The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today - DVD Giveaway

The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today - DVD Giveaway

Sony Home Video provided me with some of the materials I used in this Blog Post/Giveaway. The opinions I share are my own.  This post contains embedded widgets.

The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today is out on DVD September 6 from Sony Home Entertainment!

In the brand new original animated film, Princess Alise is training to be the perfect royal but in her heart, all she wants to do is sail the seven seas as a swashbuckling pirate! After setting sail, Princess Alise is shipwrecked and washes ashore on an island where she meets Lucas, a young boy who has been living there by herself. They have to work together to survive and get back to civilization.

island where she meets Lucas, a young boy who has been living there by herself. They have to work together to survive and get back to civilization.

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What would you do if you found out you were the only person to save a kingdom? {Review} Princess Ever After by Rachel Hauck

Regina Beswick was born to be a princess.
But she's content to be a small-town girl, running a classic auto
restoration shop, unaware a secret destiny awaits her. One that will
leap from the pages of her grandmother's hand-painted book of
fairytales. 



Tanner Burkhardt is the stoic Minister of Culture for the Grand Duchy of
Hessenberg. When he is tasked to retrieve the long-lost princess, he
must overcome his fear of failure in order to secure his nation's
future---and his own.
Yet lurking in

the political shadows is a fierce opponent with sinister
plans to abolish the throne forever.



Overwhelmed with opposition, Regina must decide if she's destined to
restore old cars or an ancient nation. Together---with a little divine
intervention---Regina and Tanner discover the truth of her heritage and
the healing power of true love.



My Review:

It took me until the fourth chapter to really grasp what was going on in the story.  It jumps back and forth in time from Princess Alice in 1914 writing in her Diary, to present day events.  Once I realized what was happening, it was easier to get into the flow of the story being told from both times and continue to allow myself to fall into the rythm of the story.



As this story progressed, I found that it is one that does seem similar in some ways to the movie "The Princess Diaries" yet still remains unique in the way in which the author tells of the history of Hessenberg, Reggie and Tanner.



The story is well-written and flows pretty well once the first few chapters are read.  I was able to get into the flow of the story in spite of the way that many of the characters speak in a more "proper English" style.  I really liked Reggie, but wasn't sure what I thought of Tanner at first.  He grew on me throughout the story as I learned more about his past and his personality until I fell in love with his character as well.



Overall this was a fun and entertaining Christian Fiction book that I enjoyed reading for this review.  I highly recommend this book!





About the Author:

Rachel Hauck is the bestselling author of ACFW Book of the Year winner Sweet Caroline, RITA Finalist Love Starts With Elle, bestselling and RITA Finalist The Wedding Dress,
and of the critically acclaimed fiction collaboration with
multi-platinum country artist Sara Evans, The Songbird Novels. Hauck’s
latest release, is Princess Ever After, the second release in the Royal Wedding series. Once Upon A Prince (the first in the series), received rave reviews, including starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist.



Hauck earned a degree in Journalism from Ohio State University and is
a huge Buckeyes fan. She worked in the corporate software world until
2004 when she began to write fulltime. Although she admits to being
Yankee-born, Hauck has lived in the south most of her life and works her
southern experience into her stories. She now lives in sunny, though
sometimes hurricane-plagued, central Florida with her husband and writes
from her own two-story tower.



She is the past president of American Christian Fiction Writers and
now serves on the executive board. She was named ACFW 2013 Mentor of the
Year.



Hauck is also one of ten author contributors to Southern Belle View Daily.

Visit her website at www.rachelhauck.com to sign up for her newsletter, read her blog and follow her on Facebook (Rachel Hayes Hauck) and Twitter (@RachelHauck).

Disclosure: I received free the item(s) mentioned in this post in exchange for my honest review. Regardless ~ All my reviews are my honest and personal opinion. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”.

I Wanna Be . . . a Princess. How about you? Costume Review on Mom Loves 2 Read #IWannaBe

 

 

What do you want to be when you grow up?  Well, Costume Express has many different answers for that question.  From fun and fantastic animal costumes, Princesses, favorite characters and more. . . for babies all the way up to adult sizes - a costume for everyone!





And, not JUST for Halloween!  Now, I know that Halloween is the major dress-up holiday of the year, but what about the rest of the 364 days?  Why not dress up for birthday parties? Christmas parties? Fun Fall parties or Just for Fun Pretend parties?



My daughter's reply to my question "What would you like to be for your birthday?" ~ Her answer:

#IWannaBe  "a Princess".



Costume Express has a costume for nearly any theme you can think up!  Need some ideas . . . well, how about a fun Princess party for your little girl's next birthday?

And don't forget the I Want to Be
Guarantee -- Halloween 2013 brings more costume options and accessories
than ever before, but something else CostumeExpress.com offers is piece
of mind. It’s no secret that some kids might want to be a superhero at
breakfast, a pirate at lunch, and a cowboy by dinner – and it’s hard to
please a child that changes their mind so often! So, Costume Express.com
is allowing parents to make as many free exchanges as they need with
its “I Want to Be Guarantee.” With the guesswork taken out of the
equation, Halloween can be the perfect experience for Mom





You can also sign up for the CostumeExpress.com e-mail
exclusives and follow them socially so you can be in the know about any
hot deals!

This Snow White Costume is made of pretty sturdy materials, good seems, and fun colorful fabric.  The fluffy underskirt makes the dress poof out which is a big hit for little princess lovers like my 5 year old.



The adorable headband is easy to wear and makes the perfect accessory for this Disney Princess inspired costume.



