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Talking teenage years with J.L. Powers
I’m proud to welcome J.L. Powers to the blog today! On tour with her new book, This Thing Called the Future, she is stopping by to share a bit about her teenage years! In this post we ask the author to share what we might find in a garage sale, if things from their teenage years were being cleaned out. Old shoes? Skates? Cassette tapes? Let’s find out what we might find in J.L. Powers’ teenage garage sale! I lived my teenage years very badly. It wasn’t that I was a bad teen. And it wasn’t just that I wasn’t…
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A hilarious interview with the one and only Scott Tracey!
OH are you in for a treat today dear readers! The amazing, stupendous (and in my opinion hilariously funny) Scott Tracey is here today! I challenged him to answer a set of increasingly ridiculous questions, inspired by those terrible and/or questions you find on forms. We at The {Teen} Book Scene call this a “Situational Interview”. Scott definitely not only answered the questions, he delivered laugh-out-loud inducing answers. So enjoy. Don’t drink anything while you read this. I can’t be held responsible if you choke. It’s for your own safety, really. 1) Have you ever driven over 80 miles an…
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Mythic Heroines with Laura Bickle
Please welcome to the blog Laura Bickle! She’s here during a promo tour for her Anya Kalinczyk series, which includes Embers and Sparks. Laura is a lover of all things nerdy and fantasy. That alone makes her a win in my book! Below she’s written a guest post all about powerful heroines, which are also my cup of tea. Please enjoy, and remember to check out her books and add them to your TBR! Mythic Heroines: Ishtar’s Uneasy Balance by Laura Bickle I’ve always loved reading about powerful heroines, women who are in charge of their own story. I grew up reading Robin…
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Interviewing Amber Argyle, author of Witch Song
Please welcome Amber Argyle to the blog! Author of Witch Song, she’s here today to share a little bit about herself. I asked questions, she gave fabulous answers! Make sure to leave her a comment below to let her know you stopped by, and look out for my review of Witch Song later this week! 1. Welcome to the blog Amber! First off, a challenge. If you had to choose only one genre of book to read for the rest of your life, which one would you choose and why? *whines* Just one? Okay, fine—fantasy. But don’t force me to choose between…
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An Interview with Beth Barany
Beth Barany, author of Henrietta the Dragon Slayer, is here today for an author interview. I asked her a few questions and she was sweet enough to answer them! You can see my review here, the book was great, but I’ll let her go ahead and take the center stage. Don’t forget to leave a comment for her! 1) I saw on your website that you help aspiring authors! What led you to choose that as a path? I’ve always seemed to gravitate to teaching and helping others, and what better way to focus my talents and enthusiasm and knowledge…
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An Interview with R.T. Kaelin, author of Progeny
You, my friends, are in for a treat today! R.T. Kaelin, author of the epic high fantasy Progeny, is here for an author interview! Now if you are a fan of fantasy, this is a book you need to pick up. At 672 pages it might seem a bit daunting at first, but I can promise you that this book is absolutely worth the read. It’s amazing! I’ll have a review up very soon, but in the meantime I’ll give the floor over to R.T. and let him talk. Enjoy! 1) Progeny must have been quite an undertaking! The book…
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Talking about the supernatural, with author Sherry Soule
Please welcome to the blog, Sherry Soule! She is the author of the upcoming Beautifully Broken which honestly is on the top of my wishlist! The cover alone just makes me salivate. I digress though! Here is a guest post from this lovely author, and I’ll have a review up very soon as well! Supernatural By author, Sherry Soule The word supernatural means above or beyond nature. It has become a general term for anything that we cannot explain rationally or logically. Some of the more familiar supernatural occurrences are disembodied entities, such as ghosts, dark spirits, hauntings, angels, apparitions, or…
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Book Review: Adam & Eve
Media Type: Print Book Title: Adam & Eve Author: Sena Jeter Naslund Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: October 1, 2010 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: General Fiction ————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with biblical themes. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N What Happened To Eden? The New York Times bestselling author of Ahab’s Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance returns with a daring and provocative novel that envisions a world where science and faith contend for the allegiance of a new Adam & Eve. Hours before his untimely—and highly suspicious—death,…
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Book Review: Six Moon Summer
Media Type: Ebook Title: Six Moon Summer Author: SM Reine Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 198 Release Date: April 29, 2011 Source: Author =================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Rylie’s been bitten. She’s changing. And now she has three months to find a cure before becoming a werewolf… forever. Rylie Gresham hates everything about summer camp: the food, the fresh air, the dumb activities, and the other girls in her cabin. But the worst part is probably being bitten by a werewolf. Being a teenager is hard enough, but now she’s…
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A garage sale of Jim Maher’s teenage years
Today Jim Maher, author of Hemingway Man, is here to share a little bit about his teenage years in the form of a garage sale! Ever curious what things your favorite author might have amassed as a teen? Well here’s your chance to find out what Jim Maher would sell! A garage sale of my teenage years, hmmm? That was about twelve thousand years ago (or 12, I’m 31 now.) What did I have in high school? -Nirvana, Green Day, Bob Marley and Offspring CDs -MAD magazine (not the most mature person in the world) -baseball cards -the Wheel of…