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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Blog Tour Interview THE VAULT OF DREAMERS by CARAGH O'BRIEN @CaraghMOBrien #VaultofDreamers @FierceReads

PLEASE WELCOME CARAGH TO BOOKHOUNDS ya

1. What is the first book you remember reading by yourself as a child?

I believe it was Hop on Pop, and I remember being sad because I thought my new ability meant my mom wouldn’t read with me anymore.

2. What are you reading right now?

I’m reading Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (1998)

3. How does your garden grow?

It grows all right, considering the shade and the deer.

4. What is the last thing you Googled?

I just Googled the date of publication of the answer to #2.

5. What makes you cringe?

I cringe at remembering the day I led pioneer songs at the Minnesota State Fair.

The Vault of Dreamers by CARAGH M. O'BRIEN

From the author of the Birthmarked trilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens when your dreams are not your own. The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to its success: every moment of the students' lives is televised as part of the insanely popular Forge Show, and the students' schedule includes twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity. But when first year student Rosie Sinclair skips her sleeping pill, she discovers there is something off about Forge. In fact, she suspects that there are sinister things going on deep below the reaches of the cameras in the school. What's worse is, she starts to notice that the edges of her consciousness do not feel quite right. And soon, she unearths the ghastly secret that the Forge School is hiding—and what it truly means to dream there.

Pre Order your copy:

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Goodreads has a giveaway for a copy HERE that ends on September 13.

I have my review scheduled and this is one book you won't want to miss! Look for that and a giveaway of my ARC on September 14.

CARAGH O’BRIEN

Caragh M. O’Brien is the author of the BIRTHMARKED trilogy and THE VAULT OF DREAMERS, both from Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ms. O’Brien was educated at Williams College and earned her MA from Johns Hopkins University. She recently resigned from teaching high school English in order to write young adult novels.

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Check out all the stops of the tour!

THE VAULT OF DREAMERS Blog Tour

· September 9 | Ex Libris Kate & The Book Monsters

· September 10 | Book Hounds & Candace's Book Blog

· September 11 | Mundie Moms & Word Spelunking

· September 12 | My Bookish Ways & Working for the Mandroid

· September 13 | Fiction Fare

· September 14 | Icey Books & My 5 Monkeys

· September 15 | SciFi Chick & Supernatural Snark

· September 16 | YA Interrobang & I’d So Rather be Reading

· September 17 | Fiktshun & Book Briefs

· September 18 | Michelle & Leslie’s Book Picks & The Irish Banana Review

· September 19 | Alice Marvels & Forever Young Adult

· September 20 | Good Choice Reading & Step into Fiction

Monday, September 8, 2014

Trailer Reveal REWIND TO YOU by LAURA JOHNSTON #Giveaway @lauralojohnston @TooBusyReading

Rewind to You Book Trailer

Trailer Reveal Giveaway Details

$40 Gift Card to River Street Sweets

2 $10 iTunes Gift Cards

Ends 9/31/14

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an iTunes Gift Code or River Street Sweets Gift Card. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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Rewind to You

One last summer before college on beautiful Tybee Island is supposed to help Sienna forget. But how can she? This is where her family spent every summer before everything changed, before the world as she knew it was ripped away. But the past isn’t easily left behind. Especially when Sienna keeps having episodes that take her back to the night she wants to forget. Even when she meets the mysterious Austin Dobbs, the guy with the intense blue eyes, athlete’s body, and weakness for pralines who scooped her out of trouble when she blacked out on River Street. When she’s with Austin, Sienna feels a whole new world opening up to her. Austin has secrets, and she has history. But caught between the past and the future, Sienna can still choose what happens now…

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Author Laura Johnston

Laura Johnston lives in Utah with her husband and two children. Growing up with five siblings, a few horses, peach trees, beehives and gardens, she developed an active imagination and always loved a good story. She fell in love with the young adult genre both through her experience in high school as well as her job later as a high school teacher. Laura enjoys running, playing tennis, sewing, traveling, writing, and above all, spending time with her husband and kids. REWIND TO YOU is her debut novel.

