Cover Reveal: Love Among Pigeons by Abria Mattina

Love Among Pigeons by Abria Mattina 
Publication Date: August 23rd 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary

In this companion novella to Wake, Frank invites the Kirk family home to Smiths Falls for Thanksgiving weekend. Holidays are always a trial for the family that lost their daughter and sister, but Frank is hopeful that this Thanksgiving will be the exception. He has some happy news to share. If only he wasn’t so reluctant to talk about it.

AUTHOR BIO:

Abria Mattina works in marketing and book production. She holds a Certificate in Publishing from the New York University Summer Publishing Institute and a degree in English Literature and Psychology from the University of Ottawa. When she isn’t writing she enjoys travelling, eclectic books, blogging, and baking. She lives with her fiance, Daniel.

Her debut novel, WAKE, is about the struggle to redefine life after experiencing cancer and caring for an ill loved one.

Author links:

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: How To Be Almost Famous In Ten Days by Kathleen S. Allen

How to Be Almost Famous in Ten Days  by Kathleen S. Allen

Publication date: March 15th 2013 

Genre: YA Contemporary

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Cee feels invisible because she's a double-digit size. She finds a book in a secondhand bookstore that she hopes will change her life. Her best friend's brother wants to make vlogs about how she is following the ten rules she found in the book, why she is doing it, and how she feels about being invisible for his school project. She agrees, but only if he promises no one but his college advisor will see the vlogs. He promises, but a friend of his posts them online and they go viral. When one of the "famous rules" puts her best friend, Rachel in a dangerous situation, Cassie makes one last vlog and Chuck posts it online. But emails begin arriving from other girls who have felt invisible, and she realizes she has to own up to being "the real Cassie Cee."

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My Thoughts

How To Be Almost Famous In Ten Days is a quick, fun, summer teen read that even young teens can enjoy. HTBAF is all about loving yourself for who you are and not being afraid to be yourself. 

As an adult I found this story to be a bit young for me. However, I was still able to enjoy it and can see how the younger crowd might really like it. Being a teen is hard and when your best friend is gorgeous beyond belief I can imagine how Cassie could feel invisible. I didn't always agree with or understand her reasoning behind using her gorgeous friend to become famous but I do remember how looks can mean everything when your young. 

HTBAF will hopefully leave it's readers feeling inspired to have fun and be themselves. 

AUTHOR BIO

Kathleen has been writing since she was eight years old when she self-published her first book. Okay, she hand-copied her poems onto plain white paper, paper punched three holes in the sides, made an orange and blue “book jacket” and threaded red ribbon through the holes that she tied with a bow. Ta Dah! Her first book! She’s been writing ever since. She writes in different genres but YA is her favorite. 

Links:

Website: http://kathleensallen.weebly.com/

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6834871.Kathleen_S_Allen

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Witch-Hunter/142372955812353

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleea

Follow the rest of the How To Be Almost Famous In Ten Day tour at:

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Waiting on Wednesday: How My Summer Went Up In Flames

How My Summer Went Up in Flames
Author: Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Expected Release Date: May 7, 2013
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Summary from Goodreads:
Rosie’s always been impulsive. She didn’t intend to set her cheating ex-boyfriend’s car on fire. And she never thought her attempts to make amends could be considered stalking. So when she’s served with a temporary restraining order on the first day of summer vacation, she’s heartbroken—and furious.

To put distance between Rosie and her ex, Rosie’s parents send her on a cross-country road trip with responsible, reliable neighbor Matty and his two friends. Forget freedom of the road, Rosie just wants to hitchhike home and win back her ex. But with every mile marker that passes, Rosie discovers a new sense of self…and that sometimes the best revenge is moving on.

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we (bloggers) are anxiously awaiting. So what book are you excited about right now?