act in up with books

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Waiting on Wednesday: The Bridge from Me to You

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:









The Bridge from Me to You

by Lisa Schroeder
Published by Scholastic
Expected Publication Date: July 29, 2014
Add to Goodreads











The Bridge from Me to
Read More
Posted in Waiting on Wednesday | No comments

Monday, 28 October 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Jocelyn Davies

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
Posted in author interview, YALLFest | No comments

Friday, 25 October 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Lisa McMann

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
Read More
Posted in author interview, YALLFest | No comments

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Michelle Hodkin

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
Posted in author interview, YALLFest | No comments

Sunday, 20 October 2013

Audiobook Giveaway: Forever My Girl by Heidi McLaughlin

Posted on 18:40 by gllapsi



I was never supposed to
be a rock star. I had my life all planned out for me. Play football in
college. Go to the NFL. Marry my high school sweetheart and live happily
ever after. I broke both our hearts that day when I told her I
was leaving. I was young. I made the right decision for me, but the
wrong decision for us. I’ve poured my soul into my music, but I’ve never
forgotten her. Her
Read More
Posted in | No comments

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Waiting on Wednesday: Fast Fiction by Denise Jaden

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:







Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First Draft Novel in Thirty Days

by Denise Jaden
Published by New World Library
Expected Publication Date:
Read More
Posted in about writing, Denise Jaden, NaNoWriMo, Waiting on Wednesday | No comments

Saturday, 12 October 2013

Dewey's Read-a-thon: Mid-Event Survey

Posted on 17:47 by gllapsi



Mid-Event Survey
1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired?
I just came back from a dinner date with my husband. I can't give the books all of my attention. But now I'm in a food coma. I'm not sure how much longer I can make it.


2) What have you finished reading?
So Far I've read The Twits by Roald Dahl, Nix Minus One by JIll MacLean. I started reading The Realm of Possibility by
Read More
Posted in | No comments

Dewey's Read-a-thon: Book Spine Poetry Challenge

Posted on 08:43 by gllapsi








 Here is my entry for the Book Spine Poetry Challenge hosted by Capricious Reader:







Sloppy Firsts

Who I Kissed

The Boyfriend List

I Know It's Over

Things I Can't Forget
Read More
Posted in | No comments

Dewey's Readathon: Intro Questionnaire

Posted on 06:14 by gllapsi



1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Virginia 

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley - this is a reread for me

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Bananas and peanut butter lollipops

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
 I work in academia. I have a wonderful husband who willingly supports my
Read More
Posted in | No comments

Friday, 11 October 2013

Dewey's 24 Hr Read-a-thon

Posted on 16:00 by gllapsi



Tomorrow I participating in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon. An entire day dedicated to reading?? Yes, please. I've participated in Dewey's Read-a-thon in the past, but I've missed the last few. Luckily my schedule is free tomorrow, so I get to read and read and then read some more.


My TBR Pile






(links to Amazon)

Nix Minus One by Jill Maclean
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Then Again, Maybe I
Read More
Posted in Read-a-thon | No comments

YALLFest Author Interview: Lisi Harrison

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
Posted in author interview, YALLFest | No comments

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Forever My Girl Audiobook Giveaway

Posted on 19:07 by gllapsi

THE GIVEAWAY you will want to win!!!





 I was never supposed to
be a rock star. I had my life all planned out for me. Play football in
college. Go to the NFL. Marry my high school sweetheart and live happily
ever after. I broke both our hearts that day when I told her I
was leaving. I was young. I made the right decision for me, but the
wrong decision for us. I’ve poured my soul into my
Read More
Posted in | No comments

YALLFest Author Interview: Shannon Hale

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
Posted in author interview, YALLFest | No comments

Monday, 7 October 2013

Guest Post and Giveaway: Karen Rock - Wish Me Tomorrow

Posted on 21:01 by gllapsi








Visiting the blog today is Karen Rock, author of Wish Me Tomorrow and co-author of the Camp Boyfriend series. This summer I read Camp Boyfriend which Karen wrote with her sister-in-law, Joanne Rock. It was fun and entertaining and the perfect summer read. When I learned that Karen wrote a contemporary adult novel, I knew that I would want to read it.