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Praise for the Book

“Johnston’s debut spotlights romance and familial relationships, including themes like grief and self-sacrifice. It’s an ideal story for readers looking for a deep-rooted YA love story with the emotional ups and downs and poignancy of a Nicholas Sparks contemporary. There’s also a touch of wit and a sigh-worthy hero – a definite on your TBR list.” – RT Book Reviews

“This is contemporary YA fiction at its best! –Kay Lynn Mangum, author of The Secret Journal of Brett Colton “Rewind to You will steal your hear away.” –Kelly Nelson, author of The Keeper’s Saga

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Exclusive Excerpt Blog Tour GUARDIAN by COURTNEY COLE @Court_Writes #Giveaway

SECTION 2:

The blue had been in motion, a blur on the edge of my periphery. It hadn’t made any noise, but there had been movement right next to me. I’m sure of it.

Aren’t I?

I step inside the door and sink to the dirty gym floor, still scanning the room suspiciously.

Brightly colored championship pennants hang motionlessly from the ceiling. The huge digital scoreboard is dim and dark. The only noise in this room is the persistent ticking of the wall clock behind me.

There are no voices.

No one is here.

Is it possible that my emotions are causing me to see and hear things? I’m suddenly dizzy again, and I rest my chin on my knees, hugging my legs.

“Whitney?” Brady’s voice echoes from across the gym. “Are you alright? What’s wrong?”

He emerges from the boys locker room door and crosses over to me, wearing a black t-shirt that stretches tightly across his chest. He must’ve had the same idea as me about washing his hands because he smells like soap.

Excerpt Hop Schedule:

September 1-Excerpt 1

The Novel List-Section 1
TSK TSK What to Read-Section 2
Roxy’s Reviews-Section 3
What’s Beyond Forks-Section 4

September 2-Excerpt 2

Book Drunk Blog-Section 1
The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club-Section 2
Becky on Books-Section 3
Tales of the Ravenous Reader-Section 4

September 3-Excerpt 3

I Heart YA Books-Section 1
BookHounds YA-Section 2
Reads All the Books-Section 3
Twin Sisters Rockin’ Book Reviews-Section 4

September 4-Excerpt 4

Such A Novel Idea-Section 1
The Book Beacon-Section 2
Short and Sassy Book Blurbs-Section 3
Tissues and Tomes Book Blog-Section 4

September 5-Excerpt 5

Desert Divas Book Addiction-Section 1
In My Secret-Book-World-Section 2
Resch Reads and Reviews-Section 3
Lulo Fangirl-Section 4

September 6-Excerpt 6

Readers Live a Thousand Lives-Section 1
The Phantom Paragrapher-Section 2
Stuck in Books-Section 3
Rhi Reading-Section 4

GUARDIAN Synopsis:

Sometimes, things that go bump in the night are real.

My name is Whitney Lane. I’m sixteen years old and at first, I thought I was crazy.

I kept seeing shadows move along walls, and hearing whispers around corners, but whenever I looked, there was never anything there.

Until one day, there was.

Our world isn’t what we think. There are things around us, good things, bad things, scary things.

Things that we tell ourselves aren’t real, but they are.

They’re very real, and they’re terrifying.

I’ve been swept up now, in a battle of good and evil, confused about love and what is supposed to be love, but isn’t. I don’t know what to think anymore. I can’t trust my emotions and I don’t know what is true.

There’s only one thing I know for sure.

Nothing is what it seems.

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ABOUT COURTNEY COLE:

Courtney Cole is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.

Courtney lives in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.

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Release Day Blast THE WINTER PEOPLE by REBEKAH PURDY @RebekahLPurdy @EntangledTeen

An exciting new release from Entangled Teen!

Check out The Winter People by Rebekah Purdy

About The Winter People:

Salome Montgomery fears winter—the cold, the snow, the ice, but most of all, the frozen pond she fell through as a child. Haunted by the voices and images of the strange beings that pulled her to safety, she hasn’t forgotten their warning to "stay away." For eleven years, she has avoided the winter woods, the pond, and the darkness that lurks nearby. But when failing health takes her grandparents to Arizona, she is left in charge of maintaining their estate. This includes the "special gifts" that must be left at the back of the property. 

