Could you start a revolution?

In Kiera Cass’ The Selection, America competes for the chance to be royalty against a backdrop of tension and unrest caused by Illea’s caste system. America doesn’t set out to start a revolution—but her honesty and determination to do what’s right, even while in the spotlight, could add to the spark. Do you have what it takes to start one? Take the quiz to find out!

A Touch Menacing by Leah Clifford is HERE!

Eden is dying. For real, this time.

She is crumbling to ash, and an unnatural plague is ravaging mortals and immortals alike. With both Heaven and Hell out to destroy her, Eden can no longer tell the difference between good and evil.

Friends become enemies. And enemies are everywhere.

But don't underestimate Eden. She'll fight for her life, for the lives of those she loves, and for every life she has ever touched.

She'll fight for revenge. For redemption. For—just maybe—the chance to be mortal again.

Everything began with forbidden love.

What will be sacrificed at the bitter end?

The dramatic conclusion to Leah Clifford's dark, alluring trilogy of life, death, and epic love.

Summer Camp

If your a mom Like me you are probably doing the same thing as me around this time of year, filling out forms for the summer camp that your children attend every year. As our forms have to be in before May, I am always busy trying to add and crunch the numbers to make sure that we are going to be able to afford to send our children to camp, because it is one of the best things that my kids look forward to when summer approaches. The older they get the more expensive it gets as well and it sure hurts the pocket book, it sure is worth it though when you see their smiling faces all aglow awaiting the drop off for camp.

Every year we send our 4 children to RKY Camp in Parham, Ontario it is a wonderful and beautiful camp, full of fun activities from sun up to sun down. Their Camp categories and prices are:

2013 PROGRAMS

Summer Camp

JUNIOR CAMP- $587.00
(1 WEEK, AGES: 7-8 YEARS)
RKY Camp provides a one week sleepover camp designed with first-time, younger campers in mind. Under the supervision of specially selected staff, this experience focuses mainly on helping campers to make new friends and share fun, new and interesting experiences while living with a group of other cabin mates. Emphasis is placed on cabin togetherness, and experiencing all that camp has to offer.

YOUTH CAMP - $587.00(1 WEEK) - $1148.00(2 WEEKS)

(1 WEEK (9-11 years) AND 2 WEEKS OPTION, AGES: 8-12 YEARS)
Designed for young, energetic youth campers get the full RKY Camp experience, travelling through the core program areas we offer as well as choosing activities that interest them. All Youth Campers have the opportunity to experience overnight canoe trip on beautiful Eagle Lake.

SENIOR CAMP - $1249.00

(2 WEEKS, AGES: 13-15 YEARS)
Our oldest campers enjoy all of the programs and instruction as the Youth Campers do. In addition, though, there are special Senior Camp programs aimed at teenagers. Senior Campers may also choose to take part in the RKY Rag Program, which invites our oldest campers to challenge themselves personally and spiritually in order to help them grow. Our Senior Campers go off-site for a canoe trip of three or four days in length.

LEADERS IN TRAINING -$1385.00 
(2 WEEKS, (15-16 years)
This two-week program provides participants with an opportunity for personal growth and development. Both hard skill and soft skill development are at the core of the LIT program. Participants will be able to learn the fundamentals of communication, leadership and prepare for future facilitation opportunities. With guidance from our Leadership Counsellors LITs will have the opportunity to participate in a white water canoeing trip at Palmer rapids and work towards their Ontario Recreational Canoe Certification. 4 volunteer hours are available to participants of the LIT Program.

COUNSELOR IN TRAINING PROGRAM - $1982.00 
(1 MONTH, AGES 16 -17)
Our CIT program is a one month program which focuses on the development of key leadership and teamwork qualities that will help prepare participants for future endeavors. Under the supervision of their Leadership Counsellors participants are able to practice there counselling skills through a number of cabin placements. CITs will also complete a 5 day canoe trip. CIT participants have a responsibility to show strong role modeling and actively participate in the development of RKY Campers. CITs have the opportunity to achieve their Lifesaving Society Bronze Medallion or Bronze Cross during this duration of this program. In addition, 8 Volunteer hours are available to participants.

 SIBLING DISCOUNT
A sibling discount of $47.00 per additional child is available to families who register more than one sibling.

