The Bookish Brunette

Book Babble: I Rarely Read the Back of Books

BB Book Babble will be a mini mash-up version of the Time Warp posts and BB Thinking Too Hard posts – which haven’t been working out too well due to my spastic ADHD that frequently keeps me from completing any task lasting longer than TEN consecutive minutes. Babble… I RARELY read past the first… Continue Reading

#YACrushTourney #TeamGYP Updates

Nominations open from May 20 until May 25th!!! Tweet hashtag #YACrushTourney to support your fav YA authors!! My fav GYP boys are still tearing up the YA Crush Tournament TOP TEN in: Debut, Realistic Fiction, AND Indie categories!!! If you haven’t cast your vote – then head over there and CONTRIBUTE dude! I mean seriously… It’s not what your country can… Continue Reading

Book Review: A Different Blue by Amy Harmon

A Different Blue by Amy Harmon Published: Published March 29th 2013 Blue Echohawk doesn’t know who she is. She doesn’t know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn’t attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, when most kids her age… Continue Reading

Excerpt from THE LIBERTOR by Victoria Scott

Excerpt from THE LIBERTOR By Victoria Scott When I open my eyes, the sun is trying to murder me. It’s shining on my face and making my head pound. Or maybe it’s my hangover that’s giving me the headache, but nonetheless—me and the sun?—we’re not on friendly terms. Charlie murmurs beside me. My arms are… Continue Reading

Book Review: Dare You To by Katie McGarry

Dare You To (Pushing the Limits #2) by Katie McGarry Expected Pub: 5/28/2013 by Harlequin Teen Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. “Dance with me, Beth.” “No.” I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again…. “I dare you…” If anyone knew the truth… Continue Reading

YA CRUSH TOURNAMENT NOMINATIONS!

With multiple categories, including: INDIE, DEBUT, REALISTIC FICTION, and SPECULATIVE FICTION and then a March Madness style voting the crushes will face off one by one! Definitions and rules can be found in detail at YA CRUSH TOURNAMENT NOMINATIONS! – and nominations are at separate blogs!!! Debut: Pageturners Blog Realistic Fiction: Fictitious Delicious Speculative Fiction:… Continue Reading

Book Babble: Reading Fraud

Cover Reveal: Darkness Taunts by Susan Illene

(Cover By PhatPuppy Art) Darkness Taunts by Susan Illene (Book two of The Sensor Series) Expected Release Date: June 30th, 2013 Melena Sanders has managed to avoid all things inhuman for most of her life, but after coming to Fairbanks, Alaska to rescue her best friend from supernaturals she hasn’t been allowed to leave. That… Continue Reading

Book Review: Until I Break by M Leighton

Until I Break by M. Leighton Published: 5/12/2013 by M. Leighton Books “I’m intrigued. Tempted beyond what I’ve ever been before. To know her, to open her up. To break her.” In love, sometimes what you fear most is exactly what you need. Laura Drake is an author. She writes bestselling paranormal romances that continue… Continue Reading

Cover Reveal: More by Clare James

cover by PhatPuppy Art More by Clare James Expected publication: June 20th 2013 One summer. One chance to forget the past. One opportunity to make things right. There’s no denying the heat between Jules Taylor and Foster Sutton. They are two wild souls with a fire burning inside. Together, they create a hot and dangerous mix of… Continue Reading