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Girls*Heart* Books: November 2012

Friday, November 30, 2012

Friday Fever: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Friday Fever is a weekly event hosted here at Girls *Heart* Books. Every Friday, we will showcase one of our favorite steamy and/or romantic scenes. You know the ones we're talking about; those that get your pulse thumping and your temperature rising. Enjoy.

This week I decided to share an intriguing and steamy scene from one of my new favorite books; Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter. I loved this book so much (I'll be posting my review very soon) and for now I will leave you with this lovely scene. 

The moment our eyes met,  the moisture in my mouth dried up and I lost focus of my surroundings. He was all that I could see, all that I wanted to see. And in the span of a single second we were no longer across the hall from each other-we were pressed together, his arms wrapped around me, my arms wrapped around him, and we were kissing. Miracle of miracles, he was five inches taller than me, practically dwarfing me. I loved it! And oh glory, I loved what we were doing...
I had never been kissed before, but his tongue was definitely in my mouth, and my tongue was definitely in his, and we were practically eating each other's faces.
"Ali," he breathed as he drew me closer, squeezed me tighter.
"Cole," I breathed back. I couldn't get enough of him and never wanted to stop. He was so warm. So very warm, when I'd been so cold all summer. No matter how many blankets I'd piled on top of me, I'd been cold. I wanted to stay here, just like this, forever.
My fingers tangled in his hair, knocking off his cap. He angled his head, taking my mouth deeper, harder. 
"You taste good," he rasped. He smelled of sandalwood and something fruity, like a strawberry lollipop just freed from its wrapper.
"Talk later. Kiss now-"



Whoo boy I love that scene! Intrigued? I know I was! Don't miss out on this great read, guys! 

Thursday, November 29, 2012

'Eternal Hope' by Frankie Rose Scavenger Hunt



Eternal Hope

The Hope Series Book #2 
By Frankie Rose 



He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me


When your friends go missing and you don’t know if they’re dead or alive; when you tie your soul to the one you love; when you kill to protect and your family suffers, there’s only one thing you can do:

Move to Montana.

Farley Hope is special. She was prophesied to kill the forebears of her bloodline- a race of cold-blooded Reavers, men who steal the souls of the living to gain power. The Quorum had counted on Farley ending her own life in the process, but when Kayden came to her aid and helped save both her and Daniel, he undid their plans. Now the Quorum are displeased, not only with Kayden, but with Farley and Daniel too. Though her father is now dead, Farley’s troubles with the Reavers are far from over. An ancient Immortal, trapped for a thousand years, wants Farley for himself, and he will stop at nothing to claim her.

With secrets that lead to anger and pain, that turn friendship to dust, the group must overcome the problems within their own circle before they have a hope of fighting off the powers that threaten their lives.


I cannot begin to tell you guys how excited Lana & I are to be a part of the Scavenger Hunt for Eternal Hope! If you pay even a little attention to this blog, you know how much I adore Frankie Rose & the wonderful characters she's created in The Hope Series. If you haven't checked out these books yet, I urge you to do so NOW! The prizes for the hunt can be found at the beginning and ending blogs on the Scavenger Hunt. 

You can purchase Eternal Hope:



And here is the Excerpt written exclusively for the Scavenger Hunt! 

