there.

Now the comparison between Alaina and Jarod's friendship and Andi and Dave's is that it becomes exactly the same, but opposite. Jarod likes Alaina and only has eyes for her, while she is completely clueless to all of this. Whereas Dave likes Andi, but she refuses to acknowledge his feelings, because she only has eyes for Jarod.. Unlike Alaina who is clueless to Jarod's feelings, Andi knows how Dave feels about her, but she feels that their relationship works better if they're friends. So this is an interesting parallel that happens in the relationships in TWELVE STEPS.

So as you can imagine, all of these comedic romance moments leave you guessing as to who will end up with who. What I will say is that both Alaina and Andi ended up with the guys that I was hoping they would. So I was very happy with how this book ended.

Cover Reveal & Review Opportunity: Marked by Hades by Reese Monroe

Last week we posted that Booksniffer Review Tours is working with author Reese Monroe to celebrate the release of the second book in her Bound by Hades series, MARKED BY HADES, which releases on April 14th 2014!

We are looking to get 50+ reviews the first few days of the book's release, anytime from the 14th to 16th of April. We would love to have you join in the celebration!

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This reminds me of one of the rodeo scenes in COWBOYS & KISSES. This photo is actually from the Rodeo Club at Texas A&M, which is the college that Wyatt plans on going to and has been scouted for their rodeo team in the book.

Here is my character casting for Allie in COWBOYS & KISSES!

Here is my character casting for Wyatt in COWBOYS & KISSES!

5 SNIFFS REVIEW: Cowboys & Kisses by Sasha Summers #Giveaway #Excerpt

There is NO WAY you will ever get our nose out of this book!

Allie Cooper's family moves to Black Falls, Texas after an accident that killed her best friend. She's angry, disconnected from her family (except her twin brother Dax) and absolutely hates having to move to this hick town. Then she meets Wyatt Holcomb, a very hot cowboy, with his own share of heartache. She tries to resist how she feels for him, but he's slowly changing her, bringing her back to who she used to be. She's reconnecting with her parents, slowly letting go of her pain and grief, and Black Falls isn't turning out so bad with Wyatt around all the time.

As Allie works through her pain she realizes just how much she hurt her family with her self-absorption and hateful words, and comes to realize just how lucky she is once she learns about Wyatt's family. And when she is finally able to open her heart to those around her, she is given a love she never thought possible.

I abso-freaking-lutely loved COWBOYS & KISSES! I don't really know what to say, I loved this story so much. I think I'll just leave it at this:

COWBOYS & KISSES was an intense story that kept my riveted. The relationships between the characters were realistic and you could relate to them on a personal level. And I want my own cowboy after reading this book. I am just so excited and eagerly awaiting the next book in the Black Falls, Texas series!

The Guy: Wyatt Holcomb is a truly good and nice guy. He's genuine. His family suffered a tragedy that tore them apart, and now Wyatt is basically on his own. He works hard to support himself, while still going to school and participating in the rodeo. And he's really good as a rodeo cowboy, he even has college scouts interested in him. He plans on becoming a large animal veterinarian. But something was missing from his life. While he has great friends and a promising future, he didn't feel like he had a real home until he met Allie.

Oh my goodness, Wyatt is just an all-around amazing guy. I don't know how anyone could not fall hard and fast for him. Not only is he a gorgeous guy on the outside, but he's a beautiful person on the inside too.

The Girl: Allie Cooper hides her pain, grief, and guilt over her best friends death behind a mask of anger. She blames herself for her friends death and can't move on without feeling like she's betraying her. Moving to Black Falls just makes her even more angry and she uses that anger to lash out at the people around her. The only person who is able to see behind her angry mask is Wyatt and that unnerves her. With things changing Allie realizes that she need to find what she really wants for her future.

Allie makes a dramatic change in COWBOYS & KISSES. She comes into Black Falls as an angry and bitter person, but quickly starts realizing how she's been acting and treating people, and that it's not right. Wyatt has a positive influence on her and once she opens her heart again, she's a very different person.

The romance in COWBOYS & KISSES was slow building and intense. From the very first time Allie and Wyatt met there was a palpable atmosphere between them.

