Jorie Loves A Story, is a blog that was inspired into creation due to a reader's love and passion for the written word. She reads bookish industry newsfeeds, keeps a pertinent eye on newly published authors, is readily eager to book travel to independent book shoppes, athenaeum libraries, historical landmarks of literary interest, and book festivals, conventions, or symposiums; absorbs herself into the written word, cherishing each book she comes across that has the ability to transport herself into another time, place, and world. This is her journey, as she uncovers one book at a time that leaves her musefully happy for the discovery.

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Tag: Impossible

Jorie’s Box of Joy No.4 : Wicked sweet #nextreads as February rolls into view!

Posted Sunday, 1 February, 2015 by jorielov A Woman of Fortune, Amy Durham, Asher's Mark, Becca Stevens, Berni Stevens, Brenda S. Anderson, C.A. Gray, Camille Eide, Chandice Probst & Tana Besendorfer, Dance Until Dawn, First Frost, Gluten-Free On A Budget, Henriette Gyland, Impossible, Katy Haye, Kellie Coates Gilbert, Letters to my Future Husband, Like There's No Tomorrow, Lisa McKendrick, Marilee Jackson, Midnight Runner, Pieces of Granite, S.C. Barrus, Sarah Addison Allen, Stephen J. Valentine, The Gin Thief, The Last Gatekeeper, The Lazarus Game, The Way of Tea and Justice, Up Close 1 Comment

One of the happiest moments for a book blogger is eagerly going to their postbox & seeing what delightfully wicked print books have arrived for their reading pleasure! I have always held a keen interest in postal mail, being a long-term postal letter correspondent which has given me such a heart of joy seeing envelopes & bundles of love arrive from dear friends around the world. Imagine my new excitement in seeing the books I am reviewing arriving by publisher, author, publicist, or literary agent! Such an exciting new chapter in postal splendor!

I have been wanting to blog about my excitement about being placed on certain blog tours and/or in receiving books for review direct from authors, publishers, or publicists. I originally came across a weekly meme on Mondays entitled Mailbox Monday and you could say, that my new feature on Jorie Loves A Story is an extended idea from the original! Except to say, with one minor switch-up! Although I attempt to write down when books arrive by Post, I am never quite as certain when the books arrive as I am always reading the next book in hand! Therefore, please join me as I get excited about the books on my shelf which are next in line to read!

I apologise I was not able to keep up with my posts for this Feature. Most of the latter half of 2014 was a bit difficult for different reasons, wherein I simply tried to read all the books I could whilst I had captured the hours to give to them. I was too wrapped up in my readings to realise I had forgotten to post about upcoming books of interest! You will happily see a resurgence of this post hitting weekly starting this Winter 2015!

I am working on completing my “End of the Year Survey 2014”:

Spring & Summer might have dissolved into each other and collided straight into Autumn, but I must confess I read a heap of beautiful writ stories! Enchanting my mind, endearing my heart, and enveloping me inside a knitted eclipse of story craft by writers who know how to give readers a pause out of their hours and a settling inside their spirits as they turn page after page of evoking narrative which never fully leaves you once you place the novel on your bookshelf!

By the time it came around for the *End of the Year Survey* to be written, I must admit I was still working on a few reviews whilst resting a bit after New Year’s as I love to watch the ball drop in Times Square! I have been compiling the survey for more than a month now, working on it off/on whenever I have a few free hours to go back over the books I read during the past year, inasmuch as sort out my final thoughts as where they might ‘fit’ into the survey itself. I plan to release my “Top Picks of 2014” and the completed survey quite soon! Stay tuned to see what truly captured my mind from last year!

