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Highlights Jay Crownover & Karina Halle Spotlight – Today, I have two features to share with you! First, a dual interview between Jay and Karina on my Love In Suspense column on USA Today and… exclusive excerpts and signed giveaway right here on VBB. Read up: Interview | Excerpts + Giveaway New to Paperback: At Peace by…
Highlights New to Pre-order: Sweet Nothing by Jamie McGuire and Teresa Mummert Style Me Saturdays – Did you check out the new feature I’ve got up on the blog?! This week it’s all about Kendra Scott’s Avant Garden collection. Every piece is stunning! ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ Currently Reading Currently Listening To Up Next ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ New Releases (Click cover…
Highlights ‘Love In Suspense’ Review on USA Today: Burned scorches with fierce intensity, suspense and sexiness Cover Reveal: A Stone in the Sea by A.L. Jackson Exclusive Excerpt: Thicker Than Blood by Madeline Sheehan and Claire C. Riley ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ Currently Reading Currently Listening To ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ New Releases (Click cover to order) ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ Releasing This Week Withering Hope…
Highlights Never Never Chat – Tonight at 8:30 p.m. CST, we are chatting with Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher in the VBB Vixens reading group! Join us! Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt + Giveaway: A Stone in the Sea by A.L. Jackson Exclusive Excerpt: Thicker than Blood by Madeline Sheehan and Claire C. Riley 2015…
Highlights USA Today HEA Special Feature: Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Hollywood Witch Hunter by Valerie Tejeda USA Today Love In Suspense: Review of Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole Exclusive Excerpt + Giveaway: Falling Away by Penelope Douglas Austin Book Fest: Check out this Author Book List to get a rundown of books by attending authors…
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I had a great time hanging out with my kids and my family and as usual, was able to get lots of reading in. I didn’t follow a reading schedule over the last week or so and read whatever I wanted and let me tell you it was freaking…
Highlights Love In Suspense: Exclusive Excerpt of Beyond Limits by Laura Griffin Exclusive Excerpt: Beautiful Redemption by Jamie McGuire ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ Currently Reading Currently Listening To Up Next ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ New Releases (Click cover to order) ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ Releasing This Week Dec the Holls by Jasinda Wilder (Available Now) – FREE A week before Christmas, and all through office not a soul…
Highlights USA Today HEA Review of Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout 10 Fab Gifts for Book Lovers Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout Spotlight + Excerpt + Giveaway: Forever With Me by Kristen Proby Exclusive Excerpt: Breaking the Rules by Katie McGarry Noah & Echo’s Road Trip + Giveaway 2014 Vilma’s Favorite Things…
Highlights USA Today HEA Exclusive Interview with Jennifer L. Armentrout and Katie McGarry USA Today HEA Love In Suspense column: Exclusive Excerpt from Inspire by Cora Carmack USA Today HEA Song and Excerpt Reveal: Suspicion by Alexandra Monir Exclusive Excerpt + Giveaway: Untouched by Lauren Hawkeye New Adult Paranormal Spotlight: Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout…
Highlights Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I don’t know about you, but I was reeling with all the crazy, insane book sales! Check out the sales list section below for the latest #OneClickWonders. Get Your Merry On! Holiday Giveaway – Tis the season for giving and I’ve teamed up with The Rock Stars of…
Highlights Happy holiday week for those celebrating Thanksgiving. I’m stacking up all my books that I plan to read over the holiday… a very exciting thing for a book nerd like me! Lots to highlight and share with you this week. Read up! Love In Suspense: Dual Cover reveal, excerpt from Georgia Cates – I’m…
Highlights New Fifty Shades trailer – Did you guys watch this on repeat a few gazillion times like me?! YES! I am in full countdown mode until Valentine’s Day 2015 when the film debuts! Stay tuned to Vilma’s Book Blog too in the coming months as I’ll have some special treats planned for you as…
Highlights Exclusive Excerpt + Signed Giveaway: Unbroken by R.E. Hunter Prologue + Chapter 1: What’s Left of Us by Amanda Maxlyn Chapter 1 Reveal: Enforce by Rachel Van Dyken Love In Suspense – USA Today HEA blog feature: Hart Attack by Cristin Harber ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ Currently Reading Currently Listening To Up Next ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ New Releases (Click cover to order) ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦…
Highlights Exclusive VBB Interview: I had the honor of interviewing A.L. Jackson, Molly McAdams, Tiffany King and Christina Lee, on their upcoming new adult anthology, When We Met. Cover Reveal: Check out the gorgeous cover of The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon, plus read an excerpt! Character Tour for The Collectors’ Society: I’ve got…
Highlights Jay Crownover discussion – On October 29th at 8:00 p.m. CST/ 9:00 p.m. EST, our Vixens reading group is chatting with New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover about her latest release, Rowdy, and all the other swoon-worthy Marked Men! Join us! Kristen Ashley paranormal & fantasy reading week – We’ve kicked off our second KA reading week of…
