Rhiannon Paille - YA Fantasy Author

Look! It's a book and a scary movie!

2012-05-30T04:41:00.000-05:00

Morning! Welcome to the May Events Wrap Up! This is a post where I talk about all the events I went to this month and what happened to me at all of them. Also, a big thank you to all the fans who picked up the book in May, the grand total of paperbacks sold in May at events is 23! Up first . . . Corecon in Fargo, ND! Corecon is a sci-fi fantasy convention that happens annually. It features

Writing and Marketing- The Double-Edged Sword @Jen_Wylie

2012-05-29T08:55:00.000-05:00

Super big thank you’s for Rhiannon for letting me take over her blog today! Today I’m going to chat a bit about marketing and writing, and the double-edged sword of doing both. For me writing is the best part of the whole journey. I love creating characters and worlds and stories with them. It’s always exciting to see where the story goes (I’m not an outliner!) My biggest challenge with the

Where you should be on THURSDAY

2012-05-28T08:07:00.000-05:00

HERE! Because it's show and tell time and instead of burying all the good things happening to me in the book world I'm going to release the news on the BIGGEST thing to happen to me yet. Are you excited? I've been excited since the beginning of APRIL and now it's really happening and I'm even MORE excited and I can't wait to give you all the details! Stay Warm!

Review: Dirty Blood by Heather Hildenbrand

2012-05-23T11:11:00.000-05:00

Title: Dirty Blood Author: Heather Hildenbrand Published: April 28th 2011 by Accendo Press ISBN: 1461065712 Links: Goodreads Received: Bought on Kindle. Rating: 2 of 5 Blurb:I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that’s not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can’t seem to wrap my head

Review: Long Night Moon by SM Reine

2012-05-22T07:01:00.000-05:00

Title: Long Night Moon Author: SM Reine Published: March 3rd 2012 by Red Iris Books ISBN: 9781937733155 Links: Goodreads Received: Bought on Kindle Rating: 5 of 5 Blurb:Something is killing innocent people around Rylie Gresham's town. The police think it's a wild animal, but she has other suspicions. There are new kids at school, and they have a lot in common with her: gold eyes, super

Review: Shine by Jeri Smith-Ready

2012-05-17T17:29:00.000-05:00

Title: Shine Author: Jeri Smith-Ready Published: May 1st 2012 by Simon Pulse ISBN: 1442439459 Links: Goodreads Received: Bought on Kindle. Rating: 5 of 5 Blurb:Life can change in an instant, and no one understands that better than Aura. It’s been almost a year since her boyfriend tragically died. She’s finally letting go of Logan’s violet-hued ghost, but not her search to uncover the truth

Review: City of Lost Souls by @CassieClare

2012-05-15T07:00:00.000-05:00

Title: City of Lost Souls Author: Cassandra Clare Published: May 8th 2012 by Margaret K. McElderry ISBN: 1442416866 Links: Goodreads Received: Bought on Kindle, then at Chapters (I know, shut up, don't tell my husband.) Rating: 5 of 5 About: The demon Lilith has been destroyed and Jace has been freed from her captivity. But when the Shadowhunters arrive to rescue him, they find only blood and

Review: First Frost (Mythos Academy #0.5) by Jennifer Estep

2012-05-13T18:53:00.000-05:00

Title: First Frost Author: Jennifer Estep ASIN: B00564ON7G Publication: July 1st 2011 by Kensington Publishing Corporation Received: Bought on Kindle Links: Goodreads Rating: 3 out of 5 About: I am Gwen Frost, and I have a Gypsy gift. It's called psychometry - that's a fancy way of saying that I see images in my head and get flashes of other people's memories off almost everything I touch,

Review: Destiny's Fire by Trisha Wolfe

2012-05-10T08:25:00.000-05:00

Title: Destiny's Fire Author: Trisha Wolfe ISBN: 1936305984 Publication: January 10th 2012 by Omnific Publishing Received: Bought on Kindle Links: Goodreads Rating: 3 out of 5 About: It’s the year 2040, and sixteen-year-old Dez Harkly is one of the last of her kind—part of a nearly extinct race of shape-shifters descended from guardians to the Egyptian pharaohs. Her home and her secret are

Review: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

2012-05-08T06:17:00.000-05:00

Title: Lola and the Boy Next Door Author: Stephanie Perkins ISBN: 0525423281 Publication: September 29th 2011 by Dutton Books Received: Bought at Chapters (after months of searching for a copy) Links: Goodreads Rating: 5 out of 5 About: Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild --

Review: Pure by Jennifer Armentrout

2012-05-03T06:30:00.000-05:00

Title: Pure Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout ISBN: 0983157227 Publication: April 3rd 2012 by Spencer Hill Press Received: Bought on Kindle Links: Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 About: There is need. And then there is Fate... Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her

Review: Yesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin

2012-05-02T06:36:00.000-05:00

Title: Yesterday Author: CK Kelly Martin ISBN: 0375866507 Publication: September 25th 2012 by Random House, Inc Received: Received from Netgalley Links: Goodreads Rating: 5 out of 5 About: THEN: The formation of the UNA, the high threat of eco-terrorism, the mammoth rates of unemployment and subsequent escape into a world of virtual reality are things any student can read about in their 21st