Salome discovers she’s a key player in a world she’s tried for years to avoid. At the center of this world is the strange and beautiful Nevin, who she finds trespassing on her family’s property. Cursed with dark secrets and knowledge of the creatures in the woods, he takes Salome's life in a new direction. A direction where she’ll have to decide between her longtime crush, Colton, who could cure her fear of winter. Or Nevin, who, along with an appointed bodyguard, Gareth, protects her from the darkness that swirls in the snowy backdrop.

An evil that, given the chance, will kill her.

Find The Winter People Online:

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About Rebekah L. Purdy

I was born and raised in Michigan (just look for the mitten-shaped state on the map). I’ve lived here most of my life other than the few years I spent in the U.S. Army. At which time I got a chance to experience MO, KS, SC, and CA.

I work full time for the court system and in my free time I write YA stories. Pretty much any genre within the YA realm is game for me, but my favorites are fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, thrillers, light sci-fi, and some time travel.

I also have a big family–I like to consider us the modern day Brady Bunch. When my hubby and I met and got married, he had 3 children from a previous marriage, I had 2 and we have 1 together. It’s a lot of fun though.

And I can’t forget my other family members–yep, we’ve got some pets: 4 dogs, 3 cats, and 1 turtle. Everyone in the family has one…I won’t bore you all with their names (unless you really want to know). Okay, you talked me into it! Jack, Pearl, Grr…(yes that’s my dog’s name), Callie, Shadow, Mooshoo, Grouchy, and Sorbert. Other than writing some of my other hobbies include: reading (mostly YA of course), singing, swimming, football, soccer, running, camping, sledding, church, hanging with my kids, and traveling.

I belong to a fabulous writing group called YA Fiction Fantatics (YAFF) and you guessed it we all write YA!

Find Rebekah L. Purdy Online:

Website: http://rebekahlpurdy.wordpress.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RebekahLPurdy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebekahlpurdyauthor

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4615084.Rebekah_L_Purdy

Monday, September 1, 2014

Review Interview Giveaway MY YEAR OF EPIC ROCK by ANDREA PYROS @AndreaPyros @JabberwockyKids

MY YEAR OF EPIC ROCK by ANDREA PYROS

ABSOLUTLEY LOVED IT

Nina Simmons is twelve and just starting the new school year in an epic downward spiral. Her BFF, Brianna, has always had her back and protected her from the evil food she is allergic too. But now, Brianna has moved on and is now besties with Shelley, the most popular girl in school. As Nina is exiled to the "allergy table", she starts to interact with her fellow outcasts and when the group realizes they all play instruments, the decide to form a band for the Halloween talent show! She is still hurt by Brianna's desertion, but as the group clicks and practices, she start to lose her feelings of hopelessness.

My heart broke for Nina, as she lost her best friend, Brianna, but in her loss, she comes to realize that she is stronger without Brianna. Brianna was a force of nature, always a leader, so Nina just followed. The group Nina is now in, respects her, and she now has her own voice. She has even discovered that people like her for herself, not as Brianna's friend. The band comes together and Nina finds herself with Evan, the cute boy from kindergarten that has caught Brianna's eye as well. It was great to see Nina's confidence grow as the band praticed and supported each other, both socially and allergically.

This book totally rocked! There are extreme highs and lows for Nina, just like any twelve year old girl. The story was believable and I am so glad I never have to relive being that age again! Allergies are no laughing matter, as Nina tries to adjust to peer presure and ends up with a major reaction when she tries to eat like everyone else. She realizes that her true friends are always looking out for her. She triumphs at the end by trying something new with her band, The EpiPens. I loved the fact that Nina is a drummer! Parents: this is a nice clean read that should appeal to the whole family.

I have to include the song that Nina rocked out to with her band since it is one of my all time favorites!

Nina Simmons’ song would be “You Can’t Always Eat What You Want.” (Peanut allergies, ugh). But that’s okay, because as her best friend Brianna always said, “We’re All in This Together.”

