The Phantom Paragrapher

  Are you a fan of the "New Adult" genre? Do you love Poetry ? Review: Slammed - Book #1 Slammed Series - Colleen Hoover - January 2012 At the moment, it seems that all the awesome books that I have read are in the "New Adult" category as recently I went through a bit of a book reading jam where nothing seemed to work , so I was put onto Andrea Randall's Into the Stillness and loved it. So what I have decided to do was go through my list to read and finally read books that have been sitting on my Ipad and read them . So up first was Colleen Hoover's book "Slammed" the first in a series of three which I have book #2 and book#3 is relesed pretty soon. Like most of the indie authors I have read , I had heard ALOT about this book from the facebook group I belong to called BA as the author is also a member of the group. All I really knew about it was that it contained slam poetry and it was a great book, that's it. So I opened the boo...

  Looking for a new Indie author to discover ? Wanting another awesome New Adult to read ? Review: In the Stillness - Andrea Randall - April 2013 When I picked up In the Stillness, I had heard that it was an emotional ride but other than that I did not know what to expect. What I was handed was a young adult called Natalie who is a mother of twin four-year old boys and a stay @ home mother. That is one side of her , the other side touches the reader more deeply and that is Natalie , ten years ago lost the two of the people she cared and loved for most in the world. Her boyfriend's friend Lucas to death and her boyfriend Ryker to PSTD. Both guys were in the National Guard and sent to Afghanistan. This novel is not only your edgy New Adult type read but it is also a look at the Military side of things - the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of soldiers. The past few months for Natalie has been difficult and she has reacted by cutting herself , when things get...

    Are you a fan of Melissa De La Cruz's books ? Have you read either her Au Pair Series , Wolf Pact Series , Blue Bloods or her Beauchamp Witches ? If you have read her Witches of the East , then this review is for you as it takes us into the next stages of their lives.   Review: Serpent's Kiss - Book #2 The Beauchamp Family Series - Melissa De La Cruz - June 2012 In book #1 we were introduced to mother Joanna and her two daughters Freya and Ingrid Beauchamp , each with the secret that they were witches. We then meet two brothers Killian and his brother who turned out to be in fact Baldor and Loki. Loki being the "evil one" that we read about in the myths and legends books and think about Jennifer Estep's series Mythos Academy. At the end of Book #1 we saw Freya start a relationship with Killian , Joanne strike a close friendship with next-door neighbour Harold and Ingrid - the librarian strike a friendship with Detective Matt Noble. At the...

    Have you read Book #1 in Janet Evanovich's Wicked Series ? Been following the adventures of Lizzy Tucker and Diesel or maybe you remember Diesel from the Stephanie Plum In-betweeners ?     Review: Wicked Business - Book #2 Lizzy and Diesel Series - Janet Evanovich - June 2012 Did you read and enjoy Janet Evanovich's book "Wicked Appetite" where we met newcomer Lizzy Tucker who had just moved to town to work in a bakery making the most gorgeous sounding cupcakes only to discover she holds a supernatural talent and landed with Diesel - her new supernatural partner , Carl the monkey and Wulf - a bad guy and Diesel's cousin. Lizzy has been paired up with Diesel to find the Seven Stones that represent the Seven Deadly Sins and destroy them otherwise all hell will break out on earth and literally too. In Book #1 we saw Lizzy and Diesel find the Stone of Gluttony and now in Wicked Business the pair must find the Stone of Lust. Though this one ...

  Needing a new Teen Novel to read ? Always on the scour for new books and authors to discover ?   Review: You Look Different in Real Life - Jennifer Castle - June 2013 Have you ever seen those documentaries 7 Up , then 18 Up working its way to 42 Up etc ? They are about a group of children who were documented at each of those ages to see where they had got to in life and it was always the same children in each documentary. Jennifer Castle's new and upcoming release "You Look Different in Real Life" follows the same idea as it features 5 children who when they were six years old were chosen to be documented for the documentary Five to Six . Then 5 years later a new documentary came out called Five to Eleven and now 5 years later the documentary producers Lance and Leslie are back with a new installment called Five to Sixteen. However alot has happened in the past five years and the fivesome aren't as close as they used to be. We have former best fri...

    On the lookout for a new "New Adult" novel to read ? Love discovering new Indie authors to read ?     Review: Waiting on Forever - Book #2 Forever Series - Ashley Wilcox - April 2013 Waiting on Forever is in a way , a book that you can either read as a stand-alone or in the series as it is a spin-off from Book #1 Planning on Forever . I do suggest that you read Planning on Forever first and then this one as Book #2 does reveal spoilers , but if you are like me and have picked this one up first and rearing to go - then just make sure you check out Book #1. Waiting on Forever takes us into the atmosphere of college life at SUNY Cortland where upon orientation we meet two totally different people we have Matt Jacobs- a football playing jock who is here on a scholarship and Leah Bennett - a photography major with one thing on her mind , she is at college to get an Education. Leah and Matt couldn't be any different but on that fateful day at orie...

    Looking for a recipe book ? Wanting to learn to eat healthy but in a fun way ?   Review: The New Green Smoothie Diet Solution - Elizabeth Swann - October 2012 Are you looking for a healthy option this coming well Winter for all those down my side of the world but in the States etc a fun and enjoyable way to stay healthy this Summer ? Brought to you from a licensed Naturopath and Raw Food Expert , author Elizabeth Swann has created just for you "The New Green Smoothie Diet Solution". For all those who are thinking, "oh , this is just another filled recipe book of smoothies" , think again as Elizabeth has included not only recipes of all your favourite green smoothies and to make it more fun she has categorised them into particular sections from Weight Loss Smoothies to De-Stressing Smoothies and Mood Enhancing Green Smoothies. What I liked about this book was that Elizabeth knows her stuff and has included several personal anecdotes in the book ...