March Madness Writing, Reading, and Blogging Challenge

image by Kelsey Macke



IF YOU ARE like me AND you need a boost, a kick in the pants, want to
get real with yourself, or want to be a part of a fun community setting a
common goal, then March Madness is for you! Author Denise Jaden invites Writers, Readers, Illustrators, and Bloggers to challenge themselves all month long to do more by setting goals and being accountable. Denise says, "

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Books of the Month (7)

Books of the Month is where I recap books I received In My Mailbox, read, shared from my shelves, and plug my book reviews and discussions 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 February








































Purchased 










Be Mine by Jennifer Crusie, Victoria Dahl, and

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Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-Buy Authors

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because they are particularly fond of lists. I am too so that is why I am participating this week.


Top Ten (OK, 11) Authors On My Auto-Buy List


Many of these authors' books appear on my top ten lists time and time again. I mean it wouldn't be a complete top ten without an

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Book Club Discussion: Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate

Provisions and Paperbacks, my IRL book club, recently read Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate. As I said in my previous post (you can read it here), I want to share some thoughts and ideas brought up during the book club and bring my blog readers into the discussion.


Not yet, but there will be spoilers. You have been warned.



Eve and Adam  
by Michael Grant and Katherine

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Love My Indie with Author Laurie Boyle Crompton

It's Love My Indie: Comic Book Edition!!




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:


 


Laurie Boyle Crompton



author of

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Review: Blaze (Or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton

Blaze (Or Love in the Time of Supervillains)
by Laurie Boyle Crompton
Published by Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date: February 1, 2013
Pages: 309
Source: ARC provided by Author and 
           Purchased Copy







(from Goodreads)

Blaze is tired of
spending her life on the sidelines, drawing comics and feeling
invisible. She's desperate for soccer star Mark to notice her. And when

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Waiting on Wednesday: Thin Space

"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:









Thin Space
by Jody Casella
Published by Beyond Words/SimonPulse
Publication Date: September 10 , 2013












(from Goodreads)
 Ever since the car
accident that

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Being Henry David Blog Tour

Today kicks off the Being Henry David Blog Tour and I'm pleased to host Cal Armistead here for with a guest post, review, and giveaway. If you visit my blog regularly, you may know that I love to share independent bookstores every chance I get. So I when I found out that Cal works at an indie bookstore (when she isn't writing), I asked her to share her experience. She did and I admit, I'm a

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Favorite Quotes: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

With the Valentine's Day Release of Beautiful Creatures, bloggers have been all abuzz. It seems like EVERYONE is talking about Beautiful Creatures. And now I am too. I didn't see it yesterday, but my book club, Provisions and Paperbacks, will see it together next week. Beautiful Creatures was one of the first books read when we were only 3 members. Now we are a much larger group, and many of

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Waiting on Wednesday: Jessica Darling's It List #1

"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:



COVER NOT FINAL






Jessica Darling's It List #1: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection 
by Megan McCafferty
Expected publication date:

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Review: Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Uses for Boys
by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Publication Date: January 15, 2013
Published by St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Source: Purchased









(from Goodreads)

Anna remembers a time
before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and
her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now
her mom is gone most of the time, chasing the next marriage,

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Love My Indie with Author Rita Arens

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:

 

Rita Arens

author of The Obvious Game 



THE OBVIOUS GAME is set in a fictional

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Review: The Obvious Game by Rita Arens

The Obvious Game
by Rita Arens
Published by Inkspell Publishing
Publication Date: February 7, 2013
Pages 312
Source: Requested ARC from author










(from Goodreads)
“Everyone trusted me back then. Good old, dependable Diana. Which is why most people didn’t notice at first.”"Your shirt is yellow.""Your eyes are blue.""You have to stop running away from your problems.""You're too skinny

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The Boys of Summer by C.J. Duggan: Excerpt and Giveaway

Hosted by Xpresso Book Tours


The Boys of Summer  (Summer Series, #1)

by C.J. Duggan

New Adult Contemporary Romance  

Publication date: December 17th 2012 

 Goodreads * Amazon * Barnes & Noble  * i-Tunes









Synopsis:

It seemed only natural to nickname them the ‘Onslow Boys’. Every time
they swaggered in the front door of the Onslow Hotel after a hard
week’s work, their laughter 

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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Bookish Memories

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because they are particularly fond of lists. I am too so that is why I am participating this week.


Top Ten Best Bookish Memories 


1. Going to YALLFest in 2012

This is by far my favorite bookish memory. Back in November, I road tripped it down to Charleston, SC for a weekend of

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Book Club Discussion: Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl

Provisions and Paperbacks, my IRL book club, recently read Closed Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl. As I said in my previous post (you can read it here), I want to share some thoughts and ideas brought up during the book club and bring my blog readers into the discussion.


Not yet, but there will be spoilers. You have been warned.



Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl
Published August 28,

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A Little Bit of This Or That

Today I'm sharing a little bit of This Or That over 

at Kate's Tales of Books and Bands. 











Please stop by and check it out!

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