Tag: young adult

I amaze myself sometimes, I really do.

Someone was asking about the possibilities of having their book trailer included in a countdown timer widget. I got a little curious after that request and started messing around.. and Yes, this yes I can do this. I’m quite pleased with the results too. 🙂 Check it out below!! Would any authors be interested in something like this to display on their site? If so, please let me know! 🙂 Here is one using a video hosted on Facebook. Here is one using a video hosted on Youtube. Here is the same thing but with a video hosted on a server.

Sneak Peek @ Titans by Victoria Scott

Are you guys excited for Titans by Victoria Scott? WE are! Here is a sneak peek at Titans!! [pdf-embedder url=”http://mereadalot.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TitansSneakPeek.pdf” width=”500″] Title: Titans Author: Victoria Scott Release Date: February 23rd, 2016 Add to Goodreads. Pre-Order Links: Amazon | B&N| TBD | IndieBound From Victoria Scott, author of FIRE & FLOOD, comes a thrilling story of impossible odds. Ever since the Titans first appeared in her Detroit neighborhood, Astrid Sullivan’ s world has revolved around the mechanical horses. She and her best friend have spent countless hours watching them and their jockeys practice on the track. It’ s not just the thrill of the race. It’ s the engineering of the horses and the way they’ re programmed to seem so lifelike. The Titans are everything that fascinates Astrid, and nothing she’ ll ever touch. She hates them a little, too. Her dad lost everything betting on the Titans. And the races are a reminder of the gap between the rich jockeys who can afford the expensive machines to ride, and the working class friends and neighbors of Astrid’ s who wager on them. But when Astrid’ s offered a chance to enter an early model Titan in this year’ s derby, well, she decides to risk it all. Because for a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, it’ s more than a chance at fame or money. Betting on herself is the only way she can see to hang on to everyone in the world she cares about. STEAL THIS […]

Final Excerpt for Victoria Scott’s SALT & STONE + Giveaway

Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott Series: Fire & Flood #2 Release Date: February 24th, 2015 Pages: 320 Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Pre-Order: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | TBD Excerpt I swallow and stare at him in the dark, my entire body itching to feel his touch. When I see the anticipation in his stance, the way he looks at me as if I’ m both infuriating and appealing — it makes me feel powerful. But when he takes a step in my direction, that power plummets to some place untouchable. Now I’ m a seventeen-year-old girl again, standing in the shadows with someone who feels like he’ s lived three lives to my one. “Come with me,” he orders. There’ s no room for refusal, and I don’ t want there to be. He takes my hand to help me step over sleeping bodies, both human and Pandora. When I stumble, he leans over and sweeps beneath my knees. I’ m brought into his arms with the same ease I may use to curl a rabbit to my chest. But I’ m not such an innocent, silent creature. I’ ve got spirit and fire in spades. Though, right now, as he carries me to the single back bedroom, I have neither. I’ m somebody else now. I’ m Tella Holloway, Boston girl turned Montana transplant, sitting on the edge of her bed, awaiting her very first date with the boy who makes her parents uneasy. A boy who doesn’ t speak nearly enough, but […]

Cover Reveal: Sweet Temptation by Wendy Higgins (Countdown + Giveaway!)

Sweet Temptation by Wendy Higgins Series: The Sweet Trilogy Release Date: September 8th, 2015 Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Pre-Order: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | Kobo | TBD Bad boy Kaidan Rowe has never wanted for anything—money, popularity, musical talent…hot girls—but seducing them is part of his duty as a Nephilim, slave to the demon Dukes. As the son of the Duke of Lust, Kaidan has learned his father’ s ways, becoming a master of passion, a manipulator of chemistry. Disobeying his father would mean certain death. Thankfully for Kaidan, he’ s good at his job. And he enjoys it. Until he meets Anna Whitt—sweet, smart, feisty, and inexplicably good—the one girl seemingly immune to his charms. The daughter of a guardian angel and a fallen one, she has a certain power over him, one that makes him wish for more than he could ever deserve. Determined to save all the Neph from their dark lives as the influencers of sin, Anna joins forces with Kaidan to overcome the demons’ oppressive ways. In the light of her affections, Kaidan must undergo his toughest test of all, a battle of the heart. Sensual and swoon worthy, this companion volume to the acclaimed Sweet Evil series from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins, told from the perspective of the irresistibly sexy and mysterious Kaidan Rowe, gives readers revealing insights into his struggle, his intense connection to Anna, and most of all, the true emotions that drive him. Author Note: Sweet Temptation will encompass the entire trilogy in a condensed version, […]

Vote for your Favorite Reads of 2014

Vote for your FAVORITES OF 2014! We took your votes last year for the Best Reads of 2013 and we’re doing it again this year!! Regina and I both know what our favorite books of 2014 were but we would really like to know what YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS of 2014 were! Please take our polls below and tell us what your faves of 2014 were. You’ll notice we listed a few books already but please feel free to use the “Other” option to write in your votes! When writing in your vote, please list The Book’s Title and Author (Don’t forget to add this information and the Character’s name when filling out the “Best Book Boyfriend” category as well!) or else your vote won’t be counted in the final tally! Also we are looking for Books (or Book Boyfriends from Books) released in the year 2014 ONLY. Books or Book Boyfriends from books released prior to 2014 will be deleted. Please vote your favorites of 2014! After voting, please enter for your chance to win a $10 gift card from either Amazon or Barnes & Noble (Your choice!) to get free books!!! We’re also going to give away a some of the winning books to a couple of lucky people!! You guys have until Sunday (1/4/15), Midnight to vote! [yop_poll id=”1″] [yop_poll id=”2″] [yop_poll id=”3″] [yop_poll id=”4″] [yop_poll id=”5″] [yop_poll id=”6″] Giveaway a Rafflecopter giveaway

Cover Reveal: Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott (Countdown + Giveaway!)

Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott Series: Fire & Flood #2 Release Date: February 24th, 2015 Pages: 320 Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Pre-Order: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | TBD In Fire & Flood, Tella Holloway faced a dangerous trek through the jungle and across the desert, all to remain a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed for a chance at obtaining the Cure for her brother. She can’t quit–she has to win the race, save Cody, and then fight to make sure the race stops before it can claim any more lives. In the next legs of the race, across the ocean and over mountains, Tella will face frostbite, sharks, avalanche, and twisted new rules in the race. But what if the danger is deeper than that? How do you know who to trust when everyone’s keeping secrets? What do you do when the person you’d relied on most suddenly isn’t there for support? How do you weigh one life against another? The race is coming to an end, and Tella is running out of time, resources, and strength. At the start of the race there were one hundred twenty-two Contenders. As Tella and her remaining friends start the final part of the race, just forty-one are left–and only one can win. Countdown to Salt & Stone Countdown to the release of SALT & STONE on your blog/site with our nifty countdown widget! Get the embed code below! 😉 Fire & Flood Paperback Cover Salt & Stone isn’t the only cover being revealed. The […]

Are you #TeamZayne or #TeamRoth?

Today the STONE COLD TOUCH was released! Jennifer has given us the chance to decide who LAYLA will end up with in EVERY LAST BREATH. Who do you want to see her with? Are you #TeamZayne or #TeamRoth? It’s up to YOU to decide! You can cast your vote at The Dark Elements Series website! Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iTunes | Book Depository The Dark Elements Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout Erin’s review for Bitter Sweet Love. Erin’s review for White Hot Kiss. Jennifer L. Armentrout is the USA TODAY Bestselling author of the adult romance Gamble Brothers’ series, the young adult Lux Series and award winning Covenant Series. She pretty much writes everything—contemporary, paranormal, and fantasy. All of her books have one thing in common no matter the name or genre: kissing… and stuff. When she’ s not busy writing, which is never, she’ s usually hanging out with dog Loki, watching reruns of The Walking Dead, or procrastinating on the Internet. Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

Book Babe Battle Royale NOMINATIONS

Hey everyone!! Remember when we did the Book Boyfriend Battle Royale? Remember how fun it was? Well we are going to try and do this again with the FEMALE characters of your favorite books! I’m going to be taking nominations until October 25th, 2014. We need to get at least 32 YA Book Babe nominations and 32 NA/Adult Book Babe Nominations. I’ve decided with the Book Babe Battle that we will be doing YA vs NA/Adult book babes. After nominations have closed I will be looking for CHARACTER ADVOCATES. A character advocate is someone who, along with the other fans of said character, cheer on their favorite book babe in the tournament. You guys will be the Character’s cheerleaders! You will promote your character via your social networks, blogs, etc. In addition to the Tournament between the characters we will also be having a BRACKET CHALLENGE like what was done with the Book Boyfriend Battle Royale. If you weren’t involved in our Book Boyfriend Battle Royale earlier this year, think MARCH MADNESS with brackets that anyone can fill out and join in the competition. We will be looking for authors or fellow book bloggers to help sponsor the prize pack for the person with the winning bracket at the end of the Tournament. If you’re interested in donating swag, books, ebooks, etc. to the prize pack, please feel free to contact us. Anyone who donates to the prize pack will have their blog banners/books(w/ buy links) displayed throughout the tournament […]

ARC Review: Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

WARNING: Do not attempt to start this book at night before you go to bed. If you do, YOU WILL BE UP ALL NIGHT LONG. This book will not allow you to put it down once you start reading. This book is about a girl who finds herself wandering down a road covered in blood. She doesn’t have any clue as to where she’s at, why she’s there and who she even is. She finds out her name is Sam and she’s been missing for FOUR DAYS. She disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, whom still hasn’t been found. Unfortunately Sam’s memories of that night or any night before that are missing as well. Once I started reading this book, I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. I lost track of time.. what only seemed like minutes instead were hours. I realized it was 2am and not 11pm and I had to be to work at 7am. I unfortunately had to put the book down for the night…. The next day I forgo my lunchtime cat nap because I HAD TO FINISH THE BOOK. WOW. This book is incredible. I loved Sam, we got to discover her as a person as she discovered herself. What she was finding out about herself she did not like and she decided she didn’t WANT to be the way she used to be. It even seems that maybe though she was a certain way before the whole disappearance thing, in reality she really didn’t want […]