RKY is an amazing camp and we are blessed to have found it as it seems to be secreted away out there in Parham. The Camp makes every effort to teach the children about nature and the history of the land with the names of the cabins all in Native Names and words. Being of Native Blood myself it is important to me that my children go to a camp that appreciates the land.

Our son Tristan is a Champion at the rock climbing wall, our other son Brennan is in love with the Archery and our Oldest June is a fish and loves to spend all her free time in the water. This will be our youngest Lily's 2nd time at camp, this time she is staying the whole two weeks where last year she only stayed one. She is both Nervous and Excited as she has never been away from home that long before without mom and dad but with her siblings there I am sure she wont even think about us and the time will fly by.

Kids sure are lucky these days the exciting places they go and the amazing things they do, we never got these opportunities when I was a kid...lol

To see more about this great camp visit their website at http://www.rkycamp.org their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rkycamp or follow them on Twitter https://twitter.com/RKYCamp @RKYCamp

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

She could save the world—or destroy it.

Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can’t do either alone.

With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?

As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side…

Wilde's Fire by Krystal Wade

"There is no pain in this death, only peace, knowing I am going to die with the one I love the most." - Katriona Wilde. 

Katriona Wilde has never wondered what it would feel like to have everything she's ever known and loved ripped away, but she is about to find out. When she inadvertently leads her sister and best friend through a portal into a world she's dreamed of for six years, she finds herself faced with more than just the frightening creatures in front of her. Kate's forced to accept a new truth: her entire life has been a lie, and those closest to her have betrayed her. What's worse, she has no control over her new future, and it's full of magic and horrors from which nightmares are made. Will Kate discover and learn to control who she really is in time to save the ones she loves, or will all be lost?

'Supernatural' Harlem Shake: Jensen Dances, Jared Texts and Cast and Crew Go Crazy

Carla Day
Contributing Writer, BuddyTV

Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, and the Supernatural cast and crew joined the "Harlem Shake" craze that has taken over the internet this past month with their own Supernatural version. And, of course, the Impala made a required appearance!

Jensen handles the solo dancing for the "Harlem Shake" meme, while Jared stands by texting or perhaps tweeting on his phone for the first 15 seconds of the video. The camera starts in close and sweeps overhead for a unique perspective.

Then the cast and crew join in the fun dancing away in their crazy outfits, including a dancing person in a body bag. Jared tweeted for guesses on the identity of the person in the body bag. Who do you think it is? 

In a fitting Supernatural scene, the dance was held on a devil's trap at crossroads with the Impala at the ready for a quick getaway. 

Is this the best "Harlem Shake" version ever? I can't stop watching it, can you?

Supernatural airs Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on the CW.

taken from Buddy TV

My friend Mary's Silent film!

My friend Mary did this Video with Friends from School, it was for a history project in french. Its amazingly clever and really funny. (Mary is the girl with the basket of goodies.)

WW4BB Presents: My friend Mary's Music Videos

My friend Mary is Amazingly talented Please be sure to check out her music Videos. Click the read more button below to see more videos.

WW4BB Presents: Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike is HERE!

Sita has lived for centuries. She has seen more than most people could ever imagine. 

She has loved and she has lost; she has killed many, and she has given life.

Now, at last, Sita’s story culminates in an epic — and satisfying — conclusion to the enormously popular Thirst series.

See the rest of the Thirst Series HERE 

WW4BB Presents: Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas

A Throne of Glass novella.

On a remote island in a tropical sea, Celaena Sardothien, feared assassin, has come for retribution. She’s been sent by the Assassin’s Guild to collect on a debt they are owed by the Lord of the Pirates. But when Celaena learns that the agreed payment is not in money, but in slaves, her mission suddenly changes—and she will risk everything to right the wrong she’s been sent to bring about.

 The Silent Assassins of the Red Desert aren’t much for conversation, and Celaena Sardothien wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s not there to chatter, she’s there to hone her craft as the world’s most feared killer for hire. When the quiet is shattered by forces who want to destroy the Silent Assassins, Celaena must find a way to stop them, or she’ll be lucky to leave the desert alive.

