Oct 28, 2013

Cross Country Christmas Book Review Tour


 With the holiday season upon her, Jamie Foster is once again stressed about making her yearly visit back home to Woodfalls, still single. Fate intervenes in the form of Grant Johnson, a boy she grew up with, who catches the same flight while returning home from a business trip.

When a malfunction sends their plane crashing down on the runway upon takeoff, Jamie and Grant decide to rent a car and make the nine-hundred-mile drive home together. Ironically for them, anything that can go wrong does as they face one hysterical hurdle after another.

Christmas may finally bring Jamie the gift of love she has always wanted if she and Grant can manage to overcome a few obstacles along the way.  Ho-ho-ho!

Add Cross Country Christmas to Goodreads here

If anyone has visited The Sarcastic Palmtree in the past, you may have noticed that we have MAD LOVE for Tiffany King.  She has her own page (visit The Sarcastic Palmtree's Tiffany King page here) where we tell her as much, and she knows she and her books will always have a home here with us. 

I got the wonderful opportunity to read her latest book, a holiday themed Novella called

CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS

As usual, Tiffany King has yet to write a book I didn't enjoy and this one was no exception.  She knows how to make you smile and laugh all with a side of romance that will leave you wanting more. She knows how to develop characters that you care about and form a relationship with quickly.  This is one of the main reasons I love her work.  I read a lot and if you don't have me to the half-way point where I actually care about your characters, most of the time I won't even bother to finish.  This has never even come close to happening with her.  
Cross Country Christmas is included in her Woodfalls series but works great as a stand alone.  I would always recommend reading No Attachments, the first book in the Woodfalls series as I loved it dearly as well.  I can pretty much say this about all of the books that Tiffany King has written.

If there was one downside to this book, it is that is was a novella.  I could have easily spent an entire book with Grant and Jamie.  After the last page I verbally said "What?" because I was so in the moment with them I felt like someone had snatched the book right away from me and not let me finish.  No more novellas Tiffany!  We love your characters way too much for that!

Thank you to Tiffany King for including me on the tour for this fantastic novella and I look forward to more from her in the future!

You can Pre-order Cross Country Christmas here:


Flamingo 
at The Sarcastic Plamtree gives

Cross Country Christmas

10 Christmas Palm Trees!
I sincerely LOVED this book! 

Here's a little bit about the fantastically awesome Tiffany King!
 
USA Today Bestselling author Tiffany King is a lifelong reading fanatic who is now living her dream as a writer, weaving Young Adult and New Adult romance tales for others to enjoy. She has a loving husband and two wonderful kids. (Five, if you count her three spoiled cats). Her addictions include: Her iphone and ipad, chocolate, Diet Coke, chocolate, Harry Potter, chocolate, zombies and her favorite TV shows. Want to know what they are? Just ask.


 

In classic Tiffany King fashion, she is of course doing a giveaway!  Enter below for a chance to win one of these beautiful ornaments!

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Thank you again to Tiffany King for letting us help with the tour.  Come back and visit us often!

Oct 22, 2013

Katy Perry PRISM


Well today is the official release day of Katy Perry's new album PRISM but, through the awesomeness of the internet and iTunes Radio (Brand New with iOs 7!), I have been listening to this album for about a week now.  Of course I am one of those cool people who have been listening to the three pre-released singles for what seems like forever now and I love them...
It seems like so long since we have seen the release of a completely brand new Katy Perry album... sure The Complete Confection was good and all with two great songs ("Wide Awake" and "Part of Me")... but now we have a whole set of new songs!  This album has shown that she is moving in a more serious direction, but she still will obviously like to have fun (we can never forget about her songs "California Gurls" and "Last Friday Night", both #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100).  

Here is a list of the songs... (I'd recommend listening to the snippets on iTunes before buying them if you'er still on the fence after reading this review)...
1.  Roar
2.  Legendary Lovers
3.  Birthday
4.  Walking On Air
5.  Unconditionally
6.  Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
7.  This Is How We Do
8.  International Smile
9.  Ghost
10. Love Me
11. This Moment
12. Double Rainbow
13. By the Grace of God
14. Spiritual*
15. It Takes Two*
16. Choose Your Battles*
*Only available on the deluxe album (but still very worth it)
Also... Here is a link to buy the album... just in case you are already interested... 

Anyway...I'm sure you probably want a review now... since you came to read one... ;)

 This album is really good... it's probably just as good as her previous album Teenage Dream.  Songs like "Birthday", "This Is How We Do", and "International Smile" are all songs that I like because they are faster and more careless and free.  Other songs like this are songs like "Roar", "Dark Horse", and "Walking On Air" which I have been enjoying for about a month or two.  

