Saturday 31 January 2015

The Return!

Hey!

One of my favourite series is having a spin off! The covenant series by Jennifer L Armentrout is expanding with the character of Seth Getting his own series set after the 1st series (Note you don't I believe have to read 1 before starting this new series).

THE RETURN BY JENNIFER L ARMENTROUT


Nice Cover ; )
The Fates are cackling their bony asses off…

It’s been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they’ve given him have been violent and bloody–which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth. He’s got to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet.

Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy’s deal might be, but it’s a good bet that his arrival means the new life she started after leaving home is about to be thrown into an Olympian-sized blender turned up to puree. Either Josie is going insane or a nightmare straight out of ancient myth is gunning for her.

But it might be the unlikely attraction simmering between her and the golden-eyed, secret-keeping Seth that may prove to be the most dangerous thing of all.

Because history has once again been flipped to repeat.

Book 1 in the new adult paranormal TITAN series, spin-off to the best selling COVENANT series

Goodreads

And with this upcoming release Jennifer is giving away snippets!

http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/the-return-giveaway-2/

I loved the covenant series because of the Greek Mythology and can't wait to see how the Titans fit into it!
The book is set for release 17th February! So look out for the series!

I hope you are doing well and have a great day!
Peace : )

Lets Chat

Hey!

Proud of Myself! Hi 5
So I am trying to connect all of my social media together! I now have a button which can take you to my twitter and my Google+ accounts which I do use everyday and I'm thinking of posting on my Google+ when I am posting and maybe even the subject. Took me ages to do it and its still not perfect but its a start isn't it!

I thought it was time when I can connect better with people and so you guys can talk to me plus if you guys have any hints and tips to help that would be awesome

I also am hoping that in a few weeks I will have a Youtube channel up and running with everything I need! I hope to talk about a lot of stuff like on my blog but I hope it will be awesome

I'm excited to see what I can do and what can happen!

I hope you are doing well and have a great day
Peace : )

Sunday 25 January 2015

What I've been doing peeps

Hey!

I have been very bad at writing new posts on my blog at the moment... I actually have got the lovely flu its so much fun... -_- but it has given me some time to read and watch some interesting things
so I thought I would do some what of a update as to what I've been doing : )

Look at that cover yo!
In the reading front I have finished the whole Georgia Nicolson series by the amazing Louise Rennison, normally I don't re read series but I do love to re read this one! Its about a young girl Georgia as she goes through life and because it is set in England it makes me love it so much more, I love the lingo and the way they act its very funny. A good read for young girls (13-15) who don't read a lot and I find these sorts of contemporary reads are better for more non readers.
I have finished 2 series now as well, since I got the awesomeness that is an amazon gift card for Christmas I bought some books and finished both the Lux series by Jennifer L Armentrout and the Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi!. I loved both of them obviously they are quite different the first being about aliens and the second being about super humans but they both had such good qualities that made me fall in love with them. Especially Ignite Me the final book in the shatter me series people don't like how it ends but I do and the character growth in that series is very inspiring!.
2nd... Kaidan <3
The 1st Novel

Now I am reading the Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins, its got such a great take on the whole idea of Angels and Demons so enjoying that very much! I have read the first 2 books at the moment and waiting to get the 3rd and final. I don't mean to be a downer and this may be the reason some people don't read these books but the covers... a bit cheesy AH Sorry I do love you books but the covers not my favourite


Always do the claps at the start!
I have started watching the TV show Friends! I couldn't help it, I am on the second season and watching it again is just great its one of my favourite series ever!. I have also started watching the Tudors (Again a show that is old and already finished!) it follows the life of King Henry the 8th of England during his reign and all of those wives! I love history and having the connection to England as I do being from a commonwealth country I like it its an interesting adaption sometimes wrong historically but its good though wouldn't rate for the younger viewer it does have sexual content and violence where even I have turned away though I don't deal the best with that stuff. The cool part about the Tudors though is it does show parts of England and having recently been there it gets me all excited to go back!

Beautiful London, I miss you!


I could do it with my swag!
I have also got into watching streamers on a website called Twitch, I'm probably the last to know when it comes to these things but oh well!. I watch some streamers while they test the game H1z1 which is a survival game available now but in alpha stage so there are some problems to it but the streamers are great! It kinda makes me want to give it a try, I know its harder than having a blog but it seems cool I'm not the best gamer and maybe that would make it better watching me do terribly could make it entertaining...
Maybe I should just do the youtube thing first haha baby steps



I should give it a go even if...
I hope you are doing well and have a great day
Peace : )

Tuesday 13 January 2015

Kiwi in Berlin

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Flying fun!
So as I have mentioned I am from New Zealand which is an amazing country, love it to pieces!
But at the moment I am actually living in Germany.

