Release Blitz: The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver Title: The Secrets We Keep Author: Trisha Leaver Pages: 304 Publish Date: April 26, 2016 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | Square Fish Genre: YA Contemporary Synopsis: Twin sisters. A fatal accident. A devastating lie. Which girl survived? "A girl takes over her twin sister'…
Read moreReview: Author Platform Building Blocks: Starting Your Writing Career Off Right (Book Marketing For Success 1) by B.K. Walker Title: Author Platform Building Blocks: Starting Your Writing Career Off Right (Book Marketing For Success 1) Author: B. K. Walker Pages: 31 Publisher: BK Walker Books Publish Date: April 1, 2016 Genre: Help/Informative Synops…
Read moreARC Review: The Blood of the Hydra by Michelle Madow Title: The Blood of the Hydra (Elementals Book #2) Author: Michelle Madow Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing Publish Date: April 18, 2016 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Mythology Synopsis: A demigod who can kill with a touch. It's an ability that must be kept secret from everyone, even from those trus…
Read moreCheck out my goals! | The Official RAT website Of course, the week I am super busy I decide to join a read-a-thon. Can we just count this as it never happened? I failed. I didn't get any of my books on my goals finished. (But I did manage to read PJO in a day.) (Does that count?) I tried and that's really all that counts. Check out my Goodreads prof…
Read moreIt's Only Monday is a new weekly meme hosted by us here at Kayl's Krazy Obsession. The original idea for this was the Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer , so all credit and love goes to her. I'm just making a few tweaks to it, and since I can't post it on Sunday, I've decided to make it a Monday thing. Hello my lovely read…
Read moreReview: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard Title: Glass Sword (Red Queen #2) Author: Victoria Aveyard Pages: 444 Publisher: HarperTeen Publish Date: February 9, 2016 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Dystopian Synopsis: If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different. Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver abil…
Read moreIt's Only Monday is a new weekly meme hosted by us here at Kayl's Krazy Obsession. The original idea for this was the Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer , so all credit and love goes to her. I'm just making a few tweaks to it, and since I can't post it on Sunday, I've decided to make it a Monday thing. Hello! Welcome to t…
Read moreI'm doing another Read-a-thon! What? Yeah, I know. It's next week, so I'm starting a little last minute but I thought this would totally be fun! I am participating in the Spring Into Horror Read-a-thon! Official dates are April 18-24, starting at 12am Monday morning and ending at 11:59pm the following Sunday. There's really only one rule for …
Read moreReview: Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 by Sui Ishida Title: Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 Author: Sui Ishida Pages: 224 Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Publish Date: June 16, 2015 Genre: Manga Synopsis: Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescu…
Read moreCover Reveal: The Head of Medusa by Michelle Madow Are you ready for book 3 of the Elementals series? I know I am! This series is just growing on me, and I literally cannot wait for The Head of Medusa! So far, these covers have been absolutely gorgeous so I'm excited to see the cover for book 3. Are you ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
Read moreARC Review: Leaves of the World Tree by Adam Misner Title: Leaves of the World Tree Author: Adam Misner Pages: 108 Publish Date: December 4, 2015 Genre: Short Stories Synopsis: Leaves of the world tree is a collection of six short stories that take place in a wide variety of worlds, with varying degrees of fantasy and technology. The stories are stand-…
Read moreReview: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare Title: Lady Midnight Author: Cassandra Clare Pages: 668 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publish Date: March 8, 2016 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Paranormal Synopsis: The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internati…
Read moreBlitz & Giveaway: Race Girl by Leigh Hutton Title: Race Girl (The Go Girls Chronicles #3) Author: Leigh Hutton Publish Date: April 3rd 2016 Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Synopsis: Fresh on the heels of Michelle Payne’s historic Melbourne Cup win, comes a blockbuster Australian story about a Queensland girl and the ‘race that stops a n…
Read moreOwning a Whole Series and Multiple Copies of a Book If you didn’t know by now, I’m not your typical book nerd. I don’t follow by the rules that typically describe book bloggers. I’m a #BasicBookBlogger so get over it. Today, I’m going to share with you something else that I’ve decided to not conform to and my thoughts on each. They may seem unpopular, but who wou…
Read moreReview: Firstlife by Gena Showalter Title: Firstlife Author: Gena Showalter Pages: 467 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publish Date: February 23, 2016 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Synopsis: Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl…who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numb…
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