Of course, in the beginning Allie is still this bitter and mean person, and she pushes Wyatt and her growing feelings for him away. But it's not so easy when he's at her house every day helping to fixing things and walking around with his shirt off. And then when she sees how genuine and sincere he is, her walls slowly start crumbling and she begins letting her guard down around him.

Then there's Wyatt with his lonely family (or maybe I should say non-family) life. He's always working and trying to make a better life for himself. But he also understands the pain that Allie is going through and he wants to be there for her. And then there is his father ordering him to stay away from her.

And in between all of this life drama is the intense stares, gentle comforts, and love-filled kisses. It's a build up of passion and love so powerful it could set the dry Texas land on fire. I seriously thought I'd need a fan. This is one of the most passionate young adult romances I think I've ever read.

“I don’t feel right leaving you here alone.” His voice had an edge to it.

I paused, trying to think of the right words. “I’m not your problem.”

He smiled, his brows going up. “You’re nobody’s problem.”

“My parents would argue with that, but that’s not what I meant and you know—”

He stood up suddenly. “You’re not my problem.” He crossed to me. “But…Allie, I want you to be.”

I really like the sound of that. Which hurt. I’m the last thing you need.

As hard as it was to breathe, I managed to argue. “No, you really don’t.” I sidestepped him, needing distance to keep fighting. “I’m one of those damaged goods on the quick-sale table at the grocery store. Pretty packaging makes you curious, interested, but then you get it home and open it up and realize you wasted your time and money on trash.” I walked out of the kitchen as I spoke. More distance.

His hand caught my arm. “Jesus, Allie, that’s harsh.”

I very carefully pulled my arm out of his hold. “Sometimes the truth is. My best friend taught me that.”

4 SNIFFS REVIEW: Uncovering You - The Contract by Scarlett Edwards #Giveaway #Excerpt #RRTours

Our nose would be very happy to live in this book.

UNCOVERING YOU: THE CONTRACT is the story of Lilly Ryder, a young woman who thoughts she was going to have it all, until it was all taken from her by J.S.

This is a dark romance, meaning that it has elements that show abuse, suffering, and sometimes torture. In UNCOVERING YOU: THE CONTRACT, Lilly is subjected to psychological abuse and suffering. She's kidnapped, then kept in a large, empty, and dark room. She's collared, left alone with hardly any food or water, then offered a way out in the form of a contract. The only clue she has to who her captor is is the initials at the end of the contract "J.S." But the contract is, in a way, another form of abuse, in that she has a way out of the situation she's in, but only if she signs away her freedom.

The prologue of this book really starts things off with a bang. We are shown small snippets from the future, slowly going back in time to the present, when Lilly wakes up in the dark room. My heart was pounding right away, especially with the very first snippet. It left me wondering what could have happened to get to that point, and by the time I got to the end of the book, I was desperately wanting the next book.

That's the only problem I have with books that are separated into parts. They are so short and leave you wanting more from the story. But with UNCOVERING YOU: THE CONTRACT, I was so much on the edge of my seat that none of that mattered.

I also liked how once the story gets to the present, it flashes back to a past event as Lilly is left in the dark room reflecting and remember what has happened to get her where she is.

For this book, I'm only going to talk about Lilly, since she's the main focus of the story, and not much is known about the mysterious J.S.

Lilly goes to an Ivy League college, and has a great future in front of her. She's offered an internship with a great company, and everything is finally working out for her. That is until, the contract that she was working on was scrapped, and she lost everything.

Lilly is a very strong and determined woman. Even though she's hit a hard place, she determined to make it until she can get back to school. It's this strength that keeps her going while she's being held captive by J.S. But she's also really stubborn, and in the situation she's in, that stubbornness could cost her her life.

But I do understand why she's not going to give in so easily to J.S.'s demands. Lilly is a fiercely independent woman, and signing away her freedom to a man who drugged, kidnapped, and imprisoned her, just isn't going to happen without a fight.

The mysterious J.S. is our villain in UNCOVERING YOU: THE CONTRACT. Who he is isn't revealed until the end of this first book, when Lilly is finally able to remember who she knows that has those initials.

The question everyone wants answered is why has he taken Lilly and subjected her to all of this? What is he really after and what does he have planned for Lilly? Part of that is answered when Lilly reads the contract. But then we are left with the question of why J.S. would go to such lengths to get what he wants.

