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Why YA Author Martina Boone’s Compulsion For Reading Campaign is Totally Awesome

October 27, 2015      Leave a Comment

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.

Boone’s debut novel

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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Opening Up Book Riot’s First YA Quaterly Box

April 21, 2015      4 Comments

Last week my Book Riot YA Quarterly Boxcame in the mail ! This is a quarterly bookish subscription box from Bookriot.com. Each box comes with two YA books and some book-related items. Let’s open up and see what’s inside.

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If These Books Were Judged By Their Covers

February 4, 2015      1 Comment

One of the best parts of books are the covers ! Each week we’ll look at the recent cover reveals and give some judgement. . . even though we have no qualifications whatsoever.

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Book Swap #1 ! The Golem and The Jinni / Fangirl

January 21, 2015      1 Comment

Jess and I did a book swap as a way to force the other to read and review a book. The theme for our first book swap was 5-star reviews; we gave each other a book we’d previously reviewed as five stars. Jess gave me The Golem in The Jinni and I gave her Fangirl.

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The Sense List Vol. 29: October Faves !

October 28, 2013      3 Comments

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25 Authors Published Under 25 Pt. 5 : The Comeback Kids

October 12, 2013      1 Comment

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