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#AuthorApril: J is for Julie Murphy in our #AtoZChallenge

Dear Kim, Thank you for sharing a bit about your new INKSpell publishing family . Those covers! Shoot. They are all awesome. I cannot wait to see your cover for Starr Fall. Speaking of covers. How about this one? Dumplin' . Yes, D  - fucking fabulous -  umplin! I love so much about this book, and its author, Julie Murphy that I may start to ramble a bit on this, the day of "J" in #AuthorApril. But, my dear Kim, I know that you appreciate a good ramble, so here I go... -Me devouring Dumplin circa September 2015, Cocoon Coffee House I was intrigued last spring when the buzz for Dumplin' started and was full on hooked by the time I saw this... Do you think I pre-ordered? Oh, you know I did. That Julie Murphy-- I am going to give her all the credit here, marketing teams be damned-- she knew how to run a pre-order campaign. I wore my Dumplin' pin with pride. (Secretly a bit jealous of the curvy lady it portrayed who was brave enough to w...

#AuthorApril: B is for Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandeira #AtoZChallenge

Dear Alison, Yesterday, we revealed our #AtoZChallenge theme, #AuthorApril. Today, I get to kickoff our campaign with a book review of BOOKISHLY EVER AFTER by Isabel Bandeira--that's quite a few B's, isn't it? In this post, I have a few special surprises too, so keep reading because there might be a free book at the end...(I've never been very good at surprises.) Book Blurb:             In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins’ life would be a book. Preferably one filled with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn’t even qualify for a quiet contemporary.             Everything changes when Phoebe learns that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her. So, Phoebe turns to the heroines in her favorite books for advice on a personality overhaul. Becoming as awesome as her book characters isn’t a...