I mean, Lilly is so close to death, because she refuses to sign that "vile piece of paper." And there are no signs that he's willing to let her go, no matter how close she is to death.

But when Lilly finally figures out who J.S. is, she vows to get revenge by taking him down.

In the dark, I lose all sense of time.

My sleep is thin. My wakefulness is misery.

A vague longing grows deep inside me. The need for submission. A natural willingness ground into me by the madness taking hold of my mind. I feel it rising. The demonic form consumes me from the womb, sapping my strength, and breaking my resolve.

A cry—no, a scream—rings out in the cold furnace of the night. My head jerks toward the sound.

Is it even night? I don’t know.

I am so tired. I am so lonely. I am breaking, and madness is taking hold.

It’s times like this that the animalistic urge to give in becomes nigh insatiable…

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Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France

Today’s nonfiction post is on Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France by Caroline Moorehead. It is 384 pages long including notes and a bibliography. The cover is a picture of village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. The intended reader is someone who is interested in War World 2 history and hopeful, real life bravery. There is no sex, no language, and the violence is just talked about. The story is told from third person close with letters and interviews added in for depth. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- Le Chambon-sur-Lignonis a small village of scattered houses high in the mountains of the Ardeche, one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of eastern France. During the Second World War, the inhabitants of this tiny mountain village and its parishes saved thousands wanted by the Gestapo: resisters, Freemasons, communists, OSS and SOE agents, and Jews. Many of those they protected were orphaned children and babies whose parents had been deported to concentration camps.
With unprecedented access to newly opened archives in France, Britain, and Germany, and interviews with some of the villagers from the period who are still alive, Caroline Moorehead pains an inspiring portrait of courage and determination: of what was accomplished when a small group of people banded together to oppose their Nazi occupiers. A thrilling and atmospheric tale of silence and complicity, Village of Secrets reveals how every one of the inhabitants of Chambon remained silent in a country infamous for collaboration. Yet it is also a story about mythmaking, and the fallibility of memory.
A major contribution to WWII history, illustrated with black-and-white photo, Village of Secrets sets the record straight about the events in Chambon, and pays tribute to a group of heroic individuals, most of them women, for whom saving others became more important their own lives.

Review- I found this to be a very inspiring story. One group of people led by both their local leaders and their own sense of right decided that no one was going to the Germans. This village was truly something unique. Over the course of the occupation only 12 people were taken from Le Chambon-sur-Lignonis. They hid at least 883 people and if you count all the people who hid there for a short time or just passed through to get documents the numbers become staggering. The writing is approachable. The story is moving and the real people are interesting. Moorehead wants to try and set the record straight about this little village and the province that it is in. The people who live and lived there value silence so there has been rumor with little to no fact checking but Moorehead was able to get more information. With archives opening up, interviews with children who lived there and through the war, and just plain old research she wants to lift the veil on this story. I think she did but I knew nothing about this place and its people before reading this book. I am going to be doing some personal research into this now to see for myself.

I give this book a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I was given this book by HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review.


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Angelina Jolie Versus Brad Pitt

When it comes to Hollywood couples making big headlines the drama of Jolie and Pitt will forever come to mind. Children, scandal, and divorce are not the only things that this ending duo have in common. Each one has had an extensive acting career that does not appear to be ending soon. Out of this doomed couple only one has had the largest box office hits.

Angelina Jolie movies have had their share of wins in the award department. In the year 2007 Jolie took home the win for Nickelodeons Teen Choice Award for her performance in Mr & Mrs Smith, which is where she and Pitt became a thing as he played the leading male role. Her awards from this movie were for Choice Movie Actress in an action adventure and thriller movie, Choice Movie Liar, and Choice Movie Rumble, which she shared the honors of the award with Pitt. In 1999 Jolie won the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries award for her role in Gia. In the year 2000 she won the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in her role in the movie Girl, Interrupted. Jolie also won an Oscar for her role in this big box office hit. From there her fame just kept growing. In total Jolie has taken home over 47 awards. Out of those 47 awards 6 were for the Golden Globe award.

Movies with Brad Pitt are no slouch when it comes to winning awards for his acting abilities. He has taken home over 62 awards of his own, which is plenty more than Ms. Jolie. This is not to say that she did not beat him in areas of importance. Mister Pitt has only ever taken home one Golden Globe award. This award was given for his performance in the movie Twelve Monkeys, not exactly a feel good movie, which hit the screen in 1995. Pitt also won one Oscar and this was for his role in the outstanding box office hit 12 Years a Slave, which was released in 2013.


