That One Summer by C.J. Duggan: Cover Reveal

  That One Summer by C.J. Duggan
Series: Summer, #3
Publication date:  TBA 2014
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance 

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Synopsis:

Loving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted my every thought, every minute of every day …

He sure could kiss.

As the countdown to the new millennium begins, there is one thing everyone agrees on: no one wants to be in Onslow for New Year’s Eve.

So that can only mean one thing: road trip!

No longer the mousey, invisible, shy girl from years ago, Tammy Maskala is finally making up for all those lost summers. A new year with new friends, which astoundingly includes the bossy boy behind the bar, Chris Henderson.

She likes her new friends (at least most of them), so why does she secretly feel so out of place?

After chickening out on the trip, a last-minute change of heart sees Tammy racing to the Onslow Hotel, fearing she’s missed her chance for a ride. The last thing she expected to meet was a less-than-happy Onslow Boy leaning against his black panel van.

Now the countdown begins to reach the others at Point Shank before the party is over and the new year has begun. Alone in a car with only the infuriating Chris Henderson, Tammy can’t help but feel this is a disastrous start to what could have been a great adventure. But when the awkward road trip takes an unexpected turn, Tammy soon discovers that the way her traitorous heart feels about Chris is the biggest disaster of all.

Fogged up windows, moonlight swimming, bad karaoke and unearthed secrets; after this one summer nothing will ever be the same again.

AUTHOR BIO

 

C.J. Duggan

C.J Duggan is an Australian author who lives with her husband in a rural border town of New South Wales, Australia.
The Boys of Summer is Book One in her Mature Young Adult Romance Series.
For more on C.J and ‘The Summer Series’, visit www.cjdugganbooks.com

Author Links:

Website: http://www.cjdugganbooks.com/

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High 
by Laurie Boyle Crompton
Published by Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date: February 1, 2014
Pages: 309
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(from Goodreads)


Shannon’s ‘clique’ is just her and her best friend and she has a super-embarrassing nickname that won’t go away. It is no huge shock when her classmates vote her least likely to be crowned Prom Queen. What is shocking is the new hidden camera reality show she finds herself starring in, titled The Prom Queen Wannabes! Shannon and two other Wannabes must battle to be elected Prom Queen and snag the One! Million! Dollar! prize. After a summer of makeovers and training at Prom Queen Camp, the hidden cameras watch the three of them enter their senior year equipped with secret skills to help wage war on the popular set. Things at Westfield High are about to get ugly, and Shannon must decide how much she's willing to give up for a shot at winning that tiara.

Why I'm Waiting 

 The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High sounds like it's going to be a hot, fun mess. I want to find out how or why she is selected to be a Prom Queen Wannabe.

And I'm a fan of Laurie Boyle Crompton's Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains), read my review, and I want to see what she's come up with for her readers. 

Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop

The Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop is hosted by Bookhounds and I Am a Reader, Not a Writer. For this giveaway, I'm giving away duplicate copies of books from my shelves. Books for this giveaway are "Used, but In a Good Way".

My Giveaway

So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti (Goodreads)

I Don't Want to Be Crazy by Samantha Schutz (Goodreads)

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must be 16 or older to enter

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Bout of Books 8.0: Goals

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

 I'm setting just a few goals for this week's Bout of Books read-a-thon. I expect to have a really busy week at work and we have friends in town, so I don't think I will get a lot of reading in, but I still want to participate and reconnect with other readers. 

So, here are my goals:

• Finish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (audiobook)
• Finish Collateral by Ellen Hopkins
• Read one review book
• Read at least one book from my YALLFest TBR pile

YALLFest TBR

 
I'll post my updates here and on Twitter: @ActinUpwb

Monday, Day 1: Listened to 3 chapters of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Tuesday, Day 2: Listened to 1 chapter of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Wednesday, Day 3: read between 30-40 pages of Collateral by Ellen Hopkins

Thursday, Day 4: Finish Collateral by Ellen Hopkins. I've read all of her (published) books and I think this one may be my favorite.

Friday, Day 5: Listened to a few chapters of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Saturday, Day 6: read Keeping Her (A LOSING IT novella) by Cora Carmack

Sunday, Day 7: Finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets audiobook

Waiting on Wednesday: The Geography of You and Me

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

The Geography of You and Me 
by Jennifer E. Smith
Published by Little, Brown for Young Readers
Publication Date: April 15, 2014
Pages: 352
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(from Goodreads)

Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, they spend a single night together, wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality. Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father.

