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Waiting on Wednesday: The Raven King and I Kissed A Rogue
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (April 2016)
Earlier this week Maggie Stiefvater shared the cover of The Raven King…and that the release date of the book has been pushed back again to April 2016, so it looks like I’ll be waiting even longer for this one.
I Kissed A Rogue by Shana Galen (March 2016)
This is another series I’ve been following since its release and I can’t wait to see how it ends. Also, the dress on this cover is insane !
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these and this was a hard one since so many authors I’ve read aren’t debuts. This topic also has the option of Top Ten Sophomore Novels That I Loved Just As Much If Not More As The Author’s Debut, so I’ll do that one too….
Fans of The Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa
- Release Date: September 8th 2015
- Pages: 368
- Genre: Contemporary
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Penguin)
I was about 40 pages into this book when I had my review already written . I thought this was another overly earnest, quirky contemporary about finding extraordinary in ordinary with your new Magic Pixie Dream friends. Then this book took an unexpected turn, as it delved into some really difficult truths.
Fans of The Impossible Life begins with Jeremy who is returning to his parochial school, St. Francis, after leaving early the year before. He is a loner, but soon befriends the new girl in school Mira and her friend Sebby. Mira is coming to St. Francis after having to leave her former school for reasons that are unclear until later in the book….
Why YA Author Martina Boone’s Compulsion For Reading Campaign is Totally Awesome
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| Martina Boone |
YA author Martina Boone is very busy; she serves on the board of the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia , debuted the second novel in her Heirs of Watson Island series and organizes a book drive campaign to help educators get book into the hands of teens.
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Earlier this month Martina took the time to share with us how she got involved in YA and the beginnings of the Compulsion for Reading campaign.
Martina’s debut novel Compulsion was published by Simon & Schuster last year , and since then Martina has been working to solve a problem that can exist between teens and their next favorite book. Access. She started The Compulsion for Reading Campaign to bring book to teens across the country. Each month a nominated teacher or librarian is chosen to receive a set of books donated by bloggers, authors or readers.
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Spotlight + Giveaway! Not After Everything by Michelle Levy
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and in 90% of these cases, children are eyewitnesses to this violence….