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Friday, 28 May 2010

Roughing Out Yew Stave

The stave was cut from the Gibberd garden late last October (I made them a wooden donations box in exchange for it). It was split in two and some of the side wood chopped off.
The dark pithy centre of the stave shows a nice wiggle, which will be retained in the final bow.

Normally I'd rough it out further using an axe. I've had pretty bad tennis elbow recently and I've bought a bandsaw off E-bay, so I've used that to take the stave down a bit further for the next 4 months of seasoning.
It takes a bit of care to use a bandsaw without taking off too much, while trying to follow the curves of the wood. The pic with my longbow gives an idea of how much timber is still left and also the natural reflex of the stave. The log was originally straight, the reflex is just the tension in the wood, this usually happens when a log is split and most of this will probably come out as the bow is tillered. The bow on the left was roughly straight as a log, and has taken a little set through use.

The heartwood/sapwood boundary isn't very well defined, but it will probably become clearer as the wood ages and is finished.
The next step is to remove the bark, there is a nice line of small pin knots on one limb, these could become a very pretty feature along with the wiggle.

Thursday, 20 May 2010

What Next?

I'm pondering what to build next, I have some Hazel and Ash which is seasoned. My Yew staves need some more time, but there's one which was cut Oct 26th last year, I could start roughing that out a bit to speed up the final stages of seasoning and allow me to plan the bow.
Maybe a flat Ash bow with recurved tips, The Ash is a slice from just under the bark, the growth rings seem rather close and I'm not certain how the wood will be, that's why it was sliced off when making the kids bows for the club. It would be a quick fun project and I'd find out what the close grained Ash was like.
I'll make do with some armchair bowyery meanwhile until the weekend.

Sunday, 16 May 2010

I was having a bad day anyway. I rear ended a car on the way to archery. The bow shot well, but I thought, I'd improve the arrow pass, ease off the tip of the upper limb and lose a pound or two to give it a bit of safety factor.
Now 25" seemed like a reasonable safety factor on a 24" draw bow, until it went BANG!

I'm philosophical about it as it was experimental and I've learned a lot.
As my Mum would say, the man who never made a mistake never made anything.

The possible cause of failure is an area of the glue line where there doesn't seem to have been contact between back and belly. (Outlined in red). Elsewhere you can see the wood has failed and remained attached to the glue.

Friday, 14 May 2010

Pics at last

The bow is 55 pound draw weight at 24". It's fast, I shot through my chronometer which measured the arrow speed as 165 feet per second (112.5 mph) almost as fast as my Longbow.
I shall shoot in in earnest at the club on Sunday.
The picture of the belly shows the myriad of knots and how I've allowed some slight swelling in the width of the bow where the larger knots are (this avoids weak spots and also adds some character).
The Ash backing is sawn roughly following a ring (as opposed to quarter sawn acrossthe rings) this gives some nice, but slightly unconvention grain on the back. Effectively it is more like a stave cut naturally from a tree, rather than a bow laminated from quarter sawn planks. I'll add some more pics in a later post.

Thursday, 13 May 2010

The bow is nearly done, I took the bull by the horns and went for it.
Fully braced at about 5 3/4" I drew it to 24" very briefy, I glanced at the spring balance on the tillering rig, it read 56 pounds...
Whew, that gives me a bit of poundage to play with for final tillering. Anything over 50 pounds at 24" is a great result.
I've been smoothing the limbs with a cabinet scraper, a great tool for removing the last file and rasp marks, vastly better and quicker than sandpaper. My scraper was pretty blunt but I checked out some videos on You Tube which show sharpening methods, some are a bit fussy but some are V good.
I just went across one edge with a file and burnished over the edge using the shaft of a big screwdriver, it gave a nice sharp burred edge which takes off very fine shavings, a very worth while couple of minutes work.
A cabinet scraper is highly recommended if you havn't tried one, they are cheap and very effective.
Pics to follow over the weekend...
Update! :- made a proper string and cut down an arrow which had a broken tip down to 24" (to avoid any chance of overdrawing) Shot a couple of times in the garage, it needed a bit of adjustment to smooth and shape the arrow pass (the bit of the grip where the arrow rubs the side of the bow as it leaves the bow). It seems pretty fast, but I must admit I put a 50 grain pile on the arrow which is as light as they come. Once it's finished I'll shoot some through the chronometer to measure how fast it really is.
(They always look fast on those first few shots especially indoors!)

