Goodreads Authors/Readers discussion

Hello, I have my own book review blog and I am looking for more YA Authors whose books I can review and also authors I can interview. Also I am trying to organise an ebook giveaway for October and am in need of some books to go into it. Can you help?
http://rai29bookreadnreview.blogspot.... this is my blog link
http://rai29bookreadnreview.blogspot.... my interview questions which you basically choose which you wish to answer and then send those questions and answers to my email address [email protected]
My mum also reviews YA books and would promote your books on her blog too http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot....

I've got a lot of YA authors I really like.

To review and interview, I highly suggest...

Kathryn Sullivan
Gloria Oliver (especially the VASSAL OF EL)
Michelle Levigne

The big names that you can ask for an interview, but might not get it...

Scott Westerfeld
Steven Gould
Erin Hunter
Christopher Paolini (probably spelled his name wrong)
Eoin Colfer
Cornelia Funke

Adult authors that have moved to YA as well...
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Chronicles of Nick and Manga
Neil Gaiman (Coraline)

Brenna Lyons

Rachel wrote: "Hello, I have my own book review blog and I am looking for more YA Authors whose books I can review and also authors I can interview. Also I am trying to organise an ebook giveaway for October and ..."

You can look at the summaries for both my books, Vampires Rule and Crushed. Let me know if you'd like to review one of them. I can give you the Smashwords link and a coupon code. At the moment my own computer is down so I can't send a pdf, but you can get whatever format you want at Smashwords. If that doesn't work for you, we can wait until my computer is fixed and I can send you a copy.

I believe you may already be looking at my novel?

Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones


If not, message me as I'm up for most things and need to add to my reviews before the sequel is published.

Best wishes

GC, I would love to read and review your book! Would you be interested in doing an author interview as well?
Please take a look at my questions here - http://rai29bookreadnreview.blogspot....

Thankyou Brenna for your suggestions, I have read Cornelia Funke's Dragon Rider. And I loved it! I will also be looking into contacting some of the authors you have mentioned.

Hi K. C. ,
Thankyou for doing an author interview and I am looking forward to reviewing both Vampires Rule and Crushed. My mum says that you have already contacted her, and we already have Vampire Rule as an ebook to read.

Hi M J Webb,
My mum has already been in contact with you and we have both an ebook and a paperback copy of Jake West: The Keeper Of The Stones.

Rachel wrote: "GC, I would love to read and review your book! Would you be interested in doing an author interview as well?
Please take a look at my questions here - http://rai29bookreadnreview.blogspot......."

I thought so, sorry. :-)

Hi Rachel
I'd be happy to participate, and I also love doing interviews! You can read about my books here: http://www.jodykihara.com/books/
The latest one is and it has its own website here: http://frankincensetrail.ca/
Message me if you're interested...!
Jody

Hi Rachel,

I am a YA author and have my forst book available online. I'd be hugely grateful if you and your Mum would review it for me and will happily send you some copies.

Here it is:
Cardsharp: A Vincent Ward Adventure

You can also visit my site and download the first two chapters:

www.powbooks.com

Thanks for your help,
Paul (POW)

I don't know if this would be up your alley, but here's some info on my new short novel, "True Friends."

It’s the fall of 1983. David Chalmers is a high school senior who hangs around with a group of fellow science-fiction fans, but feels few attachments to them. Alison Hughes runs with the popular crowd, but she’s as smart as she is pretty, and wonders if they’re becoming predictable.

Over the course of a few weeks events will cause David and Alison to think about what it means to be friends. Are friends just people you spend time with? What does it mean when you’re someone’s friend? Why should any of that be important?

GR link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

"Lisa's Way" might also be of interest, but I don't have the new edition out yet. Thanks!

Hi Rachel!

Collette told me about your looking for YA authors! My name is Simbarashe and I have published two books in a trilogy called The Matadors. The first book in the series is called Veronasongs and you may like it.

Veronasongs is about a 14 year-old called Donica; she is gifted and loves to write. She befriends an older classmate who also loves to write and they spend their days writing in their diaries together. But one day his diary is stolen and finds its way into Donica's possession. She must figure a safe way to return it to him but finds herself reading it at the same time. While this seems like a very basic plot outline the book is so much deeper than this, it is about an entire community in the way they celebrate and then discard a girl as if she were just a commodity.