I have several carry-overs from January,

of which I will be reading whilst tweeting about this week:

Impossible by C.A. Gray (last book in the Piercing the Veil series: Book 1, Book 2, Interview)
The Last Gatekeeper by Katy Haye (part of my readings for Sci Fi Experience 2015)
The Gin Thief: Ep 1 by S.C. Barrus (manuscript I served as a betareader)
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen (part of Book Browse First Impressions)
Up Close by Henriette Gyland (romantic suspense by ChocLitUK)
Dance Until Dawn by Berni Stevens (vampire romance by ChocLitUK)
A Woman of Fortune by Kellie Coates Gilbert (author contacted me about her books)
*I will be talking about the library books I’m reading lateron in the week!

Posted Sunday, 1 February, 2015 by jorielov in Blog Tour Host, Blogosphere Events & Happenings, Book Trailer, Bookish Discussions, Bookish Films, Cedar Fort Publishing & Media, ChocLitSaturdays, ChocLitUK, Contemporary Romance, Cookery, Debut Author, Debut Novel, Down Syndrome, Equality In Literature, Gluten-Free Foods, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller Suspense, Indie Author, Inspirational Fiction & Non-Fiction, INSPY Realistic Fiction | Non-Fiction, JKS Communications: Literary Publicity Firm, Jorie's Box of Joy, Life Shift, New Adult Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Romance Fiction, Royal Social Media, Science Fiction, Special Needs Children, Steampunk, Street Team for Author, Time Travel, Time Travel Adventure, Women's Fiction

Special Event | #RRSciFiMonth : LIVE Author Q&A with #YAFantasy writer C.A. Gray {author of the Piercing the Veil series}

Posted Monday, 3 November, 2014 by jorielov C.A. Gray, Impossible, Intangible, Invincible, Piercing the Veil series, Wanderlust Publishing 152 Comments

Mondays:

Fantasy Showcase : the Piercing the Veil series [book reviews]

Book Blitz & Announcement of Piercing the Veil Showcase (prior to SFN)

The Book Blitz includes an Excerpt of the novel Impossible. I discussed my joy in discovering this is a ‘clean read’ for all ages. You can view the book trailer as well.

Review: Intangible by C.A. Gray (prior to SFN)

Review: Invincible by C.A. Gray (10 Nov)

Review: Impossible by C.A. Gray (17 Nov)

SPECIAL SHOWCASE: Piercing the Veil Serial Overview (24 Nov)

I encourage everyone who is dropping by for the LIVE Author Q&A with Ms. Gray tonight, to take a moment to go through the links I’ve provided on the calendar of events above where I am featuring her novels & collective works in order to get a proper introduction to the author’s writing style, voice, and her commitment to writing rock solid world-building narrative arcs within the fantasy genre. To me, she embodies the purist essence of a genre-bending author, as her YA Fantasy series is most definitely fantasy driven, yet there are incredible elements knitted into the heart of the characters and the story’s foundation which are rooted on science fact. I felt a better way of describing her works might be to add the attribution of “Sci-Fantasy” as she has found a way to bridge both worlds of Speculative Fiction quite brilliantly.

Welcoming C.A. Gray to Jorie Loves A Story,

**featuring an Interview & LIVE! Author Q&A!**

FULL DETAILS:

Jorie interviews Ms. Gray ahead of the 8:00pm (EST) live commenting blog event which will take place in the comment threads of this post! IF you are unable to drop back during the time in which Ms. Gray will be responding to reader comments, questions, and compliments please make sure to leave your response early! in order for her to respond! All comments are still moderated by Jorie, who will be on hand during the live event making sure all comments get through! Once approved you will have the ability to post a direct response without waiting.

Readers and visitors of Jorie Loves A Story can easily leave a comment by using Email, WP, Google+, Facebook & Twitter interfaces without the stress of captcha as I do not use that service! Remember! return back to this page in the mid evening hour of 8 o’ clock to make sure you do not miss Ms. Gray! I do recommend subscribing to the comments in order to keep in the loop! The author will be on hand to respond LIVE for a block of two hours!

