Bookshelf Lust

Last month, one of my favorite NYC bookish events returned for it’s annual appearance! The NYC Teen Author Festival. It was a busy work week for me, with back to back photo shoots mixed in with author panels. But I managed to catch a group of authors at a NYPL panel, and the “finale” Mega-Signing [.

Welcome to today’s stop on the Asylum blog tour! Author KA Tucker has written a lovely guest post delving deeper into the magic system used in her intriguing, heart-pounding paranormal series. I’m also happy to announce the winner of the print copy of Asylum! Read on to find out more, and be sure to

Last week, Books of Wonder in NYC hosted what has to be one of the most interesting and entertaining book signings I’ve been to yet for Maureen Johnson’s new YA novel “The Name of the Star”. A huge crowd of fans waited for Maureen’s arrival, while two “Jack the Ripper” impersonators roamed around an

Dearly, Departedwill forever be remembered as the novel that made me fall in love with zombies. I’m actually not a very big fan of zombies. At all. Much like my fear of heights, which unexpectedly showed up one day the first time I attempted rock climbing, I’m not sure where my zombie fear came from

Evangeline has spent her teenage years in obscurity. Her foster parents have the emotional aptitude of robots and her classmates barely acknowledge her existence. About to turn eighteen and feeling like a social pariah, she is desperate to connect with someone. Anyone. When Evangeline meets Sofie af

At Books of Wonder, 6/30/11. Last week, before the holiday madness began, I was able to stop by Books of Wonder to meet a quartet of amazing teen authors. I had a photo shoot beforehand, which ended up running over time wise making me quite late. And left me without anything to get signed! Sadly, [.

I’ve been out of NYC more than in so far this summer. Luckily this weekend, I was able to attend one of my favorite summer city events, the Jazz Age Lawn Party. Called a “Great Gatsby party” by some, it definitely managed to capture the feel of the classic Fitzgerald novel. It is hands down [...]

HOT! A handful of book blogger friends and I just had an epic conversation on twitter about “sexy scenes” in YA. It started after someone mentioned the upcoming release Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegen– a book that’s become slightly notorious for being toned down from its original pre-edit incarn