Be Our Tattooed Guest: Jody Casella + A Footprint

Welcome to Be Our Tattooed Guest, an original feature here on Beauty and the Bookshelf! This feature is all about tattoos of the literary, poetic, and bookish variety, and people showing them off! To learn more about Be Our Tattooed Guest, please go here.

Today's tattooed guest doesn't just have a bookish tattoo--she writes books! Maybe you've heard of her? Or read Thin Space?
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Turning Pages and Standing Up with Books For A Cause

Here's the quickest post intro I've ever done (because one isn't really needed): Please welcome Heather from Turning Pages as she talks about "a project from [her] heart!"

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Summer Author Blitz: Kim O'Brien

Welcome to my stop on the Summer Author Promo Blitz tour! Today I'm hosting Kim O'Brien, whose new YA novel Bone Deep releases with Spencer Hill Press in March 2015! And to tell you all about the book, there's a great interview that you won't want to miss!

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Waiting on Wednesday (92)

Waiting on Wednesday

is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
 that showcases upcoming releases 

that people are very much anticipating.

So yeah, I'll have an interview with this author on the blog in September, but that's not why I'm waiting on this book. First off, COOL COVER. And secondly, this sounds similar to The Village and it may be kind of cultish and it's set in the past and I like a creepy-sounding story, so I'm in!

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Top Ten Tuesday (92)

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

This Tuesday's theme is...

Top Ten Characters I Would Want With Me On A Deserted Island

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Be Our Tattooed Guest: Amir + Turning the Pages

Welcome to Be Our Tattooed Guest, an original feature here on Beauty and the Bookshelf! This feature is all about tattoos of the literary, poetic, and bookish variety, and people showing them off! To learn more about Be Our Tattooed Guest, please go here.

Today's guest has a tattoo that reminds us to just keep reading...
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Waiting on Wednesday (91)

Waiting on Wednesday

is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
 that showcases upcoming releases 

that people are very much anticipating.

This book has a cool setting, ZOOLOGY, and a freaking SILVER LION. (Also, I was a fan of this author's debut novel. So I'm excited!)

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Top Ten Tuesday (91)

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

This Tuesday's theme is...

Top Ten Favorite 
Underrated Animated Movies

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Review: Wounded by Stephen Cole

Title: Wounded

Author: Stephen Cole

Publisher: Razorbill

Publishing Date: January 27, 2005

Pages/Format: 272, Paperback
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Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson's vacation turns into a nightmare when he is "rescued" from a hiking accident by the Folan family. Why do they keep his door locked? And why won't they let him contact his parents?

At first he thinks Kate Folan is the one he should be afraid of, with her black candles and books on dark magic. But soon he discovers that she is, in fact, his only hope for survival. Together, the teenagers flee the Folans and their evil, seeking freedom and a way to cope with the love that's growing between them--a love that could spell ruin for them both.

Book in One Word: LOVE!

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Cover Reveal: The Night Songs Collection by Kristen Strassel

Hello, creatures of the night! Today I've got some cool covers to share with you, courtesy of Xpresso Book Tours--Kristen Strassel's The Night Songs Collection! Now, I haven't read these New Adult books yet, but I really want to because they combine two things: rock 'n' roll and vampires. I have the cover of the newest book We Own the Night, plus the redesigned covers of Because the Night and Night Moves. Enjoy, and rock on!
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