Waiting on Wednesday: Nantucket Blue

"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:








Nantucket Blue
by Leila Howland
Published by Disney Hyperion
Publication Date:  May 7, 2013











(from Goodreads)

For Cricket Thompson, a
summer like this one will

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Books of the Month (3)

Books of the Month is where I share books I got In My Mailbox, read, and reviewed during the entire month.
Variations of these types of posts exist on many blogs so I am not claiming credit for this idea.



Books of October








Purchased

Room by Emma DonoghueDark Lover by J.R. WardLover Eternal by J.R. Ward

That's Not a Feeling by Dan JosefsonTen by Gretchen McNeilWriting With A Heavy

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Recommend A . . . Book from the Library

(altered from Chick Loves Lit) 

“Recommend A…” will have a new prompt every week, which Shanyn will have posted ahead of time on the Recommend A… page.
All you have to do is Recommend with Chick Loves Lit on Mondays, following the
prompt, and link up so Shanyn (and everyone else) can see what you’ve
recommended!

 This week's prompt:



book checked out from the library







Stolen
by

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Giveaway: Easy by Tammara Webber

Rescued by a stranger.Haunted by a secretSometimes, love isn’t easy…
 He always saw her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…The
attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so
hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened
to tear them apart.Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the

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Dear Teen Me - The Tour Has Begun!!

The Dear Teen Me Tour Has Begun!!


and IT IS HUGE!!!


 with 133 Stops - You just can't miss it!



Today's Blog Tour Stops:


Thursday, October 18thAnna Reads
crazyredpen
Stacey Jay-Paranormal Young Adult Romance
*Dear Teen Me Contributor!Tsk, Tsk, What to read?
The Family that Reads Together




My tour stop date is November 7th and I will be sharing a letter to my teen self. 



Until

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Review: The Lucky Kind by Alyssa Sheinmel

The Lucky Kind
by Alyssa Sheinmel
Publication Date: May 10, 2011
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Source: Won from Random Buzzers









High school junior Nick
Brandt is intent on getting a girlfriend, and Eden Reiss is the one that
he wants. He has exactly four semesters to get the girl, but when the
phone rings on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday night, life for

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Dewey's Read-a-thon: Update #3

Time Period:5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
# Pages Read: 369Total Pages:683
Books Read: finished Burnout by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
                          The Lovers Dictionary by David Levithan
                          started The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
 Challenges: noneThoughts:
I'm currently reading a book that wasn't in my stack of read-a-thon books. Sometimes it's ok to veer from the

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Dewey's Read-a-thon: Update #2

 Time Period: 12:00 p.m. - 5 p.m.
# Pages Read: 144Total Pages: 300
Books Read: finished How I Changed My Life by Todd Strasser
                       started Burnout by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Challenges: Turn to Page hosted by Reflections of a Bookaholic
                     Day Break Mini Challenge hosted by I Heart Monster Thoughts:
I really enjoyed reading How I Changed My Life - it was a

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Dewey's Read-a-thon: Update #1

Time Period: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
# Pages Read: 170Total Pages:170
Books Read: some of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and currently reading How I Changed by Life by Todd Strasser
Challenges: Introduction QuestionnaireThoughts:
As soon as I started the readathon, I had to take a break to attend my Weight Watchers meeting. #Priorities. I picked up some breakfast and ate with my husband.

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Dewey's Read-a-thon: Intro Questionnaire

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll
do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most
looking forward to?

My responses:
1.

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Dewey's Read-a-thon: The Game Plan

There's just one more day until Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon begins. From past read-a-thons, I've found that it's important to have a plan especially with one day read-a-thons. I'm keeping the goals simple and I've selected a variety of books to choose from. Many of the books were impulse buys and a couple are books that I've wanted to reread. I do have a couple of things planned today - my

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Waiting on Wednesday: Not Exactly a Love Story

"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:









Not Exactly a Love Story
by Audrey Couloumbis
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: December 11, 2012













(from Goodreads)

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Taking Time to Reread: The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

It is a shame, but I rarely take the time to reread my books. But yesterday while I was waiting in the movie theater for Pitch Perfect to start (we arrived 45 minutes early because we didn't have anything better to do) I started rereading The Duff on my phone. Thank goodness for the nook app because unlike the girl in the ticket line behind me, I didn't bring a book with me.

 
I've wanted to

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SuperFun Announcement: Freshman Year in PAPERBACK!!

Remember Kelsey Finkelstein? She’s fourteen, she lives in Brooklyn, and she's starting her freshman year of high school?

Well... now she's coming out in paperback.

Author Meredith Zeitlin is thrilled to announce the paperback release of FRESHMAN YEAR AND OTHER UNNATURAL DISASTERS, coming to bookstores March 2013 from G.P. Putnam's Sons.

In honor of this joyous occasion, we've made another

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Love Song for Jonny Valentine

"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 Love Song of Jonny Valentine
by Teddy Wayne
Published by Free Press
Publication Date: February 5, 2013











(From Goodreads)
Megastar Jonny
Valentine,

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Dewey's Read-a-thon is coming up!!

Dewey’s
24 Hour Readathon is coming up! Saturday, October 13th to be exact.
Join me and (at my latest check) 245 other readers for this one day
mega-reading event. In addition to reading like a fiend, there will be
challenges and giveaways. There will be cheerleaders who, along the way,
will give us that extra boost to keep up motivated. Why I’m signing up:I
usually read some every day

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