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All YA Love: Giveaway & Guest Post by LM Preston
After reading so many books written by women with male main characters, I often wondered …how easy is it for a female author to write from a male’s perspective? Today, I am honored to have LM Preston stop by and provide some insight.
GIRL VS BOY: WHAT’s EASIER TO WRITE
Well, if you didn’t know it, I’m a female writer of young adult novels. My debut novel, Explorer X – Alpha’s main character was a male. A boy named Aadi that was fourteen years old is a stretch from a grown female writer that created him. For me though, writing a male was much more exciting than writing a female. My up coming book The Pack has a female, blind vigilante as the main character. Shamira was a lot harder for me to write than Aadi, simply because I take being female for granted.
Many authors I’ve met write …
All YA Love,Giveaways,LM Preston 
21 Apr 2010
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Bookish Eye Candy : Ethan Wate
Ok the results are in. We had 2 suggestions of who should play Ethan Wate. But before we get to that, another look at Beatuiful Creatures.
By: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.
In a town with no surprises, …
Bookish Eye Candy: Beautiful Creatures
This week on Bookish Eye Candy we are going to try something different. Instead of me just sharing a book and telling you who I would like to play the part , we are going to split it into 2 weeks. The first week I will post the book, and I would like you guys to share with me who you think should play the characters. Think of it kind of like a poll. Then the following week I will post a pic of the top suggested person, along with multiple pics of who I think should play the role. Sound good? Ok here is the first book we are going with:
Beautiful Creatures
By:
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that …
Review: The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Format read: ARC
Number of Pages: 336 pages
Release Date: Mar 16 2010
Publisher: Harperteen
Formats Available: Hardcover, ebook
Purchasing Info: amazon.com, bookdepository.com
Book Blurb:Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her “power” to sense dead bodies—or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world . . . and the imprints that attach to their killers.Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find dead birds her cat left for her. But now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he’s claimed haunt her daily, …
Kimberly Derting,Review,The Monster Lover 6 Apr 2010
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Review: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Format Read: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 480
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Formats Available: Hardcover, eBook, Audio
Purchasing Info: Author Website, GoodReads, BookDepository
Book Blurb:What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?
Samantha Kingston has it all—looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12th should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it’s her last. The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. In fact, she re-lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she had ever imagined.
My thoughts:One night Samantha Kingston was a typical teenager, out with friends. She was part of the ‘in’ crowd and everyone was headed to a house party. But on the …
Lauren Oliver,Review,The Monster Lover 24 Mar 2010
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Review: Bad Apple by Laura Ruby
Format Read: Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 247
Publisher: Harper Teen
Formats Available: Hardcover and Kindle Editions
Purchasing Info: Amazon, Author Website, GoodReads
*Some spoliers may be present in this review.*
Book Blurb:
Junior Tola Riley doesn’t care what people say about her. She knows her ever-changing hair color and goth clothes make her an easy target. Whatever. But the latest rumor is different…. The entire school believes she had an affair with her art teacher. The rumors may be a lie, but the fallout is all too real. Will Tola finally stand up for the truth?
With a heroine you’ll root for and a truly relevant story, Laura Ruby has once again brought the authentic teen experience to life for readers who relish dark humor and razor-sharp wit.
My Thoughts:
This is the story of a High School Junior named Tola Riley who is accused …
Laura Ruby,Review,The Random Lover 3 Mar 2010
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BOOKISH EYE CANDY: HAWK
Beyond The Highland Mist
Book 1 in the “Highlander” Series
By: Karen Moning
AN ALLURING LAIRD
He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistibly challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm’s length—but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve.
A PRISONER IN TIME
She had a perfect “no” on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite in her. Not even the …
Bookish Eye Candy,Karen Moning,The Cornered Lover 28 Feb 2010
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BOOKISH EYE CANDY : ADAM BLACK
Hey Everyone! *waves* Happy Sunday!!! It’s time for another Bookish Eye Candy. Today i bring with me one of my yummy Highlanders *sigh* i lurve me some highlanders!!! You can never get enough of a highlader!! So first a little about the book:
From the “Highlanders” Series
By: Karen Moning
BEWARE: lethally seductive alpha male of immense strength and dark eroticism, do not look at him. Do not touch him. Do not be tempted. Do not be seduced…
With his long, black hair and dark, mesmerizing eyes, Adam Black is Trouble with a capital T. Immortal, arrogant, and intensely sensual, he is the consummate seducer, free to roam across time and continents in pursuit of his insatiable desires. That is, until a curse strips him of his immortality and makes him invisible, a cruel fate for so irresistible a man. …
Bookish Eye Candy,Karen Moning,The Cornered Lover 21 Feb 2010
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