I decided it was time for a new look, so over the next few days I'm going to be playing around with the appearance and template of the blog. So if things look funky for the next little while, you know why.
In the meantime, if anyone has any comments/suggestions for things in the layout they would like to see, please leave me a comment and let me know!
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
2012 Book Battle: What do you want to see?
It's that time of year again! The 2012 YA Bloggers Book Battle is approaching it's third year this time around, and it's time to start preparations. (For those of you who are new to the battle, here's an introduction post I wrote in it's first year.) I sent an announcement about this yesterday to our Goodreads group, but for everyone else, here's the latest scoop.
Last year I tried something new by letting you, the blog readers, suggest ideas for the battle theme and then vote on which one you would like to see played out. It worked out really well, so I'd like to do it again this year.
So take this opportunity to tell me what theme you want to see. In 2010 we did a Debut Author Battle, and last year was Overlooked Books. There's been additional suggestions in the past about doing mini genre brackets, versus battles, and more. We've already got some great ideas coming in at the Goodreads group, but I want to get input from those of you who don't necessarily make it over there.
Leave a comment on this post with your battle ideas. If you'd prefer to remain anonymous, you can also submit your ideas via this Google form. Next week I will be putting up a poll so you can all vote on your favorite suggested idea.
Here's to another great year!
Last year I tried something new by letting you, the blog readers, suggest ideas for the battle theme and then vote on which one you would like to see played out. It worked out really well, so I'd like to do it again this year.
So take this opportunity to tell me what theme you want to see. In 2010 we did a Debut Author Battle, and last year was Overlooked Books. There's been additional suggestions in the past about doing mini genre brackets, versus battles, and more. We've already got some great ideas coming in at the Goodreads group, but I want to get input from those of you who don't necessarily make it over there.
Leave a comment on this post with your battle ideas. If you'd prefer to remain anonymous, you can also submit your ideas via this Google form. Next week I will be putting up a poll so you can all vote on your favorite suggested idea.
Here's to another great year!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Waiting on Wednesday: Back at Last!
Nothing like a Waiting on Wednesday post to get me back into the swing of things. Sorry this is going up a little late in the day. But it's still Wednesday, so here we go. Today's pick is:
A Breath of Eyre
by Eve Marie Mont
About the Book (from Amazon.com): "A scholarship student at an exclusive prep school, Emma Townsend feels like an outsider. Her stepmother doesn't come close to filling the void left by her mother's death. And her only romantic prospect - apart from a crush on her English teacher - is Gray Newman, a long-time friend who just adds to Emma's confusion. "Escape" comes in the old leather-bound copy of Jane Eyre that Emma receives as a gift. Then a lightning storm catapults Emma right into Jane's body and her nineteenth-century world. As governess at Thornfield, Emma experiences a sense of belonging she's never felt before, and a growing attraction to the brooding Mr. Rochester. Now, moving between two realities and uncovering secrets in both, Emma must decide whether her destiny lies in the pages of Jane's story, or in the unwritten chapters of her own..."
You know me, I love anything that makes an old story fresh. And that goes double for things like Jane Austen and the Jane Eyre. This is the first book of a proposed trilogy (I think?), and I'm really excited because the third one is going to be about The Phantom of the Opera.
And I know I gush about covers all the time, but I want that dress so bad.
The good news is, you don't have to wait too much longer to get your hands on this book. A Breath of Eyre will be released on March 27, just a week away. You can pre-order your copy now on Amazon though:
A Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont About the Book (from Amazon.com): "A scholarship student at an exclusive prep school, Emma Townsend feels like an outsider. Her stepmother doesn't come close to filling the void left by her mother's death. And her only romantic prospect - apart from a crush on her English teacher - is Gray Newman, a long-time friend who just adds to Emma's confusion. "Escape" comes in the old leather-bound copy of Jane Eyre that Emma receives as a gift. Then a lightning storm catapults Emma right into Jane's body and her nineteenth-century world. As governess at Thornfield, Emma experiences a sense of belonging she's never felt before, and a growing attraction to the brooding Mr. Rochester. Now, moving between two realities and uncovering secrets in both, Emma must decide whether her destiny lies in the pages of Jane's story, or in the unwritten chapters of her own..."
You know me, I love anything that makes an old story fresh. And that goes double for things like Jane Austen and the Jane Eyre. This is the first book of a proposed trilogy (I think?), and I'm really excited because the third one is going to be about The Phantom of the Opera.
And I know I gush about covers all the time, but I want that dress so bad.
The good news is, you don't have to wait too much longer to get your hands on this book. A Breath of Eyre
will be released on March 27, just a week away. You can pre-order your copy now on Amazon though:
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