tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584703751034442312024-03-06T00:45:28.053-08:00The Boundless Booklist"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" - Jorge Luis BorgesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00875866071741396585noreply@blogger.comBlogger400125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058470375103444231.post-74909059041251237082017-04-14T00:01:00.000-07:002017-04-14T00:01:14.579-07:00Excerpt and Book Trailer of Dating the It Guy by Krysten Lindsay Hager (with Giveaway!)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 25.68px;">Author:</span></b><span style="line-height: 25.68px;"> Krysten Lindsay Hager<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 25.68px;">Release Date:</span></b><span style="line-height: 25.68px;"> March 21, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Emme is a sophomore in high school who starts dating, Brenden Agretti, the popular senior who happens to be a senator's son and well-known for his good looks. Emme feels out of her comfort zone in Brendon's world and it doesn't help that his picture perfect ex, Lauren, seems determined to get back into his life, along with every other girl who wants to be the future Mrs. Agretti. Emme is already conflicted due to the fact her last boyfriend cheated on her and her whole world is off kilter with her family issues. Life suddenly seems easier keeping Brendon away and relying on her crystals and horoscopes to guide her. Emme soon starts to realize she needs to focus less on the stars and more on her senses. Can Emme get over her insecurities and make her relationship work? Life sure is complicated when you're dating the it guy. </div>
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<i>"</i>By the way, did you hear Lauren got into Senator Agretti's old school?"<br />
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Margaux snorted. "Duh, of course. Seriously, she might as well just pee on him to mark her territory."<br />
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Whatever. Anyway, the important thing is if Brendon knew she was applying there, " Margaux said. "Em, do you think he knew?"<br />
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I hoped Lauren was just trying to follow Brendon, but what if they had planned this whole thing while they were dating? What if he convinced her to apply there so they could go to college together, wear matching American flag sweaters with big scarves while drinking hot chocolate, and jump into leaf piles just like a preppy clothing catalog. At least now I didn't have to worry about them reciting poetry to one another in South Bend, but still, what if they had made plans to go to school together?<br />
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"Don't worry about it," Kylie said. "She was probably trying to follow him--like she always does. She's so pathetic."<br />
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Kylie was trying to make me feel better, but Lauren was far from pathetic. After all, she was pretty much the "Most Likely to Succeed" poster girl. While she was out overachieving and saving the world without messing up her perfect, bouncy hair, I was trying to get through each day. I tried to push away the image of Lauren and Brendon holding hands and drinking hot chocolate under a stadium blanket. </div>
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Besides mining her teen years and humiliating moments for her novels, Krysten is also a book addict who has never met a bookstore she didn't like. Krysten writes about friendship, self-esteem, fitting in, frenemies, crushes, fame, first loves, and values. She is the author of <i>True Colors, Best Friends...Forever?, Next Door to a Star, Landry in Like, </i>and <i>Competing with the Star (The Star Series: Book 2). </i>Her debut novel, <i>True Colors,</i> won the Readers Favorite award for best preteen book. Krysten's work has been featured in <i>USA Today, The Flint Journal, the Grand Haven Tribune, the Beavercreek Current, the Bellbrook Times </i>and on Living Dayton.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title: </b><i>Happily Ever After</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Release Date:</b> April 11, 2017<br /><b>Genres: </b>YA<b>, </b>Contemp, Romance</span></div>
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The end of one story is often the beginning of another. Hollywood heartthrob Brian Oliver and his Cinderella princess Ellamara Rodriguez have finally found love outside the digital world. But leaving their anonymity behind creates a whole new set of obstacles for the nation's new favorite sweethearts. With the stress of Brian's fame and the pressures of a new relationship weighing down on them, the It Couple quickly begins to wonder if they can hold on to their newfound joy, or if maybe <i>happily ever after </i>is only a fairy tale after all. </div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Hi Kelly! Thank you for taking the time to talk with us! Let’s start with a little bit about yourself.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s2">I love to read and I'm a ginger. </span><span class="s1">I wrote my first novel at age fifteen–a fan fiction about my favorite music group, The Backstreet Boys, for which my family and friends still tease me. I’m obsessed with reading, talk way too much, and like to eat frosting by the spoonful. I live outside of Phoenix, Arizona with my husband, four children, and my cat, Mr. Darcy. And we named his litter box Pemberly because it’s where he makes <i>ten thousand</i> (poops) a year!</span><span class="s2"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: small;">- I once competed in the Miss Michigan Teen USA pageant. (I did not win LOL.)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: small;">- I am credited as associate producer for the independent film </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: medium;">Amber Alert</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: small;">.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: small;">- I live for road trips. Best vacation I ever took was a three-week coast-to-coast-and-back drive with my father.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: small;">- The Backstreet Boys were my 1D in high school, and I was a total fangirl. I still have a whole collection of fan paraphernalia.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: small;">- I took both golf and bowling classes in college to fulfill my PE credits. (I still suck at both.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s2"><b>Where did you grow up? </b>Tell us a little of your childhood. </span><span class="s1">I grew up with two amazing, loving parents and a bunch of siblings that I only realized were amazing after I grew up and moved away from them. We moved around quite a bit, but I spent the majority of my life in Colorado, Michigan, and California. My childhood was crazy and chaotic at times but fun and full of love. I have no complaints.</span><span class="s2"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s2"><b>Do your family and friends read your books?</b> Some</span><span class="s1"> of them. The ones who enjoy reading do. I never expect people I know to read my work, and I only encourage them if I think they will genuinely enjoy my stories. As a writer, I know not everyone is going to love my work, but my friends and family don’t always believe me when I say it’s okay if they don’t like my books. I’ve had friends read my books because they were curious but who don’t normally read the YA romance genre and then they felt really bad when they didn’t like it. It’s really okay. But it’s also fun when someone I know comes up to me and says, “OMG I finally read one of your books and I loved it!”