For all of you who love finding new reads, I have just the thing for you. The YA Scavenger Hunt is coming. If you’ve never heard of it, the hunt runs twice a year in the spring and in the fall. During the hunt we showcase new and upcoming YA releases, give out tons of prizes, and release special bonus material. Sound interesting? This spring we will have one hundred forty authors split into seven teams of twenty. Each team is assigned a color. The blog hop begins Oct 3rd and runs through Sunday, Oct 8th. It’s easy to play. …

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  The long awaited moment came and went with the release of Colleen Houck’s latest book and book trailer in August and was celebrated with a party at her local Powell’s book store with a bang!     We ran a contest through the month of August for a chance to win the latest Colleen Houck book, REUNITED as well as a bonus contest for one book of your choice from Colleen Houck’s library of books she’s written.   And, the winners are: Fay Tanner for the Reunited book plus two surprise books! and Daniela Garcia for the a selection of one book of …

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  Scavenger Hunts are one of my favorite things ever! I’m teaming up with eleven other amazing authors to put together a first of it’s kind instagram picture hunt! We’ve got the full rules, how to participate, and all the prizes available right here! 1 st up: how it all works & the rules: Each entry must be posted on Instagram AND must be tagged with #YAInstagram to be counted as an entry! You can earn up to 8 points per team — 1 for each photo you post on Instagram using #YAInstahunt — The authors will choose their winners …

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For those of you who are curious as to what I do to prep for a launch party, I decided to show you through pictures. Usually, the first thing that happens is I get my author copies of the book in the mail. The paperback of Recreated was released around the same time as the hardbacks of Reunited. Next up, I get my nails done. I like them to look nice for a book event so I do a plain French manicure on my hands and then try to match my feet to the book cover. For the Reawakened series, …

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For those of you who are looking for new books appropriate for middle grade that both boys and girls might enjoy, this is the place to look! Every month, a new book (or two) will be added for review right here and they will be reviewed by the best critics, KIDS! That’s right, the one’s who read them will be the judge! This blog is written by my smart and witty nephew, Alexander. He’s one of the best closers I’ve met and has an infectious laugh. He loves to watch movies in his pajamas with a cup of hot chocolate, some of my favoritist …

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