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May 15, 2009
fLiP iT fRiDaY: Kristi @ The Story Siren
Today on fLiP iT fRiDaY, we’re chatting with Kristi from The Story Siren, aka thestorysiren on Twitter.
Describe a typical day in your life.
My days are actually very boring. I work at an orthodontic office from 8-5. Sometimes I’ll get some reading done on my lunch break. I try to be productive!
Usually I make dinner when I get home, it helps me wind down. I really like to cook and bake. And I eat in front of the television. I know it’s a bad habit, but I usually catch up on my shows via dvr! Whic
May 14, 2009
May Debsness Giveaway!
Don’t forget to enter! Open now through 11:59 PM, EST!
Posted in contests
Operation Book-Stalk: Success!
It seems the rumors are true. Twenty Boy Summer is on the shelves!
Look!
Mom picked me up bright and early this morning (11 AM! Can you believe it? I was too excited to sleep! No, seriously. 11 AM is way early for us night shifters!) so we could book-stalk Twenty Boy Summer in the local Barnes & Noble stores. Being the professional, courteous stalker that I am, I called in advance to phone in my stalking so there wouldn’t be any awkwardness. I mean, other than my mom and dear friend Amy accosting
May 13, 2009
Contest: Put Twenty Boy Summer on the Map!
Twenty Boy Summer has escaped from its boxes before the official June 1 release date and has already been spotted in the wild at a bookstore near Buffalo, NY. Now through June 30, we’re tracking sightings of TBS all over the country. If you spot the book in a bookstore or library, take a picture or video and enter to win a cool TBS Beach Prize Pack!
Guidelines:
Take a picture or video of Twenty Boy Summer on the shelves in the store, kiosk, or libraryEmail it with your first name, store/library naMay 12, 2009
Creeptastic Buffalo: Buffalo Psychiatric Hospital
Earlier tonight, Alex and I took a walk around part of the abandoned H.H. Richardson Complex of the Buffalo Psychiatric Hospital (formerly known as the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane), built in the 1870s and closed to patients about 100 years later. It’s now a National Historic Landmark and some groups are working to preserve it.
Like any abandoned old mental institution worth its salt, the H.H. Richardson Complex is rumored to be haunted. But I’m certain that ghosts only make their appeara
C. Lee McKenize’s Character Debut Party
Man… two debut parties in one week! I’m so not fitting into my skinny jeans. That is, if I had skinny jeans, which I don’t. But anyway. Welcome, fellow Word Ninja, C. Lee McKenzie!
About SLIDING ON THE EDGE
Shawna Stone is a heartbeat away from making the worst mistake anyone can. She’s close to taking her own life. Kay Stone is a grandmother Shawna has never known, and at sixty-four Kay feels there is little left in her life to look forward to. When they are thrown together they circle each other
May 9, 2009
Heather Duffy Stone’s Character Debut Party
Here’s another 2009 title I’m really looking forward to—THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU. I met Heather in NYC last summer during our first Debs Brunch and also got to hear her read an excerpt of her debut novel in March at the New York Public Library’s Teen Reading Night. I was captivated by her reading—especially with the voice and intensity of Noelle, the first narrator of this dually narrated story.
About THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU
The stories people tell are always about the things we le
May 8, 2009
Zillycakes: Best Idea Ever
OMG that whole post I did the other day about cool places in my neighborhood? Fughettaboutit. This one totally wins: Zillycakes. It’s a cake shop with an awesome name, yeah. But it’s also…
*Drumroll*
A cupcake bar! A cupcake bar!
*Dies at the thought of it*
It just opened last weekend, and I went there tonight with Alex, my brother Scott, and his girlfriend, Alanna.
OMG YUM!
*Dies again*
Here… I brought some cupcakes back for the ninjas. You deserve them! Enjoy!
Lavender cupcake with lavender butterc
fLiP iT fRiDaY: Lizzie @ The Book Obsession
Today on fLiP iT fRiDaY, we’re chatting with Lizzie from The Book Obsession, aka BookObsession on Twitter.
Wake up at 6AM and get ready for school. When I come back, if a friend is over we’ll hang out in my living room and watch television or play guitar hero
Actually that sounds about perfect to me! Especially the music followed by the readi
May 6, 2009
Author Copies & On the Map Contest
Guess what I got today? Okay, if the title of today’s post didn’t already give you a hint, here’s a visual:
Contest: Put Twenty Boy Summer On the Map!
The books have left the warehouse and are on their way to bookstores and libraries everywhere. Although June 1 is the official publication date, you may see Twenty Boy Summer on the shelves before then. And if you do… I want to know about it!
From now through June 30, If you happen to notice this lovely little book with the blue-green sea glass hear
