Posts Tagged "The Contemps"
Waiting on Wednesday: LOVE STORY by Jennifer Echols
Summer lovin’ — it’s not just an awesome song from a ridiculously memorable musical. It’s, like, a whole thing. And Jennifer Echols has a corner on the market. Thank goodness her latest novel, Love Story, comes out next week!
SHE’S WRITING ABOUT HIM. HE’S WRITING ABOUT HER. AND EVERYBODY IS READING BETWEEN THE LINES.
For Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to fulfill her ambitions–it’s her ticket away from the tragic memories that shadow her family’s racehorse farm in Kentucky. But when she refuses to major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives Erin’s college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome stable boy, Hunter Allen. Now Erin has to win an internship and work late nights at a coffee shop to make her own dreams a reality. She should despise Hunter . . . so why does he sneak into her thoughts as the hero of her latest writing assignment?
Then, on the day she’s sharing that assignment with her class, Hunter walks in. He’s joining her class. And after he reads about himself in her story, her private fantasies about him must be painfully clear. She only hopes to persuade him not to reveal her secret to everyone else. But Hunter devises his own creative revenge, writing sexy stories that drive the whole class wild with curiosity and fill Erin’s heart with longing. Now she’s not just imagining what might have been. She’s writing a whole new ending for her romance with Hunter . . . except this story could come true.
Thursday: Readers’ Roundup
Less of a “roundup” and more of a, “coupling,” if you will, but two lovely points of note on this dreary Thursday, nonetheless:
*I’m hosting the always-amusing Leila Sales over at the Contemps blog today, where she waxes nostalgic on an all-too-real high school experience. Sneak peek: 
A prevailing theme in my novel Mostly Good Girls is “not knowing any boys, and therefore behaving like a total fool whenever you happen to run into them, because they are a rare and exotic breed.”
I hear ya, sister. Sing it.
*My talented baby bro has completed yet another feat of book-trailer production, this time to promote the inimitable Sarah Aronson’s forthcoming Beyond Lucky. Watch the trailer! Buy the book! Hire my brother!
Thurs Readers’ Roundup: Deb Caletti at the YA Contemps!
This week, I’m all about the hosting. Today, it’s Deb Caletti over at the YA Contemps blog. Isn’t she so cute? If you haven’t yet read her newest novel, Stay
While I can’t claim to have run to a remote beach town to escape an obsessive boyfriend like Clara does in STAY, I can admit to something else that happens to Clara in the book: I have been subjected to the embarrassing, excessive enthusiasm of my parents.
WHO HASN’T? Oy.
And if that’s not enough to entice you, I’ll give you one more word: sombrero.
Oh, yes, people. SOMBRERO.
You’ll just have to read the full story for yourselves. 
Waiting on Weds: Terra Elan McVoy’s THE SUMMER OF FIRSTS AND LASTS
Today I’m blogging over at the YA Contemps, hosting authoress extraordinaire Terra Elan McVoy. We’re celebrating her latest release, The Summer of Firsts and Lasts.
Doesn’t that cover just make you drool? Perfect for summer. McVoy talks about that mainstay of all great YA fiction, smooching.
Here’s a taste:
There are many things that are important about summer: going on vacation, heading off to camp, creating a giant pile of books to read, eating ice cream every day, and . . . kissing.
Or maybe it’s just me that’s obsessed with kissing. My second novel, After the Kiss, for example, is about one kiss that changes three people’s lives irrevocably. And my most recent book, The Summer of Firsts and Lasts, has got one kiss that goes incredibly right, and another one that, well, doesn’t. Even my first novel, Pure—though it’s mostly about not kissing until you’re married—has at least one remarkable kiss in it.
But I think it’s just the approach of summer in general that makes me think about this legendary lippage luxury. It was summertime when I got the first kiss of my life, after all, and then summer again when I got one of the best ones.
Intrigued yet? Head on over to The Contemps and read the rest of the story – and then share your own legends of liplock – good OR bad! Sometimes it’s a-okay to kiss and tell!
Readers’ Roundup SPECIAL edition: All in the ‘family!’
A very belated Readers’ Roundup during a very hectic launch/birthday week!
On the off chance that you’re not sick of hearing me blab about the book
“A great read…Ostow’s poetry is beautiful.”
“Emotionally-packed.”
“A powerful story…by far one of my favorite books read this year.”
Wowza. It’s so great to hear that people are connecting to this weird little story of mine. And thanks, also, to The Contemps for a week of highlights and spotlights that make me blush.
And speaking of The Contemps, the Release Week Rally rocks on! Tomorrow – also known in my house as my birthday – I’ll be at The Voracious Reader in Larchmont, NY, alongside fellow contempos Sarah Darer Littman, Melissa Walker, and honorary inductee Lena Roy. Come for the books, stay for the pizza!
Thursday: Readers’ Roundup (including a chance to Get Real!)
Bookish goings-on and such.
* Jezebel features a review of Sweet Valley Confidential. Deadlines kept me from the book party, but you can bet I’m still all over reading this one. (Spoiler alerts!)
Have you bought your copy yet?
* This gown was made from Little Golden Books. Wild.
*(Of course,
these are still my fave re-appropriations of that iconic line.)
*readergirlz has a nice shout-out to the family trailer on their site, as well as info about Rock the Drop and Support Teen Lit Day. Will YOU Rock the Drop?
*Finally, two chances to see me! I’ll be on a panel at the Albany Children’s Book Festival this weekend, or, you can Get Real with me, Sarah Darer Littman, Melissa Walker, and Lena Roy at the Voracious Reader in Larchmont, NY on 4/29 if you’re so inclined. In addition to the date of the royal wedding, that happens also to be my birthday. But your presence would be present enough!