Farley felt her face redden, which was _________ inappropriate. Daniel and Kayden were _______ she was watching, and for once their sparring lacked the flashy showmanship they usually employed to _______ her. For the two of them, nothing _______ beyond the dimly lit parameters of the hangar. Beyond the lunge, beyond the parry, beyond the block.
This was how it would really go down, if they ever meant to do serious harm to one _______. Movements fluid and graceful, there was _________ primal about their circling. Quick _______ of calculating eyes, green and blue, preempting the other’s next move. Kayden’s hair was darkened with sweat, but both their chests rose and fell with __________ regularity. In and out. Slow and steady. The stern, focused expressions on their faces said ____ were in total control.
Farley let the darkness wash over her and kept her presence hidden. The confrontation was too ___________ to interrupt. Bare chests, muscled and tanned; silver flashes of metal as their blades sang through the air. Even Cliff would have been impressed. Farley bit her ______ lip as Kayden darted _______ in a sure leap, thrusting out with deadly precision towards Daniel’s throat.
The ______ would have been a killing blow. Would have been, if it had even ______. Daniel sprang back and duck-rolled over the dusty floor, crouching into a defensive pose. With his knife ________, his eyes lifted to fix on Kayden, but they _____ quite made it.
Farley’s heart leapt to her throat. Those eyes, piercing and sharp, fixed on her _______. She swallowed and braced against the wall behind her, trying to camouflage with the _______. Kayden shifted forward, ready to take _________ of Daniel’s distracted position, but the dark-haired boy simply lifted his hand. A wordless gesture:
____.
Kayden stopped.
Robotically, Daniel rose, his _____ suddenly vanished, and dropped the knife into the dirt. Kayden’s apparent confusion only lasted a second; the moment he ________ it - that she was there - was _______. One second he was ________ Daniel’s creased brow, the next he had spun around impossibly quickly and was staring, too. Blue and Green. Farley felt her throat closing up. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out.
Daniel brushed a hand back through his slightly curling hair, his face trained into a nothing __________. There was ______ he could do to hide the war in his eyes, ______. “So you’re back.”
Silence flooded the hangar. Farley took a moment to _______, pretending not to ______ Kayden’s fist clenching repeatedly ______ the handle of his knife.
“Yes,” she whispered, her voice _______. “I guess I am.”

You will be able to find the other key words for today at these lovely blogs: 



I'd like to thank Frankie Rose for including us in the Scavenger Hunt! Happy hunting to you all! 


As a child, I was always accused of being bookish because I wore glasses- big, horrible, ugly ones with too-thick lenses. Those kids, the super smart ones who always know which tender insecurities to poke at in order to provoke life-long complexes, used to accuse me of reading too many books and that my eyes were going to rot out of my head (their words, not mine!)

The truth of the matter was a little more embarrassing: I used to sit too close to the T.V. That was the reason why I had to wear glasses, but kids don’t really care about small, insignificant details like the truth, and so I was labelled a nerd. The label kinda stuck, and after some sage advice from my awesome nana (nana, you rock!) I decided that if I was going to be abused for my supposed literary obsession, I might as well develop one.

I guess that’s how I got into books and reading at an early age. Since then, I’ve been ripping through books like they’re going out of fashion, which, thankfully, they’re not. Good thing, too, because I’m a writer now, and books are my business!

Thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me on my journey- look for your names in the acknowledgements! And a big thank you to you, the reader. I hope you’ve fallen in love with Farley and Daniel just like I have, and that you’ll join them in the next book, Eternal Hope!

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

"Waiting on" Wednesday: Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly even hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spinethat spotlights upcoming releases we're super excited about. This week, my pick is:

Invisibility
Andrea Cremer & David Levithan
Expected Publication Date: May 7th, 2013
Published by: Philomel/Penguin

Stephen has been invisible for practically his whole life--because of a curse his grandfather, a powerful cursecaster, bestowed on Stephen's mother before Stephen was born. So when Elizabeth moves to Stephen's NYC apartment building from Minnesota, no one is more surprised than he is that she can see him. A budding romance ensures, and when Stephen confides in Elizabeth about his predicament, the two of them decide to dive headfirst into the secret world of cursecasters and spellseekers to figure out a way to break the curse. But things don't go as planned, especially when Stephen's grandfather arrives in town, taking his anger out on everyone he sees. In the end, Elizabeth and Stephen must decide how big of a sacrifice they're willing to make for Stephen to become visible--because the answer could mean the difference between life and death. At least for Elizabeth.

...allow me to explain my excitement for this.

It's frickin' ANDREA CREMER and DAVID LEVITHAN working TOGETHER! Andrea is a goddess of love-troubles and---pardon my teenager showing---steamy Friday Fever scenes, and David Levithan is my favorite author (probably in the history of) EVER. This idea sounds original and different and dramatic and terrible and awesome and I CANNOT WAIT IS IT MAY YET?!?!?

*ahem*

This is my "Waiting on", what's yours? 



Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Teaser Tuesday: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Anyone can participate! All you have to do is:
• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My Teaser this week is from:

"The moment our eyes met, the moisture in my mouth dried up and I lost focus of my surroundings. He was all that I could see, all that I wanted to see."
~pg. 57

That's my teaser, what's yours? 


Monday, November 26, 2012

'The Calling' by Kelley Armstrong: Review & Giveaway


The Calling
Darkness Rising Book #2 
By Kelley Armstrong
Published on April 10, 2012 
Published by Harper

Maya Delaney's paw-print birthmark is the mark of what she truly is -a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly everyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the animals that roam the woods outside her home, Maya knows it's only a matter of time before she's able to Shift and become one of them. And she believes there may be others in her small town with surprising talents.

Now Maya and her friends have been forced to flee from their homes during a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set. Then they're kidnapped, and after a chilling helicopter crash, they find themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness with nothing but their extraordinary abilities to help them get back home.

The Calling is the second book in the Darkness Rising Trilogy by the incomparable Kelley Armstrong. I have been simply dying to read this book since it came out, I bought it right away, but didn't have a break in my review schedule until a few weeks ago. I plowed through this book in a day and then sat and cursed myself because once again I would have to wait for the last book in the trilogy. I was lucky enough to snag an arc of The Rising (due out in April 2013) but once again, I find myself lacking the time to read for pleasure. Alas, the cycle continues.

The characters are normally my favorite part of a book and this was no exception.  Maya's character proves again how tough she really is. She may be terrified and heartbroken but she just keeps pushing forward, doing what she has to for her and her friends' survival. I love her. And then we have Rafe. Oh, how I LOVE him. Not only is he supremely swoon-worthy, he's grown so much since The Gathering! I can't wait to see what comes next for them. 

I loved every moment of this book; whether I was gasping, laughing or crying. It was fantastic. Packed with nonstop action and danger, the plot flies onward dragging you along for the ride. The characters continue to grow and mature and there is nothing predictable about the story. My only complaint is the end came way too soon for my liking. Kelley Armstrong knows how to hook you and not let go, she seems to have it down to a science. I have yet to read a book she's written that I didn't adore. 




My Rating:



And now for the giveaway!
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Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed.

Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

'Across the Universe' by Beth Revis: Review & Giveaway


Across the Universe

Across the Universe Book #1 
By Beth Revis
Published By Razorbill
Publication Date: January 11, 2011 


A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder.


Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.

Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.



Across the Universe is the first book in the series with the same name by Beth Revis. Every  person I know who has read this book has raved about it to me. So when I picked it up, I had very high expectations and was prepared to be blown away by the sheer awesomeness of it. The synopsis definitely grabbed my attention. Unfortunately, Across the Universe and I didn't really click. 

The story is told from the dual points of view of Elder,  who was born on Godspeed and Amy,  who grew up on planet Earth. I always enjoy getting to see the story unfold from multiple perspectives and this was no exception.  I like the concept behind this book very much, it's utterly original. I really enjoyed parts of the story but it felt like I was constantly waiting for something to happen to get things started and it wasn't until the middle of the book when it finally did. 

I thought the middle of the book was very good but then the end fell flat for me; it was almost anti-climactic. Some twists were a bit predictable but others caught me completely off guard. While I enjoyed Amy's character, I found she and Harley were the only characters  I really felt any affection for or connection to. Elder got on my nerves and I found I couldn't really relate to him. 

This book was superbly written and completely original and even though I found myself not as engrossed in it as I would have preferred, it was good. I will definitely be reading A Million Suns to see how things continue for Amy and Elder. 


My Rating: 


And because we love you guys, we decided to throw in a giveaway! Good luck!

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Beth Revis wrote her first books as a student in classrooms, when the professors did not hold her interest and she jotted down stories instead of taking notes. 

Beth writes science fiction and fantasy novels for teens. Her debut novel, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, will be published by Razorbill/Penguin in Spring 2011. Beth is represented by Merrilee Heifetz at Writers House.

Beth also runs a blog on writing (http://bethrevis.blogspot.com) and is a participant of a group blog by debut dystopian authors (http://leaguewriters.blogspot.com).


