“Wanna Play?” Otherworld – Jason Segal & Kirsten Miller (Review)

Title: Otherworld (Otherworld #1) Authors: Jason Segal, Kirsten Miller Publisher: Delacorte Press, 2017 (Oct 31) Genre: YA Science Fiction **This Review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page** My Review: So Otherworld doesn't have my "favorite" cover in the world...it's kinda bland and hard to tell what you're looking at...there's …

The Hundredth Queen – Emily R. King (Last Review of 2017)

Title: The Hundredth Queen (The Hundredth Queen #1) Author: Emily R. King Publisher: Skyscape, 2017 (June 1) Genre: YA Fantasy **I received an ARC of this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog,TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: Yes, this is officially the …

Between the Blade and the Heart – Review and Giveaway!

Title: Between the Blade and the Heart (Valkyrie #1) Author: Amanda Hocking Publisher: Wednesday Books, 2018 (Jan 2) Genre: YA Fantasy, YA Mythology **I received an ARC of the book free in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: I have …

Happy New Year! Here’s a COVER REVEAL!!

Happy New Year, all! I'm hoping to start the New Year off right with blogging some more. I know I get wrapped up in work or watching Rick and Morty...but my blog means a lot to me. So I'm making it a priority. Let's hear it for 2018!! So I've been keeping this under wraps …

Merry Christmas Eve!!

So I couldn't go without blogging about the holiday since I have the Christmas spirit! Yes, I'm frantically wrapping presents 🎁 and I'm so excited for tomorrow...but I also think of all of you and how thankful I am to have you in my life. Most people feel thankful around Thanksgiving I think (hence the …

The Bone Witch – Rin Chupeco (Review)

Title: The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1) Author: Rin Chupeco Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire, 2017 (March 7) Genre: YA Fantasy **I received a copy of this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreadspage My Review: I have had this …

An Open Letter to Netgalley and Goodreads

Many of my reviewing friends are not in the US…I’m not happy about this decision at all and I hope with some outreach and outrage it might change!

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Dear Netgalley and Goodreads, 

Today I discovered that your sites will no longer be providing services (or limiting services) to international readers and I am absolutely devastated.

Contrary to popular belief, America is not the only country in the world.

For those who are unaware of what is happening, Goodreads will, from January 2018, prevent authors from creating giveaways for international readers. Basically, authors will have to pay $119 for a giveaway base package, and $599 for the premium. Previously, all authors had to pay for was shipping. Read more here.

Sad news from @goodreads US Giveaways only from Jan. As a UK based author with readers from all over the world, and a UK reader myself, this is really disappointing. 😦 Is there a reason why? #amreading#BookWorm#SadBookwormpic.twitter.com/R541ZYDbjy

— Pippa DaCosta 🌈 (@PippaDaCosta) November 29, 2017

Netgalley, on the other hand, has severely limited the amount…

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TBR Thursday? Totally!

So I haven't posted in awhile and that's totally my bad! I have been all over the place with reading, acquiring beautiful books to read, and anything to do with books in general! (Don't they smell so pretty? 😂) Plus the teaching has me plum exhausted by the end of the day! I'm working on …

Awaken Blog Tour!!

About The Book: Title: AWAKEN Author: Georgina Kane Pub. Date: December 5, 2017 Publisher: Fierce Girl Publishing House Pages: 278 Formats: Paperback, eBook Find it: Amazon, Goodreads In the city of Daventry, citizens live without question of authority, liberty or even the ability to dream. Your purpose is determined by your placement within the Sectors of Society. 16 year old Ethan Drake is …

Mini Time – Song Breaker & Elites of Eden (Reviews)

Title: Song Breaker Author: Annette Lyon Publisher: Blue Ginger Books, 2017 (Aug 8) Genre: Fantasy, Retellings **I received a copy of this book free from ebooksforreview.com in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page Review (#1): So I have had this book finished …