I am going into the workforce so a lot has been going on to try and sort all of this out.
Originally being here started as a holiday for me to see my boyfriend and to see some of Europe, since I'm from the other side of the world it sounded like a great adventure, however 1 month turned into 3 and now I have been here a year where I am waiting to receive my visa and checking all of my job prospects.

Awesome Airline
Once I decided to go down this road obviously I looked for jobs to do with my degree (Bachelor of Science) the problem there was the fact that I didn't speak German and made it difficult for me to actually get a job I would love so for now I am trying to look for any old job just to be able to make the money I need to stay here and travel

I got bit by this travel bug young and have always wanted to see the world in every way! Although not the biggest fan of really long flights on my flight here I got stuck between a couple and they talked over me the whole time! wasn't until I got to Dubai and was flying to Frankfurt where I had all 3 seats to myself and slept most of the time (I do recommend Emirates, they are really awesome and the food was super good!).

Beautiful City!
So now I am here living in Berlin trying to make some money to live but to also travel maybe try and take some weekends where I can go visit a country! I have already visited the motherland (England, since NZ is a Commonwealth country) and that was amazing I had the best time seeing all of the attractions bu I also want to travel Germany more too, I love history and museums and just fun exciting stuff so I'm excited to see what there is to offer in Europe. And hey you never know maybe I will got to Africa and Asia at some point too!. For now Berlin is awesome and I can't wait to continue exploring it!



The process to get a visa was difficult and did take a lot of time, lucky for me I have people I'm living with that are from here and they were able to help me get in touch with the right people and the right companies such as for insurance. There are definitely companies here that I have found who speak enough English such as job centers who can help with jobs if you don't speak German and heaps of courses (Which I am going to take) to teach you German.
Patience's is needed when moving country!

Its a big move and I miss my family ever day but this is a once in a life time experience to see what the world has to offer. I'm thinking of doing more blogs about my time here but also the processes I went though so leave a comment if you want more of that!

I hope you are doing well and have a great day
Peace : )

Monday 12 January 2015

Phone Game Apps!

Hey!

I love my Cellphone always have and in this changing world we have to have one which means some awesome apps come with it!
Today I want to talk about some of my favourite games that I use

Boom Beach
This is a game where you have your own island! You build up defence and collect resources to become the strongest island. It's great because you can fight other islands over the world but also can join your friends to collect Intel and do special missions. But also there is an enemy to defeat called the blackguard and there is also Dr Terror who has an island that will just come up on your map where he gives you gems and resources. Also can make masterpieces which give your island great boosts!
The reason I like this game is because it's different and isn't a demanding game where you have to constantly check it but also don't have to wait 6 days for a building to update. The Blackguard and Dr Terror make it interesting for me too as they change it up so your not always fighting the same things over and over again. Along with other players and the enemy groups there is also random bases that pop up on your map ranging in levels as you defeat them. To help with resources there are resource islands which you have to fight other players to keep and the more you battle over them the higher the level gets which in my case can get very annoying!


RATING: 4.5 STARS 


Tapped Out

This is a Simpson's based game where Homer has destroyed Springfield and it is your job to rebuild it.
You start with just Homer but soon get Lisa Flanders and Apu plus there respective buildings.
I always liked this game because I've always loved the show plus it tries to keep you entertained between levels by having quests ranging from Easter to Christmas and they are all a little different, they even did a sort of clash of clan parody where you got to build a castle and had to defeat other Springfield's buildings using nerds!. It also gives you a good chance to get new and exciting items and characters.
The outfits are good too like goblin Bart and adds some from the show such as the Stone  Cutters, I still like the humour in the Dialogue between the characters as well with many having there catch phrases. I also love the fact that they do actually take the time to add the things from the show such as being able to build your own Krusty land and how you can build the boardwalk and pier which has been in a number of episodes!
I do like having a neighbours event too where if you visit your friends you can unlock special items.
Over the years that this game has been out its gotten better with less bugs but I do find it repetitive at times and time consuming and it's hard to actually move forward do to you need to have donuts which cost real money to do and get a lot of the items and characters.



