RECOMMENDED: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry is $2.99 right now. It has tremendous emotion, angst, and teenagers dealing with adults things that are difficult and challenging – and all of those things can make for a polarizing reading experience. This book was a Book Club Pick in August 2012, and was nominated for a RITA® as well. From our RITA® Reader Challenge review by Staci: “this book pulled me in two very different directions. … Continue reading Books on Sale: Angst and Emotion with Katie McGarry, Julia Spencer-Fleming, and Katana Collins →
Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell is $1.99 today only at BN and Amazon. It's normally about $10 or more. This is a reissue of a 2002 novel – with people caught in a snowstorm, which is totally my catnip. When Nadia Kinsella meets Jay Tiernan, she's tempted. Of course she is. Stranded together in a remote Cotswold pub, with a snowstorm raging outside—let’s face it, who would ever know? But Nadia’s already met The … Continue reading Books on Sale: Jill Mansell, Katie McGarry and Robyn Carr Contemporaries →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by Staci. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Young Adult and Best First Book categories. The summary: No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with “freaky” scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry →
by SB Sarah · Aug 22, 2012 at 11:59 am ·
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It's time for the Book Club Chat for Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. Tonight at 9pm ET, the window below will go live with lots of discussion and some mayhem as we talk about the book, and anything else we come up with as well. Katie McGarry will join us at 10pm ET for a Q&A, and given the emotionally powerful content of the book, I'm betting there will be a lot of questions. I hope … Continue reading Sizzling Book Club Chat: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry →
RECOMMENDED: This entry is all historicals, but first, thanks to @ClinicCynic, heads up! The Amazon price fairy is clearly experimenting with strange numbers again. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry is .31c for the Kindle. This book has tremendous emotion, angst, and teenagers dealing with adults things that are difficult and challenging – and all of those things can make for a polarizing reading experience. This book was a Book Club Pick in August 2012, … Continue reading Books on Sale: Eloisa James’ Lady X, and Other Historicals You May Enjoy →
If I was a horrible person, I'd put some auto-play music right here, with trumpets and drumrolls and all those weird noises that sound like squeaky doors that announce TENSION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. But I'm no more a fan of autoplay music than anyone else (yuck), so I'll spare you (you're welcome!). Yet the fact remains: DABWAHA FINAL FOUR VOTING begins in less than 12 hours! At 12AM CT tomorrow, Saturday 5 April 2014, Captive … Continue reading The Countdown Begins: DABWAHA Final Four Begins in 12 Hours! →
Things to announce! 1. Last call for brackets for the tournament! Bracket entries for the DABWAHA tournament will close tonight, 19 March 2014, at 11:59pm ET. Yup, entry time is extended – I misread the NCAA schedule, which we try to adhere to, and they have two days of play-in matches. We just get down to business on the first day, 20 March 2014. To fill out your bracket, go to the tournament site, and click … Continue reading DABWAHA Update: Voting and Last Call for Brackets! →
There is some daily deal action today that's just lovely. Before I get to the rest of it, am I really missing something, or does the BN “Nook Daily Find” price not work until you've nearly purchased the book? The title for today is Salvage the Bones, but the price shows up as $8.99. A whole dollar off. Ten whole percents? That can't be right. But I can't get a lower price to show up unless … Continue reading Books on Sale: Outlander at Kobo Plus Twenty Romances from Harlequin for Your Kindle →
This week, many YA authors were discussing online the recent news that due to insufficient entries, the YA Romance category for the 2014 RITA® has been cancelled. Marni Bates wrote about her reaction, as did Diana Peterfreund. My reaction: Aw, bummer. I discover many terrific authors in the YA Romance category when we do the RITA® Reader Challenge each year, and end up with books I recommend for years afterward. This year I thought there were some … Continue reading YA Romance in 2013 →
At 1am Eastern, midnight Central, the voting began! Are you ready?! Round one is a big one, too, with Cecilia Grant's A Lady Awakened facing Courtney Milan's The Duchess War, and The Fault in our Stars by John Green going up against Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. And Unspoken and A Notorious Countess Confesses and… I have to go lie down now. Oy. Then, at 1pm Eastern, noon Central, the next set of polls go up! More voting! More Tweeting! … Continue reading It’s DABWAHA Voting Time! →
This week's top ten was heavily influenced by the Sourcebooks after-Christmas one-day sales, and by some good sale pricing on great books. I hope you picked up something awesome to read this week! Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | iBooks The Duke Is Mine (Happily Ever After) by Eloisa James | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | iBooks Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal by Grace …
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