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Reviews of Prime and Morning Rising by Samantha Boyette

I'm really excited tonight to post nor one but two reviews of YA books. Why two?  It's a bit of a story.

Last month Samantha Boyette requested a copy of Beneath Angel's Wings for review.  There was one copy left from the five I had offered up on Goodreads, so I happily sent it her way. Samantha then posted a very kind and enthusiastic review on her blog, Amazon and Goodreads - you'll find the link in my last post.

I contacted her to say thank you and, being a YA author herself, she as...

Another great review for Beneath Angel's Wings

Click here to read Samantha Boyette's five star review of Beneath Angel's Wings. I love that she started out with pretty low expectations and that the boys and their story made her care enough to actually leave work early in order to finish reading :). Thank you so much, Samantha, for your kind words!

Book Review: Here's to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst

Here's to You, Zeb Pike is an excellent book. The title was intriguing and beckoned me in, but it was Dusty's voice and his story that kept me glued to my kindle form start to finish.

The basic points of the plot are revealed in the book blurb. Dusty Porter and his little brother and sister have been, in essence, abandoned by their parents, leaving Dusty to take care of himself and his siblings. Considering Dusty had to teach himself how to do everything, including laundry and budgeting whatev...

Beneath Angel's Wings reviewed on My Fiction Nook

Hi Everyone and Happy New Year! I don't know about you, but the holidays were a very busy time and they sure went by fast. I can't believe it's 2014 already, and that January is more than a third over. I find the older I get the faster time flies, whether I'm having fun or not.

Having said that, I do have a lot of reasons to smile. I have a new position at work that is very demanding, but also a great new challenge and I'm fortunate to have joined a very friendly new team of colleagues who hav...

Merry Christmas!

Review of Children of the Knight

I recently had the pleasure of reading Michael J. Bowlers YA novel Children of the Knight .  While the book is published through Harmony Ink, which is the YA LGBTQ imprint of Dreamspinner Press, and the book does feature some LGBTQ characters, I think the cast of characters in the novel is so wide and diverse that it has universal YA appeal.

The overall message of the book is one of tolerance and unity. The young heroes of the book learn to look beyond their differences to everything they...

Beneath Angel's Wings in the top 3 YA LGBTQ books of 2013 on Greedy Bug Book Reviews

See the picture in this post? That's how I felt last night when I found out that Josh of Greedy Bug Book Reviews selected Beneath Angel's Wings as the No. 3 book on his top three YA LGBTQ books of 2013.  Seriously, it felt like Fourth of July and Christmas all at once.  When I published Beneath Angel's Wings, all I really hoped for was that some people would find it, read it, and like it enough to recommend it to others. Without the time or budget to do a lot of marketing,...

Oh, Christmas Tree

My husband and I love Christmas, and every year we enjoy decorating our house for the season. We scale back in the years we're not scheduled to host any gatherings, but this year we are having his whole family over for Christmas dinner so all the decorations are out. I thought it might be nice to share some pictures, so here are our trees, all decked out for the big day:

Kitchen tree with flash Kitchen Tree without Flash Dining room tree with flash Dining room tree without flash
Living room tree w...

Interview and book giveaway

Check out the True Colorz blog today to read an interview with yours truly and leave a comment  before December 9 for a chance to win a copy of Beneath Angel's Wings. Good luck!

December Releases on True Colorz YA LGBTQ Lit Blog

Have you been to the True Colorz site and blog? True Colorz is another wonderful resource for fans of Young Adult LGBTQ literature.  On the site you'll find:
YA reading list, organized alphabetically by titleAuthor directory with links to websitesDirectory of YA LGBTQ publishersNew releases updated monthlyFeatured author interviewsBook reviews of recommended readsBooks & resources related to bullying preventionHonor Roll listing our favorite booksFREE REA...