Saturday, 8 May 2010

Getting there!

About 45 pounds at 20", slowly getting there.
the shorter left limb is deceptive as there is a bit of a natural bend about 1/3 of the way from the handle, there also doesn't appear to be any bend near the handle. It's very tricky, if I remove too much near the handle where it fades from limb to handle, it is liable to break as that's a natural weak point. It's come on a bit since that pic, in terms of smoothing the curve of that left limb.
There's still a long way to go as it's still not braced to it's correct height.
I filled a longitudinal crack/groove in the handle where the pith at the centre of the log was exposed (I let in a piece of the same Cherry wood). Longitudinal cracks aren't too much of a problem in bows.
The Ash back is being smoothed now too, using metal working files and wet & dry paper.
I'm still not entirely sure where I want it to end up, the grip is very small and there's not much of an arrow pass...maybe it will end up as a flight bow, maybe it will break, but maybe it will end end up as a punchy little field bow which anchors to the nose or cheek bone just beneath the eye for those close range shots.
I s'pose that's the great fun of making stuff, you never know quite what you'll get until it's in your hand.

I've finished my first bit of sculpture repair work for the Gibberd Gallery.
The two crows are called Fred & Aristottle, by sculptor Claire Guest.
The roof of their bird table needed replacing and much of the other structure too. The crows were originally free standing and moveable, but when the garden opened to the public they needed fixing down, unfortunately this wasn't done very well and the crow on the right had one foot missing and one the wrong way round. He was also fixed with his tail screwed down to the deck.
As I carefully dissmantled him it becam apparent how he was originally designed. I tried to restore him faithfully to the original design, this involved making one new tail feather which needed burning and rubbing with mud and algae to match it up.
The crows are of Bog Oak, and as such are almost like coal in some parts.
It was nice to see them restored as they are favourites with visitors.
I supect the crow on the left may have originally had toes fixed to the end of his legs, I may research it further and make replacements if I find it's appropriate.

Thursday, 6 May 2010

Starting to Tiller the Bow

A picture is worth a thousand words. I started with a slack string and shortened it as I got the bow starting to flex.
The string is shortened by threading it through the wooden toggle (half way along the right side of the string). It's a piece of plywood with two holes drilled in it, they are carefully smoothed so that they con't cut into the string. It saves making multiple strings, it can even be used for a test shot or two!

That was just over an hours work, cutting some nocks and getting starting to flex reasonably evenly.
I know it was just over an hour, because I got a phone call from my wife saying I was supposed to have picked her up ten minutes ago... Whoops!
The left limb is a bit stiff, and it's difficult to judge how even the bend is due to the limbs not being straight to start with. hasn't exploded yet, I'm aiming for a 24" draw initially at say 50pounds. I've had it back to 35 pounds so far in that last picture.

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Horn Nock Fitting Tool

Note:- I've added two posts showing full detail of how I do a horn nock.

The old question of horn nocks on longbows came up on one of the archery sites (Archery Interchange).
I happened to mention a handy tool to aid the fitting of horn nocks.
One of those flat wood boring bits is usually ground to a curved point to drill the hole into the horn. If the same tool is then used to drill into a block of Oak (or similar) it can have a slit cut into it to hold a strip of sandpaper, this can be used like a giant pencil sharpener to help shape the nock ends of the bow giving a very close fit. Of course it still requires rough shaping first and a bit of fiddling and fettling, but it is a great tool.

The cut away section lets you see what's going on while you are using it and lets the end of the sandpaper stip come out of the block so you can grip it.

Here's the drill bit and little grind wheel used to shape it...It started life as a 1" bit but has been reground to various odd sizes before this final incarnation.

The guys on the site thought it was a great tip so I've posted it here.
I havn't had time to work on the experimental bow this week as I've been busy doing some repair work on a wooden sculpture...I'll post a pic of it when it's finished. Hopefully this weekend I'll press on with the Ash/Cherry bow.


