The Reason (Just Say Yes # 1) by Jen Andrews |Review|

The Reason

 (Just Say Yes # 1)

by Jen Andrews

 

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 30, 2014

Synopsis

Zoey James is in a funk. She has been through more in her twenty-three years than most people have experienced in their entire lives. After her ex-husband tries to take everything she’s worked so hard for, she makes one rule: Never date someone she works with.

When her father’s newly hired mechanic moves into the apartment above their family-run business, Zoey’s lonely life is flipped upside down.

As a teenager, New Zealand native, Andy Tate’s family is tragically killed in an accident, and he is taken in by his aunt and uncle. Andy is pulled away from the only place he’s ever known as home, and moved halfway around the world to Northern California.

Ten years and one failed marriage later, Andy finds himself living in a new city, with a new job at James Racing, and living in an apartment next door to Zoey, his new boss’s beautiful and damaged daughter.

After an interesting chain of events over one weekend, Andy and Zoey form an unexpected bond. Even though he’s the only one who can get through to her, she will do all that she can to keep him at a distance and not break her one rule.

Will Andy be the reason for Zoey to start living her life again, or will she continue on her downward spiral, until she finally hits rock bottom?

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The Review

An ARC was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
I definitely think I'm a fan of books with male protagonists tattooed ... And this book surprised me a lot in that regard, but let's start with prior to this.

The Reason is the first book of the trilogy Just Say Yes, and we starts counting the life of Zoey, who already had enough with what has been given to his twenty years Rob has recently divorced, her ex husband a mechanic working in the family business of Zoey and is also the place where she works. While she tries to stay afloat in this new situation, life will have someone prepared and soon things began to change when he meets Andy Tate, a new hired to work in his father's workshop mechanics. And the rule that it set itself: Never date someone who works with his father, could fail to have meaning.

I did not know what to expect from this book, to read the synopsis I thought; ok I'll give it a try, it sounds worthwhile, and I was right! It is one of those books that you should take if you have the opportunity, as it has a swirl of emotions that goes off in a slow start but when you realize already going at a speed that you want that does not end or rather to continue to know what will happen.

The book is good, and Zoey's life has many that we will be able to discover, and we have not only the story of her ex-husband, is more personal and profound. We also have to Tate, sexy, tattooed guy working with cars, it also has its history, and fits perfectly with Zoey, but for now she does not want any relationship with anyone, he could break that barrier. But the road will not be easy for the two and more if Zoey does not begin to work on herself.

I'm a fan of Zoey, although at first and maybe the end would shake, I think it is a character with great potential that can get a lot of juice and mold it in a surprising way to go, I hope to see its evolution I want to see you take the reins and show that strength has not awakened. And Tate, Sir, I have it among my list of sexy guys with tattoos!

The story is enveloping you and if you have a particular taste for the romantic and new adult, you will love, although this part of the instant love also counteracts the fact that physical attraction is given at first. Just as the fact that Zoey does not look ready to leap into a second chance thread is giving what would be the opening for the second book and leaves you with a great plot, with a small dose of drama to keep you alert for what is coming.
A good recommendation for your evenings accompanied by the music of this book to enter the atmosphere and fans love and second chances to have a happy ending, especially for those girls who want to be true to themselves and prove they are strong despite of all the hell that life can give you.

My stars 4

The Author

Jen Andrews was raised in a small town in Northern California, and still lives in the same county where she was born. She is a self-proclaimed music and lyric addict. She grew up in ‘car family’ so her life has been spent around old hot rods. She and her husband, Jake, even have a few of their own. In her spare time, Jen loves to travel wherever she can. She finally lived her dream of traveling to New Zealand to see her favorite r

ugby team, the All Blacks, play. Jen loves to do photography as a hobby and continues to write.

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The Reason I Stay by Patty Maximini |Blog Tour - Review - Giveaway|

 

The Reason I Stay

by Patty Maximini

Publication date: September 10th 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance

Synopsis:

Jack Daniels is the cure to all evils.

Sex should be casual and, preferably, anonymous.

Giving a damn is for nurses, philanthropists and suicide hotlines.

My name is Mathew Rogers and those are the values I built my adult life around. They are also the reason I had to forsake everything I loved in Seattle and embark on a solitary road trip across the country, with no direction other than searching for the next small town, the next girl, and the closest liquor store. 

