(Hand)Bag O’ Books Giveaway!
Are you a girl? Are you a boy who has a girlfriend and need to get her a gift? Are you a boy who likes dressing as a girl? Are you my cat? Above all, do you like to read? Then come one, come all, and enter to win… THE HANDBAG OF BOOKS. The prize [...]
Author Event Recap – Rachel Hawkins at Parnassus Books
View of Parnassus from the storefront March has been a fantastic month for author events! I attended my second one on Wednesday, March 28. This time, I got to meet Rachel Hawkins for the second time. The signing took place at the lovely Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN. It was my first time visiting Parnassus [...]
The Hype Machine (Discussion)
Today on Book Brats Discusses, we have a special guest post from one of my dear friends and writing comrades, River. While she doesn’t blog (yet), you can find her and her reviews on Goodreads HERE. River had an idea for one of these posts so I just told her “Write it!” and she did. [...]
What’s Up With Aussie YA? (GUEST POST)
Today Book Brats is proud to welcome special guest Pip Harry, a debut author from Australia who’s book I’LL TELL YOU MINE comes out in April from UQP. Sorry, Americans, this one is only available in Australia…for now. Pip has some great views on Australian young adult fiction versus its American counterpart, and she will [...]
Get Back in the Kitchen!
Ah, the binds of womanhood. Less than 100 years ago, women here in the United States were still banned from voting. It was expected that a woman’s place was in the home serving her husband or father – making him dinner, washing his clothes, raising the children, and balancing the family finances. In 2012, this [...]
Interview with WIDE OPEN Author Deborah Coates
Welcome debut author Deborah Coates! Book Brats is proud to be one of today’s stops on the WIDE OPEN blog tour for Deborah! Later today I will also be posting my review of WIDE OPEN, so stay tuned during the afternoon for my thoughts on this wonderful debut. Thanks to Tor for giving me the chance [...]
All The Single Ladies
No, this post isn’t about the Beyonce song, even though we all know it’s totally fierce and epic and all the awesome words you can imagine. I have decided as my random topic of the week to address my feelings on singledom in fiction. And since it happens enough in adult fiction (although rarely paranormal [...]
YA Readership Survey Results!
A couple of weeks ago, you might remember my call to my readers to help me with a survey comparing YA readers of different age groups – teenagers (13-19) versus adults (20-up). I wanted to see what different groups of YA readers liked, such as their favorite genres, least favorite aspects of YA, and what [...]
Author Event Recap – Kristen Simmons at Union Avenue Books
Last night I made my first trip to Knoxville’s Union Avenue Books for an author event. It was so nice to be back in Knoxville again and made me regret not having visited the downtown area more often when I lived there. Union Avenue Books is a cozy bookstore with a great atmosphere located just [...]