The Making of Nebraska Brown by Louise Caiola Publisher: Immortal Ink Publishing Release date: February 2014 Source: e-book from publisher Pages: 318 About the story: The last thing eighteen-year-old Ann Leigh remembers is running from her boyfriend in a thick Nebraska cornfield. This morning she’s staring down a cool Italian sunrise, an entire continent from […]
She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Young adult contemporary Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Release date: April 22 2014 Source: e-ARC from publisher via NetGalley Pages: 224 The nitty-gritty: A completely original story with a brave and plucky main character, filled with fascinating information about the nature of coincidence, and lots of heart and […]
Welcome to the Cover Reveal for The Night House by Rachel Tafoya presented by Month9Books! Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post! Bianca St. Germain works at a Night House, a place where vampires like the aristocratic Jeremiah Archer, pay to feed on humans, and she doesn’t much care […]
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Breaking the Spine, where bloggers can share the upcoming books they’re excited about. This week Chuck Wendig had a cover reveal on his blog for a book I would literally kill for. Yes folks, there are not too many things I would kill for. My kids, […]
Welcome to my stop on the April New Release Giveaway Hop, hosted by Bo-ok Nerd! This month has lots of great book releases, in both young adult and adult. I’m offering one international winner (must be from a country that The Book Depository ships to) a choice of one of the following books: Young adult […]
I’m participating in Apex Magazine’s Operation Fourth Story this month, and today I’m thrilled to welcome Apex social media editor Lesley Conner to the blog! Operation Fourth Story is Apex’s digital magazine drive to promote the magazine and to hopefully get new subscribers. If they reach their goal of 250 new subscribers, they will add […]
High & Dry by Sarah Skilton Genre: Young adult contemporary Publisher: Amulet Books Release date: April 15 2014 Source: eARC from publisher via NetGalley Pages: 272 The nitty-gritty: A tantalizing mystery, an unreliable narrator, high school hijinks, and one of the worst fictional high schools I’ve ever run across. When you find yourself tied up […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is a fun way to share the books you’ve acquired recently. Thankfully, I’ve had a very slow couple of weeks on the book acquisition front…I cannot even begin to tell you how behind I am with review books! I received a couple of surprises in the […]
Yesterday I introduced you to Operation Fourth Story, Apex Magazine’s official digital magazine drive. And today, I have an interview with Managing Editor Cameron Salisbury. Please give Cameron a warm welcome! Hi Cameron, and welcome to the blog. I’m thrilled to have you visiting today! Hello! This is my first interview as an Apex editor, […]
I’m super happy and excited to be part of the Apex Operation Fourth Story Digital Subscription Drive from Apex Magazine! (Wow, I know that’s a mouthful…) If you’ve never heard of Apex Magazine or Apex Books, now is your chance to catch up! Apex Magazine is a monthly digital magazine featuring short fiction from some of […]