Fall for the new New Adult and a Giveaway!!!!

Fall for the new New Adult: a campaign to spread the word that New Adult is expanding into new and exciting categories like Historical, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Gothic, and more! Follow along to find out why best-selling NA authors & NA bloggers are excited to see New Adult expand outside of contemporary. (Full schedule can be found here.) And as an incentive to give the new NA a try, the Fall for New Adult bundle set will be available for a limited time. Set includes 4 great non-contemporary NA novels for only $3.99!

Why am I excited to see NA expand??????

Most of you know that I only read and review YA books here and I don’t review contemporary books at all. They’re just not my cup of tea. So when this whole New Adult genre popped up and they were all contemporary stories I was like ugh…looks like I won’t be reading anything from this genre. And I have friends who wrote New Adult contemporary books and I wouldn’t read those! I was sticking to my guns and anti-new adult. But then a good friend whom I also happen to beta read for wrote this fantastic Fantasy book that was just a little too sexy to be a YA book; and I knew right then and there that if this was a NA book I’d buy it! Yep make it Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Paranormal, Dystopian and I will buy it and read it! So that’s why I decided to help out with this event because I’m excited to see New Adult taking on other stories other than contemporary and I know I will devour these new books!

So yeah I’m definitely excited to see NA expand and because I want to share my love for the one book who started it all for me I’ll be giving away 3 copies of Trisha Wolfe’s OF SILVER AND BEASTS simply comment below with why you’re excited to see New Adult expand and how I can contact you and I will pick a winner next Saturday, October 19^th!

We want to know why YOU want to see NA expand too! Join the campaign by grabbing the gif. above and blogging/tweeting about why YOU want to see NA expand! #NACampaign

Purchase the Fall for New Adult bundle set here! 

Top 10 of 2012 Reminder!!!

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd post a reminder to everyone who's signed up that Top 10 of 2012 starts on Monday.  Don't worry if you haven't signed up yet, you still have time. Keep reading for a link where you can sign up today.

Here's a reminder of the week's daily topics -

Monday, December 24th - Best Books I've Read in 2012 (Doesn't have to be released in 2012, just a book you've read in 2012)

Tuesday, December 25th - Best Book Covers of 2012 (MUST be a book released in 2012. Would be best if it's a book you've READ in 2012, but it's not required)

Wednesday, December 26th - Best ________ Of 2012 (Readers/Bloggers choice. Please fill in the blank with ONE of these topics - Villains, Contemporaries, Dual POV's, Novellas, Adult titles, New Adult titles, Love Triangles, Couples, Bad Boys or Debuts. REMEMBER - this list MUST be from books you've READ in 2012)

Thursday, December 27th - Best Book Boyfriends of 2012 (MUST be from a book released in 2012 and from a book you've READ in 2012)

Friday, December 28th - Top 10 Books I'm looking forward to in 2013. (This list should be comprised of books released ONLY in 2013)

The only rules to follow are posting the topics on the dates we've provided.

All the other rules, which are pretty easy to follow can be found by >>>CLICKING HERE<<<

So, if you haven't signed up yet please >>>CLICK HERE<<< and fill out the Linky. 

We hope everyone has a great time for this years Top 10 and we can't wait to see everyone's posts and lists for the week. 

Authors Are Rockstars- Announcing The Bloggers!

First, we just want to say thank you all so much for signing up for the tour. The response was AWESOME! So awesome in fact that we just couldn’t pick everyone as we only have 74 available openings on the tour at the moment.

We are still waiting to hear back from a few authors we reached out to recently thanks to some of the write-in choices and some we initially reached out to. And as we just added another author to the tour yesterday, after sign-ups closed, we may get a few more author responses.

So, while we have our 74 bloggers who are guaranteed a match with an author – and yes, we made almost all of those match-ups already, but as it’s not finalized we are waiting to announce that later this week along with the schedule – we have chosen 15 alternates.

Should we get additional authors on board, the alternates would have a choice to partner with one of them, or should one of the assigned bloggers have to back out for any reason, they would step in to host the author for that stop.

But we are so incredibly excited to already have 78 amazing rockstar authors on board for the tour. Which means that each day of the tour will have at least two stops.

