Sunday Book Blog Hops for September 30th

 The Sunday Post #3

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

It's a chance for me to share News & to Recap the past week.

Last Sunday

Sundays in my bed with...The Life And Death of Lily Drake by T. Michelle Nelson

Tuesday

[Cover Reveal & Giveaway] Hollywood Holiday (Red Carpet Series Book 2) by Sasha Summers

[Teaser Tuesday #4] The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle

Wednesday

[Waiting On Wednesday #8] Undeadly (The Reapers Diaries #1) by Michele Vail

Thursday

[Release Day Blitz] Shallow (Going Under Series Book 2) by Georgia Cates

Friday

[Friday Book Blog Hops for September 28th]
Feature & Follow #4

Book Blogger Hop #1

Saturday

Stacking The Shelves #4 ~ Sharing this weeks haul with you! :D

This week I have a lot of cool stuff. Check back tomorrow for the beginning of the Halloween Sucks!! Says Lily Drake Blog Hop hosted by Inspell Publishing. And find out who my favorite freaking AWESOME vampire is. :D Also the Fraterfest-Read-A-Thon  hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated starts Friday. And...Oh yeah!! I will have the AWESOME  author of The Hallowed Ones, Laura Bickle visit on Thursday with the start of a great Hollowed Ones GIVEAWAY! ! Busy Busy week!! 



Sundays In My Bed With...#3

Welcome to my Sundays in Bed With... Meme started by Kate @ Midnight Book Girl, where I share what book I'm currently curled up with (or, as in my case, what book I wish I had time to spend reading, after church and getting everything ready for the week! Not that I have 2 kids and a husband or anything. LOL!) I think maybe I need to name this meme "Sundays Where My Book Is Laying On My Bed Where I Wish A Was"....  LOL!! Anywho, I'm reading Flesh & Bone (Benny Imura Series Book 3) by Jonathan Maberry. I have loved every one of these books.

And like every Sunday I would have loved to stay in bed and read all day, but life is waiting outside my door and the dishes, laundry, lesson plans, and my family don't take care of themselves.... :)

See you next Sunday!!

Stacking The Shelves #5

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews. It is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

                                                  **All books are linked to Goodreads


From NetGalley:

The trip of a lifetime just turned into the end of the world.


When Jesse crawls out of the wreckage of a subway car and emerges into daylight, he’s greeted by a living nightmare. An unexplained force has destroyed New York City, turning skyscrapers into ash, cutting off all power and communication. Jesse and his new friends, Dave, Anna and Mini are dazed but unhurt. The other survivors are not so lucky. Every human being they encounter is infected, gripped by an unquenchable thirst that drives them to monstrous acts of violence. Somehow, Jesse has to escape. But first, he has to stay alive.

New on my Kindle:

Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a Minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.

Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.

Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they're triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters.

These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned by myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight.

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Life for Kansas was perfect until the day the world changed.

She has been hiding out for four years in solitude. It's the only way to survive. The only way not to draw the living dead. Helping a small group of people, she learns the new world might not be what she assumes. Venturing out of her refuge and comfort zone, she meets Rudy, who helps her find a greater purpose. She realizes that the world has moved on without her. Only it's not what she expects. Her knowledge of the living dead grows and only makes her more curious as humanity continues to hang on by a thread. While on her search for answers she finds comfort in new friendships and love, but her past seems as if it will haunt her forever. 

Kansas takes it upon herself to help other survivors, which would be easy if the famished were the only obstacles.

In a trilogy plot thick with twists and turns, this adult dark fantasy is emotional as much as it is horrifyingly gripping.

*Not intended for a young audience. Mature content.*

There's not as many as last week, but I have PLENTY to catch up on. :D So what did you "Stack Your Shelves" with this week? Please comment and let me know. Let me know if you are a New Follower and I will always follow back!!! :D 

Free Friday #5

Every once and a while on Friday here on Mom With A Kindle I will tell you about a book or books on Amazon that are free for your KINDLE!! Yes... Because that's what I use so I'll be passing the good ones on to you. ;) **(Please note that product prices and availability are subject to change. Prices and availability were accurate at the time this blog was posted; however, they may differ from those you see when you visit Amazon.com.)

Shaken (Mind Reader #1)

by Susan Hatler

Summary Goodreads:

High school junior, Kylie Bates, can suddenly read minds. When she touches people’s hands, she’s able to see their deepest thoughts. As if that’s not freaky enough, her dad sends her to help hottie detective, Sam Williams, track down a missing girl. Way too much pressure, especially for a girl who can’t watch Scream without getting nightmares.

