Summer Giveaway Hop

The Summer Giveaway Hop is here and I'm more than happy to be offering two of my favorite books that I've read this summer: Wanderlove or On the Island. Like many, I want to have a choice in the books I read. So if you've already read On the Island or Wanderlove or you just want something different, I'm also offering a $10.00 Barnes and Noble gift card.

Thanks goes to I Am A Reader, Not a

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Two Year Blogoversary!!!!

Today is the 2 year blogoversary of Actin' Up with Books!! Blogging has brought me great joy and connected me with other book lovers from all over. I'm so happy to be a part of this bookish community.




How it all started: My very first posts were reviews of The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells and Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine. Two reviews in one day. Wow, I was ambitious. I

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Love My Indie with Lizzy from Cornucopia of Reviews

Love
My Indie is a feature where fellow bloggers, readers, and authors tell
me about their favorite independent bookstores. I love the feeling I get
when I go into an independent bookstore - like it is filled with hidden
treasures just waiting for me to find them. Showing some Indie Love today is:


Lizzy from Cornucopia of Reviews








There
is something magical about independent

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Review: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves

On the Island

by Tracey Garvis-Graves

Publisher: self-published

Publication Date: October 11, 2011

Pages: 329

Source: Won from author twitter giveaway









When thirty-year-old
English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at
his family's summer rental in the Maldives, she accepts without
hesitation; a working vacation on a tropical island trumps the

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Haven

 

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.






This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

The Haven

by Carol Lynch Williams

Published by St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date: April 16, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the

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Review: Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

 





Such a Rush

by Jennifer Echols

Published by MTV Books

Publication Date July 10, 2012

Pages 320

Source: Southern Book Bloggers ARC tours









A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers.High
school senior Leah Jones loves nothing more than flying. While she’s in
the air, it’s easy to forget life with her absentee mother at the

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Guest Post and Giveaway: Celia on the Run by Sarah Mandell

Celia on the Run Blurb


Nick Novaczek is a cautious soul, a 17-year old with a quiet
thirst for danger. On the eve of his grandmother’s funeral, danger finds him by
the motel swimming pool. Her name is Celia and she’s everything he’s not. This
foul-mouthed beauty is hitchhiking across the country to make amends with her
estranged father and doesn’t carry an ounce of fear or hesitation in her

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Review: Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman

Jersey Angel 

by Beth Ann Bauman

Published by Random House Children's Books

Published May 8, 2012

Pages: 208

Source: Random Buzzers Ambuzzadors/Random House









It's the summer before senior year and the alluring Angel is ready to have fun. She's not like her best friend, Inggy, who has a steady boyfriend, good grades, and college plans. Angel isn't sure what she wants to do yet

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Ten Year Anniversary: Taken by Storm by Angela Morrison

Ten Year Anniversary

Ten years ago this week, Taken by Storm's scuba-diving
hero, Michael, swam out of 
award-winning YA author, Angela Morrison's
brain and onto her page. Join the 
anniversary celebration! Win your own copy of the brand new paperback!  Snag 
 Taken by Storm's Kindle ebook for only $ .99! Unbroken Connection (Book 2) 
and Cayman Summer (Book 3) are free on Kindle! Hurry.

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Cover Reveal: Doomed by Tracy Deebs

I am beyond thrilled to participate in the Cover Reveal for Doomed by Tracy Deebs. Last month I went to an event at Mysterious Galaxy bookstore in San Diego where Tracy Deebs was appearing. She was there for the release of her latest YA book Tempest Unleashed. There she shared her upcoming book Doomed. The excitement and enthusiasm Tracy had while describing her upcoming book makes me want to

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Once Upon A Read-a-thon Reads

Today is the start of Once Upon a Read-a-thon hosted by Lori at Pure
Imagination, Angela at Reading Angel, and Candace of Candace's Book
Blog. I'm jazzed about participating. This time around, I plan to do a
little bit of rereading. Verse novels are some of my favorites and I
have a lot that I've been meaning to revisit, so that is exactly what I
will be doing.






The books I plan to

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Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard

Wanderlove 

by Kirsten Hubbard

Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: March 13, 2012

Pages 338
Source: Netgalley and Purchased Copy









(from Goodreads)
It all begins with a stupid question:Are you a Global Vagabond?No,
but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. In a quest for independence,
her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs

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A Cover Baby

If these two book covers got together, 






this would be their baby.




 
A
while back I featured Fangirl by Laurie Boyle Crompton as a Waiting on Wednesday when this was
the cover. 





Now the book has a new cover, a new title - Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillians) and a new release
date, February 1, 2013. I'm still excited to read it. 











Summary from Goodreads:

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