Happy Book Birthday to These Brand New Books! 🎉
Whether you like cute, contemporary romance or creepy, murderous thrillers, we’ve got you covered. ❤️🔪💯
The princess didn’t expect to fall in love... with her nemesis.
Princess Sepora of Serubel is the last Forger in the five kingdoms. The spectorium she creates provides energy for all, but now her father has found a way to weaponize it, and his intentions to incite war force her to flee his grasp. When she escapes across enemy lines in to the kingom of Theoria, her plans to hide are thwarted when she is captured and placed in the young king’s servitude.
Tarik has just taken over rulership of Theoria, and he must now face a new plague sweeping through his kingdom and killing his citizens. The last thing he needs is a troublesome servant vying for his attention. But Mistress Sepora will not be ignored. When the two finally meet face-to-face, they form an unlikely bond that complicates life in ways neither of them could have ever imagined.
Sepora’s gift could save Tarik’s kingdom from the Quiet Plague. But should she trust her growing feelings for her nemesis, or should she hide her gift at all costs?
THE WINNING KISS
Celebrating Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Kiss
And all the best kisses in your favorite books.
Anne and Gilbert? Elizabeth and Darcy? Eleanor and Park? What’s your favorite literary kiss?
In this blog tour celebrating Marie Rutkoski’s upcoming conclusion to The Winner’s Trilogy, The Winner’s Kiss, bloggers share their own favorite literary kisses. (And you can join in and share yours, too, with the hashtag #TheWinnersKiss!)
Monday, January 11th – Adventures of a Book Junkie
Tuesday, Jaunary 12th – Bookshelfery
Wednesday, January 13th – Andi’s ABCs
Thursday, January 14th – Miss Print
Friday, January 15th – Jenuine Cupcakes
Saturday, January 16th – The Quiet Concert
Sunday, January 17th – Icey Books
Monday, January 18th – Book Rock Betty
Tuesday, January 19th – Forever YA
Wednesday, January 20th – Love is Not a Triangle
Thursday, January 21st – Art, Books, & Coffee
Friday, January 22nd – Belle of the Literarti
Saturday, January 23rd – Step Into Fiction
Sunday, January 24th – Swoony Boys Podcast
Monday, January 25th – The Windy Pages
Tuesday, January 26th – Bookish Lifestyle
Wednesday, January 27th – YA Bibliophile
Thursday, January 28th – Fiction Fare
Friday, January 29th – Across the Words
Saturday, January 30th – The Book Addict’s Guide
Sunday, January 31st – Teen Lit Rocks
Monday, February 1st – Addicted 2 Novels
Tuesday, February 2nd – My Friends Are Fiction
Wednesday, February 3rd – What Sarah Read
Thursday, February 4th – YA Book Queen
Friday, February 5th – The Irish Banana Review
Saturday, February 6th – Reading with ABC
Sunday, February 7th – WinterHaven Books
Monday, February 8th – Falling for YA
Tuesday, February 9th – The Eater of Books
Wednesday, February 10th – Supernatural Snark
Thursday, February 11th – Michelle & Leslie’s Book Picks
Friday, February 12th – The Hiding Spot
Saturday, February 13th – BookHounds YA
Sunday, February 14th – Novel Novice
Monday, February 15th – Bookish Antics
Tuesday, February 16th – A Backwards Story
Wednesday, February 17th – Lost in Ever After
Thursday, February 18th – Lost in a Great Book
Friday, February 19th – A Thousand Lives Lived
Saturday, February 20th – Esther’s Ever After
Sunday, February 21st – Out of Time
Monday, February 22nd – Me on Books
Tuesday, February 23rd – Ryley Reads
Wednesday, February 24th – BookCatPin
Thursday, February 25th – Empress of Books
Friday, February 26th – Jaimiesam
Saturday, February 27th – A Cupcake and a Latte
Sunday, February 28th – A Glass of Wine
Monday, February 29th – Swept Away by Books
Tuesday, March 1st – The Book Wars
Wednesday, March 2nd – Stuck in YA Books
Thursday, March 3rd – Hiver & Café
Friday, March 4th – Candid Cover
Saturday, March 5th – Burning Impossibly Bright
Sunday, March 6th – Read. Sleep. Repeat.