Lucy and Owen's relationship plays out across the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and -- finally -- a reunion in the city where they first met.

A carefully charted map of a long-distance relationship, Jennifer E. Smith's new novel shows that the center of the world isn't necessarily a place. It can be a person, too.

Why I'm Waiting 

I recently read a novella about two strangers stuck on an elevator and loved the connection developed between the two of  them in the confined space. I know that this book probably isn't going to be anything like it, but I like the concept. And I want to see how these characters stay connected when kept apart by such a vast distance. So far I've only read one of Jennifer's books, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, but I enjoyed it so much that I want to read all of her books.

Over the Rainbow by Brian Rowe: Excerpt and Giveaway

Over the Rainbow

by Brian Rowe
Publication date: August 6, 2013

Young Adult, LGBTQ

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About Over the Rainbow:

Zippy Green never meant to fall in love with a girl, but when she does, her ultra-conservative father tries to send her to anti-gay camp. At the Kansas City airport, however, she hides inside a giant suitcase and sneaks onto an airplane headed not to the camp, but to Seattle, where her online love Mira lives. Halfway through the flight, the plane barrels out of control and crashes into the ground, knocking her unconscious.

When Zippy awakens, she finds that most of the passengers have vanished. She doesn’t know what’s happened, but she’s determined to find out. She begins a quest on foot toward Seattle, and along the way, she meets a teenager with a concussion, a homeless man with a heart condition, a child without a shred of bravery, and a terrier named Judy. Together the group discovers that more than two-thirds of the world's population have mysteriously disappeared. But that's only the beginning...

All Zippy wants is to find her Mira, but before she can she has to contend with two outside forces. The first is her homophobic father, who does everything in his power to keep her from the girl she loves. And the second is extinct creatures of all shapes and sizes, including living, breathing dinosaurs, which have replaced the missing population.

Excerpt

I swooped back down and landed on my feet. I started to walk again, toward a cluster of tulips, violets, and dandelions. The flowers were all growing, and the multi-colored faces only stopped when they reached my eye-level. I passed through them, as I did a flutter of butterflies, until I reached a woman sitting on a high chair smoking a double filtered cigarette.

My jaw dropped. “Oh my God,” I said. “Mommy?”

She blew the smoke into the air and the swarm of butterflies brushed it away. “Yes, Zippy, it’s me.” She took another puff and smiled. She didn’t look me in the face.

“Mommy. I’ve missed you so much.”

I ran toward her high chair, but the closer I approached, the taller it became. I collided against the four legs, then looked up to see that she was ten feet off the ground.

“Come down! I want to talk to you!”

“It’s too late, Zippy,” she said, as the sky above withered from a tranquil blue sky to a consternation of clouds. “Nothing lasts forever.”

“But I need you!”

I tried to climb the legs of the chair, but gravity pulled me back. Just seconds ago, I could fly; now I couldn’t even shimmy up that stupid chair leg.

I lay back on the ground, as tears streamed down my cheeks. As soon as I gave up, heavy restraint devices clinked over my wrists. I looked down to see silver handcuffs.

I collapsed back into darkness, my mother waving to me from the meadow beyond.

“Enjoy your first session!” she shouted. “Remember, Zippy, I love you!”

“Mommy! Mommy, wait!”

I stuck my feet out, but I couldn’t stop moving; I was on an invisible rollercoaster track with no end in sight. I tumbled into the sides of trees, smashed my face against bushes, struck thorns and logs and irritated honeybees. A small purple cat with a grin on its face gazed at me from the clouds but didn’t say a word. The trees disappeared, the forest shriveled away from me, and I landed head first in the middle of a hedge maze.

Author Links:

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Brian Rowe is a writing fiend, book devotee, film fanatic, and constant dreamer. He's written ten novels, dozens of short stories, five feature-length screenplays, and hundreds of film articles and essays. He is currently pursuing his MA in English at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is hard at work on his next novel.





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Bout of Books 8.0 Sign-Up

I'm Participating!!

I need to reconnect with my bookish peeps so I'm participating in the Bout of Books 8.0. The read-a-thon is during one of my busiest weeks at work so I'm not sure how much reading I'll accomplish, so I'm mainly participating for the community aspect.

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

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