Nine Minutes.

Sometime ago, I can't even remember how it all went down. My long time friend's mom approached me about some information regarding her book. She sent me the prologue, and even though it seemed to be outside of my normal reading genre, that little bit had me sucked in. I told her to let me know when she published it, because I really wanted to read it.
I had helped her with things here and there, in return she mailed me her book. I was super excited to dig in. When I was finished, I was truly blown away. I went through numerous emotions. I was sad at what went down, I was shocked at some things that were revealed, and I was happy with who the MC ended up with. It was a raw, gruesome, realistic story. I loved it, and the ending had me starved for more.

Let me explain more about this book, the story is from Ginny Lemon's, aka Kit, point of view. She is kidnapped and taken as a 'gift' for the leader of this notorious gang, Satan's Army. Grizz is big, tattooed, handsome, and intimidating. Ginny is given a new identity and no longer known as Ginny, but Kit. 
Like I've said above, I'm not big into bikers or stories with being kidnapped and falling in love with their abductors. So reading this was really taking a risk for me, and I think I need to take more risks. It was well written, well developed, and I couldn't help but fall for Grizz myself. Grizz is not your hero. He was rough, raw, and mean. But he had a soft spot for Kit, and even though he was brutal, he was a different man with her. I loved it. Each character was developed so well, you loved some, and hated others.

It's rare when I give a book my 5 star rating, and at first I gave it 4.5. After sometime, I found myself telling my cousin, you have to read this. Then I told my mom, and my sisters. I thought about it days after and I thought to myself, not many books have this effect on me, so I changed it to 5 stars. Because that's what it is! It's a big 5 star read!

Beth is currently holding a giveaway, you have a chance to win a paperback copy.  Enter here; http://www.authorbethflynn.com/blog-2/

Nine Minutes is currently available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Minutes-Beth-Flynn-ebook/dp/B00M3350MK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412555083&sr=1-1&keywords=nine+minutes
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nine-minutes-beth-flynn/1120196683?ean=2940150708105

Book two in the series will be release sometime next spring!

It's the most wonderful time of the year....

For me anyways....it's officially fall. The weather is cooling off, the leaves are turning, and it's beginning to get dark a bit earlier. I love it, minus the getting darker earlier, I could go without that feat. But my windows are open allowing the cool breeze to flow through my house, my autumn decorations are up, and even my Scentsy warmer is filling the rooms with autumn scents.

Halloween is my favorite holiday and not only does October hold my favorite holiday, but also my birthday! This year is the big 3-0 for me. I cannot believe I will be 30. THIRTY! It seems old, but yet I still feel young except for those days when my body aches and cracks in places I wouldn't even imagine would crack. No official plans for my birthday, none that I know of anyways......

The husband, our youngest, and myself went on a hike. It was a beautiful day and we decided to make the best of it. We woke up early, but that's really nothing knew, and went to a flea market. Then after unpacking our goodies decided to go to the Knob. It's been years since I've hiked anywhere, and after this I plan to make it a regular thing.

The view is amazing, and quite awe-inspiring, isn't it? I'd like to go back to capture the full effect of fall in the North East.

It was fun, and our son enjoyed it as much as we did. It wasn't until he fell and his head was five inches from hitting a rock that I called it a day. We headed back to the car and continued on with our day.

I haven't been successful in finding a book since I finished Opposition, the series I raved about in my last post. I hate when this happens, I'm in a rut and it's annoying as hell.

Serious Book Hangover.

I'm having a serious book hangover right now. I'm sad. I haven't been able to read anything else since I've finished. I read the five books in the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout in under a week. DAMN YOU JENNIFER! I've moped around the house and even whined to my husband. "it's over. I'm so sad it's over."

My cousin told me about this series, a series about aliens...and I thought Aliens?! erm, I don't know about that. She raved about Daemon. The first book is free, and free is for me! Sooo...I was bored with the romance novels I was reading, I needed something new. I decided to give it a shot...I was sucked in. SUCKED IN! I love Jennifer's writing, I love Daemon and his smart ass mouth. I loved the spin on Aliens. I never would've thought about picking up a book about this, but I'm so glad I did. But now that I'm done. I'm sad, sad that it's over. sigh. Never heard it? Haven't read it? DO IT NOW! Amazon. RIGHT NOW! Then come and talk to me when you're finished. Please.

I'm on a paranormal kick and I haven't been able to find something else.....suggest me something!

Abbi Glines, Jamie McGuire, and Colleen Hoover.

What about them?

I MET them!

