Blog Layout

So, I've noticed that my blog is very BLAND. Especially compared to most other book bloggers around here. So, if anyone wants to try their hand at designing a layout for me, email me at travisp1026@yahoo.com. I can't pay you (no money at the moment. sry) but I'll definitely let everyone know where the layout came from. So if you or anyone you know is interested, let me know!

Contest

Book Bound is having a best of YA 2009 contest!
I would list the prizes, but there are WAY too many to name.
So, go to the blog and check it out yourself. ;)

Contest!

Another contest going on is the Dark Divine Giveaway by Fire and Ice!
You can win a signed copy of TDD by Bree Despain, and a bottle of nail polish, or a Dark Divine inspired journal!
Go here to enter.

Contest!

Melissa from I Swim For Oceans is having an awesome contest. Prizes include: In My Father's House by Ann Rinaldi, Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle, and a $25 Amazon gift card!

Here's the link: http://iswimforoceans.blogspot.com/2010/01/contest-timemy-birthday-bash-giveaway.html

What are you still reading this for? Go check it out!

Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

Boring and hot. That's Ondine, Louisiana in the summer time. Fourteen-year-old Iris and her friend Collette try to find some magic in an otherwise boring summer. But something does happen. A ghost appears. Seems something did happen in Ordine long ago. A teenager Elijah disappeared. Now Iris swears he's haunting her.

What do the others in her town know? Iris tries to find out the truth. But an even bigger question is why has Elijah decided to haunt her?

Review: Shadowed Summer was an awesome read. I was in the mood for a good mystery, and I'm glad I picked this one up, because I thought it was just a ghost story. It's interesting to have the book set in the rural south, and the author does an amazing job with the characters (dialogue, superstitions, etc). I live in the south so I can say that as a fact. =)
The book took a few interesting turns, and left me completely satisfied.

Recommended if you like ghost stories, mysteries, Ruined, Beautiful Creatures

Update

I've been a little MIA lately due to the holidays and just starting back to school, but I'll be back to posting regularly in a week or so.

Also, I'm going to a Beautiful Creatures signing on Jan. 23 in Georgia, so if you're going I'll see you there!