I will give you a list of my books which are meant for Young Adults, and if you fancy anyone of them for a review I would love to talk about it.

I wrote "The Heart of the Curse" for my daughter when we were homeless. It has a lot of the issues we dealt with at them time, minus the ghost!!! It's fiction with a hint of reality.

The Heart of the Curse (The Gypsy Squad) by S.B. Santiago http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VMNHT4/r... via @amazon

The next one that I just finished is " The Alien Recruitment" This is a Science Fiction book about a teenager, and an alien! Just let me know if you want to know more.

The Alien Recruitment by S.B. Santiago http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LD3T22/r... via @amazon

Hi Rachel,

Your mum already requested my books to review them. Should I send a copy in the package for you too? It would save me on shipping and I waited to ship hers so I could drop book 2 in the same package. It's a surprise, so don't tell her. ;)

However, if you'd like the mobi format, I could get that to you now.

Let me know as soon as possible because the package is ready to ship now.

Cheers,
Cheri Schmidt
PS: I already did an interview with your mum too. I didn't check, but if the questions are different I could answer yours. Or you could just snag the interview from her.
Fateful
Fractured
Fair Maiden

Hi Rachel,

I wrote a YA book, Dangerous It's the first book in Element Preservers series and the first few chapters are available here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
So, if you are interested to review it, contact me so I can provide you a free coupon.

Hi Jody,
I would love to read and review your book Frankincense Trail, I have messaged with my email address so you can contact me easier.

Deb, I would also like to read and review Changing My Wardrobe!

Hi POW,
I have read both the write up and the first few chapters of your book and unfortunately it isn't the type of book I would read, however would you like to do an author interview on my blog? If so please message me on goodreads.

Hi Robert,
Unfortunately your books aren't the type of books that I would read. However like POW would you like to do an author interview for my blog? If so please contact me on goodreads.

Simbarashe,
I would love to read and review Veronasongs!

Hi S.B.,
I really like the look of both of your books and would love to review them both!

Sean,
I really like the cover on your book and would love to read and review it!

Hi Cheri,
Thankyou for offering but me and my mum will share your books, would you like to participate in an upcoming october giveaway on my blog though? You could supply an ebook version of your books if you would like to.

Alycia,
I would love to read and review your book Dangerous!

I would like to do that, Rachel. Thanks! Count me in on the giveaway.

Cheri

That'd be awesome, Rachel. Can I send you a review copy in a couple of weeks?

Sean wrote: "That'd be awesome, Rachel. Can I send you a review copy in a couple of weeks?"

That would be great thanks!

They are both free at smashwords, so I hope you like them! http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/... and http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/.... I hope you enjoy them!

Where do I send it and what format?

Rachel, always happy to see another teen reviewer! I have two books currently and am busy working on the first draft of the third
and
I can provide ebooks or hardcopies, whichever you prefer. Just give me a shout if you're interested.

Thanks!

Thankyou S. B. I have just downloaded them!

Hi Alan,
I would love to read and review your books! Could you send me an ebook please as I live in the UK.

Hi Sean,
I have sent you my details in a goodreads message.

I hope you like them!Have a great day!

Hi Rachel, I'd love to do an interview. Just tell me when.
POW

Hello! I just recently published the first book in my new YA science fiction series, and would love for you to review it if you're interested. I can give you a Smashwords coupon for a free download.

Also, I'd love to do the interview! Please let me know if you're interested, and please check my website for more info on the book: http://www.alexandralanc.com

Hi guys,

My new YA book is coming out soon and I'm hoping you'll check it out. Release date is Oct 31st. I have a giveaway going (Follow link)http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
and there are excerpts etc on my site: www.seanjquirk.weebly.com

Hello, I'm Kevin A. Ranson, and I just released the second book, The Terminal People, in my YA horror series called The Spooky Chronicles.


Still growing up as a dead boy, "Spooky" Spencer Lawson is learning about the strange world he never asked to be a part of (which is a lot more interesting than math). When a mysterious stranger he meets in an alley appears to die after touching Spooky's hand, Spooky begins to wonder how dangerous he really is, especially to the people he cares about.

This is the follow up to the first book in the series called The Crooked Man.


The story follows a child on his death bed visited by a mysterious "crooked man" who returns him to the land of the living. Upon returning, the young boy realizes that his mother was taken in his place and that he must endure his new life as a "dead" boy.

