Feature and Follow Friday, Book Blogger Hop, & Celebrate the Small Things

I am excited to participate in the awesome Feature & Follow hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  Check out their fabulous websites for the info and join the Hop!

This week's feature is to share your favorite literary quote. 

Before you act, listen.

Before you react, think.

Before you spend, earn.

Before you criticize, wait.

Before you pray, forgive.

Before you quit, try.

~Ernest Hemingway

And from S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders

"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold."

"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."

Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

June 21st - June 27th:

When you are writing your reviews, do you write them as you are reading them or wait until you are completely done with the book?

I read the whole book before I even begin a review. I like to get lost in the story without having to worry about what I'm going to write. 

Hosted by Scribblings of an Aspiring Author

So this week I am celebrating making it through week two of summer vacation. It's been crazy hot here, so I am really thankful for our amazing A/C. And I am so exited to be a shiny new intern for the amazing Candace Havens a.k.a. Editorial Director for Covet Books at Entangled Publishing. I am thrilled to be a small part of such a fantastic company. 

What are you celebrating this week? Big or small join in so we can all cheer each other on.

One last note....check back here around noon EST for a big surprise from the amazing Cora Carmack. If you loved Losing It, you are so not going to want to miss this!

 Have a great weekend and Stay Gold everyone!

Summer of Frost by L.P. Dover Cover Reveal

The Land of the Fae is strong with all four courts banded as one, but yet, uncertainty still remains as they all work together to end the dark sorcerer’s evil reign. Sorcha, the one and only Winter Court princess, has a secret, a secret that she has enjoyed keeping for the past six months, but when a much awaited announcement brings her to the Spring Court, and face to face with the man in her dreams, will she be strong enough to keep up the façade of her icy exterior, or will she melt into his arms like she does in her dreams.

After formally meeting Sorcha at the Winter Ball, Drake, Summer Court prince and army leader, knew there was a fiery passion underneath her winter skin, a passion he wanted desperately to ignite with his own, but with her frigid responses towards him he’s decided to keep his distance, except how can he when his dreams feel real. Seeing her again only ignites his interest, and this time he’s not going to let his arrogance or her frosty heart stand in his way.

Through unexpected tragedy, Sorcha discovers the one thing the dark sorcerer has spent his whole existence trying to protect, but what makes it more difficult is that only one of the Four is strong enough to retrieve it. The tides have now changed, and with Drake’s help, will Sorcha find what she’s searching for, or will the dark sorcerer beat them to it, shattering all hope of finding out the one thing that could save the Land of the Fae … how to destroy him.

Goodreads

Forever Fae Buy Link:  Amazon

Betrayals of Spring Buy Link:  Amazon

About The Author:

L.P. Dover lives in the beautiful state of North Carolina with her husband and two wonderful daughters. She’s an avid reader that loves her collection of books. Writing has always been her passion and she’s delighted to share it with the world. L.P. Dover spent several years in college starting out with a major in Psychology and then switching to dental. She worked in the dental field for eight years and then decided to stay home with her two beautiful girls. She spent the beginning of her reading years indulging in suspense thrillers, but now she can't get away from the paranormal/fantasy books. Now that she has started on her passion and began writing, you will not see her go anywhere without a notebook, pen, and her secret energy builder….chocolate.

Chapter Reveal for FRIGID by Jennifer L. Armentrout (writing as J. Lynn)

Today is an exciting day - we have FOUR HUGE SURPRISES for you! Jennifer L. Armentrout's (writing as J. Lynn) FRIGID is set to release on e-book at the end of July. If you're anything like us, you're probably on pins and needles and just cannot wait to get your hands on a copy of this book.

FRIGID has already been given the honor of being named a Romantic Times Top Pick and we're super excited for you to be able to read it as well!

Well, there's good news! Are you ready for those four awesome surprises? Here we go!

1. Due to all the excitement surrounding FRIGID, we have decided to run a special e-book pre-order promotion. We have worked out a deal with the distributor to release FRIGID a full two weeks early -- on JULY 15th!!! -- if we meet our e-book pre-order goal. EEEEP! That's right, if you are like the rest of us and want to be able to read FRIGID in its entirety before its original release date, all you have to do is PRE-ORDER THE E-BOOK NOW! What are you waiting for? GO! Pre-order it!

Pre-Order Links: Barnes & Noble / Amazon

2. Need something to hold you over until FRIGID releases? Well, starting right now, you can read the first three chapters of FRIGID for free! Just read below!

   

LINK

3. Can’t get enough of the hot FRIGID cover? Want to see some behind the scenes photos that are sure to make you swoon? You’re in luck! Below you can watch a slideshow of all the behind the scenes photos from the photo shoot! Go on and watch it. We’ll wait, because there is still one more great surprise!

LINK

4. And last but not least, if you live near Philadelphia, PA, you're in for a very special treat -- Jennifer will be in Philly in November signing not only FRIGID but also the last book in her immensely popular COVENANT series, SENTINEL! But that's not all, Adam, the super hot cover model from FRIGID will be there as well! So, yes, you'll get to meet Jennifer and Adam! Plus, there will be other great prizes that you seriously won't want to miss out on (dinner with the author and model, perhaps?)! Stay tuned for more details to come!

We hope you're as excited as we are! So now....Go pre-order FRIGID! Go read those chapters! Go watch that slideshow! And Enjoy!

Frigid Sneak Peek

Feature & Follow-Book Spine Poetry

I am excited to participate in the awesome Feature & Follow hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  Check out their fabulous websites for the info and join the Hop!

Question of the Week:

Activity: Spine Poetry

Create a line of poetry with your book spines (take a picture).

The Ugly Truth

Frostbite

Last Sacrifice

Shadow Kiss

Spirit Bound

Tales from a Not-So-Grateful Ice Princess

I thought it would be fun to use the books from our library visit the other day. LOL, I think they work well in an odd sort of way.

Celebrate the Small Things

I decided to join a Blog Hop with a wonderful premise..Celebrating! It's hosted by Scribblings of an Aspiring Author. Check out her blog.

So today I'm celebrating entering the blogging world! It's a small step and I'm just getting started, but so far so good. I've had the opportunity to review some awesome books and the list keeps growing. 

I also have to celebrate making it through week one of summer with all three kids at home. It's been chaotic and traumatic LOL, but we are making it. My oldest is fascinated by all my reading and joins me on the couch for a "reading session" every afternoon. It's so wonderful to see her develop such a love of reading at a young age (she's 7). 

Her and my second child also want to be a part of my writing, so I am helping them write their first book! They came up with the characters and are doing the illustrations. It is so much fun to do this with them and I just love the excitement. Who knows, maybe they will be published before me!

So what are you celebrating? Big or small, let me know and join the Blog Hop!

Here's the linky list!