And so, without further ado, let us present to you the 74 blogs and their bloggers that will be hosting a stop on the tour.

Bloggers On Tour

A Book Obsession (Kt)

A Good Addiction (Kari)

A Life Bound by Books (Lisa)

Avery's Book Nook (Avery)

Bibliognome (Becky B.)

Book Briefs (Michelle)

Bookalicious (Pam)

BookHounds (Mary)

BookPics (Alba)

Books Over Boys (Momo)

Books with Bite (Savannah)

Bookshelvers Anonymous (Shelver506)

Brooke Reports (Brooke)

Catching Books (Sarah)

Chick Loves Lit (Shanyn)

Confessions of a Bookaholic (Jessica)

Debbie's World of Books (Debbie)

Emilie's Book World (Emilie)

Emily's Reading Room (Emily)

Falling for YA (Emily)

Fiction Freak (Nikki)

Fictitious Delicious

Geek Chic (Mag)

Gypsy Book Reviews (Ashelynn)

Hackeroo's Reviews (Jessica)

Heaven is a Bookstore (Heidi)

IB Book Blogging (Bailey)

Imabookshark (Mickey)

In the Best Worlds (Hannah)

Ink Scratchers (Jade)

JeanBookNerd (Jean)

Kaitlyn in Bookland (Kaitlyn)

Librarian Mouse (Alaiel)

Lisa Loves Literature (Lisa)

Literary Exploration (Anna)

Magical Urban Fantasy Reads (Mindy)

Making the Grade (Jenna)

Mercurial Musings (Danielle)

Moonlight Book Reviews (Erika)

Mostly YA Book Obsessed (Nereyda)

My Para-Hangover (Kristin)

Narratively Speaking (Lynsey)

Nicole YA Lover (Nicole)

Nina Reads (Nina)

PageTurnersBlog (Stacey & Pixie)

Paper Cuts YA (Samantha)

Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Reviews and Goodies (Lisa)

Peace Love Teen Fiction (Grace)

Poisoned Rationality (Lexie)

Proud Book Nerd (Heather)

Sarah's Books & Life (Sarah)

Shortie Says (Jena)

Singing and Reading in the Rain (Eileen)

Smiling Ina's Bookish Corner (Ina)

Starting the Next Chapter (Marla)

Stories & Sweeties (Becky)

Stuck In Books (Valerie)

Tater's Tall Tails (Tara)

The Book Cellar (Erica)

The Book Goddess (The Book Goddess)

The Book Hookup (The Book Hookup)

The Book Swarm (Mary)

The Bookaholic (Pixie)

The Bookish Brunette (Ashley)

The Fake Steph Dot Com (Steph)

The Ravenous Reader (Nancy)

The Reading Geek (Traci)

The Reviews News (Julianna)

The Starrey-Eyed Review (Jen)

What the Cat Read (Cameron)

Wholly Books (Ashley)

WinterHaven Books (Winter Team)

Xpresso Reads (Giselle)

YA Sisterhood (Jennifer)

And here are the 15 alternates we hope to have stops for before the tour starts in August!

A Dream Within a Dream (Stephanie)

A Little Shelf of Heaven (Kristy)

A Soul Unsung (Suz)

Big Book Little Book

Book Breather (Gabbi)

Booking it with Hayley G (Hayley)

Chapter by Chapter (Mary Ann)

Citrus Reads (Cassie)

Fall In 2 Books (Amber)

Harley Bear Book Blog (Melissa)

I Read to Relax (Jessica)

Jenuine Cupcakes (Jen)

My Not So Vacant Shelf (Jetches)

Paper Reader (Kaye)

The Bursting Bookshelf (Anna Tee)

To all those who signed up but were not chosen, thank you so very much. While we would have loved to include all of you, we only had a select number of stops available.

We will be sending out emails in the next day letting all 74 bloggers know who they will be hosting and the date for their stop. They will have 24 hours to respond with their post preference or interview questions, if applicable.

Bloggers who have been assigned an author who has already prepared, or plans to prepare, a post, will just receive the announcement.