Boredom, frustration and a series of unfortunate decisions led me to the rickety-ass town of Jolene, Alabama—a town I wanted to leave behind from the moment I passed the welcome sign. But it was there where I met her. The girl who made me question everything I’ve always believed in, and the only one who has ever had the power to break my heart. 

Her name is Lexie. 

She’s beautiful, and I’m pretty sure she hates me.

And for once in my life, I give enough of a damn that I keep finding a reason to stay.  

 

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The Review

 

I'm surprised this book was like winning a place among my favorite romances as the story progressed.

We did not start with the lovely gentleman and weak girl who needs protection. But even leaving aside the romanticism and given in doses necessary.

In this story we have Matt, the rich boy who runs around taking the place called destination without direction. But he did not have that dead end that awaited him on the road, Lexie. A tattooed girl pretty insightful that will not fall on their networks, since she knows how he is from the beginning and not let things be so easy for Matt. Whether that makes you put your world upside down and reflect on the path that has brought all this time.

The two are not perfect, but there is a balance between them that makes the story clearly go forward without spinning nonsense. On the contrary, the evolution of the characters on a soft, clean way imperceptible note.

Team Lexie I like when the players take the strong side despite everything bad that might happen, evolve the conflict and give their best in the situation. And what about Max, I particularly love the evolution of the character is very well done and at the end you wonder how he can win the hearts of our readers.

I loved! Although I took my time to read it, I was successful when the end already had read some of this author but this book felt its evolution in the stories .. It's the kind of book that flows naturally and making your while nice and the final reading that you out a smile.

It is definitely recommended for fans of the romantic genre, and those looking for a different love story and that she paints a path to find a reason to stay..

My Stars: 4

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Mary Hades by Sarah Dalton |Review - #OtBHorrorOctober|

Mary Hades 

(Mary Hades #1)

by Sarah Dalton 

Publication date: June 2014
Genres: Horror, Young Adult

Not many seventeen year old girls have a best friend who’s a ghost, but then Mary Hades isn’t your average teenager.

Scarred physically and mentally from a fire, her parents decide a holiday to an idyllic village in North Yorkshire will help her recover. Nestled in the middle of five moors, Mary expects to have a boring week stuck in a caravan with her parents. Little does she know, evil lurks in the campsite…

Seth Lockwood—a local fairground worker with a dark secret—might be the key to uncovering the murky history that has blighted Nettleby. But Mary is drawn to him in a way that has her questioning her judgement.

Helped by her dead best friend and a quirky gay Goth couple, Mary must stop the unusual deaths occurring in Nettleby. But can she prevent her heart from being broken?

The first in a series of dark YA novels, Mary Hades follows on from the bestselling Kindle Single My Daylight Monsters. A spine-tingling tale with romance, readers will be shocked and entertained in equal measure.

 

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Hello :D !!!! Today  in #OtBHorrorOctober is the review of a book, Mary Hades by Sarah Dalton. This book I had it in my ARCs for review for September but I did not have time for personal reasons, but this time I chose to do it and goes very in keeping with the theme I'm driving with the Horror October. So without further let's start:

Mary Hades is one of those YA books that the dark part of me wants to read (the dark cat inside of me that loves this kind of books said: I want it!), This book called my attention with his description, and to some extent in a small part it make me remind Alice Madness Returns (yes, the game. Suitable for play at this time). Not forgetting to that the cover remember me another book that is among my favorites.

For a YA book, I think this very well focused, but I make the suggestion to read My Daylight Monsters, which is a prequel to this book (which is actually very good book) to not feel that in some parts is something lost or know of the odd data. It is a book that surprises with its character somewhat, since they are teenagers! I mean they haven't to be perfect and displayed as such and our story begins when the protagonist, María Hades, travels on vacation with their parents to a small town Nettleby for a little rest and relaxation after their ordeal in the Psychiatric Hospital,  she sees dead people and that can cause a big problem for all those around her, but that's inevitable for her and now something new to happen it will give us a tour of a new mystery, love, delusion and a walk of terror.

It is one of those books that have their own voice, but maybe it's something creepy !!! it is also something subtle for someone who wants to approach this type of reading, because it has a mixture of humor that helps go down to a level of conford to start again with this voice that makes us feel on a roller coaster. The characters are divine can have your favorite immediately, I love Mary, but also this Lacey, who wish a ghost friend that raise the hand \ O! (If you want to read why Lacey is a ghost, read My Daylight Monsters) also have the love interest (yes, although we are in terror, the love is in the air), Seth and a range over characters that could make your more days in scary atmosphere.