Then, finding the missing girl leads to much more than Kylie’s prepared for. Like discovering that her dad has been lying to her. That she has a family she never knew about. That the girls have powers similar to hers. Oh yeah, and that someone is out to get her.

When the detective’s teenage wanna-be-cop cousin, Trip Williams, approaches Kylie at school insisting she help him solve the case, she discovers Trip might be the only one she can trust, and the only one to help her unravel the secrets behind her mysterious gift.

Pure (Pure Series #1)
by Catherine Mesick

Summary Amazon:


Sixteen-year-old Katie Wickliff lives quietly in the small town of Elspeth's Grove, unaware of the troubled past that forced her grandmother to flee Russia with her when Katie was only a child. When people in the town begin to disappear, and Katie's own home is attacked by a terrifying creature, Katie and her grandmother return to Russia to find answers.

Pursuing them is the handsome William – who just might be a vampire. Katie discovers that William is indeed partially a vampire, but he is also one of the Sidh, an ancient clan whose members are gifted with great power – a clan to which Katie's long-deceased mother also belonged.

Soon, Katie discovers that her mother's seemingly natural death was actually murder, and she is forced to confront the question she wants to face the least: Is William her otherworldly protector, or is he the monster who killed her mother eleven years ago?

Enjoy!!

Friday Book Blog Hops for September 28th

Feature Follow #5

Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow hosted weekly by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read! The point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me. :D

Q: What is the BIGGEST word you’ve seen used in a book lately – that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too.

Well I am reading "The Hallowed Ones" by Laura Bickle and it really isn't long words that I have come across lately but only different languages. Check this out.

 "Unser Vadder im Himmel

Dei Naame loss heilich sei,

Dei Reich loss komme,

Dei Wille loss gedu sei,

Uff die Erd wie in Himmel,

User deeglich Brot gebb uns heit,

Un vergebb unser Schulde,..."

And it goes on for a while. Any guesses? It's The Lords Prayer in the Amish Deitsch tongue. YEP! I just skipped over that part! LOL!! :D And if you can read that GOOD FOR YOU! and understand it, please let me know! LOL! And BTW it's a really good book!

Book Blog Hop #2

What to Do:
1. Post on your blog answering this question:

Hosting a giveaway? Tell us about it! Write a great discussion post this week? Promote it! This is the week to pick ONE POST from the past week to highlight for the Hop!

2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name, Genre you review, and direct link to your post answering this week’s question; failure to do so will result in removal of your link).

3. Visit other blogs in the list, spending quality time getting to know the people you are visiting. Don’t just visit the post with the question, but click around and read some of the blogger’s other content, too! This Hop isn’t about the number of people you can visit, but the quality of each visit. Readers – find a new blog to read by clicking through the links in the list!

Q: Hosting a giveaway? Tell us about it! Write a great discussion post this week? Promote it! This is the week to pick ONE POST from the past week to highlight for the Hop!

No Giveaways and the book I read this week I can't post the review until the Blog Tour. :( I hate when that happens because I can't read and post a review for the week fast enough sometimes, when I have a blog tour book to read too. But I can tell you about the book that I read and it was AMAZING if you like the whole "hot vampires love story" kind of thing. :0)

The book is The Life And Death Of Lily Drake by T. Michelle Nelson

The Goodreads summary goes something like this...

"For Lily Drake, slaying vampires is easy...Dating them is the hard part.

Lily Drake is your everyday hard-working single mom…until a gorgeous vampire shows up on her front door who she mistakenly assumes is her blind date for the evening. As one crazy scenario after another unfolds, Lily finds herself falling in love with two vampires, slaying the evil ones, and being prophesied as the savior of the entire undead race. 

Deciding between pizza and Chinese take-out will no longer be one of the hard decisions facing Lily Drake once she is emerged into vampire society. Humanity or immortality? That doesn't hold a candle against this question - which of the two handsome vampire cousins?

The Life and Death of Lily Drake is not your typical vampire love story. It’s a tale about the humorous mistakes a woman makes simply trying to survive not only life, but the dating scene. How will Lily manage working full-time, taking care of her young son and fighting the undead at every turn?

Lily will have to figure it out, but who better to save the world than a mom?"

Add it to your TBR pile because you will love it. :D

So what words have stumped you or that one post this week that you want to spotlight? Please let me know what you think about mine and I'll stop by and visit your Fridays Blog Hop post! Thanks and Have A Great Weekend!!

