Andye Reads

Hey lovely readers! Today we have a VERY special guest visiting! We here at Reading Teen have been huge fans of Michael Grant since the day he sucked us into his GONE series. When Kit interviewed him about LIGHT , it was one of the highlights of her blogging "career". Today I get the privilege of interviewing him about his newest book, FRONT LINES . Check it out below, and don't forget about the giveaway at the end of the interview! INTERVIEW: --> Andye: FRONT LINES is described as a gender-bending, alternate history of WWII. Are you a big history buff? What made you want to tackle this particular time period? Michael: Hmmm, I’m not quite sure what the official rules are for claiming “History Buff” status, but basically, yes. I’m a sucker for a good story and I picked WW2 to write about because it’s an astounding array of good stories, far, far too many for me to do more than sample a small bite of what’s available. And because it is still easily...

by Christine Lynn Herman When I first started writing, it was something I did entirely on my own. I was a teenager who spent countless hours immersed in the fictional worlds I’d created, falling for characters that only existed in my head. It was incredibly fun. It was also incredibly lonely. When I tried to talk to my friends about my writing, they were happy I liked doing it, but they didn’t really understand it. I could talk for hours about my ideas, my characters, the plot points I was wrangling with or that fun banter scene I’d just written. But it felt like I had no one who would listen--like there would always be a part of me that nobody else understood. I wrote many terrible first drafts of YA books. I spent countless hours working on my craft and doing industry research, reading every author or agent’s blog I could find. And one day, in 2015, I realized it wasn’t enough. I needed to show my work to other people if I ever wanted to be ready to send it to agents. So I...

Guys, we are so genuinely excited for this blog tour. Reagan and I (Andye) both fell in love with  THE LAST MAGICIAN  by Lisa Maxwell, and desperately want everyone else to read it and fall in love as well. And book two, THE DEVIL'S THIEF, is coming out soon, so now is the time! Check out Reagan's review for TDT, and don't miss her interview with one of the most swoon-worthy book boys ever! And, of course, you'll want to enter the giveaway at the end. THE DEVIL'S THIEF The Last Magician #2 by Lisa Maxwell Print Length: 704 pages Publisher : Simon Pulse (October 9, 2018) Publication Date : October 9, 2018 Sold by : Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc Buy the Book: Amazon.com Esta’s parents were murdered. Her life was stolen. And everything she knew about magic was a lie. She thought the Book of Mysteries held the key to freeing the Mageus from the Order’s grasp, but the danger within its pages was greater than she ever imagined. Now the Book’s fu...

Today we get to be a part of the blog tour for SADIE by Courtney Summers! I've heard SO many good things about this book. I'm starting it tonight and I can't wait to see what all the hype is about. We have an excerpt for you below, so make sure you check it out, then order it for yourself!! SADIE by Courtney Summers Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Wednesday Books (September 4, 2018) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon A missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial―like podcast following the clues she's left behind. Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him. W...

BAD CALL by Stephen Wallenfels Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (December 19, 2017) Goodreads | Amazon Four high schol seniors and an epic overnight hiking trip in Yosemite Valley sounds like the adventure of a lifetime. But even the best of plans can snowball out of control. BAD CALL by Stephen Wallenfels (Hyperion; On Sale: December 19, 2017) is an intense YA thriller that follows the four teens as conditions atop the summit they’re hiking become fatally terrifying. Supplies running out and one of the hikers gone missing, they’ll need to hone their survival skills and pull together against extreme conditions in order to make it out of the wilderness alive. BAD CALL is a chilling, twisty thriller that reveals how one wrong turn can have dire consequences. With a bear and a potential killer on the loose, readers will be hooked from start to finish—and find themselves questioning their own survival skill along the way. Kirkus Reviews raves “a gripping, well-paced thriller that str...

Why is The Bachelor Such a Popular Show? by Stephanie Kate Strohm author of PRINCE IN DISGUISE “Why?” I guarantee you that everyone who watches The Bachelor has been asked that question at some point. “Why would you watch this stupid show? Isn’t it demeaning to women? Is any of it even real? WHY ARE YOU WATCHING THIS?! WHY?! TELL ME! WHY?!” My first Bachelor Nation experience came midway through Deanna Pappas’ season of The Bachelorette in 2008. I was living in New York right after graduation, and my friend Rachel Ann was desperate to watch The Bachelorette but didn’t have a TV. My apartment may have been the size of a large suitcase, but it did have a TV, and we watched the last couple episodes together, but I didn’t really get invested until we watched the next season of The Bachelor, starring single dad Jason Mesnick. Jason Mesnick is known for two things. One: collapsing on the balcony in tears. This balcony-crying-maneuver would go on to be called “Pulling a Mesnick.” Two: ...

Welcome to Day #7 of the Keep of Ages  Blog Tour! To celebrate the release of The Keep of Ages (Vault of Dreamers #3)  by Caragh M. O'brien (8/29/17), blogs across the web are featuring exclusive content from Caragh and 10 chances to win a complete set of The Vault of Dreamers Trilogy! Two Truths and a Lie Two Truths and a Lie about Caragh O’Brien A. Caragh last went scuba diving off the coast of Puerto Rico where she became so nauseous from seasickness that she could not complete her second dive. B. Caragh holds a patent for an ocular device that converts a normal pair of sunglasses into a transparent GPS map with imbedded Google images. C. Caragh’s most embarrassing moment as a teen was leading a sing-along of pioneer songs at the Minnesota State Fair when only two people came. Answer (Highlight to Reveal): The lie is B. Two Truths and a Lie about the Vault of Dreamers trilogy A.  The trilogy is based on a nightmare author Caragh O’Brien had whe...