Book Review: Otherwise

Otherwise

by Jennifer B. White
Release date: 21st December, 2011
Publisher: OakBluffs Press / OakIvy Publishing
Pages: 340 (ebook copy sent for blog-tour)

Summary from Goodreads:

Reluctantly, Delilah Gray has returned to her childhood home—a ramshackle cottage where her compulsive, hoarding grandmother, Meema, raised her. Meema’s ghostly manifestations refuse to let Delilah clean the filthy house, or to stay there peacefully. And that’s just the beginning of Delilah’s problems.

Lonely, angry, and hiding a painful secret, she tries to find a place for herself in a town that she once discovered was “in-between”—a portal to the worlds of the supernatural. Upon her arrival, Delilah unwittingly gets caught in the middle of important business between The Keeper, whose job it is to keep souls on the physical plane, and The Sender who helps speed the dead on their afterlife journey.

When Delilah discovers that she is connected to Lily Defoe, a woman who leapt to her death many years ago, and to a man who refers to himself as The Gravedigger for Lost Souls, she realizes there is more to her homecoming than she anticipated. Who she is, and who she’s been, crosses the boundaries of life and death. Nothing—not the people she meets, not this very moment in time, not even the tragic death of her daughter—is what it appears to be. Not only does Delilah have her own “soul searching” to do, but she must work with some of Green Lake’s oddest characters to uncover the mysteries of several unsolved deaths that have never been forgotten.

While strange and supernatural occurrences threaten Delilah’s already fragile emotional state, she still has a crucial choice to make that will change everything. She comes to understand that there are some things that are worse than death. There is Otherwise—to be confined to a twilight state between the spiritual and the physical worlds.

OTHERWISE is a chilling tale about lonely spirits, protective forces,
and departed loved ones who are never really gone—and a woman who,
after wanting to die, finds a reason to live and to love again.
Only to discover what it is to be Otherwise.

Holidays! (More less...)

Important message to all my lovelies:

This afternoon, in about 6h, I'm going to Madrid and then, after 6 more hours, I'm heading to Peru. For a month and 7 days. Yep.
I would like to say I'm going to have a wonderful time and have a lot of fun but sadly I'm going for some family problems which, although I'm going to see some friends after a few years, means I'm going to be very busy, probably very upset and with little time in my hands.

One of the major good points? Right now it's Summer in Peru, woohoo! And God knows my skin needs a little sun right now... I mean, I love Switzerland but the sun here is most likely non-existent during Winter and Fall. Sigh.

Anyway, I have a few blog-tours during the time I'm going to be out and I'm going to keep them going but besides those don't expect me to write too much... I'm sorry, I wish I could say that I'll be posting every 2-3 days but that would be lying 'cause I'm not sure what am I going to find there.

But at least I know I'll be able to read whenever I need a distraction so when I'm back I'll have a lot of reviews to post, yay!

That's it, thanks for reading this, if you are the kind of person that prays, would you consider praying for me and my family? Strength and wisdom could help us a lot right now.

Lots of hugs and lots of kisses :]
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But that's not all! Nope, because I love you all I'm going to post a giveaway that will last all my holidays so stay tunned, I'll post it during the next two days :D

Feature & Follow Friday (26)

Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly meme created by Parajunkee and co-hosted by Alison Can Read where bloggers hop around meeting and following other bloggers.

To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
- Follow Parajunkee.com & Alison Can Read&(our hosts).
- Follow our Featured Bloggers - Beefcake and Babes &Le Grand Codex.
- Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.

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Q: BeefcakeandBabes Asks: I like unique names for characters and am looking forward to coming up with some when I start writing.
What’s the most unique character name you’ve come across?

I love different and unique names and that's why I have a list, in a lovely and cute paper, of "Different & Strange Names". True story.

But If I have to choose a few to share here right now I would say: Haplo (Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman book's), Lestat (Anne Rice book's) and Tarod (Louise Copper book's).
And, of course, I love not only their names but also their stories ^^

Now, if yo excuse me, I have to read all the other participants answers. Just like new songs, I always need new names to love.

Hugs to everybody and Happy Weekend!

Book Review: Tempest Rising

Tempest Rising

by Tracy Deebs
Series: Tempest #1
Release date: 10th May, 2011
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352 (hardback copy bought by me)
Next book: Tempest Unleashed (5th June, 2012)

Summary from Goodreads:

Tempest Maguire wants nothing more than to surf the killer waves near her California home, continue her steady relationship with her boyfriend, Mark and take care of her brothers and surfer dad. But Tempest is half mermaid and as her seventeenth birthday approaches, she will have to decide whether to remain on land or give herself to the ocean like her mother.
The pull of the water becomes as insistent as her attraction to Kona, a gorgeous surfer whose uncanny abilities hint at an otherworldly identity as well. And when Tempest does finally give in to the water's temptation and enters a fantastical underwater world, she finds that a larger destiny awaits her-and that the entire ocean's future hangs in the balance.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Have you heard? I was so surprised when I heard about it this morning... And somehow I believe I'm not the only one who didn't know about it.

So here I am, once again, to share the news. And the <3. Specially today.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!! :]

Valentines Day, at least in my country (and my other country too) (you already know, right? That I'm from Spain and Peru, I mean) is a great day to tell the one you love how MUCH you love him/her.

But it's also the day we tell all our friends how special they are and how much we love them. So in the spirit of loving and sharing I'm going to do two things.

First, a few pics for all my followers (who also happen to by my friends - Yes, I mean you, right there, reading this):

And in the spirit of love "love" I'm sure these pics will make you smile, awwww and who knows, maybe you will want to share them with your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/it's-complicated special one:

Whatever you are doing today, I hope you have a wonderful time full of smiles, amazing books to keep you company (I have a few beside me right now, hehe) and love, specially love.

Bear hugs!

Book Review: On the Bright Side

On the Bright Side

by S.R.Johannes
Release date: 31st January, 2012
Publisher: Coleman & Stott
Pages: 446 (eARC thanks to author in exchange for an honest review)

Summary from Goodreads:

As if the devil’s food cake at her wake and the white fat pants she’s stuck wearing for eternity weren’t bad enough, fourteen year-old Gabby is quick to discover that Cirrus, the main rung of Heaven, is a far cry from the Pearly Gates. Here, SkyFones and InnerNets are all the rage. At her first Bright ceremony, G.O.D., the automated assignment system, spits out Angela Black, Gabby’s arch nemesis and longtime fencing rival. As a Bright, Gabby has to protect Angela, her assigned mortal, in order to move up through the training levels of heaven.

Back on earth, Angela starts hitting on Michael, Gabby’s crush and should-have-been boyfriend. Gabby’s pranks to quell the love are harmless at first until the school dance sabotage gets completely out of control. Then, Celestial Sky Agent, Lawrence, who happens to have anger management issues of his own, steps into reveal that Angela has big problems, and what she really needs is Gabby’s help.

Determined to right her wrong and ease her mother’s grief, Gabby steals an ancient artifact that allows her to return to earth for just one day. But if Gabby’s not careful, her well-meaning mission just might shift the very foundation of Heaven, Earth, and every place in between, causing the danger of the dark side to roam free.