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November 4, 2022
Making the Publisher’s Weekly BookLife Prize Semifinalists
My young adult contemporary Sleeping Around is one of the 25 semifinalists in the Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize! 
@morganvegawritemy book is one of the 25 semifinalists in the publishers weekly booklife prize!
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Ahh, my ya contemporary SLEEPING AROUND is one of the 25 semifinalists in the @PublishersWkly BookLife Prize!
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January 22, 2022
Move the Body, Heal the Mind Book Review
Thanks to my bookish friend and fellow bookstagrammer and booktuber Mika, I’ve started rollerblading this year. I can now skate backwards, do braided bubbles, and I’m working on spins. Rollerblading has brought me joy and confidence and energy.
Post-college, I’ve become pretty sedentary, with working full-time jobs and multiple part-time jobs. Plus, I had some of my worst mental illness years in my late twenties. (Check out my Mental Health Book Tag if you haven’t!) I haven’t prioriti...
January 19, 2022
What’s Your Sign? Book Review
During my worst-ever mental illness struggle, I turned to witchcraft—including astrology—for comfort and support. I’m not talking about the witchcraft usually portrayed in media (i.e. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) or demonized as satanic by your grandparents. (Satanism is a religion, witchcraft is a practice, and for f*ck’s sake, they’re completely different.)
My witchcraft is connecting with the world around me, including the moon and planets and stars.
Enter the Sanctuary app. I had used...
August 21, 2021
Give Back with Me ♡ My SLEEPING AROUND Book Sales Are Benefiting Foster Care Charity HumanKind
Big dream-come-true moments happened for me this month.
My debut young adult contemporary, Sleeping Around, released to the world. The News Virginian featured me and my book in an article. I’ve surpassed fifty reviews on Goodreads. The Winchester Book Gallery scheduled me for a book signing.
And I’m so close to getting to 200 book sales.
I’m giving a portion of my pre-order and first-moth sales to the nonprofit HumanKind—particularly to their Foster Care and Cases for Kids programs that...
August 6, 2021
Sleeping Around Book Review — Lit Lemons Books
By Mortan Vega
‘Don’t Downplay your problems to make other people comfortable, okay?’
I am so happy to review Sleeping Around. So let’s dive right in!
SynopsisHard-hitting yet humorous, this young adult contemporary following a teen’s transition from foster care to college by debut author Morgan Vega is perfect for fans of What I Carry by Jennifer Longo and Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour.
Foster care always promised her a bed. Now she doesn’t even hav...
Sleeping Around
By Mortan Vega
‘Don’t Downplay your problems to make other people comfortable, okay?’
I am so happy to review Sleeping Around. So let’s dive right in!
SynopsisHard-hitting yet humorous, this young adult contemporary following a teen’s transition from foster care to college by debut author Morgan Vega is perfect for fans of What I Carry by Jennifer Longo and Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour.
Foster care always promised her a bed. Now she doesn’t even hav...
Sleeping Around Book Review — Sometimes Leelynn Reads
Thank you so much Morgan for allowing me to read your novel early, and I am so thankful that you wanted to hear my opinion on your story. Be sure to check out some other posts about Morgan’s debut novel, and read some of the reviews on Goodreads!
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BOOK TOUR: Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega | Review
Thank you so much Morgan for allowing me to read your novel early, and I am so thankful that you wanted to hear my opinion on your story. Be sure to check out some other posts about Morgan’s debut novel, and read some of the reviews on Goodreads!
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August 5, 2021
Sleeping Around Book Review — UnabridgedBren
The Synopsis:Hard-hitting yet humorous, this young adult contemporary following a teen’s transition from foster care to college by debut author Morgan Vega is perfect for fans of What I Carry by Jennifer Longo and Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour.
Foster care always promised her a bed. Now she doesn’t even have that.
Coralee (Corey) Reed can’t wait to trade her current foster house for Harmony Hall, the dorm for music majors. Corey arrives at Borns College wit...
Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega – Review
The Synopsis:Hard-hitting yet humorous, this young adult contemporary following a teen’s transition from foster care to college by debut author Morgan Vega is perfect for fans of What I Carry by Jennifer Longo and Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour.
Foster care always promised her a bed. Now she doesn’t even have that.
Coralee (Corey) Reed can’t wait to trade her current foster house for Harmony Hall, the dorm for music majors. Corey arrives at Borns College wit...
