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Blog Tour: No Vacancies – Day 3
Well sadly it’s the final day of Lucien Black on my blog. Yes, I know, I’m saddened too. My library has his books on purchase request now because I harrassed them for not having them. I need to know what happens in the rest of the story! I’ll stop rambling now however, and give you the second half of the teaser that he sent over for you. Enjoy, and make sure you go and read the rest as well. Castor recognized the accent as Middle Eastern; Iranian he suspected. Caster reached his right hand into his jacket slowly and placed…
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Blog Tour: No Vacancies – Day 2
It’s Day 2 of the Lucien Black blog takeover, and like I said yesterday I’m quite excited that he has decided to use my blog as part of his tour! Yesterday he introduced us to his No Vacancies series. Today he’s giving us a glimpse into one of the stories that begins in Volume 1 and ends in the newest installment, Volume 4. Take a look! (Goodreads Link) The excerpt I have selected for you is from Volume 2 of No Vacancies. Here, the mysterious hitman, Nicholas Caster, is running an errand for his boss, Adrian Vandenberg (the antagonist) and…
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An Interview with Abhijit Bhattacharya
Good morning my dear readers! Today I am pleased to welcome Abhijit Battacharya, author of Some of the Whole, to my blog! His book launches tomorrow, so you’ll see a review tomorrow to hopefully encourage you to give it a read! And now, let’s give our attention to this fabulous author shall we? 1) I always like to begin my interviews with a challenge. If you had to describe your book in only three words, which would you choose? Wow! That is a tricky one. Three words…erm….Short, pacy & young! 2) Some of the Whole is a collection of short…
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Cover Contest: Anna and the French Kiss
Cindy at Princess Bookie is at it again! This time she has a contest going to redesign the cover of Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. I want to read this book so badly I can taste it, so I knew I’d be participating in this one! Here is the original cover: and here is mine: What do you think? I was pretty happy with how it came out, although I wish the girl in the picture was smiling a little more :). Nonetheless, here is my creation and I hope it does well!
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An Interview with Steve Brezenoff
Today I’m quite smitten to be able to host Steve Brezenoff, the author of The Absolute Value of -1, to my blog! As you may remember, I absolutely loved his book. You can read my review if you would like to see how very much that is true. Well, in an effort not to be too terribly gushy, I’ll stop here and let Steve take the wheel! Below are his answers to some interview questions that I sent. Enjoy! 1) I always like to begin my interviews with a challenge. If you had to create a one sentence mission statement…
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A visit from Valia Lind
Today I am extremely fortunate to have Valia Lind, author of Simplicity, stopping by for a guest post! Please enjoy her amazing post on where her inspiration comes from! Valia…you have the floor. My inspiration: Life is like ocean waves. One minute you’re up, the next you’re down. We all go through ordeals that try us as individuals. Life is the messy bits of the big pictures. It’s made up of simple things that bring us to the victory that is always at the end. “The true beauty of a soul is the ability to love the simple things in…
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Blog Tour: Shadow Hills
I’m sure before I even type this you know who this author is, am I right? Yes my friends, Anastasia Hopcus and her gorgeous hair are visiting A Fanatic’s Book Blog today! If you recall, I LOVED Shadow Hills so very much. You can see my review here. I had the opportunity on this tour to ask her a few questions, so let’s get to the lovely Anastasia’s answers shall we? 1) How did the idea for Shadow Hills first come to fruition? I was interested in writing a YA novel set in a boarding school, but I wanted something…
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Cover Contest: Freefall by Mindi Scott
The lovely Cindy of Princess Bookie is at it again, this time hosting a cover contest for Freefall by Mindi Scott! If you remember, I loved this book to death. So of course I had to enter! Here’s the original cover for you to take a look at once again. What I loved about it was how simple it was, and once you read the book you understand why the cover looks like it does! I tried to make my cover as simple as possible also, but chose a little different color scheme. Okay now don’t laugh, it’s my first attempt…
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Author Interview: Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson
Today I am quite giddy to introduce two people who I find fabulous, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson! These two amazing men are the authors behind the upcoming book, The Familiars and as I’m sure you know it is a book that I cannot wait to read! Please give them a warm welcome, and let’s get started! 1) What inspired you to choose animals as your characters instead of people? The whole idea of writing about the familiars was born out of the fact that we were interested in telling a traditional fantasy story from a perspective that we…
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An Interview with Ivy Devlin
Today I’m fortunate enough to have the lovely Ivy Devlin stopping by to do an interview! Her debut book, Low Red Moon, releases September 14th and I can attest that it is amazing! My review will be going up tomorrow since I was lucky enough to win an ARC in a contest :). Psst…Low Red Moon just so happens to be the first prize in our reading challenge….just sayin’! 1) A challenge: Describe Low Red Moon in 10 words or less! Murder, grief, love–and secrets that could destroy everything. 2) Avery is such a unique name. How do you go about…