Review: Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

2012-05-01T06:37:00.000-05:00

Title: Hunting Lila Author: Sarah Alderson ISBN: 0857071955 Publication: August 5th 2011 by Simon & Schuster UK Received: Received from Simon and Schuster (via snail mail! I feel special) Links: Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 About: 17-year-old Lila has two secrets she's prepared to take to the grave. The first is that she can move things just by looking at them. The second is that she's been

How to get me to read your Indie / Self Pubbed book

2012-04-30T14:49:00.000-05:00

Good afternoon! Let's be honest for a moment here. There are 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, and more than a zillion books pubbed out there. Indie Authors are quickly making a name for themselves in the industry, which only adds to the amount of books on your bookshelf. The real question for me these days isn't whether or not I support Indie Authors, it's which ones I support and why I

#FoS is 99 cents on Kindle and Nook

2012-04-29T14:39:00.000-05:00

Happy Sunday everyone! Soooo . . . #FoS has been on sale for pretty much all of April and it's not that I forgot to tell you per say it's that I'm just not into the shameless self promotion thing. I do it, because I feel I have to, but it's the thing I like least about writing books. On the plus side, I stand behind my work and not promoting has nothing to do with how awesome I think this

Fairytale Giveaway Hop: Jodi Picoult ARC

2012-04-25T13:51:00.000-05:00

Morning! Welcome to my version of the Fairytale Giveaway Hop! It just so happens that I got the perfect book in the mail last week for this giveaway! ALSO: THIS GIVEAWAY IS INTERNATIONAL (ignore what the linky says below) My Top 3 Favourite Fairytale Heroes: 1) Buttercup & Westley from The Princess Bride 2) Red Riding Hood from Red Riding Hood 3) The Ugly Duckling from The Ugly

IMM: Unspoken, Redemption, and Between the Lines

2012-04-22T15:22:00.001-05:00

Afternoon! I've been really busy! After receiving a copy of Hunting Lila from Simon Pulse (in the UK I think), I got another package in the mail, with quite a nice little treat! I've also been on netgalley recently and got quite a few of the titles I was vying for. See blow for this week's titles! Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the very pretty ARC of Jodi Picoult

Review: The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

2012-04-20T08:02:00.002-05:00

Title: The Immortal Rules Author: Julie Kagawa ISBN: 0373210515 Publication: April 24th 2012 by Harlequin Teen Received: Received from Netgalley Links: Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 About: In a future world, Vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity. My thoughts: Julie you know I love you right? I didn't love this. Julie gives us

REVIEW: All Hallows Moon by SM Reine

2012-04-19T09:16:00.000-05:00

Title: All Hallows Moon Author: SM Reine ASIN: Publication: September 9th, 2011 Received: Bought on Kindle Links: Goodreads Rating: 5 out of 5 About: Rylie survived becoming a werewolf at great cost. She moves to her aunt’s ranch in the hopes she can enroll in a new high school and quietly continue her life... with a few distinct changes. She transforms into a beast every new and full moon

Review: Madly & Wolfhardy by M. Leighton

2012-04-18T13:08:00.000-05:00

Title: Madly and Wolfhardt Author: M. Leighton ISBN: 1463740611 Publication: July 19th 2011 by CreateSpace Received: Bought on Kindle Links: Goodreads Rating: 5 out of 5 About: Madly is your average nearly-eighteen year old girl—for a mermaid princess, that is. My thoughts: I LOVED IT. I wasn't sure what to expect with M. Leighton being Indie, but let me tell you, the writing was fantastic,

Review: Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

2012-04-17T08:00:00.000-05:00

Title: Girl of Fire and Thorns Author: Rae Carson ISBN: 0062026488 Publication: September 20th 2011 by Greenwillow Received: Received from Netgalley Links: Goodreads Rating: 3 out of 5 About: Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can't see how she ever

Review: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

2012-04-16T07:00:00.000-05:00

Title: The Last Song Author: Nicholas Sparks ISBN: 0446570966 Publication: March 1st 2010 by Grand Central Publishing Received: Bought somewhere, but I can't remember where Links: Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 About: Seventeen year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. My

IMM: Destiny's Fire, The Veil and other things I can't talk about

2012-04-15T15:54:00.001-05:00

Afternoon, Admittedly, not a very exciting week but I have more coming I'm sure of it! Got this, looking forward to getting into it! I haven't read much steampunk but Trisha's Unveiled was awesome, so yay! Cory and I have been talking a lot because she's writing her second book and I'm excited to be on her Beta Reader list! That means I need to brush up on the Annorasi and so I've downloaded

Review: Starcrossed by Tracey Lee Campbell

2012-04-14T17:37:00.000-05:00

Title: Starcrossed Author: Tracey Lee Campbell ASIN: B004XJ4USC Publication: April 20th 2011 by Createspace Received: Bought on Kindle Links: Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 About: Aric Brennan is a whisperer - a perfectly engineered human/alien hybrid, designed specifically to charm and seduce. When Lucy is stalked by his unearthly creators, she has no choice but to trust him to help her

Interview with Myra McEntire author of HOURGLASS

2012-04-12T21:33:00.000-05:00

Evening! I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Myra McEntire, author of HOURGLASS and TIMEPIECE, coming June 12, 2012 from EgmontUSA. I'm incredibly excited for the second book in the Hourglass series, I mean look at the cover! Eep! The Quickest Interview in the West: Rhi: What was the main inspiration behind Hourglass? Myra: I love wibbly wobbly timey-wimey things. (Doctor Who