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Monday, 30 September 2013

Cover Reveal: Defector - A Variants Novel by Susanne Winnacker

Posted on 21:01 by gllapsi

Cover Reveal!!



 The next book in the Variants Series by Susanne Winnacker



 DEFECTOR














Defector by Susanne Winnacker
Variants Series: Book #2Publication date:  June 26, 2014

by RazorbillGenre: Thriller, Young Adult 




 Add to Goodreads Shelf

Synopsis of Defector not yet available

About Variants Novel #1: Impostor
 

Can Tessa pose as Madison . . . and stop a killer before
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Sunday, 29 September 2013

The Secret Side of Empty by Maria Andreu - Blog Tour

Posted on 21:00 by gllapsi

Today I am participating in the blog tour for The Secret Side of Empty by Maria Andreu. Andreu's debut novel The Secret Side of Empty will be released in the Spring 2014 by Running Press. Maria has stopped by the blog to share the story behind the novel.




ABOUT The Secret Side of Empty



It's the story of a teen girl that is American in every way except for in one very important way: on
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Friday, 27 September 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Veronica Rossi

Posted on 09:00 by gllapsi







On
November 9th, 2013, the 3rd annual Young Adult Book Festival - YALLFest
will take place in Charleston, SC. The festival will host 50
of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times
bestsellers. Today I, along with other enthusiastic bloggers, are
hosting a series of interviews of authors who will be at YALLFest. For
all of the details about YALLFest, check out their
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Ransom Riggs

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On
November 9th, 2013, the 3rd annual Young Adult Book Festival - YALLFest
will take place in Charleston, SC. The festival will host 50
of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times
bestsellers. Today I, along with other enthusiastic bloggers, are
hosting a series of interviews of authors who will be at YALLFest. For
all of the details about YALLFest, check out their
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Monday, 23 September 2013

Life, Love, and Lemons by Magan Vernon - Excerpt and Giveaway

Posted on 21:00 by gllapsi





Life, Love, and Lemons


by Magan VernonPublication date: August 20, 2013Genre: YA Contemporary






 Goodreads * Amazon * Barnes & Noble


Synopsis:
When life hands you lemons, sometimes you have to say screw the lemons and bail.Seventeen-year-old Bentley Evans had it all. Then her Dad got laid off.Now
she has to move across town to a small apartment and leave her life of
luxury for
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YALLFest Author Interview: Rainbow Rowell

Posted on 09:00 by gllapsi







On
November 9th, 2013, the 3rd annual Young Adult Book Festival - YALLFest
will take place in Charleston, SC. The festival will host 50
of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times
bestsellers. Today I, along with other enthusiastic bloggers, are
hosting a series of interviews of authors who will be at YALLFest. For
all of the details about YALLFest, check out their
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Friday, 20 September 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Sean Williams

Posted on 09:00 by gllapsi







On
November 9th, 2013, the 3rd annual Young Adult Book Festival - YALLFest
will take place in Charleston, SC. The festival will host 50
of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times
bestsellers. Today I, along with other enthusiastic bloggers, are
hosting a series of interviews of authors who will be at YALLFest. For
all of the details about YALLFest, check out their
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Monday, 16 September 2013

Infinityglass by Myra McEntire - Review

Posted on 21:30 by gllapsi






Infinityglass 


by Myra McEntirePublication date:  August 6, 2013
Published by Egmont USA
Pages: 304
Source: Finished copy provided by Media Masters Publicity and Egmont USA

 
Add to Goodreads

Purchase: Amazon * Indiebound








The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourglass series.The
Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating
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Sunday, 15 September 2013

Little Fish Blog Tour - Review & Giveaway

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Little Fish Blog Tour

hosted by Zest Books











Little Fish

A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year

by Ramsey Beyer

 Publication Date: September 3, 2013

Published by Zest Books

Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pages: 272

Source: Finished Copy provided by Zest Books in exchange for my honest review















To eighteen-year-old Ramsey Beyer, the transition from a
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Wednesday, 11 September 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Lauren Oliver

Posted on 09:00 by gllapsi







On
November 9th, 2013, the 3rd annual Young Adult Book Festival - YALLFest
will take place in Charleston, SC. The festival will host 50
of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times
bestsellers. Today I, along with other enthusiastic bloggers, are
hosting a series of interviews of authors who will be at YALLFest. For
all of the details about YALLFest, check out their
Read More
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Monday, 9 September 2013

To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story by Sonya Sones - Review

Posted on 21:00 by gllapsi







To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story
by Sonya Sones
Publication Date: August 27, 2013
Published by: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 496
Source: ARC from Simon and Schuster via Edelweiss
Purchase: Amazon








My name is Colette.

This book is about

me.



Who am
I?

To be perfectly honest,

I’m not exactly sure who I am.



I guess you could say
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YALLFest Author Interview: Cinda Williams Chima

Posted on 09:00 by gllapsi







On November 9th, 2013, the 3rd annual Young Adult Book Festival - YALLFest will take place in Charleston, SC. The festival will host 50 of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times bestsellers. Today I, along with other enthusiastic bloggers, will begin hosting a series of interviews of authors who will be at YALLFest. For all of the details about YALLFest, check out their
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Sunday, 8 September 2013

The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate: Spotlight and Giveaway

Posted on 21:00 by gllapsi
















The Prayer Box 

by Lisa WingatePublication date: September 1, 2013 Published by Tyndale House PublishersGenre: Christian/Inspirational FictionThe Prayer Box on Goodreads

 

 When Iola Anne Poole,
an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one,
the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds
herself charged with the task of
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Friday, 6 September 2013

Infinityglass by Myra McEntire - Giveaway

Posted on 05:30 by gllapsi




  Infinityglass by Myra McEntireSeries: Hourglass, #3Publication date:  August 6, 2013

Published by Egmont USAGenre: Young Adult 


 Infinityglass on Goodreads

The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourglass series.The
Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating
time, and its members — many of them teenagers -­have uncanny abilities
to
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Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Waiting on Wednesday: Biggest Flirts

Posted on 21:00 by gllapsi






"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:









Biggest Flirts (Superlatives #1) 
by Jennifer Echols
Published by Simon Pulse
Expected Publication Date: May 20, 2014
Goodreads









(from Goodreads)


The
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Monday, 2 September 2013

Giveaway: $50.00 Amazon Gift Voucher

Posted on 21:00 by gllapsi

What would you do with a $50.00 Amazon Gift Voucher? 

Imagine all of the books you can get!!!

Thanks to the fantastic people at AO - Appliances Online, a UK based appliance company, I'm able to offer a $50.00 Amazon Gift Voucher to one of my blog readers. Sounds too good to be true? That's what I thought! But it's not. It might be unusual for an appliance company to promote on a book blog,
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Sunday, 1 September 2013

Surprise Release from Brazen Books: Wicked Heat by Nicola Marsh

Posted on 21:01 by gllapsi

Who doesn't love surprises?  The people behind Brazen Books sure do - and they just couldn't wait a whole month before putting out another book for their readers. Surprise!  



Their newest book combines steamy island romance and high personal stakes. What a combination! 





 

 

 

Competitors by day, lovers by night…

Allegra Wilks has had
the worst month of her personal and professional
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