Blogtember Blues City Hot Dogs!

So today we are supposed to review a book, product or place, So I decided to do Blues City Hot Dogs. I found out about this place from Alyssa from Ten Feet Of Beale.

I will admit when I was headed to the Blues City Hot Dogs I was hoping for a place similar to Ted’s  Hotdogs in NY. Sadly they were not Ted’s but the were still good!!

First and foremost they  only offer 2 types of hot dogs, Nathan’s All Beef or Veggie dogs. This is a MAJOR selling point for me because I really only like all beef hotdogs. The fact that they offer Veggie Dogs and will sub a veggie dog into any of their specialty dogs is also a major plus.

They also offer free Wi-Fi!!

This is their wall, when you order you can sign the wall and leave a note. I think this is a super cute idea!

I went and got their All American Dog, which is a chili cheese dog, it was super yummy!

They have canned soda and water bottles for drinks, and everything is really reasonably priced.

Look at that chili dog!!! The only thing I wasn’t super pleased with was the “Seasoned” pickle. I’d just rather have a regular pickle…

so if you are ever in Memphis take a second and stop by the Blues City Hot Dogs!!

669 South Highland Street
Memphis TN 38111

Angel Reads: Beautiful Creatures

I knew I was going to read this book. There was not a doubt in my head. I saw the Hobbit with Kensei and his friends a few weeks back (I promise there is a point to this) and before the movie started they had the previews (of course). Several of them were movies I WANT to see, but this one the minute it came on the screen A I knew it was based on a book series, B I knew I needed to Read it and C I knew I would be watching the movie.
Kensei is not as thrilled as I am about it though according to him it is “just another stupid Twilight”
Now onto the book. I read Beautiful Creatures on my Kindle so I don’t have a picture of the actual book to show you. Finished it on January 8th 2013.
I was a little surprised when I read this book. First of all I am very used to young adult novels being told from the heroine’s point of view. Almost ALL of this book is told through the Hero’s eyes, which was very refreshing.
It was the opposite of the usual formula, instead of the mysterious male it is the female who moves to the tiny town and the hero has to decipher and befriend her. There are several stories woven throughout the book, Ethan and his mother, Ethan and Lena and even Ethan (our Ethan’s great great great uncle) and Genevieve Duchannes.
This book has everything I was looking for love, magic, mysteries thrill and suspense and the best thing of all? (I know people are going to be mad at me for this but..” NOT a SINGLE Vampire or Werewolf in sight!! There are good guys who are bad and bad guys who have good in them and you have no clue which ones are which. It is a definite read and I will be in line to see the movie as soon as it comes out!!
What books are you reading? I would LOVE some recommendations!

Angel Reads: Poison Princess

One of my goals this year was to make it through my Goodreads challenge to read books, and this year to review MORE of those books. So I am starting with the first book I finished this year! I finished this book January 2nd 2013! It is by one of my favorite Romance writers Kresley Cole. Poison Princess.

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This is the first in the Arcana Chronicles and I really enjoyed it. It is a dystopian novel, which is a little played out for me, BUT Kresley Cole comes at it in a new way. I didn’t enjoy the beginning honestly, it is a little slow getting into but once you get past the “Flash” and into the 4th chapter the book flies by and you won’t want to put it down!
The books tag line is interesting “She could save the world… or destroy it.” and the Characters are very fleshed out. Evie is very upbeat and determined to fix things in every way even after everything that happens has happened to her. I have never read a book with this type of plot before and I am VERY interested to see where it goes in this series.
Now one thing that bothered me a little was that the time changes a lot. Most of the book is basically Evie telling someone WHAT happened in the past few months, so you will start past tense and then all the sudden you are in Evie’s memory and present tense. It can be a little jarring and actually pull you out of the story sometimes.

All in all I’d give this book 3.5 out of 5 stars and I am really looking forward to the next in the series.

2012 Review Extravaganza!!

I am a little late with these but I love doing this so  I wasn’t going to miss this year!!

January

 

I shared my New Years Resolutions.

I started my last Semester at my College in SC and got stuck with a VERY paranoid girl on the elevators.

I Shared my favorite Rose Gold Nail Polish

My little bitty blog turned 3.. Oh my gosh it’s almost 4!!

I got tagged in a blogger Tag and told ya’ll a little about me!

 

Febuary

I shared some of my dream wedding ideas

I showed my Penni Puppy in Fur Baby Friday

 

March

I got a Voxbox!

I visited Kensei in Memphis and didn’t do much work while I was there!

Angel Reads

So today I figured that I would do a small book review on a book I finished at work this morning. Enchanted by Alethea Kontis. I will admit that I bought this book because of the cover and the little blurb on the jacket:

“It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.

When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland—and a man Sunday’s family despises.

The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction for this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past—and hers?”

Sounds great right??

