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Tara Hudson’s Top 10 Favorite Movie Quotes!
The ever lovely Tara Hudson is here today! *cue a cheering crowd* I just finished Hereafter and I have to tell you, seriously, it’s amazing. Lucky for me I have Arise to dive into AND lucky for all of you Tara is here to share some more about herself! It’s double the awesome. Amelia—still caught between life and death—must fight for every moment of her relationship with the human boy Joshua. They can hardly even kiss without Amelia accidentally dematerializing. Looking for answers, they go to visit some of Joshua’s Seer relatives in New Orleans. But even in a city so famously…
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Favorite Movies with Tracy Bilen
Tracy Bilen, author of What She Left Behind, is the focus of the blog today. If you haven’t already had the opportunity to add this to your TBR list, I suggest you do it straight away! Sara’s story sounds terrifying, sad, and yet wholly intriguing. “Don’t even think of leaving… I will find you,” he whispered. “Guaranteed.” Sara and her mom have a plan to finally escape Sara’s abusive father. But when her mom doesn’t show up as expected, Sara’s terrified. Her father says that she’s on a business trip, but Sara knows he’s lying. Her mom is missing—and her…
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Top 10’s with Griffin Hayes
Please welcome Griffin Hayes to the blog today ladies and gentlemen! Author of Malice, he is out in the blogosphere touring up a storm. Can I please say I both love and am scared of this cover in equal measures? When a series of shocking suicides rock the small town of Millingham, Massachusetts, the authorities are left with a single burning question. Why are all the victims gouging their eyes out? Only seventeen-year-old Lysander Shore knows these aren’t suicides at all. There’s a serial killer stalking the people of Millingham. One that murders at will and never leaves a trace.…
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Ten things you didn’t know about Amanda Grace
Today Amanda Grace (or Mandy Hubbard depending on who you ask *wink*) is here to share some little know items about herself! Getting to know an author better is one of my favorite things. She is on tour in honor of her newest book, In Too Deep. Click the book cover to add it to your Goodreads list. I never meant for anyone to get hurt. All I wanted to do that night was make a play for Carter Davis. His heartless rejection was mortifying, but people got the wrong idea when they saw me leaving his bedroom, crying. That’s…
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Emily M. Danforth shares her favorite moments from The Miseducation of Cameron Post
I had a very good time creating and inhabiting and utilizing the character of Grandma Post. In fact, I came to love her scenes so much that she eventually emerged on the page much more fully than I’d probably originally intended. Now that I’ve been done writing about her for quite awhile I actually miss her sometimes. That probably sounds strange, but it’s true. And so, in her honor, I give you: The Top Ten (Funny/Awkward/Old Fashioned/Endearing) Bits of Dialogue from Grandma Post When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief…
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Tens List from Six Moon Summer
Sporting a completely fantastic outfit is SM Reine, author of Six Moon Summer. Today we have Rylie visiting to share her tens list, and what a tens list it is! Do you know why you wouldn’t want to be a werewolf? Rylie does. Check it out. The Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Want to Be a Werewolf by Rylie Gresham, age 15 10. I didn’t choose this. 9. Werewolves have really bad breath. 8. I’m always angry, and I hate losing control of myself. 7. Animals are afraid of me now. No more pet chinchillas, no more horseback rides, no…
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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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Ten Reasons to read The Chosen & a Giveaway!
Tweet Today Andrea Buginsky, author of The Chosen, is here to share a bit about why you should read her book! Also, we have a giveaway for you! All you have to do is collect answers to trivia questions at the stops, enter them into the form provided below, and you’re entered to win a .PDF copy of the book. Easy peasy. Ten Reasons You Should Read “The Chosen” 1. It’s a great story with heart-felt characters. 2. It has some lessons you can learn for your own life. 3. If you like fantasy, “The Chosen” will introduce you to…
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Tens List with Steven Watkins – Vacation Destinations
Tweet Steve Watkins, author of the upcoming What Comes After, is here today to share some favorite vacation destinations! He’s on a blog tour promoting his newest book, and you can find all the stops by clicking the banner at the bottom of the page. In the meantime though, please enjoy this simply fabulous tens list! 1. Lamu, an island off the coast of northern Kenya, not far from Somalia, with blindingly white beaches and mango groves but watch out for bandits with their pangas. 2. The Jomsom Trail, starting in Pokhara, in western Nepal and trekking through to the…
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OyMG Tens List!
Tweet Today I have Amy Fellner Dominy, author of OyMG, here to share a tens list! This one is a little special, as it is a list of Yiddish quotes. Yup, Yiddish! Read the book and you’ll understand. It’s fantastic! ENJOY! (Number 2 is by far my favorite.) There’s a character in OyMG who says exactly what he thinks, talks to dead people, eats cookies for breakfast and loves to quote wisdom in a foreign language. The character is Ellie’s grandfather, Zeydeh, and the language is Yiddish. Yiddish is a mix of German and Hebrew and was first spoken by…