 When the King of the Assassins gives Celaena Sardothien a special assignment that will help fight slavery in the kingdom, she jumps at the chance to strike a blow against an evil practice. The misson is a dark and deadly affair which takes Celaena from the rooftops of the city to the bottom of the sewer—and she doesn’t like what she finds there.

 Celaena Sardothien is the assassin with everything: a place to call her own, the love of handsome Sam, and, best of all, freedom. Yet, she won’t be truly free until she is far away from her old master, Arobynn Hamel; Celaena must take one last daring assignment that will liberate her forever. But having it all, means you have a lot to lose . . .

This fourth fantastic e-novella gives readers an inside look at the characters who appear in the full-length novel Throne of Glass. Don’t miss out!

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

WW4BB Presents: My Interview With Carmen Stefanescu!

Carmen Stefanescu was born in Romania, the native country of the infamous vampire Count Dracula, but where, for about 50 years of communist dictatorship, just speaking about God, faith, reincarnation or paranormal phenomena could have led someone to great trouble - the psychiatric hospital if not to prison.

English teacher in her native country and mother of two daughters, Carmen Stefanescu survived the grim years of oppression, by escaping in a parallel world that of the books. 

She has dreamt all her life to become a writer, but many of the things she wrote during those years remained just drawer projects. The fall of the Ceausescu’s regime in 1989 and the opening of the country to the world meant a new beginning for her. She started publishing.

My Review of Shadows of The Past 

 

This book was amazing! I don't usually read books that aren't YA books anymore but occasionally I come across one that sparks my interest like this one did.The author Carmen Stefanescu did a amazing job on describing people and places and I felt like I was in the story from start to finish. I loved all the historical elements to the story and all the attention to detail that Carmen puts into the story especially when it came to the wiccan people and their practices. As a wiccan myself I really appreciated this aspect.I also loved the villain in the story I always say you can't have a good story without an good villain and wow I wanted to run...lol...I best part though was the tremendous love felt throughout the whole book that through all the tragic loss and pain there was still love.

Anne and her husband Neil are trying to rekindle their romance with a week long vacation and some hiking when they get lost in the woods. The woods are spooky and Anne begins to have dreams and visions of a woman who looks very much like her and leads them deeper into the forest. They soon learn that this may be the tragic restless spirit of Genevieve a nun from the local Abby with a most tragic and lost past and who is still being chased by the one thing she feared most. Can they save her and themselves before it is to late?

The book goes back and forth from the past to the present which in some books I have found annoying but quite enjoyed in this book. I was a little confused for maybe the first two chapters but quickly learned what all the back and forth meant. Genevieve quickly became my favorite character and I was hooked on her heartbreaking story! I just couldn't put the book down! I highly recommend this book to one and all! `

 My Interview

 

 Over the over the last month I have gotten to not only interview but gotten to know the wonderful Carmen Stefanescu. She is not only a wonderful writer but has become a great friend. Carmen created this world of historical beauty and intrigue of Shadows of the Past that touched our hearts and warmed our lives.

The book is beautiful and heartwarming, it brings everyone to its knees at the thought of loves lost and won and battles fought in the name of them. A truly epic tale!

I loved the book. It will be one of those books I will read over and over again through the years.

 Q: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how long you’ve been writing?

I was born in Romania, the native country of the infamous vampire Count Dracula, but where, for about 50 years of communist dictatorship, just speaking about God, faith, reincarnation or paranormal phenomena could have led someone to great trouble - the psychiatric hospital if not to prison.     I’ve been writing since I was a student as reading and writing have been an intricate part of my life. Teacher of English and German in my native country and mother of two daughters, I survived the grim years of oppression, by escaping in a parallel world, that of the books.

I have dreamt all my life to become a writer, but many of the things I wrote during those years remained just drawer projects. The fall of the Ceausescu’s regime in 1989 and the opening of the country to the world meant a new beginning for me. I started publishing. Poems first, and then prose. Both in English.

Q: Can you please tell us a little about your book and what inspired you write it?
    

Shadows of the Past is the story of Genevieve and Anne. Jumping from past to present and back, the story focuses on the lows and highs of the two, alternatively revealing the hardships, passion, truth or betrayal they meet. Their destinies seem to weave together, although they live in different epochs. Genevieve, from England around 1450, is torn between her sacred vows to God and her doomed love for Andrew the nuns’ priest. Anne, a well-to-do young English businesswoman in present day times, is trapped within a difficult mission - on the one hand she is desperately trying to rebuild her broken relationship with her former fiance, Neil, and, on the other hand she is drawn to fulfill Genevieve’s mute plea.

