Buffy's Ramblings

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. I'm sharing a little about Call Me Crazy by Quinn Loftis. Happy reading! ***************************** “I’m looking out from inside the chaos. It must be a one-way mirror because no one seems to be able to see back inside to where I am. The looks on their faces, the judgment in their eyes, tells me everything I need to know. The most frustrating part about the whole messed up situation is that even though I’m the one that they stare at in shock, I am just as shocked as they are. I know no more than they do of why I lose control. What they don’t know is that I am more scared of myself than they could ever be.” ~ Tally Baker After a devastating turn of events, seventeen year old Tally Baker is admitted to Mercy Psychiatric Facility where she is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She has come to a place where she honestly believes that her life is over. Her mind tells her that she will never smile or laug...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. I have MS Brannon, author of Scarred Love , here today. Welcome! ***************************** Inspiration to My Writing For me, inspiration comes from many different sources and events surrounding my life, a close friend or family member, or someone random stranger. I like to people watch. Sitting in a busy place I love to try and figure out what that person’s particular story could be. I will almost study them to the point it could be considered staring, watching their body language, interactions with others, and mannerisms they will you. Then try and write their story in my head. Often times ,I will end up writing down what I’ve encountered in that moment and develop it into a short story in a matter of moments. Or I will see or hear of a certain event that’s happened and it will remind me of story I am currently working on. I will find a why to incorporate it into the story. Scarred Love in particu...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. Let's give a warm welcome to Cameron D James, author of Autumn Fire ! ***************************** 10 Things Readers Would Be Surprised to Know About Me There’s always some mystique behind the label of “Author.” Just who, exactly, is that guy? Is he normal? Weird? Sexy? Dorky? Well, here are ten things you might be surprised to know about me: 10. I do not have internet or cable at home. My partner and I have to camp out at Starbucks when we need to do internet work, and we occasionally buy a TV season on DVD if it sounds good. This will soon change, though, as the phone company is coming to install internet next week! Still no plans for TV. 9. I LOVE world travel. I’ve been to Canada, USA, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, and the West Bank. Those were not all in one trip, of course. I hope to retu...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. I'm sharing a little bit about Hannah Pole's newest release, Silence of the Wolves . Happy reading! ***************************** After a strange encounter in a dark alley, journalist Tamriel’s life is turned upside down. She’s missing days, developing odd new abilities, and being followed by mysterious Leyth. Dark, dangerous – and too gorgeous for his own good –Leyth’s determined to teach Tamriel about her new life – as a werewolf! And just as intent on keeping their relationship strictly business. But as their simmering bond grows, Tamriel and Leyth face a bigger challenge; Tam may be their kind’s strongest weapon against the Circle, a deadly group of paranormal creatures gone rogue. That is, if she’s ready to give into her destiny and put up the fight of her life... Buy at Amazon ~EXCERPT~ Slowly, carefully, Tam moved. Only an inch as she lowered herself to the ground and, in one pain...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. I'm sharing my reviews of Play With Me and Ryan Hunter by Piper Shelly. Happy reading! ***************************** Summary: Liza is prepared to play soccer to get her man, but she never bargained for the team's captain. With his mischievous smile, he rocks her world... Ryan Hunter's parties are legend. And tonight she's going to be there. Liza Matthews anticipates the return of her best friend and only love since kindergarten from soccer camp. But when Tony finally shows up, his mind is more focused on another girl. And worse, she's a soccer player. Fighting for the attention Liza craves, she's just a hairbreadth away from making a very stupid decision. But when extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, she's prepared to play ball to get her man. The tryouts are hell, the first match ends bloody, and the morning after the selection party she wakes up in the wo...