While there are parts that I had maybe one up and down, I loved the book, has a supernatural atmosphere which easily can imagine and is released into your mind, you have that kind of heroine to the author can bring him endless threads and you can mold as she wants, it shows your taste for this kind of story and can easily get into your dark  heart.

Actually if you look for a book for Halloween these days, read this series of Mary Hades, suitable for almost everyone;).

My Stars 4

If you read it, tell me what do you think? and if not, you expect!

Enjoys Horror October  !!

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THE AUTHOR

 



 

Sarah grew up in the middle of nowhere in the countryside of Derbyshire and as a result has an over-active imagination. She has been an avid reader for most of her life, taking inspiration from the stories she read as a child, and the novels she devoured as an adult.

Sarah mainly writes speculative fiction for a Young Adult audience and has had pieces of short fiction published in the Medulla Literary Review, PANK magazine and the British Fantasy Society publication Dark Horizons. Her short story 'Vampires Wear Chanel' is featured in the Wyvern Publication Fangtales.

Sarah's debut novel The Blemished is a fast paced young adult dystopia set in a fractured Britain. It follows the events of Mina Hart, a young Blemished girl who has a dangerous secret, as she tries to escape the dreaded Operation and get out of Area 14.

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Shameless by Nina Lemay |Review |

Shameless

by Nina Lemay

 

Girls like me don’t get happy endings.

I know what I am. At worst a cliché, at best a cautionary tale. I put an international border between me and my past, only to wind up working in a low-end titty bar. Even my excuse is as lame as it gets: I’m paying for college, getting my art degree from Montreal’s most prestigious school. Although some days it becomes confusing: am I just a student who moonlights as a stripper, or a stripper who masquerades as a student?

But the inevitable happens and my two lives collide. And now there’s one other person who knows both the quiet, antisocial Hannah and the sensual, shameless Alicia. One person who keeps my secret.

He’s beautiful, he’s sophisticated. He comes from the other side of life, the one where I’m not wanted or accepted. But he calls me la petite Américaine, and his hot, hot hands on my skin promise me things I long ago gave up on.

The problem? He teaches my Classic Photography class.

This is a standalone novel, no series, no cliffhanger.

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THE REVIEW

That cover help my choice to read this book, it is beautiful and has a very good design work, looks like a candy which one must acquire, which could also describe perfectamene our protagonist. The other part was the synopsis, was not quite a sweet story but had the sound in my head Oh! this should be good and interesting.

I liked it, there is a curious mixture of characters, photography classes and art are on stage at a party in another a very different world, where you can learn more in depth the layers of our main characters. Among them we have to Hanna, the heroine of this book, a girl who has past experiences that make you feel insecure, but I try to put aside to become an independent and strong alter ego to work to help pay for your studies university, she's a stripper.

On the other hand we have Emmanuel, a boy who comes as a regular customer in the workplace Hanna, the fate is clear, he is the trigger or the icing on the cake for the beginning of this story, he is Professor of Hanna photography as both discover that they are student and teacher, began a story of push and pull very well maintained.

Hanna , I like it, maybe at times I needed to shake her, but sometimes she gave me many surprises and as Emmanuel was a nice guy, I would have liked more depth in, but I think that is contrarestaba when he and Hanna were together, because sometimes he was the one that most clearly meet Hanna that  the rest.

This book had no end of feelings that are clearly reflected. Maybe in some parts gave occasional round that was not necessary but the author manages to leap to keep you interested in, as well as many surprises as to his writing, and also lets add that demonstrate the likes of the author and is in good part because many people could identify with, and know that it is aimed lines the author.

It really is a new author for me I'd like to keep an eye on your progress in writing and stories that could create and give in the near future.

If you want to start with something sweet, firm and hardness can kick you from time to time, this is the right book for you.

4 Stars!

About the Author

 

Nina Lemay is a YA writer by day and author of sinfully twisted New Adult…well, also by day. She loves all things dark and edgy and never tires of tormenting her characters. While Nina is a fan of all things scary, Gothic, and fantastic, she doesn’t shy away from a gritty contemporary romance when the muse strikes. She lives in Montreal, a city that never fails to inspire, with her partner and her dog.