I am hoping to release my Young adult Fantasy novel 'Sacrifice' very soon. I have no release date just yet but here is the blurb. I'd be happy to include it in a give away if it's out in time and any review would be welcome. I'm blind, and I write using a speech software programme. Here is the blurb.

For nearly 200 years, Lysander has roamed the world, preying on humans and supernatural beings alike. His exploits are legendary and even his fellow vampires are wary of him, but his reign of terror may be drawing to an end.

When Lysander contracts a fatal disease through drinking infected blood, he learns that the only cure is the blood of a human willingly given. Lysander believes he may have found such a person in Karen Foster, but gaining her trust won’t be easy. He must contend with a society that has hunted supernatural creatures for centuries and Lysander is enemy number one. A confrontation is inevitable and Lysander knows only one thing for certain. Not everyone can emerge from such an encounter alive.

I would be willing to do an interview or would love for you to review my children's/YA ebook "In Memory of Dad". It is a short story, but a meaningful one. Let me know if you might be interested!

Rachel wrote: "Hello, I have my own book review blog and I am looking for more YA Authors whose books I can review and also authors I can interview. Also I am trying to organise an ebook giveaway for October and ..."

Hi, Rachel. I have a YA Medieval Historical fiction book, Hope and the Knight of the Black Lion. If you would like to review it, I can send you a pdf copy. Thanks!

Hi Alexandra,
I would love to read and review the first book in your new YA series! I have sent you a message about details for the author interview.

Hi Sean,
Thankyou, I have entered the goodreads giveaway for The Betrayal Of Grim's Peak.

Hi Nadia,
I would love to read and review Sacrifice! At the moment I couldn't specify a date to have reviewed it by, but when I have reviewed it I could either do a stand alone giveaway, or if at the time I have another giveaway planned I could include it with that one.

Rachel wrote: "Hi Alexandra,
I would love to read and review the first book in your new YA series! I have sent you a message about details for the author interview.

Hi Sean,
Thankyou, I have entered the goodrea..."

Thanks Rachel!

Oops! Sorry... both of my books in The Spooky Chronicles are available for review (I can send ebook copies in your preferred format) and I would enjoy participating both in your October ebook giveaway and any interview you might have in mind. Thanks!

Sean wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Hi Alexandra,
I would love to read and review the first book in your new YA series! I have sent you a message about details for the author interview.

Hi Sean,
Thankyou, I have ..."

Thank you so much, Rachel!

Hi Kevin,
I have sent you a goodreads message with details about an author interview and about participating in a giveaway.

Rachel wrote: "Hi Kevin,
I have sent you a goodreads message with details about an author interview and about participating in a giveaway."
Thanks! It's heading your way in a just a few.

Rachel,

I would love for you to review my book Growing Pains: Kendra's Diaries (also). I sent a copy to your mom you could ask her for the copy.

Thanks.

Rachel:
I'm very interested in having you review Tears of Min Brock as well as interview me. You can find out more about the series, War of Whispers, as well as my bio by going to: www.warofwhispers.com. Let me know either way. Thanks!

Hi Rachel, I've seen you around the blogosphere. I think you reviewed Wasteland by Lynn Rush. I'd love to have you review my YA fantasy, The Waiting Booth. It released in digital format in July and is the first in the Whispering Woods series.

Here is the blurb: A missing boy, government agents, an interdimensional portal...

Mia has one goal for her senior year at Whispering Woods High—find her missing older brother. But when her science project reveals a portal into another dimension, she learns that travelers are moving in and out of her woods in the most alarming way and government agents Regulus and Arizona are policing their immigration. Mia’s drawn to the mysterious, aloof Regulus, but it’s no time for a crush. She needs to find out what they know about her brother, while the agents fight to save the world from viral contamination. But when Regulus reveals that he knows Mia’s secrets, she begins to wonder if there’s more going on than she thought...and if she was wrong to trust him...

Please let me know if you'd like to review. I'd also be happy to do an interview!

Thanks,
Brinda
www.brindaberry.com

Hello, my name is Rashaad and I just published my young adult book Vampire Manifesto

It is the first book in the series. I'd love to participate in your book review and author interview if you are still having them. I can give you a code for a free e-book download for the book review.

If you are interested, just let me know. Thanks!