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Manila, Nov 8, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - The Asia Pacific Real Estate Association, in collaboration with the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc., Management Association of the Philippines, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines and Investment House Association of the Philippines will host the Asia Pacific Real Estate Investment Summit Philippines this coming 14th of November 2012 at the InterContinental Manila, Philippines.

About 200 domestic and foreign property and business leaders will convene at this industry's landmark event to tackle on the latest developments and project pipelines in the property sector including the following timely and objective topics:

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The Asia Pacific Real Estate Investment Summit Philippines features keynote speeches and expert panel sessions led by an outstanding line-up of speakers including:

- Hon. Jejomar Binay, Vice President, Republic of the Philippines
- Jaime Ysmael, Chairman of the Board, APREA - Philippine Chapter and Chief Finance Officer, Ayala Land Inc.
- Peter Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Real Estate Association
- Lindsay Orr, Chief Operating Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle Leechiu
- Antonino Aquino, President, Ayala Land Inc.
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- Al Legaspi, Chief Operating Officer, Ayala Land Hotels and Resorts Corporation
- Christopher de la Cruz, Chairman, Philippine Green Building Council

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- Ashu Dutt, Chief Executive Officer, Northbridge Capital
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Admission fee per registrant, inclusive of full access to the event proceedings, materials, meal functions and networking receptions are as follow:

- APREA / PSE / MAP / FINEX / IHAP Members: US$350.00
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Caravan Owners Seek Home Comforts on UK Holidays, Confirms Park Resorts

LONDON, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

The UK's leading caravan experts reveal the biggest reason for their Owners to upgrade

The caravan park operator has revealed that 25% of existing Park Resorts Owners surveyed in 2012 upgraded their caravans to benefit from double glazing and central heating. In the survey, more Owners selected double glazing or central heating as the reason to part exchange their caravans than reasons such as layout, price or size.

This research suggests that the inclement weather in the UK throughout 2012 has led caravan Owners to take steps to ensure they can still enjoy their holiday home whenever they want, without sacrificing on comfort.

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"The unfortunate fact of life in England is that it's not always warm - even in the summer! That's why we offer a wide range of new and used caravans for sale with double glazing and central heating included as standard, for new customers and existing Owners alike. In fact, we currently have a 30% sale on selected stock across our 39 parks, meaning more customers can enjoy warmer caravans for less!"

The UK's leading caravan experts, Park Resorts, offer a range of static caravans for sale at 39 coastal locations. The teams on Park are always on hand to assist customers with their purchase, with a wide range of models suitable for both new and more experienced caravan buyers. New caravans are available from £19,995 and used from £9,995 - there really is a caravan holiday home fit for every budget.

Visit the Park Resorts website to view more information, order a brochure, arrange a visit or request a call back.

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SINGAPORE, Dec. 1, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - The Richard Chandler Corporation ("RCC") announced today that Jasmine Capital Investments Pte Limited ("Jasmine") has acquired 62,670,000 common shares (the "Acquired Shares") of WesternZagros Resources Ltd. ("WesternZagros"), which represents approximately 15.21% of the issued and outstanding common shares of WesternZagros.  The Acquired Shares were acquired through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange at a price of C$1.18 per common share.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 01/04/13 -- CTEK, a global battery maintenance brand, is highlighting the importance of checking the health of a vehicle's battery, especially when the journeys being undertaken are never more than a few miles in length.

To fully charge a modern car battery through the alternator when driving, it typically takes 240 miles. Therefore, many stop-start journeys, for example to a nearby workplace, can result in a battery becoming deeply discharged. Not only does this increase the chance of the vehicle unexpectedly not starting, but not caring for the power source over a long period of time can shorten the batteries life by more than half.

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Jan-Ulf Soderberg, head of brand and marketing at CTEK, says "During winter a vehicle's battery is put under a lot of extra stress due to the cold temperatures and therefore vehicles are more likely to break down as a result. Furthermore, the need for undertaking a battery maintenance routine becomes even more essential if the car is being used for a large number of short drives.

"There is no convenient time for your vehicle to break down and the most common cause, battery failure, is easily avoidable. Ensuring a battery is correctly charged and in good health is even more essential when embarking on lots of short journeys as the alternator doesn't have time to do its job. Therefore, we are reminding all car owners to take the time to care for their batteries this winter."

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