Feature for March 7, 2014 – Question. Recommend some of your favorite back-list books – books that are at least a few years old (I’m thinking 5-10 years old rather than classics). Julie: Here are some of my favorites that were published in the 2000s. The Thirteenth Tale Setterfield, Diane The Forgotten Garden Morton, Kate My Soul […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a brand new meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Rose’s Quote: You are the one girl that made me risk everything for a future worth having. –Alex to Brittany (Perfect Chemistry by: Simone Elkeles) I like this […]
Author Interview: Michelle Madow What do you do when a new idea jumps out at you while you’re still working on a book? Do you chase the squirrel (aka “UP syndrome”) or do you finish your current project first? I naturally love finishing projects I start, so I’m very focused on completing a book […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Popular Authors I’ve Never Read Julie’s List of Top Ten Popular Authors I’ve Never Read: So this is a list of some very famous authors I’ve heard of (and some who’s books I actually *own*) […]
Julie’s Review: I’m not really sure what to make of All The Truth That’s In Me. I definitely did not find it “riveting” as the audiobook cover quote says, and based on the other reviews I see on Goodreads, it might just be me. The narrator did a good job, and the writing was very […]
Do you like when author’s list their musical muses? Do you listen to author’s playlists? Rose: I first realized that authors sometimes had playlists for the books they had written when I visited Stephenie Meyer’s website a number of years back. She included an entire playlist of the songs she had listened to while writing. I […]
Feature for February 28, 2014 – Change the Plot. If you could, what book would you change the ending or a plot thread? Go ahead and do it…change it. Julie: If I could change the plot ending of any book it would be Gone Girl. The book was so crazy and it definitely can give you […]
Fifty First Times: A New Adult Anthology Published by: Avon ImpulsePublication date: February 25th 2014Genres: New Adult Twitter: https://twitter.com/FiftyFirstTimes Synopsis: You always remember your first time… Whether it’s the couple who decides not to go through with it, the two boys who finally aren’t ashamed, the newlyweds whose wedding night could very well be their last night together, the […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a brand new meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Rose’s Quote: Memphis started to say something clever- ‘Why? You’re already the best-looking girl in town’- but didn’t. It would seem like charm, and he didn’t want to […]
Julie’s Review: Starters has a very Dollhouse feel to it, so I was immediately intrigued. We have a post-war world where only the young and the very old survived because they were the first to be vaccinated. In this world, the “Enders” aka the elderly actually live about double our normal life-span, and now they […]