Since Karen has written books for
Read More
Posted in author guest post, giveaway | No comments

Friday, 4 October 2013

Stir Me Up by Sabrina Elkins - Review

Posted on 03:00 by gllapsi








Stir Me Up

by Sabrina Elkins

Publication Date: October 1, 2013

Published by HarlequinTEEN

Pages: 268

Source: HarlequinTEEN and Kismet Book Touring

Purchase: Amazon  Barnes & Noble

Add to Goodreads

















Cami
Broussard has her future all figured out. She’ll finish her senior year
of high school, then go to work full-time as an apprentice chef in her
father’s French
Read More
Posted in Review | No comments
Newer Posts Older Posts Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • My Books of Truth by Lisa Burstein
    As part of the Entangled Embrace March Madness, their new adult authors are stopping by svarious blogs. Today I am hosting Lisa Burstein aut...
  • Book Club Discussion: Ten by Gretchen McNeil
    Provisions and Paperbacks, my IRL book club, recently read Ten by Gretchen McNeil. As I said in my previous post (you can read it here), I w...
  • And the Winners Are . . .
    The Winners Are . . .  Rierie11 Splash Into Summer Giveaway Hop There were 374 entries and number 336 was selected. and  Janhvi My Favorite ...
  • And the Winners Are . . .
    I need to announce the winners of quite a few giveaways. The winners have already been contacted by email and most have either claimed or re...
  • My Favorite Reads Hop
     My Favorite Reads Hop is hosted by I'm a Reader, Not a Writer and Rachelle's Writing Spot. I have so many favorite reads that it wa...
  • 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...
  • Beach Reads Giveaway Hop
    I'm headed to the beach next week and I am taking a selection of books with me. I probably won't have a chance to read them all. I ...
  • And the Winners Are . . .
    I held two contest over the past few weeks and both of them ended on Tuesday. Here are the winners: catherine c She has won a signed copy of...
  • Waiting on Wednesday: Girl Defective by Simmone Howell
    "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're e...
  • And the Winners Are
     The Winners Are . . .   Rabiah @ Confessions of a Readaholic She has won a copy of Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala(winner has been contact...

