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Author Interview: Danielle Ellison - STORM

Author Interview: Danielle Ellison - STORM @DanielleEWrites

I’m beyond honored to host my friend Danielle Ellison on the blog today to celebrate the release of STORM, the sequel to SALT.

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Up until recently, Penelope was a witch with no magic. After having it stolen by a demon when she was just a child, Penelope had been forced to rely on sharing others’ powers as she went through the grueling training required to become an elite demon hunter.…

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2014 Debut Authors Bash: Lisa Maxwell and SWEET UNREST

2014 Debut Authors Bash: Lisa Maxwell and SWEET UNREST @LisaMaxwellYA #debutauthorbash #giveaway

      I’m so happy to host the fabulous Lisa Maxwell for the 2014 Debut Authors Bash, hosted by the lovelies at Y.A. Reads.  Her book, SWEET UNREST, comes to you from Flux on 10/8/2014 and you’re not going to want to miss it.

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Lucy Aimes has always been practical. But try as she might, she can’t come up with a logical explanation for the recurring dreams that have always haunted…

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Blog Tour: HOOK'S REVENGE by Heidi Schulz

Blog Tour: HOOK'S REVENGE by Heidi Schulz @HeidiSchulz @maryannzi

  Today I am thrilled to host Heidi Schulz, author of HOOK’S REVENGE, published September 16th 2014 by Disney-Hyperion.  Heidi is going to share with you her playlist, which will most certainly get you in the mood to read her hilarious and full-of-adventure debut novel.  This is one I can’t wait to share with my daughter, who is a LOT like Jocelyn!

    Pirates in stories tend to love singing…

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Every Breath by Ellie Marney

Every Breath by Ellie Marney

Summary

When James Mycroft drags Rachel Watts off on a night mission to the Melbourne Zoo, the last thing she expects to find is the mutilated body of Homeless Dave, one of Mycroft’s numerous eccentric friends. But Mycroft’s passion for forensics leads him to realize that something about the scene isn’t right–and he wants Watts to help him investigate the murder.

While Watts battles her…

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Movie Review: If I Stay

  There is no doubt, a lot of comparison between this YA book-to-movie adaptation and one that came out earlier this year.  I’m going to put it out there right now and say that I enjoyed the move If I Stay more than The Fault in Our Stars.  In book form, though, I do prefer TFIOS.

I liked, but did not love, the novel If I Stay.  My biggest issue was with the main character, Mia, and how we never…

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Afterworlds By Scott Westerfeld

Afterworlds By Scott Westerfeld

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Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and fledgling writers who take her under their wings…

Told in alternating chapters is Darcy’s novel, a suspenseful thriller about Lizzie, a…

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TTT - We've Read One, but Need More!

    Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is authors we’ve read one book by, but need more!

1. Elizabeth Wein. I’ve read CODE NAME VERITY and had the biggest book hangover. It was so brilliant, but it also made my heart ache, so I’m going to wait a bit before diving into her other books. But I plan on diving eventually.

2. Karen Foxlee- The book of hers I’ve read is THE ANATOMY OF WINGS. I’m totally hooked on…

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Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

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On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road.

Why? Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? Vividly told by an unexpected and surprising narrator, this heartbreaking and nonlinear novel pieces…

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Priya in Heels by Ayesha Patel

Priya in Heels by Ayesha Patel @ByAyeshaPatel @entangledpub

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Love doesn’t conquer all…does it?

Priyanka Patel is the epitome of an obedient daughter. She’s finishing up her medical residency at one of Houston’s busiest emergency departments, and has agreed—albeit reluctantly—to marry the man her family has chosen for her. The only thing that can derail the “perfect” life laid out before her is the sexy musician down the hall who wants into her…

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Make It Right by Megan Erickson

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Max Payton lives by two rules: Size and strength win any fight, and never show weakness.

When a rash of assaults sends Bowler University for a tail spin, Max volunteers to help teach a self-defense class. One of the other instructors is the beautiful pixie-faced girl he keeps butting heads with…and who challenges everything he thought he knew.

Lea Travers avoids guys like Max – cocky…

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Girls Like Us by Gail Giles

Girls Like Us by Gail Giles

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Quincy and Biddy are both graduates of their high school’s special ed program, but they couldn’t be more different: suspicious Quincy faces the world with her fists up, while gentle Biddy is frightened to step outside her front door. When they’re thrown together as roommates in their first “real world” apartment, it initially seems to be an uneasy fit. But as Biddy’s…

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TTT - Underrated Authors

TTT – Underrated Authors

    Today’s TTT – Underrated Authors – is brought to you by Christina & Olivia!  We think you should check these writers out, or read more of them if you’re already familiar.

  Christina’s Picks:

  1.  Louise Rozett – Rozett’s Confessionsseries is one of my very favorites.  The MC Rose is so REAL and voicey and I just love her.  And, major bonus points for one of the absolute best love interests…

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Release Day Blast: Make It Right by Megan Erickson

Title: Make it Right (Bowler University #2) Author: Megan Erickson Age: NA Genre: Contemporary Romance Publisher: William Morrow Impulse GoodReads Max Payton lives by two rules: Size and strength win any fight, and never show weakness.

When a rash of assaults sends Bowler University for a tail spin, Max volunteers to help teach a self-defense class. One of the other instructors is…

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I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

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Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways…

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In Her Wake by K.A. Tucker

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Before you knew him as Trent in Ten Tiny Breaths, he was Cole Reynolds—and he had it all. Until one night when he makes a fatal, wrong decision…and loses everything.

When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Normally, he’d be able to lean on his best friends—the ones who have…

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Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman

Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman

  Alex is ready for things to change, in a big way. Everyone seems to think she’s a boy, but for Alex the whole boy/girl thing isn’t as simple as either/or, and when she decides girl is closer to the truth, no one knows how to react, least of all her parents.

Undeterred, Alex begins to create a new identity for herself: ditching one school, enrolling in another, and throwing out most of her…