Well this book I would only give 3 out of 5 stars for, at most. It had promise, it had intrigue, it had what sounded like a great plotline. What I found really happened was the author opened a book of fairy tales and then proceeded to attempt to cram every single fairy tale in the book into one story. I just got WAY to confused.

Some of the Characters were amazing! I liked Sunday at the beginning of the book, and when she was interacting with her brother, but the rest of the time she just kind of faded into the background, which is a bad thing for a main character to do.

I loved the prince’s cousin, he was the perfect comic relief.

All in all it was a decent book, not quite the best ever, but not a horrid one either. At it’s heart it has characters that are likeable. It just feels like the author could have written at least seven different books versus just this one, but instead she tried so hard to connect the threads that we lost the main plot and ended up with a jumbled mess.

Have you read this book? What did you think? What are you reading now?

2011 Review Extravaganza Part IV: The End

See Parts 1, 2 and 3 if you want to see what else I’ve done this year!

October

I was thrilled to FINALLY get Fall Weather.

I Bought a Kindle Touch and was Disappointed.

I joined in with Hey It's Okay for the first time.

I told you all what I missed about Fall.

I had another vent session about people at my job. I seem to have done that alot this year.

I updated my 101 in 1001 list. 

Had fun with WWTK And Birchbox.

I made super yummy Pumpkin Soup!!!

November

I showed you all What was in my Purse.

I had 84 followers and Was thrilled I now have 89 and couldn't be happier! 

I did another Birchbox Vlog.

December

Review Part I

Borrowed a Few Christmas Surveys. 

Had a Girl's Night. 

Review Part II

Decided to Dye My hair Redish.

And Review Part III!!!

2011 Review Extravaganza Part II

Okay before I jump in! If you want to have a Christmas Card please go and fill this out for me! Thanks!

And Once again I was not a very busy blogger, so Here go the next Three months:

April

I participated in The My Favorite Things Swap, my partner was amazing and you should all go follow her if you don’t already! 

I either was very brave or lost my mind but I posted my actual weight online.

I did a Vlog for The monthly vlog.

I showed all the places I’ve been:

I was angry about a comment made about my weight.

My brother got a girlfriend, although it sadly didn’t last.

 

May

I participated in WWTKW.

and I fried my computer.

June

I shared 15 things about me.

I explained where Confessions Of A College Angel came from.

and I shared my favorite Super hero's both traditional and non.

 

 

So That was my next three, like I said I am unfortunately a REALLY bad blogger this year.  If you want to take a look at part 1.

And don’t forget to sign up for a Christmas card!

2011 Review Extravaganza Part 1

Okay I had so much fun doing this last year that I figured I would again this year. First off I want to say I was a horrible blogger this year, not very active at all… I will do my best to fix that next year!

 

January

I was still on the hunt for a car,

I started a photo blog,

 

I had an emotional breakdown about my mother and our relationship, or lack there of

I realized because of the breakdown that the blog world is very nice, and that the people you meet and make friends with can make you feel amazing when you feel really blue.

Joined the pinktastic swap

It snowed here, and my puppy played in it!

I did my very first ever vlog and was terrified!

I GOT A CAR!!! and shared my I’d sleep with list.

I talked about southern belles.

February

I shared a song that still makes me giggle

T had a baby!!

Tori Story was born and is adorable!

Got my box for the Pinktastic swap and made a new friend!

M and I went to Boots n Bikinis

I answered some Questions about Kensei’s and my relationship from my ask me anything questions.

March

I gave up sugar for  Lent

Japan happened

 

What did you talk about this year??

Extra Extra!

I am not a reviewer by nature but I do know that when one finds something that works well spreading the word is a good thing so on that note

"Extra, Extra Read all about it!" I was walking through Wal Mart at 12:30 am the other night buying groceries, (lots of things in that trip but I will go into them on random Tuesday!) I was walking down the drink isle with my dad who has forbidden all soda, and sugary drink products in the house and I saw these!



These babies not only have no calories and 5 carbs or is it no carbs and five calories... either way they sound great from a health standpoint.

I have both flavors mixed in two water bottles right now. I went to the gas station on my way to work and bought two smart waters, I Love these waters because they taste pure to me as well as they have the cute little sippy tops. each bottle is one pint of water or 23.8 fl oz which is a little more than the directions say but I don't like a super strong taste. I have finished the Peach White Tea flavor and it was Delicious I don't know about the skin difference yet but I can see myself drinking this everyday, and at the cheap price of 2.00 for 10 packets that's not bad at all roughly .20 cents a packet.

I tried several other mix brands and this one dissolves very easy with little shaking. I was a little worried because it looked as if it was going to clump up but settled by the time I was in the car.

If you are looking for a way to be a little more healthy you should definitely try the Crystal Light Skin Essentials in both flavors!