Top 10 Most Anticipated Debuts of 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature from The Broke and the Bookish. This week is all about debut books! I read about half of the books on last years list, though I did read a lot of other debut authors books. Maybe I’ll discover a new favorite author! These are (some of) the debuts […]

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Going Roux by Robin Benway bonus bridge story

Hey, did you know the sequel to Robin Benway’s Also Known As is coming out tomorrow? Going Rogue continues the fun spy caper story with more mystery, romance, humor and international travel! If you need a refresher on this series before diving in to Going Rogue tomorrow, you’re in luck! Check out the bridge story from […]

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Mailbox Monday (79)

Mailbox Monday is a weekly event where we share our latest book arrivals. Link up and find new mailboxes to stalk at the Mailbox Monday blog! I’m at Disneyland today celebrating my daughter’s birthday! Fun times! Hope your weekend is/was a good one. Although it may not look like it in my book haul, I […]

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The Movie Double Date: HER

The Movie Date is a weekly feature where we discuss movies that may appeal to the YA audience. Andrew is The Reading Date’s resident movie critic and today we discuss HER, directed by Spike Jonze. I saw this movie without Andrew, but he had the idea to chat about it via text message as a nod to […]

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Roomies Audiobook Review and Giveaway

Book: Roomies by Sara Zarr, Tara Altebrando, Hachette Audio, December 2013 Book Info: Borrowed audio via Overdrive (and review copy provided via Netgalley.) Running time: 10 hrs. Read by: Becca Battoe, Emily Eiden. Also available in hardcover or e-book, 288 pages from Little, Brown Roomies is a YA/NA hybrid about two girls getting ready to leave for college. Part of the excitement I […]

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Blog Tour: Where You’ll Find Me by Erin Fletcher Guest Post and Giveaway

I’m happy to be the next stop on the Where You’ll Find Me blog tour! Today I’ll talk a little about the book, share an author guest post about her character’s New Year’s Resolutions, and tell you about a cool giveaway! Where You’ll Find Me comes to you from Entangled Teen and is Erin Fletcher’s debut. […]

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