Lisa Roecker's Blog, page 48

THE SECRET SOCIETY OF THE PINK CRYSTAL BALL by Risa Green

Right after my first son was born I read a book called NOTES FROM THE UNDERBELLY by Risa Green. I loved the book, so I did what any good little reader would do, I started cyberstalking Risa. Lucky for me she has an EPIC blog. And so back when I had never even dreamed of becoming a writer, and I was working a really lame day job, I started obsessing over Risa and all the cool moms over at Mommy Tracked. This might sound a little strange, but the women who contribute to this blog sort of...

THE JULIAN GAME by Adele Griffin

If you haven't had the chance to meet Adele, she is one of the nicest/charming/quirky/funny/entertaining people on the planet. And when you read her newest book THE JULIAN GAME you'll see exactly why we have a total girl crush on her.
A bit about the book:
All new girl Raye Archer wants is a way into the in crowd, so when ice-queen Ella Parker picks her to get back at her ex, the gorgeous Julian Kilgarry, Raye is more than game. Even if it means creating a fake Facebook identity so she can lea...

THE REPLACEMENT By Brenna Yovanoff

THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff has been getting a lot of well-deserved buzz and we'd like to add to it.
A bit about the book: Mackie is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess.
He is a Replacement — left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is slowly dying in the ...

FRIEND IS NOT A VERB by Dan Ehrenhaft

Okay, so we first fell in love with Dan when we were cyber-stalking him while out on submission. This is what did us over. His list of non-blurbs is genius. Genius! So it's no surprise that we absolutely loved his newest novel FRIEND IS NOT A VERB.
A bit about the book: When your older sister disappears inexplicably, and your girlfriend dumps you, the logical answer to the craziness in your life is to become a rock star. This is the solution that Henry (Hen) comes up with. With the help of...

LiLa's Epic Book Recomendation Week - Comment and Win!

Laura and I are heading to Hilton Head this week for the first ever mega-Roecker family vacation. We are beyond excited for an entire week at the beach with our parents, husbands, brother-in-laws and kids.

The only problem is that we've been feeling horribly guilty about neglecting the blogosphere for a week. As usual our guilt = your gain, and we've arranged for a week's worth of book recommendations, author interviews and giveaways especially for you!

Monday we'll have Dan Ehrenhaft drop by t...

The Bookinistas: GRACE by Elizabeth Scott

Okay, so we have to begin this post with a confession. Neither of us have read LIVING DEAD GIRL by Elizabeth Scott. We have heard absolutely incredible things about this book, but are kind of terrifed. We both have daughters and have vowed to read the book after they are grown and gone.

But when an ARC of Elizabeth's newest book GRACE crossed our paths, we each devoured it in a matter of hours. This book is truly like nothing we've ever read. Check it out...

Here's what the back cover has to...

WTF Wednesday: Caption This

When I saw this photo of Angelina and her twins in Hungary on UsMagazine.com the first thing that popped into my head was, "Wow, Angelina looks hungry in Hungary." Hilarious AND totally out of the box, right?
Yeah.
Anyway, just when I thought I had the market cornered on clever celebrity captions, I read this comment from someone who goes by Name (creativity abounds!):
"dirty old liar, lying about your age, your 'children' - whom you adopted to create a charity and pay a lot less in taxes, you o...

Tell the Truth Tuesday

Our truth this Tuesday: We have absolutely no idea how we're going to get everything done before we leave for the beach on Friday.

Yowsers.

So in lieu of yet another post about how overwhelmed we are, we're sending you over to the blog of our fabulously talented agent mate, Stasia Kehoe. Stasia's YA verse novel, AUDITION, is being published by Viking next year (see, I told you she's fabulous AND talented) and she's doing this cool blog series where she interviews writing partners and guess who'...

Time Management LiLa Style

A conversation with LiLa via phone because Laura has changed the password on Lisa's Skype account denying her access to her #1 time suck.

Lisa: So, I finished my chapter. Does that mean I get Skype back now?

Laura: No.

Lisa: COME ON! I'm dying over here. I feel so alone...

Laura: You know the rules. Your husband said no Skype until after the baby is born. You need to be resting up for the big day! Plus, aren't you supposed to be nesting or something?

Lisa: I hate you.

Laura:  We have our WIP, LIAR ...

A Friday Made of Fab

1. One week from today the entire Roecker family is heading to Hilton Head for a little R&R. Well, as much R&R as you can get in a house with 3 sisters, their husbands, 4 kids under the age of 5 (7 if you count the buns in the ovens), and two VERY generous grandparents. The 14 hour drive is definitely going to be interesting. My poor husband is convinced that my water is going to break somewhere in West Virginia. And because vacations make us feel guilty we've got some super fun stuff planned...