BLOGGY FOCUS! Debut Authors, This Is For You!

This isn’t a revamp of the blog.
It is, however, a renewed and more focused… focus of the blog.
It all started many moons ago, with a blog post over at Nathan Bransford’s agent blog. In this particular post he polled readers, asking them what books they buy and read. The overwhelming majority replied that they stuck [...]

Woo Woo First Giveaway!!!!! (How to Buy A Love of Reading)

*drumroll*
*cymbal solo*
*tambourine*
Okay! Now that that’s all out of our systems, I bring you to… THE FIRST GIVEAWAY OF TEN CENT NOTES.
*smiley face*

Signed copy of Tanya Egan Gibson’s debut novel, How to Buy A Love of Reading, is up for grabs.
What’s it about?
For Carley Wells’ sixteenth birthday, her uber-rich parents decide to give her a truly [...]

Reader Interview: Megan!

Woo, woo, time for another reader interview. I’m loving these posts (what about you guys? do you like them?) and if you want to be interviewed, email me. [tencentnotes@gmail.com]
This interview is with Megan, from the (non-book) blog Somewhat Voluble.
girljordyn: What book are you currently reading? What do you think of it?
megan: I’m currently reading Girl, Interrupted by Susanna [...]

Review: Violet on the Runway

Violet on the Runway by Melissa Walker
Okay basically everyone in the world has already read this before I did. So I don’t even thing I need to do a whole formal review, but I will anyways because MAN I AM DEDICATED.
Premise: Awkward wallflower Violet is discovered by a New York talent agent who thinks she could be [...]

Review: If I Stay

If I Stay by Gayle Forman (who is awesome).
I honestly don’t know how to summarize this book without giving too much away, so I’ll just say that:
in the morning the decision facing Mia was to pursue her music career on a grand scale and leave her loving boyfriend and family versus making her relationships work and [...]

TBR Pile

I try to make sure my TBR (to be read) pile always has at least two books in it. If I run out I end up in this dry, sad, bookless state and I get all antsy and start reading things like the back of cereal boxes and the IKEA catalogue.
It’s sad, really.
My current TBR [...]

Sunday SpOtLiGhT: Trapeze School!

Oh. Hey. The last Sunday of Suite Scarlett related Sunday SpOtLiGhTs. And it’s pretty darn short. This time… TRAPEZE SCHOOL! Because I’m pretty sure MJ has to go.
And I would just like to say that is a great idea.
Check. It. Out.

Reader Interview: MY SISTER!!!! (aka. you have to read this, please??)

Another reader interview?
I THINK SO.
This one’s different and special because it wasn’t via email, instead I interviewed my sister while she was sitting in my room. So the format’s a little different this time. (Also: she refuses to have her actual name on here, so I’m calling her the lovely, as I often do on [...]

Gayle Forman Q&A

The Thursday I went to the Gayle Forman event was a kah-razzzy day. I woke up, found an email from Gayle in my inbox (I’d emailed her earlier about the EW travesty and basically said I REALLY REALLY WANT TO GO TO YOUR READING BUT I HAVE THIS STUPID THING CALLED SCHOOL!!) saying that there [...]

Um, News?

For all my YA Book Swap buddies, I have a couple of new books up on my list. I went to the local used bookstore today and found Sloppy Firsts and Avalon High - neither of which I’m going to keep.
For EVERYBODY, my second Huffington Post article is up today. I talk about the economy. And [...]