Until the first day of the seventh grade, when Brianna dumps her to be BFFs with the popular new girl. Left all alone, Nina is forced to socialize with “her own kind”–banished to the peanut-free table with the other allergy outcasts. As a joke, she tells her new pals they should form a rock band called EpiPens. (Get it?) Apparently, allergy sufferers don’t understand sarcasm, because the next thing Nina knows she’s the lead drummer.

Now Nina has to decide: adopt a picture-perfect pop personality to fit in with Bri and her new BFF or embrace her inner rocker and the spotlight. Well..

Call Me a Rock Star, Maybe.

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About the Author

Andrea Pyros is an experienced writer and former teen magazine editor. She's also had jobs waiting tables (hard!), baking cookies (delicious!), steaming clothing (hot!) and interviewing celebs (terrifying!). But other than a brief period wanting to be a private detective like Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden, she's dreamt of being a writer all her life. A native of New York City, she now lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband and their two children. This is her first novel. Visit her at www.andreapyros.com.

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PLEASE WELCOME ANDREA TO BOOKHOUNDS

1. What is the first book you remember reading by yourself as a child?

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. I was so enthralled that my mother let me stay up late to finish it in one sitting.

2. What are you reading right now?

I have so many books piled up by my bed, and I am dying to read them all. Next, I’m finally getting to Veronica Roth’s Insurgent. Yay!

3. How does your garden grow?

If I can get reading time, down time + family time every day, I feel very lucky and very happy.

4. What is the last thing you Googled?

How did any of us ever live without Google? In the past 30 minutes, I’ve already looked for driving directions; where buy eco-friendly school supplies; and how to make egg-free blueberry muffins.

5. What makes you cringe?

Nails on a chalkboard—forever awful. Although that terrible news story about the woman whose eyeballs were eaten by amoebas may be the worst, cringiest thing of all time.

WANT TO WIN THIS AWESOME BOOK?

Ends 9/9/14

Open to anyone with a US mailing address!

Open only to those who can legally enter

Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary.

You must be 13 or older to enter .

The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified.

The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning.

Giveaway was organized by BookHounds and sponsored by me.

VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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SIGN UPS NOW OPEN Books to Movies Giveaway Hop!

Announcing the Books to Movies Giveaway Hop

October 2nd to 10th

Hosted by Mary from Bookhounds & I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

This hop features books that have been made into movies or TV shows.

Some blogs will be giving away the book, some the movie & others both!

Hop Rules:

You must host a giveaway on your site, you are responsible for obtaining a prize for giveaway and taking care of the shipping charges.
You must giveaway a book that has been made into a movie or TV show, or a copy of the movie/show or something that ties into books that have been made into movie/TV shows.
Your giveaway post must include the hop image & linky (or links to the host’s sites if you can’t get the linky to work).
Please only 1 mandatory entry – all others must be optional – Keep It Simple! No long lists of things for people to do. If you have dozens of things for people to do I will delete your blog from the linky.
Your post must be live by 9:01 A.M. EST on October 2nd
The giveaway must be specifically for this hop.
Please include Books to Movies Hop in your post title
Please include the above graphic in your post so that it is easily identifiable as part of the hop.
Your site must be family friendly – no erotica or 18+ sites. Your site & giveaway must be free of steamy images and book covers. If it would embarrass me to have my teenagers see it, it can’t be on your site.
It is your responsibility to check the linky on October 2nd to be sure you are still on the linky and that your link is accurate.
We ask that once your giveaway is live AND accepting entries that you send us a direct link so we can update the linky.

To sign up to host a giveaway add your blog to the linky. Please include your shipping info in parenthesis following your blog name (US) (US/Can) (INT) – if you don’t include shipping info we will assume you are shipping to the US only.

This is a Blog Hop!

SEPTEMBER SEQUELS Giveaway Hop!

Welcome to the

SEPTEMBER IS FOR SEQUELS GIVEAWAY HOP

September 2nd to September 9th Hosted by Lisa Loves Literature & IAmAReader

There are a bunch of blogs participating in this one so be sure to stop by each one. Each has their own entry rules and geographic limits, so be sure to read the rules for each one.

HERE IS WHAT I HAVE FOR ONE LUCKY WINNER: