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Waiting on Wednesday: Girl Against the Universe

Given that books are one of my favorite things in the world, I’ve decided to jump on the Waiting on Wednesday bandwagon because few things bring me greater joy than pimping books I’ve either read or can’t wait to read. In case you haven’t heard of it, WoW is a weekly meme created by Jill from Breaking […]

Question of the Day: You’ve been kidnapped…

I posted this yesterday on Facebook and got a ton of really fun answers so I thought I’d repost here. Dear blog readers, who would you pick to storm the castle and save you from a kidnapping? My choice…Olivia and Jake from Scandal because I figure having a negotiator and a badass secret agent, super […]

FYI on a couple great titles currently on sale

The weeks have been getting away from me! The second half of my December 2015 book recommendations will be forthcoming, but in the mean time I wanted to alert my dear blog readers to two awesome books that are on sale right now. If you’re like me, you love a book bargain and both of these […]

Book Recommendations-Dec 2015 Part 1

It’s been a while since I did a book recommendations post, so long in fact, that I’m doing it as a 2 parter because I’ve read so many great things. I’ve been on a real winning streak as of late in the book department. Before I dig in, I’ll point your attention to the rafflecopter below. I’m […]

Interview with YA Author Mandy Hager

Hope everyone is having a lovely run up to the holidays! Today I’m excited to be featuring another New Zealand YA author, Mandy Hager! Mandy’s novel, Singing Home the Whale, won the 2015 Margaret Mahy Young Adult Book award which is NZ’s highest literary honor for young adult fiction! I’m currently reading Singing Home the […]

They Call Me Alexandra Gastone Sale-$1.99 Amazon Holiday Deal + Giveaway

              Hi All! Just a quick reminder that They Call Me Alexandra Gastone is an Amazon Holiday deal for the bargain basement price of $1.99! If any of you are book bloggers and would like to help spread the word about the sale, YABound Book Tours is arranging a […]

Interview with YA Author Anna Mackenzie

Today I’m excited to be featuring,  NZ YA author, Anna Mackenzie. YA aficionados are aware of all the wonderful YA coming out of Australia but so far NZ YA has been flying under the radar. It’s my hope that I’ll be able to do my part to help change that by featuring more NZ authors in […]

They Call Me Alexandra Gastone is an Amazon Holiday Deal at $1.99 + Giveaway!

In some very exciting news, Amazon selected They Call Me Alexandra Gastone as a December Monthly Deal! Yep, that’s right, Alexandra Gastone is going on sale for $1.99 just in time for the holidays! If you haven’t yet grabbed a copy, it doesn’t get much cheaper than $1.99. You can’t even buy a cup of […]

Liars, Inc. Black Friday Sale Blitz

Mega deal alert! Liars, Inc. is on sale for $1.99. It’s time to snap this baby up ASAP. You may remember that I wrote about how much I loved Liars, in my July 2015 Book Recommendations List, so this post is a public service announcement to the reading public! SYNOPSIS: “This is one exciting ride.” –ALA Booklist […]

Thanksgiving Book Giveaway! 14 Books Up for Grabs

In honor of Thanksgiving, the YA Story Sisters, a wonderful group of YA authors I’m in, have banded together to offer the following awesome giveaway! One lucky winner will receive 14 awesome YA titles. Each of us is giving away our own book as well as a book we’ve read this year that we’re thankful for. I […]