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Saturday, November 24, 2012

'A Part to Play' by Jennifer L. Fry Blog Tour: Guest Post & Giveaway




Beautiful agony of releasing your book 
by Jennifer L. Fry 

The very first review of my book contained phrases such as: “beautifully written story” and “difficult to put this book down for even a second”. You would think that receiving a rave review on your debut novel would be a thrill of a lifetime. It seems like it should be this amazing vindication. Instead, I found myself doubting my book even more. I thought, it must be a fluke. No one could be this excited about MY book. Then another review came in: “packed with so much emotion it just resonates with you.” And another. “An emotionally touching story.” And so on. Mingled with the butterflies of excitement was the anticipation that my book could still fail. That these reviews were all just anomalies. 
It's a peculiar thing, putting out your creative work for others to read and critique. For the writer, it's so personal, so exposing. It represents the heart and soul of an individual who agonized over every word, every character, every decision. Even when your novel is highly rated, you wonder if readers really understood each subtle nuance. You question their sincerity and even their authority to be making judgments about your work. And those are only the good reviews. 
Negative reviews, on the other hand, have two results. The first is to confirm every weakness you already knew existed in your story, and make you kick yourself for not doing that fiftieth revision. The second is to expose the fact that no matter how well crafted or well intended a story is, some people just won't get it. 

I don't know how many good reviews it takes for any creative person, authors included, to feel like a success. Ultimately, success or failure is relative to your own goals, and therefore deeply personal. For myself, having the courage to put my work out into the hands of readers, not knowing how they would respond, is a success. And that I have moved some readers with my story, so much so they feel compelled to write me notes like this: “I'm humbled and honored to have read your debut. I wonder if you have any idea just how great an author you are.” Well, that has to be enough to put myself through this beautiful agony of being a published author.


  



A Part To Play
By: Jennifer L. Fry

When fifteen-year-old actress Lucy Carter loses her older sister in a car accident, her mother shuts down and her father can’t hold the family together. Their only choice is to ship Lucy off to the Edmond School for Performing Arts. But boarding school is no cure for Lucy’s grief. With failing grades, wooden stage performances, and curfew violations, Lucy is threatened with expulsion. For the once talented Lucy, it feels as though she has nowhere to turn.
One night, Lucy hears mysterious music drifting through the school’s old heating system. The music leads her to a troubled but passionate songwriter whose brilliance gives her the strength to perform like never before. Yet their intense relationship puts Lucy in a precarious position: if she follows her muse, will she lose herself? And if she breaks it off, can she stand on her own again?





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Jennifer L. Fry is a writer, artist, and teacher in Marin County, California, where she lives with her wonderful husband, two adorable dogs, and orange tabby cat. Though she has been writing since she was young, A Part to Play is her first novel.


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Friday, November 23, 2012

'Wicked Fate' by Tabatha Vargo Blog Tour: Excerpt



What if you lived in fear of yourself?

For Mage McPherson being afraid of herself is just the norm. Thanks to that fear, being a loner in a small town never bothered the mysterious Mage. Once she received her secret abilities, she figured being alone was the safest way to be. That all changes during her sophomore year at Summerville High when Adam, her equally mysterious secret crush, starts to notice her.

Afraid that she might harm Adam, Mage must learn to either control or deny herself. With Adam by her side she's more powerful than she’s ever been, but is she powerful enough to defeat her worst nightmare? She learns a hard lesson about love and magic when her destiny comes to collect.

And now an Excerpt from Wicked Fate:

I’m not sure why being around Adam does this to me. Maybe it’s the excitement of him knowing a small part of my secrets. Perhaps it’s the fact that out of the thousands of people at school, he’s the only one that sees me.

But something about him sings to me, and the tune is refreshing. It gives me an odd desire to know him. It started in the second grade and it’s only gotten worse over the years.

Incapable of looking away, I’m paralyzed. The emerald gates of Oz are open and I’m being allowed a tiny glimpse of a color-filled world. Finally, he blinks and his intense spell is broken. I take advantage of the relief and quickly look out the window. The sky is bright and blue, a slither of sunlight shines down on us from a hovering white cloud.

The rain clouds from earlier have suddenly disappeared and I know I’m responsible. The intensity of the warmth I feel being this close to him has transformed the day. What would’ve been a rainy walk home will now be sunny.