What my little Princess Snow White for Halloween this year?  No, she wasn't - she wants this costume for her upcoming birthday party - a Prince and Princess Ball.  Her little friends will dress up as Princes and Princesses and will be invited to dance to fun upbeat music, have Princess tea cakes and have a fun and fanciful party dressed up in their Royal best.



Need some costumes for your next party or get-together?  Check out Costume Express!

Disclosure: I received free the item(s) mentioned in this post in exchange for my honest review using Tomoson.com. Regardless ~ All my reviews are my honest and personal opinion. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”.

Review of Just Ella by Annette K. Larsen on Mom Loves 2 Read

Just Ella by Annette K. Larsen  

Book Summary:



A Proper Romance



Ariella was only looking for a distraction, something to break up the monotony of palace life. What she found was a young man willing to overlook her title and show her a new and vibrant way of life. But when her growing feelings for Gavin spiral out of control and clash with the expectations of her station, she will discover that the consequences of her curiosity are far more severe than she’d imagined.



I watched in helpless horror as two guards hauled Gavin to his feet and dragged him from the room. My voice was frozen, unable to protest as another guard took hold of my arm, leading me upstairs. From the confines of my room, I stared into the darkness beyond my window, hoping to catch one more glimpse of Gavin. He was gone, and I wondered if he would have been better off if he had never met me.



I write clean romance. Why? Because that’s what I love to read, but over the years I’ve discovered it’s quite a challenge to find good clean romance. I believe it’s a genre that many people are looking for and too few authors are writing. My first novel, Just Ella, took me many years to write because I wanted it to be more than just a cutesy love story. I wanted it to have depth, to feel genuine. Hopefully I succeeded, but you’ll have to be the judge.

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My Review:

This is a fun and sweet romance.  An intriguing story that is a great twist on the traditional Cinderella that I grew up with.  This Ella is much more enthusiastic and headstrong and is out to find adventure where ever she can find it.  It has great depth and the characters are likable and fun loving.  I enjoyed this book and would love to read more by this author.





 Author Annette K. Larsen

I was born in Utah, but grew up in Flagstaff Arizona and St. Louis Missouri, the fifth of seven children. I attended college at Southern Virginia University and Brigham Young University where I studied English and Theater. I now live in Idaho with my husband and four children. I have Charlotte Bronte to thank for the courage to write novels. After being bombarded with assigned reading about women who justified abandoning either their families or their principles in the name of love, I had the great fortune of reading Jane Eyre. And that was it: finally a heroine who understood that being moral and making the right choice was hard, and sometimes it hurt, but it was still worth it. After rereading it several years later, I realized that if I wanted more books to exist with the kinds of heroines I admired, then I might as well write a few myself. My books are about women who face hard choices, who face pain and rejection and often have to sacrifice what they want for what is right. The consequences are often difficult or unpleasant, but it the end, doing what’s right will always be worth it. I believe there is no substitute for good writing or good chocolate. Fortunately, one often leads to the other.

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Disclosure: I received free the item(s) mentioned in this post in exchange for my honest review. Regardless ~ All my reviews are my honest and personal opinion. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”.

It's Time Again for Disney Princesses! Enter to Win 4 tickets to see Disney Live at the Peoria Civic Center!

Disney Live! Three Classic Fairytales Show

See it at the Peoria Civic Center

Peoria, Illinois

Saturday, November 9th at 5pm

DISNEY LIVE! PRESENTS THREE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES IN THIS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL LIVE STAGE SHOW, SEE THE PRINCESSES
YOU LOVE COME TO LIFE! 



FOLLOW SNOW
WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS ON AN EXCITING JOURNEY THROUGH THE ENCHANTED FOREST. 



JOIN BELLE IN A THRILLING, ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE WITH THE BEAST! AND BE AMAZED AS CINDERELLA TRANSFORMS INTO A DAZZLING PRINCESS JUST IN
TIME FOR THE ROYAL BALL. 

SEE THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER HAPPEN RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES,
LIVE ON STAGE, IN THREE OF THE BEST
FAIRY TALES EVER! 



IT’S A
BREATHTAKING, MAGNIFICENT EVENT THAT’S PERFECT FOR ALL THE LITTLE PRINCES AND
PRINCESSES IN YOUR LIFE! DISNEY LIVE! PRESENTS THREE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES SHARE
THE MAGIC WITH YOUR FAMILY HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN!



Do you know someone or several someone's who would like to see Disney Live?  Well, I do!  I have two little someones who still Love princesses and fairy tale romance.  We saw Disney Live last fall and it was wonderful - you can read my review here.  I took my two girls and invited one of their friends and her mom along - bought an additional ticket for Mom - it was well worth going.  They had so much fun and the joy and wonder on each little face was priceless!



Here is your chance to WIN a family 4 pack of tickets FREE to see Disney Live: Three Classic Fairy Tales at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday, November 9th at 5pm - I have 4 tickets "in hand" that I will personally get to whoever wins.



Giveaway Details - 

~ Giveaway will run from 8 pm on Oct 13 - Oct 30th 11:59 pm (CST). Only those who are available to attend (or giving tickets to someone who can attend) the Nov 9th, 5pm show at Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL are eligible to win.  

~ Must be 18 yrs of age or older to win.  

~ Must complete the 1 mandatory entry to win - all others are optional to gain more entries into the giveaway - winner will be chosen randomly through the giveawaytools form - ALL entries will be validated before winner is chosen.  Have Fun!

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Disclosure: I received free tickets to view this show & free tickets to give away in exchange for my honest review at a later date through Feld Entertainment blogger program. Regardless ~ All my reviews are my honest and personal opinion. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”.