Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

Title: Splendors and Glooms
Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Stand Alone
Format-ebook
Published: August 28th 2012
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages: 388
Source: NetGalley

Overview:
Clara Wintermute appears to have the good life. She is bestowed with presents galore, lives in a mansion for a home, and is g…

1st Blogoversary

One year ago today I created She's Got Books on Her Mind. Why did I create it? I had been viewing blogs for a good while (maybe a year or two) and I finally decided to create my own book blog. I really didn't know what I was getting into myself. I've learned a lot and even though my wr…

Any Love But Mine by Debbie Davies

Title: Any Love But Mine
Author: Debbie Davies
Series: Book #1
Format: Epub
Published: March 3rd 2012
Publisher: Night Publishing
Pages: 159
Source: Author

Overview: 
Acacia was created for Eros, the god of love, but she was dismissed and sent to Earth to use people's auras to find the right ma…

Discussion: Chapters 18-23 of Golden Compass #HDMReadalong

The His Dark Materials Readalong is hosted by The Overstuffed Bookcase and The Daily Bookmark. I know I'm late but this last Friday Andrea at The Overstuffed Bookcase posted the last of the discussion questions for The Golden Compass before we move on to the next book.
Question: Without trying …

The Sheol by Mia Hoddell

Title: The Sheol
Author: Mia Hoddell
Trilogy: Book #1 (The Wanderer Trilogy)
Format: Mobi
Published: April 2012
Publisher: Mia Hoddell via Smashwords
Pages: 120
Source: Author

Overview:
Kala just came away from killing her now ex-fiancee after she was ordered to. He was already going to die her bos…

2012 Fall Into Reading

How I love challenges. I decided to join this challenge after seeing it at rinn reads. This particular challenge is hosted by Callapidder Days. It runs from today (September 22nd) to December 21st. This will keep me in line with what I need to read which will be comprised of books I get from the l…

Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig

Title: Pretty Crooked
Author: Elisa Ludwig
Series: Book #1
Format: Hardcover
Published: March 13th 2012
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)
Pages: 360
Source: Library

Overview:
Willa's mother is an artist so it's safe to say they had a lot of cash flow prob…

Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach

Title: Stupid Fast
Author: Geoff Herbach
Stand Alone
Format: E-Book
Published: June 1st 2011
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 245
Source: Own

Overview:
Felton Reinstein has suddenly gone from being small, skinny, and being a squirrel nut to this big, really hairy, and now he might possibly be a f…

Blog Tour: Mahogany Slade by Stephen Robinson

You may or may not have noticed a banner on the side of She's Got Books on Her Mind of a blog tour coming up. Well today's the day that I share with you my take on Robinson's Mahogany Slade.

You won't immediately figure out who Mahogany Slade is and I won't ruin it for you. The …

The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn

Florence is going to finally get away from Mrs. Medleycoate's Home for Orphan Girls. Even more importantly from Mrs. Medleycoate herself. She will miss her friends but she will finally have new clothes and warm meals. She also has two cousins that she intends on befriending. She's an ordin…

Discussion: Chapters: 10-17 of Golden Compass #HDMReadalong

It's the second discussion day for the His Dark Materials Readalong. This week the questions were made by  The Daily Bookmark. Remember if you haven't read The Golden Compass tread lightly when reading this post because you might get some spoilers!
Question: We have met a large cast of char…

2012 Book Blogger Appreciation Week - Friday

Well this week was a bust. We are supposed to  reflect back on what this week was like and what we learned but I didn't have much time at all to even think about what I could have learned. Finally my two exams are over so I can read and review again. At least I was able to make a post on Monda…

A Month of Sundays by Ruth White

Garnet hasn't has the best life around. She's had to wear hand me downs, live on top of a grocery store, and her father deserted her before she ever was even born. Her mother refuses to get any help from her father even if it'll better her life. Instead of doing that she decided to jus…

2012 Book Blogger Appreciation Week- Monday

It's book blogger appreciation week! I didn't get to participate in the last one because well I didn't have a blog yet. There are no awards this year but I'll be discussing with you guys today some of the great blogs I've come across that I check daily.

21 Pages

21 pages has to …

Book Discoveries #2

I started this little ritual two weeks ago. I don't know if it's going to be every two weeks or not still. The last post if you see is randomly all white. Apparently I cannot copy and paste anything any longer because that will happen. Oh well! Hope I can get you to discover some new books!

30 Day Book Challenge Day-8

This challenge is hosted by In Between
8-Favorite Quotes From Books
"What I need to survive is not Gale's fire kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise tha…

I Couldn't Help It!

I can't help but change my blog. I like having all the things on the side. I like the clutter but it doesn't look like clutter to me. It looks like it's my blog now. You can yell but I will forever be changing my blog. I get bored easily and I will stop commenting about blog background …

Our Blissful Bayou Beginnings by Danielle Peterson

Duck and Doe are immortal. That's of course not their real names but pet names for each other. This story is all about their devoted love to each other and how they became forever human or a better word for it... undead. The narrator is the man in the situation. He is a lawyer who lives in Lou…