Love is in bloom! Sometimes, it’s just as sweet »

Love is in bloom! Sometimes, it’s just as sweet as can be. Isn’t it? #Giveaway

Thank you, up front, to "I Am A Reader, Not A Writer", and Portrait of a Book for hosting this awesome hop! I remember my first boyfriend. Yep, yep, yep I do. Middle school. He was very kind, but *I* was very awkward. Yeah, me. Totally awkward. Like, seriously awkward and that made the whole relationship ... awkward. Clearly awkward is my...

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After Dark digital »

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After Dark digital goodies! Will you stick one on your blog? :) Pretty please? With sugar on top? Woohoo!! Today I get to share a whole bunch 'o goodies with you! These are all my digital tchotchkes ... you know, digital dust catchers but fun ones! Check 'em out! :) ...

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If you saw it, would you read it? Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein #ReadOrNot About the front: The light blue of the dress is the element in the cover that caught my attention. And her pose. I thought ... 'that girl is in a pretty dress, sitting in corner with her knees...

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If you saw it, would you read it Afterwards: A Novel by Rosamund Lupton #ReadOrNot About the front: When I first saw this cover, I figured it was going to be scary. I mean, an empty slide? So many thoughts passed through my head. A missing child. A playground with a ghost....

What did a licensed, »

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Claire Gillian is a licensed master curmudgeon. Yes ... she is. She has a certificate and all! So rather than talk about her curmudgeony-ness, I decided to make her walk down memory lane and tell...

Could you choose a »

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Could you choose a career at 19 and NEVER EVER change your mind? #giveaway Thank you, up front, to "I Am A Reader, Not A Writer", and One A Day Y.A. for hosting this awesome hop! It's so cool that One a Day Y.A. is co-hosting because I'm a Y.A. author and my very first,...

Today’s the day! »

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Today’s the day! Cover reveal for After Dark … by *Moi*! Woohoo!! I would say 'That is all ...' but wait! There's more! Here's the story description from the back of the book: What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill...

Tag! I’m it! (Yes, »

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Tag! I’m it! (Yes, it’s time to play fun kids games) Or not. ;) Actually this is a tagged-blog-chain whereby the last person to break the chain will suffer a horrible death at the hands of make believe vampires and zombies. Oh ... yikes. Since...

Book Review : Touch by »

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Book Review : Touch by Jus Accardo This one's been on my TBR list for a while both because of the awesome cover and the blurb. It had really caught my eye and I wanted to read it so with my fancy-schmancy Amazon gift card, I bought...

If you had a million »

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If you had a million dollars to GIVE AWAY … who would get it? #giveaway Thank you, up front, to I'm a reader, not a writer, Reading Away the Days and Reading a Little Bit of Everything for hosting this awesome hop! No, I don't have a million dollars to give away....

Wanna know what’s »

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Wanna know what’s hiding on page 77 of After Dark? #Lucky7Meme I've been tagged for a “Lucky 7 Meme”! What exactly is The Lucky 7 MEME? Here’s how it works: Go to p. 77 of current WIP So, I've done this, using my final manuscript for my YA novel,...

Pick two teenage »

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Pick two teenage fictional characters. Pair ‘em up. Who’d win the fight? #Giveaway Thank you, up front, to I'm a reader, not a writer, and Good Choice Reading for hosting this awesome hop! So the purpose of this hop is to promote YA novels and I'm giving one away, but before we...

What color car did »

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What color car did Jessica Therrien drive in high school? It’s in here! Welcome Jessica Therrien, debut author of Oppression, Children of the Gods #1, which JUST released! Now, as usual, this is a fun interview, meant to get outside the box of interviews and take us...

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If you saw it, would you read it? Glitch by Heather Anastasiu #ReadOrNot About the front: I'm not 100% sure this is YA, but well, it's really cool. First of all, I'm in LOVE with the colors. Can anyone say raspberry and purple? I LOVE them together. Then you have the...

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If you saw it, would you read it? The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff #ReadOrNot About the front: Talk about elaborate. That's what caught my eye. Well, that and the red. Red on silver. What does that mean? Blood and metal? Pain and jail? There are so many possibilities with...

Book Review! Crux by »

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Book Review! Crux by Julie Reece What's Crux all about? Blurb ... She should have run. Now, she’ll have to fight. Eighteen year old Birdie may be homeless, but she’s surviving, that is until a mysterious guy throws...

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If you saw it, would you read it? Hereafter by Tara Hudson #ReadOrNot About the front: The fading girl is what caught my eye on this cover. I see her hair, her shoulders, and she fades into the trees and water. So is she dead? Is she a ghost? I can't tell. I want...

Want a hardback copy of »

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Want a hardback copy of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins? #Giveaway I am a Reader, not a Writer and Read for Your Future for this awesome giveaway hop! I would happily give away my own book if it were released, but it isn't, so I can't. Instead, I have an unread,...

If you could be any »

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If you could be any supernatural creature … any … what would you be? #Tag So last week, the illustrious Jenny Keller Ford tagged me in a post of questions! From her site: The idea is to answer the sender’s 11 questions, then come up with your own 11 questions and...

Nerd? Geek? Jock? Snob? »

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Nerd? Geek? Jock? Snob? Where did Jocelyn Adams fit in high school? So, I know this book isn't YA, but I LOVE Jocelyn's writing and wanted to find out what she was like as a teen ... before she started writing for ... adults. Luckily for me, I get to find...