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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Trailer & Tour: The One by Kiera Cass

Are any of you ready for The One?
America Singer in that wedding dress.
*sigh
Gorgeous gorgeous cover.
And I REALLY cannot wait for it to come out.
I pre-ordered it back in January.
It comes out in only 7 days!!
Can you believe it?
Aspen or Maxon?
#TeamMaxon

The One (The Selection, #3) 

Love that cover~
Fabulous.
Beautiful.
Magnificent.

Okay. The trailer. Kiera Cass has a wonderful, amazing trailer on her blog from Entertainment Weekly. It's not on youtube.com. :(
And I do not know how to get it onto the post.
BUT you can definitely watch it at her blog.

 
 

Tour time~ 
Since The One comes out May 6th, 2014, I'll assume the tours start on May 6th. The tour dates are below. :) But you can get the full list at Kiera's Events Page.


May 6th, 2014 - Irving, TX
Irving Public Library
801 W. Irving Blvd.
Irving, TX 75061
@ 7PM


May 7th, 2014 - Edmond, OK
Best of Books
1313 E. Danforth Road
Edmond, OK 73034
@ 7PM


May 8th, 2014 - Kansas City, MO
Barnes and Noble: Zona Rosa
8625 NW Prairie View Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64153
@ 7PM
 

May 9th, 2014 - St. Louis, MO
Left Bank Books
Downtown: 321 North 10th
St. Louis, MO 63101 
Central End Way: 399 North Euclid
St. Louis, Mo 63108 
@ 7PM
(sorry. Not sure about this one.)


May 10th, 2014 - Chicago, IL
Anderson's Book Shop
123 W. Jefferson Ave.
Naperville, IL 60540  
@ 7PM


May 14th - 18th, 2014 - New Orleans, LA
Romantic Times Convention
May 14th, 3:45 - 4:45PM
May 17th, 10:30 - 2PM, 5 - 8PM.
 Full info. at Kiera's blog.


May 19th, 2014 - San Diego, CA
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111
(Woot! She hit CA!)
@ 7PM


May 20th, 2014 - Los Angelos, CA
Barnes and Noble: The Grove
189 Grove Dr. K30
Los Angelos, CA 90036
@ 7PM


May 21st, 2014 - Palo Alto, CA
Books Inc.
855 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
@ 7PM
(omg. The closest she'll ever be this year. Should I go? I should.)


May 22nd, 2014 - Beaverton, OR
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
 @ 7PM


 May 23rd, 2014 - Seattle, WA
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
@ 7PM


May 28th - 30st, 2014 - New York, NY
Book Expo America
More on Kiera's website~


June 7th, 2014 - Christiansburg, VA
Christiansburg Barnes and Noble
110 Constan Ave.
Christiansburg, VA 24073
@ 2-4PM


June 9th, 2014 - Decatur, GA
Little Shop of Stories
133 E. Court #A
Decatur, GA 30030
@ 7PM


June 10th, 2014 - Charleston, SC
Blue Bicycle Books
420 King St.
Charleston, SC 29403


June 11th, 2014 - Cary, NC
Barnes and Noble: Cary
760 SE Maynard Rd.
Cary, NC 27511
@ 7PM


June 12th, 2014 - Fairless Hills, PA
Barnes and Noble: Fairless Hills
210 Commerce Blvd.
Fairless, PA 19030
@ 7PM


There. You have it all~ I just added the address in case you actually live by these places and can actually go. :) She's visiting so many places! Hope she comes near one of you~ THE ONE. Here I come~ 

Happy Reading~

Friday, April 25, 2014

Discussion: Chick Lit

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I've always said my favorite genres were dystopian and fantasy, and medieval, and historical fiction, and etc.
But I really didn't realize how much I love chick lit. 
They make great stand alones.
They make great summer reads.
I also didn't realize how much names I have for them.
I call them my fresh air,
my romance stories,
my summer reads of course,
my contemporary books,
my YAs,
my road trips,
my read-once-and-forgets
etc.


