Compulsion is a Fall ’14 Okra Pick from the Southern Indie Booksellers Alliance
What’s an Okra Pick you ask? See below: Columbia, SC — Fall is upon us, which means that it is time to pick some Okra! The Fall 2014 Okra Picks have just been announced–the best southern lit, fresh off the vine. All the chosen books have a strong Southern focus and are published between October and December, 2014, and all of them have fans among Southern indie booksellers; people who are always looking out for the next great writer who should be on your plate and in your TBR stack. So it is very likely the next time you...
read moreFour October Pick Any YA Giveaways with MEGA Grand Prize
Because this is the month that COMPULSION will release, I’ve decided to up the game on the Grand Prize — so check out this beautiful batch of books: That will be a signed, finished copy of COMPULSION, by the way. Hot off the press! : ) Enter to win the Grand Prize below, or enter for any (or all!) of the October Pick ANY YA Novel giveaways and you’ll get an automatic entry for the grand prize, too. Four winners will get to choose any YA novel they like — no restrictions. It doesn’t have to be one of those...
read moreWinners Picked for all September Giveaways!
The winners are all posted for the four September Pick Any YA novel giveaways. Here they are! Thanks for entering everyone and checking out the wonderful blogs who were kind enough to host these for me! Winners: The YA Buzz – Erin Sawyer Fiktshun – Merisha Abbott The Book Cellar – Tayte Hunter Once Upon a Twilight – Cassandra Ponce I’ve also got a winner for the signed set of Veronica Rossi’s complete, and completely gorgeous, Under the Never Sky trilogy, plus an ARC of Compulsion plus a Tiffany-style key...
read moreAugust Giveaway Winners!
Congrats to the winners of all the August giveaways! Shatter Me Trilogy, Compulsion ARC, Necklace, Bookmark Kira Budge Pick Any YA – Literary Rambles Jessica Lee Pick Any YA – Swoony Boys Tori Shultz Pick Any YA – Fiction Fare Michelle Taylor Pick Any YA – A Book and a Latte K.P. Knupp All winners have been notified and asked to pick their books! : ) You didn’t win? There are more chances coming up in August! Four September Pick Any YA Giveaways and Grand Prize of Signed Under the Never Sky Series...
read moreSeptember Giveaways Are Up!
The count-down is starting. Compulsion is less than two months away, so I’ve got a huge giveaway planned for next month, and you can already get in on the action by going to CompulsionToRead.com. But in the meantime . . . : ) I’ve got a signed set of Veronica Rossi’s complete, and completely gorgeous, Under the Never Sky trilogy, plus an ARC of Compulsion plus a Tiffany-style key necklace like Barrie wears AAAAND . . . a bookmark. Also. there are four Pick Any YA Giveaways, complete with assorted interviews, excerpts,...
read moreReview of COMPULSION Makes It Into SLJ’s What’s Hot in YA
LOVED (i.e., died!) seeing the review and cover of Compulsion on the School Library Journal’s fall round-up: Novels in Verse, Literary Street Lit, and High-Interest Nonfiction | What’s Hot in YA Thanks, SLJ! : )
read moreIn the News — Compelling Reads Tour at Malaprop’s
Here’s a great article at Publisher’s Weekly on Beth Revis’ creative use of pre-order incentives and the amazing way that Malaprops bookstore in Asheville, NC is working with authors to create buzz and preorder excitement. Plus they’re kind enough to mention the Compelling Reads tour and Compulsion! :...
read moreExcited to Announce the COMPELLING READS TOUR!
Fourteen Events . . . Seventeen YA Authors . . . Come talk about the books that made you love to read and find compelling new reads to love! Q&As, Signings, and Door Prizes at Every Stop! Also see http://CompellingReadsTour.blogspot.com for writing prompts and stories! 10/25/14: Fairfax, VA — SOUTHERN KISSES AND SPANISH MOSS 1:00 PM, Barnes and Noble, Fair Lakes Promenade 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Drive Fairfax, VA 22033 703-278-0300 Come talk murder, southern culture, setting as character, and sultry, swoony kisses with authors...
read moreAugust Giveaways
Enter any or all of the August Pick Any YA Novel Giveaways at the following blogs to get an instant Grand Prize entry as well: Fiction Fare Giveaway and Interview Swoony Boys Podcast A Book and a Latte Literary Rambles Or enter the following Grand Prize Rafflecopter directly: a Rafflecopter giveaway ...
read moreJuly Giveaway Winners!
Congrats to the winners of all the giveaways I did in July in honor of Compulsion. Pick any OneFour Kidlit YA or MG novel Jennifer Lancaster Pick any YA novel Fantasy Ink Amy Parker Pick any YA novel Reading Teen Natasha Donohoo Pick any YA novel Two Chicks on Books Elisabeth Castro Pick any YA novel Writer for Misfits Brittany Todd August Grand Prize: Signed ARC of Compulsion, Key Necklace, Bookmark, The Taking by Kimberly Derting, Prophecy and Warrior signed by Ellen Oh Daphne Trumps All winners have been notified and asked to pick their...
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