Remember to continue to leave comments, questions, & thoughts to share with Ms. Gray throughout the month of November during the Sci Fi November event! I will be updating her when new commentary is arriving & she will respond as soon as she can to your enquiries! I consider this a Sci-Fantasy genrebender novel as it has firm grounding in science as much as in fantasy!

Posted Monday, 3 November, 2014 by jorielov in Angels, ArchDemons or Demonic Entities, Arthurian Legend, Bits & Bobbles of Jorie, Blog Tour Host, Blogosphere Events & Happenings, Doctor Who, Equality In Literature, Fantasy Fiction, Folklore and Mythology, Foster Care, Genre-bender, Good vs. Evil, High Fantasy, Indie Author, Interview & Live Author Q&A, Light vs Dark, Macgyver, Methodology of Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy, Naturopathic Medicine, Orphans & Guardians, Parapsychological Gifts, Parapsychological Suspense, Quantum Leap, Quantum Physics, Royal Social Media, Sci-Fi November, Science Fantasy, Single Fathers, Social Services, Speculative Fiction, Supernatural Creatures & Beings, Supernatural Fiction, Superstrings, The Writers Life, Warfare & Power Realignment, Writing Advice & Tips, Writing Style & Voice, YA Fantasy

Book Blitz | A new #book in the Piercing the Veil #YAFantasy series arrived on the 15th of October, 2014! The author, C.A. Gray is going to be featured on Jorie Loves A Story in October & November!

Posted Friday, 17 October, 2014 by jorielov C.A. Gray, Impossible, Intangible, Invincible, Piercing the Veil series 4 Comments

Jorie is pleased to announce a special showcase for an Indie Writer arriving on Jorie Loves A Story during the months of October & November respectively! During the last week of October, there will be serial overview post about the three novels in the Piercing the Veil series: Intangible, Invincible, & Impossible. A fuller expanse of each story will post during my Fantasy track focus on Mondays for Sci Fi November, which is upcoming in a few short weeks! The schedule of the posts are as follows:

30th October, 2014 | Review: Intangible Book 1 of Piercing the Veil

3rd November, 2014 | A *LIVE!* Author Q&A with C.A. Gray
6-8pm MTZ (Mountain) | 9-11pm NYC (EST)
Questions can post ahead starting @ midnight straight
into the chat itself; author will be responding live

10th November, 2014 | Review: Invincible Book 2 of Piercing the Veil

17th November, 2014 | Review: Impossible Book 3 of Piercing the Veil

24th November, 2014 | Piercing the Veil Series Showcase Special

Author Biography:

C.A. Gray is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor (NMD), with a primary care practice in Tucson, AZ. She has always been captivated by the power of a good story, fictional or otherwise, which is probably why she loves holistic medicine: a patient’s physical health is invariably intertwined with his or her life story, and she believes that the one can only be understood in context with the other.

She still wants to be everything when she grows up. She moonlights as a college chemistry teacher (she has a degree in biochemistry, with minors in Spanish and Creative Writing), does theater when she gets the chance, sings, plays piano, was once a personal trainer and in coffee shop management. She is blessed with exceptionally supportive family and friends, and thanks God for them every single day!

Posted Friday, 17 October, 2014 by jorielov in Arthurian Legend, Bits & Bobbles of Jorie, Blog Tour Host, Book | Novel Excerpt, Book Blitz, Book Trailer, Bookish Films, Coming-Of Age, Fantasy Fiction, Indie Author, Light vs Dark, Naturopathic Medicine, Quantum Physics, Retrospective Memories of a Series, Royal Social Media, Sci-Fi November, Spin-Off Authors, Teenage Relationships & Friendships, YA Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction

Tag: Impossible

I am working on completing my “End of the Year Survey 2014”:

Welcoming C.A. Gray to Jorie Loves A Story,

featuring an Interview & *LIVE!* Author Q&A!

FULL DETAILS:

**featuring an Interview & LIVE! Author Q&A!**