MILA 2.0 was everything I hoped it would be: intense, action-packed, and filled with awesome technology. But it was also more than that: it had a TOTALLY SWOONY romance—but it didn’t dominate the story, and it had one of the most alive characters I’ve ever […]
Year: 2013
How to Keep Your Blog & Online Accounts Safe – Part 2 – Securing WordPress
Last Updated: October 2016 These tips are specific to self-hosted WordPress.org blogs. Do not have a username called “admin” “Admin” is the default WordPress username, which it’s the first thing everything tries. Every single failed login attempt for Nose Graze has used the username “admin” […]
Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson
Strands of Bronze and Gold was written well and certainly had interesting elements, but unfortunately the majority of the book was boring. The problem is that once Sophia arrives at the Abbey, Bernard doesn’t let her go anywhere or do anything. As such, 95% of […]
How to add an Image Slider to Your Blogger Blog
Last updated: 4 December 2015. We have a great question this week from Kaina! All you Blogger folks listen up, because this one is just for you! I was just wondering since I have a blogger blog do you know of any good picture sliders […]
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
I only read 20% of this book before deciding to not finish it. Keep that in mind while reading this review. I have only not finished a handful of books since starting my blog, and so far I haven’t actually posted those “reviews”. I usually […]
The Perfect Cover (14) – Teardrop
This is just… wow. Insanely gorgeous. There is nothing cooler than that absolutely insane dress made out of water!! It reminds me of some stunning high speed photography where they actually throw water/milk onto the models. It’s amazing! Click here to view high speed photography […]
Waiting on Wednesday (43) – Velvet
Velvet by Em Garner Publication date: July 23rd 2013 Add it to your shelf on Goodreads After the Contamination—an epidemic caused by the super-trendy diet drink SlimPro that turned ordinary citizens into violent, uncontrollable creatures—the government rounded up the “Connies” to protect the remaining population. […]
How to Keep Your Blog & Online Accounts Safe – Part 1 – Passwords & Recovery Questions
It seems like every other week I’m reading about some sort of internet hacking incident. My mom’s e-mail getting hacked. A friend’s Facebook getting hacked. A random person’s Twitter getting hacked. My mom’s e-mail getting hacked… again. Someone’s website getting hijacked. A WordPress account getting […]
How to Hide Spoilers in Your Reviews – Alternative Method
Last week I went over how to hide spoilers in your reviews. I’ve found that the first method works quite well for small in-line spoilers, but any time you want to hide big chunks of text, things tend to get wonky (sometimes when you click […]
Unremembered by Jessica Brody
Unremembered has everything I love in a sci-fi: genetics, evil corporations, love, technology, and conspiracy. It’s almost like it was made for me! However, I have to warn you. This story isn’t exactly original. It’s awesome, and I loved it, but it is one of […]