The Trouble With Destiny by Lauren Morrill

Title: The Trouble with Destiny
Author: Lauren Morrill
Length: 272 pages
Publisher: Delacorte
Classification: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Music
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Source: e-galley via NetGalley (Thank you, Delacorte!)
Read: November 2015

It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey... 
With her trusty baton and six insanely organized clipboards, drum major Liza Sanders is about to take Destiny by storm—the boat, that is. When Liza discovered that her beloved band was losing funding, she found Destiny, a luxury cruise ship complete with pools, midnight chocolate buffets, and a $25,000 spring break talent show prize. 
Liza can’t imagine senior year without the band, and nothing will distract her from achieving victory. She’s therefore not interested when her old camp crush, Lenny, shows up on board, looking shockingly hipster-hot. And she’s especially not interested in Russ, the probably-as-dumb-as-he-is-cute prankster jock whose ex, Demi, happens be Liza’s ex–best friend and leader of the Athenas, a show choir that’s the band’s greatest competition.
But it’s not going to be smooth sailing. After the Destiny breaks down, all of Liza’s best-laid plans start to go awry. Liza likes to think of herself as an expert at almost everything, but when it comes to love, she’s about to find herself lost at sea.

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***I received an e-galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***

Cover Reveal: TONE DEAF by Olivia Rivers

I am really excited to help reveal the cover for Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers. 

As soon as I read the book description, I knew this is one I want to read. I love music. So basically, I get super excited when I find a book that has music involved in the story. 

Mini Review: Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols

Title: Dirty Little Secret

Author: Jennifer Echols

Length: 288 pages

Publisher: MTV Books

Classification: Young Adult, Contemporary, Music

Release Date: April 22, 2014

Source: Paperback (Won from the author. Thank you so much Jennifer for the signed copy!)

Read: May 2014

Bailey wasn’t always a wild child and the black sheep of her family. She used to play fiddle and tour the music circuit with her sister, Julie, who sang and played guitar. That ended when country music execs swooped in and signed Julie to a solo deal. Never mind that Julie and Bailey were a duet, or that Bailey was their songwriter. The music scouts wanted only Julie, and their parents were content to sit by and let her fulfill her dreams while Bailey’s were hushed away. Bailey has tried to numb the pain and disappointment over what could have been. And as Julie’s debut album is set to hit the charts, her parents get fed up with Bailey’s antics and ship her off to granddad’s house in Nashville. Playing fiddle in washed-up tribute groups at the mall, Bailey meets Sam, a handsome and oh-so-persuasive guitarist with his own band. He knows Bailey’s fiddle playing is just the thing his band needs to break into the industry. But this life has broken Bailey’s heart once before. She isn’t sure she’s ready to let Sam take her there again… 

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***I won a copy of this book from a giveaway on Twitter from the author. This does not change the way I view this book.***

Frozen Soundtrack

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I LOVED the movie Frozen!

When my mother and grandmother were both in town visiting for the holidays, we took the girls to go see the movie. And I am so glad that we went.

Since seeing it, Cutie pie has been asking and asking for the music. And I can't lie, I enjoyed the music in the movie myself so I wanted to get the CD as well.

My brother bought us the CD one day when he was here and we have been listening to it since.

Both my girls love singing and dancing to the music.

Pooh Bear (my 3 year old) keeps pointing up at the CD player when we listen to the soundtrack and says "I watch that one. Please?"

Needless to say we will be buying the movie as soon as it comes out...in March!

I have a REALLY hard time picking a favorite song from the soundtrack. I like so many of them for different reasons.

And I love the voices. I think that Kristen Bell has a beautiful singing voice. I was a little surprised since I haven't ever really heard her sing before. But I love it! Love her! (She is one of my favorite actresses. Ever since seeing Veronica Mars for the first time!)
And I have always thought that Idina Menel has a BEAUTIFUL voice!
I also think that Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad did a wonderful job with their songs.

The title/popular songs make up the first part of the CD. Songs 1-9.

1. "Frozen Heart" This song is at the very beginning of the movie at the opening. I think it is a good opening song. 
2. "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" Such a good song. It is so heartbreaking listing to Anna sing this song to her sister. Wanting things to be fixed between them and go back to how things used to be. 
3. "For the First Time in Forever" I like this song. It is full of excitement and hope. Then there is Elsa's side of the song where she is worried about the people coming into the castle for the first time in a long time. And they mesh well together. 
4. "Love Is an Open Door" This song is cute and funny. The duet is good. 
5. "Let It Go" AMAZING song! Cutie Pie loves singing the chorus as loud as she can. I think this song is powerful and moving. 
6. "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" I think this song is funny. I love it!
7. "In Summer" I LOVE this song! I love Olaf the snowman and think this song is so cute. A snowman singing about how much he wants to enjoy summer. Definitely one of my favorites. 
8. "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"
9. "Fixer Upper" Cute song. And I love how there are so many singers in the song. I think it was very well done. 

So if you are a big fan of the movie (or have kids that love the movie) you should get this Soundtrack!

My 7 year old is obsessed with this CD. She listens to it on repeat every day. And she sings "Let It Go" all the time!

Tune In Tuesday- Love Song Edition Part 2

Tune In Tuesday is a weekly feature in which bloggers get to showcase another one of their loves, music! This feature was originally created by Ginger over at GReads! but you can now find it at Kate’s Tales of Books andBands. If you would like to participate in this weekly feature, make a blog post showcasing a song (or a few!) Then link up with Katelyn's Tune In Tuesday blog post if you want!

I just found this today, so I missed part 1. 

I love music. So I decided that this will be fun!

There are a lot of songs about love that I LOVE. So it was hard to narrow it down to just a few.

But here are a few of my favorite songs about love:

1. Love You Till The End- The Pogues

2. Baby, I Love You- The Ramones

3. Love You Madly- Cake

4. Speechless- The Veronicas

Hope you enjoy the songs.