I wonder to myself what the hell I’m doing.

I’m not a little, blushing girl. I’m not one of those girls who melt every time an attractive guy talks to them. I’m not a mindless tart who lusts after jerks!

Not saying Adam’s a jerk, but there’s no need for us to start talking now. I don’t want to condemn him to the gates of social hell for being polite to me. If he’s still the sweet little boy from second grade, then he definitely doesn’t deserve what Bernie experienced a few hours ago.

I say nothing as I gather my things and walk away.




Tabatha has been writing since she could pick up a pencil. Her first publication was a little poem in her elementary school paper, from that point on she was hooked. When she was a teenager, she traded in her girly magazines for personalized writing notebooks.

At nineteen, she met her own personal prince charming and writing took a back burner for a while. She is now married to that prince and the mother of a beautiful Six year old princess/rock star. Once her daughter was born, writing came back into her life, and she finished her very first novel in May of 2009.
She is pursuing a Bachelors in English and hopes to one day teach while continuing to write. 

As a stay-at-home mom and full-time student, Tabatha enjoys the freedom of spending a good bit of her days doing what she loves the most…writing.


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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Treasured Thursdays: Thanksgiving Edition


Treasured Thursday is a weekly event created by Touya over at The Reader's Garden that is all about our most treasured. We're hosting it here now, for those of you who are interested in joining me. We're changing things up a bit this week in honor of Thanksgiving and today we'll be talking about the author, series and character we're most thankful for. 

This took some major mulling for me. There are so very many wonderful authors, series and characters out there. And I'm thankful for all of them in some way or another. I will start with the easiest one for me. The character I am most thankful for (and probably always will be) is Jo March from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. 





Jo is the first character I ever read about who I immediately felt a kinship to. She wasn't worried about her hair or her clothes, she cared about books and writing. And she, like me, would sit and read for hours, sometimes laughing or crying along with the stories.  Her story remains one of my favorites to this day and I do believe she helped cement my love of the written word. 







As for series I'm most thankful for, I'm cringing just thinking this, but it's true so I have to say it: the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. 



I'm not saying it's the most well-written series I've ever read or even my favorite series ever. It's about the people I've met and the ways my life has branched out because of this series that I'm really thankful for it. Twilight came into my life at a point when I had a lot of stress and worry and it helped me escape and made reading exciting again.  It was the first thing that I was so passionate about that I started a fan community on facebook. Also, I have met so many amazing people thanks to my love of Twilight. It brought me to the YA genre and in a roundabout way, to Lana and blogging. So you could say, I found what I love to do and some of my very best friends all because of this series. For those reasons,  I am definitely thankful for Twilight. 


Moving on to the author I'm most thankful for; again, this took some thought. But, this lovely lady was the very first indie author I ever dealt with and she's a gem, to put it mildly. Michelle Warren, author of the phenomenal Seraphina Parrish trilogy, is the author for which I am the most thankful. 



I will be forever thankful for Michelle Warren because not only did she create an amazing universe for us to read about in her books but she opened the door to the Indie universe to me. I am ashamed to say I had never read a book by an indie author before her so I really didn't know what to expect.  I was completely blown away by Wander Dust and made it a point to search out other indies after I finished it. Now, I'm happy to say that probably 80% of the books I enjoy the most are all written by indie authors.  If not for Michelle Warren, I wouldn't have even looked at some of my favorite books (The Hope Series by Frankie Rose, Intangible by J Meyers, the PJ Stone Trilogy by D.T. Dyllin & so many more). So, thank you again Michelle, for opening up this vast new universe to me with your superb storytelling.  

Okay, so, I honestly don't know what Mel and I were thinking. This has got to be the hardest selection I have ever done. I have been sitting here for hours, trying to figure this out. But I think I've finally got it.

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No, I don't.