</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Um…. Actually, that would be a <i>who</i>, not a <i>what</i>. Who inspired me to write this book was my personal assistant Karie. Lol. No really. I get so many requests for a sequel or an epilogue to <i>Cinder & Ella</i>. I never planned to write one, but then Karie somehow talked me into it. She reminded me how much I love Brian and Ella, and got me all pumped up to write them again. You all owe this book to her because I wouldn’t have written it if not for her.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Hmm, Well, without giving away any spoilers, my favorite scenes were all the ones where Ella and Brian got some time to themselves. The two of them have a bit of a chaotic life in the book, and those moments where it slowed down and was just the two of them are my favorite. I think that’s why you really get to see Cinder & Ella shine. When nobody’s watching them, it’s easy to see why they’re so perfect for each other and remember why we love them so much.</span></span></div>
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Here's how last year's Gypsy Cob Music Festival should have gone. Lenora "Lenny" Ragno was supposed to rock her duet with her long-time crush, Jeb, during the open-mic competition. Then, swept up in the glow of success, he'd finally kiss her. Instead, Lenny choked on stage and spent the whole year dodging him online. And avoiding playing her fiddle in public. She thought her worst nightmare was behind her, but she was way wrong.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 25.68px;">Release Date:</span></b><span style="line-height: 25.68px;"> April 4, 2017</span></span><br />
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Who would have thought that a teenager could have a successful career creating makeup tutorial videos on YouTube? For Lacy Robbins, this dream has been her reality. An up-and-coming YouTuber, she has thousands of fans and can't wait for the day when her subscriber count reaches the one million mark. And when she is offered a high school internship at On Trend Magazine, she figures that this could be the make it or break it moment.<br />
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Beth Ellyn Summer writes contemporary young adult fiction that somehow always includes the following elements: fame, makeup, and television. She graduated from Long Island University with a degree in Print and Electronic Journalism. Interning for Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon was the highlight of her college years. When she's not writing, Beth can be found swatching eyeshadows, solving Wheel of Fortune puzzle, and playing with her adorable cat, Penny Belle. Beth lives on Long Island in a cookie cutter town that, in an ironic twist of fate, doesn't have a single decent bakery.</div>
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The last place you'd expect to find a team of criminals is at a prestigious Philadelphia prep school. But on a class trip to the U.S. Mint - which prints a million new coins every 30 minute - an overlooked security flaw becomes far too tempting for a small group of students to ignore.<br />
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<span class="s2">4. "July Flame" by Laura Veirs</span></div>
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<span class="s2">5. "So Insane" by Discovery</span></div>
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<span class="s2">6. "The Trial of the Century" by French Kicks</span></div>
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<span class="s2">7. "Hysteric" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs</span></div>
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<span class="s2">8. "Powerful Stuff" by Sean Hayes</span></div>
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<span class="s2">9. "Call It Off" by Tegan and Sara</span></div>
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<span class="s2">10. "Your Song" by Kate Walsh</span></div>
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<span class="s2">11. "Nicest Thing" by Kate Nash</span></div>
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<span class="s2">12. "Hyperballad" by Whitley</span></div>
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<span class="s2">13. "Syrup & Honey" by Duffy</span></div>
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Nothing ever happens in the small town of Copake Falls, and no one knows that better than sixteen-year-old Eden Day. Her life is a mundane carousal, rotating between caring for her alien obsessed aunt and dealing with her freak status at school. Until two brothers move into town and turn her life completely upside down.<br />
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Golden boy, Cardelian Foster is the talk of the town, and it seems his sights set on Eden. However, she finds herself drawn to the dark and elusive Jaxson instead. Caught between her fear of what he might be and her attraction to him, Eden makes it her mission to find out exactly who or what Jaxson Foster is. </span><span class="s2"><br />
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<span class="s1">For as long as Alice can remember, she has dreamed of Max. Together, they have traveled the world and fallen deliriously, hopelessly in love. Max is the boy of her dreams—and only her dreams. Because he doesn’t exist.</span></div>
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written over twenty-five novels for teens and adults. She is the author of the
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mythology and history, and her forthcoming series, The Glittering Court,
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world inspired by colonial America. A lifelong reader, Richelle has always had
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reality TV, traveling, trying interesting cocktails, and shopping for dresses
to wear on tour. She is a self-professed coffee addict, works in her pajamas,
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<span class="s1">@kikeronis Turns out the best opera camp in Indiana is more like boot camp. Goodbye, #GameofThrones #TheWalkingDead #ProjectEarth</span></div>
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I just wanted to take a quick few minutes and apologize for being inactive for the past few months! We had to move unexpectedly so I had to take a break from the blog as I've been super busy packing, unpacking, and finding a new job (ugh). But everything has finally settled down and I plan to get back into the swing of things in the next few days so expect some reviews and other related posts coming soon!<br />
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<span class="s1"><b>"Waiting On" Wednesday</b> is a meme hosted by <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span class="s2">Breaking the Spine</span></a> that spotlights upcoming releases we can not wait to read! This meme is the perfect way to add books to your TBR list. Along with upcoming releases, I sometimes include books that I have not had the chance to read or buy even if they have already come out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>This Is Where It Ends</i></b></span><br />
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