
Clock Rewinders on a Book Binge is the weekly recap feature created by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Tara @ 25 Hour Books, where they shamelessly plug each other, share the fantastic posts, giveaways, or whatever else they’ve found and loved by other awesome bloggers/authors/publishers/etc during the week, and talk about the books they plan on reading in the coming week.
Smash Attack Reads Recap
- Smash reviews Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep
- Smash & Mel review Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost: Rawr!
- Smash reviews Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo: EPIC!
- Fairy Metal Thunder Read-Along: Chapters 7-13
- TGIF: Quotes That Make You Swoon
- SYTYCD Saturdays: WEEK 1
In the life of Smash
ZOMG! In October, The Readiacs are hosting the blog tour for Middle Ground by Katie Kacvinsky, the sequel to Awaken. My name was given to them as a fan so they invited me! I LOVED Awaken. I tried requesting a Middle Ground ARC from the publisher but their email bounced. I’ve also been stalking NetGalley for it, so this made my week! I also signed up for the Kismet tour of Alice in Zombieland. I PRAY I get accepted!
Um, not much else going on peeps. I scrapbooked and toyed around with the idea of working part-time at the scrap store since they are hiring, and they seemed enthused when we talked about it. But it’s minimum wage and very low hours, and not exactly down the street from me. T wasn’t on board with the idea. It would give me the opportunity to study for my licensing exam, which I am finally registering for. Ah well. Next week, I’m attending a networking event for social workers. I hope it leads to something.
Attended the Not So YA book club to talk about Shadow and Bone. They are all rockstars and I am so glad to have met them.
Smashtastic Stats
- Read in 2012: 43
- Finished Fairy Blues and Fairystruck - FUN!
- Currently Reading:
- Web of Lies - GIN! WIN!
- Stick: Raw.
- The Hunt: The narrator is not my cup of tea, but interested in the setting and tone…
- TBR Physical Pile (Hardcopy + eBook): 447
- Acquired for Kisten the Kindle: Purchased Everblue and Geekomancy. I won audio books of The Hunt, Fated (Macmillan Audio), The Demon’s Lexicon and Changeling (Simon & Schuster) from Wastepaper Prose! ♥
- Acquired for my bookshelves: Wicked Nights. I bought my mom a copy of Once Burned.
Update: 6 books down!
Favorite Quotes of the Week
I fail.
Tidbits from around the blogosphere
- Stop the GR Bullies: Are you frakkin kidding me? Because the answer to bullying is more bullying. Ugh. I didn’t start book blogging to be transported back to middle school…
- Shatterspine wrote a really detailed post about how they feel about this website…
- Stacia Kane had a LOT to say about the topic…
- Kat Kennedy defends herself…
- but Meljean Brook cleaned up with THIS. Win.

- Shannon @ Stalking the Bookshelves did a Top Ten Tuesday post that made me SQUEE: SYTYCD Routines that Could (And Should) Inspire a Book. So did Lauren from The Housework Can Wait.
- YA Highway: Making Maps.
- You should really read this post by M.R. Merrick.
- Ruby’s Reads Debate: Should Bloggers Respond to Comments? with @sprntrlsnark and @loganturner
- REVIEWER NEEDED: Kt from A Book is looking for an associate reviewer!! Kt rocks my socks off so if you are interested in reviewing for a well-established blog, check her out!
- You can stay up-to-date on Catching Fire castings here, and Mockingjay has been announced as a two-movie deal. We will not see the last movie until the end of 2015. Damn them.
- A Twilight fan was hit by a car and killed at Comic-Con!
- Official Dates for Bout of Books 5.0 and Call for Help!
Things that make me smile
- Glitch dances to Feel So Close Dub-Step remix. I WANT TO MARRY THIS GUY. Well, not really, but I am truly amazed at his bad assery. I will find him and tell him to his face.
- The Killers released a new song! They are my favorite band evar. Listen to Runaways!
- You got cookie! Share it, maybe?