Categories

  • 2012 Debut Author Challenge
  • 5 Star Reads
  • about writing
  • abuse
  • alternating pov
  • Alyssa Sheinmel
  • Amish
  • Amy Bloom
  • Amy Helmes
  • Amy Reed
  • angels
  • Angie Smibert
  • Anna Bloom
  • Anniversary Celebration
  • anthology
  • ARC Tour
  • art
  • Ashley Perez
  • Australian author
  • author guest post
  • author interview
  • Author Sightings
  • autism
  • beach read
  • Beaumont Series
  • Beautiful Creatures
  • Belonging
  • Blaze
  • blog hop
  • Blog Tour
  • blogger guest post
  • blogging goals
  • Book Bind-up
  • book birthday
  • book blast
  • Book Blitz
  • book budget
  • book club
  • Book Club Discussion
  • book clubs
  • book cover
  • Book Promo
  • Book Signings
  • book to movie
  • book tour
  • Book Trailer
  • bookish memories
  • Books for a Cause
  • books from childhood
  • Books of the Month
  • books with bands
  • bookstore memories
  • BookWedge
  • Bout of Books
  • Bowler University Novel
  • Brazen Books
  • Brian James
  • bullying
  • C.J. Duggan
  • C.K. Kelly Martin
  • camp
  • Cassie Shine
  • Cast of Characters
  • challenges
  • Chronicle Books
  • classic retelling
  • coincidences and connections
  • comicbooks
  • comics
  • companion novel
  • companion novella
  • Completely Contemporary Challenge
  • confessions
  • contests
  • cooking
  • Cora Carmack
  • Cover Reveal
  • Cynthia Hand
  • debut author
  • debut novel
  • debut young adult novel
  • Denise Jaden
  • discussion
  • dual perspectives
  • duology
  • e-books
  • eating disorders
  • EgmontUSA
  • Eireann Corrigan
  • Elizabeth Briggs
  • Elizabeth Scott
  • Embrace
  • Entangled Publishing
  • Entangled Teen
  • Excerpt
  • fangirl
  • favorite authors
  • favorite books
  • favorite characters
  • favorite quotes
  • Finally Forever
  • First Comes Love
  • Flat-Out Love
  • Flat-Out Matt
  • football
  • Francesca Lia Block
  • galley grab
  • ghost story
  • Girl Meets Boy
  • giveaway
  • goals
  • Good Choice Reading blog tours
  • Good Week in Books
  • gossip
  • Gretchen McNeil
  • guest reviewer
  • Harlequin Heartwarming farming
  • Harlequin Teen
  • Heidi McLaughlin
  • historical retelling
  • horror
  • Hundred Oaks Series
  • IMM
  • In My Mailbox
  • independent bookstore
  • InkSlingerPR
  • J.K. Rock
  • Jaime Whitley
  • Jandy Nelson
  • Jen McLaughlin
  • JenHalliganPR
  • Jennifer Echols
  • Jennifer Echols Week
  • Jeri Smith-Ready
  • Jessica Darling
  • Jessica Park
  • Karaoke Booth
  • Karen Ann Hopkins
  • Karen Rock
  • Katie Kacvinsky
  • Kell Milner Halls
  • Kim Askew
  • Kindle
  • kirsten hubbard
  • Kody Keplinger
  • Laura Wiess
  • Lauren Oliver
  • Laurie Boyle Crompton
  • Left Drowning
  • Lena Nicole
  • LGBTQ
  • library
  • library book
  • library books
  • links
  • Lisa Burstein
  • Lisa Glass
  • local author
  • Lois Metzger
  • Lori Brighton
  • loss
  • Love My Indie
  • manga
  • March Madness
  • Marcus Flutie
  • Maroon 5
  • Mary Stewart Atwell
  • mature young adult
  • mean girls
  • Megan McCafferty
  • memoir
  • mental illness
  • Meredith Zeitlin
  • Merit Press
  • middle grade
  • Mindi Scott
  • Miranda Kenneally
  • mother/daughter relationships
  • multiple pov
  • music
  • Myra McEntire
  • mystery
  • NaNoWriMo
  • neglect
  • new adult
  • New York
  • novella
  • Operation Teen Book Drop
  • paperback
  • paranormal
  • Paris
  • peer pressure
  • photographs
  • private school
  • Product Review
  • Prom
  • promo post
  • Provisions and Paperbacks
  • Quercus Books
  • RAK
  • Random Acts of Kindness
  • Read-a-thon
  • readathon recap
  • reading goals
  • Reality TV
  • recommended and read
  • Regine's Book
  • Release Blitz
  • Release Day
  • Renee Carlino
  • reread
  • Review
  • Review.2
  • road trip
  • rock stars
  • rock the drop
  • SafetySuit
  • Sarah Dessen
  • Sarah Tregay
  • Sasha Dawn
  • science-fiction
  • Second Chance
  • Secret Santa
  • Selene Castrovilla
  • self-published
  • series
  • Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare and Company
  • Shine
  • small town
  • sneak peek
  • Soho Teen
  • Sonya Sones
  • Sophomore Reading Challenge
  • Southern Book Bloggers
  • special announcement
  • Spencer Hill Publisher
  • Spotlight On
  • Spring Blog Carnival
  • Stacking the Shelves
  • Steph Cambell
  • Stephanie Monahan
  • Summer reads
  • surfing
  • swag
  • swapped
  • Tammara Webber
  • TBR
  • teaser
  • Teaser Tuesday
  • Teen Literature Day
  • Tell Me a Secret
  • Temptation Series
  • TGIF
  • The Beaumont Series
  • The Broke and the Bookish
  • The DUFF
  • The Friday Five
  • The One Series
  • Tiffany Trent
  • Tom Leveen
  • Top Ten Tuesday
  • travel
  • trilogy
  • Twisted Lit
  • vampires
  • Variants
  • verse novels
  • Victoria Dahl
  • Waiting on Wednesday
  • weight issues
  • wishlist
  • XPresso Book Tours
  • YA Debut
  • YALLFest
  • ZestBooks
  • zombies

Blog Archive

  • ►  2014 (125)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (20)
    • ►  June (21)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (21)
    • ►  February (11)
    • ►  January (16)
  • ▼  2013 (181)
    • ►  December (20)
    • ►  November (13)
    • ▼  October (15)
      • Waiting on Wednesday: The Bridge from Me to You
      • YALLFest Author Interview: Jocelyn Davies
      • YALLFest Author Interview: Lisa McMann
      • YALLFest Author Interview: Michelle Hodkin
      • Audiobook Giveaway: Forever My Girl by Heidi McLau...
      • Waiting on Wednesday: Fast Fiction by Denise Jaden
      • Dewey's Read-a-thon: Mid-Event Survey
      • Dewey's Read-a-thon: Book Spine Poetry Challenge
      • Dewey's Readathon: Intro Questionnaire
      • Dewey's 24 Hr Read-a-thon
      • YALLFest Author Interview: Lisi Harrison
      • Forever My Girl Audiobook Giveaway
      • YALLFest Author Interview: Shannon Hale
      • Guest Post and Giveaway: Karen Rock - Wish Me Tomo...
      • Stir Me Up by Sabrina Elkins - Review
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (17)
    • ►  July (12)
    • ►  June (14)
    • ►  May (10)
    • ►  April (21)
    • ►  March (11)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (14)
  • ►  2012 (185)
    • ►  December (14)
    • ►  November (16)
    • ►  October (16)
    • ►  September (13)
    • ►  August (12)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (11)
    • ►  May (17)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (20)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (22)
  • ►  2011 (9)
    • ►  December (9)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

gllapsi
View my complete profile