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Epic Reads Plea

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving break! I know I did. My brother came down from Colorado and of course, shenanigans ensued. He left yesterday via plane and I returned to my online world. Imagine my excitement when I found this awesome opportunity from Epic Reads! I want to be an End Is Here Newbie. When you are chosen one to be their EIHN, you read books in a series and chronicle your reading journey. Once you read your series, you share the love!! Because we all know that there's nothing better than finding an amazing new series to indulge[...]

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New Release Tuesday- 8/28/2012

In the spirit of book birthdays, here are the novels out today that I am most excited about!  Release date: 8/28/2012 Click on the book name to be taken to Goodreads for more info (where the bio is from). The Blood Keeperby Tessa Gratton Paranormal romance fans who are looking to up the ante will be drawn to this tale of horror, fantasy, and romance.  For Mab Prowd, the practice of blood magic is as natural as breathing. It's all she's ever known. Growing up on an isolated farm in Kansas with other practitioners may have kept her from making friends her ow[...]

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YA Stands

It occurred to me tonight that I may have failed to mention that I'm now a contributor to YA Stands, an online blog dedicated to YA lit and writing. In case you missed it, you can find my first post here on why it's so important to find the perfect name for characters. Saturday was my second time posting, and it's about one of my favorite topics, BOYS! You can find that one here. Have a lovely night everyone![...]

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NPR Best Ever Teen Novels

Today I came across NPR books, Best Ever Teen Novels list. I'm quite pleased and agree with SO many of them. Like Stargirl, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the Harry Potter series being number one, the Hush Hush saga, Something Wicked This Way Comes)... And on and on. What do you think about the list? http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels[...]

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Bump in the Night. Also a contest!

I have always said that there are not enough stories about the following: Girls kicking major ass YA Horror Monsters Some type of combination of YA Horror with monsters and girls that kick ass  Since there wasn't anything out there like this, I started writing it. I wrote and wrote and just finished it this month. It's called Bump in the Night and the synopsis can be found here. However, to my excitement, I have come across two other excellent works with a somewhat similar concept. A darker story. Girls kicking ass. Monsters/ Supernatural. I haven't read Spook[...]