Rachel wrote: "Hello, I have my own book review blog and I am looking for more YA Authors whose books I can review and also authors I can interview. Also I am trying to organise an ebook giveaway for October and ..."

hi rachel! i'd love to have you read and review my book, IN DREAMS In Dreams if it sounds interesting to you- i'll give you a code for a free e-book download! :)

I would be honoured Rachel if you reviewed my book! My latest book is called "Drawn to the Light" A fictional book intended for either teens or seniors. My name is Germaine Chevarie and I live in Blacks Harbour NB Canada .I'm a retired Postmaster , mother of 5 and grandmother of 8. I'm also the eldest of 16 children. I just spent last week-end in a cottage with my 7 sisters, an event we look forward to every year.

J. wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Hello, I have my own book review blog and I am looking for more YA Authors whose books I can review and also authors I can interview. Also I am trying to organise an ebook giveaway f..."

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I'm currently seeking reviews for my book: The Moon Coin: A Moon Realm Novel. Featuring twenty-two full-color illustrations by Carolyn Arcabascio.

Here's the teaser: http://themoonrealm.com/2011/08/28/th...

Here are the first two chapters for free: http://themoonrealm.com/2011/06/24/fi...

If you're interested, I'd be happy to gift you an ebook version from Amazon. The book is also available at Barnes & Noble, and the iTunes iBookstore.

Richard Due
Gibbering Gnome Press, A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink

Hi Rachel
I have completed 4 books in a YA fantasy series. The first is newly out and the sequel is coming out in about a month. It has a strong female lead and is basically a murder suspense on another planet. The planet is very much earth-like except... To see more about the series: http://wwwsageseedchronicles.com

Hi, would love to feature on your blog - do interviews and giveaway etc.
You can find out more about my Amazon #1 YA Dark Fairytale 'Knight Trilogy' series at http://www.thenknighttrilogy.com Book one is 'The Forest of Adventures' and I'd love for you to do a review when you have time.
Please e-mail me at [email protected] if you are interested.
Much kindness, Katie x

Katie wrote: "Hi, would love to feature on your blog - do interviews and giveaway etc.
You can find out more about my Amazon #1 YA Dark Fairytale 'Knight Trilogy' series at http://www.thenknighttrilogy.com Boo..."
I think you may have entered that website address wrong. Is it really "THENknightlytrilogy.com?"

If you are still interested in reviewing YA, I just released my debut novel, Neophyte .

A brief summary:
Addisyn White thought she had her new life, her after life, all figured out. Granted death had not brought her to the pearly white gates, she hadn’t even left Earth. But death had its perks; she got to live forever with her best friend and her assigned Link of Angels, in a beautiful beach house. Even with the changes she was going through to turn her human body into an angelic one, everything seemed pretty easy. Until a gray winged angel comes into her life, then all the secrets and lies her Link had been keeping start crumbling away, exposing a whole new world of dangers she didn’t even know about.

Now Addisyn must fill in the blanks before things escalate too far. Will she save her Link? Or will she be buried in their secrets forever?


I would love to have you review it!
~Emmalee

Cave of ForlornShabb's Revenge

Hi Rachel,

Thanks for the opportunity. I would love to do an interview and to have my books reviewed and featured on your site and your mom's site.

Kind regards,
R.C.

Rachel,

I have a YA book out that I think you would enjoy. If you are still looking for books to review, I would love to send you a copy.

Exceptional

"In the future, things are anything but ordinary..."

In 2022, the United States commissioned a group of scientists to experiment with genetic mutations. Their goal was to create a serum that would alter the human genetic code, making the subject stronger and faster. They succeeded but their victory was short lived. Not only had they created a super serum, but also an airborne virus. By 2025, seventy-five percent of the world's population had perished. The survivors, well their lives would never be the same.

175 A.V.

Ally is an Ordinary; a human immune to the virus. She lives in a settlement outside the City with her mother and twin brother, but lately it doesn't seem to be enough. She is wrestling between being with her family and volunteering to move to the City, where she can work for the Exceptionals.

Luke is an Exceptional; a superior human being. His ancestors were infected with the virus and lived through it, leaving their super human strength and special abilities to him. He has never given much thought to Ordinarys, despite pressure from his father to choose one from the ORC. But all of that changes when he meets Ally...

Jess Petosa