[Release Day Blitz] Shallow (Going Under Series Book 2) by Georgia Cates

Shallow 

By Georgia Cates
Published September 21st 2012 by Georgia Cates

Nick Hawke likes his car fast and his girls even faster. He blows through females quicker than his muscle car races down the drag strip in Collinsville and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Determined to avoid the devastation he has watched his father endure in the aftermath of his mother leaving, he believes there is no room in his life or his heart for a relationship lasting more than one night. He seeks happiness in things that won’t let him down...fast cars, parties and one night stands. To his absolute dismay, all of that changes when he unexpectedly runs into an old friend and is introduced to Payton Archer, the first girl he ever wanted for more than one night. There’s only one catch...she is completely immune to him and his smooth talking ways.

Payton Archer is looking for what Claire has with Jessie, but she has given up on finding it...at least until she leaves for college in the Fall because she is certain that is where she will find the perfect guy to fit into her perfect world. She plans on Summer being nothing but three uneventful months of fun, but it turns out to be anything but ordinary when Payton is introduced to Nick Hawke, one of Jessie’s old Collinsville friends. She is shocked by her immediate and intense attraction for “Hawke” because nothing about him is what Payton is looking for. Sure, he’s hot and sexy but he comes from Collinsville and that is definitely not on her list of prerequisites. Everything about him makes Payton’s heart speed because he is exciting and dangerous, but his fast car and the dangerous chances he takes isn’t what scares Payton the most...it’s the way Nick Hawke makes her feel every time he looks at her. Can Payton find that moment of total fearlessness and make the decision to leave the safe, shallow end of love to risk going under completely?

  The Going Under Series

About the Author:
Georgia resides in rural Mississippi with her wonderful husband, Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters. She spent fourteen years as a labor and delivery nurse before she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an author.


Blood of Anteros, Book One in The Vampire Agápe Series, was her first novel and it was released in September 2011. She decided to briefly step away from the paranormal genre to try her hand at a young adult contemporary romance when she wrote Going Under, but returned to the paranormal romance platform to complete the second book in The Vampire Agápe Series, Blood Jewel.
Her current works in progress are Shallow (A Going Under Novel) which will release on September 27th and Blood Doll (The Vampire Agápe Series #3), to be released in January 2013.


Find out more about Georgia on her  Blog . Stalk her on Facebook,  Twitter , or Goodreads.

[Waiting On Wednesday #8] Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1) by Michele Vail

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, originally started by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that highlights upcoming book releases everyone is waiting on. 

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Undeadly 
by Michele Vail
Expected publication: November 20th 2012 
by Harlequin Teen

The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird...

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper-and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she’s shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. Who seems to hate her guts.

Rath will be watching closely to be sure she completes her first assignment-reaping Rick, the boy who should have died. The boy she still wants to be with. To make matters worse, students at the academy start turning up catatonic, and accusations fly-against Molly. The only way out of this mess? To go through hell. Literally.

So what are you "Waiting on this Wednesday"? Leave me a comment and I'll come visit your WoW. :D

[Teaser Tuesday #4] The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly 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 Teaser:

"I turned to face him with eyes narrowed. As conflicted as I felt about my own religion, I would not book sarcasm from an Outsider who knew nothing about it except what he'd read in college textbooks."

~ Loc 1723 (eBook) The Hallowed Ones 
by Laura Bickle

I would love to read your "Tuesday Teaser" and see what you're reading! Leave me a comment and I'll check it out. New Follower? Just let me know and I'll return the favor! Thanks! :D

[Cover Reveal & GIVEAWAY] Hollywood Holiday (Red Carpet Series Book Two) by Sasha Summers

Hollywood Holiday
by Sasha Summers
Publication date December 12, 2012 by Inkspell Publishing

All she wants for Christmas is for Hollywood to love her again. But once she meets him, her Christmas list changes.

Jen’s only Christmas wish: Hollywood falling back in love with her. Meeting ex-Marine Gunner was a bonus. She likes that he isn’t impressed by celebrities or the movie biz. She likes that he’s funny and sweet … and drop-dead gorgeous. And she loves that he has no idea who her alter-ego is: Jen Fleming, Hollywood bad-girl and paparazzi target number one. Why ruin an amazing affair when he’s leaving after the new year?

But the closer they get, the harder she falls, and the more she wants to tell Gunner everything. Especially once he shares his secret with her.

Her new Christmas wish: Gunner accepts and loves her for who she really is.