Can I be honest? I don't have a character I'm most thankful for. I don't! I'm sorry. I apologize. But honestly, there are too many I care too deeply for. I can't tell you there is one character who changed my life or one who still influences me now. But I don't want to leave you guys hanging... So, my favorite character--


And you wanna know why? Because Butter is the prime underdog of the planet. He's a he (and in YA, this is hard to be), he's fat, he's not the most popular and he's not trying to fit in. I love his story more than any other I've read in the past three years (and I started three years ago, see below) and probably always will. His story broke my heart into tiny little pieces and it'll probably never be whole again. I adore this book with a passion and will always be thankful I found it. xoxo

Now...I feel like a hypocrite saying this, considering how much I bash it and make fun of it, but... But this is truth-


NO ONE HIT ME! Listen. I am not ashamed of this. I remember why I got into this series. I had seen the commercial for the movie every 5 minutes and I'd thought Edward was cute, and therefore ended up watching the movie, and then wanting to read the book, which I got as a present for Easter of 2009. Before Twilight, I didn't really "fangirl" over anything. I watched Criminal Minds and played on a website called Miniclip and Facebook and hung out with my one and only friend at the time and that was it. But when I started the Twilight Saga it gave me something to fangirl over. I'm not saying it's the best thing I've ever read and I'm not saying it's the worst. But what it did was introduce me to vampires, which sent me on a hunt to find a billion fangtastic books (Vampire Academy, Vladimir Todd, Vampire Diaries, etc.) and shows, which led me to fan pages on Facebook, which therefore led me to Mel, whom of which I don't know I would do without at this point. And The Twilight Saga opened up my mind to hundred of books and genres that I never would've went out and found on my own, which means I would never be on this blog that I love. 
So, yes. Twilight is, hands-down, the series I am most thankful for. Thank you for sharing, Stephenie Meyer.


....URGH!! Do you know how hard this is for me? Take one look at my Goodreads shelf and you'll understand. I don't obsess over specific authors often. Yes, I follow David Levithan and Julie Anne Peters and Ellen Hopkins like a creep stalker when it comes to their work, but... Ugh. Okay, I got it. The author I am most thankful for is Auntie Heather Brewer.


And the weird thing is, the only thing I've read of Heather's is her part in Dear Bully. But that tiny little short was enough to make me fall in love with her. And last month, I met her at The Tattered Cover, and just listening to her talk solidified I will forever be a minion. Whether I read Eighth Grade Bites and/or First Kill and hate them both (pfft) or not, I will always love this woman. She has got to be the sweetest person ever, and she's scarily open about her experience with being bullied, and isn't hateful about any of it. I am most thankful for her because she proves to everyone they are not alone, and her love of her minion hoard (aka: fans) is obvious and doesn't seem fake at all. 
Thank you for being there, Auntie. We love you!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

"Waiting on" Wednesday: Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly even hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases we're super excited about. This week, my pick is:

Through the Ever Night 
Under the Never Sky Book #2 
By Veronica Rossi
Publication Date:  January 8, 2013
Published By HarperCollins

It's been months since Aria learned of her mother's death.

Months since Perry became Blood Lord of the Tides, and months since Aria last saw him.

Now Aria and Perry are about to be reunited. It's a moment they've been longing for with countless expectations. And it's a moment that lives up to all of them. At least, at fi rst. Then it slips away. The Tides don't take kindly to former Dwellers like Aria. And the tribe is swirling out of Perry's control. With the Aether storms worsening every day, the only remaining hope for peace and safety is the Still Blue. But does this haven truly exist?

Threatened by false friends and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, Can their love survive through the ever night? In this second book in her spellbinding Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi combines fantasy and sci-fi elements to create a captivating adventure—and a love story as perilous as it is unforgettable.

I have been looking forward to this book since the moment I finished Under the Never Sky last winter. The characters are captivating, the story riveting and the romance enchanting. I am pre-ordering my copy of this book NOW. 

That's my 'Waiting on', what's yours? 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Teaser Tuesday: Girl Parts by John M. Cusick



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Anyone can participate! All you have to do is:


• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser this week is from:


"To onlookers it appeared as if an Afroed cowboy had vaulted across the table at an unwilling date, when in reality he had leaned in gracefully (just at the wrong time) and his date wasn't unwilling (just very, very surprised). Charlie landed at her feet, and the two stared at each other in mute horror for three agonizing beats before the entire room erupted in applause."

Page 17

That's my teaser, what's yours?