However, ALL BLOGGERS must respond. If we do not hear back from bloggers to confirm that they are participating within that 24 hour period, one of the alternates will be assigned.

So if you are listed above, or you know someone who is, please give them a shout out!
And on Friday, July 20th, we will be posting the tour schedule, so check back at either Fiktshun or Two Chicks OnBooks for details!

Sign Up For The Authors Are Rockstars Tour!!!!!!

Well, it’s finally here. It’s SIGN-UP day for the Authors Are Rockstars Tour! We are so super excited that there are so many of you who have already expressed interest in being a part of our tour. Both author and blogger response has been absolutely amazing and we can’t thank you all enough!

We hope to make this event great and really let those authors we love shine throughout the month of August.

And while we’d love to have every single awesome author and every single blogger be a part of the tour, we are only three bloggers with two blogs and we only have one month for the event.

We are beginning the sign-ups today, although we are still awaiting response from some of the authors we’ve reached out to. And we will update this post each day during the sign-up process with any new authors that are on board.

If you see your favorites on the list already, you should sign up now! If you want to hold out to see who else might be on board you can wait. Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. But sign-ups will close at Midnight, Eastern, on Sunday, July 15^th.

Be sure to look at the list of authors participating carefully before you make your choice. While many of the author post types and dates are still to be announced, please note the authors who have already committed to a date and post type or those who have pre-prepared interviews.

Here are the authors (in alphabetical order by first name) currently on tour

Alexander Gordon Smith – Interview Post (Either an interview or character interview)

Alyxandra Harvey – Guest Post (Top Ten Favorite Books)


Amy Kathleen Ryan- Interview Post


Anna Carey- Top Ten Post


Ann Redisch Stampler- *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Bethany Griffin

Brodi Ashton

Cara Lynn Shultz - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


Carrie Harris

Cayla Kluver - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


CC Hunter

Chloe Jacobs – *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Chloe Neil – August 15th- Top 10 Post

CJ Redwine – August 11th

Claire LaZebnik


Colleen Houck


Courtney Allison Moulton- *Will include an author donated book giveaway-USA*

Courtney Summers – Pre-prepared Interview

Cynthia Hand


Daniel Marks- Youtube Q&A *Will include an author donated giveaway*


Dan Krokos- Interview

Dan Wells


Elizabeth Miles

Elizabeth Norris- *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Emmy Laybourne – Guest Post


Gabrielle Zevin


Gena Showalter- *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


Gina Damico- Top 10 List *Will include an author donated giveaway*


Heather Anastasiu

Inara Scott


Ingrid Paulson


JA Souders-

Jackie Morse Kessler

Jennifer Bosworth


Jennifer Castle

Jennifer L. Armentrout - Author or Character Interview *Will include a publisher (Entangled Books Only) donated eBook giveaway*

Jeri Smith-Ready


Jessica Spotswood- **Will include an author donated signed book giveaway**

Jodi Meadows

Jordan Dane - August 8th *Will include an author donated giveaway* and/or *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*

Julia Karr

Julie Kagawa – Character Interview *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*

Jus Accardo - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Karsten Knight


Katherine Longshore-

Kate Avelynn - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Kimberly Derting

Kim Harrington – Pre-prepared Interview

Lauren Oliver – Pre-prepared Interview


Leah Clifford- Interview or Character Interview

Lesley Livingston

Lisa Burstein - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Lisa Desrochers


Lisa and Laura Roecker

Lissa Price – August 2^nd

Maria V. Snyder - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


Marissa Meyer- Guest Post

Mary Lindsey

Melissa de la Cruz – Pre-prepared Interview

Melissa West

Michelle Rowen/ Morgan Rhodes - *Will include a publisher (from her Harlequin Teen Books) donated book giveaway-North America*


Michelle Zink


Mike Mullin

Miranda Keneally- *Will include an author donated book giveaway*


Rachel Cohn


Rachel Harris- *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Rachel Vincent - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*

Rae Carson – August 21^st – *Will include an author donated giveaway of a paperback of The Girl of Fire and Thorns*

