2013 Debut Author Challenge and Introducing Debuts Posts

As Tara over at Hobbitsies is taking over the Debut Author Challenge for 2013, I've decided to sign up! However, before I knew what was happening with the DAC, I wanted to make sure I was supporting debut authors on my blog, and have been putting in some work towards it.

So, throughout next year, you will get to read a number of interviews with YA AND New Adult authors whose novels are debuting in the UK in 2013. There will be interviews before publication that cover the book, the author and the writing process, and after publication that will cover the publication process and reader response. Quite a number of authors will be taking part, so you will be able to discover quite a few debuts that you may not already know about. I'll create a page that will link to all the interviews that I will update as the year goes on.

I'm really looking forward to reading and introducing you all to all the debuts I can next year! It should be good!

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Review: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (review copy) - I've left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don't, put the book back on the shelf, please.

At the urge of her lucky-in-love brother, sixteen-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of dares on her fvourite bookshop shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept.

Curious, snarky Dash isn't one to back down from a challenge - and the Book of Dares is the perfect thing to keep him occupied this Chritmas.

As they send each other on a snowbound scavenger hunt across Manhatten, they're falling for each other on paper. But finding out if their real selves share their on-page chemistry could be their biggest dare. From the blurb.

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Cover Reveal: Fanged Princess by Elisabeth Wheatley

I'm honoured to have been asked to take part in the cover reveal for novella Fanged Princess by Elisabeth Wheatley! So without any further ado, here's the cover:

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Weekly Gossip

Here's your bookish news from the past week.

First up, the trailer for Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black:


Doesn't it look awesome?! Dance of Shadows, a 2013 YA debut, will be released on 14th February 2013.

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Review: Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick (review copy) - WARNING! I cannot review this book without spoiling the others in the series. Read no further if you're planning on reading this series and don't want it spoilt for you.

Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean that they will always be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. But now they face their biggest challenge. Can their love survive a seemingly insurmountable divide. And in the end, will there be enough trust left to rebuild what has been broken? The lines are drawn - but which side are they on? From Amazon UK

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LGBTQ YA Month - Want To Contribute?

You may or may not know that in July 2013, I will be holding a new blog event on Once Upon a Bookcase - LGBTQ YA Month. I have in the past invited people to take part with me on their own blog, but I'm not doing that this year. I think this event will be much bigger than previous ones, and I've started my reading early. It's hard enough keeping myself organised with everything I have planned, and it would be too stressful trying to keep tabs on what others are doing for the month too.

Despite this, it would be great if people were willing to contribute to the month with guest posts. Whether you're an LGBTQ person or not, if you would like to write a guest post about LGBTQ YA, that would be awesome! Have a think about what you would like to write about, leave a comment with your email address (though be careful how you write it, I don't want you to get spam!) or email me (see the tabs above), and I'll contact you to discuss your topic. I would like to ask that there aren't too many guest review suggestions as I will be writing a fair number of reviews myself.

Also, if there are any authors who would like to contribute a guest post about LGBTQ YA - whether you write it or not - you're more than welcome! Again, if you either leave your email address in the comments or email me, I'll then get back to.

Thank you all! I look forward to hearing from you :)

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Weekly Gossip

Here's your bookish news from the past week.

First up, a cover reveal. The cover for Hysteria by Megan Miranda has been revealed by Bloomsbury:


Isn't t awesome! And the book sounds great too!

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Review: Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine (#Ad)

Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

I was sent this review copy for free by Allison & Busby for the purposes of providing an honest review.

WARNING! I cannot review this book without spoiling the others in the series. Read no further if you're planning on reading this series and don't want it spoilt for you.

Now that the threat to the vampires of Morganville has been defeated, the gravest danger to the human residents is the enemy within...

For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville have managed to coexist in peace. But thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have now been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim, the town's human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. College student Claire Danvers with ties to both humans and vampires, isn't about to take sides.

To make matters worse, a television show comes to Morganville searching for ghosts, just as vampire and human politics collide. Now, Claire and her friends have to figure out how to keep the peace without ending up on the nightly news or... worse. From the blurb.

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Review: Hollow Pike by James Dawson

Hollow Pike by James Dawson - Something wicked this way comes...

She thought she'd be safe in the country, but you can't escape your own nightmares, and Lis London dreams repeatedly that someone is trying to kill her.

Lis thinks she's being paranoid - after all who would want to murder her? She doesn't believe in the local legends of witchcraft. She doesn't believe that anything bad will really happen to her. You never do, do you? Not until you're alone in the woods, after dark - and a twig snaps...

Hollow Pike - where witchcraft never sleeps. From Amazon UK

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Weekly Gossip

Here is your bookish news from the past week.

First up, cover reveals! Mira Ink have revealed a number of covers; Speechless by Hannah Harrington, Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz, Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett, The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa, and The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross.

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