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inkpopper of the Week: jeni411
“Well I am very outgoing and fun -loving. I love to be outside, you can catch me swimming, hiking, fishing, riding quads, skiing, snowboarding really anything outdoors. I also love reading, writing and listening to music. I am a stay at home mom and I have two handsome little devils, Derian is 5 and Austin is 2 they are my greatest achievements. I am married and my husband Mark, is the most wonderful man in the world, I have found my prince charming. My family is my life and I am the luckiest girl in the world.”
inkpopper...In Bookstores This Week!
Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire Series # 2) by Courtney Allison Moulton
Publication Date: January 31, 2012
Genre: Paranormal / Adventure
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Synopsis From Book: “Life as the Preliator is harder than Ellie ever imagined.
“Balancing real...Blogger Book Review: Valentine Princess by Meg Cabot
Good morning, inkpoppers! Today we bring you a review of Meg Cabot’s Valentine Princess - a novella from her bestselling The Princess Diaries series – which comes to us courtesy of Angie L. of Bibliophile Support Group!
“‘Valentine Princess’ is a ‘Princess Diaries’ YA humorous novella by Meg Cabot.
“Whatever happened on Mia and Michael's first Valentine's Day...inkpop Fundamentals: January 26, 2012
L.A. Weatherly’s ‘Angel Fire’…read the first 3 chapters now! In May of 2011 author L.A. Weatherly fiercely hit the YA world with Angel Burn, now the eagerly-awaited sequel, Angel Fire, is in bookstores – having released on January 24, 2012 – and you have the opportunity to read the first three chapters. “The story picks up with Willow and Alex, hiding out in a motel room and on the lam—not just from the law, but from the massive herd of avenging angels who've crossed over to wreak...
inkpop Fundamentals: January 24, 2012
Take a peek at the cover of Chris Colfer’s literary debut! Chris Colfer entertains weekly as Kurt Hummel on FOX’s hit TV show Glee, but come July 17, 2012, Colfer’s debut children’s book The Land of Stories - amazingly illustrated by Brandon Dorman – will hit bookstores, and leave bookworms singing praises for his literary talents. “Described as a ‘modern-day fairy tale,’ the book will focus on twins Alex and Conner, who leave the real world behind and find themselves...
inkpopper of the Week: Kirky
“Hi! I’m Kirky, and I'm English, coming from that little island across the Atlantic pond… or, for anyone as geographically challenged as me, somewhere off the coast of Eurasia. To make things even more confusing, I actually live in Belgium (also in Eurasia). There’s no point giving my real name as nobody seems to know what it is. My brothers share my nickname, which used to cause havoc at school. There are three of them – one older, two younger (one shorter, two taller, which is extremely aggravating) – and I constantly get mistaken for the girlfriend of one of them as the two of us...
In Bookstores This Week!
Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Publication Date: January 24, 2012
Genre: Paranormal / Romance / Fantasy
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Synopsis From Book: “In this prequel to her genre-shifting 1989 debut Weetzie Bat, Block peels back the glittering surface of that hip teen fairy...Blogger Book Review: Invisible Things by Jenny Davidson
Happy, Happy Saturday, inkpoppers! This morning we bring you a review of Jenny Davidson’s Invisible Things, which comes straight to us from Sara of The Hiding Spot!
“Jenny Davidson's sophmore novel, INVISIBLE THINGS, is one of the most beautifully written novels I've read this year. That, coupled with regular mentions of characters like Niels Bohr and Alfred Nobel, cause the reader to feel as though they're peering...inkpop Fundamentals: January 19, 2012
10 biggest adaptations of 2012 The year 2011 served up few notable book-to-big-screen adaptations; but the year 2012 will more than make-up for it. Why? Some of the hottest bestsellers will be making their way to the big screen over the course of the next year, and Publisher’s Weekly has compiled a list of the top 10 need-to-see titles – including The Hunger Games, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Life of Pi, The Great Gatsby, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...
inkpop Fundamentals: January 17, 2012
Katniss and Peeta in training – check out the photographs now! Fewer and fewer days stand before us until Suzanne Collins’ bestselling The Hunger Games finally makes its way to the big screen; but as a special treat to get us further pumped for the new release, Lionsgate has released (exclusively to Entertainment Weekly) a new still-photograph depicting Katniss and Peeta in uniform during their training session at the Capitol. “ Not only does the photo give...