If you haven't gathered, I'm a huge book nerd. I have NEVER been to a book signing. Mainly because of my work schedule and that a lot of author's tours never come close enough to me.
I live in a very small town, I have to travel to get anywhere. BUT these trio went on a book tour(Fall In Love Tour) and came to a town close enough for me to drive to. (1 hour 15 mins to be exact-totally worth it.)
I went with my very best friend, and we stopped for something to eat. My GPS, for whatever stupid reason, couldn't find the address. I almost broke down. I'm sitting in my car, freaking out because I had just driven an hour to see these ladies, only not to make it? NO Way! I tried my phone, only for it to crash. I wanted to cry. We did eventually get it working..and we made it in time!

There was an hour Q&A. It was so awesome to listen to them talk. Mostly, Colleen and Abbi. They were so funny, so down to earth, and made me love them even more.

THEN It was time for the signing, and picture taking. I was in complete awe. They've even said, 'They don't feel famous.' but to me, they're my movie stars. To me, They're famous. They've created stories and characters I've grown to love. I follow them on facebook, instagram, and twitter. I support their career.

I was the third person in line. The girl in front of me said she was nervous, and I said, "So am I." Boy was I nervous, I wanted to cry. I asked if they were able to sign my Kindle Cover, and Jamie very enthusiastically said, "Yes."  I just watched them sign my books, afraid to bother them really. Colleen said Hi, and the big dork that I am. I said, "Hi, I'm so nervous."
Abbi shook her head and said, "Don't be nervous." Colleen agreed, and Jamie said, "But you're having fun!"
I just responded with, "Yes!"
Colleen said, "I love your top, it's so sparkly." and Abbi agreed.

I WAS SUCH A DORK! I couldn't say anything. I was just speechless. My favorite authors in front of me, you'd think I'd say, "omg I love your books." or something along those lines..but I froze. I choked. It was over too soon.

This moment is in my ten top favorite moments of my life.

Divergent.

I watched Divergent last night. I'm always late to jump on the band wagon, I don't care to follow trends. But I can't tell you how much I loved the movie! I loved it so much, I'm craving to watch it again. 

Now I feel like I need to read the books. So off to Amazon I go...

Have you read the books...let me know what you think!

Lone Survivor.

'Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare'

If you haven't seen this movie, you MUST. 

It's another Saturday night, and my youngest is in bed. My husband rented this movie and asked me if I wanted to watch it with him. I didn't remember the previews of it. I mean I rarely watch tv anymore. So to me it was just some action flick. I was moody(what's new) sitting on my computer not really in the mood to watch a movie. So my husband went downstairs and started to watch it by himself. I ended up going down, and figured if it interested me I'll watch it, if not I'll come back upstairs and read.

My husband informed me that this was based on true events. But while you watch it, for me anyways, I didn't really think of it like that. In my eyes it was just a movie. The beginning credits seem to be real life footage of real life soldiers in camp. Let me tell you, that shit is no joke. My first thought is there is no way I could that shit. It starts off with two soldiers running together, it's unclear as to why, they're clearly racing each other. Others are still asleep, some are communicating with their wives. You learn bits and pieces of them. You can tell their all tight. Four soldiers are being dropped into the desert and to travel to a village where this leader is stationed. Holy cow, it got intense. Quickly, it turned bad. I never seen a movie so realistic, it almost seemed like you were there(poorly because I don't think any civilian can really understand.) You watch these four soldiers trying to survive. To live. It's just so much. After speaking to friends, a lot of people(women mostly) couldn't watch it.

It was one of the best and saddest movies I've seen in a long time. It left me in awe of our every day soldiers. Seeing what these men went through, I honestly can understand why so many have issues when they come home. It's traumatizing.

What really did me in, and had the tears unleashed was the ending credits.

I highly suggest everyone take the time to watch this movie. If I was Mark Wahlberg, I'd be honored to have played this role. Just be aware, it's not for the light hearted. It's bloody, gory, and realistic.

I think to myself just about daily, "Man I should blog." But then I get sidetracked, that happens when you're a mother, and I forget. I go to work..think about it then..come home and forget again then go to bed. Repeat.

I'll finish a book, and think, 'oh, I should write up a review.' But then I forget and days go by and I've already started a new book. All the fresh details are gone. I fail epic-ally at this whole blogging thing. It doesn't really help when no one reads it, so basically I'm talking to myself. So really this post has no use, and is basically me blogging about forgetting to blog. ha.

Welcome!

It's been some time since I've had a blog..and I've wanted to create one for a while. But what in the world would I write about?

My life isn't interesting as it use to be. I am a married mother of two kids who works a full time job..what could I possibly have to share that people would want to read about? And who would read it? I guess we'll see what happens. 

I figured screw it, create a blog, and write whatever I want. So that's what I'm going to do.

I think I'll review movies, books, share new things I've found..and just ramble. Hence the name, Jennifer's Ramblings.

Welcome!