Dream Within A Dream

Today I have for you all an interview with Mercy Amare , indie author of the new YA/New Adult book, You Got Me ! This was a very fun interview to conduct and I hope you all enjoy it. :D ~~~~~~~~~~~~ TBP: Tell us a little bit about yourself. MA: My name is Mercy Amare. I am 23 years old from Arkansas. I wrote my first novel at age 14, it sucked, and since then I haven't stopped writing. Hundreds of songs included... I love to read! I love caffeine, specifically NOS Energy Drink. I also have an unhealthy addiction to the TV series: The Lying Game, Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, Gossip Girl, and Pretty Little Liars. TBP: Describe You Got Me in nine words or less. MA: Letting go of the past. Falling in love. TBP: What inspired you to write You Got Me ? MA: I have no idea, honestly. I was just at work one day, and the idea popped into my head! I started writing. Then stopped. Then changed the characters, A LOT, then re-wrote, and there you have it. :) Ideas usually come to me when I...

TBP: Tell us a little bit about yourself. CA: First, in spite of my name, I’m not a guy. I hope nobody’s disappointed, because I’m pretty pumped in general about being female. I’m one of those crazy people who always wanted to be a writer, ever since I could manage to hold one of those fat red pencils in my chubby little hand. I’m the daughter of a preacher and a teacher, who were always very encouraging and didn’t laugh at me when I said I wanted to grow up to be a famous writer and artist. (Obviously, this still remains to be seen.) I’m married to a really great guy who puts up with my creative Gemini, split-personality craziness, and we have two amazing daughters. In addition to writing, I sing, paint, draw, work at an independent bookstore, and do professional voice-overs (something I started doing back when I worked full-time in radio). Oh, and I have a 3-year-old miniature Australian shepherd named Layla. She’s my first dog ever, and I’m ridiculously smitten. TBP: Describe Being ...

Author Bio: Molly Cochran , author of the teen paranormal romances LEGACY and POISON, has written 26 published novels and four nonfiction books under her own name and various pseudonyms. Her books include New York Times bestselling novels GRANDMASTER and THE FOREVER KING, coauthored with Warren Murphy, and the nonfiction DRESSING THIN, also a NY Times bestseller. She has won awards from the Mystery Writers of America (Best Novel of the Year), the Romance Writers of America (Best Thriller), and the New York Public Library (Outstanding Books for the Teen Age). SEDUCTION, the third installment in the LEGACY series, is scheduled for release later this year through her publisher, Simon & Schuster. Two eBooks, THE TEMPLE DOGS and THE FOREVER KING, are currently available through online retailers. A third, GRANDMASTER, will be available soon. Molly has lectured extensively and has taught writing at the college level as well as at a women's prison (where she was NOT an inmate). She ...

Real Mermaids Don't Need High Heels Blog Tour Giveaway & Interview! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TBP: Tell us a little bit about yourself. HB: I write books for kids and teens from picture books like I DARE YOU NOT TO YAWN (Candlewick) to my REAL MERMAIDS series (Sourcebooks) for tweens. I grew up in a really large family on a small island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean where we had sleepovers on lobster boats, hiked to secret beaches, and got chased by wild cows through forest paths. Many of my books are inspired by the fun times I had growing up with my seven siblings and many cousins and friends. I’m a compulsive walker and train for half marathons and also love dark chocolate, bacon, and lemon Perrier water (in that order). TBP: What inspired the creation of your Real Mermaids series? HB: Water has always been a huge part of my life. My dad is a lobster fisherman and he used to take us on boat trips from our little island off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to the mainland wh...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forty Days Stephanie Parent Self-Pubbed February 12th, 2013 Neima's Ark, #1 Young Adult Synopsis The entire village knows Neima’s grandfather is a madman. For years the old man has prophesied that a great flood is coming, a flood disastrous enough to blot out the entire earth. He’s even built an enormous ark that he claims will allow his family to survive the deluge. But no one believes the ravings of a lunatic… …until the rain starts. And doesn’t stop. Soon sixteen-year-old Neima finds her entire world transformed, her life and those of the people she loves in peril. Trapped on the ark with her grandfather Noah, the rest of her family, and a noisy, filthy, and hungry assortment of wild animals, will Neima find a way to survive? With lions, tigers, and bears oh my, elephants and flamingos too, along with rivalries and betrayals, a mysterious stowaway, and perhaps even an unexpected romance, FORTY DAYS is not your grandfather’s Noah’s Ark story. FORTY DAYS is app...

