For the first time in nearly ten years, I have felt the urge to take my violin out of its case. That urge came while reading Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez. Virtuosity tells the story of 17-year-old violin virtuoso Carmen Bianchi, as she prepares for the most important competition of her career. It's absolutely the worst... Continue Reading →
Countdown to Swear by Nina Malkin: Music Monday #4
Swear by Nina Malkin will be in stores TOMORROW, but first we bring you the fourth & final part of Nina’s official playlist for the book! “Crow Song” — Girls Dead Monster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02rIuMtYQHA As in Edgar Allan Crow… “Spoonful” — Howlin’ Wolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyfgb9sDT1I Getting’ giggy with it... “White Wedding” — Billy Idol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFh4RHgn0A It is... Continue Reading →
Countdown to Swear by Nina Malkin: Music Monday #4
Swear by Nina Malkin will be in stores TOMORROW, but first we bring you the fourth & final part of Nina’s official playlist for the book! “Crow Song” — Girls Dead Monster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02rIuMtYQHA As in Edgar Allan Crow… “Spoonful” — Howlin’ Wolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyfgb9sDT1I Getting’ giggy with it... “White Wedding” — Billy Idol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFh4RHgn0A It is... Continue Reading →
Featured Book: Introducing Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
Today, I am delighted to kick-off our week-long feature on Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez, a really brilliant debut novel about the scary-competitive world of classical music, family turmoil, new love, and addiction. This book pretty much rocked my socks off (full review coming tomorrow), and I'm thrilled to be featuring it all this week here... Continue Reading →
Featured Book: Introducing Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
Today, I am delighted to kick-off our week-long feature on Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez, a really brilliant debut novel about the scary-competitive world of classical music, family turmoil, new love, and addiction. This book pretty much rocked my socks off (full review coming tomorrow), and I'm thrilled to be featuring it all this week here... Continue Reading →
Swoon by Nina Malkin: Trivia Contest #4
Every Friday during our countdown to Swear by Nina Malkin, we’re offering up fun trivia questions based on the first book — Swoon — for your chance to win a set of both books! (And hey, if you already have your own copy of Swoon — you can give the extra one to a friend,... Continue Reading →
Swoon by Nina Malkin: Trivia Contest #4
Every Friday during our countdown to Swear by Nina Malkin, we’re offering up fun trivia questions based on the first book — Swoon — for your chance to win a set of both books! (And hey, if you already have your own copy of Swoon — you can give the extra one to a friend,... Continue Reading →
Nina Malkin: Swear Q&A Part 4
Every Thursday as we countdown to Swear by Nina Malkin, we’ll be bringing you part of our Q&A with her — including our questions, YOUR questions & some flash questions. Here is the fourth & final installment before Swear hits stores on Tuesday: Reader Question: Do you make everything up or do you use real... Continue Reading →
Nina Malkin: Swear Q&A Part 4
Every Thursday as we countdown to Swear by Nina Malkin, we’ll be bringing you part of our Q&A with her — including our questions, YOUR questions & some flash questions. Here is the fourth & final installment before Swear hits stores on Tuesday: Reader Question: Do you make everything up or do you use real... Continue Reading →
Countdown to Swear by Nina Malkin: Exclusive Quotes #4
We're just days away from the October 18th release of Swear by Nina Malkin, but we have one last set of exclusive quotes from the book to whet your appetite: And here's one more final quote for you: Sometimes you can be up to your eyeballs in blessings and still blunder around like a babe... Continue Reading →
