by Nicole Etolen | Feb 22, 2014 | Books
Turning Home (A Small Town Novel) by Stephanie Nelson When Brooke Kingsley finally captures the interest of her four-year crush—Dylan Crawford—her world turns upside down. Feeling alive for the first time, Brooke decides to spend her last three days of summer with...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 21, 2014 | Entertainment
On February 25th, Shout! Factory in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, is releasing Transformers Prime: Ultimate Bumblebee on DVD! Best part? It’s only $9.99 at Wal-mart stores. In celebration of this release I have some fun activity sheets and clips to share...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 20, 2014 | Kids & Family
“This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Pampers. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine.” In case you didn’t hear the good news, my brother and sister-in-law gave birth to...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 20, 2014 | Tech Time
#spon: I am in a partnership with Intel. Through this partnership I gain access to content, product, or other forms of value. I’ve been using my HP Envy Rove Intel All-in-One computer for about 5 months now. I find new reasons to love it every day....
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 20, 2014 | Books
The Literary Addicts is partying tonight to celebrate the cover reveal of the brand new cover for Olivia Hardin’s All for Hope. Who doesn’t love a good party? If you haven’t partied with Literary Addicts, you’re in for a treat. These are some...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 19, 2014 | Entertainment
If you’re a Firefly fan, I really didn’t have to put that little disclaimer in the title. The “Shiny” should have given it away. Still, just in case, I thought I should clarify! If you’re not a fan but happen to know one,...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 17, 2014 | Social Good
This post is brought to you by Master Lock in conjunction with Global Influence. All opinions are my own. When Hurricane Sandy struck back in 2012, we were without power for eight grueling days. Eight days with no running water, no heat and towards the end, no sanity....
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 17, 2014 | Books
Rachel Hayward hoped to have a quiet thirtieth birthday alone. Instead, fate had different plans. Caught in traffic and late for work, Rachel takes her eyes off the road to gawk at an accident and rear-ends the car in front of her. Sick over having ruined her day, she...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 14, 2014 | Books
Scholastic Books is sponsoring this giveaway. I have not been compensated. I am hosting the giveaway to benefit my readers. Ever since I was a kid, I have been enamored with Scholastic books. I remember the sheer joy of getting their club fliers at school. My...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 12, 2014 | Lifestyle
This was going to be a Wordless Wednesday post, but I am incapable of being “wordless.” You should know this by now. So did you really think I wasn’t going to say anything about these pictures? Second, I got a new camera! Yay! I FINALLY splurged and...