Blaze (ARC) Laurie Boyle Crompton Sourcebooks Fire February 1st, 2013 14+ (YA) For review from publisher / netgalley. Synopsis via Goodreads Blaze is tired of spending her life on the sidelines, drawing comics and feeling invisible. She's desperate for soccer star Mark to notice her. And when her BFF texts Mark a photo of Blaze in sexy lingerie, it definitely gets his attention. After a hot date in the back of her minivan, Blaze is flying high, but suddenly Mark's feelings seem to have been blasted by a freeze-ray gun, and he dumps her. Blaze gets her revenge by posting a comic strip featuring uber-villain Mark the Shark. Mark then retaliates by posting her "sext" photo, and, overnight, Blaze goes from Super Virgin Girl to Super Slut. That life on the sidelines is looking pretty good right about now... Review When I accepted Blaze for review, I got the feeling that it was going to be one of those books that I'd either really like or really dislike. When acceptin...

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine . Wild Awake By Hilary T. Smith Katherine Tegen Books May 28th, 2013 Young Adult Synopsis via Goodreads Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away: 1. You will remember to water the azaleas. 2. You will take detailed, accurate messages. 3. You will call your older brother, Denny, if even the slightest thing goes wrong. 4. You and your best friend/bandmate Lukas will win Battle of the Bands. 5. Amid the thrill of victory, Lukas will finally realize you are the girl of his dreams. Things that actually happen: 1. A stranger calls who says he knew your sister. 2. He says he has her stuff. 3. What stuff? Her stuff. 4. You tell him your parents won’t be able to— 5. Sukey died five years ago; can’t he— 6. You pick up a pen. 7. You scribble down the address. 8. You get on your bike and go. 9. Things . . . get a little crazy after that.* *also, you fall in love, but not with Lukas. Both exhilarating and wrenc...

Emblaze Jessica Shirvington Sourcebooks Fire March 19th, 2013 The Violet Eden Chapters, #3 Young Adult Synopsis via Goodreads Once again Violet Eden faces an impossible choice ... and the consequences are unimaginable. Violet has come to terms with the fact that being part angel, part human, means her life will never be as it was. Now Violet has something Phoenix - the exiled angel who betrayed her - will do anything for, and she has no intention of letting it fall into his hands. The only problem is that he has something she needs too. Not afraid to raise the stakes, Phoenix seemingly holds all the power, always one step ahead. And when he puts the final pieces of the prophecy together, it doesn't take him long to realise exactly who he needs in order to open the gates of Hell. With the help of surprising new allies, ancient prophecies are deciphered, a destination set and, after a shattering confrontation with her father, Violet leaves for the islands of Greece without knowi...

Fuse Julianna Baggott Grand Central Publishing February 19th, 2013 Pure, #2 Young Adult Synopsis via Goodreads When the world ended, those who dwelled within the Dome were safe. Inside their glass world the Pures live on unscarred, while those outside—the Wretches—struggle to survive amidst the smoke and ash. Believing his mother was living among the Wretches, Partridge escaped from the Dome to find her. Determined to regain control over his son, Willux, the leader of the Pures, unleashes a violent new attack on the Wretches. It’s up to Pressia Belze, a young woman with her own mysterious past, to decode a set of cryptic clues from the past to set the Wretches free. An epic quest that sweeps readers into a world of beautiful brutality, Fuse continues the story of two people fighting to save their futures—and change the fate of the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to the publisher, I have one finished copy of Fuse by Julianna Baggott up for grabs! US & Canada only! a Rafflecopter giveaw...

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine . Charm & Strange By Stephanie Kuehn St. Martin's Griffin June 11th, 2013 Young Adult Synopsis via Goodreads Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself. He’s part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts all his classmates out, no matter the cost. But he’s also part Drew, the angry young boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who spent a fateful summer with his brother and teenage cousins, only to endure a family secret so painful it led three children to do the unthinkable. Over the course of one night, while stuck at a party deep in the New England woods, Andrew battles the pain of his past and the isolation of his present. Before the sun rises, he’ll either surrender his sanity to the wild thoughts inside his mind or learn that surviving can mean more than not dying. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This one sounds sooo good and mysterious,...

Hello dear readers! So, this is a sneak peek at what I am hoping to get read in the month of February. I already have one book under my belt, Weather Witch by Shannon Delany. With my ridiculous college course load and other personal activities, getting all of these read will be difficult but I'm certainly going to give it a go. I'm determined that I won't go MIA this semester as I have been so prone to do in the past since starting college. If you are curious to see what I've read in January, you can check out my left hand sidebar. Here is the official list for this month: Notes From Ghost Town by Kate Ellison Blaze by Laurie Boyle Crompton Being Henry David by Cal Armistead Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington Georgetown Academy by Jessica Etting & Alyssa Schwartz Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter Forty Days by Stephanie Parent Are any of these books you are hoping to read? Maybe you've already read some of them? 

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