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Two Bar Mitzvahs by Kat Bastion and Stone Bastion |Release Day Launch + Excerpt + Giveaway |

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Cade takes control in his bedroom…

“Now, enough talk about what irritates both of us. Let’s shift the mood in here.”

“Oh?” She tilted her head. “What mood are you going for?”

I worked my way in between her knees, then pushed up, forcing her back on the bed. “Bad. My mood is getting very bad.”

She collapsed back onto the center of the bed, her dark hair fanning around her head. “How bad?” On a deep inhale, she tugged her lower lip into her mouth with her teeth.

I growled and dipped down, sucking her lip into my mouth. Then I slanted my head, kissing her hard. By the time I pulled away, she’d gone breathless. Her lips were red. Her eyes sparked with lust. “Hannah. I’m going to strip you naked and flip you into every position I’ve imagined while you innocently studied on my bed.”

She sucked in a sharp breath. “Which positions?”

I shook my head. “No. No itinerary.” Taking a deep breath, I pulled back and stood. I grabbed the front of my T-shirt and yanked it over my head. In the next few seconds, I popped open the buttons of my fly and shoved off my jeans.

Hannah swept her gaze from my face, down my chest, to the erection jutting out toward her. “Beautiful,” she whispered.

1. Blood thundered in my ears as I lunged forward.

Her jaw dropped open as I stripped off her shorts and thong together. I crouched over her, reached behind her back, and unclasped her bra with the flick of a finger and thumb. Then I clutched her top and bra and ripped them over her head before tossing them across the room.

Eyes wide, she swallowed hard and scooted, rotating into a missionary position, head toward the pillows. I gripped her hips, flipped her over, and tugged her down.

She gasped, face on the comforter, arms spread wide. But her hands clutched the fabric. And when I spread my palm across her ass cheek with a light touch, she let out a soft moan.

Oh yeah. The anticipation amped her up. “You like this, Maestro?”

A quick nod of her head.

“What about this?” I smacked her ass.

She sucked in a sharp breath, but that was it—no answer.

It wasn’t a no. So I slapped her skin again, this time the other cheek, harder.

The response I got was a groan as she exhaled.

I smiled, rubbing skin that pinked right before my eyes. “You trust me, don’t you?”

“Yes, Cade. I trust you.”

Stretching my body over hers, I pressed a gentle kiss to her shoulder blade. “Good. Then trust me to make you feel good.”

For the first time in my bedroom, I didn’t need to reach for the condoms in my nightstand. We’d already established she was on birth control, and we’d both been safe (or in her case, infrequent) with our sexual encounters.

I moved to the side and dragged my fingertips down her back before gently palming over her ass cheeks, one, then the other. The entire time, I gauged her reactions—when she took a deep breath, how long she exhaled. My fingers trailed lower, between her thighs, up into her cleft that had already become wet. Her responses grew hotter: gasps every time I surprised her with a touch to her clit, a fingertip pressing inside, lightly lifting; low moans on each exhale as I pressed and rubbed, finding out what she liked, how she needed it.

I took my time. Pulled her to the brink. Balanced her there before shifting my touch. And as my teasing dragged on, her soft cries and moans grew louder.

I stopped, resting my fingertip on her clit, another finger pausing its strokes inside of her. “Careful, Maestro. I’ll give you what you need, but unless you want the guys to have a ringside seat, you’ll need to keep it down.”

She nodded and pulled the corner of a pillow toward her face. Then she squirmed her hips.

“Ah, ah, ah. No grinding. I take you there.” Once she stilled, I began circling and stroking, slow, steady. With every muffled cry and moan, I brought her to the brink again, then kept her there. Teasing. Taunting.

Thank you for reading and sharing this scorching excerpt. We hope you read and enjoy the rest of this portion of Cade and Hannah’s story in Two Bar Mitzvahs.

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Summer heats up in this third book in the No Weddings Series, where Cade Michaelson strives to balance his and Hannah Martin’s new relationship with the growing demands of his financial success.

Waiting for Hannah has been the best and worst kind of torture. Now I can claim her as mine. We believe we’re done with the past and can move forward together.

Hannah grows stronger than ever as she trusts in me—trusts in us. And when obstacles appear, she shows a surprising fierceness that rivals my own.

However, all is not perfect in paradise. Things get chaotic while I try to juggle multiple businesses, an ex from hell, and a girlfriend I’d do anything to keep. And in the middle of the whirlwind, I recklessly think I can handle everything.