This album is pretty much split in half between the sweet slow songs and the awesome energetic songs that make you wanna dance.  The album really starts out all fast but then slows down as it goes on.  Songs like "Unconditionally", "Ghost", and "By the Grace of God" are all songs with a more deeper meaning, and I like to see that in an artist... it really is what makes them worthy of such a name like an artist.  I also like to see people go back to their beginnings and I really got that sorta feel from "By the Grace of God", I think it make the song sound even more humble than it already does, at least to me anyway.  I really liked this song when she sang it at the iTunes music festival in England.  Her performance with co-writer Greg Wells on the piano was amazing.  She showed that she has great vocals when she's not running around and dancing.  If you haven't yet seen that performance you can find a link to it here...

I think it was very cool to start out with a song like "Roar" where it's all about becoming independent and stuff and then (on the standard edition) ending with "By the Grace of God" where it's all more of a humbling song.  On the deluxe album, the three songs are just an extra way to sum up the whole album.  Both albums, as a whole, shows a person living through life.  Life starts out all fun and all that stuff, but then you go through life and you start having all these experiences and you end up becoming this more mature person and realizing that life takes work.

I give Katy Perry's PRISM 9.5 out of 10 sarcastic comments (maybe 10 on a good day :D)

 I will also throw in a dark horse, a ghost, a double rainbow, and an eye of a tiger! (Well maybe two for now since they look cool with two eyes...)









Oct 18, 2013

12 New Adult Books of Christmas ~ Cover Reveal

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Welcome to The Sarcastic Palmtree!

We are getting a jump on the holiday season 
with the cover reveal for
The 12 NAs of Christmas

This is a set of
12 New Adult Novellas 
all surrounding the holiday season
 

Written by some of your favorite, bestselling New Adult authors, these novellas are sure to get you ready for whatever you have planned for the holidays. 

Each novella will be released separately on November 1, 2013.  

 Below the gorgeous covers is a list of the 
titles and the authors, 
as well as links and a quick snippet for each one!


OFF THE MARKET
by Magan Vernon  
Etta Davis must decide if a second chance with an old flame is worth taking her house, 
and her heart, off the market.
www.maganvernon.com 
Add OFF THE MARKET to Goodreads

 

BRAVE
by Zoe Dawson  
His heart was closed, his emotions buried, he was a man on the edge of self-destructing. This Christmas, snowbound in Colorado little did he know that courage would be found in another searching for the strength to be brave.

 

CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
by Tiffany King
A hilarious, heartwarming Christmas tale about finding love in the least likely situation.

http://authortiffanyjking.blogspot.com/
Add CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS to Goodreads



CHRISTMAS CATCH
by Chelsea Cameron
She swore she was never going back to the tiny fishing village she came from. So did he. 
But when they’re both dragged back to Saltwater, Maine, they might realize 
it’s where they belong. Together… 
http://www.chelseamcameron.com/ 
Add CHRISTMAS CATCH to Goodreads


 A LITTLE CHRISTMAS ROMANCE
 by H.M. Ward
A sexy and sweet holiday treat.
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorHMWard 
Add A LITTLE CHRISTMAS ROMANCE to Goodreads

  

FROSTED MIDNIGHT
 by Breena Wilde
Willow St. James needs a miracle and an encounter with Austin Merrick at midnight on
 Christmas Eve may be just the answer she's looking for.

  

WARMTH IN ICE
 by A. Meredith Walters
Clay and Maggie struggle to build a future while overcoming the demons of their past. 
And during the heat of a Florida Christmas they are reminded that theirs is a love 
worth fighting for.


IF I RETURN
by Sawyer Bennett 
What was supposed to be a quiet Christmas holiday turns into a life changing event 
for Hope and Jack. The only problem? 
Jack is headed off to war, and there is no guarantee he will come back.
   

WIDE SPACES
 by Shelly Crane
When they found each other, they knew that life had given them a second chance. 
But a life together that saved them will become a life they think is lost forever.
  

WINTER KISSES
by Addison Moore
Having a one-night stand with your ex is never easy. 
She thinks its revenge sex.  He thinks its make-up sex. 
Things can only go wrong from here.



ALL FOR YOU
by Marquita Valentine
The only thing West Diaz wants for Christmas is McKenzie Walsh's forgiveness, but she's not ready to make nice, until, that is, he willingly humiliates himself in public to prove he's not the same guy who bullied her in high school.  But can one simple act overcome 
years of torment?

  
 A SEASON FOR HOPE
by Sarra Cannon
After a devastating breakup, Bailey Houston just wants to give up on life.
But can sexy med-student Judd Kohler teach her that Christmas really is a season for hope? 
www.sarracannon.com 
Add A SEASON FOR HOPE to Goodreads


Looking forward to November 1, 2013 yet?
 I know I am! 



See you again soon!