Clock Rewinders on a Book Binge: 9/2/12

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

In the life of Smash

THE DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL. I am there as you read this. Lots of fun to be shared…

  

Smashtastic Stats

• Read in 2012: 71
  • Pretty When She Kills (Pretty When She Dies #2): Love this series! Look forward to my reviews later in September and my interview with Rhiannon on 10/2!
  • Isolation (Partials #0.5): Really eye-opening look into the mind of a Partial!
  • Letting Go : This made me teary-eyed! I truly loved the Kendall decided to share with us the story of young Zoe and Gavin and their special encounter, years before they knew the importance of it.
• Currently Reading:
  • Middle Ground (Awaken, #2) - SQUEE!
• TBR Owned Pile (Hardcopy + eBook): 467
  • Acquired for Kisten the Kindle:
    • {Free} Letting Go (JUST BREATHE Ephemera)
    • {Bought} The Night Beat
  • Acquired for my bookshelves: I will have to talk about the book festival loot in my recap post.
• Wishist: 95

Favorite Quotes of the Week

“Fuck. My. Life. In. The. Asshole. Without. Lube.”

“That sounds…painful,” Jeff said, lightly touching her blond head.

-Pretty When She Kills (Pretty When She Dies #2) by Rhiannon Frater

Tidbits from around the blogosphere

Authors/Publishers

• Rachel Vincent has a giveaway going on. It ends tomorrow!
• I cannot express how grateful I am that I was able to meet Kim Harrison in Miami earlier this year, because she won’t be anywhere near Atlanta on her next tour!
• Speaking of Kim Harrison, she is releasing a Jenks and Trent novella!
• Suzanne Collins Hits Bestseller List with 8 Year Old Book: I LOVED Gregor the Overlander! I did book one on audio and really want to experience them all that way. Fantastic narration!
• The SHADE Boys visited BookHounds for Authors are Rockstars! WOOT!

Blogger/Bookish Sites

• Kristilyn @ Reading in Winter poses the ultimate question: To Friend or Not To Friend?
• Holy Shite! Book Blogger Appreciation Week did a total sneak attack on me. It’s September 10-14! I wish I was paying more attention. I usually ask people for guest posts to showcase their awesomeness, but now it’s too late. *le sigh* Regardless, sign up and join the festivities! You can sign up to for an interview swap!
• Rachel @ Parajunkee gives her best advice to new (any?) bloggers: Make a Plan.

Things that make me smile

• The Publishing Process in GIF Form - HILARIOUS!

Search terms

• shadowfever sexy quotes:  Get this term at least once a week. WIN!
• grisha trilogy darkling sexy: Oh dear YES!
• ash smash attacks: THAT’S ME!
• isolation dan wells: I just finished it! SO great. Truly enjoyed the look into Heron’s beginning and really appreciated the development of a Partial from their POV.
• barry lyga: I HUNT KILLERS! Read it!
• zombie dystopian book: The Last Bastion of the Living, perhaps?
• the perks of being a wallflower bad issues: Well, they certainly weren’t good, but the story and characters sure were!
• gore horror vomit womb shit fuck: Say wha? This lead to my Walking Dead Wed recaps. HA.

Up Next…

• Book Blogger Confessions: Following
• Recommend A…blog who has similar reading tastes as you.
• Smash reviews Magisterium by Jeff Hirsch- SQUEE!
• Review by Mel: Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter
• Review by Audrey: Intangible by J Meyers
• Smash & Amanda review Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch
• Andrew Smith Saturdays: The Marbury Lens Discussion, Part One

Have a fab week!

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