HAPPY RELEASE DAY! After a strange encounter in a dark alley, journalist Tamriel’s life is turned upside down. She’s missing days, developing odd new abilities, and being followed by mysterious Leyth. Dark, dangerous – and too gorgeous for his own good –Leyth’s determined to teach Tamriel about her new life – as a werewolf! And just as intent on keeping their relationship strictly business. But as their simmering bond grows, Tamriel and Leyth face a bigger challenge; Tam may be their kind’s strongest weapon against the Circle, a deadly group of paranormal creatures gone rogue. That is, if she’s ready to give into her destiny and put up the fight of her life... Buy at Amazon ~EXCERPT~ Slowly, carefully, Tam moved. Only an inch as she lowered herself to the ground and, in one painstaking movement, she knelt before the wolf. Her knife was clipped to the side of her bra and her hands itched to reach for it, but she knew it was a bad idea. Currently the wolf was showing ...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. I have Anne Pfeffer, author of Girls Love Travis Walker here today talking about expectations. Welcome! ***************************** What to Expect When You Read Girls Love Travis Walker Readers often tell me my books surprised them. They say there was a lot more there than they’d expected, a lot more story and emotion. I don’t set out to make my books unpredictable or unusual, but that’s how they seem to end up. Fortunately, most people (or the ones who write letters and reviews, anyway) are happily surprised. But because I’d like you to know what you’re getting, I thought I’d try to explain this book a little and tell you what early readers are saying. To understand Girls Love Travis Walker, think of Will Smith’s film The Pursuit of Happyness (a man struggling to keep his family off the streets), combined with a classic romance novel (boy meets, loses, and gets girl), combined with a main charac...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. I have Eva Pohler, author of The Gatekeeper's Daughter , here sharing her thoughts on your "inner goddess". Happy reading! ;-) ***************************** Awakening Your Inner Goddess (Sans Fifty Shades of Grey ) When I say girls need to awake their inner goddesses, I’m not referring to the kind of inner goddess described by E.L. James in Fifty Shades of Grey (though I’m not opposed to awakening that type either). What I’m talking about is the warrior goddess of power inside each one of us, often latent and unrecognized in girls who continue to live in a world where men hold the highest offices in government, church, and the work force. Girls are less subjugated today than they were fifty years ago, and although the playing field still isn’t perfectly level, the real culprit holding back most girls is themselves. As Alice Walker has said, “The most common way people give up their power is...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blitz. I'm sharing a bit about Welcome to Paradise by Rosalind James. Happy reading! ***************************** Mira Walker is hoping that competing on a “living history” reality show will give her what’s missing from her real life. Maybe she’ll get closer to her boyfriend, who hasn’t been all that nice to her lately. Get fired up about her job again. Who knows, she might even win a million dollars. Gabe Kincaid and his brother Alec are after that million too, though. Mira and Scott are no threat at all, not when everybody involved is going to want to kill Scott after the first day. And there’s no bond stronger than a twin’s. What could possibly go wrong? Buy at Amazon ~EXCERPT~ Gabe began to haul out suitcases, then stopped in his tracks. A couple spaces beyond, a young woman stood next to a glossy black BMW with its door open, her gaze turned up to the eastern skyline. Gabe could see why. The...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blog tour. I have the author of The Beast Within , Jonathan Yanez here today sharing his top 5 things an author should know. Welcome! ***************************** Starting Out As A Writer – 5 Things You Should Know 1. Understand that if you are going to do this you need to make a commitment o yourself first that you are willing to see this all the way through. 2. Understand that being an author is a marathon, not a sprint. You have to write and work on writing everyday. 3. Don’t quit your day job, it will take time for you to start making a living off writing. 4. Don’t get discouraged, everything, if it’s one word or one sentence is progress and a step closer to your goal. 5. Being an author just isn’t about writing anymore you have to be willing to build your platform through; Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, writing groups, conferences, etc… ***************************** About the Author ...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this promo blitz . I'm sharing an excerpt from The Ending by Lindsey Fairleigh and Lindsey Pogue. Happy reading! ***************************** The Virus spread. Billions died. The Ending began. We may have survived the apocalypse, but the Virus changed us. When people started getting sick, “they” thought it was just the flu. My roommate, my boyfriend, my family…they’re all gone now. I got sick too. I should have died with them—with the rest of the world—but I didn’t. I thought witnessing the human population almost disappear off the face of the earth was the craziest thing I’d ever experience. I was so wrong. My name is Dani O’Connor, I’m twenty-six-years-old, and I survived The Ending. The Virus changed everything. The world I knew is gone, and life is backwards. We’ve all had to start over. I’ve been stripped of my home, my dreams…all that is me. I’m someone else now — broken and changed. Other survivors’ memo...

Reading Addiction Blog Tours is hosting a cover reveal for Kristie Cook's The Space Between . I'm here to share that cover and an excerpt with you. Happy Reading! The Space Between - Part One in the Book of Phoenix When Life Falls to Pieces, Answers Lie in the Space Between. After a month-long dance tour through Italy, 20-year-old Leni Drago returns to Georgia to care for her great-uncle, only to find him gone, the home they shared empty and any evidence he ever existed wiped out. All that’s left is a journal she can’t open. Jeric Winters has been searching for a piece of his past for over a year, only to reach a dead-end in Georgia. When an urgent and magnetic pull draws him out of his hotel room, he comes face-to-face with the beautiful dancer who’s been haunting his dreams day and night. Jeric’s one to stay away from—a bad-boy, hit-it-and-quit-it type—but Leni can’t escape the fervent feelings between them. As their own existences begin to crumble around the...

Thanks to Reading Addiction Blog Tours for hosting this blitz. I'm promoting Conflicting Hearts today by JD Burrows. Happy reading! ***************************** Rachel Hayward hoped to have a quiet thirtieth birthday alone. Instead, fate had different plans. Caught in traffic and late for work, she can do nothing except wait for the freeway gridlock to ease. A three-car pileup has caused the snarl. Just as cars begin to move at a faster clip, Rachel takes her eyes off the road to gawk at the accident and rear-ends the car in front of her. Sick over having ruined her day, she lowers her head onto the steering wheel and waits for the driver to begin a tirade over her stupidity. Instead, a kind man taps on her window showing genuine concern about her welfare. The brief colliding encounter suddenly starts a relationship between two strangers that takes off under odd circumstances. When the couple becomes intimate, their relationship turns into a conflicting set of ...