Search terms
- MUSCLE HOT MAN WITH HUGE DICKS: O.o. That has to be because of the multiple mentions of the next search term…
- big dick richie magic mike: Still the best search term in existence…
- boys in tights: Yes, please.
- chris hemsworth body: Gimme, gimme! With a cherry on top.
- kendall grey and gr bullies: HEY! What is this crap? Are people being mean to Kendall?
- author bully rachel vincent: And what is this shit? Since when is RV a bully? I guess this post may explain it. So over the drama! And leave RV alone.
- perks wallflower summary wallflower dissociation: Wicked cool. Someone else analyzing the psychopathology?
- smash whores: That is not nice. They are people too. And if you were calling Smash a whore, you deserve a long jump off a short cliff. Enjoy.
Have a fab week!
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I signed up for that Kismet tour, too! Crossing my fingers that we both get on it–love Gena Showalter.
Iiiinteresting search terms this week…we can always use some more Big Dick Richie.
There will never be enough of Big Dick Richie.
I love Gena too and I’m so interested in Alice! Good luck to us both!
Thanks for helping me to spread the word. Good luck on the job hunt!
Good luck in your hunt, too!
Thanks, I’m going to need it. I haven’t gotten a single response yet.
I have all these pretty books and no one to review them.
Your search terms this week are very saucy to say the least. Good Luck on the job front, but enjoy the time you do have. I’m so glad I largely missed the GR-drama and only came onto it after the fact. Geesh! I like my little corner of the blogosphere where I only hang with cool and awesome people.
So saucy, but am I complaining?
DRAMA! We hate it yet thrive in it. Why is society like that? I think people are so bored with their own lives. It’s how the breathe some sort of life into themselves. Get a focking hobby instead.
Good luck with the job hunt! Hopefully, that social networking will get you some good leads. It must be awesome to have a book club that meets in person! I don’t know that I could get anyone around here interested in that sort of thing. Hmmmm…..maybe a new project.
I LOVE your search terms. They always make me giggle. Stacia Kane had it right. What the fuck? It seems like every time I check my email or Twitter any more there is always some new drama. Don’t people have enough going on in their lives?
The book club peeps are wicked cool and I’m so happy to have one! I was actually planning on starting one when I moved here, but I’m glad someone beat me to it.
DO IT!!!
Stacia Kane’s post was so raw and true. People are bored and unfulfilled with their own lives…
hahahaha! HUGE DICKS! Perfect search term, if you ask me.
Thanks for linking up to BoB. I completely forgot about it. Probably because I was too busy thinking about the site yesterday. *face palm*
Stop the GR bullies is probably one of the most ironic websites ever. As the book blogging community gets bigger, though, I think we’ll continue to see shit like this.
And best of luck with the job search. *hugs* I hope you find something soon and that it’s amazing!
HUGE DICKS is a very valid search term.
Yay for BoB! Oh, I need to sign up for Doin it Dirty!
That website is laughable, right?
I hope I find something amazing, too! T mentioned working with HIV patients the other day. Sounds difficult but I’m wicked interested…
That’s a pretty awesome audiobook win! Go you!
I got a copy of Alice in Zombieland at BEA, so if you don’t get on the tour, you’re welcome to borrow it.
So very sweet. I knew I kept you around for a reason.
I saw Meljean’s Ranting Grannies pic the other day and just about died laughing. Lol! Meljean rocks!
I love the ranting granny. I need to remember to use it!
Another awesome post-Smash!
Thanks for keeping me updated on bullies, hotness, & bookishly awesome happenings!
You rock!!
*huggles you*
I’m super annoyed that Mockingjay is going to be two movies long. It’s so unnecessary! And yum Chris Hemsworth!!!
Good luck at your social worker networking thingy and hope you have an awesome week
SO unnecessary! Hollywood just want to bank, that’s all. Blah.
It’s damn frameable. lol
Isn’t that picture of him amazing. I want to hang it on my wall.
Thank you!