I really have a nice bunch of posts to show you this week starting with a post by Lauren Kate (Author of Fallen), often people asks writing tips to authors and I think that post is definitely a good pointer. Show make sure to check out On Curiosity.
Yesterday, there was an awesome post over at Presenting Lenore about the Do's and Don'ts of author/bloggers interactions. Great advice for new bloggers!
Worried about the environment? Confessions of a bookworm posted about a very interesting initiative!
A new initiative from Germany called "Make it green!" is working to increase awareness of the environmental impact of carbon emissions, part of which is the gigantic carbon footprint left by internet use and more specifically, blogs. Part of their efforts will be focused on trying to neutralize the carbon footprint of blogs. Are you ready to help?
Write a short blog post about the program- “My blog is carbon neutral”, and place one of the buttons on your site! Send the link to your blog to CO2-neutral@kaufda.de and they'll plant a tree for you! Thus, you will have neutralized the carbon dioxide emissions of your blog!!!
Make sure to click the link above for more details!
and last but not least, Larissa from Book Lovers Inc started a discussion about The Price of Our Addiction, stop by to weight in your opinion!
“ When seventeen-year-old Jane Taylor witnessed her father’s death at age seven, something happened to her. Ever since, her thoughts have been consumed by death, going so far as to foresee the ever-changing deaths of those around her.
Sixteen-year-old Emily Taylor always resented her sister’s closeness with their father, who died when she was only six. Ever since she can remember, she’s had the strange ability to read minds, something her father held the key to. Left helpless, she drowns herself in a world of prescription drugs, sending her responsible older sister Jane – who acted as the mother her real mother refused to be – over the edge.
Seventeen-year-old Wes Green was adopted as a baby, left carelessly by parents that clearly did not love him. He moved in next door to Jane, sharing an alleyway window and finding in her a childhood friend that soon turned into his high-school crush. All summer, though, the pain that’s been wracking his body seemed to come with no explanation. He was done growing, was plenty healthy, and worked out regularly as a member of the wrestling team. When senior year starts, though, and the pain gets worse, the changes ahead of him are anything but what he expected, and far to animal for his taste.
When Max Gordon, doomed to be a teenager for the next thousand years, found himself standing above her dying body, he saw in her bright eyes something he hadn’t seen in the nearly one-hundred-years he’d spent roaming Earth. Her father was already dead, but there was a chance he could still save her from the wreck. Jane was her name, and she was only seven, but already she was all he ever wanted. It was his job to bring her back, but it was an act that could have been the biggest mistake of his life.
When four teens enter Glenwood High on an unseasonably cool day in September, no one but Max could understand the future that was ahead of them. Drawn together by blood and friendship, they each hide a dark secret that will soon help to bind them even closer.
When the one face Max hoped to never see again shows up on school grounds – his evil twin brother, Greg – he knows that coming back for Jane was the wrong thing to do. Finding that Greg already knows about Max’s attraction for Jane, Max finds he can no longer hope to leave again, afraid of what Greg will do.
Max has to protect Jane, Jane wants to be normal, Wes wants Jane to love him, and Emily just wants the voices to stop…
And Greg… he just wants everyone dead.”
How awesome does that book sound?
The official release is date May 1st, 2010 (Source being the author herself!)
“ For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her...until Patch comes along.
With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment.
But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is far more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.
For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.” –Book Cover
Nora is a normal teenager, she’s working hard at school to obtain a scholarship, and is enjoying herself with her best friend Vee. Everything will change when one random morning, Coach, the biology teacher, decided the change the seats chart and Nora ends up with Patch. New student, dark and mysterious Patch. From that exact moment, everything goes downhill. Nora has these creepy feelings of being stalked all the time, and Patch is hunting all her thoughts. She knows he is hiding something, she knows she should stay away from him: he seems so dangerous, but she can’t help herself. She needs to know more. Will curiosity kill the cat?
I love, Love, LOVE this book. Shame on me it’s been sitting on my to-be-read shelf for so long. Becca created in her debut novel a fantastic world where Bible myths collides with the modern society. Hush, hush is a tale full of mystery and suspense I guaranty you won’t be able to put down!
One of the strongest point of this book is the Characters. Nora seems to be an average girl, lives with her mom who seems to be away more than at home, her dad passed away not so long ago and she doing her best to keep everything afloat. I think Patch as the best description of her: “Intelligent. Attractive. Vulnerable.” Nora had never been interested in boys and she’s really confused in this whole new situation. Not only can’t she figure out what are her feelings for Patch, but Eliott, a new transfer, is also messing the cards trying to seduce her. Becca really managed to make the reader feel Nora’s confusion and it’s the key of this story. Where lies the truth? Who should she trust?
Patch is beyond awesome. Bad boy to the bones, cryptical and obscure. The perfect teenage girl fantasy. But will you be burnt if you get to close? He seems so perfectly confidant and in control, but is he really? You’ll have to jump on the Hush, hush wagon to find out, and you won’t be disappointed!
I really liked the mythology Becca used in her book, and how everything unfolds near the end. She keeps you in the dark for so long, and even though you have a vague idea of what’s going on it was nice to finally discover what it’s all about.
The end was great, there are so many suspects as to who’s following Nora, who might kill her, that it’s hard to put your finger on a culprit. I had guessed before the hand who was guilty, but it could have been anyone really. “The final battle” if I may call it that way, was fantastic. Fast-paced, full of adrenaline and surprises.
If you haven’t read that book yet, you really have to. It has everything young and not-so-young readers are looking for in a Young Adult novel. Romance, Action, Mystery and a Sexy Male Character *winks*.
" My parents always insisted that the nightmares weren’t real. They couldn’t be real. The scars that covered my neck and back proved otherwise.
For Jessica, sleep brings the terror of facing a council of angels and being sentenced for deeds she did not commit, deeds of the dead. Angels aren’t what most people believe them to be. They’re terrifying. To avoid the horror of the angels, she forces herself to sleep as little as possible. Jessica has no choice but to lead a life of isolation but when the house she lives in is abruptly taken control of by Alex Wright, things are going to have to change. She must try to hide the truth from him while living in the same house, and for the first time in her life, details linked to the nightmares are changing.
When Cole Emerson moves in next door, Jessica knows there is something different about him. He seems familiar in a frightening and foreign way. All he seems to want is Jessica.
While Jessica tries to sort out her feelings for two very different men, she becomes ill, something she has never experienced in her life. She soon realizes there is nothing she can do to stop the events that are quickly pulling her toward her own final judgment. " - Product description
Keary Taylor contacted me last month about her self-published book, Branded and generously offered a signed copy to a lucky follower!
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