                                            

                                                    

                                          

About the author:

Sasha is part gypsy. Her passions have always been storytelling, Hollywood, history, and travel. It’s no surprise that her books include a little of each. Her first play, ‘Greek Gods and Goddesses’ was written for her Girl Scout troupe. She’s been writing ever since. She loves getting lost in the worlds and characters she creates; even if she frequently forgets to run the dishwasher or wash socks when she’s doing so. Luckily, her four brilliant children and hero-inspiring hubby are super understanding and supportive.

To learn more about Sasha check out her website. You can also follow the author on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads.

[Know More about Red Carpet Series Book 1: Hollywood Ever After (Paperback Giveaway)

She wasn’t meant for movie stars, Hollywood, or happy endings.

And then she met him.

Happy Endings are for fairy tales. Or the movies. Not for real life. At least, not in Claire’s life. Even though she’s starting over, she knows better than to want too much this time. But when she falls, literally, into the strong arms of Hollywood’s ‘it’ boy Josh Wiley, Claire’s in for some surprises. Her plans for rest and relaxation are forgotten as one incredible night with Josh becomes two… And her heart begins to want him as much as her body. Will two kids, one bastard ex-husband, and Josh’s juggernaut career mean the end of their affair? Or can Claire find her happy ending after all?


Hollywood Holiday Giveaway ~
Autographed Copy of book 1 and these

Beautiful Bookish Christmas Ornament!!

This event was made possible by Inkspell Publishing.

I absolutely love these covers. The flowers on both of them are beautiful! Leave me a comment and tell me what you think! :D

Rafflecopter Link: (Open to US,UK and Canada Only) a Rafflecopter giveaway

[Sunday Post #2] & [Sundays In Bed With...#3]

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

It's a chance for me to share News & to Recap the past week.

Last Sunday

Sundays In My Bed With...Hollowland (The Hollows, #1) by Amanda Hocking

Monday

[Cover Reveal] Under The Desert Moon by Emma Meade

Tuesday

[Cover Reveal] How to Marry an Alien (My Alien Romance Series #3) by Magan Vernon 
& [Teaser Tuesday #3] Hollowland by Amanda Hocking

Wednesday

[REVIEW] Hollowland by Amanda Hockings
& [Waiting On Wednesday] The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle

Thursday

[Cover Reveal] Abandon (Possession #3) by Elana Johnson

Friday

[Friday Book Blog Hops for September 21st]

Feature & Follow #4

Book Blogger Hop #1

Saturday

Stacking The Shelves #4 ~ Sharing this weeks haul with you! :D

Also, I had something so cool happen and I hope she's reading this, but I "met" (on her blog) and "talked" (emailed),  the nicest author this week. :D  Laura Bickle, the author of The Hallowed Ones, offered to visit my blog in a couple of weeks. We will be doing an AWESOME GIVEAWAY. So you all start watching for it. And get her book when it's released on September 25th, She's such a sweetie! 

 Have a GREAT WEEK!

Welcome to my Sundays in Bed With... Meme started by Kate @ Midnight Book Girl, where I share what book I'm currently curled up with (or, as in my case, what book I wish I had time to spend reading, after church and getting everything ready for the week! Not that I have 2 kids and a husband or anything. LOL!) I think maybe I need to name this meme "Sundays Where My Book Is Laying On My Bed Where I Wish A Was"....  LOL!! Anywho, I'm reading The Life and Death of Lily Drake by T. Michelle Nelson for a blog tour.  I'm not a big Vampire lover but this book so far really is good and it's loaded with humor.

And like every Sunday I would have loved to stay in bed and read all day, but life is waiting outside my door and the dishes, laundry, lesson plans, and my family don't take care of themselves.... :)

See you next Sunday! :D

Stacking The Shelves #4

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews. It is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

**All books are linked to Goodreads

ARC's

For Review From Publisher:

For Lily Drake, slaying vampires is easy...Dating them is the hard part.
Lily Drake is your everyday hard-working single mom…until a gorgeous vampire shows up on her front door who she mistakenly assumes is her blind date for the evening. As one crazy scenario after another unfolds, Lily finds herself falling in love with two vampires, slaying the evil ones, and being prophesied as the savior of the entire undead race. 
Deciding between pizza and Chinese take-out will no longer be one of the hard decisions facing Lily Drake once she is emerged into vampire society. Humanity or immortality? That doesn't hold a candle against this question - which of the two handsome vampire cousins?
The Life and Death of Lily Drake is not your typical vampire love story. It’s a tale about the humorous mistakes a woman makes simply trying to survive not only life, but the dating scene. How will Lily manage working full-time, taking care of her young son and fighting the undead at every turn?
Lily will have to figure it out, but who better to save the world than a mom?