Monday, March 7th – Just Another Story
Tuesday, March 8th – Kinderlit
Wednesday, March 9th – Chapter by Chapter
Thursday, March 10th – Padfoot’s Library
Friday, March 11th – Working for the Mandroid
Saturday, March 12th – Ex Libris Kate
Sunday, March 13th – Bookiemoji
Stay tuned for lots of kissing!
How To Say I Love You Out Loud - Blog Tour
The newest book from swoonreads HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU OUT LOUD by Karole Cozzo comes out on August 4th!
Check out reviews, excerpts, author interviews, and more on the blog tour happening July 27th-August 14th.
HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU OUT LOUD:
When Jordyn Michaelson’s autistic brother joins her at her elite school, she’s determined not to let anyone know they’re related. Even if that means closing herself off to all her closest friends, including charming football stud Alex Colby. But despite her best intentions, she just can’t shake the memory of kissing Alex last summer, and the desire to do it again.
Can Jordyn find the courage to tell Alex how she really feels—and the truth about her family—before he slips away forever?
GLBT Month: Sandy Hall guest post
For our continued observance of GLBT Month, Sandy Hall, author of A Little Something Different, shares her views on the importance of including GLBT characters in her books.
I’ve had the opportunity to speak to a lot of high school creative writing and English classes over the past six months. I’ve had the opportunity to speak to a lot of different groups, actually, but there’s something so very special about speaking to high school students.
For starters, they’re the audience I was targeting when I wrote A Little Something Different. But what I didn’t realize as I wrote the story was that I would crave their feedback. I want to hear what teenagers think of A Little Something Different more than any other age group, good or bad.
But it was during one of those creative writing classes that a girl raised her hand, almost like a wave. It wasn’t shy, but it wasn’t bold, it was like, “Hey, if you have a second, I have something to say.”
When I looked over at her to acknowledge her casual hand-raise, I smiled and she grinned back widely. “I don’t really have a question,” she said. “But I wanted to thank you for writing about Inga and Pam. I’ve never read any other books about adult lesbians and, well, it gave me something to look forward to. So thanks.”
I was instantly teary-eyed. I had worked hard on Inga and Pam. They were easily my favorite (human) characters in the book.
During the planning process for A Little Something Different, I had come to a sort of terrible realization. After I decided to make the professor and the professor’s spouse women, I sat there trying to think of other young adult novels with adult lesbian characters and came up empty handed. Young adult books were my forte. I was a teen librarian for goodness sake! I should have been able to think of books that had adult lesbian characters.
I’m not saying there aren’t any books out there featuring adult lesbian characters, but where I could come up with books off the top of my featuring adult gay men, the same wasn’t true for women. There’s a hole there in YA lit and I wanted Inga and Pam to help fill it.
Long story short: diversity matters. It’s not too much to ask for, to lose yourself in a book and find someone you relate to within its pages. Everyone deserves that, but especially teenagers. It’s time to help them find pieces of their identity anyway we can. And I hope that’s what I’m doing with every book I write.
- Sandy Hall
This isn’t just another vampire story...
After losing both her parents before age seventeen, aspiring designer Caitlin Holte feels like her whole world has been turned upside down, and that was before the terrifying encounter with a supernatural force. Then, she learns that her hot bad-boy neighbor, Adrian—who might have just saved her life—is actually a half-demon vampire. Suddenly Caitlin is stuck with a vampire bodyguard who feels that the best way to protect her is to become her pretend boyfriend. Trouble is, Caitlin is starting to fall in love for real, while Adrian can never love a human. Caitlin trusts Adrian to keep her safe from his demon father, but will he be able to protect her heart?
Seeing someone reading gives them at least 3 points on the hot scale...
Reading is sexy
Don’t even try to lie to yourself... this IS the cutest book cover ever!
Haven’t you always wanted to choose the cover for a book? Now’s your chance!
Love is in the air...
No matter how you feel about Valentine's Day these amazing books will have you feeling the love.
Get ready for SAVE ME! A paranormal romance that will have your heart racing!
Who's ready to sink into the SAVE ME romance?
Who is this guy, and why does he make her feel like this?