But when all the madness is over, will I have everything I want—will I still have Hannah?

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Scorching (explicit) sex scenes. Fire extinguisher highly recommended.

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Kat enjoys her chocolate rich and dark, her music edgy and soul-filling, and her vacations exotic with toes dug into the sand. And she’s wildly, madly, deeply in love with Stone.

Stone likes pounding the trails on a mountain bike, vibrating the sound system with rock music, and down time spent on a stand up paddleboard. And he loves Kat wildly, madly, deeply…and then some.

Together, they’re having a blast bringing fun-filled romantic stories to life and hope you’ll join them in the exciting adventure.

Kat’s first published work, Utterly Loved, was a twentieth anniversary gift of love poems to Stone that they decided to share with the world to benefit charity. Net proceeds from Utterly Loved, and a portion of net proceeds from all their books, go toward charities involved in the fight against human trafficking.

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Legend of Sunday, Excuse me Sir, What time is it? |OHtB! Horror October|

 

Hello Sunday !!! And Sundays and I ,really we are enemies by nature, so I decided to spend some time looking through my first books a story or well I should say legend. Most of these legends are anonymous and have been told by word of mouth, if there are books about them but do not have a specific title or author may vary according to the editorial change in my country.

Usually we can find legends with a lot of fantasy with mystery and somewhat with that feeling or rather environment that is spoken in Mexico at the time when the Spaniards conquered and settled, they were giving many legends and I think it is that time and that flourished more (ok, I not deny that currently appear about, but the old are the best). And the room or place where these events can happen these days feel that sense of shiver, wonder and question, if indeed spirits may have lying around.

This story takes place in the period of colonial, is a legend in the streets of the Historic Center of Mexico City, personally one of my favorite (for the simple fact that in some family gatherings often tell stories of legends on Day of the Deads to the Midnight) and is somewhat mysterious, maybe a little bloody, yet with a touch of fantasy.

The legend ...

The story begins like this: They say that many years ago, lived on a street in Old Town, a man named Don Juan Manuel. His house was just behind the Convent of San Bernardo. He was married to a beautiful woman full of virtues, besides possessing great wealth and property. Nevertheless, he was not happy because of the misfortune of not having succession. With sadness and seeking solace was devoted to religion, going to church for hours, to the extent that sought to separate from his wife in order to get to San Francisco as a friar. In order to have someone who could manage their businesses, He called a nephew who lived in Spain, who arrived soon after. However, very early in Don Juan Manuel born some big jealous, thinking that his wife was cheating on him, so one night desperation did invoke the Devil himself to offer his soul in exchange for the name of who he thought he was dishonoring.

The Devil appeared and told him to come out at night and kill the first person who passed in front. Don Juan Manuel obeyed, killing the first happened, but the next day, the Devil was resubmitted, telling the man he had killed was innocent, but that he should continue going out every night and continue killing until he appeared next to corpse and then find the real culprit.
Don Juan Manuel was filled with more anxiety, so every night he left his house wrapped in a dark cloak to wait for his victim. Silence and darkness were his accomplices hiding from the meanings of each of the innocents who had the misfortune of going through the street.

At exactly eleven o'clock Don Juan Manuel approached them to ask:
- Excuse me sir, what time is it?
- Eleven o'clock - answered.
- Blessed are you, who knows when it's going to die!

Don Juan Manuel pulled the dagger to bury him in one fell swoop into the body of his victim, who fell in agony. Don Juan Manuel, slowly disappeared again to go to their rooms and the next day again more desperately wait for nightfall.
The next day, the ronde found another body without anyone being able to find the responsible for such horrific murders.
One of these days, knocked on the door of Don Juan Manuel, carrying the corpse of the previous night. Don Juan Manuel recognized his nephew, whom he loved and with whom he had much gratitude for undertaking business.
Don Juan Manuel dissembled before the constables, but filled with remorse and anguish was sick of the convent of San Francisco to beg for mercy at the feet of a church. It undone by grief, the priest confessed his crimes and his pact with Satan.
The Rev. horror but calm, told him to go for three consecutive nights to pray a rosary to eleven at night at the foot of the gallows, to acquit him.

That same night, came Don Juan Manuel, but still not quite say the rosary when he heard a voice:
- One Our Father and one Hail Mary for the soul of D. Juan Manuel!
Don Juan Manuel fell silent and went back home to wait awake for the dawn and went back to the religious to tell him what happened.