Highlights Jay Crownover discussion – On October 29th at 8:00 p.m. CST/ 9:00 p.m. EST, our Vixens reading group is chatting with New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover about her upcoming release, Rowdy, and all the other swoon-worthy Marked Men! Join us! Kristen Ashley paranormal & fantasy reading week – Kicking off October 26th, we are…
Highlights Jennifer L. Armentrout Takeover Q&A Event – I’m so excited to host one of my favorite authors on the blog this week! On Thursday, Jennifer will be answering your questions on her newest release, Stay With me, as well as any of her upcoming releases. Make sure to join her by visiting the Vilma’s Book…
Highlights Interview with Rebecca Donovan – I had the pleasure of interviewing Rebecca Donovan yesterday evening and if you missed it, you can watch the interview below! There are no spoilers related to What If, or any of Rebecca’s books, so you can view it with ease and get the scoop on What If, the…
Highlights Group Read of Priceless – As part of the VBB Vixens reading group, we’ll be chatting with Raine Miller this coming Friday, Sep 19th! We’ll be discussing Priceless with her as well as talking about anything that may pop up! Join the Vixens group here if you’d like to participate! First Look into TFioS Little Infinities DVD…
Highlights Atria Indies Takeover Recap Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire, Abbi Glines and K.A. Tucker took over the blog last Tuesday! We had a great time and I put together a recap in case you missed it! I’ve also got some great videos we didn’t get a chance to post during the takeover, so check it…
Exclusive interview with Stephanie Perkins I was so excited to interview Stephanie Perkins, author of one of my favorite series, Anna and the French Kiss. Just last week she released the final book in the trilogy, Isla and the Happily Ever After, and I had the opportunity to talk to her about the book, as…
CoHo takes over VBB Tonight! Tonight! Tonight!!!! Colleen Hoover is taking over the VBB Facebook page from 8:00 to 9:00 pm CST! Make sure you are online and ready for the fun. I’ve no clue what to expect other than I know there will be giveaways… mayhem… and more giveaways 🙂 Also, there’s a challenge…
It’s been a busy time for the blog, lots going on and lots coming up. So read up on all the info below and make sure you’re subscribed to VBB so you’re not missing any of the exciting stuff coming soon! Subscribe here. Blog Takeover I’m so excited to announce my first-ever blog takeover with Colleen…
I’ve been loving living in YA world lately and can’t seem to get enough of it! Between reading the adventure/fantasy novel, The Queen of the Tearling, falling in love with Stephanie Perkin’s books (see Must Read of the Week) and being completely enthralled by the Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkin, I have been having…
This week is a pretty exciting one because my reading group, the VBB Vixens, and me are finally kicking off Kristen Ashley reading week! We will each be reading any KA book(s) of choice and just chatting through posts in the group all week long! I’ve finally jumped into the Dream Man series, devouring Hawk…
Check out this week’s LOVE IN SUSPENSE column on USA Today’s HEA blog! It’s all about Infinity + One! ✦ Read the column ✦ Are you seeing my posts on Facebook?! Visit my facebook page and hover over the LIKED button, then check the “Get Notifications” prompt! Currently Reading Currently Listening To Up Next New Releases (Click…
I am still grinning from the amazing time I had at RT Convention. Check out my recap of the week here! I also finally devoured the YA powerhouse series, If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman and I absolutely loved it! I cried through both books and I cannot wait to see the…
Currently Reading Up Next New Releases Phenomenal X by Michelle ValentineThis is the first book in a two-book series about a girl falling for a professional wrestler when they share a room one night in an over-booked hotel. I hear it’s great and absolutely addictive! The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller by L.B. SimmonsA bold, daring…
What a week!!! I had the opportunity to see the talented duo of Colleen Hoover and Griffin Peterson and absolutely fell in love with the music of Maybe Someday all over again! Here’s the video of Griffin singing Hold Onto You. Enjoy!!! (and I dare you not to swoon!) In preparation for Breakable, I’m also…
I am still reeling from my wonderful reads in the past week. I published two 6-star reviews: The Will by Kristen Ashley and Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher. Very different books, but so beautifully crafted and written. I highly recommend you pick up both! I also got sucked in by the badassness is that is…
If you didn’t catch my blog post earlier, I have a huge grin on my face today due to the fact that my very first column published this morning as part of the USA Today Happy Ever After blog (here’s my blog post about the whole thing)! The column is called Love In Suspense and I’ll…
Currently Reading Up Next New Releases Crashed by K. Bromberg This is the explosive and emotional final installment of the Driven series. This is a page-turner of a series featuring an alpha race car driver with a broken past. Reading Order: Driven | Fueled | Crashed; Reviews: Driven | Fueled | Crashed Some Like…