Robin LaFevers- Author donated giveaway

Sarah Beth Durst - Pre-prepared Interview


Sara Zarr


Sarah J. Maas

Sarwat Chadda


Saundra Mitchell- Vespertine Playlist

Scott Tracey- Author donated book giveaway

Simone Elkeles-Pre-prepared Interview


Stephanie Thomas

Susan Dennard


Suzanne Laezar- Author donated giveaway


Suzanne Young- Author Interview

Tahereh Mafi – Character Interview

Talia Vance

Tara Fuller

Tessa Gratton – Guest Post (must be unique) – *Will include an author donated giveaway of The Curiosities anthology and a finished copy of The Blood Keeper*

T.M. Goeglein

Tiffany Truitt - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Veronica Rossi

Victoria Schwab – Interview or Vlog Interview


Victoria Scott

Wendy Higgins- * Will include an author donated giveaway*


Authors - If you've received an email and would like to participate we would love to have you on board, there are still a few stops available after August 15th! 


******Update*******


With the new authors added bloggers you will be allowed ONE chance to change your original picks. If you want to make a change to your original picks, please email us at the address above.

The Tour

• The tour will run from August 1^st through August 31^st. Each day of the month will have one, two or three tour stops.
• The tour will start at both Fiktshun and Two Chicks On Books and end on both our blogs. We will have a kick-off post + giveaway with all the stops and we will also each have posts dedicated to authors that are our rockstars. And on the final day of the tour, we will have a wrap-up post along with posts for the final two authors we will be spotlighting.
• All the rest of the days will be for you to show your love and appreciation for those authors you call rockstars.

The Rules, Requirements and other details

Rules

• You must complete the sign-up form in order to be considered.
• Signing up in no way guarantees you will be chosen for a tour stop. (We’re so sorry that we won’t be able to include everyone!)
• Being accepted as a tour stop does not guarantee you will get your first choice of author.
• If you are chosen you must respond with your acceptance and with your stop preferences and/or interview questions or guest post topics within 24 hours after notification. If you do not respond we will be forced to choose someone else.

Requirements

• To be considered to host any author you must have reviewed their books. (See review requirements immediately below.) And if you have rated their books, ratings cannot be less than four stars, unless you provide a compelling reason why you should still be considered. Remember, you’re picking authors you think are rockstars!
• To host an author with three or more books published, you must have reviewed at least two of their books. (We will be checking your blogs and Goodreads.)
• To host an author with one or two published books, you must have reviewed at least one of their books.
• To host an author whose books have yet to be published, you must be anxiously awaiting the book’s release and have either posted about that book on your blog or provide a compelling reason in the form below.

Other details

• Selections will be made based on a number of criteria including the best match-up between author and blogger, blogger’s overall reviews, and blogger’s reputation and trustworthiness.
• Blog following, page views or Twitter following will not be a deciding factor in the selection process.
• Blog longevity, number of reviews, types of reviews - (bash-free is a must) – will be considered when making our selections.
• Blogger “friends” will not be given preference. It’s about making the best matches between authors and bloggers on the tour.
• Writing in an author does not guarantee that author will be included on the tour. They may have already been contacted and either are unavailable or have yet to respond, or all tour stops may already have been filled.
• Blogger participation announcements will be made both by email and in a post on both Fiktshun and Two Chicks On Books on Wednesday, July 18^th.

Giveaways: For tour stops that will be hosting an author or publisher donated giveaway prize, there can be no mandatory tasks aside from leaving a blog comment. And there can be up to two extra entry opportunities. As a thank you to the authors you are hosting you may want to make those extra entries about the authors but it is not mandatory.

There will be no requirements/restrictions for tour stops that choose to host their own giveaways.

Dates to know

Tour dates: August 1^st – 31^st

Sign-up ends: July 15^th

Blogger announcements: July 18^th

Acceptance and post requirements needed by: July 19^th

Once again, thank you so much for wanting to join us on this tour to share your love for those amazing authors that wow you and for helping to make this event rock!

While we won’t be able to include every one of you, we love that you want to be a part of the event and support it. Each and every one of you rocks, too!

We can’t wait to read your responses to the questions in the sign-up forms and see just why each and every one of those authors are rockstars to you!

Sign-ups are now closed! Stay tuned for our author/blogger pairings and we are still accepting authors! :D