                                                   RATING: 3 STARS

Family Guy: Quest for Stuff

This game isn't all that old but like tapped out it follows the Griffin family with all there friends family and antics
You start with the griffin house and Peter but slowly build till you not only have the whole family but many of there friends.
You can also have your own friends on there too and visit them getting money and XP and they can be included in quests and events where like over Christmas you could give them gifts Nawh!.
One thing I have noticed is that all of there events normally involve you having to attack or get rid of something whether its pirates or reindeer's.
It has been compared a lot to Tapped Out and in many ways it's the same idea but the developers take it in a different way with there own family guy story lines. However they follow the same ideas with events such as for Christmas and Halloween and the game at times isn't always that stable crashing at times. There also has been problems with recent updates but as I have said it's not I guess that old and still working out the problems and increase in traffic. But there are some funny elements such as character outfits and the things you make them do, I like banana Brian and playboy stewie.
In this game you don't have to use real money but again to get some items and characters you need golden clans which do cost money

                                                    RATING: 3 STARS

Block Puzzle

This game is one of those boredom busters where you just sit down and work the puzzle pieces into the square or rectangular shape. You never realise how long you play this game for because you lose any idea of time just trying to work these out especially when you get up to the harder level (And there are heaps of levels!). I love things like this as it tests my brain and keeps me busy when there isn't much else to do. There is more than just one difficulty, you have novice, normal and expert plus bonus ones and there is said to be over 6000 levels so keeps you busy! I also recently found out that you can actually challenge friends too!

                                                RATING: 4.5 STARS

Flow
This game I have finished but reinstalled it just to do it again! The aim is to connect the coloured dots while filling in the grid but they can't cross over each other and the whole square needs to be filled which can get as big as 14X14! . There are also many different versions so endless fun if you want the only problem is the fact that there are more levels that can be unlocked it just costs real money and once complete there isn't much point in keeping the app. But I think challenging yourself out ways the other average points of the game and the fact that it's got super pretty colours makes me like it! I have also played another version called Flow Bridges where you can go under and over other colours but its a little bit harder in my opinion

                                                  RATING: 4.5 STARS

Trivia Crack

I do love a good knowledge game! In this game you battle against either random people around the world or your friends in a first to 5 trivia quiz!. The aim is to collect each trivia genre piece, these categories being geography, science, history, sport, art, and entertainment.
What happens is you roll the wheel and answer what ever category you get then once you have answered 3 you can get your piece either by answering a question in that genre or challenge your opponent to I believe a 5 question head to head where the one who answers the most wins either you win the piece you challenged for or you lose and they keep there piece but you lose the one you put up!!!. I love how you can test you knowledge, guessing skills and also learn random facts all at the same time.
It's so basic which is why I love it, that's the nerd in me coming out! I do have some categories I don't like cause I'm not that good but the good thing is they range from very easy to quite hard such as I once got asked what colour does blue and red make...

                                                    RATING: 5 STARS

I hope you like my first talk about apps which I think I will continue into the future

I hope that you are doing well and have a great day
Peace : )

(All Pictures from Google Play Store if you want more info)

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Christmas Books!

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Doing a book post today of the 4 books I got for Christmas!

REDEEMED By P.C and Kristin Cast
Love These Covers

This is the finale in the House of Night series, this is the 12 book and I just had to get it!
The House of Night series follows Zoey Redbird as she gets marked to become a Vampire, however she gets a different kind of tattoo and some interesting powers!
I know that a lot of people don't like this series but I started it when it came out and then just wanted to know what was going to happen next so I have read this far.
I do have issues with the series obviously but I am not one to stop reading a series even if its not a favourite of mine, for me this is a 3 star series but I am excited to see how its going to end!

ORIGIN and OPPOSITION By Jennifer L Armentrout

These 2 books are the last in the Lux series which follows a blogger Katy as she discovers her neighbours are aliens and she finds herself getting pulled deeper into there world.
I love this series as I am a fan of Jennifer having read a couple of the other series she has out, she is great at making funny characters and a good plot. Plus she has a great way of making amazing male leads, Daemon Black is just epic! I can't wait to get the last book as I have already read Origin and some awesome stuff went down pus I love the way she has built the world sometimes you don't get that back story needed to make a fantasy series epic.


IGNITE ME By Tahereh Mafi

I have talked a lot about this book on here because this is a series that I just LOVE IT!
This is the finale in the series and I have been able to read both Novellas that go with the series so super excited to start reading this one!
This follows Juliette has a fatal touch and is locked up by the new government The Re establishment, I don't want to say much because I think this is one of those books where knowing nothing is so much better!
I love Tahereh's writing and the way she has shown such growth in the main characters, I really just hope the ending is good, and I just hope I'm ready for the feels!

Those are the books I got at the moment though I do have an Amazon voucher so excited to buy more books!

I hope you are doing well and have a great day
Peace : )