Last month, I published an open letter to (bad) publicists and (uninformed) authors. I wasn’t surprised by the number of comments from other book bloggers lamenting the same thing when it comes to untargeted pitches. A few days after publishing the post, I received an impressive email pitch from Doubleday/Knopf publicist Jillian Wohlfarth. This email …

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Epic Fail Author: Claire LaZebnik Goodreads| Amazon| Author Website When Elise Benton and her family move from the East Coast all the way to sunny California, Elise never expected that life in the Golden state could be so different than what she’s used to. For one thing, at Coral Tree Prep, her new school, kids of celebrities …

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In My Mailbox, started by Kristi from The Story Siren is an awesome weekly meme to post what books we’ve received this week; whether it was sent for review from a publisher, purchased at a book store, borrowed from the library, or won from a giveaway. It’s vlog time again! I haven’t done an In My Mailbox …

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Happy Book Blogger Appreciation Week! Have you hugged a book blogger yet today? I haven’t had the chance to join in all of the great discussion topics each day this week, so today, I decided to do an abbreviated version of four of the discussion posts. Two bloggers who have made blogging a unique experience …

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-It’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week. I am SO excited for a few of my favorite book blogs who took home some pretty awesome awards. Congratulations to: Forever Young Adult who won Best Young Adult Book Blog: If you don’t already read these crazy hilarious ladies, you are seriously missing out! Their recaps of Pretty Little Liars are …

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Today, I’m participating in Waiting on Wednesday, a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. This event highlights the upcoming releases that we are eagerly awaiting! Today, I am waiting for… Ruthless by Sara Shepard (December 6, 2011 by HarperTeen) Do I even need a reason for wanting to read this one? Clearly, …

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Shut Out Author: Kody Keplinger Goodreads| Amazon| Author Website Lissa is sick and tired of her quarterback boyfriend Randy ignoring her come football season due to Hamilton High’s long time rivalry between the football players and the soccer players. Lissa sends out an email to the girlfriends of the football and soccer players and comes …

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