The priest told him to return it because I had heard was surely a trap of the devil who wanted salvation away, so he recommended that persignara when he returned to perceive a thing.
With no choice, Don Juan Manuel returned that night at eleven to the gallows, but as he knelt to pray he saw a procession of ghostly figures carrying a corpse in a coffin. Don Juan Manuel approached and could see it was himself, so again he was filled with fear. The next day, Don Juan Manuel returned to the Convent of San Francisco impatiently begging monk who acquitted him, so he saw their repentance acquitted him on condition that night back to the gallows finish reciting the last part rosary.
No one knows what happened next, but they say the next day dawned hung the corpse of Don Juan Manuel. Some say that Don Juan Manuel was hanged by the angels, others by the devil, but nobody knows the truth.

They also say that he was never seen again because I finally managed to enter the order of San Francisco, renouncing his past life.

But others say that even after death, and after many years, still hear footsteps, passing horses and sometimes you could see a man walking lonely in costumes refined, and always about to ask the same question ... "Excuse me sir, what time is it? "and having at the same time answer ... "Eleven o'clock" and assuming an end "- Blessed are you, who knows when it's going to die!"

A photo of that time and that place, for many years ago back...

P.S:  Currently can be heard oxcarts that pass at midnight ... but there is nothing in the place ...

Keep enjoying the  Horror October !! ;)

 

Time of Trick or treat, candies, horror stories, chocolate skulls and more |OtB! -- Horror October |

 

Autumn already arrived in my city !!!

I can smell it, feel it, see it and taste it.

October is the start of something magical, dark but sweet turn,

is the beginning of my favorite weather (sorry spring - summer !!).

How I can say that I feel the autumn around of me? Why I put that crazy title in this post? What is the Horror October?

Will I be able see a ghost in these days? Will I learn the art of making a sugar skull? Halloween Costume? ok, ok lots of questions!

These dates for me are the engine of my imagination, I feel that here is October because my city starts to take a cool climate,

taking a bit of a tone of cold but with a little warm time, in the markets, bakeries and candy stores will begin to see sugar  skulls,

there are flowers that have a characteristic scent of these days, nights involve the mystery traditions that live in my city.

The bakeries  begin to see something, a unusual bread for people who does not live by  this side of the world, but it certainly that attracts too.

Also you can see mummies, vampires, werewolves ... well ok, figurines, ornaments and costumes, events on something called Halloween, orange and black colors, purple and red are present, pumpkins with funny faces sometimes and somewhat demonic. Classic movies abound on television, in film began to see that come to scare with dolls, clowns and haunted houses.

The book stores are beginning to put together the books of the moment stories that may be our favorite, mystery and terror are the order of the day, classic vampires, vampires that sparkle, girls who have suffered from bullying, clowns with terrifying teeth, things aliens and houses without you hesitate on staying for one night, legends and stories that might be true or perhaps is the imagination of someone.

Fun and tradition, involving two things these days for me. I live in Mexico, and generally since I can remember I celebrated the day of the dead, but that does not mean I do not know the Halloween, is a holiday that we take it with a touch of fun before feasting days that for me might describe which are magical, mysterious and make you look somewhat the life after death somewhat different.

When I was on the computer looking you could do by this time, I came across an interesting blog: Oh, the Books! and started reading I had planned to do an event to help celebrate Halloween, or in my case Day of the Dead and Halloween.

The idea seemed interesting because it not only goes in the direction of the books, but it can range from series, movies, you plan to do on Halloween, no doubt a rain of magic things on blogs. I decided to take this trip starts from October 18 through October 31.

For these entries I will change topics, a few days will read about books, other days will read about stories I've heard or read, I will include Halloween stuff and will tell you what I usually do for Day of the Dead or something related to it, on TV series and if I find the most handsome black cat of the year! Yeah! adopt black cats ... always will give you good luck! (If you have a black cat, do not hesitate send me your photo!, And his name could appear in one of the post). I'll find a ghost in this city ??? Ok, I do not know! But it would be great!

Hey, this does not mean that the blog will change, will continue having books, is the main idea of ​​the blog so do not worry and enjoy the event! Follow him on twitter with the hashtag #OtBHorrorOctober or click on the image above and discover many ideas for these days!.

Trick or treat? Are you ready?

Happy start of ghosts, monsters and legends !!!

AllyCat