Q: Who was your favorite character and why?

Most people who read the novel say they feel connected to Genevieve and her heartbreaking story. For me, Old Bertha or Jennifer is the favorite.  A wise, insightful woman with a deep understanding and caring for everything that means humanity, turning a blind eye to the intolerance and prejudice many of her narrow-minded neighbors openly spit to her face.

Q: Do you tend to base your characters on real people or are they totally from your imagination?

There’s something of my hurt and my success in each page as I share a piece of who I am when I write.  So, my characters are a combination of both imaginary and real people. This is what makes them credible, life-like, I think. If you want an example, Aunt Megan, Anne's aunt in Shadows of the Past is a portrayal of my mother's sister. A friendly, warm hearted person who, having no kids of her own, considered me as her daughter.

Q: What do you love and hate most about being an author?

Well, I love when readers can relate to my characters. Nothing makes me happier than someone saying my characters felt like friends – or that they laughed, cried with my characters along the way.

What I hate is the fact that instead of writing another story I now spend all my free time advertising my book. In the end, it's understandable if we consider the endless number of books released everyday; it seems I can't have any other choice.

Q: What is your favorite book?

A difficult question as I have many favorite authors and books. From the classics I should mention: Thomas Hardy with his Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Eminescu, the Romanian national poet. Modern time writers: Catherine Cookson and Stephen King. The works of fiction that awed and transported me the most powerfully were It and The Shining. They are the type of paranormal/horror stories with a strong psychological emphasis, I would have myself liked to write.

Q: When you are not writing what is it you do to unwind? Any Hobbies?

Except reading, my first and most favorite hobby, I also like to play computer games. Though I'm not a teenager (I wish I were), I am fond of Role Play games! I always select the Wizard who has the utmost power to defeat enemies!

Q: How hard was it to write a book like this and what kind of tips would you pass on to make the journey easier for other writers?

Writing Shadows of the Past wasn't hard, though for details regarding Medieval England, especially life in monasteries, I had to do a thorough research. The same as I did for Wicca. What Wicca means and what do Wiccans do and what their view on existence is. I am not a judgmental person and I think we are born to be free, not to be constrained within the boundaries of this or that religion. I respect the other people's faith, beliefs. As about tips for aspiring writers, what can I say? Follow your dream! Read, write. Read and write. Swallow the bitter tears of rejection and go on querying. Be civil, good-mannered even towards editors who reject your manuscript. If they take the time to write you an explanation, be courteous and thank them. Never give up! In the end your dream will come true. It's what happened to me!

Q: What are you working on at the moment / next?

I’ve recently finished my second novel. A historical paranormal. Dracula's Mistress. It’s something linked to Vlad the Imapaler’s life. So again, the Middle Ages, as I have always found this time period fascinating. This time the setting is Walachia, present-day Romania. There are so many books on Vlad, written by foreigners who focus on the “vampire” idea, and I think it’s time for one of his country people to show what historical, political and social circumstances led to his being nicknamed Dracula. My submission was accepted by the publisher I'd sent it to, and I already signed the contract. Dracula's Mistress goes “against the grain”; it is the first novel to present the prince as a real human being - with his good parts and his faults - not as the infamous vampire.

Q: Thank you so much for your interview, Carmen. Would you like to tell my readers where they can find you on the web and where everyone can buy your book?

I thank you for hosting my interview on your page within my book tour and for reading and reviewing my novel. Here are the links to my pages and where the book can be found. And as a joke, my advice, "Buy and read the book, please! You don't know what you are missing."

Author, Carmen Stefanescu's Site: http://shadowspastmystery.blogspot.ro/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carmen-Stefanescu-Books/499245716760283
 

Buy Link: Wild Child Publishing

Buy Link: Amazon

Buy Link: Barnes & Noble 

Find her on Goodreads:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16249401-shadows-of-the-past#other_reviews
http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/paranormal-romance/3196
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?id=56296
http://openbooksociety.com/article/shadows-of-the-past-by-carmen-stefanescu-book-release/