In other words, I go to chick lits when I'm feeling bored, down, lonely, tired, or when I'm in a book funk.
You all had those periods when you just can't seem to find a book that would interest you, right? 
When that happens, I go to my chick lits.
They're romantic. And I love those books when I'm reading them. Those are also the kind of books I tend to read and forget about.
Most of the time.
There are some I can't seem to forget.


Either way, my point is if you're getting tired of too much dystopian....well, if you just been reading dystopian after dystopian after dystopian, you can read them chick lits.
Another thing I like about them is that they can go in any direction.
The plots can be all different.
It can be a road trip.
It can be school drama.
It can be about friends.
About parties.
About first love.

 
 
About meeting someone.
SO SO MUCH.
And there's romance.
To me, there is no good book without romance.
I'm talking about the cute ones.
Cuz I ain't that horny yet. LOL. JK.
Except for the middle grade adventures.
I enjoy those too.
But even those have romances nowadays.
 

Okay. This post was entirely a rant.
But hope I don't sound too lost.
And I hope I actually make sense.
Because once I start typing paragraphs, I make absolutely no sense....according to everyone I'm texting.
 

Either way, some GOOOD GOOOD chick lits to start on.
Okay. This may sound bad. BUT I THINK THEY'RE CHICK LIT. CUZ I ASSUME THEY'RE CHICK LIT. CUZ THEY FIT UNDER MY SUMMER READS. AND MY YA ROMANCES. AND MY FRESH AIRS. SO JUST ASSUME THEY'RE CHICK LIT. Cuz they might not be. Whoops. Tell me if they're aren't or I'm probably gonna be really embarrassed.



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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)Anna and the French Kiss
by Stephanie Perkins
Release Date: December 2nd, 2010.

Thoughts: I'm totally in love with Etienne. Every time I read this book, I can fall in love with him all over again. Despite the 'not that tall' aspect, he is so so so perfect. I just can't. 

And Anna is hilarious. I love Anna. Just do.
Yeah. I definitely read this book when I'm bored. I know I title sounds sooo cheesy. But there's a lot of chemistry. And totally clean. No dirtiness. Not that I mind. 


My Life Next Door (My Life Next Door, #1)My Life Next Door
by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Release Date: June 14th, 2012

Thoughts: Another book with a cute boy. Yes, it's the 'I fell in love with my neighbor' kind. I also love the 'I fell in love with my best guy friend' types. CUZ that is so so cute. I envy them.

Anyways, this also is an awesome contemporary on my 'summer read' list. Hope ya'll enjoy this one.
 


Amy and Roger's Epic Detour Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
by Morgan Matson
Release Date: May 4th, 2010

Thoughts: This one is one of the road trip kind. I love road trips. Cuz chemistry forms like crazy on the road. :D Btw, I ship every single couple in this list. SO CUTE. Why can't my school have such perfect couples? Maybe I just don't know their story. 

I doubt my mom would let me go on a road trip. Plus I have school. And summer school. To get ahead with my classes. So I can take AP and all next year. Ugh. Yeah, I'm living the nerd status. Gotta loosen up. LOL. That's why I read. :) 


FangirlFangirl
by: Rainbow Rowell
Release Date: September 10th, 2013

Thoughts: YES. YES. YES. She's a newly famous author and all. But I absolutely love Fangirl. This is actually more NA than YA, but I can take anything as long as it's not erotic. Please. No erotica. Sure, it's super hot. But I don't want to get hooked. I can't even drive. And just don't want to think about those things. 

Okay. Moving on. Levi. That guy right there. :) I want to meet someone like him when I go to college. It's #Stanford. Cuz that's where all the hot nerds go. Right? Haha.



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Okay. There's a whole LOT more books I can recommend that are my version of "chick lit", but I have problems thinking up of things just like that.
That's why I can never talk when I'm put on the spotlight.
So, if you want some more recommendations, feel free to leave a comment, email me, or however you can to contact me.
I would love to recommend and talk to all of you guys. And fangirl over books. :) Because my life won't be complete without fangirling. Seriously.

Happy Reading~