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Bikes and Banana Splits! Summer Memories with Jason Ancona
Not participating yet? Click HERE to start! Booyah baby! It’s time for guest post number two! If you missed it, earlier this week Sandra Brannan was here and she shared some summer memories, as well as brought a giveaway! No one has entered that yet (sniffs sadly) so get to to it will you? Today the super fantastic and AWESOME Jason Ancona is here! I LOVE his guest post. If this isn’t quintessential summer, I honestly don’t know what is. Take a look! ************************ Summer Love: Bike Rides, Banana Splits & Books By Jason Ancona As a kid growing up…
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Secrets in Cedar Creek
Courtney Vail is here again today, to share with us a little more about Cedar Creek! Her book, Kings & Queens, is out now and Cedar Creek is the hometown of Majesty and everyone around her. Take a look, and dive in! The 10 Ten Secrets in Cedar Creek 1. In Cedar Creek, where mansions and urban legends bloom, forget baseball. Violence is the new celebrated pastime. 2. Derek was abused by his senator dad for six years and still fears the next blow, though it’s been three years since his last altercation. 3. Derek knows what really happened to…
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MISERERE: One question tour with Teresa Frohock
Teresa Frohock, author of Miserere, is stopping by the blog today! As she tours her newest book she is stopping by blogs and sharing little pieces of herself. Each blogger was able to ask her one question! So I made sure to make mine count. See my question below, along with her answer, info about the book, and the stops coming up! Jessica asks: “If money wasn’t an issue, what would be one place you’d love to visit long term?” Cool question, Jessica. Um, let me see, right now I would have to pick Spain. I had to take two…
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Summer memories with Sandra Brannan
Not participating yet? Click HERE to start! It’s time for the first post of the event! This lovely lady is Sandra Brannan! She’s the author of the Liv Bergen mysteries, including In the Belly of Jonah (which you can see my review of here), and the recently released second mystery Lot’s Return to Sodom. Sandra’s books are filled with mystery, depth, and characters that will knock your socks off! Liv is NOT a woman you’d want to mess with. She is though, tenacious, and downright awesome! Anyway I digress. Sandra is here to kick off the guest posts, and tomorrow…
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Fictional Places with Elizabeth Isaacs, AND A GIVEAWAY!
Elizabeth Isaacs, author of The Light of Asteria, is here to share a little bit about herself! I asked her what 10 fictional places she’d visit if she could. Tough question right? Well I think she chose amazingly well, if I do say so myself. Take a look! 10. Whoville from How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss— Not just whoville, pretty much any world of Theodore Geisel. I’d really love to see where the Lorax lives, or Mulberry street. What about where Horton lives, or a place where they eat green eggs and ham? Number ten is devoted…
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Talking books with Angela Carlie!
Please welcome Angela Carlie to the blog! She is the author of Land of Corn Chips, which I will be reviewing this Friday. A huge thanks to her for coming by! She’ll be sharing with us some of the books we might find on her shelves, which honestly I’m smitten about. I love seeing other people’s bookshelves! Hi Jessica! I’m so happy to be guest posting on your blog to discuss some of the books in my library. I’m very fortunate to have many books in my library (electronic and paper) that I absolutely adore. Lately, I only seem to…
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A song from a movie anyone? Chatting with Julie Halpern!
Julie Halpern is the author of Into the Wild Nerd Yonder, Get Well Soon, and now Don’t Stop Now. (Loved this book, you can read my review here.) She’s here to today to share with us her favorite soundtracks from movies in a top tens list. Ever wondered what Julie Halpern loves listening to? Well here’s your answer. I had trouble choosing specific songs, so I am making this my favorite soundtracks. They are favorites because I love them both within and without the movies they are from. The Breakfast Club Pretty in Pink Some Kind of Wonderful – See…
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Book Recs from Kristen Tracy
This lovely, smiling author is Kristen Tracy! The author of many books, her newest one is on tour with The {Teen} Book Scene and is called Sharks & Boys. How could you go wrong? Man eating predators and boys? Hmm…sounds kind of one in the same. Anyhow Kristen is here today to share books she would recommend to her past self! I loved these. I would have told my five-year-old self that all the Disney books I was reading were actually based on other stories. So don’t expect Goofy to appear in later retellings of Jack and the Beanstalk. I would…
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Places to visit, with Leah Cypess!
Tweet Please welcome the lovely Leah Cypess! She’s here to promote her newest book, Nightspell, which I completely loved. The best part? We get to see more into Leah’s thought process with a special list. I asked her to share with us the top 5 places that she’d like to visit before she ends her time on this earth. Truth be told? She picked some amazing options! The top sites on my list of “places to visit before you die” are all trips I’ve planned but never got to go on: [1] Istanbul I’m working on a book that takes…
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A look into Torn by Erica O’Rourke
Tweet Today I have Erika O’Rourke, author of Torn, here to give us a look into the book. She’s given us a little extra excerpt from the book’s main character, Mo. Mo is quite a fiery and loyal friend. I truly loved her. Take a look at her inner thoughts as she battles with what has just happened. ********** This was supposed to be our best year ever. Verity and me, seniors, our last hurrah before we escaped to New York and started fresh. No more whispers about my family. No more pitying looks. Verity and me, with the world…