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Grammar Snufus by Karla Stover

Okay, here's the deal. When did people become "that" instead of "who?" I hear this on the radio on the TV ( and shouldn't news reporters know better )? and unless my memory is wrong, have even read it in places. Why? How hard is it to remember that people require a "who"? And here's another--myself instead of me. My boss did this all this time and it drove me crazy. Are we so afraid to  be in the spotlight that we have to say, "So-and-so and myself did such-and-so?"

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Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel Available May 13th Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Hardcover 248 pages Review e-ARC from publisher Contemporary YA/ Magical Realism ??? To buy links- Amazon / Kindle / BN / Book Depository / Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads -  A twisty story about love, loss, and lies, this contemporary oceanside adventure is tinged with a touch of dark magic as it follows seventeen-year-old Wendy Darling on a search for her missing surfer brothers. Wendy’s journey leads her to a mysterious hidden cove inhabited by a tribe of young renegade surfers, most of them runaways like her brothers. Wendy is instantly drawn to the cove’s charismatic leader, Pete, but her search also points her toward Pete's nemesis, the drug-dealing Jas. Enigmatic, dangerous, and handsome, Jas pulls Wendy in even as she's falling hard for Pete. A radical reinvention of a classic, Second Star is an irresistible summer romance about two young men who have yet to grow up--and the troubled beaut...

Blog Tour- The Dyerville Tales by M.P. Kozlowsky Review and Giveaway

I am always happy to be part of a tour with Walden Pond Press, but today I'm really excited. The Dyerville Tales Blog Tour features a giveaway of a signed hardcover book at each stop and reviews, guest posts and interviews. It also features a really fantastic Middle Grade book that I am so in love with. I would put it in any reader's hands. Make sure to follow the rest of the tour so you don't miss your chance to win a copy of The Dyerville Tales and read about the author and what others thought of this really enchanting tale. (see below) The Dyerville Tales by M.P. Kozlowsky Available NOW Walden Pond Press Hardcover 336 pages MG/ Fairytale/ Fantasy/Coming of Age Reviewed ARC from Publisher To Buy Links: Amazon / Kindle / BN / Book Depository/ Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads -  A young orphan searches for his family and the meaning in his grandfather's book of lost fairy tales in this stunningly original coming-of-age middle-grade fantasy Vince Elgin is an orphan, hav...

After The Book Deal Blog Tour Guest Post by Jonathan Auxier

So we have all read about an author’s struggles to get their books published, the numerous rejection letters, or in some cases 9 novels rejected and the tenth finally being THE ONE. We’ve heard of writer’s signing contracts while they are still in college. But what happens after that? Yeah they’re writing, especially if it’s a series, but what is really happening. Their lives are different now. Or maybe not.  What really happens after that first book is published. What does a writer do? When Jonathan Auxier’s literary agency approached me about being on this blog tour it was very timely. I had recently come back from a book signing where the question was asked “What was the most unexpected thing about being an author?” And each author answered that there was no manual, no path to follow for how their career was supposed to go. They said they had to learn to go with the ups and downs because three calls out of five from their agents could be great, but the next one could make their ...

Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend By Katie Finn

Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend #1 by Katie Finn Feiwel and Friends May 13th 2014 Hardcover 352 pages YA Contemorary/ Summer Read Reviewed E-ARC from Publisher To Buy Links- Amazon / Kindle / Audible / BN / Book Depository/   Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads-  Summer, boys, and friendships gone sour. This new series has everything that perfect beach reads are made of! Gemma just got dumped and is devastated. She finds herself back in the Hamptons for the summer—which puts her at risk of bumping into Hallie, her former best friend that she wronged five years earlier. Do people hold grudges that long?  When a small case of mistaken identity causes everyone, including Hallie and her dreamy brother Josh, to think she’s someone else, Gemma decides to go along with it. Gemma's plan is working (she's finding it hard to resist Josh), but she's finding herself in embarrassing situations (how could a bathing suit fall apart like that!?). Is it coincidence or is someone tr...

Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis

Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis Pajama Press  Hardcover 224 pages YA Contemporary/LGBT/Different Culture/Politics Review of E-ARC provided by publisher To Buy Link- Amazon / BN / Book Depository/ Indiebound Goodreads -  Fifteen-year-old Farrin has many secrets. Although she goes to a school for gifted girls in Tehran, as the daughter of an aristocratic mother and wealthy father, Farrin must keep a low profile. It is 1988; ever since the Shah was overthrown, the deeply conservative and religious government controls every facet of life in Iran. If the Revolutionary Guard finds out about her mother’s Bring Back the Shah activities, her family could be thrown in jail, or worse. The day she meets Sadira, Farrin’s life changes forever. Sadira is funny, wise, and outgoing; the two girls become inseparable. But as their friendship deepens into romance, the relationship takes a dangerous turn. It is against the law to be gay in Iran; the punishment is death. Despite their efforts to kee...

Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan- Book Sparks Summer Reading Challenge

As part of the Book Sparks Summer Reading Challenge I am reviewing a new release that you guys are going to love!!! It's smart, funny, and heart warming. I had a hard time putting it down. I think you will, too. Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan Available Now Dial Books  Hardcover 336 pages Contemporary YA To Buy Links: Amazon / Kindle / BN / Book Depository / Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads-    Perfect for fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell,  Love and Other Foreign Words  is equal parts comedy and coming of age--a whip-smart, big-hearted, laugh-out-loud love story about sisters, friends, and what it means to love at all. Can anyone be truly herself--or truly in love--in a language that's not her own? Sixteen-year-old Josie lives her life in translation. She speaks High School, College, Friends, Boyfriends, Break-ups, and even the language of Beautiful Girls. But none of these is her native tongue--the only people who speak that are her best friend St...

Third Daughter (The Dharian Affairs Trilogy #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

Third Daughter (The Dharian Affairs Trilogy #1) By Susan Kaye Quinn Available Now Self-Published Paperback 336 pages From author for review YA Steampunk/ Alt Universe/ Romance/ DIVERSE!!! To Buy Links: Amazon / Kindle / BN / Book Depository / Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads-  Skyships, saber duels, and lots of royal intrigue... and, of course, kissing. The Third Daughter of the Queen wants her birthday to arrive so she'll be free to marry for love, but rumors of a new flying weapon may force her to accept a barbarian prince's proposal for a peace-brokering marriage. Desperate to marry the charming courtesan she loves, Aniri agrees to the prince's proposal as a subterfuge in order to spy on him, find the weapon, and hopefully avoid both war and an arranged marriage to a man she does not love. Third Daughter is the first book in the The Dharian Affairs Trilogy (Third Daughter, Second Daughter, First Daughter). This steampunk-goes-to-Bollywood (Bollypunk!) romance that takes place...

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