From NetGalley:

Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can get a taste of the real world. But the real world comes to her in this dystopian tale with a philosophical bent. Rumors of massive unrest on the “Outside” abound. Something murderous is out there. Amish elders make a rule: No one goes outside, and no outsiders come in. But when Katie finds a gravely injured young man, she can’t leave him to die. She smuggles him into her family’s barn—at what cost to her community? The suspense of this vividly told, truly horrific thriller will keep the pages turning.

**Watch for PROMO & GIVEAWAY coming soon!**

On my own....

When the government needs a body double for a covert operation, they hire shape-shifter Charley Randall. For two centuries, she’s played every part from foreign dignitary to office drone. The role she wants most, though, is one she’s denied herself three times already.
FBI Agent Wyatt Moreland believes Charley’s photographic memory is the key to his latest assignment. He’s oblivious to the true extent of her abilities, but he can’t deny the sense of déjà vu at their introduction.
Unlike Wyatt, Charley knows this isn’t their first meeting.
It’s their fourth.
The girl he vowed to love, sixteen years before, stands in front of him in her true form - one he’ll never recognize.
With each reconnection, Charley loves him more, though she realizes this is her last chance to explain. Only absolute truth can bring them happiness, but can Wyatt forgive her deceptions? Or will lies tear them apart forever? 

 Annie Hynes is a tomboy. Naïve and love-starved, she’ll soon to be celebrating her big 3-0. Something needs to be done! Celi, her ‘down-to-earth’ guardian angel appears to help kick-start Annie’s big change—her looks, her job, her whole life. By taking a managerial position with a sophisticated shoe manufacturer, Annie becomes embroiled with her new associates and hooked on the power of big business. Unfortunately, her exhaustion from overwork forces her to ignore old friends, and her lapse places someone she cares about in terrible danger. 
Social Worker, Tyler Jones, previously hurt in two relationships, signals disinterest in women, and only wants Annie in his life as a good buddy. Oh yeah! And to help with his mixed-up street kids. Perversely, once her life alters, he misses her like hell. In one sweet night of loving everything changes. But, due to an overabundance of nightcaps, she doesn’t remember the night he can’t forget.

For eighteen year-old Gemma, life has never been normal. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. And when she's around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Not to mention the monsters that haunt her nightmares have crossed over into real-life. But with Alex seeming to hate her and secrets popping up everywhere, Gemma's life is turning into a chaotic mess. Things that shouldn't be real suddenly seem to exist. And as her world falls apart, figuring out the secrets of her past becomes a matter of life and death.

Hattie Cross knows what you're thinking: Zombie sex? Ewwwww. But she also knows that since a virus turned 99.9999 percent of human males into zombies, it's statistically impossible to meet--let alone date--the remaining 0.00001 percent. So she writes "The Girls' Guide to Dating Zombies" to help her fellow single women navigate the zombie-relationship waters.
Her practical how-to impresses the CEO of the largest drug company in the world, and before she knows it, Hattie, a reporter for a downmarket tabloid that specializes in conspiracy theories, is sitting down with the woman who single-handedly invented the zombie-behavioral-modification market. Granted access to the inner sanctum of zombaceuticals, she meets an actual, living, breathing M-A-N.
Now Hattie, the consummate professional, is acting like a single girl at the end of the twentieth century: self-conscious, klutzy and unable to form a coherent sentence without babbling. Worst of all, the human male appears to have impaired her ability to think clearly. Because all of a sudden she's convinced a conspiracy is afoot at the drug company and it seems to go all the way to the top! 

Maddy Swift is just a normal girl—a high school junior surviving class with her best friend and hoping the yummy new kid, Stamp, will ask her out. When he finally does, her whole life changes.
Sneaking out to meet Stamp at a party one rainy night, Maddy is struck by lightning. After awakening, she feels lucky to be alive. Over time, however, Maddy realizes that she’s become the thing she and everyone else fear most: the living dead.
With no heartbeat and no breath in her lungs, Maddy must learn how to survive as a zombie. Turns out there’s a lot more to it than shuffling around 24/7 growling, “Brains.” Needing an afterlife makeover is only the beginning of her problems. As Barracuda Bay High faces zombie Armageddon, Maddy must summon all of her strength to protect what matters most—just as soon as she figures out exactly what that is.

So what did you "Stack Your Shelves" with this week? Leave me a comment and I'll check it out. If I'm not following you I'll always follow back!! :D