These are the books I’ve read in October.
I don’t review books here (or anywhere) but you can find out how many stars I gave each book on my Goodreads page.
Matched by Ally Condie
Touch by Jus Accardo
Dark Lover by JR Ward
Angel’s Desire by Rosalie Lario
How to Write Page-Turning Scenes by Holly Lisle
No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Have you read any of these? Did you like it?
Happy Readings,
“Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway’s contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In the comments, you can hop from destination to destination and get everybody’s unique take on the topic.”
This week’s topic is:
I read only four fiction books this month (I’m reading a fifth) and other two on craft. Next week I’ll have a post up with all my October readings (as I do every end of month).
There was one book I had high hopes and, in the end, I was disappointed. It didn’t live to my expectations.
And there were two GREAT ones:
The first one is Touch by Jus Accardo.
Touch is Accardo’s debut novel, published this month by Entangled Publishing, a brand new publisher that is rising quickly to the top.
Great characters, great premise, great twists and conflicts. And Kale, oh Kale … and his sweet moments with Dez … *happy sigh*
The second one was Dark Lover by JR Ward. (Note: Dark Lover is not YA!!)
I was late to the party, I know, but OMG I loved it. All those alpha males in need of some wake-up slaps. I love me a tortured hero! I’ll certainly read the rest of the series … can’t wait to get to Zsadist turn lol
Did you guys read these? Did you like them?
How about you guys, what’s the best book you read in October?
Cheers,
Here is the list of the books I read in September.
Since I didn’t read any craft books on August, I’ve read 3 last month.
Succubus Revealed by Richelle Mead
A Taste of Humanity by Shiela Stewart
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder
The Last Rising by Rachel Firasek
Shadowland (The Mediator #1) by Meg Cabot
Nail Your Novel by Roz Morris
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Writing Fiction for All You’re Worth by James Scott Bell
Have you read any of those? Did you like them?
Happy Readings,
A new blog about Young Adult was launched three weeks ago. It’s called YA CONFIDENTIAL and it has been great so far!
The differential about YA CONFIDENTIAL is that authors work with real life teenagers, who share their experiences and their likes and dislikes about today’s YA books. It’s different and it’s efficient!
From their blog, here’s a sample of a weekly posting schedule:
Monday Mission Briefings: Each week an operative will choose a YA-related mission and break it down.
Teen Spy Tuesdays: Everything teen. Roundtables. Critiques. Thoughts on books and craft. You name it, our teen spies will cover it.
Undercover Wednesdays: All things YA book-related!
From the Vault Thursdays: Answer our question of the day and get entered in our weekly contest. Winners are allowed to select a book from THE VAULT.
Fun Fridays: Exactly what the name implies…
Doesn’t it sound awesome?!
And right now, they are hosting a Launch Celebration Giveaway with lots of great prizes, including agent critiques and ARCs!
Head over there and join this fun community!
Cheers,
On a previous post, I started a poll about e-book pricing. Here is the link.
The poll remained open for 4 weeks.
Here are the results:
As you can see, “up to $5” for an e-book won by a large margin.
Second is “up to $7” followed closely by “up to $2.99” for an e-book.
Not surprisingly, some people still don’t buy e-books—something that will change in the future, I think. Not that they will only buy e-books, but they are bound to try it, and I’m sure they will juggle between print books and e-books after that.
I could bet that in the far future about 90% of the books sales will be on e-books. But I’m no Joe Konrath. I don’t make previsions. I just go with the flow and try to make the best decisions for me. As should you. For you.
Cheers,
Here are the books I’ve read in August.
I read more books than I first expected it … and yet, my TBR list is still humongous—and growing!
However, I realized I haven’t read any book about craft this month. I’ll correct this problem in September.
Carpe Bead’em by Tonya Kappes
The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt
Sabine and the Beast by Moira Rogers
Kisri and the Beast by Moira Rogers
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
For some reason, I just picked this up from my shelf and re-read it. I think the last time I read it, I was still a little kid. Well, it was ony fitting I read this again as adult, don’t you think?
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
Happy Readings,
NOTE: this is not a review. I don’t review books that I read. Not here at least. On my Goodreads page you’ll find the # of stars I gave each of them.
Virtue by Amanda Hocking
This books was unexpected. I really like it. I thought it was really creative and well written.
Description & Setting by Ron Rozelle
Read it for my online class. It was good, but I’ve read better about craft.
Break Out by Nina Croft
The pre-launch release of Entangled Publishing. Very good.
The Practice Date by Victorine Lieske
A sweet short story. Now I have to read the others by Ms. Lieske.
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Bah, this one was sitting on my currently-reading list for months. I would start it, then for reasons I can’t remember, I would skip it. It was not that I didn’t want to read it. I really did …
Finally, I got to it, and let me tell you: it is great! I love it. Really.
Now, on to the rest of the series.
Happy Readings!
Cheers,