Teaser Tuesday (& Some "Housekeeping")

I'm participating for the first time in "Teaser Tuesdays," a bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Current Read:

Tempest (Tempest #1)

By Julie Cross

"The year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.

That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.

Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.

But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler.  Recruit… or kill him.

Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world. (via Goodreads)"

Try Some of the "Spicy Fiction Sushi"

Today's post is going to be a bit short, but no less important or interesting. I wanted to share with you an online magazine (or "webzine") I stumbled across earlier this year via Twitter: "Goldfish Grimm's Spicy Fiction Sushi".

When I first heard about Goldfish Grimm, it was still in the start up phrase and had just started accepting submissions. The magazine focuses on fantasy and science-fiction stories ranging from 100 to 7500 words (flash fiction to short stories). The magazine is run by Matthew Barron and Brenda Stokes Barron (and of course "Goldfish Grimm"). They'll release one issue each month featuring two stories and interviews with the stories' authors. Their first issue "First Flight" released on March 1st (last week) and features "Control" by Adam Israel and "All The Right Words" by Carrie Cuinn.

In My Mailbox: February Edition

Technically I should have done a book review this Thursday, but things got in my way of finishing the book I'm currently reading. So instead I decided to share with you the books I acquired during the month of February as part of The Story Siren's "In My Mailbox" feature.

The IMM feature was started as a way for bloggers to share what books they'd recently found or received and to connect with other bloggers to find new reads. Some people post this feature every week, others every other week, and some even once a month. I've decided to post my own IMM at the beginning of every month to share with my readers all the lovely new books I've added to my bookshelves!