Book Review: Tempest

Today I'm reviewing Tempest by Julie Cross, which happens to be my first read for the 2012 Debut Author Challenge hosted by The Story Siren. (Please check out her site for more information about the challenge and for a complete list of the books involved.)

The Book...

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)

Book Review & Giveaway: Clockwise

Today I'm participating in the Clockwise blog tour hosted by Missy over at Missy's Reads & Reviews. Clockwise is a YA time-traveling rom/com by Elle Strauss. (It's sequel Clockwiser will be coming out later this year.) 

I first heard about Clockwise from The Indelibles blog (which Elle is a part of). I was intrigued about its summary and placed it on my TBR list. Then when Missy asked for blogger-participants for her Clockwise tour and I jumped at the chance. Today I'll be reviewing the book and next week I'll have an interview with the author to share as a part of the tour.

And as another part of this blog tour, the author Elle Strauss is offering an e-copy of Clockwiser to any commenter who likes her Facebook page. (See Rafflecopter form below. And please remember to leave your email address in the comment section. I promise it wouldn't be used for anything else.)

Tumblr Tuesday: Time

Next week I'll be reviewing two books about time travel (Tempest and Clockwise) so I thought I'd do a "time" themed post. While I could show you images of historical or vintage photographs, I decided to take a more "literal" take on my "time" theme: time pieces!

Have time, will travel! (image from story-book magic)

The time-traveling teens in the books I'm reading travel to many different places and times during their stories. Where would you travel if you had the time?

An Attempted Craft Project...

I was going to share with you guys a "time-traveling" themed craft I made...but it became more complicated than I had originally planned and various things got in my way today (including a nice visit with my talkative grandmother and an unexpected job opportunity which I will explain in a moment). See, here's my proof of the awesome craftiness I was concocting!

my TARDIS design

my TARDIS pattern pieces