Monthly Archives: April 2014

Tiger’s Promise Cover Art

Posted on April 30 2014 by Colleen Houck

Tiger’s Promise Cover Art Featuring Artist Cliff Nielsen! Before I get started on this post I just want to say that working with Cliff on this project has been an absolutely wonderful experience, and the fact that he’s taking time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions and talk about cover art with me, which is a subject that is near and dear to every reader’s heart, including mine, shows what a fantastic guy he really is. Check these out walkerstgallery . Here’s his bio: CLIFF NIELSEN Cliff Nielsen is best known for his work on …

Movie Review: Transcendence

Posted on April 23 2014 by Colleen Houck

Movie Review: Transcendence Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: I love Johnny Depp. I love the characters he plays. I love his charm and his creative genius. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do romance well though. That’s not a terrible thing. There are all kinds of actors and romance is just not his thing. The sad part is, I didn’t even think he liked his wife in this case. There wasn’t enough shown in their relationship to make me believe she would actually risk her career to make all of this happen. A few more scenes of tenderness between them would have …

Blog Tour- AFTER THE END by Amy Plum Truth or Dare and Giveaway!

Posted on April 21 2014 by Linda

Blog Tour- AFTER THE END by Amy Plum: Truth or Dare and a Giveaway! We are so excited to be a part of the blog tour for AFTER THE END by Amy Plum! This 3 week tour kicks off on April 15th and wraps up on May 9th. The tour will include a variety of posts from both authors and bloggers. To see all of the tour stops, visit one of my most favorite bloggers ever, Mundie Moms! In addition to the blog tour, I’d like to tell you a little about the award winning author Amy Plum. She has …

Tiger’s Promise Gets a Printed Version!

Posted on April 17 2014 by Colleen Houck

Have You Heard the News? TIGER’S PROMISE is going to print! The preorder link is now live on Amazon. I can’t tell you all how exited I am to be able to see this happen for my long time fans. You all have been so active in tweeting, blogging, and messaging about your hope that this might be a possibility and you all made it work! That’s the power of social media right there. If you are ready to preorder right now, you can click on the picture and it will take you directly to the link. I know there might be …

Movie Review Double Feature: Noah & Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Posted on April 15 2014 by Colleen Houck

Movie Review: Noah Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: Not too much going on in the way of romance between Noah and his wife and the angst felt between Ila and Shem was more heartfelt when they were kids holding hands. As adults or, I guess, young adults they were already committed to each other so we didn’t get to see any of that relationship develop. Special Effects: The animals loading into the ark was pretty cool though it was obvious all the animals were CGI. Even the dove. The rain was a torrential flood of epic proportions that happened so quickly the …

Winners of YASH bonus giveaways!!

Posted on April 9 2014 by Colleen Houck

The wait is over! Here are the winners from Houck’s bonus giveaways. The winners of the paperback versions of TIGER’S CURSE are…. Stephanie Ziegle Kelli Griffin Demitra Giote Cassidy Singleton Merisha Abbott Erin PreFontaine Kirstyn Autumn Miller Meagan Paramore Taylor Randall The winner of the TIGER’S PROMISE prize pack is… Janna Gilbertson Here are the questions that had to be answered for that prize pack. What is the color of Kishan’s eyes? a- cobalt blue b- fire red c- gold d- black His eyes were gold with specks of copper. I tried to identify the color. I’d never seen anything …

Movie Review: Muppets Most Wanted

Posted on April 7 2014 by Colleen Houck

Movie Review: Muppets Most Wanted Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: Oh boy. There was a scene when Constantine posing as Kermit sang Piggy a love song called “I’ll Get You What You Want,” while dancing in a disco-like setting with an unbuttoned white shirt that showed off his…er…green chest ruffle. It was so awesome! Special Effects: Not really applicable. What I Liked: The music, the songs, the jokes, the Muppets, the cameos, especially the one at the end when they revealed who was trapped inside the box at the prison. That voice was driving me crazy and I laughed my head off …

Spring YA Scavenger Hunt!

Posted on April 3 2014 by Colleen Houck

Hello and Welcome to the 8th YA Scavenger Hunt! Hello! I am Colleen Houck, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. About Me I love tigers but I’m actually more of a dog person than a cat person. Chocolate is my favorite food group. Robert Irvine is one of my idols. I rock out to Bon Jovi. I prefer a cloudy day over a sunny day. On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each participating YA author, you also get a secret number. Add up the numbers, and enter it for a chance …

Movie Review: Divergent

Posted on April 1 2014 by Colleen Houck

Movie Review: Divergent Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: Even though there wasn’t nearly enough kissing going on to make me happy, the friction between Four and Tris was sizzling regardless. There was an understated sort of steam that intensified every time Four looked at her. Deliciously electrifying. Special Effects: I think my favorite thing about this was the setting. I recognized many of the Chicago buildings so to see them pretty much ready to topple was an interesting backdrop. The glow-in-the-dark flags and the stun guns were cool. Other than that I don’t remember too many special effects. What I Liked: …

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