Guest Post and Excerpt fro the epic Spellbound Series!

The Spellbound Series

By author, Sherry Soule

Okay, today’s entertaining guest post has been provided by bestselling author, Sherry Soule! She is sharing the first chapter from part one of the gripping, Spellbound series, which has been recently revamped with more epic romance, sizzling character chemistry, and thrilling new scenes. To help promote the new editions, she is doing this fun book promo to share the news with fellow booklovers. The new versions also include exclusive bonus material from the charming bad-boy, Trent Donovan!

The Spellbound series is a great mix of Pretty Little Lairs meets Buffy, the Vampire Slayer!

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Hi, I'm Dana.

We all go through phases of our lives, whether we dye our hair different colors or serial date all the wrong boys. For me, my phases are a little different. I become extremely passionate about different things. From, reading, to blogging, to movie watching, to room decorating, thrift store shopping, to DIYing, to knitting, to sewing to youtubing, to spending every waking moment applying for scholarships so I can scrape enough money together to get to attend my dream school. 

I know I'm not the only one who does this. Which is why after the initial thrill of being a blogger and having people read me and sometimes comment and send me book requests every few days it started to getting hard to keep it up. I started slipping. stopped blogging as much. It used to be right after I finished a book, then when I remembered to do it. I kept adding books onto my TBReviewed list, until I couldn't even remember what the books were about and ended up throwing the list out.

Then something really scary happened.

I stopped reading.

Okay, I didn't really stop, I just drastically slowed down. From my before 1-2 per week turned into 1 per month. I didn't really seek books out and my overflowing bookshelves contained more unread than read. I barely logged on to blogger and stopped writing down release dates and obsessively researching my authors. 

I'm not really sure how it happened. Just that it did.

The only thing that didn't change was... you. 

I still get an email for a review request about once a week. I still get daily page views. and after thinking to myself "why the hell not?" and taking a new book a few weeks ago I realized that this blog foundation that i had once loved so much and felt so passionate about should not go to waste. 

So I'm working on a change. I'm going to try to get back into it. But this time I'm going to do whatever I want. be it a quote or a trailer, a rambling of my life. (which i will probably do more of, because the most posts that are most liked are the ones that are about me, not the books) 

I'm aware that people might not read this. And I'm not sure that I even care. I anticipate giving this blog a total makeover and starting over again, fresh. 

cause its definitely time for a change in pace.

xo,

Dana

New years resolutions...

Mine this year are pretty simple. Along with all the health and fitness goals that I usually never keep I have some bookishnerd ones thrown in there as well.

1. Read 1 classic novel per month. Not only will I look and feel smarter but I may finally understand when people allude to them.

2. Write 1 short story per week. A bit more difficult but certainly necessary. I really need to write more.

3.read the book before I see the movie. Something I always plan on doing.

4. READ ALL THE BOOKS ON MY SHELVES. I'm a bit of a shopping addict. Right now its clothing. It used to be books. More then I could read. I have probably 100 that remain unread. I joke that I'm saving for the apoclypse. But seriously. It would be awesome if I could finish them all.

What were yours?

Xo, Dana

It's been too long

Seriously way too long.

I have excuses you know, nothing you care about I'm sure, but all the same.

plus i read like 2 books per month now.

It was actually Bella Forest who reminded me, asking me to review an ebook of hers called A shade of vampire. Sounds interesting, but im not quite sure i even have time to read my own books, or you know, do homework.

I started a new blog, for personal chatting and such called what else?

danahilgers.blogspot.com

but i barely update it. It has some pretty personal stuff on it, but just so you know, most of the names are changed.

anyways bookish wise ive been reading a lot of books just because movies of those books are coming out.

Like The Host

don't you just want to cry from happiness?

or Warm Bodies? This looks hilarious! and is next on my list.

so many book movies...

also:

Beautiful Creatures!

( I had this book on my shelf for years, the trailer inspired me to actually read it, and it was really good! currently reading the sequel)

and lastly and bes-tly THE CITY OF BONES

I cant wait! I have to admit, i was a bit reserved about Jamie, but now he just looks amazing and totally sexy. still not a Lilly fan though. something about the fact that shes a horrible actress.....

alright. last day before break tomarrow, I should get some sleep.

x's
Dana

perks of a wallflower movie trailer

one of my favorite books, and you can tell the movie will live up to the book! the actors are exactly as i  imagined and the movie looks amazing! Click here for my Wallflower review

dana

50 shades of gray???

Despite the fact that i went to flordia a few weeks ago and counted over 12 women reading it on the beach, Im still quite not sure why loads of women are reading "mommy porn" in public... but the silver lining is dozens of hilarious videos. (remember some content is pg-13)

Like Ellen trying to do the audio book version....

an SNL version...

and my Faveroite, 50 shades the musical!!

lol. If youve read it and have an opinion, leave a comment

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

So its Thursday and almost the end of summer :(
Any ways i was trying to figure out what video to put up this week, and realised that i haven't shown you guys these yet. If you haven't yet discovered the Lizzie Bennett Diaries on YouTube you must! its a vlog type interpretation of the novel Pride and Prejudice with actors who play the characters Lizzie, Jane, Charlotte and Lydia. who describe the events in P&P as if its happening to them, its super cool :)

Here's the first episode! For more go Here