Hey you guys!!! Happy Monday!!! Are you ready to go on overdrive with all the amazing releases this week?! This may be the hottest release week of the year! In fact, Colton Donavan from the Driven Trilogy by K. Bromberg is kicking it off today … now who is taking the day off to read?!…
Vilma’s Book Blog turns ONE!!! One year ago yesterday I started my first Facebook page with a blog called Chit Chat Blog, which shortly after became Vilma’s Book Blog 🙂 I am so thankful for all your continued support and I’ve had a blast doing this and getting to know all of you virtually and…
Guess what is coming up, my friends?! MY FIRST BLOG BIRTHDAY!!! I started my facebook blog page on February 23rd one year ago and it’s been one wild and crazy ride ever since! I can’t wait to show you what I have planned and I just want to say THANK. YOU. SO. VERY. MUCH. for…
Currently Reading (Click images to buy or for more info) Up Next New Releases Cherished by Kelly Elliott – The fourth book in the Wanted series, which should be read in order. Reading order. Coming Home by Priscilla Glenn – A beautifully written standalone book about love and loss and doing whatever it takes…
Hope you guys have been entering all the amazing giveaways I’ve had over the past few days! I’m talking 10 days of giveaways in appreciation for reaching the 10K likes milestone on my Facebook page!!! Visit the giveaway page and make sure to enter daily! Currently Reading (Click images to buy or for more info)…
Lately I have been obsessed with all things Outlander (ebook currently on sale for $1.99)! I have been listening to the series on Audible, and I’m currently on the second book, Dragonfly in Amber! If you’re not familiar with the series this is a historical romance series that is absolutely captivating. It’s a little on…
Wow! What a week of releases this will be!!! Personally, I have read Come To Me Quietly (#1, Closer to You) by A.L. Jackson and Awaken (#3, Spiral of Bliss) by Nina Lane and they were both perfection… truly fabulous!!! I definitely recommend you pick these up! Both are already on my 2014 Favorites list!…
Hope everyone had a great holiday! I was able to read seven books during the break! I didn’t get a chance to get through last week’s list, however, because I went through all three fabulous books of the Remember When series and both books of the Just Human series. Both sets were great and I…
My family and I will be celebrating the Christmas holiday this week and as I think about everything I’m thankful for, I just wanted to take a moment to say how thankful I am for all your continued support. My blog has grown slowly and steadily and I am having the time of my life…
There’s been lots of buzz around the Facebook news feed algorithm changes, you can see a recent post I did on this topic. I’m afraid it will continue to become harder for all of us running pages on Facebook to get visibility on your feed, even with us paying to boost a particular post. So…
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m counting down to the holidays… to when I can forget about work and get to the serious work of whittling down my very long list of TBRs! Look out for a huge giveaway at the end of this week too! Lately, I’ve been noticing my Facebook posts…
Holy mega book sales. I took a social media break… kind of… over the weekend and all I kept seeing were epic sales pop up! I don’t know about you, but both my one-clicking-finger and my credit card got a workout! In the meanwhile, I was able to read tons while on break! I am…
I don’t know about you all, but my TBR is about to explode. With so many amazing releases, an interminable list of books I swore I would read asap and another set looming in the coming weeks, I feel as if my Kindle is screaming my name constantly! I had to re-prioritize commitments first and…
Currently Reading (Click images to buy or for more info) Reading This Week Must Read of the Week I finished reading Before We Fall this week and absolutely loved it! Dark and daring, emotional and edgy. Courtney Cole takes us on a bold journey fraught with guilt, anger, heartbreak and secrets that consume. It’s an instantly…
Currently Reading (Click images to buy or for more info) Reading This Week Must Read of the Week Running In Place is the third installment an d second full-length novel of the Mending Hearts series by L.B. Simmons. This is the first book I read from this author and I was thoroughly impressed at…
On Saturday, I concluded this year’s Paranormal Week and it was so much fun!!! I was both thrilled to see so many people love the books I featured as well as see so many people that had not read them and were ready to give them a try! Below is the recap of the series! Plus,…
This week kicked off Paranormal Week and it has been so much fun!!! I am a big paranormal junkie and it has been so much fun to spotlight several of my favorite series. Below is the recap and schedule for the week! Plus, I have a killer giveaway going on related to this feature series,…
The highlight of my week was definitely the Austin Author Event held this past weekend in my home city, Austin, Texas! We had 10 amazing authors here and so many people attended, waiting up to 2 hours to get in! Craziness! I loved meeting many of my blogging buddies in person and catching up with…
Welcome to the new incarnation of the Sunday Snapshot… introducing the VBB Weekly! Starting today, my newsletter will be posted every Monday morning, with all the info you need to kick of your week, all the valuable content in one place. Use the newsletter to review the past week, to look ahead and see what’s coming or…
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